Legacy of the Betelgeuse

Ivonna is rustling on the bed and then she sits up. Her eyes are barely open and she\'s scratching her head, but then she suddenly stops. Her eyes are wide open and look at me on the sofa with a blanket and a pillow behind me. She\'s staring at me for quite a while. I smile and laugh at her. She\'s still processing the information in her head while looking around.

I nod up while staring at her.

"Good morning."

Ivonna groans and massages her head.

"Good morning... I\'m sorry that I\'m using your bed. I remember that I was over there with you. How am I here in your bed now?"

I\'m pointing my thumb at myself.

"I put you over there. I\'m sorry that I did that without asking you first, but you seemed exhausted and already in a deep sleep last night, and I thought that it was better for you to sleep on the bed so you can get a nice and comfortable sleep than sleeping on the sofa."

Ivonna smiles and shakes her head.

"It\'s okay, I really had a nice sleep. Thank you."

Someone is knocking on the door.

"Trev, it\'s me. Can I come in?"

It\'s Chelsea and from the sound of her voice, she\'s also just woke up.

"Come in."

Chelsea opens the door and the first thing she sees is Ivonna on my bed with her messy hair. Chelsea is frozen in front of the door and looks at Ivonna with her mouth open.

"Ivy? What are you doing? Were you both sleeping together last night?"

Chelsea looks at me, but then she looks at the pillow and a blanket on the sofa. She hums and then jumps on the bed. Ivonna is raising her eyebrows and looks at Chelsea who\'s laying on the bed beside her.

Chelsea looks at her.

"I just remember that it\'s been ages since we sleep together, right?"

Ivonna nods. Chelsea then pulls Ivonna\'s hand and both of them are now laying on the bed. Then they\'re talking about it while I\'m just listening to their conversation and reading the skills on my phone.

I\'m so busy reading the skills that I don\'t realize that both of them are falling asleep again. I scoff and grab the pillow and the blanket then put them on the bed. I put my pillow under Chelsea\'s head and cover her with the blanket.

I\'m watching these two beautiful women sleeping on my bed, but then I hear someone is clearing her throat on the door. I turn around and it\'s Francesca while raising her eyebrows and smirking at me.

"Wow, just because you can\'t choose between those two, that doesn\'t mean you can have both of them, Trev. Well, that\'s none of my business. I still can\'t believe you slept with both of them."

I raise my eyebrows and scratching my head.

"I think you misunderstood. I didn\'t sleep with any of them."

Francesca is giggling while covering her mouth.

"I know. I\'m just joking."

I look at Chelsea and Ivonna.

"Can you look over them? I\'m going to play for an hour. There\'s something I want to do."

Francesca is humming and nodding.

"Yeah sure, but I\'ll be back in a flash. I need to grab my phone and get some snacks."

I nod.

"Thanks. Oh, by the way. Is Grisell awake? I need her help in the game."

Francesca looks at the hallway and shrugs.

"I don\'t know. I\'ll check on her and tell her about it if she\'s awake."

I nod.

"Thanks!"

Francesca nods and then leaves the room.

I log in to the game and look around the house and check outside the house. So many players are gathering outside the pub. There\'s nothing weird about it and then I leave the house. I\'m planning to meet with Krestan because there\'s a skill that I want to learn from him.

I\'m on top of the hill near Krestan\'s house, and then a rustling sound is coming from the forest. I turn around and Avriel is leaning on the tree while staring at me from the distance. I walk toward her and see if there\'s anything she wants to tell me.

I\'m standing next to her while looking around. Avriel is looking at the cabin and the back to me.

"Are you looking for Krestan? Because if you are, he is currently not in there. He has been gone for around 6 hours."

I raise my eyebrows.

"Where is he?"

Avriel then pointing at the forest behind her.

"He went there this morning. Unfortunately, every time he goes into the forest, I always lost track of him. I could not find him anywhere even though I always kept my eyes on him. But I believe he went inside some kind of a portal because he always disappears at the same spot. I did search around that area, but I haven\'t found the portal."

I\'m humming with understanding.

"Do you know when is he going to come back from the forest?"

Avriel tilts her head and looks at the sky.

"He should be back in a few days. He\'s usually left the forest after 3 days since he entered the forest."

I\'m humming while smirking.

"Can you show me where that place is after Krestan leaves the forest?"

If I\'m right, that portal leads to a lake where Krestan meditates to gain new skills and improve them. This is a perfect opportunity since Krestan is currently not in his house, I can grab that thing from his house, and later when he\'s back from meditating, I can go there and improve the skill I got from that.

Avriel is squinting her eyes and looks at me with suspicion.

"Sure."

I nod and then ask Avriel to be a lookout since I\'m going to enter Krestan\'s house, and there\'s a chance that he might come back for some reason.

I enter his house and walk toward his bedroom. There\'s a wardrobe and inside it, there\'s a small chest. I open it and there\'s a small gemstone inside. I grab it and a notification appears.

[Ulsur Gemstone obtained!]

[Ulsur Gemstone: A gemstone that has been used and it seems that the gemstone is already worn out by the look of its color.]

I smile and scoff.

"You won\'t be needing this anymore anyway. I\'ll borrow it from now on."

I leave Krestan\'s house and walk toward Avriel. She\'s raising her eyebrow and waiting for me to show what I took from his house. I lift my hand with the gemstone in my hand to show it to her.

Avriel tilts her head while staring at the gemstone.

"What is that?"

I smirk and lift the gemstone under the sunlight.

"This is the all-formula of spells."

Avriel looks at me with a doubt written on her face. I scoff and smile at her.

*Ding!*

A message from Grisell appears. She asks me what do I need from her and she\'s waiting for me at the house.

I say goodbye to Avriel and am on my way back to the house.

Grisell is waiting for me outside the smithing building next to the house. Grisell is surrounded by players and it seems that she\'s overwhelmed by it. I approach her and then slowly but surely I\'m rescuing her from the horde of players even though I also feel overwhelmed by them.

We are inside her sanctuary. Grisell is heating up the furnace and then looks at me.

"So, what do you want me to make this time?"

I\'m humming and spread my arms.

"I want you to make me a staff this long."

Grisell is tilting her head.

"A staff? What for? You\'re not a spellcaster."

I smile and raise my eyebrows.

"Well, I am now. So, can you make it? Also, can you make a spellbook?"

Grisell is humming while thinking.

"I can make you a good staff, but I can\'t make a spellbook since it\'s not my field of expertise. We need an Artisan for that, not a Blacksmith like me, and also we need a spellcaster player with Augmenter skill to make a spellbook."

I\'m humming with understanding.

"You\'re right. Do you know someone who can make a spellbook?"

Grisell nods.

"Of course! I know all great players who make a living from creating equipment in this game!"

I chuckle while Grisell is messaging her friends and ask them if they can help us with making a spellbook.

All the noises from outside the smithing place are now gone quiet so suddenly. It feels odd that both of us are noticing it immediately. Grisell and I are looking at each other and then we go outside the smithing immediately.

It was a nice and warm afternoon before, but now the whole Orion is gone dark. The beautiful blue sky that covers the world is now gone. There\'s no sky, and we all can see stars and planets moving above us as far as our eyes can see. There\'s an eerie ambient low-frequency sound coming from the sky as if a heavy gigantic thing is moving. A dark atmosphere making everyone feels uncomfortable with it.

Grisell is gulping and grab the back of my clothes.

"What is happening? This is creepy..."

I look at Grisell nervously and raise my eyebrow.

"This is a sign of something extremely bad is going to happen."

A blinking red glitching notification suddenly appears in front of me everyone and also in the sky.

[Vo??e o? t?? W?r?d]

[W?r?d Q?es?: Sha?jae Du??ak Pha?as ?o!]

[???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ?????]

[403?hrs ??mins ??sec (In-game time) bef?re ???? ???? ???? ????]

[???? ???? ???? ????]

I take a deep breath and exhales deeply while clenching my fist.

"It\'s time already, huh..."

Grisell is nervously looking at me.

"What is?"

I\'m looking up to the sky and then look at her while tilting my head.

"An invasion."