Fantasy World Online's

Save the Princess - I

Lores grinned happily not knowing what she had in mind at the moment whereas Yuna only unleashed a basic attack from her bow. Lores dodged and occasionally fended off Yuna's attacks with her one-handed sword-type sword.

"Heh, is it just like that Player's ability of bow users? Weak, weaker than the empty-handed user, hahahah!" Lores said mockingly.

Yuna just smiled slightly in response to Lores' taunts to him.

'Heh, look and watch how a hunter works.'

Yuna fired a few shots without pause in various directions which all missed Lores which made Lores laugh mockingly.

"Hahaha, what did you attack Niubi? FWO has no system restraints where it keeps all of its Player attacks following the system. All Player attacks depend on the Player himself and you... Heh, pathetic." Lores said mockingly and gave a little explanation to Yuna who she thought knew nothing about the game they were now playing.

Yuna closed her eyes for a moment and took a breath.

"I think you better shut up and watch your surroundings, PRO PLAYER." Yuna said and put emphasis on her last sentence.

Lores raised next to her eyebrows and she glanced at the surroundings there was nothing but a collection of players watching her duel.

"A Fallen Fall asleep." Yuna muttered softly.

'Just stepping on that skill will all be over. It's a good thing I was able to buy a new skill with money from selling Kronos' teleportation crystals last night.'

Yuna leapt back and stood silently watching Lores who still did not understand her current situation surrounded by the sleeper-making mine of Yuna's Falling asleep skill.

"Heh, do you want to fool me? In the FWO, once a duel is started anyone cannot escape until the winner of the duel is determined. That is, it's useless if you want to escape from this duel." Lores.

"No, whoever wants to escape, I'm just avoiding the effects of my own skill." Said Yuna replying to Lores' words in a relaxed tone.

On the side of the player watching the duel between Yuna and Lores was seen a disheveled blond young man observing the situation that Lores was going through right now and the young man grinning.

' "Hm, the knight has already lost. Yuna, huh? Looks like he's the same as me, he's not a newbie but a veteran."' The blonde-haired young man's inner.

Back to Yuna's side, she was currently just standing still and she was reminded of Rini who made her play VR again and it made her good mood drop drastically.

"Give up or you'll lose your precious money. I'm in a bad mood right now." Yuna said as the memory of Rini came back to her mind.

"Heh, surrender? You should have given up and not me, I just haven't moved because that's why you're still alive." Lores.

Lores finally pulled out her sword and made a move to activate her sword skill.

"Squeezer Swords!"

Lores' sword glowed gold and Lores swung her sword vertically and automatically Lores' legs also moved.

Yuna closed her eyes.

"It's over." Yuna said while making a special move to activate her bow skill.

"That's." Yuna Mumbled.

After Yuna muttered a circle appeared in front of Yuna who was in a aiming pose.

"Heh, of course you're over." Lores.

Lores' sword light extended and just before touching Yuna the light disappeared along with Lores's slumber because one of her legs stepped on a bed-making mine around her.

Yuna who saw that fell silent in a aiming position and not long after that Yuna released her skill.

'The resulting injury is not great, but what I am looking for is the effect of this skill. Armour Break.'

Krak?!

The sound of something breaking was very clear there from where Lores was. Yuna did not waste the opportunity she ran towards Lores and pulled out a purple arrow.

"With this, you're over." Yuna said as she shot out that purple arrow that looked poisonous.

"The land of death."

Death carrier arrow is a unique skill that can kill its target in one single attack even though it takes time because the skill is a poison attack that can certainly be neutralized with potion or recovery skill, but if the target is in a sleep state the skill is the end of the target's life. To activate the death carrier arrow skill, the bow user player needs a special purple arrow sub weapon named Lavender of Death because the skill will only be used when the LoD sub weapon is used.

The LoD arrows that Yuna shot stuck with her into Lores' stomach and the toxic effects of the LoD worked very quickly made Lores' HP bar erode quite quickly. All the players around the duel location were silent with admiration and surprised by the results of the duel that they thought was unbalanced it turned out to be quite surprising for those who previously thought the woman who was the Player then it will lose.

"Great! Turns out he's really great!"

Someone made a sound in the middle of the silence created by the unexpected that occurred in that one-sided duel. After that person's voice, voices full of admiration began to rumble making the once silent atmosphere become noisy while Yuna just sighed.

Yuna turned around and looked back at the small portal that was the door to the location of Hidden Mission level 50 and then she looked towards some Players who had quite good performances.

"Are any of you level 50 or above? If there is, would you like to create a Squad with me and complete the Hidden Mission." Yuna asked and ended with a request to create a Squad while pointing at the portal where the Hidden Mission Rescue the Princess was located.

"I want to!"

"Me!"

"I'm level 70!"

And various other exclamations were thrown from the mouths of the players around Yuna except for the three friends of Lores who tried to save Lores who was exposed to poison from LoD but unfortunately other Players will not be able to cure it for as long the duel has not been determined the winner, however, which means that as long as Lores is alive she will be exposed to the poison until she dies or if the sleeping effects of the sleeper mine end and Lores has potions or recovery skills then she can survive. But the duration of the sleep effect of Yuna's skill was 5 minutes while the poison effect eroded Lores' HP bar by half in a period of 2 minutes. And just as Yuna said before shooting the arrow of the death-bearer, "you're over" which means Lores won't survive.

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[Fantasy World Online's

Avante, Sofya City: Crystal Kingdom - Area 1]

Seen a stretch of dry grassland and there are burn marks in the middle of the expanse. Far in front of Yuna and her team and their alliance, a royal palace stands proudly, but if he looks carefully again, then will be seen smoke that soars high almost equal the height of the top of a tower in the front of the palace.

Yuna who was standing at the very front between the Squad and her alliance fell silent as a notification screen appeared within her vision.

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Rescue the Princess is Found!

Hint:

Head to the crystal royal palace area 3 and find the wounded soldier.

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"Oh there's a notification. Yuna, although I am the leader of this party but you are the one leading all the parties that will complete this Hidden Mission, so all the decisions are in your hands we will only follow your direction." Said a male player standing next to Yuna, she had the character name Zora and looked like a rookie adventurer despite being level 55, he is a Dual Blade user who is commonly called Assassin class although in FWO the class system is not implemented because FWO is a VR MMORPG that is made with full freedom for its players without being tied to the character class system.

"I see, for now let's head to the next location." Yuna said.

They also walked towards the crystal royal palace which was quite far ahead of them. During the journey all the players looked very cautious as some of the players who had detection skills said they felt a dark aura pressure around them and from the direction of the palace as well.

Creesek!

"Well monster?"

"No, look!" Said a girl named Yukie while pointing at a bush, where a white cat rolled a faint blue glowing crystal ball.

"Crystals? Take the crystal." Said Yuna who was immediately obeyed by all the players who were there.

"Good!"

As the players approached the white cat, it suddenly grew to the size of a horse.

"What! The cat is big!"

"Be careful, follow Yuna's directions."

"Good."

"understand!"

Yuna was speechless seeing all the players she led in their fighting mode, she did not know why but...

"Fat's flush with water and he'll go away by himself." Yuna said as she continued her steps towards the next area, whereas the other players especially the ones using the staff activated the water magic they had and it was true that the cat took a step back intending to escape, in all probability.

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[Fantasy World Online's

After obtaining the glowing crystal ball, Yuna and the rest of the players continued their journey until they arrived at area 2 which was the front courtyard of the crystal royal palace. Right now, Yuna was observing the situation in the front yard of the crystal royal palace with a serious face until a cloaked person appeared before Yuna, that person had Gregor's name and there was a question mark on his name.

'Hm? Npc quests? Side quest? The main quest was to find wounded soldiers in area 3, and this npc appeared in area 2 right after I was 2 meters away from the gate leading into the palace. Try me on this npc interaction.'

Yuna walked up to the npc named Gregor and a notification screen appeared.

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Quest: Find the missing crystal ball!

Reward:???

Gregor loses a crystal ball, finds it and returns it to Gregor to get a reward from Gregor.

Do you want to receive this quest?

Ya

No

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"Hey, what was the name of that crystal ball?" Yuna's question suddenly made the other players confused but the player holding the ball answered Yuna's question.

"Orbital Cristal, it seems like this is a rare item because its attributes add Str 50 points. That's.."

"Give me that." Yuna said quickly cutting off what the player who just spoke was trying to say, that player has the name Zenn.

Zenn whose words were cut by Yuna could only resign, he walked up to Yuna and gave the crystal ball in question to Yuna.

"It." Zenn said as he handed over the crystal ball he was holding.

Yuna received the ball and watched it closely.

'What is this thing that is meant? The quest explanation is not named. Maybe I'll try.'

Yuna looked back at the notification screen that still displayed the quest caption of the cloaked npc and she received the quest from the npc.

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Quest: Find the missing crystal ball!

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"Oh adventurer, thank you for helping me. My name is Gregor, I am the witch of this kingdom." Gregor.

'Hm, so I see, Gregor's npc is still not perfect that's why he doesn't act like an npc in a city that has perfect AI.'

'It feels like you're playing Freedom Fantasy Online alone with its statue-like npc if the player doesn't interact with it.'

Yuna only sighed lightly with a drop of sweat falling behind her head.

"Yes." Yeah." Yuna said.

"The adventurer, the crystal ball was named Adanium, the orb I used to search for something with my magic. Your Majesty asked me to look for the whereabouts of the princess, but without the ball I could not find the whereabouts of the princess." Gregor.

'So, this is not a side quest but part of HM Save the Princess. I hope this Orbital Cristal will come in handy later.'

"Then, when did you last see that Adanium crystal ball, Mr Gregor?" Ask Yuna.

"I saw the ball an hour ago in my room before the abduction of the Princess occurred, because of the panic I forgot to lock the door of my room with magic before I went to face my majesty." Gregor.

"Did anyone approach Mr Gregor's room before Mr came out?" Ask Yuna.

"There's a soldier patrolling around my room every 8 p.m., maybe he sees someone entering my room." Gregor.

'Um, the kidnapping happened about 1 hour ago, and this npc lost its crystal ball after that. It was most likely that the person who kidnapped the Princess of this kingdom was an insider. Otherwise, it might be possible that the kidnapper knew of Gregor's npc's crystal ball abilities.'

"Who and where are those soldiers used to be?" Ask Yuna.

"He was named Kron, he used to patrol around my room every 8pm and around the backyard of the palace in other hours. But ever since the Princess's abduction happened, I don't know where she is right now." Gregor.

'Huh~ is quite complicated as well as it seems, even though only HM level 50. All right let's finish this HM.'

Yuna turned to face the players who had been waiting for her interaction with the npc quest to finish, all players prepared to listen to what Yuna wanted to say to them.

"One thing I want to tell you, find a soldier named Kron around the palace, split up." Yuna said.

"Eh, shouldn't we head to area 3? Why do we have to find a soldier now?" Ask a player named Shirou, confused.

"No need to ask, should you have understood? We need that npc ability to find out where the Princess is right now." Zora explained a little.

"So yeah, hm hm." Shirou muttered in understanding.

"It's not clear that our agreement was before forming a party and alliance, we agreed that we will follow the direction or orders from Yuna because she is the leader of the whole party." Zora.

"Yes, I understand." Shirou.

"Then let's split up and find that soldier named Kron." Said Zora who replied a nod of understanding from all the players.

After all the players left, only Yuna and Zora were left in that place with Gregor's npc still standing still like a statue. Yuna turned around and re-interacted with Gregor's npc.

"Sir Gregor, can we enter the palace?" Ask Yuna.

"Of course, adventurers, you will be very happy to know that an adventurer will help find the missing Princess. Please follow me." Gregor.

After Gregor said that, the gate to the palace opened.

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[Fantasy World Online's

Avante, Sofya City: Crystal Kingdom - Area 3]

The crystal royal palace looks so chaotic because there are cracks and holes like they have been hit by a bomb explosion even though it is not large-scale. The former was not caused by a fight but rather it was the former rage of the King who was furious with the royal knights who could not find the location of the princess.

Right now, Yuna, Zora and npc Gregor were seen walking closer to the King's throne where the current King looked so angry. When the King saw the arrival of his royal magician with two strangers, he stood up from his seat and Yuna and Zora got a notification.

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Quest: King Alvaro

King Alvaro looks very angry, make the King calm down and tell him your purpose.

King Alvaro likes something shiny and looks rare, look for shiny objects or rare objects and give it to the King to calm the King.

Do you want to receive this quest?

Ya

No

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'There are more quests, it looks like HM this time will have several sub quests to find the end of his mission. I hope I don't get a bad ending.'

Yuna presses "Yes" to continue the hidden mission "Save the Princess" because she thinks she chose "No" then the mission is likely to be a failure or maybe get a bad ending and he doesn't want that to happen.

'I'll finish this HM and resume my main goal.'

Seriate...