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Chapter 10 - Journey In The Underground Tunnel

[The Kingdom of Scarthage is confirmed to be 100% destroyed]

As I know the kingdom of Scarthage will be destroyed by the Archien nation.

"Zira, where are we going now?"

Where Elvadous and Qia are the ones who can open the door to the royal tunnel.

"Sis Zira, I'm here."

Yes, that's it, Qia, have you opened the door?

"I have unlocked it and all the citizens have gone through the tunnel to go to the continent of Aetheryn."

Yes, good job Qia.

"Krekk!"

(Sound of the door opening)

Huh who is that?

"Hey library girl I found you here again."

You? The mysterious man I met at the museum.

"Why are you here?"

Calm down Leon we don't know what he wants to say.

[Hurry up and go to the tunnel]

The person approached me and ...

Hey what are you doing why are you carrying me?

"Let's go miss before this underground place collapses."

"Come on, let's go to the tunnel."

But I can walk on my own feet.

"I'll explain everything as we go."

We all walked towards the tunnel entrance. We started to feel a strange atmosphere around here.

"Hey mysterious man I knew you would come here to save her."

"You? Aren't you the guardian of the silver sea of the scarthage kingdom, why are you here?

"I am here on the last orders of Master Kai."

"wait a minute is my dad fighting out there?"

Qia what do you mean? Why do you ask about that?

"Didn't father say he would go with us, why did he leave me and my brother?"

That's because your father ...

"A real man will fight until the end regardless of whether he wins or loses, that's your father."

"So my father sacrificed himself with my uncle to fight the Archien nation?"

Qia looks gloomy at the moment and I feel bad for Qia about this.

"I have warned your father but he still doesn't want to leave his brother and that's why I'm here to look after you Qia."

"Qia I know this is hard but you have to know that your father sacrificed his life for our safety."

"Hey little boy, this world doesn't stop if one person dies. You have to fight for your father's wishes if you want to make your father proud."

Hey, please put me down. I want to talk to Qia for a bit.

"Okay little miss."

He started to put me down and I started to approach Qia, hugging her and calming her down.

There is still a future that you have to fight for Qia. You know that I, Leon, and the guard will always be by your side.

We will look after you and train you to become a great person like your father

Qia immediately hugged me. I feel warmth and sadness for this child.

"Thank you, Sis Zira."

Yes, I see this little girl is still too young to suffer like this. You remind me of someone.

"Why do I feel like I remind this girl of that girl?"

"what girl do you mean hey thief?"

"I don't know, I don't even remember. Who is it?"

"Mr. Joker."

"Huh? Are you talking to me?"

Who is the joker that Gabriel is referring to?

Is he the thief?

Why is Qia sleeping in my arms? It seems like she is too tired for this.

"We should just go straight into the tunnel entrance."

I know Leon is right but it looks like I'll be carrying this child.

I started carrying this girl and started entering the tunnel.

There doesn't seem to be anything strange here.

"Okay, I will explain from the beginning how to use the system."

What do you want to explain?

The system explains everything from King Arthur to the present!

[The number of people in the tunnel was 5 people: 3 men and 2 women]

[The number of system players in the tunnel is 2 people: 1 male and 1 female]

[Analyze]

"Hey why are you analyzing?"

Yes it seems your system is not working as you expected.

"Two player system. Hmmmm ... Interesting."

"Okay, I'll explain it verbally. As planned on the second page of the MOTW book, everything originated when several Archien immigrants arrived on this island."

All reality changed now I saw the illusion given by the thief and he started to explain everything from the beginning.

They have been known by the elders on the continent of Aetheryn because they have used forbidden magic energy, namely evil magic energy.

Because of the violations they committed, they were expelled from the island of Aetheryn. And they fled to a small island, namely Thage Island.

It was on this island that they established a new social structure starting from the king, government system and work structure in the settlement where they lived. They began to establish a kingdom called Thage Raya.

A small kingdom that is fertile and prosperous because the government uses a similar concept to the continent of Aetheryn.

But that doesn't mean they are free from the conflict of the outside world. Because their breeding is fast, the Archien nation is starting to worry, especially since there are people from the Thage Raya kingdom going to the continent.

The Aetheryn only gave a small but deadly attack that made the King of Thery propose the idea of building a defensive wall.

"Because our kingdom's territory is being attacked by the Archien nation, we should build a defensive wall that can protect us from attacks by foreign nations."

"Okay sir, let's make that wall."

The process of building the wall took a very long time until it was completed during the reign of King Arthur. During King Arthur's reign, he was very brave in cooperating with the outside world, through diplomacy and joint projects with the Archien nation.

Because of the amazing things that King Arthur did, the group of evil magic energy users began to worry that the kingdom would be betrayed again by the Archien nation. Until they began to formulate the idea of overthrowing the throne from King Arthur to his son Lexus.

"And if you think King Arthur is dead the answer is wrong, when his body was thrown into the river the energy of the silver ocean flowed through his body awakening his sleeping heart and return the soul from the soul world."

Where is he and what is the soul world?

"You're too early to know, Zira."

Why are there no more illusions here?

"Because story time is over and we better focus on getting out of this tunnel."

[Analyzing completed]

"Oh, you just finished, huh?"

[If a system player meets another system player then the two must have a special relationship]

"What do you mean huh? Does that mean Zira must have a special relationship with this thief?

"System please explain this."

"This seems interesting."

Oh my goodness what kind of relationship does this system have?

[The special relationship in question is a close relationship that can be in the form of cooperation or something else]

[So that each system player knows the distance between them and can complete the quest together and can borrow the points that both of them have]

Hey you thief don't tell me you want to make me ...

"Shush, I didn't do anything strange."

[Kaito Deluxe second system player]

[Zira Leonhert third system player]

"So besides you, he's also a system user?"

"So who is the first system player?"

It shouldn't be the first system player who is in ...

[You choose what special relationship you want:

1. Contract

2. Friend

3. Brother and sister

4. Couple]

"What do you want? Just choose, I won't force you."

At least if my guess is right to get more points the contract relationship is more interesting for me.

But of course I have to choose what contract relationship I want.

[Time is given for 2 days before the final decision]

"That's good then so we can focus on getting out of this tunnel."

"Hey Zira don't tell me you're going to choose a couple relationship?"

What are you thinking? I'm not that easy with strangers.

And I don't really like the behavior of this foreigner.

"Hey you remember that I am pr ..."

[limit]

Hmmm ... the limits of the fourth wall?

"We look like a special group, can we set up a special group like this? It seems interesting, right, Mr. Joker? "

"Hey, why do you keep calling me by the nickname "Mr. Joker"?"

"Because you are ..."

[[Warning: Tunnel will collapse soon]

"We have to get out of here as soon as possible!"

"Come on, let's all get out of here!"

How could this happen even though I haven't found any strange clues in this tunnel?

Damn there's no time to question this. I'll just focus on running.

[Orion constellation takes back the sword of alnilam]

Huh? The sword was taken back I thought for me.

"Alnilam sword? Constellation? Orion? Who is that? Isn't there no one in this world? What is going on?"

"Why Mr. Joker, why do you look confused?"

"I don't know, I've never seen any constellations before except for the outer gods."

If Kaito, the main protagonist in the MOTW story, doesn't know who the constellations are?

That means something strange is going on here.

"Hey you thief explain about this underground room that leads to the continent of Aetheryn."

"That's easy because the tunnel project that connects to the underground chamber of Scarthage Castle was a collaborative project between King Arthur and the Archien nation."

"That means this project is used for emergencies like this."

"Yes, of course."

Hey Kaito I want to ask you something?

"You want to ask me?"

About the outer continents who are the Archien people?

"That ..."

Why did Kaito stop walking?

"The Archipelago was a nation famous for its intelligence. In the past, they were a people who managed to save themselves from a great flood."

Big flood? What do you mean?

"A flood that could drown the whole world and only this nation survived and they reproduced on this continent."

"I'll explain more clearly when we get there."

Hmmm ... There's something strange.

"There is no way here, it's blocked by rubble, what should we do?"

"You still remember about that sheet, right Zira?"

We must solve the mystery in these ruins.

"What mystery do you mean?"

The logo that became the symbol of the Archien nation.

[Break the logo on this ruin if you want to get out of here]

Star logo? Is that logo the logo of the Archien nation?

"Shouldn't it be a sun logo?"

"Hey so which one is correct the sun or the stars?"

T-that's us ... confused

"T-that's us ... confused"

"Geez."

The logo that symbolizes intelligence, prosperity and glory is the logo of the Archien nation.

"Zira so you remember that?"

It suddenly came to my mind.

Not a logo but a symbol.

The symbol of the Archien nation is .... golden apple.

"Is not it?"

Clearly a symbol that represents intelligence.

[The correct answer is that the golden apple symbol is the symbol of the Archien nation]

The ruins eventually open up a path that we must follow again.

"Hey girl, are you not interested in naming our group?

For now my goal is to get out of this tunnel.

"Attractive girl."

Hey you Kaito do you know about the entity called demon king of chrono abyss?

"I don't know, I don't even remember if there is a demon race in this world?"

Even Kaito doesn't know but if he gave me points he should be a system player too.

"Somehow I feel a little uncomfortable if Zira often communicates with that person."

Ah ... Someone is jealous seeing their female friend close to a stranger, huh?"

"This guy Gabriel, how come he knows what's in my heart?"

"What are these two people doing?"

Light?

There was a light there that seemed to lead to the outside world in this place.

"Yes, did we make it out of this tunnel?

"Ah, Sis Zira, have we arrived yet?"

Soon, Qia, you will meet your brother.

I hope nothing happens in the outside world.

[Welcome to the continent of Aetheryn]

Yes, we have arrived at this place.

"finally we can get out of that place even the tunnel. I'm sick of it."

"It's good that I can finally see the outside world after serving the Scarthage Kingdom for so many years."

"Aetheryn Continent I'm back."

Everyone looked happy to have made it out of the tunnel. I put Qia down from my arms and let her hug her brother.

"Brother are you okay?"

"Yes Qia, I'm fine, how about you?"

"That ... Does big brother know about father?"

"Didn't father go with you guys and decided to fight alongside uncle?"

Qia just lowered her head as a yes from her answer even though her face looked gloomy.

I started to approach him and tried to calm him down.

I know this is hard Qia but like I said before we have to focus on our goal. Do you remember?"

"Yes, sis."

"Hey Zira tell me why dad didn't come with you guys!"

That ...

"Lord Elvadous, I, Gabriel, a loyal servant of the kingdom of Scarthage, will explain what you don't know."

"Explain now Gabriel!"

"Kai's father decided to fight with King Kimberly until the end. He also held back the demon king's attack so that we could escape from the kingdom and he ordered me something."

"What kind of thing do you mean?"

"Looking after you and taking care of Qia outside the kingdom. That is the last order from Master Kai."

"Why, Dad? Why did you decide something before discussing it with me and Qia?"

Because your father doesn't want you and Qia to feel what he felt.

Your father wants you and Qia to live freely outside the kingdom. And I hope you can take good care of your sister.

"This is all because of you Zira!"

Huh? What's wrong with me?

Elvadous started to strangle my neck with an emotional gaze. But ...

"Arghhh."

Kick from Kaito? Why?

"You should be grateful to this girl. Otherwise, your sister and this little child would not have survived the destruction that befell the kingdom of Scarthage."

"Tchh ... You're the same."

"Just leave it, brother. I know this is hard, but what can we do, we have to respect father's decision."

"Qia you ..."

Elvadous embraced Qia in a warm hug. They may be sad but there is something they must fight for.

The people here need a new leader. I hope you, Elvadous, can lead them well like King Arthur did in the Thage Raya kingdom.

"Zira you ..."

Yes, Sis, let's lead and maintain the welfare of the people in this new place."

"Okay Qia Let's lead them well just like our great grandfather the great King Arthur did."

"Tuuuuuuuuttttttt!!!"

"Tuuuuuuuuttttttt!!!"

Where is that trumpet sound coming from?

"Welcome to the continent of Aetheryn, people of the kingdom of Scarthage."

Is he ...

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