: Isyuram’s Incident Records
ACT 3 Isyuram’s Incident Records
“Huhuhu, we’ve finally arrived!”
An excited voice was heard in the darkness. The person laughing was a huge warrior wearing leather armour and holding a bayonet could be seen.
“Why are you giggling to yourself? Didn’t I tell you? Don’t relax just yet. If you made even one mistake then all our efforts will be in vain.”
“Sheesh, you don’t have to explain it again.”
The warrior scowled at the woman standing to the side. It was a woman wearing white chain mail and holding a long spear. They were users called Bread and Redian.
“But aren’t you excited? It’s already been 10 days since we came to this dungeon.”
“It’s been so long since we’ve seen sunlight. My skin has become even paler…….”
Redian murmured as she looked at the white skin between her collar. Then Bread glanced at her and smirked.
“Huhuhu, isn’t it a good thing? You look somewhat sexier.”
“Do you want to die?”
“What’s wrong with it? It’s a good thing.”
“Do you want to fight?”
Redian raised her spear, causing Bread to quiver and retreat.
“Stop it, I hate that spear.”
“Then why do you exist on provoking me every time? Don’t you have a brain? Haven’t you learnt your lesson yet?”
“It’s because of the piled up stress. This dungeon is so uninteresting. There isn’t even a common ogre in this thing. The Drakens are so boring. There was only a few of them. It’s so boring I’m about to doze off.”
“You’re just a barbarian…… You’re the only one who would think a few Drakens is uninteresting.”
“A boring thing is boring. Ah, why aren’t there any strong guys?”
“Stop whining and just look for the inscription. There’s not much time left. Fortunately we’ve seemed to have reached the last checkpoint…….”
“Okay. I understand.”
Bread grunted and started searching the nearby statues. The place where Bread and Redian was searching was an underground stone room in a complicated maze. The two people had entered the dungeon 10 days ago and it had taken them a lot of time and backtracking to find this place. Their long journey had begun two months ago when a document dropped from a high level boss called Kalropsu. A quest had been triggered when the document was picked up.
-Asyubell’s Notes
The travel diary of the legendary adventurer Asyubell. Everything is in code so ‘advanced text deciphering’ is required.
“Oh, Asyubell’s Notes?”
Bread was in the Adventurer’s guild and had heard of Asyubell before. He was such a legendary adventurer that a statue was built of him in front of the Adventurer’s guild. Bread realised the document wasn’t ordinary so he visited Redian and asked her to decipher it. Then he learned a surprising fact.
“This is….. Huge? You picked up something amazing!”
Redian explained in an excited voice.
“You’ve seen the explanation on Asyubell’s statue in front of the Adventurer’s guild? He travelled all over the world and collected items which he donated to the Adventurer’s guild before disappearing. But this document states that Asyubell didn’t donate everything to the guild. Asyubell chose the best items from his collection and hid it in one place. And he scattered hints to this place everywhere.”
The document that Bread found was one of the clues. In his old age, Asyubell wanted to hide all the treasures he had found. Then he sent out a challenge to new adventurers who had a lot of knowledge and experience.
“Then the treasures of the legendary adventurer Asyubell…….?”
“Clearly it would be the finest items.”
Redian smiled and spoke.
“Will you invite me as well?”
“I’ll have to think about it.”
“Don’t be stupid. You wouldn’t be able to find the treasure without my help. The clues Asyubell scattered are hidden behind puzzles. No matter how strong you are against monsters, it would be impossible for you to solve the puzzles. You can’t even decipher this document.”
“Sheesh, I understand. But it’s 7:3.” “6:4. I won’t accept anything less than that. It will be difficult to find a better magician than me. If they decline then wouldn’t rumours spread all over the place? More contenders for the treasure might appear. Isn’t that right?”
“Ugh….. You’re evil but okay. As long as you keep it a secret. Got it?”
“Hohoho, you might have a stone head but at least you can understand things like this.”
“Why does it sound like you’re taking advantage of me?”
“Calm down. Do you want to turn into a stone statue?”
“What the!”
Thus the barbarian and the magician started searching for the treasure. But finding the treasure of the legendary adventurer wasn’t that easy. Asyubell’s first clue gave a hint to the location of the next clue and they were hidden in absurd locations. Hidden deep in the nest of a herd of wyverns, a Medusa’s temple where a person could be turned to stone with just one look and the lair of the horrifying Richi. They were areas that ordinary users wouldn’t even dare go near. Bread and Redian had also died a few times and revived in the magic kingdom of Bristania. Every time they found a clue, the quest difficulty would also increase and now it was an +A difficulty. But the two of them became even more motivated as the difficulty increased. It was because the reward would become even bigger the more time and effort was invested into the quest. Just like that, one and a half months passed. The two of them had finally collected all the clues together and found the dungeon where Asyubell hid the treasure.
“Here? This is the place where Asyubell hid the treasure?
Bread muttered as he saw the huge remains. In his later years, Asyubell had become senile and hidden his treasures. But the location was amazing compared to all the troubles they had gone through to reach the place.
“What the? There is nothing in the area. There are also no monsters. Is this really the right place?”
“It was recorded in the last clue document that it is somewhere around here. The place where three people are facing each other…… Ah, there it is. It should be the place where the gaze of the three statues is concentrated……. I’ve found it. This is clearly it. Advanced text deciphering!”
Redian found the ancient characters engraved on the ruins and used the skill. Then the characters started shining and a message window appeared.
-I am the nameless adventurer.
I have hidden the treasures found throughout my lifetime in the secret dungeon underneath the ruins. The person who has courage can visit it in order to get their hands on the treasure. But know this. I’ve used all my knowledge and experience to create this dungeon hiding my treasure. That’s right. This dungeon is a challenge that I’m sending out to adventurers of the next generation. In order to obtain the treasure strength, stamina, wisdom and knowledge is required.
I’ll say this in advance, but it might not be possible to obtain the treasure in your lifetime. If you make even one mistake on any of the puzzles…… The dungeon will remove all intruders and remained blocked until the next full moon. When it is opened, the location and answer to all the puzzles will be changed.
Now challenger, if you have confidence then you are welcome to try it!
“This annoying old man……”
“I’ve just smelled something bad.”