Rise of the Adventurer Series: Sea Dragon Nest Quest

Volume - 2 // Chapter - 44

[The third part of Sam Smeagel and Pista Rambutan's unknown and unvalidated Misadventures]

Feet prudently moving;

Carefully stepping the ground, trying not to touch the mine planted by some unknown beings.

Like a wind blowing at the pace, Sam Smeagel and Pista Rambutan finally arrived at the place.

Where Yaka the Homo-Goblin, forcefully ordering them to come.

Without getting tripped the traps and triggered the mines for several minutes prior.

"Where here... I guess." Sam suspectedly nodding.

Pista felt the same thing;

As he saw the place after they reached outside the dense forest, he saw another set of forests that made their movements stopped out of surprise.

Their eyes went widened, mouth couldn't hold itself from closing, and the bodies went trembled all of a sudden.

As the two intriguing Adventurers couldn't hold themselves to be astounded. As for the first time in their lives seeing a huge, sea of bamboos, dancing forth in a similar direction whenever the wind blows up towards it.

To put it precisely, the Average height of the bamboos they'd seen was around 50ft. and its body circumference was around 3 to 10ft... In other words, the tree they'd seen was far huge and bulky than regular-sized bamboo regularly.

"Amazing"

"I can't believe that bizarre tree looking so straight like this?" Pista left amazed, simply comparing it to the ones he only knew in his life.

"Wait a minute, this is it?" Pista startled, suddenly remembered the guides and directions give by Yaka to the Department Head.

"Yeah, Let's continue.." Sam humbly responded to him.

The two Adventurers started running once again. This time, at the Bamboo forest.

The green scenery on the inside was the way elegant and peaceful ambiance, compared to the first one that made their senses tingling through the bones and obnoxious to be felt.

Causing the movements of the two to go slower and more serene to be noticed.

"So calm, I don't like this..." Sam suddenly felt uneasy about the surroundings he'd went.

Solemnly activating the Eye of the Awakening out of his restlessness.

Pista on the other hand is whole-heartedly likable to the serenity of the place. Left himself off-guarded and unwary.

!!??

The wind blowing the forest is rampant and storming.

The Surge of the wind had made oblivious, making the pace of the two went hardly able to move all of a sudden.

Aside from it, the Bamboo shoots nonchalantly swinging back and forth, like dancing through the wind and started emitting magic presence on the inside.

Sam Smeagel instantly noticing it, suddenly went losing his consciousness, instantly felt shivers on his skin, and began restlessly as the result.

"Keep running, Chief... This is not the time to made slower!"

"Remember what you said to me before I accepted this... After this forest, we're finally reaching the place where 'they' residing in... Am I right?" Pista courageously scolded the Department Head. Adamantly trying to regain the uneasy feeling that he felt.

But then;

All of a sudden;

As the two keeping themselves in touch to their consciousness, towards the strange, terrifying aura made by the forest.

A set of a ranged shots given by an unknown enemy through the unknown distance and location.

!Bang!

A long, piece of magic arrow filled with Awakening aura on its tip, viciously appearing towards them.

Fortunately, the arrow went deflected in an instant. Due to the reflexes made by Pista Rambutan.

"Demi-being aura?"

The first one he immediately noticed, after he caught the arrow on his left hand. Began regaining his senses back and went himself guarded on track against the enemies.

By cautiously slashing his right eyes, the Eye of the Awakening simply activating and began ready for the battle.

He seriously wants to deal against them, also to buy some time to regain the Department's consciousness as well.

10 Demi-beings.

The number of enemies he'd sensing on a 30-meter radius, making him too alarmed and terrified at the moment.

!Bang!

Another set of ranged attacks was given by the unknown Demi-beings, mercilessly aiming for them with killing intent.

Pista completely recognized their incoming attacks, since the time they releasing them. He knows when was the first one reaching towards them, as well as the last.

!Left! !Right! !Right! !Right! !Left!

With only that, he was simply able to read their movements and attempts at the attacks.

Allowing him to deflect all of it with ease, without the help of the Department head. Whereas was in a state of mentally unstable.

"This is hopeless, I couldn't last any longer with these." Pista simply went worried on himself.

As time passes by, the power that he has had started to reach its limits.

As what he resolved. He let the Department headset aside from a huge stone, where he luckily found on the way of their running.

And started taking his attention towards the enemies, whole-hearted and desperate.

!Shoo!

/Bamboo left swinging after they escaping./

The Demi-beings already noticed the sudden reckless movements made by Pista Rambutan, simply taking themselves to retreat from their position and started scattering far from Pista's attack range.

Knowing that the range of Pista's Awakening senses was only 30 meters, He left nothing but to felt frustrated as he couldn't reach far away from Sam Smeagel's position.

As what he resolved, by thinking of diverting the distance between him and the Department Head. He simply abusing the sensory of his Awakening range, by putting himself on a sensory tip towards him and reacting itself through the opposite side.

With that logic, the distance he went towards to where Sam is, was 29 meters simply near to its sensory limit. And another 30 meters away from the enemies' presence.

It was a pleasant and effective plan that he'd made at first. However;

!Pant! !Pant! !Pant!

Pista Rambutan already knew that this kind of method was simply exhausting for the likes of him.

Went himself predicting that this will last for only several minutes before he completely passed out and lost composure.

!Bang! !Bang! !Bang!

Countless magic arrows were raining against him; leaving no signs of opening to escape and its sound was utterly deafening.

Pista went hopeless for a moment, thinking for the last second of his life remembering the thoughts and good memories that made his life more valuable before he received the agony of despair.

As he saw for himself, he couldn't manage to evade such rainfall of arrows atrociously aiming towards him.

But then, nonetheless;

As what the fate of life already accepted regretfully on him.

He suddenly remembered the last time he saw how Levi Furiman managed to escape the certain death coming from the Dungeon Orcs, and the Homo-goblins as well. Allowing him to felt motivated to lived coming up with a plan because of it.

And so, as far as what he knows;

He imitates Levi's movements, trying to mesmerize the same moves he'd made amid a tight crisis.

"He closes his eyes, taking a deep breath... Concentrating the surroundings, ..."

"And move..."

!Swooosh!

With the Awakening race, he possessed, whereas the Knightsmen Race. He was easily able and managed to copy other's movements and actions with ease and quick.

However, on the stage of Awakening, he possessed, as well as the experience of imitating the other's movements. He knows he couldn't master it at a first glance, especially when things started getting faster eventually.

Surprisingly, he simply made it in an instant, couldn't believe what he achieved in a blink of an eye.

As the result; the death he was once afraid to face had now gone through the distance and managed to escaped relentlessly.

However, in an unfortunate way;

Not all the arrows that the enemy throws into him were successfully evading.

As he received at least 9 arrows throughout his body.

2 on his right arm.

3 on his left upper body.

2 on his left thigh.

1 on his right foot.

1 on his back.

Blood constantly spreading through the ground.

Winds of the forest kept surging the inside, allowing the body of Pista to made shivers and cold horrendously.

"Looks... Like, I didn't manage to copy that kid's movements..."

"As... Expected... to... the... Supreme... Awakener..." He left having his thoughts, keeping himself in touch while watching the enemies slowly approaching towards him.

Stunned and restless, as what he felt all around. Knowing the fact that the injuries he received were far lethal and serious than he imagined.

Allowing him to restraint from his movements and began submissive to the hands of the enemies.

"Chief... Chief..."

He couldn't be made himself move anymore, knowing that his body started to feel numb nonchalantly and blood constantly spurring.

The more he tried to move, the more agony he felt on it.

On the side of Sam Smeagel, whereas still left stunned and hopelessly unconscious. Slowly being carried his body away from the forest, and went out in an unknown direction whereas Pista didn't know where it was located.

'Chief... Chief....'

On the brink of becoming unconscious, Pista had only one thing on his mind, worrying about the condition of the Department head before he passed out and completely lost.

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[At the Church]

People around the church, whom being concerned and having their restless feeling towards the condition of the young man possessing the Supreme Awakening.

They felt relieved and at ease at first, as they saw him finally regaining his consciousness. Far earlier than they expecting.

However, as the joy and laughter, they'd made for the celebration for his recovery. They seemed gloom and distraught all of a sudden.

For some unknown reason, they didn't know what exactly was going on in the minds of Levi Furiman.

As what they'd resolve;

They tried to please him with all kinds of things they know it seems fun.

Jokes, comical gestures, and other sorts of it. They had done with pleasure and glad on their side. Unfortunately, it simply failed.

They even tried to ask for the reasons for his situation, which caused him to felt down and despair. Sadly, none of it couldn't help. Levi didn't seem responsive to the concerns and worries for what their efforts towards him.

Not until one of the Church attendants suddenly asked what kind of food did he want.

"Curry... Indian Curry..."

Levi answered with an expressionless face and went gloomy at the moment. Simply focusing on his eyes staring at the Necklace that the Church Pastor has given on him with serenity and peace.

!!??

Everyone was shocked and surprised in an instant, couldn't hold their feelings but to felt glad and relieved on him as the result.

The Church Attendants started preparing themselves at the kitchen, nonchalantly preparing for the remaining ingredients they had and combining for the other raw ingredients they bought to the central village.

Keeping the entirety of the Church people to felt busy once again, trying to please Levi Furiman whole-heartedly and graciously.

However;

There was only one single thing that he asked about them, causing the people who heard from it became flustered and humiliated.

"Do you guys, actually know what that kind of food it is?" Levi humbly asked for them with patience, trying not to hurt their feelings from being humiliated.

"Yeah... The ones you'd prepared the last time you got injured very badly." One Attendant bluntly replied.

"Yeah, that stew... But that's not the one I firmly remembered." He sarcastically responded.

The Church Pastor on the other hand, cautiously listening to the conversation that they had. Courageously interrupting their chatters all of a sudden, for some obnoxious reason, knowing the fact that the past Levi already has must be complete secrecy for the minds of many and leaving his personality restricted as well.

As what he resolved for it, he simply directed the thoughts of their minds as quickly as he possibly could.

"Kid, it seems like we didn't have any knowledge for that kind of dish that you mentioned... Mind if you want to show us the process on how to do it." The Church Pastor carefully choosing the words he picked before they existed with a grim smile on his face.

Levi went startled by how the Church Pastor suddenly appearing on him, simply agreeing to what he said as the result.

Thinking the fact that the condition on his body went stable and normal for the time being, he seemed glad and courteous that he couldn't wait to moved and to take action on his own accord.

However, on the other part of his body.

His heart and his mind were the ones being unstable, couldn't defy the emotions he felt after receiving the Necklace owned by his Grandmother, whose still living in the world where he ones living before.

"Thank you, Grandma, for saving me once again."

And thus, leaving the Adventurer Knights Medical Personnel, Helina Booluck, and Pastor Ozril inside the room.

The Medical Personnel started asking their leave to the Medical head, wanting to take the rest on their own as what they want to resolve.

Helina simply nodded as she granted the request made by her subordinate.

"Then, guess I'll have to assist Levi-kid and others..." Pastor Ozril felt uneasiness all of a sudden, knowing the fact that the only one having inside the room was him and Helina.

But then, surprisingly;

The hands of Helina Booluck went acting strange, suddenly grabbing the hands of the Church Pastor without knowing and unnoticed.

Asking for him to spend more time, alone and together.

"Don't leave me... again..." She simply asked courageously, trying to hold her feelings towards him.

Unfortunately, The minds and thoughts of the Church Pastor were unlikely decided.

He simply declined the offer she made on him with a grim smile on his face as the result.

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***To be Continued***