?Meanwhile, far away from Kyle's location. Haylee's eyes followed the blue-haired human running below him. The human was not alone, three more humans were following him but they split up after an hour.
After observing them for a while, Haylee found out that the blue-haired human name was Alec. The other three individuals with him were called Carcel, Lara, and Mia.
When the trio left Alec and went their separate ways, Haylee wondered if he should reveal himself in front of him.
After thinking for a minute, he changed back into a white fur ball. The ball sped up behind Alec before circling his body.
Alec froze in his spot for a second before he distanced himself from the strange ball floating around him.
"What is this thing-!"
He stopped abruptly when the ball started speaking to him.
"Is your name Alec?"
Alec's eyes widened with shock. It took him a few seconds to digest the fact that the ball was speaking! Also, to make matters even stranger the ball knew his name! Instantly, his first course of action was to use the system appraisal skill on the fur ball.
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System Analysis:
'Name: Haylee'
'Bonded beast'
'Age: 2679'
'Rank: SSS'
'Talent: (SSS)-Rank'
'???'
-Error!
Trying to find the cause! Loading...
-Error!
No more information provided.
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"Haylee?"
Alec mumbled under his breath. The name was quite familiar. He thought for a few seconds and suddenly Kyle's last words appeared in his mind.
"Wait, are you the same Haylee who was supposed to help Kyle? What are you doing here!?"
The ball froze mid-air seemingly processing Alec's words. Then suddenly a bright light flashed in front of Alec, forcing him to close his eyes for a second.
Haylee immediately changed back into his original form. His large wings fluttered behind his back as he landed in front of Alec who stared at him with bated breath.
The boar cleared his throat clearly reluctant to admit the fact that he forgot about Kyle after sensing Odiak's aura in Alec's body.
Alec snapped out of his trance and let out a wry smile.
"So, you are Haylee... Indeed Kyle doesn't need help with you around."
The boar nodded in agreement. However, he was not here to talk about himself. That's why he immediately focused on the question he wanted to ask the human.
"Alec, I sensed a faint aura inside your body. It belonged to someone I know. Can you tell me if you had an encounter with someone strong in the outside world? Maybe an old dwarf..?"
Alec thought for a few seconds and shook his head. All the strong people he knew were humans.
Haylee let out a sigh and eyed him from all directions. If only he could peer inside his body to check where the aura was coming from. However, it was impossible. He could only sense it, not see it.
"Hmm, I guess it's just a coincidence and you don't know anything."
With a shake of his head, the boar opened his wings, ready to fly away but suddenly Alec stopped him.
"Wait!"
Haylee gazed at the human and let out a sigh.
"If you want to ask for help in finding treasures. Then I must apologize I am not allowed to."
Alec was surprised and a little perplexed.
'Can he only help Kyle?'
He threw the matter at the back of his head with a sour expression. It was better to not think about it. Or else he would feel unfair.
"No, I am not asking for help. I just want to know about something..."
Alec passed for a few seconds and gazed at the failed missions that had been filling the system interference after he entered the secret realm.
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'Mission; xX'
Find the 'Divine essence' stored in the last treasure island.
Treasure island location: In the north, underneath a mountain.
Reward:
1× divine essence
Penalty:
-None
-Failed
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'Mission; xX'
Find the 'Resonite Gem' stored in the '012' treasure island.
Treasure island location: In the west.
Reward:
1× (S)-Rank skill
Knowledge
Penalty:
-sub rank,
-Knowledge,
-??
-Failed
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'Mission; xX'
Find the 'Enchanted hot spring'.
Location: In the west.
Reward:
×1 (S)-Rank healing skill,
+3 sub rank.
Penalty:
-None
-Failed
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Alec massaged his temples with a groan.
He somewhat knew the locations of the missions, but witnessing the cruelty of the dark race made him angry. That's why he couldn't complete the missions on time. Or, to be more specific, someone else had already taken the treasures before him.
And, for some reason, he had this nagging feeling in the back of his head that all this was done by a single person.
At first, he thought maybe... maybe it was Kyle. However, he crossed Kyle's name because when the mission about the hot spring failed he met Kyle almost instantly.
Also, they were both in the dark race territory. Kyle couldn't possibly stumble upon the hot spring immediately after he fought an intense battle with Emion. Or could he...?
'The divine essence and resonite gem are okay.. but what the heck did the person do with the hot spring? Don't tell me he drank the water or just destroyed it completely after using it?'
'I swear I am going to rough up the person who is playing with my emotions!'
He did not even realize his conflicted emotions were showing up on his face. The boar gazed at him with narrowed eyes when he showed a dark expression.
"What happened?"
Alec shook his head and immediately changed his expression into a smile.
"Nothing... I just want to know what is a resonite gem and divine essence."
"Huh?"
Haylee stared at him for a few seconds, dumbfounded. He blinked, thinking maybe he heard wrong but Alec was clearly asking about the divine essence and the resonite gem that even he knew nothing about!
He only found out about the resonite gem due to Kyle!
The boar opened his mouth but closed it again. First, he sucked in a deep breath to calm down and then stared at Alec with a deadly serious expression.
"How do you know about them?"
Alec opened his mouth to lie. After all, he could not possibly reveal the system's presence, but before he could speak, a strange notification flashed in front of his eyes.
He stared at the screen in front of his eyes with shock.
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Ask him, 'Who is Odiak'.
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It was the first time the system sent such a notification to him! After all, the system only ever asked him to complete missions and gave him rewards!
Alec gulped down his nervousness and repeated the words.
"Who is Odiak?"
Haylee's jaw hung open as he stared at the human in front of him. In the end, he could only blurt out a single word.
"How...?"
