Rise of the Adventurer Series: Sea Dragon Nest Quest

"Where.. am I?" A weak, fainted voice coming from a man who's about to die after a fight that he knows he's not going to win. Knowing that the boy had gone through all of his young, unfortunate life facing up against the magic beast and creatures residing in a dungeon. But some of it is living freely on the outside. Levi Furiman, a 14-year-old 'E'-rank Adventurer living in a world that everything he saw is new in his own eyes. The fact that he lost on a certain contract whereas the consequences of losing it have to deal with the greatest punishment on his life that made himself had changed forever. {You are going to a world where the Dragon Nests are living in their accords. You must deal with them for you to get stronger on your own!} An Eerie, vicious voice made by the 'Balancer of Race' channeling its powers to send him away from the world he once living in. A month of living in a world that he felt ignorant at a young age. Levi Furiman left isolated himself away from the people that were seemingly atrocious of him. He even steals everything, especially the foods and commodities made by the villagers from their livelihood for themselves for him to live longer and keeping his shape on dealing with the magical creatures and monsters inside and outside the dungeon all by himself. Knowing the fact that the punishments for stealing in their world were far brutal than the ones he knows too. It was a double-edged decision for the minds of a young, foreign Levi Furiman wanting his life to survive and eagerness to live not just for his own sake, but to fulfill all the quests and missions prepared by the Balancer of Race itself for him to return into his life. {You must conquer all 8 Dragon Nests living in that world. After that, you can return to your present life.} ... "Oh... You're alive, thank goodness!" An old passerby having his return to his home, far away from the main town. "Who... Are... You? Thank you.. for saving.. me" A wounded, half-dead Levi Furiman trying to say his gratitude while painfully lying down on a wooden carriage made by the Old man. His eyes went dim, trying to see the person helping him whilst keeping himself on guard throughout his surroundings. Even though the blood kept flowing on his body like a faucet after the fight he faced against the low-graded goblins. Levi kept attending himself to the man wanting to help while pressuring his wounds to stop them from flowing. "My name is Pastor Ozril.. don't worry kid, I am not going to hurt you... you seemed restless tonight, I won't let you die this night... not on my watch" Levi couldn't believe that someone finally gets his attention after a month of living in a world send by the Balancer of Race to him. He felt gratitude for the man lending his hand to help him up from his agony, screeching a lot inside the carriage for joy and having in debited to him on that night. "My... My.. just cry so loud like a baby, you deserved that." Telling Levi with a teasing laugh and grinning at him like his own son. . It was already dusk and the night is started to rise when Pastor Ozril, along with badly wounded Levi had finally arrived at the church where he lives in. "We finally arrived, Levi-kid.. let's treated your wounds properly there." A concerned, worried Pastor Ozril notifies Levi about it. "Thank... you... Pastor Ozril.." Levi trying to respond to his help even though he's already half-dead and nearly unconscious. "Don't mind it, just hang in there!" Pastor Ozril replied to Levi with a bit restless on him. As soon as the carriage reached through the door, Pastor Ozril immediately yells out from the outside to calls for help on the inside. "Help! ... I bring wounded person, anyone come outside and helps me out here!" Knowing that some people were living in the church other than Pastor Ozril, they went rushes straight to the outside as soon as they heard the Pastor's voice. /Feet rumbling/ /Floor crumbling/ As they reached where the voices came to their ears, they were surprised and worried at the same time as they saw a lot of blood covering the entirety of the wagon. They left nothing in their words as they started to worry about the happenings that the Pastor had brought to the church and began wondering on how did he get into that kind of situation. Suddenly, the people slowly opened the carriage tent and wanted to pick up the person inside. They were surprised and seemed disappointed to the one bringing it as they saw a familiar appearance that made them irritated and disgusted. "That Boy..." "The notorious village thief." "You'd bring some delinquent boy into this sacred place, Pastor Ozril?" "This boy doesn't belong to this sacred place." Everyone couldn't hold their emotions to Pastor Ozril because he brings and helping the mere Levi Furiman who has having a bad reputation towards the people throughout the village. As the result, they started to decline what the Pastor requested to them and started to head themselves out as quickly as they could. But then, the moment they started to leave the place and abandoning the orders made by Pastor Ozril. The Pastor on the other hand had a simple word to everyone, that made them changed their mind like they're being slapped by realization. "Are you guys... believed in God?" Pastor Ozril had his first response to them. "Of course, that is why we were here serving Him with all of our lives!" "We give it all in our hearts. money, glory, everything! for the church as well!" "For us to save, we must believe in Him!" Unfortunately, all of their answers didn't match what Pastor Ozril wanted to know for them. He tried to ask them a different question. "You guys, In your own opinion... Does God do forgiving?" Pastor Ozril asking them again with a serious gesture. At that point, everyone began stunned and couldn't reply to Pastor Ozril's question. They finally realized the importance of forgiving no matter what kinds of sins every single one they atoned. "Then you guys must forgive him... The way God always forgives us... especially to the young boy like Levi Furiman.." Pastor Ozril started to conclude his thoughts to the people. "Besides, he only steals food and clothes, not for himself, but for the other people who are more needed than him! ... nothing seems too big that he steals from you guys living in this village.." Pastor Ozril added to them. A slap of realization, the people who were once reluctant to the orders made by Pastor Ozril started to felt guilt for the actions they made just recently. And so, they also realized the eyes of Pastor Ozril desperately wanted to help the boy whose lying in the carriage and about to die from losing so much blood. They immediately help the wounded Levi Furiman by putting him inside the church and washing his wounds as soon as they enter it. Inside the church. Pastor Ozril, along with the orphaned children had started preparing their meals for dinner while other church people treating Levi Furiman's open wounds thoroughly in the church clinic. Out of their innocent curiosities, the orphaned children started to ask Pastor Ozril about the person he brings along with him. "That boy... is your new 'Family' ..." He answered the orphaned children with a smile on his face. "I want to meet him." "Me too.." After a few minutes of preparing the meals, the people who treated Levi's wounds on the other hand had done their part by using the magic spells to speed up his recovery. Unfortunately, the church people are having their bad news to the church Pastor regarding Levi Furiman's condition. Resulting in them losing hope at the moment. "His wounds... are not closing completely." "Even though we sealed up the blood from spilling to the ground, the open wounds he receives are our main concerns to him..." "We resolving it by bandaging the wounds to cover up from infections... That is all we can do about it... But he's alive anyway, he rested up to the clinic room, hoping it would be sealed up naturally.." But then, Pastor Ozril felt relieved yet worried at the same time as the news he heard coming from them is rather good nor bad for it. He then asked the church people for calling out the day as they also need their rest for themselves to regain their magic powers, which they used for healing the badly wounded Levi Furiman. .. Sunrise at the church where Levi Furiman rested in. Pastor Ozril went to the village market to buy goods and necessities for their breakfast, as well as lunch and dinner. "You'd seem going to the village aren't you? come on jump in!" Along with the people who once helping up Levi's recovery, they went also to the village market to buy something they need for everyday work. They left invited a ride to Pastor Ozril's carriage as his token of gratitude for helping him out recently. As the people gladly accepted his offer for riding along to his carriage. Everyone was surprised and terrified as the blood made by Levi's wounds didn't much clean completely, rather it spreads out the whole carriages' inside. "I sincerely apologize for the unwanted views coming on the inside... I swear to you everyone, I cleaned that almost 5 times in a row early this morning... And yet, the stains didn't seem removed completely..." Pastor Ozril having his thoughts to the people before riding the carriage as he reminded them in the first place for it. Knowing that the village where everyone was heading was few kilometers away from their home, and a few hours long by just walking into. They had no choice but to accept the Pastor's offer without having complained, for them to save time and energy on traveling back and forth. Also, even though they have magic powers relying on almost every single work they do. They cannot use magic spells to fly nor using for transportation because the magic pool they emitted was barely enough to use for everyday use. Even for Pastor Ozril who barely uses the magic spell. !!?? Few minutes had passed when they started to ride the carriage, some of them who had already taken their breakfasts started to vomit nonchalantly not because of the rough road they traveling, but because of the blood that can be seen everywhere. They couldn't hold their gut and started to felt restless after some of them began to vomit and started spitting on the road. Suddenly, everyone kept holding their nose and mouth trying not to vomit. They started to relieved themselves as a nice, fragrant smell started to burst inside the carriage coming from out of nowhere. Out of their curiosity, everyone inside the carriage is having their minds into one, started to wonder how a nice, pleasant smell kept spreading inside when there are so many bloodstains covering the entirety of the carriage. Pastor Ozril who was the one driving the wooden carriage, on the other hand, was the one explaining to the people on the inside about the situation they made into. "Oh... So you guys finally recognize that smell?... Would you guys minded smelling those bloodstains?" Pastor Ozril asking to them with pleasure. At first, everyone seemed disbelief to the Pastor who was the one daring such ridiculous request to them. Some of them who started vomiting a moment ago had declined immediately, yet others who did not are accepted. /Sniff/ /Sniff/ "This is! ..." "The source of elegant smell we smelled the whole time was coming from the bloodstains?" "What in the world is going on?" Logically, the bloodstains when dried out began stinking and started spreading unpleasant smells the longer it started. But the people who smell made astonished and couldn't believe what they search as for Pastor Ozril made for them had become worth it. However, what their minds made wondering the most is the one sourcing the pleasant smell coming from bloodstains that made them intrigue and felt restless instead of relieving. . . ***To be Continued***