A Living Armour Owns A Tavern - Chapter 64 Third Level
Silence filled the air. Every living being, fairy or dragons were laying down on the ground. It seems the Earth Spirit died as it successfully channeled his suicide spell Gravitus, making an explosion big enough to eradicate the village and the forest.
After experiencing the Gravitus Spell, Queen Aoivah was baffled, as she was still able to open her eyes. Meanwhile, the interface in front of her displayed words she could read but couldn’t understand its meaning or purpose.
“User Level Up!”
“User Level Up!”
“User Level Up!”
The System notification alarmed eight times.
“I knew it! Ahahaha! Who would’ve thought that the Great Tree was also a core! We’re alive!” thought Gus.
He was overjoyed knowing he won by chance once more. It turns out that Gus already knew that the Great Tree was entirely a core as soon as he got in contact with it a while ago. Early on, he was wondering why the Tree’s Mana is so attracted to him. It bothered him so much that he couldn’t help but touch the tree and investigate the matter by himself. As he got close to the tree, a system notification popped up asking Gus if he wanted to consume the core. He was tempted to consume the core making him stronger, but Gus chose not to do so because this action might offend the fairies which might result in a failure on his mission.
He thought that if the Great Tree is a core, then the whole village and the forest is technically a dungeon in a way. Gus must have thought that once he accepted the System’s prompt, it will then automatically turn the nearby area into his own domain which turns everything into blank space made out of soil and dirt, like what happened at YellowLeaf Dungeon.
Gus wasn’t sure how the System would restart everything this time since the conditions were different. The Earth Spirit was determined to turn everything into smithereens by his suicide spell Gravitus, so Gus relied on luck once again and took control over the fairy armor and dashed towards the Great tree. He placed his trust on the System that his action of accepting the System’s prompt could save everyone from the explosion somehow.
Meanwhile, the Armored Queen slowly stood up from the ground. As her vision started to come together, she was horrified to see everyone down on the ground unconscious.
“Oh no… Trina?! Elder Brine!? Anyone?”
As she was starting to get nervous about their condition, everyone started to move and make noises.
“Urgh… My Head…”—-
“Thank the Stars! I’m Alive!”—
“Mama! I’m scared!”—
The Fairy Queen heaved a sigh of relief after verifying the condition of her people. She even saw Kriss P. Bacon, Chizz E. Mouse, Biff Steak, Fry McChick, and Bob laughing with each other as they laid down on the ground. Besides from being shell-shocked from the Earth Spirit’s Gravitus spell, and some being injured from the battle with the dragons, everyone seems to be alive and well. Although it could take a while before some of them could gather enough strength to stand.
Finally, the Queen wanted to confirm the condition of the Great Tree.
“What is this?! The Great Tree is alive and well, but…”
As the Fairy Queen looked around, she was horrified seeing walls so wide with a ceiling so high. As she took a closer look, everything and everything was completely made out of soil. She couldn’t see a single tree nor a single blade of grass on the ground. As she absorbed every bit of information available to her, she made a single conclusion.
“This place is not the forest we live in! W..What is going on!?”
Her words grabbed everyone’s attention. The Fairy Queen and the rest of the fairies could clearly see that the Great Tree’s Mana was completely different than before. She couldn’t imagine something so ancient and powerful could completely change in seconds. She felt hundreds of years of their culture turned inside out since they worshiped the Great Tree, as their ancestors did. And now, she still couldn’t accept that the once Great Tree now answers to the call of its new Master. The Fairy Armor separated itself from the Queen Aoivah, transforming itself into Mr. Fuzz E. Bear Gus once more. As Gus tried to explain, he was suddenly interrupted by a little fairy named Trina.
“Y…You! It’s all your fault! What have you done to our Great Tree!? How could you kidnap everyone and steal the tree from us! You were already aware that the Great Tree is our home and still you stole it right under our noses! You’re no better than that nasty Earth Spirit! No… You are worse than those humans!”
It seems that the Queen wasn’t the only one who noticed the changes to their Great Tree. The little fairy Trina blamed Gus for all the tragedy that has happened to Sugarglow and her kin. Everyone started to get nervous after hearing Trina’s words.
“Little Trina, If Mr. Fuzz didn’t do what he had to do, then all of us would have died.”
Queen Aoivah tried to defend Gus for his actions since she felt Gus’s pure intentions as she wore the Fairy Armor. After thinking of a solution to help clear the doubts of her people, she couldn’t help but ask Gus a question that would answer why he and his troupe had to come into their village in their first place.
“Tell me the truth Mr. Fuzz, Is the Great Tree your objective all along?”
She successfully grabbed the attention of the fairies. Everyone knew that the Fairy Queen could deter truth and lies after all. And by doing so, the Queen could finally know what Gus’ true intentions once and for all.
“No. I have no intention of stealing the tree from you or anybody else. My Objective is to help you and the rest of the fairies from your current predicament such as the invasion of the Earth Spirit and to celebrate your Victory with a pizza party for everyone before the sun rises.”
Gus decided to answer truthfully. There is no merit in lying to someone you cannot lie to. Gus is forced to use his negotiation skills to defuse this delicate situation.
“He speaks the truth,”
Even Queen Aoivah herself could not believe that his answer that sounded like a very poor excuse was the actual truth. Gus decided to use a negotiation tactic he often uses back on Earth. You can still tell the truth while you hide some facts they don’t need to know like being a transmigrator. He can only pray that the Queen asks the right questions.
“Rubbish! No one is that sympathetic to actually help strangers they have never met before!”
Trina was still not convinced by his answer. Gus couldn’t blame her, if he were in her position and found himself in a situation like hers, he might have doubted that ridiculous reply as well. Gus decided to use his sympathy card.
“If I fail to complete this my objective, then I will lose the memory of my sister which I cannot explain why. I do not want to lose that which is precious to me so I do what I must,”
“Mr. Fuzz… tells the truth,”
Queen Aoivah was shocked by what she has heard. All of a sudden, everyone stopped in silence as their gaze fell on Gus. The fairies even pitied him, as if his poor soul was cursed to do someone else’s bidding while facing such horrible consequences if he fails to do so. Even his companions Ben, Falkes, Daniel, and Murphy couldn’t help but shiver, upon first hearing about Gus’s so-called curse.
“W..well, even I wouldn’t want to lose the memories of my mama and papa, so… your okay, I guess,”
Deep in her heart, Trina wanted to apologize to Gus, unfortunately, she was just too proud to admit it. Then, the Fairy Queen remembered the part of the prophecy that perfectly describes their current situation.
“Destruction will be the end, but fear not, and trust thy friend,”
Queen Aoivah remembered the prophecy, which they all cherished since days of old and started to recite it from start to finish.
“Take heed, one should Listen well,
they will come forth, do not quell.
Heroes they are surely not,
Settle with what you have got.
Humans, they are surely not,
Beings on two legs they trot.
Destruction will be the end,
But fear not, and trust thy friend.”
When the Queen repeated to recite the prophecy, the fairies started to chant along with her as well.
After reciting the prophecy the second time is when the fairies have started to clear their doubts about Gus’ intentions.
“If the Queen says the Mr. Fuzz is telling the truth, then he is telling the truth! This is Queen Aoivah of Sugarglow Forest!”
Elder Brine even started to defend Gus as well by supporting the Queen’s statement.
“Then what is everyone waiting for?! Let’s go back to Sugarglow and celebrate our victory so we can help Mr. Fuzz with his objective!”
Trina tried to make amends with Gus by helping out with his objective. Although she does not know what a pizza party is, she knew that Gus has to hold a party of some sort after they achieve Victory over the Earth Spirit’s invasion. But suddenly, the Queen announced a piece of unfortunate news which everyone needed to hear.
“Everyone, I know this is hard to accept, but unfortunately, Sugarglow is gone. Our home was destroyed by the Earth Spirit’s Gravitus spell which intended to kill us all. But in another light, we still have the Great Tree and our lives, thanks to Mister Fuzz and his companions,”
Only after reciting the prophecy the second time when she finally realized that their home Sugarglow is no more. She doesn’t even need to see the forest to tell that the connection between her and Sugarglow forest has been completely severed. Tears started to flow out of her eyes as she thought about her people who have completely lost everything.
“N..no! Our Home! What are we going to do now?”
The little fairy Trina started crying as she couldn’t bear to lose something important to her once more such as her home. Queen Aoivah tried to console Little Trina by tousling her wavy locks. As she looked around, the rest of the fairies were disheartened as well since the Earth Spirit successfully destroyed their home. Although they were thankful to be alive and that the Great Tree is safe, it still pains them to lose their home.
Suddenly, two figures have appeared in front of everyone.
“Welcome back, Master Gus and guests,”
The fairies were horrified to see two human beings that appeared in front of them.
The two human figures were none other than Amanda and Henry, who were bowing down towards their Master, Fuzz E. Bear Gus. After seeing his two faithful servants, Gus finally knew where they ended up.
“Mister Fuzz, Do you happen to know them?”
Queen Aoivah and the rest were on edge after seeing two humans bowing down to him.
“Ah. don’t worry, these two are Golems modeled after human beings,” said Gus.
“I see… They do not have the Mana that humans have, so I see you are telling the truth, If so, what and where exactly is this place, Mr. Fuzz??”
Everyone was very eager to hear Gus’ reply. Even Gus’ pizza palace brigade was yearning to hear a reason why and how they got involved in such a crazy night.
As Gus was about to answer, A very annoyed Amanda took the lead and answered Queen Aoivah’s question on her Master’s behalf.
“Didn’t you know? We are on the third level of Master Gus’ Dungeons.”
