Yvlena, Sprite, and Rabbit Knight bolted towards the exit as ander Addison yelled and screamed his existence away. All around them, the fa the ceiling withered breaking into particles of light and dissolving.
They watched the climbing, crawling vines shrivel, drying up and turning to dust as the being holding their life force together was no longer able to.
Yvlena pulled open the now free door, holding it open for her and her summons to rush out.
They found themselves opost grounds again, watg the wooden building rattle intensely until a beam of darkness was cast Into the sky.
It dissipated, breaking up into the clouds until it was no more.
[You Defeated A Minor Miasmitity]
[Yvlena Acquired
EXP: 1200/1046
***
Shadow Essence x2
Memento x1
***
Moon Points x1550
Moon Gems x100]
[Yvlena is now level 11]
[Subcss Skill: Crafting Leveled Up]
[Yvlena Acquired
***
Aruergo Shipment x2]
The game told her.
The elven girl exhaled in relief as she saw the quest had e to an end, now all she o do was return the shipment to Ricardo and she would get her reward.
All before he would leave Bloom Haven too. It was a tough quest, lohan she had expected and Yvlena was gd it was over. She sighed in relief, gd there were no longer any ghosts to fight.
Yvlena stared back at the wooden structure the battle had taken p, already knowing the former ander's form was a result of the Miasma's corruptive influence.
She went to her iory, pig out the memento from her most ret battle.
ander Addison's memento was a recipe and a note. As Yvlena read it, she found it was a reminder for the ao do something for someone.
The note read
[Spice Bread Recipe
Send to Iris, the Tea House has been having a tough time retly.]
Yvlena put it in her iory, finally the st memento had been collected.
She went bato the wooden structure to explore and possibly find the body of the former ander.
“Look!” Sprite said. Yvlena stared straight ahead in the dire her summon pointed, where the tangled mass had been dropped was now the skeleton of the man she ko be Jonathan Addison.
He sat in what used to be a chair, a shrunkeon surrounded by dry leaves and withered vines. Yvlena's heart sank, wishing she could have helped him somehow, helped all of them.
"I'll finish the quest," she said to herself.
Yvlena approached the body, dusting off the dust and leaves that had settled upon the dead town guard. She picked the body up a outside to begin digging his grave.
With her hoe, a new space was made in the ground right o the man's rades, she used a Fairy lit torch as a grave marker, Pnting the bea into the ground and stepping back to observe her handiwork.
"There, I hope you three rest in peace, thank you for your sacrifice," Yvlena said sadly.
The ground rumbled, the dirt of the fresh graves shook and began sinking into the ground, as grave stones began rising from the ground. Yvle on guard anticipating another battle, maybe an amalgamation of all three men bined.
The graves stayed still, when she came closer, she could read each man's name.
Willian A. Brackett
Thomas O'Leary
Jonathan Addison
"I'll be sure to finish all your quests don't worry," Yvlena said kindly.
With the shipment in her iory, it was about time for the girl and her party to return to Bloom Haven.
"How do I struct the fast travel thing? I'll figure that out in a bit," she said with a sigh.
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[Yvlena Acquired
EXP: 254/1300
***
Pork x3
Boar Tusk x2
***
Moon Point x200]
The boar was swiftly ended with just as much trouble as before, Yvlena sighed tired from fighting the ghosts withiposts, she wondered what she would find if she went even further.
Would she be able to find Twy? Was Rosehat way?
"I should ask Ricardo when I e back," Yvlena said.
They walked all the way back to the Bloom Forest's depths once agaiing the temple. Yvlena looked up at the statue of Selendriel with fondness for the face that resembled her mother.
[The Departed Request a Prayer]
The game told her.
"Huh? I ...pray?" Yvlena thought for a sed, so far all the people she could pray for were Bloom Haven citizens, Vaelindor and Selendriel were the patron gods of Bloom Haven and of her post as Harvest Guardian.
It would make seo pray to the game's god as a meic.
Yvlena walked into the temple with her summons trailing cautiously beside her. She walked over fallen leaves, and crumbling rocks until she reached the altar past the statues.
It didn't look like an altar to her at first, but upon closer iion, Yvlena could see the carving of the Ever Bloom on the raised ptform.
She csped her hands together and thought deeply about the enemies she had entered.
[You Prayed for Visel
[You Prayed for Willian A. Brackett]
[You Prayed for Thomas O'Leary]
[You Prayed for Jonathan Addison[
The notifications came in rapid succession making Yvlena sway in dizziness.
"That was...a lot," She said holding her head in her hands. She looked up at the altar to find it shimmering in the sparse sunlight that came for the window.
[Your prayers have been heard by the temple]
[Your prayers bring you peaind, Full Health to party]
A celestial shimmer rained down upon Yvlena and her party filling her with warmth, this was different from the Rejuvenating Lake. The warmth felt like an embrace from...her parents.
"Mom, Dad," She smiled sadly, blinking away tears that threateo spill from her eyes. "I will find out what happeo you,"
[Healing Prayers 3%]
"Oh, another hidde?" Yvlena asked, by now she already had a few she o keep track of, but this was nice. All she o do was e here to pray.
She ventured a guess.
"Did Rael e here to pray often?"
[Story of the Harvest Guardian 8.3%]
She nodded figuring that was the case. He would have bee to Vaelindor and Selendriel, he was their Harvest Guardian. She bowed once more to the altar and turned on her heel to reach the Fast Travel device just outside.
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The portal spat the party out with a beloke, f them outside the entrance of the Rose Manor.
"It's good to be back," Yvlena said finding herself once again in the Floral District. The sound of friendly chatter reached her ears, she turned around to find more and more people going about their business.
The homes opposite the Rose Manor were no longer shut ae. Little by little Yvlena made out personal effects and little flowers being pced around the streets and porches giving it life.
"Well would you look at that," she said with a ugh. The District had only begun budding, soon with her help it would Bloom.
"First thing's first, getting the shipment to Ricardo," Yvlena dismissed her summon and ran straight to the Market District where Ricardo erf bombastically for the crowd he had drawn.
On seeing Yvlena he waved enthusiastically, his arms made big swings as he did. She waved bad approached the caravan as the crowds began to disperse with their purchases.
"Do you have some good news for me?" He asked.
Yvlena nodded.
"That's right I do," with strength bestowed by the game, Yvlena deposited the two shipment crates in front of the mert who cpped giddily.
"You veo the outpost, miss you are by far the bravest person I've met within Bloom Haven!"
[Your as have caused Ricardo to favor Bloom Haven, he will reend the town to more merts]
Yvlena gasped, did this mean more merts would show up to her town? How exg.
[Special Quest plete:
A Mert's Plight
Ricardo from the great house of the Aruergo mert family entered some difficulties on his road to Bloom Haven.
Iigate the creature that attacked him and try to recover the mispced shipment.
***
Rewards
Willow Dress x1
Giant Teddy Summon Bell (Epic) x1
***
Moon Points x1000
Moon Gems x100
***
EXP x500]
"Willow dress? Summon Bell?" Yvlena asked, she would use the Adiri specs to look into it ter, she smiled at Ricardo. Thanking the man for the quest.
[Affinity with Ricardo Increased +5]
[Ricardo siders you a Friend]
"Thank you miss and should you need anything from me or any member of the Aruergo Mart Family, you get a special dist," Ricardo said with a hearty ugh.
[Title: Aruergo Mert's Favor
+30% Dist on any Aruergo Mert's wares]
Yvlena grinned, reading the words that fshed across her face with great excitement. She jumped up and down squealing from the pletion of what she ko be a limited quest.
"Thank you, Ricardo,"
"It's no problem Yvlena, you're a friend of the Aruergo's now, wear that title proudly,"
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Yvlena walked bato the Floral Distritending to find Iris and give her the Spice Bread Recipe.
"I wonder if he was her husband or her brother?" Yvlena said as she made her way to the arch with the Tea House sign, the closer she walked the more she noticed smoke from the building's ey.
She rushed forushing the door to the tea house open to find a few people sitting around the previously unoccupied tables.
Yvlena gazed about, amazed by the simple beauty of the Tea House, word must have spread quickly about the pow there were only about five ers but she was fident it would soon grow.
Iris stood behind the ter making tea with the herbs Yvlena had gottehe girl smiled softly, happy to see the woman at work running her shop.
"Iris," Yvlena called once she reached the ter, the woman turned around, her eyes rounded in surprise then softe the sight of the elven girl. She grasped the girl's hand from over the ter, happy to see the person who got her back up and running.
[Affinity with Iris Increased +3]
"Yvlena how good to see you,"
"You've turhis pce around, ers already!" Yvlena said cheerfully. A couple came in from behind her, making their way to their seats a chatteriedly.
"I couldn't have do without you," Iris said. "Good timing too, I was just about to run out of the herbs I got from you,"
"All iime, I have something you should see," Yvlena said. She opened her iory and took out the note and recipe from ander Addison. She ha to Iris, much easier now than when she pyed on her PacBook.
Iris furrowed her brows, reading the note. Her hand flew to her mouth to hold back the gasp that nearly left her mouth.
"This is…"
Annouhank you so much for reading, I'm so happy and proud to hit chapter 50! I'd like to thank Darkakuhebi, Wasad, Alrielle and Queen Gnu for leaving some of the most exg ents, I'm always really happy when you guys leave ents!