With the quest notification popping up, Arthur quickly took a look.
>Quest Issued!Inspect failed!Quest Updated!<
Quest: 1. Talk to the resident Mage Bernard (completed)
2. Talk to the captain of the Roran Town about the Bandits and their actions.
Grade: Uncommon
Difficulty: Intermediate
Reward: Coins, experience.
With that, the first half of the quest was completed, and Arthur could now move on to other things.
He stored the ring in his bag and left the resident mage's house.
It was now time for Arthur to do what he had been preparing for all this time.
"Time to get the class…" Arthur muttered to himself.
The location that he needed to go was actually nearby.
'I don't know how long it took for the original player to find it, but I won't be having any issues.' Arthur thought as he went to the very center of the village.
His destination was none other than the place where he had spawned into the game for the first time. It was the fountain with the old statue.
"Kestrel…" Arthur read the name carved under the statue. "I guess they did try to leave some clues for it." He chuckled.
Arthur didn't proceed right away though, he first took a look around to ensure that there wasn't anyone here. There were still a couple of players who had died and respawned there.
But they were in too much of a hurry to pay any attention to Arthur. After all, this was the first area they arrived in and wouldn't care much about it now. No one would think that there was a secret hidden here.
'There we go, time to do it.' Arthur took out the Medallion of Kestrel.
~humm~
A faint trembling could be felt from the Medallion before the Statue started to move.
What was stranger though was the fact that the Statue had moved silently.
'If it made a lot of noise, it would have been more difficult to get in without being noticed.' Arthur thought as he looked at the Manhole sized entrance that had appeared.
It had been hidden under the statue and wasn't seen by anyone.
"Time to head in…" Arthur climbed down the hole while the statue moved back to hide it.
There was a stone ladder carved directly into the hole's wall, thus allowing Arthur to get down with relative ease. It was quite dark too, but Arthur didn't have to endure it for long.
A minute later he had reached the bottom and could tell that he was in a corridor of some kind.
Whoosh!~
A second later, tens of stone candles ignited, lighting the path for Arthur.
'That's certainly magic.' Arthur could tell since the candles weren't made from wax.
They too were carved into the walls directly and were made of the same kind of stone.
Arthur walked through the corridor and reached a new room. This room was a lot wide and had several stone candles illuminating it as well.
But the most eye catching part about it was the circular pattern on the wall. There were a few letters carved on top of the wall as well, that Arthur read.
"Kestrel's Tomb…Here it is…" Arthur muttered.
He got closer to the wall and looked for a small depression in it. The depression was the same size as that of the Medallion of Kestrel as if asking to be used.
Clink!
Placing the Medallion in the depression, Arthur took a step back.
~Rumble~
With a low rumble, the entire wall started to move. It sank into the ground, allowing Arthur to access it further.
Now a wide open hall was visible to Arthur, but it was completely dark. There were no candles to illuminate it, and only the scattered light from the previous room was coming in now.
With bated breath, Arthur stepped forward waiting for something to happen.
~humm~
And when he had taken a few steps, the familiar thrumming of Magic could be felt!
Hundreds of runes suddenly materialized in the air turning into a large magic circle. Arthur watched it all with amazement until a voice was heard.
"Only those who fulfill the trial would be allowed to obtain the Dragomancer's Legacy!" A loud voice that was filled with power spoke.