NORTHERN GIANTS TERRITORY
*sigh*
My name is riel, and this is my companion Nisha, more like a Twin.
We've been traveling for almost 2years now since we left our nest.
And it's been 6 years since mother left us.
Right now we're under a felio flower, a giant flower that secretes sweet nectar from it's leaf.
base on the book mother gave me, what it releases is edible, surprisingly it boost your strength and magical energy, adventurers usually rest under these kinds of flowers.
BOOK DESCRIPTION}Giant Felio Flower: The Giant Sunflower
Felio Flower was once a poisoning flower, it's species only found in the Demon continent, with the strong miasma in the demon continent it was deemed inedible, not until; The Previous Hero Party Cleansed a huge part of the Demon Continent, Light has finally reached some part of the land, The Flower evolved; They called it The Sun's flower as it always face where the light shines the brightest.
Its really delicious, though it seems I can't get the effects to work on me.
'make sense, with a body like mine'
I was born without a left arm, blind on my left eye and the worst part is my core could barely hold any magical energy, it flickers like it's about to break.
*Riel looked and hold his chest tightly*
*Sigh*
There's a limit on how much mana my core could hold and this caused to delay my growth, if it's too much, I could die.
Not only it delays my development, it also affects our travels, I often faint because of unbalanced mana circulation on my body, it's been really annoying.
And that's where Nisha my familiar comes in, she absorbs the excess mana that I take and store it on her own core, Nisha have a deep mana storage, she was a perfect match for me.
*Yawns*
*Stretch*
'nisha it's time to depart, I think we're both full, let's continue walking while the sun hasn't fully risen'
I remember fainting when we took a path full of magical energy, when I woke up we're already on a different biome, turns out Nisha absorbed almost all the mana in that location and carried me all the way out, while her barrier is in constant use to protect me.
*grabs the book and sat on nishas back*
*Hums*
'come to think of it, we haven't ran into adventurers since we left the nest, and that was 2 years ago? All we encountered so far are all monsters'
*Opens the book and starts searching*
Our current objective is to find informations about this world, from it's history and how it works, comes after that is how to fix my core; Finding my siblings comes third, I won't be able to find them if my core collapse and die on the way.
*Shock*
*Gulp*
'Nisha!, do you think we can get inside?!, I just read in this book, there's something like Identification needed for adventurers to get inside a city..., we don't have that...'
*Nisha nodded*
It would make me happy if we get there safe without running on any monster or some blood thirsty bandits, these part of the continent traumatized me.
"I swear why did we even take that path. Well not like we know the actual easy way...but still."
*Irritated*
A month ago we got attacked by a giant golem from the NORTHERN GIANTS TERRITORY, The Details on this book says they're on a deep slumber and there hasn't been any sign of activity; we took that risk and stayed on one path. Taking another route would delay and takes too long, as well increases the rate of dying.
We got caught off guard, his giant hand nearly crushed us, slamming the ground, the near mountains changed their shape caused by strong quakes from the impact.
Nisha protected me using her barrier, and her camouflage skill, with that, the giant didn't notice us escaping.
"That time I thought that would be our end, I can't imagine a mountain is about to slap me!"
After that we took the path towards the frozen valley a giant WYVERN! sleeping under the ice started climbing!, it woken up! It climbed so creepy my skin crawled back!"
And it says on this book; "Frozen Wyvern:sleeping under the thick layers of ice" sleeping! It told us it's still sleeping! it shouldn't have notice us!
*Nisha grunted*
"Nisha, are you telling me it's my fault?..."
*Nisha nodded*
'Why!? I just followed this book mother gave us!
*Sigh*
As much as I hate to say it since it's mother who provided this guide, maybe this book is outdated when it comes to monsters?'
"Riel shakes his head in disbelief"
We really need to get to that library thing, I don't trust this book when it comes to deep sleeping monsters, it's just too much for my core, one more sleeping monster will give me a heart attack.
*Sigh*
"Anyways"
'now where is our next destination? It says....let's see, After the Northern Giants we traveled to the Frozen Valley'
"Flips book pages"
*Shock*
"Glowing eyes"
'Nisha! our next destination is the Fraghas Kingdom!'
(Book description:)
Fraghas Kingdom is one of the weakest kingdom based on military strength, but a unique country that is built besides a dungeon, though poor and and barely get noticed by other countries, adventurers often comes here; They're Trying to conquer the dungeon.
King: Levon Fraghas
Queen: liera Fraghas
Country's Main Product:
- Wheat
- Silk
- monster hide
- monster meat
Kingdom's main problem:
- Dungeon overflow
- Watering Sources
- Declining population
- Hunger
'Fraghas Kingdom, a country built near a dungeon, if by luck I get inside, I'll try searching for the library first and search about it's dungeon core, we have one before on our nest but mother was the owner of it'
Mother was able to summon books and foods using the Dungeon's Core, but I never saw her using it for monster summoning.
Now that I remember, I did play with mother's Dungeon Core once when she went out, I was able to summon weak monsters and a lot of items from it, I did interfere with minor changes in the dungeons interior too.
'after she found out, I got a lot of hearing from her, she let me ran around naked as a punishment, while giving sermons about how the dungeon core works'
I wonder if it's the same on every dungeon? not the "running naked kid" part of course.
Wait....is Nisha a monster from our dungeon? I mean she's already there when I woke up after mother's disappearance, did she summoned Nisha?
{Riel's Flashbacks: A mothers love}
// Listen to me riel!, a dungeon core is as fragile as a feather! Look at me son!
"Pokes riel's buttcheeks"
// it grants things or two to everyone who wishes, but there's this other part of the feather where it can Pierce your very core, as much as you summon things from the core, is much as it takes something from you, your sanity!, it fills your heart with greed and takes control over you, a fragile child like you can be easily taken away by this core, if I didn't caught you on act, you probably had been consumed by it!
"Riel cried, it's his first time seeing her mother like that"
'soorry mo- won't do i-gain'
"Mother was shocked and saddened by what and how she acted to riel, there's a feeling on her heart where it is fact and what she said is right but it did hurt not only her but also Riel; shaken her very core when she did that to riel, she hugged riel tightly and cried, riel fell asleep"
End of flashbacks=
'thats what happened, if it's the same for the other dungeons, I wonder if all Dungeon master are all like mother?'
*Nisha grunted*
Riel closed the book
*Tak*
'Nisha according to the book, we just need to follow that twin mountain, behind that is the Fraghas Kingdom.'