VRMMO | Terris Story: Someone "Them"

16:a. Another Quest, A Girl's Gone Mad

Iron bowl carrying fire.

"The iron bowl carries fire. . ." Elcia muttered while looking at the entire room. 'Bowl. . .iron. . .'

After watching her surroundings for a while, Elcia drew a conclusion and walked closer to the wall. 'Um, this puzzle is not very convoluted, so the bowl in question is probably this. . .'

Nodding, the girl stared at the torch attached to the wall in front of her.

The right fire burns eternally.

Thinking of the sentence, Elcia immediately drew a fairly simple conclusion; looking for a fire that could not be extinguished.

His eyes swept a glance across the walls of the room; there were dozens of torches burning at the same time, which made him sigh short of bother.

"Alice."

"Yes." Yeah."

Both of them immediately turned off the torches that lit up one after another. Restore the dim atmosphere into the place.

Pssshh. . .

Pssshh. . .

Pssshh. . .

Until the last torch that was still burning.

—Pssshh. . .

The torch died leaving smoke just like the other torches. Seeing that, Alice and Elcia were made to frown.

"It's not. . ." said Alice.

A little confused, the two decided to reread the scrolls they had brought.

From the middle, footsteps away from the twilight.

The first bell broke the silence.

Iron bowl carrying fire.

The right fire burns eternally.

Second bell of guide light.

The fangs are knowledge.

The flower of death opens the way.

The last bell is in the night.

Shortening the sentence, Elcia muttered a word she thought was the key to the puzzle. "Muu. . Iron bowl, fire, guide light. . ."

Going back to the beginning, Elcia started looking for things that might relate to the existing keywords. No need for trouble, Alice immediately found a suitable object.

"Goodie" said Alice, pointing at the black object on a wooden table.

"Cawan. .um, iron bowl. . !"

...[.Items Details]...

Unknown — Grail

Status : ???

Type : ???

Durability: 93%

???

A cup with a deep black color decorated with carvings that look foreign.

...————...

"Now fire. . ." Alice said as she put a finger on her chin. "But where is the eternal fire?"

As far as they could see, all the existing sources of fire were extinguished and not re-ignited; different from the features that symbolized eternal fire. Except one place, though,

". . . Fireplace."

"Yes, only the fireplace is still burning."

They approached the only place where the fire was still burning. Crouching down, Elcia glanced at Grail in her hand, then brought the thing closer to the fireplace.

[Grail in your hand reacts]

" "Bingo." "the two said together while touching the lips.

In front of the fireplace, the black Grail in Elcia's hand immediately showed itself. The carvings formed on the outside of the cup also lit up in harmony with the color of the fire, revealing the hidden writing behind it. Then from the burning fire, the burning tongues moved towards the mouth of the cup, until all moved away from the hearth.

[You managed to uncover the Unknown Item]

[Description of Items updated]

...[.Items Details]...

Unique — Replica | Bucket Grail of Guidance

Status: Awakened

Durability: 93%

Enhancements :

» True Path [Active] [1/1]

Using eternal flames to point the way behind the illusion.

Cost : -

Cooldown: 4 Days 12 Hours

A saucer that carried an eternal flame and was capable of tearing apart illusions. A replica of the actual object, which, however, is still able to show small fractions of its original ability.

...————...

And without even wondering, Elcia directly used the ability that the artifact had in her hands. "True Path."

Along with his words, the fire within the Grail began to stick out its tongues. Then from the flame, one by one the fireflies made from it appeared and flew around the two silver girls. Meanwhile, thin threads of reddish orange appear and spread out, getting more elongated every second. Moving to different corners of the place.

Watching what was going on in front of them, Alice and Elcia fell silent in their respective places, without being able to think of anything.

"This. . ."

". . . It's amazing."

Not stopped, the threads of fire that formed immediately wrapped around the objects around it, stiffening and getting tighter.

—Sraaak!

Instead of pulling the thing wrapped around the thread, a tearing sound was clearly heard. Together with the scenery in that place that slowly like torn apart destroyed and decomposed in the air.

[Hidden Place: Phantasmal Passage]

Different from the appearance of the place before, both are now shown in a rocky passage down which is minimal light.

The entire incident finally left the two at a loss for words. A fantasy phenomenon that could not possibly happen in the real world had just happened before them spectacularly. Both Alice and Elcia could feel their heartbeats pounding due to the heightened sense of spirit.

Armed with the light from the Ember Grail of Guidance fire in Elcia's hands, the two girls immediately walked forward together with the firefly that guided their way in front of them.

. . .

Shortly after, the two girls began to see the light coming from the end of the hallway.

[Hidden Place: The Secret Library]

Setting foot out of the dark passageway, Elcia was immediately made to hold her breath with her eyes wide open.

In accordance with the name that appears in the notification panel, both are now faced with a library.

But what made Elcia hold her breath was the size of the library that was so large. Even with just a single glance, he could tell if the library before him was currently many times larger than the Amaryllis library.

Bookshelves several meters high arranged on the wall adjust the hexagon shape of the place. Then from the middle of it which is a circular staircase, both can see the floors below and above those who have similar contents.

—For comparison, the Amaryllis library in his house has more than ten thousand books. That means, this place was at least a few times of that!

Elcia looked back at the puzzle sentence as well as the last clue they had.

The fangs are knowledge.

The flower of death opens the way.

The last bell is in the night.

Elcia placed a hand on her face with a flat expression, while Alice fell silent while cursing inwardly.

Both of them had only realized how troublesome the Quest was this time. And for the first time for Elcia, the nerd spirit in her was extinguished; which ironically happened in a library.

". . . Come on, Alice." said Elcia with little intention left.

"Yes. . ."

Returning to the sentence they had to solve, Elcia began to think quickly.

"Muu, the first line, the honed fangs are the meaningless knowledge of the books in this place. Second line, the death flower opens the way. . ."

And with that, the two were immersed in a long search in the giant library, armed with a sentence.

. . .

A few thousand books after, Elcia sighed tiredly without getting anything related to the clue sentence they had.

Alice approached him.

Raising an eyebrow, Elcia only found Alice shrugging her shoulders, a sign that she was also getting the same nil result as him.

"May. . ."

"Change floors?" alice asked while suggesting, which was replied with a soft nod from Elcia.

"Um, try."

With a circular staircase, the two reached the top floor quickly.

However, Elcia suddenly froze as they nearly entered the room. His gaze was fixed on an inscription that was barely visible on the stone wall beside the entrance.

Aquilegians.

". . . F."