"I've found it, sir!" Cail's voice rang out loud as it gained my attention.
"Really?" In hurry, I quickly get through the trees and look at what he was pointing at.
It was a cave. The cave was inside a broken area of the forest where there were no trees. Only desolation and the entrance of the cave. For anyone gazing at it, they would think that it's just any normal cave. Even more because of its structure, the cave looked like it could fall or break any moment, so nobody would be brave enough to actually venture into it unless they didn't fear crushing to death.
But I knew it wouldn't fall, the cave would be very strong and even if multiple cannons were fired on to it, the cave wouldn't collapse. But the things inside of it might explode.
It's here… it really is here.
My eyes look at the cave in front of me as if it was the greatest treasure known to me.
'If this is really what I think it is… My fortune will skyrocket in an instant!' I smile devilishly at the thought of attaining what's inside the cave.
"Alright, Kid. I'll give you the special reward and you can g-"
"Let's get down there and see what it is." Cail said impatiently.
"You don't have to, let me go down there-" Before my hands could grab on to him, Cail jumped from the forest level and skillfully landed on the rocks.
"Come on, mister. Let's see what's inside and prove my mommy that I am the bravest boy in the village." Cail in his own mind, bravely stepped inside the cave. Seeing him enter the place, my demeanor took a dark turn as I too jumped down and followed him inside.
"Kid! Don't go in there, what if there's monsters!" I tried to scare him but no reply came to me.
"Cail! Get back here! I don't think the ghosts of this place will-" My words were interrupted by a childish scream.
My eyes scowl, 'Did something happen or did he…'
Immediately, I run deeper inside the cave before finding a hole from which the sound came. Carefully getting my huge physic inside, I see Cail on the ground as he was taking quick breaths.
"Kid, I told you not to go in like that, who knows what would have happened to you?"
"Mister," Cail ignored my words and pointed in front of us, "Is that what I think it is?"
Looking where his finger pointed, my eyes shine the reflection of multiple different colored crystals.
In front of me, lay a mountain load of sigmat ring crystals. All of them were of different colors but mostly compromised of yellow and blue. I could also see some pink crystals but they were quite deep in the cave. So deep that my even eyes could only spot a glimpse of them.
Cail who was astonished by what he was seeing asked, "Is this the rumored Crys Cave?"
On Arthur's journey to greatness, he an adventurer, stumbles upon a quest that tells him to disapprove some rumors at a place called the Screeching Forest.
Originally a quest that was failed by anyone who took it, he took a keen interest in it. So he accepted the mission and went to the one who made the mission.
The owner of the mansion.
The owner, long before when he had created the quest, had hopes for someone completing it, so when years went by and the quest only was said to be unaccomplishable, the owner gave up on it.
When Arthur came for information, the owner, already disheartened of the matter said it was impossible and Arthur would only be wasting his time on it.
But Arthur being the guy he was, stood firm on his stand and wanted to finish the quest. Seeing the look in his eye, the owner felt that he might actually complete it.
So as an added bonus, the owner said that if Arthur could complete the quest, the mansion and land surrounding the forest would be his as a reward.
Arthur accepted his challenge and searched for days along with Samantha, Elizabeth and another heroine. Days went by but nothing came of it and as Arthur felt the exhaustion from the quest, he found a child.
A child named Cail who was being ridiculed and made fun off by some kids. Feeling sad, Arthur helps Cail and encourages him. Through Arthur's help, Cail truly becomes enlightened and decides to help him through his quest.
When Cail learned that the quest was the same reason why he was being ridiculed, he decided to tell Arthur everything that had happened to him and even went so far as to take him to the rumored cave of origin.
Arthur first a bit skeptical, nonetheless accepts Cail's suggestion and the five of them go towards the place where they find the cave. Going inside, Arthur finds something unimaginable… a Crys Cave.
A cave that is supposed to hold massive amount of sigmat crystals. But it was very rare. ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by novel[f]ire.net
Seeing the crystals, Arthur knew the cause of the strange phenomenon's. It was the side effect of the crystals that caused illusions of ghosts and such. Crys Cave have dense magical power resonating about them.
So much so that some of those leak out of the cave and spread out. If anyone were to inhale such magical elements, they will express seeing things that are imaginative, such as ghosts.
After that, Arthur finished the quest and as promised, the owner gave Arthur the mansion and the land which had ownership of the cave. Which Arthur split among the five of them, giving Cail some percentage of the cave for his brave work.
It was that damn story that led me to buying this mansion and why I wasn't disturbed by the fact that there were ghosts at this place. All of it were illusions to begin with.
Looking down at Cail, who was already up. There was greed in his eyes, the same greed that were in my eyes.
"Mister… about that special reward, how about I-"
Before Cail could finish, he felt his world spin and then he saw his own body… headless with a pool of blood spraying from his neck.