12 The Quest
A month ago...
[The Monkey King is wondering what are you doing]
[He is saying that he is bored and urges you to do something inside Aincrad]
[The Forgotten Dragon King is confused]
[He is asking why you and your sister are staring at a blank white screen]
So it looks like that to them huh?
Talk about a certain Kim Dokja...
["The Little sister" has joined the server]
*Ding*
[Weakest Hunter: @AdministratorY is that someone you know?]
[Administrator Y: Yes. Wait a second...]
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[Weakest Hunter: ???]
[The Little Sister: pleased to make your acquaintance. My name is Okamura Hiromi, feel free to call me Hiromi]
[Weakest Hunter: The pleasure is mine. I am Sung Jin Woo. I am looking forward to working with you.]
[Administrator Y: I hope you all get along with my little sister, if it's not a bother, please only speak to her in Japanese as she does not have Multilingual in her skill set. Thank you very much]
Even though I said that, There's only me, a Korean, and a spider in the chat...
[Weakest Hunter: it's not a problem. Please continue taking care of us in the future.]
"Uhm... Onii-sama... Why is the third member not speaking in the group? Am I bothering somehow?" (Hiromi)
Ah... "No, it's hard to type with her hands. That's all..." And her social skills too.
"Eh?" (Hiromi)
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Present day.
[Event Quest: A chance to get stronger - Orc Slautherfest]
• Orcs are slow and weak. However, the appearance of the Orc lord is nigh! Slaughter the orcs to gain a fast and easy Exps!
[Location: Jura Forrest]
[Sequences:]
• [Slay the Orc Lord] (0/1)
• [Gain 5000 Exp killing Orcs] (0/1)
• [Eat potato chips] (0/1)
[Failure: -]
No, why a potato chip???
What the hell...?
*Ding*
[Members allowed: 5]
[Admins allowed: 1]
[Administrator Y has been automatically selected for the quest's guide]
[Notice: World Suspension will be activated for all members]
"Uhm... Onii-sama..."
Hiromi came back from the basement. She wiped the sweat off her face as she calls my name.
Currently, we're in the basement. The gloomy and dusty basement before has now turned into a gym due to my spending.
Hiromi in her sports bra and short training pants, placed her Katana on the racks as she approaches me.
I would've banned her from wearing such attire, but looking at the fact that we're at home, I suppose I'll allow it.
"I got some notifications"
She told me she received an option to join the quest or not. Well...
"It's fine for now." Soon as I said that, she beamed up a little before tapping the screen of her phone.
Oh well, it doesn't seem to deal with any consequences if we fail and...
Jura Forrest, huh...?
I remembered the name of that place as clear as a day.
"That time I got reincarnated as a slime"
What a coincidence...
If it's that world, then I am much more familiar with it.
I followed the WN till it's ending after all...
But anyway...
[Quest starts in 24 hours]
"Hiromi... Let's go to Aincrad for a bit."
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(Aincrad 1st floor)
Almost everyone in Aincrad, after seeing the notification of first-floor clearance, either raced to the second floor immediately or went back to the surface of the earth.
"So uh, Onii-sama..." (Hiromi)
"Yeah?"
"Why are we not hunting monsters yet?"
"It's a hassle since I can't make you defeat the boss since the floor is cleared. So take this and use it this instant."
I handed her over an item. It was a blue, sphere-shaped item called Exp crystal M.
The moment she uses it on herself...
*Ding*
[You have leveled up!]
An item that gives you 100000 exp instantly...
Where did I get it, you ask? Let's just say we follow the anime and do not proceed to explain everything else.
(A/N: Capiché?)
Now then, since that's done... I made her fight a few monsters.
Boars, Dire wolves, and kobolds.
Humanoid enemies are undoubtedly tougher, so I kept pushing her to kill them.
That should be enough.
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[Quest Has started]
[Sequenced Location: Kusha Mountains of the Great Jura Forrest]
Before I knew it, the scenery of our house changed into the mountains.
And... I am upside down??!
"GAAAAAAAAAH ONII-SAMAAAAAA"
*SWOSH*
Something passed me, it was... Hiromi!?
"Hiromi!!!" I repositioned my body.
I take into account that skydiving video I once saw on Yo*Tube to move and approaches Hiromi.
Once I had my arms on her...
*Splat*
I used 『Spider Threads』 to wrap her and tied her to my body.
It was-- *BOOM*
Ah... Everything seemed cold the hot for a second there...
I saw my hp bar goes and stopped in the red zone.
Let's not forget how it hurts so much the moment the cold disappears.
I lay on the craters of the ground.
Hiromi safely landed on top of me in my hug, I was able to change our position last second...
"Uuuugh..."
Thank goodness she's fine.
Now then...
*Zing*
I brought up my menu and pulled out a potion.
The red liquid goes down to my throat and slowly fills out the HP I had lost back to the yellow zones.
"That hurts..."
I kind of wonder what happened with the others...
But before that...
[The Forgotten Dragon King is welcoming you to his multiverse]
...what?
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[The Forgotten Dragon King is explaining to you that the connection between the Aincrad system has not been disconnected,]
[however... He can't seem to use it to communicate with The Monkey King, Monarch Of the Beginning, or others anymore...]
[He encourages you to tell him what is happening especially why are you inside the cardinal world.]
...what?
Can't communicate?
The chat group stated that time will be stopped, was it the reason that happened?
"Even if you're telling me that, I too, don't get what's happening."
[The Forgotten Dragon King is frowning at your lies, but desired not to bother you with your life as it is giving him enough guilt that he watches through your lives without your consent]
Huh... This guy seemed to have common sense...
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---Third Person's POV---
*BOOM*
A boy (man?) with rather a muscular physique and messy black hair dropped down to the ground as he looked at his drained HP and high "Fatigue" status.
"Urrgh..." He gets up from the ground whilst drinking liquid from a vial you'd concluded as a potion.
"That was the worst landing ever... Huh?"
He suddenly saw something over his head.
He gazed over to the bright sky where he had fallen before finding a strange object...
A parachute?
A white parachute made out of silk?
It was attached to a (huge) white spider that detached from the parachute and made a spin in the air before landing with two feet as if she was an athlete.
"SHIIK SHIIIK (Mission complete!)"
Jin Woo who saw such a strange phenomenon could only stare dumbfounded at the fact that a huge spider was standing on two feet.
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-Please stand by-
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The two can't communicate with each other even though they had 『Multilingual』in their skill set.
The spider understood what the man hunter said, but can't give a reply with her screech.
And the man couldn't understand the screech either...
So for about half an hour, it was literal chaos.
"H-hey wait! Spider!!! Don't just charge in!"
The nameless terratect dived into a group of giant red ants and stabbed her fangs down into their exoskeleton, but the hunter told the spider to go back.
"SHIIK SHIIKK SHIIKK (Say that to yourself! Watch out behind you!)"
Even though the hunter can't understand her, he was notified by his own system about a blood lust behind him.
He summoned his dagger and went into fight mode with the special variant of a red ant who was sneaking behind him.
They don't know where to go, they can't seem to communicate with each other, and there wasn't any sign of the administrator anywhere else.
So...
[You have leveled up]
«Proficiency reached...»
They decided it was better to shut up and level up in the meantime.
Until...
"What are you guys doing?" That voice was made by a guy in his 20s. He wore the coat of midnight and a girl who resembles him next to him, and he looks at the duo of black and white who are endlessly killing ants.
The mini mountains of ant exoskeletons filled the area easily in their presence.
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"I'm sure we've met before but I'll reintroduce myself. I am the admin, Okamura Akihito and the girl next to me is my sister, Okamura Hiromi. A pleasure to make your acquaintance."
Firstly, the hunter responded to the admin.
"The pleasure is mine." Then he looks at the sister.
"I am Sung Jin Woo, but I did a little research before and since my name would be hard to pronounce, you could go ahead and call me 'Shun' " He stated that in Japanese, noting the fact that the admin's little sister is not in possession of the multilingual skill.
And finally...
They just stared at the white spider.
Even though she looks menacing from the outside, she was panicking on the inside.
Her thoughts race each other over the current situation: "overthinking"
"This is 'Spider girl', if I'm not wrong, she doesn't have a name yet. Be good to her, Hiromi" Suddenly the admin introduced her.
How did he know?
That question lingered in her mind.
But other than that...
"I guess it's time for the quest then...? So as you are the admin, I presume you knew of the 'orc lord'?" (JinWoo)
"In fact, I do... But there's something we need to do before that..." (Akihito)
"...? What is it?" (JinWoo)
*Shake*
This was when everyone finally remembered the content of the quest...
"WE EAT POTATO CHIPS!!!"
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• [Eat potato chips] (198/1)
"Third sequences... *Burp* Complete..."
It was a wild sight...
A Korean guy munching potato chips with a flat face, A Japanese guy sitting in the middle of sauce variations he brought with him, a high school girl mumbling about how unhealthy the food is, and a satisfied spider laying on her back with a body buried with crumbs and potato chip's bags.
All either sitting or laying down on the ground in the midst of the wilderness in the piles of junk food bags.
For a moment, blissful tears can be seen from the spider's many eyes, whilst the high schooler had tears of agony.
"Just how many did you bring, Onii-sama?" The little sister asked with a voice full of hatred.
"Well, there's still '×801' labeled on it..."
"HUH!???????" (Hiromi)
The spider though, looked at the admin with stars in her eyes as if saying "Good Job" so excitedly.
Since it looked like the spider wants more, they delayed their adventure for quite a while now in order to munch on oily fried junk food.
Hiromi was not impressed.
A few minutes later she stopped eating when she found out it was a bit dumb for her not to realize they don't need to eat all the junk foods his dearest brother had given her as much to her annoyance.
She played with her phone while reading the quest over and over before noting the fact that the same smartphone was attached to the spider girl's back with spider silks.
It was a wild sight for her.
Her brother and some Korean idol were chatting while having alcohol.
And a spider laying down on her back buried with Junk food.
Well, it will surely be a long quest, she thought to herself.
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To be continued.
