6 The quests (2/2)
The bard and his clone were pleased. This was something beyond what Jericho had expected. He shrunk his piano back down and the two copies continued on their way to purify as many elementals as they could.
The hour was almost up when Jericho and his clone cleansed the 13th batch of undead and elementals. There was only one last group in sight. He had leveled up the lesser parts of the song of healing a few times in the process.
A notification popped up as soon as the 13th song finished. [Song of Healing part 3 has leveled up to 10 and had changed from Beginner 10/10 to Adept 0/10. Due to the rank up of a healing skill, Healing has reached rank 2. Serenade for the Soothing of the soul has been unlocked.]
Jericho and his soon to be gone clone rushed forward to heal one last group of water elementals before the timer ran out. As they played, the elementals seemed to grow stronger. The undead creatures released a white light that drifted off to the sky. The Serenade concluded and a peaceful feeling permeated the area.
”We did it!” The two Jerichos shouted disrupting the mood. They were about to high five when the clone sucked back into the bard's body.
[Split had been deactivated. Split has been removed from the list of known skills. The spirit of the water elementals has been removed.]
The man sighed. ”This ability… I want it…” He muttered to himself before glancing at the time.
Jericho sent a direct message to Princess. [It's homework and dinner time. Log off, let's get some food. We can continue the quest after a good meal and your homework.]
Princess replied back. […Fine. I can't dance on the water anymore anyways.]
The bard laughed at his sister's reluctance before typing a message to the warrior. [It's time for us to eat dinner and get princess's school work done. We will log back in later to turn in the quests. See you in a few hours.]
The system sent back a message. [The person you are trying to reach is in combat. They will be alerted to your message after combat has finished.]
The man logged off.
***
Shiarra was frustrated. She was not a novice to playing games like these. Bartok calling himself the undying wasn't just for show. She had slain him 3 times already and her stamina wasn't holding. The timer on the water elemental ability was up.
[Aqua slash has been removed.]
”Hahahaha!” Bartok mocked. ”You have gotten weaker! I dare you to try and push out more of that former strength of yours. Do you really think you can take me down without it?”
A thought suddenly flashed through the warrior's mind. ”He is trying to get me to use the water elemental's power?” She slashed again. ”No!” She screamed inwardly. ”The reason he has been reviving this whole time is because I have been using water to kill him?!”
As if to answer her inquiry a few dozen swings later, the necromancer collapsed from the fatal blow she dealt. The darkness faded from the orb giving it a crystalline shine. [You have slain the Aqua-Necromancer Bartok…]
The warrior looted the corpse, searched the room, and took the clear cerulean orb. Finally her quest was ready to turn in.
[You have a message from Jericho the Bard: ”It's time for us to eat dinner and get princess's school work done. We will log back in later to turn in the quests. See you in a few hours.” (Sent 5 minutes ago. Jericho the Bard is currently offline.)]
Shiarra let out a sigh. ”At least he let me know. Dinner doesn't sound too bad right now. I may as well log out to eat since I have to wait for them to get back anyways.” She logged out of the game to eat an actual dinner rather than just some snacks for the first time since the game was released.