The Adventures of Clara
The Night is gone, Dawn is Coming
02:20
The bomb threat and also the appearance of monsters in the city caused the entire population to panic.
The city guards themselves were not enough to handle the situation so the adventurers—forcibly— was collected and— arbitrarily— was deployed to handle the situation. This group of eight people was one of his victims.
Coincidentally while combing through town they find a loosely dressed little girl sleeping on the sidewalk. They tried to wake him up but to no avail. One of the adventurers claimed to know her so the girl was temporarily secured by them. In the middle of the road the girl suddenly rebelled, then did an acrobatic movement in the air.
And that's how the story of Pedro's brother ended.
Clara who listened until the end frowned.
What the fuck ...?
He doesn't understand at all. Justjust please. Whosoever. Tell this poor girl what really happened.
Could it be that when Clara was drunk, she wandered until she finally fell?
Whatever it was Clara decided to immediately return to the inn. If Uncle or the others knew Clara wasn't in the room the situation could be a rundown.
"Thank you y~ for taking care of Clara." Clara lowered her head sincerely. "For the next time Clara can return to the inn herself."
Clara who wanted to hurry back was stopped by Pedro.
"That situation is dangerous. Let me have company."
"Eh. Seriously, huh?"
"It shouldn't matter. After all, we have not met any enemies," replied one of the adventurers whose name is not known Clara.
"Then we combed the area around the inn at Clara" proposed a woman who if Clara did not remember wrongly was one of the archery contestants.
His proposal was immediately approved. This showed how unenthusiastic the adventurers were carrying out this impromptu task.
Clara who refused to be carried used reinforcement magic to match the speed of the adventurers.
On the way to the inn, Clara became quite familiar with other adventurers. Especially a warrior named Lial. The main topics discussed are certainly not far from adventure. Such as enemies, terrain, and various tips if facing certain situations.
One time Clara deliberately walked slowly so that she was in the final row. He then wrote something down on a piece of paper and let Lial read it.
"Are they dating?"
What Clara means is none other than Pedro with a beautiful woman with a cold face.
It's not like Clara kepo or how. He was just, yeah, curious. So he just wanted to confirm his suspicions.
"Yes. It's been a while," replied Lial.
Lial's affirmation has cleared up the rumors. Pedro was not uninterested in women, he only already had women filling every corner of his heart.
Clara doesn't care much, anyway. Because they met not long ago. But, somehow his chest felt a little tight.
Clara once again wrote a letter to Lial.
"What's this. A secret relationship?"
"The situation is a bit complicated. Especially on the female side," Lial replied. "P. S. Don't tell anyone."
"Then why did you tell Clara!" grunts in the heart.
Clara decided to stop teasing further.
He doesn't care much either, anyway. Seriousness.
The group of nine people continued to step on the silent streets of the commercial district. The streets are very quiet tonight. How quaint. Especially today is festival night.
"I feel so lonely, don't I?"
"Because of the sudden order from the Mayor. You know, the prestige of the old man is very high in this city. So most of the residents just fared without a lot of ba-bi-bu," explained an adventurer.
Seems like. Even though it still feels weird.
They were busy chatting without realizing the residential area was close.
Suddenly Pedro's girlfriend gave a stop signal. The gray-colored spirit that led the group swayed gave a warning. The adventurers swiftly formed a battle formation.
"Something invisible moves around us" he whispered.
The situation became tense. But no matter how long they waited for the other party to make no movement at all. Clara casts magic that sharpens her senses but to no avail.
Can't bear to wait any longer, the magicians in the group cast a wide area magic. Unfortunately because they were in a populated environment the witch tried to minimize the impact of magic damage.
A ring of fire formed around the group with a height of five meters and quickly extended to all directions.
The silhouette of the mysterious assailant was seen at a glance. Pedro who also saw it immediately released an arrow towards the figure.
"BABBUUH!"
A roaring scream pierced the night sky. The arrows stopped mysteriously in the air and from there the blood began to splatter.
The creature seemed to be trying to escape but its movements were sealed by the earth magic of an adventurer.
Other adventurers rushed to the roof of the building and gave a decisive attack.
Thus the battle was soon over.
“Great!”
Clara only blinked a few times and the monster had already fallen. Veteran adventurers are different.
The mysterious figure finally revealed his true identity. The creature looks like a giant chameleon with sharp spines all over its body.
"What's that?" ask Clara, curious.
"It should be a dream world creature. For now just call it a spiny chameleon," explained Uncle Bearded.
"So, what about this one?" ask Lial.
"Let's wait. Dream creatures never leave a corpse. When they die they will evaporate without a trace. Fortunately, some of them left behind very precious dream stones," explained Bearded Uncle.
Dream stones have indeed become the seizure of witches all over the world.
The three most important aspects for a witch are mana, sukma, and celira/sarira.
Think of it like this. Succum is fire. Selira is a skillet. Where is water or oil.
To cook food called magic these three are things that must be owned. The larger the dish the greater the water or oil, the greater the cuisine you can cook. And if the fire gets bigger then the food will be more quickly cooked.
The problem of increasing the milk is not an easy matter. The good news, there is an easy way is to absorb an object called dream stone. The bad news, this stone is very rare and became the material of struggle.
"Oh! It's starting to evaporate!"
I don't know who shouted that out, which obviously everyone seemed very enthusiastic. After all, rare and so material struggle \= exorbitant price.
But unfortunately this dream monster left nothing behind. A hue of disappointment clearly appeared on the faces of some adventurers.
Well anyway this is a rare item. To get it is just like being gambling.
"Let's continue the journey."
It took them about 15 minutes to reach their goal.
When the three-story building began to look Clara suddenly stopped. He ignored the adventurers who still looked confused and asked them to keep their existence a secret. After thanking him he ran towards the back alley until he finally disappeared from the sight of the adventurers.
It was likely that the adventurers had already guessed the reason for the girl's hunt.
They also continued their journey. The difference this time was that they were a bit enthusiastic. All for the sake of scavenging a small chance to get a dream stone.
02:42
A little girl runs through the dark alleys of Denia city. Fortunately this city is not like its hometown where the trash of the community will appear every few moments when crossing alleys like this.
The alley in this city contains only real garbage, small animals, lying drunkards, and also old men who are dying.
....
Clara ran backwards. There, he did not see wrong. There was indeed an old man lying with severe injuries on his body.
"To .. long."
"No look. Clara, you didn't see anything."
Yup.
Clara immediately ran on her way. But the man's hand gripped him very tightly. The little and kind girl wanted to let go of the old man's hand politely. Once again unexpectedly, the strength of this man was not playing.
In the end Clara gave up and decided to at least listen to the man's last request.
The man pointed towards his extremely severe injuries. He understood immediately.
It was not like he was strong enough to heal the old man completely. But at least his ability was enough to take him out of the abyss.
Clara cast healing magic on the wound on the shoulder. But the wound did not close at all. He increased the intensity of the healing magic but the results remained the same.
The girl frowned a little.
He would use healing magic of a higher level but was stopped by the man. Using his hand the man pointed an arrow at his stomach.
Clara nodded. He quickly retracted the arrow and then returned to chanting healing magic. Different from before, the wound on the stomach closed quickly.
After a few minutes, most of the wounds on the man's body had already healed. But the old man still looks dangerous conditions. The wound was much worse than his shadow. What he did was nothing more than prolonging something inevitable. And again he's out of mana.
I don't want Clara to be curious.
Who the hell is this guy? Why would he get hurt this bad?
A thought suddenly flashed through his brain, but he immediately put it away.
If his mind is right, doesn't that mean he's been breaking the law?
"Don't know. Clara, you don't know anything."
That's why he doesn't want to think about it, though,
Clara wanted to leave quickly but was stopped by the man again.
"Girl well ... Take this as my gratitude."
The man gave Clara a necklace.
As a kindhearted and good at saving, she should not accept gifts from strangers. But since he had already broken so many good girl guidelines tonight then there was no harm in breaking once again. So he accepted the necklace with pleasure. Moreover, the necklace had a heart design and looked extremely beautiful.
Tiredness seemed to have defeated the old man.
This time there was nothing stopping Clara from returning to the inn.
Maybe he should have started thinking about a thousand and one reasons to give to uncle.
What yes ....
Ugh.
His mind was still scattered due to the encounter with the mysterious man just now.
To the old man Clara does not know his name, may you be quiet in nature. Please ya~ don't haunt Clara.
With such foolish thoughts Clara finally got to her destination.
04.00
"Hey. Wake up, man. The battle is over."
A voice called to him. But he could not answer let alone move. His mind became increasingly cloudy and murky.
"Hoi, Big Man. Stop messing. Your daughter is waiting for your return."
The princess?
Oh, true. She has a daughter who is very ill. No matter how hard he tried the money he collected was never enough to meet his medical bills.
Forgive me for this useless father, son.
"Don't I tell you many times to stop adventuring and find a steady job. Cakes ... You're the base ...."
Ahaha.
She laughs. But of course his lips did not move. He just laughed in his heart.
Since childhood, he likes to adventure around the area around his birth village. When he was a teenager, he enrolled as a member of the Adventurers Alliance. Even after getting married and having children she still did not stop.
This is his life. This is his choice. Living as an adventurer. Death is like adventurer. Other than about his daughter, he would not die with regret.
"Huh. Be calm. I'll take care of your daughter."
Ahaha.
He laughed again in his heart.
Even after death he could only give this friend trouble.
"... Ma, bsa. Sob ...."
After saying her apology, the conqueror-class adventurer, Carlie, with no last name, known as a battle-loving person, was finally able to rest for good.
"Sleep peacefully, buddy."
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The murmur spread throughout the battlefield. Hundreds of people died in this battle.
Some may die with regrets. Most died without it.
As an adventurer. As a soldier or a knight. They live in danger. They always know that moments like this will come sooner or later.
That is why they live by puffing out the chest. They're proud. There is no regret in death.
Sleep peacefully, heroes. Thank you for protecting this city once again.
Thank ye.
^^^~*Test poet,^^^
^^^"For Heroes of Denia*.''^^^
