VERSATILE: ALTERNATE WORLD

-Your Party has slain the Wind Guardian

-Received Key to the Wind Sanctum

-No EXP gained.

-No Gold gained.

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I was still trying to recover from my previous exhaustion of pulling the wind guardian's body so hard that I saw the messages on my combat log and frowned seeing that I didn't earn anything that aids my growth. Sure, I only helped with the kill, but that doesn't mean I won't get any share of experience and gold from that. Even if this system is basically not part of this world, since it is trying to emulate a game, it should have at least given me something. I think this is due to the fact that this Continent is not yet part of the "game" system calculation but that shouldn't be the case as I clearly gained some experience when I was fighting in Aquagius which was similar to Kamikaze that is not yet unlocked.

But I am not that angry, it's just my effort was not rewarded aside from the apparent key item that got dropped.

"I picked up a key and it seems to open something deeper in here or somewhere I am not sure about."

Pulling out the key in the key items pocket, I revealed it to the two queens who frowned seeing the key in my hands. It looks like it was made of gold and silver mixed together with an emerald jewel placed on the handle of the key. It's not a normal key design but a key item? This one is a pretty simplistic style.

"A key huh? Seeing that it has an emerald attached to it, then it must be important. I heard from Ran that they value emeralds here as it is one of the gems that can give the power of the wind to many things here in their daily lives. This might open something. What does the description say?" Queen Tori asked.

I looked into the description and read it aloud for them to hear.

"A key that opens the locked Wind Sanctum. It is said that this key is the only thing that can open the door that houses the relic and the ancient device that controls the divine winds."

"Based on the description, it seems to be the place where the relic should have been placed. Then, since the guy who just escaped holds the wind relic, does that mean he opened it without the need for a key?" Queen Tori frowned.

"Possibly. Might even be that he destroyed a wall or a door on the sanctum, allowing himself some entry and getting the relic in hand. Still, there might be a chance it was already sealed up or the guy we fought before had some unique ability that allows him to enter and exit the place without the need for keys but for us, this key will be necessary to get there," I explained to Queen Tori in case she thinks this key is useless.

"Ha, looks like we found something that will have significant use for us. A key that opens the sanctum huh and this sanctum holds the device for the divine winds? Perhaps we can take advantage of that we have this key and enter the sanctum to see the damage done and why it was not working anymore," Queen Tanya suggested.

"The question is, where can we even find the sanctum in the first place? As far as I know, no one but a few knows the location of this sanctum and many people are taking this as just a myth and this sanctum does not exist," Queen Tori shrugged it off as we have no idea where the current sanctum was located in the first place.

"Wait, wait. I think we will know where the sanctum is located still using the key. I didn't notice from reading the key's description but this is another usage for the key aside from opening it up. It said that the emerald will release a small light that always points in the direction of the sanctum."

"A small light?" the two queens approached the key and observed the emerald on the handle. I also tried to spot if it was indeed giving out a light but I don't know if I am just blind or I have a weird bad eyesight but I cannot see it.

"Hmmm, I don't know, Bladeheart. I cannot see it. Is it because we are in a lit-up area? Because it's definitely not present from what I can see," Queen Tanya squinted her eyes and changed her angle to see whether the light was indeed showing.

"Likewise, Bladeheart. I don't see it. It's just not showing any sort of glow or anything close to it. Perhaps we needed to head back up to the surface and see if that light is present," Queen Tori suggested.

"Alright. But first, I think we should deal with the dragon's corpse here. It would be bad if this body rots and causes a zombie dragon to rise up as a result. The chains are already broken to pieces and the chains on its feet won't stop it from flying away if it becomes on," Queen Tanya turned to look at the dead body of the dragon.

"Then, I should take care of it. The scales, meat, and materials I can get from this dead dragon should be plenty enough."

"Let me help. This dragon is big enough for one person to finish dismantling. Having two people help will make this work much easier."

"Let me do so as well. I can use my experience in dismantling corpses from other big monsters useful this time around. Bring out the tools as I didn't bring them with me."

And with that, the battle against the Wind Guardian ended up with us dismantling its corpse and getting a good haul of stuff. I don't know what will happen now that the wind guardian is gone but it will be killed sooner or later anyways so I think it should be fine for now. And besides, no one seems to know the existence of the dragon anyways so I guess it's a much better way to keep silent about the dragon and continue on our way. ƒ𝔯ℯe𝘄𝐞𝐛𝒏𝐨ѵ𝘦𝒍. com

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We returned to the surface and looked around for a bit as we don't want to risk getting into a battle against the soldiers while we are there. A little conflict as much as we can especially since we fought a big guy earlier and we are still a bit exhausted.

"Safe. No people or even the soldiers were around. It's good to go," Queen Tanya returned after scouting the perimeter to ensure that no one is around.

"Think this spot is good?" I pulled out the key back out.

"We don't know for sure unless we try it out."

I held out the key and a small green light appeared in a straight line. It was short, but it is pointing in a direction to the west. I tried to go in a different direction if the light that the key is giving out is going to change direction but it does not and it remained pointing west.

"Oh, so it does work and I think the main reason we didn't see the light earlier is because we are down in the underground that perhaps it won't show the direction at all when down there."

"That also means we can head there now and get to check the sanctum. Since the relic is gone, there must be something that happened there. We should head there as soon as we can."

"Alright, but first, we should scout out this place first. With the damage done here, there must be a few people who are wounded so we make sure we help them before we head straight to the Wind Sanctum. That way, we don't have to be guilty of leaving some people to die," Queen Tanya suggested.

"Alright. Should we split up and do it by ourselves to cover more ground?" I asked.

"Yeah, that's for the best. But we should fire a signal light if any of us find an enemy so that any of us who have not met them should be alerted by their presence. We can't afford them to cause more chaos now," Queen Tori also added.

"Alright. Let's head out and help the people. Let's gather up in the square with the people we helped out. As for the dead bodies, we can't do anything about them, just prioritize with the living people and we should gather them up to monitor everyone else."

The three of us split up and rescued a few people who are wounded. Unfortunately, it seems only a handful were still alive and most of them have died. As for the other people in the city, they either successfully fled or have used barred themselves from their houses. Still, this is not going to be the worst thing we might experience in the future as long as the problem with the shogun is not yet solved.