23 Simple Ques (2/2)
Roland stood up and said, ”All right, let's go.”
They left Red Mountain Town by the crowded bridge. According to the quest, the child declared that he would travel the world as a mercenary before he moved west with a sword.
West…
Roland vaguely recalled that Falken mentioned that a bunch of trolls were hiding in the forest dozens of kilometers to the west. The trolls were good at fighting, and there were few capable hunters around, so they were never eliminated.
Thinking about that, Roland mumbled, ”Was this silly child trying to conquer the trolls? He can't be so idiotic, can he?”
Betta said, ”It's just a setting. There's no need to consider if it's reasonable. It's only a way to level up.”
But Roland still felt that something was wrong.
Instructed by the quest system, Roland and Betta found the trolls in the evening after walking for a whole day.
The place was rather creepy with the bone totems.
A dozen green-skinned trolls were sitting around a fire. The stone pot on the fire seemed to be cooking the limbs of a human.
There were thirteen trolls in total, ranging between LV1 and LV2. No wonder they were a threat to the passersby.
Crouching, Roland asked, ”Should we make a battle plan?”
”That's unnecessary. I've killed plenty of such trolls. Watch my back for me, Brother Roland.” Betta stood up and charged forth.
Betta was not wrong. Killing those trolls was a piece of cake for him.
He was fast and strong. More surprisingly, he could even use magic in the middle of the battle.
He broke into the trolls' lair like a tiger breaking into a pen of lambs. Half of the trolls were killed within three minutes, and the other half were slaughtered by Roland's Inferior Fireball and Hand of Magic.
Blood was all over the ground.
Betta wiped off the blood on his face. With the system's help, he found the highlighted target, which was a dry skull on a weird totem.
”Here's our quest objective.” Betta smiled and moved the skull off from the totem.
”Don't you find it disgusting?” Roland asked, frowning.
Betta played with the skull in his hand, not entirely bothered. He said, ”They are nothing more than data. Keep an open mind.
”All right, Brother Roland. Let's go back and accomplish this quest.”
Roland looked at the bone totems nearby. They were all the remains of human beings that had been eaten. Some were still being cooked in the pots. Thinking for a moment, he said, ”Why don't you go back first? I'll bury those bones first.”
Betta looked at him in surprise. ”Brother Roland, everything here is data. You're too obsessed.”
Roland paused for a moment and said, ”Just consider me a willful man.”
Betta sighed and said, ”All right, I'll be waiting for you in the town.”
After that, he returned by himself.