《TWIG - The System Can't Save Me, But It Can't Stop Me Either [a gamelit-portal-fantasy-poem by eric river]》Chapter 077 - Sometimes volcanic monsters are a much simpler problem
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CHAPTER SEVENTY SEVEN
Sometimes volcanic monsters are a much simpler problem
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The five adults and Pebble read the message quietly
Scared at first but then they realized something slowly
Leaf’s mother was the first to articulate her thought
“It took a while for the Systems attention to be caught
And I can only assume “Automated” means something
Perhaps it’s preoccupied, just passively watching
As I thought, there’s something wrong with the System right now
It’s as if it’s struggling to keep up with things somehow”
~ Name: Belle ~
Title: Apparition
Class: Speedster [lv87]
HP
[93]
MANA
[241]
ATK
[142]
INT
[68]
DEF
[92]
SPD
[680]
You really think that you can outrun anything it seems
But outrunning the System might not be the stuff of dreams
In all the chaos that you’ve caused in kingdoms here and there
What you’re getting into now will give the gods a scare
And so the six decided that the risk was not too great
And they would try to find young Twig, before it was too late
Their children would be safe enough left in the care of Max
Who would continue their training and guard them in attacks
Twig’s five sisters wished that they could come but understood
If anybody could save Twig, their mighty parents could
Boulder thought it best to have young Pebble tag along
Fearing that his urge to leave the village was too strong
Log, Delilah, Boulder, Crystal, and Pebble all packed
While Belle did laps, assessing the town which was just attacked
Content that she’d acquired what information she could find
She felt at ease leaving he town and family behind
The six were finally about to leave on their mission
Not expecting, though prepared for, an interruption
It was Pebble who first noticed it and quickly said
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“Why’s the sunrise over there, and why is it so red?”
The five adults looked to the dark horizon in surprise
And sure enough, an out of place sunrise greeted their eyes
But when Crystal used a skill which greatly enhanced her sight
She found that Pebbles description was not exactly right
“That’s no sunrise, Pebble, but it’s something that I know
I may be a little strange, but that’s a Volcano
Those appear sometimes, but something’s off about that one
From so far away, how could it glow just like the sun?’”
The portals in the sky and all around were still glowing
Remaining long after monsters had stopped overflowing
Still their dirty clouds were blotting out the midday’s sky
but though it now glowed redder, they were still not quite sure why
Pebble asked his mother, since he’d heard of them before
“Are volcanoes natural, what are you worried for?”
“Son, do you think it’s coincidence that it appeared?
To appear so suddenly today is just too weird”
Delilah grew impatient but Log fell deep into thought
“By now I reckon the capital’s attention has been caught
We should try and inspect it before King Beam’s bunch do
I’d rather not meet them, if it’s all the same to you”
“What about finding Twig, let that stupid mountain burn
If we go there, what is it that you could hope to learn?”
Delilah screamed and started marching into the forest
Compared to seeing Twig, volcanoes were of no interest
“Calm down dear, I want to find our son as much as you
but what if that single volcano were suddenly two?”
Delilah stopped and looked down in frustration at her feet
Thinking only of the injured son she longed to meet
Boulder looked with understanding at his grieving friend
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But his wife’s advice was something on which he’d depend
“I can tell you with certainty, if volcanoes appear
Monsters will be the last thing that your son has to fear
We must find the cause of it and stop it if we can
Finding your son must be the second part of our plan
I’ve destroyed a city or two with a volcano
Those created with magic can very quickly grow
By my calculations, which may be a little rough
That one there could reach our town if it grows fast enough”
Delilah finally accepted what her friends explained
Looking like all of the happiness in her had drained
“We deal with the volcano situation, then my son
I’m warning you though, if I find him, I’ll take him and run
I’ve had enough of System Messages and politics
The problems of the whole world are not this mother’s to fix”
~
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