"What now?" Ask Eka.
"Is it you that invite me?" Ask me while looking at Eka plainly.
"Sigh* How about checking the weapon store?" Say Renald give suggestion.
"Is there any weapon store? I mean, why do we need a weapon store if you can sell it in a Store that is created by the system?" Ask me while following Renald's walk on the cracking sideway.
"Money has no value right now but, some people see it as a chance to promote or raise their money value. For example, Rupiah and Dollar have a scale of 15.000 : 1 now. The scale can change now." Say Renald try to explain to me while walking.
"We need Cornea to sell it in the store but, we have not it yet." Say me while trying to understand what Renald explains.
"Just about time, we can use it. The Tower that we conquered did not give us money as a reward." Say Renald.
"If I remember, Eka, how you call us?" Ask me to Eka that walk beside me.
"I just call you in the normal way though?" Say Eka looks confused.
"I mean when you call us?" Say me.
"Around afternoon I think?" Say Eka try to remember it.
"Maybe, because we complete the first floor the time comes back to normal." Say Renald.
"Maybe..." Say me try to stop the conversation.
After a while we were walking around the city, we see a mall. Renald turns around and goes to that mall. We arrive in front of the glass door and two women with suits greet us with smiles. We open the door and see some weapons in there. Blade, sword, dagger, shield, staff, etc. All in there.
"Hey Renald, is there any blacksmith in here?" Whisper me to Renald.
"There is it, and you will surprised who is the blacksmith." Say Renald.
We walk around and find a door with the "Staff Room" written on the door. Renald opens it and the stairs to below of mall can be by us. We walk along the stairs to the underground.
"Renald! Here!" Shout someone who knows Renald.
As I arrive at the place after walking down using stairs, I see someone who shouting at Renald. He waves his hand. That's the man with the two children before.
The noise of metal getting hit by the hammer, a smell of ash, and coals burning inside the stove. As I recognize, Renald and Eka take out their clothes. Their body looks great too same as me. I think the system really changes our body.
"Yahaha.... Sorry for the noise and all the things here. Follow me! I will show you how blacksmiths work." Say Tegar.
This underground is not large same as the upper floor. There are nine people who work on each stove. Tegar walks to the most behind the stove.
"What are you creating?" Ask me interested.
"A weapon to you as thanks give. The weapon is still in cooling session, just wait a bit." Say Tegar.
"Talk about dagger, didn't I bring someone dagger with me?" Say me while trying to remember.
"Don't worry, we gave it back to him." Say Eka.
We wait for a moment as we see the other work. Sweat comes from our bodies. This place really hot! We go back to Tegar and say to him that we can't stand a chance to live in this place. Tegar just laughed a bit and said that he would give the weapons later to our room in the hotel. We walk to stairs and leave that place. All sweat wet our bodies.
"Hah... Finally air conditioner." Say Eka.
"Your resistance is weak huh?" Say Renald while looking at Eka.
We put on our clothes after the sweat is gone. We walk outside and wander around.
"How about leveling?" Ask Renald.
"Is it your brain just raising your level?" Say Eka while looking at Renald with a plain face.
"Where?" Ask me.
"There are dungeons called Prambanan in around this city. How about there?" Say Renald.
"I am okay, I need Cornea to live after all." Say me.
"W-wait, I am still tired." Say Eka.
We wait a bit until Eka feels better and goes to Prambanan. Legend says, Prambanan is where Roro Jonggrang was petrified by Bandung Bondowoso. I hope we don't fight Bandung Bondowoso with his subordinate or fight Roro Jonggrang.
The gate of the temple is guarded by soldiers. Renald simply walked over there and got the permission. Then, we follow him inside the temple. The Roro Jonggrang statue is broken and replaced by a tunnel underground. The tunnel is really big. Suddenly, there are people running towards us.
"Help!! Help!!! Hel..." Shout that man.
Suddenly, he become petrified.
We were surprised and didn't know what to do.
"Hey Rega, do you know what will we face?" Say Eka to me.
Renald sees to me too, hoping that I know what to do next.
"Hmm.... (crossed my hand) I just can think two things that what we face. Medusa Dungeon and Pompeii Maze. What do you think this most nearest?" Say while thinking.
We stop our walk and think too.
"I will choose the Medusa Dungeon." Say Renald.
"But that's not balance!! Medusa appears in arc 4 and we are still in arc 1!" Say Eka.
"I just hope that this, whoever opponent not strong enough to beat us." Say me.
We continue walking. It seems the dungeon has one floor. There is a big gate in front of us. This is the sign that we will enter the Boss Room. As we walk inside the tunnel, just that people get petrified. That's maybe a warning sign to us that even if we leave the boss room, we still can get petrified.
Renald opens the gate, the wind blows from inside and we see thousands of army. There is a man standing up in front of them. Long hair until his shoulder, using Blangkon (cap in Javanese), a Batik cloth to cover his legs with a yellow shawl on his waist blew up by the wind while he crossed his hands and looked at us. That's Bandung Bondowoso.
We summon our weapons.
"Sigh* Ready for level up?" Say Eka.
"Attack!!!" Shout Bandung Bondowoso.
His subordinates, ghost soldiers, and human soldiers are running toward us.
"Are these supposed to be scary right?" Say Eka to us in front of him.
"Yeah, I don't really feel we fighting monsters like before." Say me.
"After all, this is just one-floor Dungeon." Say Renald.
"Can I wipe all these soldiers?" Ask me.
Eka and Renald cancel their summoned weapon.
"Then, just do it." Say Renald.
I grab my dagger and spam Horizontal Slash. The soldiers don't have limits, I recognize that if I continue to deal with his subordinates, the fight will never end. So, I decided to jump toward Bandung Bondowoso.
As I want to cut him in half, I recognize he doesn't look at me from his eyes. I land on the ground and decide not to kill Bandung Bondowoso.
"What are you doing!!?" Say Eka while summoning his weapon again.
"Look behind you!!!" Shout me.
Reflect they look behind and we see a kingdom that Bandung Bondowoso wants to attack. Renald and Eka jump to me and gather together.
"It seems, this is just Story Dungeon." Say me.
"If that is correct, this country is really dangerous." Say Renald while crossing his hand and glancing at Bandung Bondowoso that still standing where he stood before.
In WEO there is a dungeon named Story Dungeon that contains a story along the world. The difference is, the stories that WEO uses are around in the WEO world. They never use reality as a reference to create a Story Dungeon to prevent any controversy around the world. The last thing they used as reference is the Nordic Myth, H.P. Lovecraft, Egypt Myth, and Greece Myth.
"How about we leave?" Ask Eka to suggest to us.
"Can you tell me your reason?" Say Renald with a serious face.
"You know that Story Dungeon must be finished as a good ending to claim the reward? We even don't know exactly what happened back then so.... Maybe, there are some kind of conditions to get a good ending. I don't want to spend time so much in this dungeon just for a few rewards." Explain Eka.
Eka has his point. This is just one-floor dungeon. The reward must be low.
"If you say that, that means the condition of this Story is not even hard to start to begin with it." Say Renald.
"You have a point, but... I don't want to trigger Special Raid Area." Say Eka.
They start to debate whether raid this Story Dungeon is good or not. Then, they started to point to me as the middleman.
"Sigh* Let's just get out. The risk is higher than the prize. Even if we don't know the prize, just let the local residents conquer it. We can leave them to conquer this Dungeon by themselves." Say me.
"But!!" Say Renald looks a bit mad at my decision.
"Look, I know that all monsters in the dungeon can break and kill us. But, there is my point. If they can't even fight back to this low-level dungeon, then they are weak enough to begin with it. You need experience to wise your decision after all." Say me while canceling my summoned weapon.
I walk outside and leave the dungeon. Apparently, they follow me. I don't know if I am too heartless after what I experienced back then.
After a while, I see a light outside this tunnel. Many lights and fireworks get launched into the sky.
"How much time scale that this dungeon have?" Ask me with a surprised face.
"Maybe we can use it as a time capsule." Say Eka with joke tone.
"You... Maybe, you're right." Say Renald while thinking.
"How about searching for others to join us in enjoying this Festival?" Ask me to give suggestions.
"Sigh* Maybe you're right. This is not time to debate." Say Renald while smiling
"You are right, this is the time we enjoy this moment of peace." Say Eka while smiling too.
"Then, what are we waiting for?" Say me getting excited.
The parade walks along the street. Many of the cultures we had are displayed on the truck and caravan. Dance, costume festival, all of them in here. We gather together as we arrive in front of the hotel. We see my sister, Rena, and Putri there.
"There you are! Why you took so long!" Say Putri gets annoyed.
"Sorry, sorry. We are trapped in time." Say Eka with a joke tone.
"Sigh* We just try to conquer dungeon but the result is nothing." Say Renald while glaring to Eka.
"Are you doing something stupid again hah!!?" Say Putri while mad at Eka.
Putri walks to Eka and pulls his cheek wide.
"Sowyy, sowyy" Say Eka while his cheek gets pulled.
We laugh because seeing them like that. We enjoy the festival until midnight.
....
"Hey, brother~ Do you really want to leave now? This is still dawn, how about we leave in the morning?" Say my sister giving me suggestion after knowing me packing our clothing.
"Nope, I was planning that we must go to our house first." Say me while packing our clothes in the backpack that I bought at the festival.
The government gives us money to compensate for our contribution as guardians for those survivors. The festival is just for us that be heroes for the survivors that we guard. The dagger from Tegar is part of the gift too.
"At least, Yawn* Can you spare me some bath before we go?" Ask my sister while setting his mind after sleep.
"Then, just take a bath." Say me.
As I am waiting for my sister to get ready. I look at the dagger that Tegar gave me. The name is optional and I named it "Corrosion Dagger" because of the special attribute to inflict poison on the enemy. It does not give me additional stats points but, this is enough for me.
As my sister was done, we left the hotel and went to the gate that guarded by soldiers. We appear in front of them and they salute us up. As always, I salute them followed up by my sister.
In front of the gate, there are Eka, Putri, and Renald.
"You really want to leave in a mysterious way huh?" Say Eka still looks tired.
"Don't you have a heart to not inform us that you want to leave?" Say Putri a bit annoyed.
My sister just pointed his finger at me.
Putri walked over to my sister and hugged her.
"Be careful in the outside world okay? And dominate your brother to be submissive to you." Say Putri.
As I walk to say goodbye to Eka and Renald. I was stunned because of what I heard.
"Don't influence my sister with bad things." Say me to them.
"Heh~" they say while smiling at me.
"Just give up brother, and enjoy your new life." Say Eka while smirking a bit and thumbs up to me.
"This is farewell Renald, Thanks for saving me and my sister but, we must go to our path. We can still contact each other and-"
Renald hugs me preventing me from saying my full sentence.
He smiles gently at me and says.
"Goodbye, friend." Say him.
"Yeah, Goodbye." Say me to him after giving a gentle smile to reply to his gentle smile.
"Don't forget to say goodbye Emily." Say me to her while still hugging Putri.
"Okay, you can go first brother. We still in intimate pose now." Say my sister to me while hugging Putri.
"Sigh* Girls." Say me.
"Okay, Goodbye Renald brother and Eka brother. We will meet you if we have time." Say her while following me walking to the horizon and waving at them.
"Goodbye! May we meet each other again!" Shout Eka and Putri.
I look behind and Renald gently smiles at us and waves his hand to us. At that time, I don't know what that smile means. That story will be revealed if he wants to do it anyway.
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