CHAPTER SEVENTY EIGHT

What treasures lay in wait somewhere beneath the deep blue sea?

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~ Name: Hawk ~

Title: All Seeing

Class: Mage [lv150]

HP

[167]

MANA

[420]

ATK

[94]

INT

[186]

DEF

[59]

SPD

[88]

Be careful who you trust with knowledge recently obtained

Discretion isn’t the least of the skills which you have trained

Remember that the System’s inner workings are unknown

Be careful not to make any of its problems your own

Hawk ignored the warnings of her helper as always

“We’re already working against it now anyways”

She’d come too far by now to leave a single stone unturned

And she would pay the price for any secrets she had learned

King Azure led her away from that glamourous room

To a cave entrance that opened with a heavy boom

They swam down through a complex maze of tunnels dark as night

Nothing but the magic spells they cast for any light

“By the way, how have all the humans been recently?

I’ll admit, a guest like you is very nice to see

Things have been so quiet for so long that I had feared

That maybe long ago the human race had disappeared”

“Far from it, we’ve done a little too well, to be fair

For centuries the surface hasn’t had a single scare

Our ancestors grew stronger than the portals monsters could

And started fighting each other, as many feared they would”

“That’s quite the tale, so are the humans all as strong as you?

Perhaps even this event is easy for you too?”

King Azure looked back with eyes that longed for a story

Perhaps even more keen than Hawk to seek a mystery

~ Name: King Azure ~

Title: Elder King

Class: Druid [lv352]

HP

[152]

MANA

[631]

ATK

[79]

INT

[263]

DEF

[69]

SPD

[21]

You’ve become excitable in old age, I must say

It’s been ages since adventure caught your eye this way

Maybe it is time that you retired and had some fun

Well, as soon as this portal apocalypse is done

“Fortunately, few have come to possess strength like mine

Otherwise the humans would be hard to keep in line

Across the globe, there may be several hundred like myself

The strongest that I know of is a very ancient elf”

King Azure smiled happily while they continued down

Laughing hard enough to nearly drop his heavy crown

“I forgot about the elves, so very odd a race

Since my father’s time they haven’t dared to show their face”

“Could you be referring to the ancient ocean war?

That drove the elves inland, those tales exist only in lore!”

Excited once again to hear of things she’d longed to know

More than her own magic, Hawk’s bright face began to glow

Unfortunately, they were interrupted soon after

Coming to a door that caused King Azure more laughter

Several guards were standing there to block the ancient gate

The king seemed unsurprised to find the guards lying in wait

“King Azure, you know that even you can’t go inside

The oracles were very clear on that last time you tried

Not enough time has passed since the holy relic spoke

It may be a bad omen that such a thing awoke”

King Azure held up his hands as if to surrender

But Hawk could recognize the actions of a pretender

Before the guards had noticed, he had cast a little spell

Hawk was quite impressed to see him cast the spell so well

“That’s a type of magic humans struggle to master

It was lost to use after an ancient disaster”

“I wish you wouldn’t call me ancient, it’s a humble trick

At most, when they wake up they may just feel a little sick”

Hawk and King Azure swam by the sleeping guards quickly

Then the king began to turn a door handle slowly

“I wish I had more knowledge of those new portals to share

But such an event isn’t something of which I’m aware”

He looked at Hawk with sorry eyes, but then he smiled again

“Luckily, I am of the most well acquainted men

The portal event seems to have stirred something from its sleep

Let’s see if there’s any secrets such a thing would keep”

Hawk had no idea of what the king was speaking

But her instincts told her it was something worth seeking

“Take me to this relic then, you say that it can talk?”

“Yes, although until today, we thought it just a rock”

The door opened, revealing a strange little room of stone

Where inside just a single pedestal stood alone

On it was a rock, not much unlike an uncut gem

But she knew right away, the rock had noticed both of them

Core Message

Two visitors at the same time, it’s my lucky day

I hope this time I say something, you don’t run away

That was very rude, to wake me up then close the door

Soon I may not even feel like talking anymore

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