"Human, what brings you here?"
Zyou heard a deep voice. He looked around despite the white creature was staring at him menacingly.
"Can you hear me, human? I am here, standing before you," said the voice again.
After hearing that, only then did he look at the white creature in front of him. "Y-you can talk?"
"Are you deaf? This beautiful voice you hear in your head right now is mine!"
'What the hell is wrong with this so-called legendary creature?!' Thought Zyou.
"Looking at your expression, you must be shocked by my voice, right? Hahahaha, that's to be expected!" It's laughing. "So! What do you want from me? Did you seek for power, wealth, or maybe love?!"
"Uhh, I don't know? I find this place accidentally though," Zyou replied.
"What?! That's impossible! Only those who seek power, wealth, and love can find me!" The creature is angry.
It released an intimidating aura which makes him got a fear debuff. 'Fear' made a player or mob stats reduced by 20%.
"If you don't have any desire then leave this place immediately!"
<You are intimidated. 'Great fear' has been applied! Your stats will be reduced by 40% instead!>
"Wa-wait! I do need something! Please cease your anger, o' legendary creature."
The White Crocodile calmed down, "Is that so? Hum! Then, tell me, what is your desire?"
Zyou is thinking. About what does he want from the legendary creature, White Crocodile. He's trying to remember if there is any information about the encounter with a legendary creature that ever happened to Ex World Persona's player.
'I don't think there's someone who has ever talked about their experience meeting with one of seven legendary creatures in Ex World Persona.'
"What's wrong, human? Don't be shy, you can be greedy to fulfill your desire. But, don't cross the line, if you know what I mean," it words are full of sincerity.
'It's no use to think about it. Also, this is a good opportunity for me to find out how closely related the legendary creature is to the main scenario and what impact it will have if one interacts with it,' thought him.
When he was about to give his answer, a panel is popped up, "Hmm?"
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<Legendary Quest - Blessing Of The Legendary Creature>
You found a piece of the soul of one of the seven legendary creatures, the White Crocodile. After a hundred years his soul was trapped inside the dungeon, you finally have come to free his piece of soul. He wants to give you something you desire the most as gratitude.
Main reward (Pick one): Power / Wealth / Knowledge / Love
Additional reward: 500 golds, title, ???
Complete condition: Reach lv 99 and tell the White Crocodile your wish
Fail condition: -
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"Legendary quest?! What the hell, this is the first time I have heard about it! It's not a scam, isn't it?!" Zyou shouted unconsciously.
"Have you decided it? I don't have time left, you know," it grumbles.
Zyou clears his throat, "I, I want to become stronger."
The creature smiles, "Great choice! With this, you shall become the strongest in the world! And when that time comes, let us meet again!" Its body lit up brightly then turned into a ball of light.
The ball of light then split into two. One of them flies through the wall, while the other one was absorbed into Zyou's body. "?!!"
Zyou shocked. After the ball of light is absorbed into his body, he suddenly lost his health every second.
<-300>, <-300>, <-300>.....
"Sh*t! I know it! It's a scam, I shouldn't have listened to that albino creature!"
Eventually, after some minutes, his health reach 0 then dies, and was forcefully logged out from the game.
In the real world...
Lham kicked his Machina and immediately regret it. "F*CK! Its hurt, damn it!"
He quickly picks up his phone and messaged his friend.
"Sorry Dave, I can't join the war because I just died because of a scammer albino lizard creature."
Lham sighed. He lies on his bed, scrolling on Mlitter on his phone for some hours. Then, he received a message from his friend.
"It's okay man, but how can you be so reckless to die by the hand of some lizard mob? Its level is not even higher than 70, right?"
"It's kinda complicated. Btw, how is the war? Did our guild win?"
"Not a chance, we lose badly. Our guild members are suck, the guild leader is an idiot too. I swear if I were to meet him in real life, I will beat him up!"
"I know right! Since when did our guild become a competitive guild? I miss the old time when the three of us just chilling and grinding mobs in the field, then some of our guild members join us, and talking about random things."
"Three of us?"
"Me, You, and Olivia."
Zyou's friend suddenly stopped replies. After a long pause, he sends a message again.
"Dude, you should move on. Get some help!"
The next day...
Lham logging in to the game after his penalty time ended. In Ex World Persona, if a player dies he will receive a penalty that made him can't log in to the game for 24 hours or even more and they will also lose one level.
"What the hell is this?!!" Zyou screams.
He is checking his status until he found out that something is off with it. After realizing what is wrong with his status, he starts screaming like a psycho.
"My status! How?! My level, my equipment, and my godly stats! It's all gone!"
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<Status>
Name: Zyou
Level: 1 (0/10)
Class: Berserker
Title: One Who Desire Power Than Anything Else
Health: 100/5000
Mana: 2/55
STR 10(+100)
AGI 10
INT 10
DEX 10
CON 10
Status Point: 2
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