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Chapter 14: Risk and Reward

As soon as we answered the question a chest suddenly appeared through the floor inside the center of the room. It gave off a warm glow that seemed to spread to every corner of the room, not like the previous rooms with torches that gave a dungeony feel but rather more of a welcoming feel.

As we walked closer to the treasure chest, Emi was still fairly cautious,

“Do you think it’s a trap? Perhaps a final trap to finish off those who get through all the other rooms?”

“Probably not, I doubt that they go through all this trouble to just kill the adventurers at the end.”

I still approached cautiously heeding Emi’s warning and as we got closer we saw letter floating in the middle of the air on top of the chest.

CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE THE FIRST TO COMPLETE THE CAVE OF DARK AND LIGHT

It then switched suddenly to another message

OPEN CHEST TO RECEIVE ITEMS AND REWARDS

And then it repeated itself

CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE THE FIRST TO COMPLETE THE CAVE OF DARK AND LIGHT

Heeding the instructions I decided to open the chest with Emi. The message on top of the chest suddenly changed again

TWO PEOPLE DETECTED: REWARDS CHANGED TO REWARD TWO PEOPLE

The contents of the box suddenly changed and what appeared was instead two pairs of swords, One pair were named on the hilt “Light” and “Dark” respectively and on the other was “Fire” and “Ice”.

Emi chose the one’s named Fire and Ice as she preferred the brighter colors of Fire Red and Ice Blue while I picked the simpler designed and named Light and Dark.

As soon as we picked up the swords the text above the chest changed once again

ADDITIONAL REWARDS GIVEN: +50 IN EVERY STAT AND ROLL FOR NEW ADDITIONAL SPECIAL TALENT. ACCEPT?

“What do you think Emi?”

“I reckon we should take it the +50 in every stat is a massive boost.”

“Yeah and having a new special talent can’t be bad either. Hopefully it’s something that we can use. Alright then ACCEPT.”

“ACCEPT.”

As soon as Emi and I accepted a sudden rush of warm went through us. It tingled as it reached every spot in our body. My body seemed lighter and more energetic. It was an interesting feeling to say the least.

I suddenly noticed that something as glowing in my pocket. I picked it out and it was the Magic Tag that my mother had given me!

I gasped, “Magic!”

I immediately checked my status tag and Emi followed suit,

NameClover AuroraRaceHumanGenderMaleAge11Level17Health3560Strength285Endurance305Dexterity250Agility269Charisma195Leadership105Intellect856Luck75(+850)Heroic1Special TalentLucky Clover:

This will add 50 times your level to your luckSpecial TalentInnate Magic:

You are now able to use Magic

I noticed my Special Talents had increased to two with this new “Innate Magic” Special Talent.

Emi noticed her new Special Talent, “Clover we got Magic! Wow that’s so fortunate!”

“I wonder what this means for us? These new swords, increased stats, new special talents. I wonder why this has happened?” Perhaps it had something to do with my luck? Perhaps my destiny was finally changing for the better?

“Anyway Clover we should probably try and find a way out of here.”

As we looked around I spotted the door that led to the outside. To the side of the door there was a sign that read

Select Destination:

• Franziland

• Paolona

• Trinia

• Other

Since we had originally decided to go to Paolona to participate in the tournament we decided to go there and continue with our original arrangement.

As we opened the door we saw it leading to a deserted alleyway with no visible people there. We walked through the door and when we turned back the door had disappeared.

Emi’s and my stomach suddenly grumbled from the amount of energy used in the ordeal so we decided to first pay a visit to the Horse Stable that we had rented from an apologize and then have dinner.

It soon became apparent that the Horse Stable Owner was less than pleased and asked for a cash remuneration. We offered a set of the swords but impatiently waved that away and said

“Cash. Cash is king.”

“How much?” I asked.

“800 Gold Coins, those were good horses.”

“EIGHT HUNDRED GOLD COINS.” That was almost all our money that I had budgeted for.

“Yes pay up now.” Guards had started walking over to see the fuss and so I decided to pay it up to cause less trouble.

“Is it possible that our parents can for it in Trinia?”

“Are you crazy? The roads completely blocked up because of the storm, it will take weeks for that all to be cleared. Am I going to get my money or will I have to ask those guards over there to “convince” you to give my money. Either way I will get my money.”

My face when I came back prompted Emi to ask what happened.

“We’ve got almost no money left those horses cost a lot of money and we had to pay a penalty for losing them.”

“What are we going to do?”

“I really don’t know. But anyway we should go to a place to sit down, eat and then recuperate and think of a plan.”

Luckily the food seemed fairly cheap in Paolona so we found a seat in the “Hungry Boar” which seemed to be affiliated with the tavern in our town.

Emi had some steak and potatoes while I chose the stew to try and save a bit of money. Both dishes were delicious and as we were enjoying our meal I heard some commotion going on in the distance. It seemed that a few burly men were harassing this diminutive blue haired woman. She seemed so striking blue hair that caught the attention of everyone and porcelain doll like face that spoke of beauty but also like a doll she seemed rather emotionless. Her body on the other hand smoke more of a Barbie-like shape and proportion with a killer hourglass figure that would force 10/10 men and woman to ogle at her.

Emi also spotted the trouble as I was lost in my own world and had suddenly run up to them to see what the trouble was.

Oh shit.

Authors Note: Lucky Clover’s effect will now be in brackets as its easier to remember numbers that way.

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