Chapter 341 - The Night King’s Sadness (1/2)

Chapter 341: The Night King’s Sadness

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The Wailing Gorge, cave.

Nana was behind him, so whose arm did he just touch?

Skinorse felt goosebumps all over him, and cold sweat sprouted all over his back. He had the sudden urge to get up and just run.

Poof. Link cast an illumination spell and weak light lit up the cave. Under the dim yellow light, Link saw two pairs of wide eyes and two faces filled with terror. One was Skinorse, and the other was Melinda, the Yabba woman.

As for Nana, she was how she always was. The black cat was curled inside Nana’s shirt, licking its paws as if the outside world had nothing to do with it.

As for the surroundings, the cave tunnel was already very spacious. It was 50 feet wide and more than 15 feet high. There were pebbles scattered all over the ground, and to the left, there was a huge ten-foot tall semicircular boulder that blocked everyone’s line of sight. Many stalactites hung down from the ceiling of the cave. There were two dark tunnels up ahead, one of which had wind traveling through, creating eerie keening sounds.

“N-nothing? But I clearly felt something. It was soft and kind of warm.” Skinorse was about to cry. He flattened himself against the wall and gripped daggers with both hands in a defensive position. Only like this could he be slightly at ease.

Whoosh. Link cast another light spell. He lit up three in total, and three fist-sized balls of milky white light flew out. One was stuck above Skinorse’s head, one stuck onto the ceiling, and another turned and flew behind the boulder in the upper left.

The space was instantly illuminated, and everything became clear. No blind spots were left. Skinorse was a lot more reassured. Gripping his daggers, he inched towards the boulder. He thought that it was the only possible hiding place. If that thing he touched really existed, it had to be here.

He was already prepared to fight.

Three feet, six feet, nine feet… After six more feet, he would be behind the boulder. Here, Skinorse pounced using his experience and rolled forward after landing. He ended in a half squat behind the boulder, his dagger before him and ready to go in either direction.

If there was someone hiding behind the boulder, Skinorse would charge like this to ensure he wouldn’t be attacked.

“Where is he? Where? Still no one?” Skinorse felt that he was going to have a mental breakdown.

The cave was only so big, and this boulder was the only hiding place. If there was nothing here, then what the f*ck did he touch?!

“Skinorse, m-maybe you imagined it?” Melinda asked timidly. She was curled up on Nana’s back as if she wanted to disappear.

Skinorse lost his confidence. He lowered his head and looked around. If that guy really existed, there should be footprints on the ground. Skinorse started suspecting that he’d imagined it because there were no footprints at all.

“Lord, do you sense anything wrong?” Skinorse felt that he was so nervous that he made a mistake—and a rookie mistake at that.

Link didn’t speak after casting the light spell and carefully investigated the surrounding marks. At this time, he’d already found some abnormal marks.

“You were right. You probably did touch something. Look here,” Link said, pointing at the center of the boulder.

Skinorse looked over. There was a small scrape at the six-foot point. It was a fresh mark as well. It seemed that the thing had gone deeper into the cave.

“It probably flies, and after you accidentally touched it, it was scared too and immediately flew away. It’s silent when flying or it’s very quiet and was covered by the wind in the cave on the right.”

While speaking, Link ended the light spell, only keeping the one on top of Skinorse’s head. “If I guessed correctly,” he continued, “there should be some abnormal things in this cave. The thing we just ran into should be like a detective sentinel.”

In the game, these sentinels were called “Night Whistles.” They were a type of trained bird unique to the Wailing Gorge. If a Night Whistle was discovered inside a cave, it was a sign that there was definitely a storyline quest inside.

If Link was correct, the one right ahead was called “The Night King’s Sadness.”

Sealed locations like caves had fewer geographical details, so this place was practically identical to the game. When the familiar semicircular boulder appeared, Link immediately confirmed his guess.

After knowing this was a storyline quest, Link felt relieved but also annoyed.

The reason was simple. The final boss in this quest, the Night King, wasn’t too powerful but the way to win was really messed up. If the player had bad luck, they would feel like smashing their head against a wall.

The quest was called the Night King’s Sadness, but it could easily end up being the player’s sadness.