Extra Pages: The Author's Odyssey
Chapter 97: Quest Failed

On the other hand, Adrian and his team were taking care of the third goblin wave, that appeared in the morning. They were all tired but still pushed forward in the hope of replaceing an exit.

Suddenly, Adrian received a notification from the system that made his already irritated expression dark.

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'Sub Quest'

Kill the Goblin Leader.

-Failed!

Rewards:

-None!

Failing penalty:

-None!

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Adrian looked around in a daze to see when and who killed the Goblin leader. However, all the students were fighting normal [E-] Rank goblins.

He was sure all the students followed behind them and also he didn't miss any higher Rank Goblins up until now. So, how was it possible for anyone else to kill the Goblin leader?

Adrian turned his head back, he could see that many students were busy fighting the goblins.

Emma and Isabella are working together same goes for Evelyn and Lyra. Adrian also sees that Noah is with Kael and Elera.

As for Aric, he was fighting beside Adrian himself.

'So who else is missing...?'

Adrian focuses on his brain more and soon enough he replaces the missing student.

It was Lucas. He was with them at the start but without him knowing he left them and walked a different path.

'so is he the one who killed the goblin leader?'

But the goblin leader must be very strong so killing someone that much strong must be very hard if you are alone.

Poor Adrian doesn't know that Lucas is not alone, he is with Sunny and both of them killed the goblin leader.

Even if Sunny is not with Lucas he could kill the goblin leader by himself.

'wait a minute, Lucas is already enough to kill the goblin leader by himself.'

Adrian thought as he remembered a recent adventure of Lucas.

the first 'Artefacts Room' incident, If Lucas had not blown out that fallen human right arm, all of them would have been dead.

Now with the recent incident with Samual Ascal, he did not full details as Isabella did not tell anything that was showing on the news but he knew that hour must have been hell for both of them.

'Lucas is strong.'

Today Adrian acknowledged that Lucas is strong.

While thinking, Adrian ceased fighting. Taking opportunity of his distraction a Goblin suddenly attacked him from behind.

Aric who sees that jump between Adrian and the goblin, kills the goblin broadswordwoed.

He looked back to Adrian and said,

"Fuck, Adrian where the hell is your attention during the fight? There is an enemy in front of you so kill it. This is not a place for dwelling in thoughts."

Hearing Aric loud voice, Adrian snapped out of his thoughts and sighed before focusing on the battle in front.

Now the mission was already gone, there was nothing he could do. Instead of regretting, it's better to focus on the battle in front.

As everyone continued to fight and struggle, they finally saw some bright light at the opposite end of the tunnel.

Seeing the light, some sighed in relief while some showed happy expressions.

They all were exhausted and wanted to leave this damp and dark tunnel as soon as possible.

Still, they didn't know what danger lay outside the tunnel. That's why they approached the light with caution.

Evelyn who was walking with Lyra toward the light with the rest of the students asked a question,

"Lyra have you seen Lucas, I can't replace him anywhere since the start of the test."

Lyra had a smirk on her face as she heard what Evelyn said. She turned her face toward Evelyn.

"What?" Evelyn could not help but ask Lyra.

"So I was right, something is going on between you and Lucas, right?"

Evelyn's foot stumbled when she heard what Lyra said, her face started to blush as she glared at Lyra.

"Nothing is going on between me and him."

"Yeah, like I ever believe that."

"I'm telling the truth! " Evelyn couldn't help but exclaim. She took a deep breath and answered Lyra again but this time there was no blush on her face.

"Nothing is going on between me and Lucas really, it's just that since he came here at the Nova Academy he has been like the same person I have known before we know our potential limit."

At that, Evlyn's mood darkened as she started to remember some dark memory she wanted to forget but even so, she continued to talk.

"He has been cheerful, he is not depressed anymore, Like before he always makes some funny faces," Evelyn said as she remembered when Lucas tried to compare his face with Adrian's and Aric's.

"But.." Evelyn paused, she did not how to continue this.

"But what?" Lyra asked, in a confused tone.

"It's true that since he came here, he has gotten into his old self but he is already been in a dangerous situation where one mistake could cost his life..." At that Evelyn stops, Lyra doesn't need to continue to understand what she is trying to say.

Evelyn was talking about a recent incident.

Evelyn took a deep breath and said,

"I'm just worried, nothing more and for the last time nothing is going on between me and Lucas."

"I see, Evelyn one last question. Will you forgive him, For what he did in the past?"

In those words of Lyra, Evelyn felt deep anger and sadness but she managed to hide them and answer Lyra.

"Maybe not until he says sorry." after saying that both Lyra and Evelyn walk in silence as they walk toward the light.

Adrian and his team moved toward the light first, because they were in front. Not many students stopped them because if there was any danger outside, it was better for someone else to experience it first. Those students just slowly followed behind them.

After a while, Adrian and hand is team saw where the light originated from.

In front of them was a large open area filled with stones of different sizes. At the far end of the open space, there was a huge cave where the light was coming from. It was the same open area where Lucas and Sunny appeared before them.

A [ E] rank Goblin warrior corpse was lying there, Adrian was sure this was a dungeon boss.

Adrian turned his gaze to a little left and found two students walking toward them, it was Lucas and Sunny.