Rise of the Adventurer Series: Sea Dragon Nest Quest

Volume - 1 // Chapter - 23

Previously;

At the time Misho Santa, along with Clarisa Sensya and Clarence Bullock having their time attending to the place where Pastor Ozril residing in.

With unspoken truth and unclarified conclusions that are already prepared for some uncertain situations.

The three Adventurer Knights whom the ones investigating the previous Dungeon Break that already existed began started their move by linking another person involved regarding the investigation they currently held in.

Yes, it was the young man whom the last one went to the said dungeon that the break started to exist.

"According to some witnesses who didn't leave their houses to evacuate during the occurrence of the Break, there was a young man with a plain-looking body and the age of at least 14-year-old, slowly getting outside of the dungeon, half-dead and whole body bathed with blood and wounds nonchalantly opened throughout of it. Some said that after the boy taking his leave outside, the dungeon itself started to shrink and returning into its original form, then the vicious, terrifying aura emitted around it had slowly perished and diminished. They said that the dungeon break will be closed out afterward, and didn't see any signs of broken out once again." He concluded his statement towards the Church Pastor, who already felt trembles and petrified on his body.

Knowing the fact that the next moment after that scenario, was the one he was started to appear and getting involved.

He left nothing but to admit some of the things that he knew during that time of happening.

"So, are you saying that you helped that young man on his way to death from out of your concern?... How thoughtful you are, Pastor Ozril." Misho trying to get a compliment from the Church Pastor.

The Church Pastor is simply valiant towards the Investigator.

However;

The face of Misho Santa didn't seem glad nor relieved for what the Church Pastor had done after all.

Knowing the fact that the way he helped the unknown, a foreign person might causing a huge disavowed and resentment towards the church he assigned, also the Investigator who taking care of.

But then, the thoughts of Misho didn't mean hating the Church Pastor for doing the right thing from his perspective.

"It can't be helped, what's done is already done. But I'm relieved that the young man you'd saved was fairly alive. Somehow."

The Church Pastor agreed on his resolve, but the thoughts on having discomfort on his feeling were not yet vanquished and rather putting him into a hot set as a result.

Moreover;

The head Investigator solemnly asked about the identity of the young man that the Church Pastor helped before they leave.

"Would you mind telling us his name?"

The Church Pastor gladly granted his request.

"That young man was talking to, is Levi Furiman..."

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The night after the Investigator's visit, as well as the recent Dungeon Break.

Levi was already preparing for his bed to sleep for tomorrow's busy day once again.

As he kept writing on his scrapped book, like a diary of his life in the new world where he lived in.

!Knock! !Knock!

A soft squeak of noise knocking on the door wanted to open in the middle of the night.

"Who's that?" Levi asked.

"It's me, Levi-kid."

As soon as he heard the Church Pastor's elderly voice, he quickly opened the door to take his attention to him. Leaving his current belongings unattended.

"Oh... Do you write something? I'd never thought you do know how to write in a very young age you have... hohohoho!" He simply commended Levi's doing for some reason.

Knowing the fact that the people around the Village are mostly didn't know how to write until they reached 18. But able to read nonetheless.

However;

The face of the Church Pastor was seemingly intrigued and astonished all of a sudden.

As he noticed very uncertain characters and languages that Levi Furiman write all through it, that making his mind intact that the person he met was a mysterious and foreign right in his very existence.

'So this kid was not living in this country, nor this world either... I'm already convinced about it... I had never seen such writings he made all in my life.'

Out of his curiosity, he asked about the paper he was always busy writing to start their conversation.

Levi left unguarded for a moment, suddenly startled out and putting his belongings hidden.

"Don't mind about it, I know I don't understand what's in scripted on that piece of paper either... Hohohoho!" He simply laughed and teased on what Levi reacted to it.

Levi seemed frustrated and humiliated as the result.

"What brings you here, Pastor Ozril? Does anything you'd wanted to help from me?" Levi normally responded, trying to misdirect the conversation.

But then;

The Atmosphere inside the room was surprisingly changing all of a sudden in a certain amount of seconds, completely dragging out Levi's senses.

It was the Church Pastor's Awakening Aura that rapidly surging inside his room.

The System notification couldn't be helped but to take its warning message instinctively.

~Warning: Identified Awakening Aura approaching.

As soon as he noticed, he instantly picked up his weapon as his defensive stance against the Church Pastor.

The sigils were constantly glowing through the knife that Levi used was staggering.

"Hmm... Hohohoho... I see I see..."

A sudden teasing laugh made Levi stopped from getting terrified.

"So that was it, now I finally understand.." A loud valiant conclusion that seemingly made Levi Furiman felt fearful about him.

The vicious, atmospheric sensation that they felt was now diminished and gone after Pastor Ozril releasing his Awakening aura inside Levi's room.

Wanted to find out the young man's true nature and Identity.

"What was that all about, Old man?" Levi was now pissed already, trying to calm himself down at the moment.

"I was just testing you out, Idiot... hahahahaha!" He teased the young man so casually all night.

Levi left nothing but to felt pissed and pouted right in front of the Church Pastor's existence.

"Don't give me that face, you made me sick..." Now he felt annoyed at him for some reason.

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After a few minutes of having nonsense chatter and conversation made by each other.

Pastor Ozril suddenly began solemnly, waiting for an answer to Levi's very existence sincerely.

Though, thinking the fact that the actions Levi secretly made for the past month had started to exposed due to the recent incident he occurred.

The Church Pastor couldn't hold himself anymore but admit to him about the current happenings that they atrociously involved.

It was a perilous decision made by him, thinking it was the best way for him to know the situations he held in.

Levi on the other hand already knew about his purpose in coming to his place in the middle of the night from the start.

He left nothing but agreed on what he said to him.

For starters, Pastor Ozril shared his thoughts on Levi regarding the first dungeon raid he went in, a week ago.

"What? they figured out all of it? looks like I'm in trouble..." Levi's first thoughts after he heard some bad news from the Church Pastor.

"Come to think of it, the Villagers kept batting an eye against you for no reason, and the Administration had to deal with your mess as well... Wow, you'd seemed notorious on having an absurd reputation in just a whole month of living this world... Hahahahahaha!" Pastor Ozril kept making fun of Levi's utter mistakes, instead of helping him out with all of his problems.

"Shut up, Old man... You're not helping!" Levi has already done with his insults, completely annoyed, and felt depressed at the same time.

Yet, the worries and concern made by the Church Pastor towards the young fragile man are soaring, to be able to put pity on him whenever he goes on his will.

At first, he seemed ecstatic by looking at his face, but deep down inside his heart are agitated and agony. As he realized what kind of life did Levi Furiman made for the first month of living.

He didn't want to see his sad, frustrating face towards him as the result.

Levi in the meantime, couldn't be left himself worry shortly. Thinking the fact that his identity will slowly be spreading out and exposed in a matter of time ever since.

"What should I do now?.... Maybe I should leave this place as soon as possible.."

Desperately, Levi suddenly went upon his mind leaving the place where he cherished the most.

Pastor Ozril completely understand what he felt.

He nearly forgot another thing that seems fine news for the side of Levi's situation.

Knowing the fact that only a few people knew about the incident that he's involving in. Also, only the selected few are the ones having a piece of information towards the identity of young Levi Furiman. Whose already terrified and frustrated in his perception.

"Yes, they only know about your name, your physical information, as well as where you live." Pastor Ozril calmly nodded.

"Are those guys even bad? Or something that can put me into danger?" Levi asked with concern, putting a nightmare into his mind for a while.

Frankly speaking, even Pastor Ozril couldn't be made himself concluded towards the nature of those persons that know only his name and appearances.

But one thing made his mind for sure;

"Even if they tried to expose your name in public, putting your entire personality into a rock bottom, mocking you down until the fear and humiliation slowly eating you alive. I'm pretty sure they can, but they couldn't for a certain reason..." The Church Pastor valiantly concluded his thoughts towards the depressed, anxious Levi Furiman.

He simply smiled, trying to comfort him.

But Levi was still affected, couldn't think properly for a moment.

"How can you tell those words like you already knew the future?" He simply asked, trying to get assurance from his uneasy feeling against the Church Pastor's revelation.

Suddenly;

As what Levi wanted an answer for his cause.

The air and pressure inside the room had begun heavier and tighter, barely made a single move to counterfeit the atmosphere they felt.

"What... is this... again?" Levi flustered.

/Wooden chair and table slowly creaking./

/Candle that putting their source of light instantly depleted./

/Levi's bed suddenly cracked./

For the second time, Levi started staring into the Church Pastor's eyes. Thinking that it was his Awakening aura he always felt at the moment.

!Glare!

"Huh... So it was his?"

In a fearsome way, Levi's eyes immediately widened, freaked out, and startled out as the result.

"Eye of the Awakening!"

He saw the Church Pastor's Eye of the Awakening for the first time, completely frightened and astonished at the same time.

Thinking the fact that it was his first time seeing a kind of eye that seemed a threat not just for the monsters and magic creatures, but for some people and Adventurers wanting to mess up against him.

"I'm not sure about this... But that kind of Awakening Eye he possessed, It gives me chills and telling my senses not to mess that one!" A thought and reaction did Levi Furiman made after he observed his eyes most quickly.

Out of his fears and agitation on his body;

He activated his Eye of the Awakening being unnoticed, trying to compare the pressure that the Church Pastor made.

!Blink!

Levi's Right eye was the only one transforming.

As soon as he activated his Eye of the Supreme Awakening, the first thing that he quickly noticed was the exact Aura that both of them emit.

'Wait, the way he emits the Aura... Was it just like mine? Could that be?'

However, the two kept staring at each other's position for a couple of seconds.

Pastor Ozril's Awakening aura began slowly diminished, carefully calming down his senses and asking Levi to calmed him down on his own.

Without saying anything as his response, Levi valiantly stopped. Annoyed and mumbled towards the Church Pastor's behavior.

He left nothing but to tease the young man after a shocking manner he made against him.

On the other hand, aside from being a clown, funny trait that he has shown towards him.

He finally figured out and realized at the same time, regarding a very certain kind of Awakening Eye, that the 'Book of the Awakening' secretly revealed.

As he resolves to the young man's sworn question, he used it as his answer towards him.

"Do you know why are those people didn't want to reveal your identity in front of the public? ... It's because they're afraid of dealing with such inevitable consequences towards the power that you possessed, Levi Furiman." A sharp truth-seeking answer was made by the Church Pastor, able to regained back into the young man's senses once again.

'That's it, the Eye of the Awakening that this kid possessed... Was a 'Supreme' one... However, he's so young enough to understand that kind of power. Yet, he was not so dumb enough to control it nonetheless. Anyways, I need to protect him against the people who wanted to abuse that power he just wields... For some time, maybe 2 or 3 years from now, I need to watch him as much as I possibly can.'

With a pure, promising though, that the Church Pastor preparing for him. He knew that this kind of opportunity can be called a 'Once-in-a Lifetime' experience, that nobody would be having into it.

"I promise, your Identity will be hidden forever... you got it?"

"UhmUhm.." Levi gratefully nodded.

"But promise me one thing..." He suddenly felt solemn.

"What a creepy face, old man... By the way, what is it?" Levi having a second thought rather he laugh nor afraid.

"Never let that power of yours, be taken against the forces of evil... got it?" He pouted.

Levi went annoyed after he heard it.

"Of course not... i***t old man!" Levi teased.

Causing the Church Pastor to irritate, squishing Levi's head until he got lumps.

And so;

With an innocent gesture, showing as a child once again. Pastor Ozril couldn't let himself do a fatherly thing, that Levi Furiman didn't felt for his entire early life.

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***To be Continued***