Fantasy Star Online's
19. Arachne I
The place was very beautiful, spacious, and glittering. From the wall, there are shiny blue rocks, the rocks that color the dark place like the cave.
Ahem!
Yeah, at least, that's how it would look if there were no cobwebs around every corner.
Yep! Spider nets that dangle on the ceiling of the cave, then some nests in the corner of the place, the worse is....
The large spider's nest, as well as the human cocoon made of the spider's web, are suspended above. There are so many cocoons there, if calculated probably close to hundreds of cocoons, at the other end of the cave there is a large gate made of iron, iron, looks quite ancient with some carvings that are not clear shape, but strangely does not look rust at all on the iron gate.
Ryzen's admiration when he first saw the place from behind the door instantly vanished as he passed through the barrier between the place and the others.
"It's...."
Ryzen looked around the room, combing and watching every corner, everywhere there was a spider web. Moon who came to see him also to the point of not making any expression, it was like a rule for him, that is, keep putting up a poker face when he was surprised or lost for words. Well, just the events with the bandits alone made him have a grim expression, it was unknown why he reacted that way.
"Hey, look," point Moon at one of the cocoons.
"Hmm?" Ryzen narrowed his eyes to look in the direction Moon pointed.
Seeing one of the cocoons seem to move and the rope of the net was swaying, as if someone trapped there was still unconscious, or you could say it was a cocoon that had just been made.
"Can you cut the net?" pinta Ryzen on Moon.
"I tried...."
Moon took his bow and arrow, he pointed his bow at the moving cocoon net rope. Pull the bowstring to its limit, then release it.
Swooshes!!
Quickly, the shot arrows shot out and cut through the hard-looking net, well, the reason was because Moon was using his skill. If he only used ordinary shots, there was no way it would be cut off.
The skill he used was 'Blast Arrow', a skill that required 45 MP to use. When the skill was activated, the arrows fired by it would shoot out quickly and would be enveloped by the wind shards that revolved around its arrow eyes like a drill, like a drill, it was more or less similar to Ryzen's Cylone Drill at the time.
The cocoon fell and hit the ground hard enough, they hoped that person was fine after falling from that high place. Mmm, mmm, of course he'll be fine, because after Ryzen touches the cocoon, it turns out that the net is elastic and soft. Yes, it would be beneficial for the person who was in it, but it would also be troublesome for the person who would open and tear the cocoon. Due to the elastic nature of the net, sharp objects are unlikely to tear it apart, the only option is to burn it, but Ryzen is not a skill related to the fire element.
"Moon, do you have any skills with the fire element?" ask Ryzen.
"For what?" ask Moon back.
"Burning it," Ryzen replied casually and looking innocent.
Yes, from Moon's perspective, Ryzen looks like that. Moon misunderstands, thinking that Ryzen wants to burn the person inside the cocoon alive. Ryzen realized the reason Moon was silent, then he confirmed his words.
"I didn't mean to burn it all down. Just burn the net, really, I swear!"
"Oh. I don't have fire element skill, but I have this," Moon said, holding a paper engraving.
"What's that?" ask Ryzen.
"The Fire Amulet."
The amulet, shaped in a paper with an engraving that each characterizes the power contained within. For example the Api Ajimat, the engraving looks like a fire, if the ajimat was activated then the person who activated it could make a fire for once.
Moon walked closer to where Ryzen and the cocoon were, he knelt down and held the talisman with his two fingers in front of his face. Then, Moon chanted a spell to activate the talisman, the sentence he uttered was incomprehensible to Ryzen.
However, the meaning of the mantra he spoke sounded like this: O fire that dwells in this amulet, which awaits its freedom, this time I will set you free, Fire Seal!
After he finished chanting the spell, the talisman in his hand was burning and a red light appeared on Moon's index finger.
"Hmm, that aide is quite useful," Ryzen muttered.
Moon pointed his index finger and brought it closer to the cocoon, then after getting close enough, he cast a spell for the second time, "Burn!"
"Aaa, aaa, hot! the heat! the water! please extinguish!!" the voice of a child.
After hearing the sound of a burning, severed net, Moon instantly canceled the fire, "Perish Fire!". And the fire disappeared, the spider cocoon partially burned, putting a black cloth inside, in a single look Ryzen could recognize the cloth. Ryzen tore through the burning net and opened a little more gap for the person to come out, because the person's body was small, so it was easy for him to get out of the small hole as well.
"Fuu, thank you, oak?!"
The child is shocked when he sees the person who saved him, turns out to be the one who is chasing him, he does not think that the person can defeat all those who are in his way. The boy tried to escape, but Moon violently stepped on the boy's body.
"Ack!!"
"He-hey, Moon, calm down, you're too hard on him, he's just a kid" Ryzen said.
"If it wasn't like this, this kid wouldn't understand."
Ryzen saw Moon's face become gloomy, as when he saw the scene back then with the bandits, but not as dark as before.
'Is he angry?' inner Ryzen.
"Pardon me! pain, aw, aw! I'm sorry!" the boy shouted loudly.
Ryzen held onto the boy, "I've held him down, see? can you not step on it like that, Moon?"
Moon sighed then moved his legs, he stood silently staring at the little boy. Ryzen and the boy also let out a sigh of relief, Ryzen who does not want his mission to fail while the boy survives the injury.
"So, what's your name?" ask Ryzen.
"Huh yeah?! Why did I tell—hii?!"
Nah!
Moon stomped his foot to the ground, leaving the child shocked and convulsing.
"I-i, a-anu. Me, my name. Anu. That.., Lucius...."
His name was exactly as mentioned in the hidden quest detail Ryzen had obtained. Then, following the objective of his quest, Ryzen inquired about the ancient artifact to Lucius.
"How did you know about the artifact?!!" shouted Lucius.
Lucius' reaction was shocked, his face was back on alert, he slowly retreated but his back hit Moon's leg which blocked him there.
"I just happen to know" Ryzen said.
Lucius biting his tongue at Ryzen's reasoning, but he had no choice but to tell him or not, he was afraid that the female archer behind him started stepping on him again.
After Lucius revealed everything. Then, the system voice appears, "{You have completed the quest!}". Then a panel appeared in his view, the panel that told him the continuation of the hidden quest.
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Quest: Ancient Artifact
Hidden Quest: The Origin
Story: It is said that the ancient artifact is guarded by the spider demon that rules this land, Arachne
Objective: Defeat Arachne and seize an ancient artifact
Reward: Exp +6000, Real 2000
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