Rise of the Adventurer Series: Sea Dragon Nest Quest

Volume - 1 // Chapter - 20

{Remember, Do not wage yourself on revealing your own Identity. Especially to the Eye of Awakening that you possessed. Otherwise, the consequences will inevitable.}

A sharp, unyielding reminder that putting Levi's mind intact to be made by the Unknown Being.

Due to that, Levi Furiman began startled and perplexed every time he asked for his Awakening wielding. Even from his friends and acquaintances.

As a matter of fact;

Cassandra Smith suddenly left thinking on her head, regarding what kind of Awakening stage that his friend, Levi Furiman possessed.

That made Levi on the other hand, drowning in his drink and started coughing nonchalantly.

!Cough!!Cough!

Levi didn't hold himself for a while.

"What kind of question is that?" He asked with a slight upset on Cassandra.

She felt shocked and worried as well, began regretting what she insisted through him.

"I'm so sorry I asked you about that?... I was just felt intrigued and curious about your Awakening powers after you fight the dungeon boss alone and fearless. What made my self-intuition about you was that You are far stronger than anybody here in the village... I'm so sorry to force you to answer my questions... don't mind it, forget about it." Cassandra felt restless, seemingly embarrassed and humiliated after she forcing herself on dealing with Levi's secret.

Levi completely understands what she felt the whole time. But then, he already made up his mind on keeping his power unveiling and hidden as much as he possibly can. Knowing the fact that the warnings made by the Unknown being are always true and transparent, that ignoring it will causing him a lot of troubles and problems shortly.

Instead, his response and answers are all strained to a pulp and carefully picked outside of his mouth, enough for him to evade all sorts of theories and conspiracy that everyone thinking through their minds.

The first one he tested out was how did he respond to what Cassandra asked about him.

"My Awakening wielded... hmmm I'm so sorry... I don't know either hahahahaha! :)" He replied with a slight discomfort on his face.

Knowing the fact that he's young enough to lie in front of other people.

Cassandra already noticing his grinning smile, didn't convince her of what he responded to her.

"You're lying... " Cassandra pouted.

Levi trying to avoid her suspicious glare, by laughing around on his back and kept busying on cooking.

! Sigh!

She left nothing but to conclude her intriguing questions towards her mysterious friend, empty-handed and regretful after all.

"Don't fret about it, It's alright... I will never, ever butting your life anymore... " She left to the kitchen and doing her daily business afterward.

"Call me when lunch is ready!"

"..... Okay."

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Inside the Church village.

Pastor Ozril, along with Misa Togo and other church attendants were felt tired and restless as they left attended the hundreds of villagers, Adventurers, and outsiders scrawling around the church, assembling for one particular reason.

Outsiders --- People living outside the Willow village, or other places that seem outside the villages/towns area of territory.

"We need to open the dungeon gates! .... We must do something about this kind of happenings."

"If those bastards in the Adventurers Administration knew our situations down here, they'll understand in a certain."

"If those dungeon gates didn't take any action, the monsters and magic creatures living inside will start swarming outside! And not just that, the first one that will be affected was us! "

"Yeah, that's right..."

Complaints made by the people are rampant inside the church.

Though, the Church Pastor was completely understood their problems and concerns. That he also made a sympathy towards them.

However;

"Why are you people kept complaining around inside the church, instead of the Adventurers Administration? Are you guys out of your minds?" Pastor Ozril couldn't hold out his emotions but scold the people very loud and badly.

Knowing the fact that the Church will always and has to be commonplace to balance both sides of any sorts of problems. The Church itself never chose the sides of both neither problems. Also, every single people gathering around already knew it.

But then, thinking the fact that the distance between their places and the central Village whereas the Administration building they held in was so far away. The people didn't have any choice but to complain in a said place that judging their rights and voices doesn't exist.

Nonetheless, the one managing the Church itself was started irritating towards them.

As the Church Pastor wanted to his rest for a while,

Misa was now the one in charge of attending to their complaints and protest.

"Good Afternoon everyone, mind if I asked about your problems that putting you lot as one?" Misa asking the people with elegance and soft-spoken, trying not to offend their crusade.

Out of their concerns, one of the protesters approached Misa as if she's the one represented by them.

It was Misa's one of her closest friends was the one approaching her.

"Misa-san, I know you heard about this. But the Adventurers Administration started closing the gates and dungeons throughout the village's vicinity... Every single one of them had locked up and heavily guarded by the Adventurer knights... After the recent dungeon break appeared 2 days ago." She nodded to Misa, half teary and anxious.

Misa, who were the ones who heard about the news just recently. Couldn't be made herself but worried about the recent events after the dungeon break that happened 2 days ago.

She started apologizing to the people with all her heart as the result.

Thinking that they're the ones getting involved in that incident.

Moreover;

As she kept approaching towards her long time friend;

She left nothing but worried about her life after the dungeon break occurred right at the time of their raid.

Knowing the fact that everyone around the village heard and knew about them, facing up against the unfortunate fate and surviving the inevitable death made by the monsters and magic creatures living inside of it.

But then, Misa's tears started to flow.

As she couldn't believe the aftermath of their recklessness on entering the dungeon. Empty-handed and unprepared for the possible outcome.

She hugged her friend very tightly as if she didn't want to let her leave. And started atoning her sins which is the situation she's in was an 'Incident'.

Misa's friend didn't understand what she felt at the moment. She cannot even blame her not because she's a dearest friend to her, but because Misa is also a victim of the said dungeon break that causes a lot of problems to everyone throughout the entire Willow village.

She left nothing but to comfort her friend as the result, knowing the fact that blaming others' fault doesn't mean the problem will resolve.

The people who saw everything inside the church are doing it as well, couldn't blame the victim without proper evidence and uncertain conclusion throughout the investigation.

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The Dungeon where the Recent break started.

Sam Smeagel, whose sitting flamboyantly outside the dungeon. Carefully observed the previous quest that was recently acquired and contract accepted that located just right in front of him.

"Hmm... So this is?"

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*****Adventure Quest*****

**Village Weekly Quest**

World: Althea

Kingdom: Saint Haven

Location: Prairie Town --- Willow Village

Quest Rank: C

Quest Status / Location: Dungeon

Number of Participants: 6

Quest Rewards: 100 Gold, 90 Silver, 80 Bronze

Instructions:

*Destroy the nest made by Orcs : (Complete) (1)

*Retrieve all resources stole by the Orcs: (Complete) (10 Treasure chests / 30 Golden weapons)

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The Department head seemingly getting astonished at the Adventurers, who completing the quest task during the break.

Not only that,

He felt intrigued and amazed to them as well, thinking the fact that the raid participants they held in are far lower than the desired average number.

"I can't believe they managed to complete the quest when they're only 3 of them putting their lives together. Especially when the dungeon break appeared." He nodded with a smile.

"Did you help them finishing the quest before the dungeon boss was taken down?" He added and asked Pista for clarification.

Pista Rambutan didn't respond with a voice. Instead, he simply swinging his head sideways, indicating his denial of what the department head's speculating on him.

"Oh... I see, so you guys aren't the one doing the cleaning of the raid? ... then who are they? The Adventurers as well?" Sam Smeagel initially went intrigued even more, Out of his curiosity, he asked his subordinate about the details once again.

And then, Pista Rambutan's face suddenly went happy for some reason. Mesmerizing the day when every single one of them being saved and indebted to a certain Adventurer that putting his own life for the sake of others.

Moreover, as far as he remembered regarding on what his actual physique. He was still young, and wild to be discovered. Didn't show any sort of weakness in his appearances, aside from his weak, fragile body on the other hand. And seemingly unidentified to the Adventurers data list throughout the entire village cluster.

Adventurers Data List --- Record for the Adventurers enlisting in various towns and villages.

He letting himself be convinced not to spread out his name, nor his identity to other people, also to the Adventurers and Administration as well.

As the result, Pista Rambutan decided not to point out the person that the Department head wanted to know.

The Department head seemingly noticed what Pista Rambutan felt just now, aggravated and perplexed.

"What is it?... why are you so joyful all of a sudden? Does anything make you happy?" Sam asking out of his concern.

"Yeah... Something... Something far monstrous than the actual magic creatures we'd facing into." He replied with a promising gesture towards the man he remembering with.

"Who is it? the woman that possessing the Double Awakening? She seems bold and strong to be known in this village, am I right?" Sam guessing it.

Pista simply swinging his head once again. Indicating the Department head was wrong in his intuition.

Sam slowly getting confused, thinking that the strongest among 3 was the person who possesses the power of Double Awakening, left nothing but guessing again.

Amongst those 3, he chooses to be the second strongest.

"The woman with a class of a fighter? Is she that kind of strong?.... hmm, much more sense? According to our intel, She wields only an ordinary Awakening. But what I'm pointing to is what kind of Awakening race did she possessed, which is she has a Demi-being. The most reliable race possessing in terms of dealing the gates and dungeons, just like the one it exists.... " Sam Smeagel guessing the answer to his Subordinate like he already concluding it.

Unfortunately;

As the Department head starts guessing it wrong, Pista Rambutan on the other hand, accidentally laughed right in front of him. Causing them to make a slight confrontation against each other.

"Bastard, did you just laugh?" The Department head asking on him with a deadly and menacing glare, ready to murder his teasing Subordinate.

Pista Rambutan immediately felt the immense, terrifying magic aura made by the Department head that aiming towards his very existence. Begging for mercy as quick as he possibly can, by kneeling right in front of him and asking for forgiveness.

As a matter of fact.

Both Sam Smeagel and Pista Rambutan had shared the same fate on becoming Adventurers since childhood. Also the only ones able to insult and teased each other in any way like they playing around and do nothing.

As the result, The department head left nothing but to felt teased and insulted towards his very friend at this time.

He continued his speculations and conspiracy towards the recent investigation made by Pista Rambutan, regarding the said person that he once pointing to.

"So, are you are trying to say to me that among the 3 people raiding inside the Dungeon break, and the one saving you guys from the army of magic creatures was the Porter?" Sam Smeagel didn't have any other choice to point out but to mention the last and so-called weakest person involving the dungeon.

Pista on the other hand, already giving up the hints of the person he always mentioned to the Department head. Nodded his head with pride and full of boast to his superior.

However;

As an ordinary logic for the minds of an ordinary person, it was already an understatement answer that the strongest people were the ones leading their group or any form of organization.

That was the first one Sam Smeagel did believe in.

But then, that was not the case when he figured out the person that made Pista Rambutan and others spared their lives against the might of the Dungeon break.

As he laughed exaggeratedly after what he heard about it.

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***To be Continued***