Ominous House

When the shadow moved farther and the afternoon sun shone its warmth on his body, it made him shudder a little. The weather is mild during this period and it is great for walking around the city center. Usually early September is a transitional phase and a lot of climate changes happen every day. And we know autumn for its fluctuation to prepare for winter.

* Ping

Meanwhile, he heard the sound he was waiting for, informing of the new mission.

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New Quest: Ominous House

Difficulty: medium

Description: The Brandt household used to have a prestigious position and a happy family in the past. Two years passed. Everything changed for the worse. Many successive crises in a short period contributed to the destruction of the family to pieces, forcing them to sell all their possessions. The other people who inhabited the mansion after them suffered the same fate.

Quest Conditions: By using your skills. Go to Brandt House and try to figure out the problem and solve it.

Quest Clear Rewards: 20 XP ~ +1 Intelligence Point ~ +1 Agility Point ~ 1 Full Regenerate Potion.

Information on the mission: 3D home view gained

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"What is this? I thought I would face some monsters or do a training mission, but what about this one?" When he read everything had written and saw the picture of the house. He felt confused and did not understand the purpose behind it, nor why Nightmare gave him such a strange mission.

"What do you mean by your question?"

"You know, Nightmare. I really don't get your intentions this time. Explain to me more."

Nightmare sighed, despite his lack of the physical body, "Giving quests is not a simple task for me either, there are rules that I am obliged to follow. Well, in a closer sense I have some motivation by which I choose the right task for you. One of them is to strengthen you and be able to eliminate Gallus Monsters and helping people. When you succeed in one of these things, there will also be a benefit for me."

Rash silently considered Nightmare's words more. The sentence 'there is a price for everything' is not applied on him alone, and it also forces Nightmare to follow it. This came to his mind, and this also explains why Nightmare does not make him very strong from the start, if he really wants to fight the Gallus, instead in several steps.

There is no real problem with Rash about the current mission. Although he prefers the combat type, the mysterious one is also attractive. Only, whatever he thinks about it, this mission seemed more about using his brain and this is not his feature.

To start the mission, he has to find the house first, and this may take some time. He knows the area. It's not the first time he's here, and that was mostly to find a job. He strolled toward one of the possible directions for the location of the house. Since he already knows the shape, this is much easier to do, especially since its shape is slightly distinct from most buildings here. The city characterized by the modern trait of the buildings, but this does not mean the presence of other forms. Many wealthy people compete in the acquisition and ownership of different stamps for the residences.

The house of the Brandt family, as it appears in the 3D image in front of him, has an ancient feel, resembling an 18th-century mansion. There was one place that Rash thought the house was, which is why he went straight to it. In about half an hour, he found the house among many other luxury mansions in the area. Using the appraisal skill, Rash finds that the house occupies an area of 1500 square meters. There is a red brick wall with a height of 3 meters surrounding the house from the outside, the wall is equipped with protection from the top, but it seems that the house has not been inhabited for some time and this is because the trees that grew until covering the wall have dried up and nothing remains of them but branches to tell a little about the wall's past.

What confirmed Rash's thoughts was that the outer gate was tightly closed and there was no sign of it having been in use recently, which made him feel more comfortable. To finish the quest in an empty house is much easier than working in a populated house, if he manages to get inside first.

Rash did not stop at the gate, but wandered naturally next to the house while investigating anything suspicious with great precision. This is not his first time in the city, and he knows that a lot of surveillance cameras and protection devices are installed in different places, not only the streets but also the neighboring houses, and since he is trying to enter the house, the only way is to climb the wall from a blind spot.

After several observations and making sure that he was in a good position and the street was empty of pedestrians, Rash moved quickly, using the new skill, hero's steps to jump with all his might, trying to cling to the dry branches at the top of the wall. This is the first time that he uses a skill other than appraisal, and he did not experience any difficulty in that. Rather, the skill seemed to be something he had been with for a long time, which made him even more shocked.

There was no time to think too much, rather he ascended with all his might, clinging to whatever his hand caught and pushing his feet up. Not indifferent to the scratches he suffered from the dry branches, after he was able to climb, he peeked again to make sure that no one had noticed him and then jumped in from the top of the wall. Three meters, not very high, and with his light body, he came down on his feet with great lightness.

"You look like a thief." Nightmare commented after seeing everything. Not to help in the slightest.

Rash sighed, this is really not his first. He has done it many times before, whether it is to escape from school or to enter the orphanage when the gate closes at night. But he's now in better shape because the skill used made the task so much easier.

Huh.... He stood up straight on his feet, flicked the dust from his clothes and felt the pain squeezing his heart upon seeing its condition now. It hadn't taken two hours, and now it suffered the harsh fate. Maybe it was better to sell it and buy new, cheaper clothes.

There is no point in crying over something that is over, so he headed towards the house. Now on closer look, he can see how wonderful this house is with its beautiful designs and large windows. Although the 3D image enabled him to see the full details of the house from all directions, but seeing the truth is more influential than everything because it is the first time he has seen these designs up close. The sad thing is that the house is in a deplorable state and needs a lot of work to get back to its previous splendor.

Rash stopped at a window near the ground and concluded to invade the house through it. He looked inside first. The place was dark; the glass dimmed the vision because it was dusty. He draws closer and tries to wipe the dust off until the vision improves. Suddenly a minor fracture like a strand of hair surfaced in the window. Rash was sure he was not mistaken, and the crack had only formed now.

Before checking again, the fracture spread slowly until it became large. He dashed faster to retreat several steps back. The big window blew out and its debris spread around, now nothing was left behind but a big hole in its place.

Rash, who was just moments ago before the window, now retreated to a distant area, sheltering behind the trunk of a dry tree, and trying to understand exactly what was going on. He was sure that the house was empty. Everything in the area proved his speculation, however what happened now could not be a coincidence.

What it stated in the mission description is that the house contains a secret that ruins the lives of its residents. According to his humble understanding, he believed that this was a kind of misfortune due to something, so his first solution was to rely on the appraisal skill to find and destroy it.

Is it an ominous house, or a haunted house?