Halius
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Heavy breathings, each side let out the sign of tiredness after the long fight and battle. Their stance let out the sign of them going to charge at each other again.
This is the final fight, this will decides everything that will happen in the world of Xenia. One side fight for their own children and the world's good and the other side fights for what they want.
Selfish you might say…
But before that, we must look back at 200 years ago to know what is the root of the problems. It all begins there, from a kid of an aristocrat family that became the great mage because of the help of someone.
…
"Hey dude, wake up, hello?" A kid given slaps on the face, people shake his body, all of this to wake him up. He slowly opens his eyes to see many new faces looking at him while he is laying on the ground.
The kid straightens himself up and a miniature of himself hovering on the air near him, he was confused. But before he could say anything about the miniature, one of the many people asks him.
"What happens, Abelard? You suddenly pass out in the middle of the crowd," The kid raises his hand up and shakes it. Right in front of his eyes is a welcoming text that can be seen in most games.
[Welcome to the world of Xenia]
"Well, you probably seeing that welcome sign, anyway, you better go toward the training ground, that's where most newbies headed when they first enter this game," The kid nodded and was about to ask the boy.
"Thanks for telling me where to go, may I at least know your name?" The boy looked at him with an eyebrow raised at him. He seems sort of confused, but he let out a sigh and told his name to the kid.
"I'm Darion, thought you already knew that about me… Anyway, I have something to do now, see you later," The boy then disappears from his sight and the crowds soon follow, leaving him, but not completely alone.
There's still the mini version of himself, still floating at the air. He asks to himself in his mind about it, 'What are you? Why do you look so similar to the character I made… Well, none of that matters---"
His words are interrupted by the mini version of himself talking to him, "What are you saying! Are you saying I don't matter? First of all, you took my body and trapped my soul at this small character!"
The boy is surprised, he was not thinking about that sort of answer from the mini version of himself and moreover… 'Woah, this little guy could see what I'm thinking… isn't that some sort of violating my privacy? Well, let's introduce myself first, hello small guy, I'm Abelard, people calls me Abel'
The mini guy gave him a nasty look and said to him, "Shut the fuck up dude, I don't care about your name, I just want to know why you entered my body and all,"
Abel said to the mini guy, "Well, I honestly don't know, this is just some sort of a new game that came out recently, everyone is really excited about this, anyway, I should head to the training ground soon like what Darion suggested…"
The mini guy, with his arm crossed, continues to give him a nasty look while the kid is standing up, but the mini guy suddenly stops and gave an order to the kid "Don't go to the training ground first, go talk to that stupid friend of mine first"
The mini guy points at another boy with a light brown hair and a dark brown eyes just a few meters away from where Abel is standing currently. This triggers a notification right in front of his eyes.
[NEW QUEST]
[Successfully talk to Halius]
[Difficulty: F]
[Detail]
Abel takes his first step closer toward the kid who he knows as Halius from the mini guy, the boy is staring right toward the clouds and tears started coming out of his eyes as Abel makes his way toward him.
He placed his hand on Halius shoulder, but the boy didn't care. This made Abel confused on what actually happens earlier and he asks to the boy, "Hey Halius, what happened to you, stop crying and tell me what happens"
The boy slowly turns his head toward the now curious Abel and stares at him straight at the eyes before suddenly falling to the ground and kneeling there with both of his knees, he covers his face but the muffled sound of sobbing can still be heard.
Abel looks toward the mini guy and his eyes could be seen as a sight of him asking for guidance on what to do at that situation. The mini guy rolls his eyes, sighs, and takes a deep breath.
He then told the shocking fact that made Abel's jaw to drop, "Halius's dad died on the battlefield against the orcs just outside the walls of this city, that's why he was so saddened, I would do the same in his position, now comfort him as best as you can"
But he was calm enough, he soon got on one of his knees, with a hand on the boy's shoulder, he starts comforting Halius, "Hey dude, I'm sorry for what happened to your dad, it is such an unfortunate sight…"
The boy muffled sound of sobbing seems to stop for a few seconds and he lifted his head up to face the truth, Abel continues, "I know it's really hard to face reality, but you must let it go or you won't improve"
The boy slowly nodded, he found out some truth of the words that came out from Abelard's mouth and with a little stutter, he told Abel about his dad, "H-he wa-was such a go-good dad, but now, he i-is go-gone…"
Abel nodded and said to him, "Yea, I know, why don't we go to your house first, it would be embarrassing for a son of a noble warrior to be seen crying at the public like this, let's go…"
Halius nodded, and they found themselves standing in front of the house, making their way toward the front door while the boy let out a few quiet socking and wipe out his tears as Abel comfort him with a quick rub from his hand on the boy's back.
A maid is visible from the distance, standing patiently and not even moving a centimetre on the front door. Once she saw Halius, she ran to him and pushes Abel away from the boy.
She screamed at Abel, "Hey you rude boy! Don't bully young master, do you whose son is this?! How dare you bully someone from the lineage of Habard Wilton!"
Abel stood there with a raised eyebrow. He flinched when the maid screamed profanities at him. Without knowing what to do at that point, Abel stood there, watching as the maid drop onto her knees.
She began comforting the boy, "Young master, please don't be saddened because of this bully, your father will return to the residence soon and will give retribution for the one that deserves it"
Shortly after that, Halius interrupted her, "Mary, that's enough, he did not in any way bully me, I was just very sad because I heard the news about father, I'll go talk to mother about this"
The maid quickly apologized to Abel and was shortly interrupted once again by Halius, "Just don't repeat your mistake again, Mary, quite saddened right now. Anyway, Abelard, can you wait for me inside?"
Abel nodded and soon, he found himself alone, at the quiet room, paintings and weapons hanged on the wall as decoration. He sat on one of the couch and wait for Halius, but one thing caught his attention.
It was a simple book sitting quietly on the table in front of him. He extends his hand and grabs the book. He gave the title a glance and was about to open it before a voice out of nowhere shocks him.
Just some words from the mini guy right beside him, "Hey, you have talked to Halius yet? Wait a minute where are we… oh, this is that boy's house, that means you have talked to him, anyway, let's get back to our talk previously, what did you do to get the control of my body?"
Abel shakes his head, "I don't know as well, didn't I tell you that this is a game that just came out? I didn't know what kind of bug or error that exists to make me occupy your body out of nowhere"
The mini guy let out a loud sigh in desperation, "I really need to know what made you enter my body and how to get my body back. There are these weird symbols in front of my eyes, don't know if you can see it or not…"
Abel raised one of his eyebrows, thinking what weird symbols the mini guy talking about, then it dawned on him, "Oh! Are you talking about the symbols on your view? If yes, it's called user interface"
The mini guy showing sign of confusion, "User what? Eater face, interface, interview, is this some sort of scam that my father warned me about"
Abel let out a bruh before answering to that, "No, it's called user in-ter-face, used on games where you can see the status, normally there're many tabs that are resembled with the symbols"
The mini guy let out an "oh," and Abel continues with his explanation, "As you can see, there's the bar that indicates health with a red bar and mana with the blue bar, there's also the minimap at the left bottom part and all sorts of the tab you can open by thinking about it at the right"
The mini guy nods and Abel continues, "So, as you can see, there are about 4 symbols at the right part of your view, all of them are placed according to their position from top to bottom."
Abel continues, "Inventory resembled with the backpack symbol, crafting tab that's resembled with the hammer symbol. The other two are, a status tab that is resembled with the exclamation mark and there's this skill tab resembled with the gear symbol,"
At this time, the mini guy has gotten some basic understanding of the weird stuff that suddenly appears in his life, but there were some more symbols that he still didn't know.
He was about to ask about it, but at the corner of his eyes, he could see Halius entering the room. He disappears from Abel's view, leaving the boy focused on talking with Halius.
Halius place himself on one of the couch, right in front of Abel and suddenly, the same maid from earlier enters the room even before they began their talk and she placed cups and poured tea onto them, she was gone in mere seconds.
The boy, still having a mark of tears began his conversation with Abel, "Abelard… My family's situation has gotten terrible because my father died, my mother fired all the maids just now, Mary are the only one left here,"
Abel shows the sign of sympathy, "I know it, your father was a great man, now you are the head of the family, do you have any siblings that could help you or maybe a person in mind? If not, I will talk with my father"
Halius was grateful, "Thank you, my friend, I couldn't do anything in this trying time, orcs have just attacked us from the north, my father died, my brothers and sister couldn't help, they are at another noble's roof at this time,"
Abel grabs his cup of tea and takes a sip out of it before responding, "Well, there's the people the magicians just summon. They would do their best against the orcs before venturing out of the world, "
The boy couldn't move for a few seconds, he seems frozen for a few seconds and his words prove what he wants, "Abelard… I know this would be a hard request, but I need some way to get the things my father used back and if possible, his remain"
Abel was speechless, he seriously considers about declining it, 'The quest would be hard, based on the game encyclopedia I found online, some orcs ate humans, would his father still be alive though?'
His doubt is destroyed instantly by the voice of the mini guy, "If you are a nice man, prove it by helping the one in needs, Halius are kind even though he would be cocky sometimes, you should help him"
Abel nods at the mini guy and he faces Halius, with what some people call determination, not only for his own gain but to help the others that are in needs, he nodded his head once to the boy.
And it's confirmed that he will take the quest of finding the remains and stuff of the father of Halius along with Halius.
[NEW QUEST]
[Find the things and the remains of Halius's father]
[Difficulty: E rank]
[Detail]