The Arcane Archer - Chapter 37 Seekers Of Aetius

Author’s Note- Don’t know how many people read the last thing at the end of the chapter but I got offered to be contracted by WebNovel for this story and would like your opinions on it. Do you think I should accept it or leave my story as is?
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Around a day or so after the invasion of the Dwarven Kingdom by the humans, I myself have gotten as far away as I could within that time. Along the way during that time, I saw groups of people here and there and made sure to hide every time so that I would be able to escape without getting hurt.

After finally getting a couple miles out, I stopped encountering any more groups of people, so I stopped taking it slow and started using super-speed. When the night came, I camped out underneath a small hill hoping that it would allow me to get some sleep without being caught.

Upon waking up, I had a quick meal with stuff from my inventory before walking/running for the next hour so that I could get away from the kingdom even more. That finally brings me to now.

It’s been around half a day since I woke up and had breakfast. At the moment, I was currently resting and eating lunch and trying to think about what to do next, once again. Defeating a {Apprentice Swordsman} was incredibly hard and it once again proved how weak I am.

I feel like I’m saying I’m weak way to much and if I had a friend around me, they would back-slap me and tell me to actually work on fixing that. Groaning out in annoyance I laid down on the rocky ground and contemplated.

Going to a human kingdom, town, or city would probably be an incredibly idiotic choice for me to do as all they Humans are either hunting me to prove their worth to Aetius or going to avoid me to not then get targeted themselves by the followers of Aetius. Makes one think of High-school all over again.

Getting into a sitting position, I pulled out my Elven bow from my inventory and started cleaning and fixing it.

Finding another race could be good as they might be able to teach me something which would hopefully help me escape from Aetius’s guys for a while, but they just keep on finding me somehow. While it may just be pure luck, I believe that it’s something more than that. My first goal should be trying to find out the reason that they are able to find me and put a stop to it.

[ Quest- Figure out how the followers of Aetius are able to find you.

Reward- 600 Xp, 100 System points, and a Disguise Kit

Do you wish to accept? Y/N ]

Accepting, I put the bow back in my inventory before getting up off the ground and brushing as much dirt off as I could. After, I took a quick look around the area. Lots of large rocks scattered the area with a few trees here and there. From what I could see, not many animals were here either and the ones I did find were just reptiles or bugs. Oh, and some scorpions too.

They’re really fucking gross. That’s all I’m going to say.

After walking around a bit more, I enjoyed the scenery. Though it probably wasn’t much for some people, to me, a person who almost never left anywhere further then 10 miles away from my home, the scenery was very nice.

‘Maybe I should make my home here.’ I thought randomly while taking to no one.

But as we should know, I’m never actually alone.

[A base would help increase your chances to complete your main quest.]

‘I have a main quest?’

[Affirmative. Though I don’t know much, in the update logs it stated that a quest called {The False God} has automatically been accepted. To complete this quest, you must kill Aetius before he either Ascends or Kills the entirety of an entire race. Upon the completion of this quest, you will be given a reward by God depending on how well he thinks you did.]

‘Can I remove this quest?’

[Affirmative. Would you like me to remove this quest for you?]

‘Yes.’

[Quest has been removed.]

‘Thanks System, I always know I can believe in you.’

[You’re welcome Leo.]

”

[Alert! God has forced a Quest upon you!]

“MOTHER FUCKER!” I yelled out in rage.

Taking a few quick deep breaths, I eventually let out a long sigh.

“Ok, guess I’m not allowed to remove quests from God. Now, as the system said, creating a base of operations would probably be a good thing for me to do.” I said out loud as to not tempt both fate and the system which only did things based upon mental commands or mental questions.

“But where to put it? Should I make my base underground, inside one of these gigantic rocks, or should I just create a giant castle or something”

An idea popped into my head.

‘System, I can use the store to buy everything and anything if I have enough points, correct?’

[Affirmative.]

‘Would it be possible to buy a skill which would allow me to have a portable pocket dimension to live in or something?’

[Checking Item found. {Bag of Housing} available for 2,500 System points. Would you like to know what it does?]

‘Yes.’

[Similar to the famous bag of holding from {Dungeons and Dragons}, this bags space is 15ftx15ftx15ft and allows breathable air to constantly be inside it. No matter what is inside the bag, it always weighs 30 pounds and if the total amount of stuff inside the bag weights more than 1,000 pounds, the bag will rupture, and everything inside will be sent to the Astral Sea.]

I took a quick look at my system points; I saw that I had 929. From the previous 829, I got the 100 from the swordsman who was nearly level 8. To get this bag, I would have to kill 16 more people around his level or kill a whole bunch of stuff.

I frowned at this.

Looking to the side, I saw a scorpion crawl onto a rock. Sending a small fire-bolt at it, I killed it instantly and got 1 Xp and 1 System point. I brought my hand up to my face to stare at it.

‘Maybe I should use magic to cast multiple fireballs and blow everything up in hopes of killing something. Though by doing that, I might catch the attention of something big Oh.’

I understood now.

[Quest Complete!

You’ve figured out how Aetius’s followers are finding you by realizing that they’re tracing the leftovers of magic you leave almost everywhere when you cast a spell above first level.

Rewards- 100 System Points, 600 Xp, and a disguise kit. ]

[You’ve Leveled up!]

[You’ve Leveled up!]

I used the hand that I was staring at just a second ago to face palm. Just a while ago, I used magic to start my campfire, to brush my teeth take a shower, and a couple other stuff. They’re probably following it like a trail that has a giant follow me sign pointing to it.

Dragging my hand down my face, I eventually just shook my head in disappointment before setting up a plan to get points. The only real way to get points is either by quests, killing things, or maybe achievements if they have them

‘Do you have achievements?’

[No.]

‘Fuck’

Ok, so there’s only two possible ways to get them then. While going the killing route would be nice for some quick Xp and points, there really isn’t much around. But I also don’t know how to trigger the quests and stuff. If only I knew how

[ Quest- Figure out how to use the questing system.

Reward- 25Xp, 5 System points, and 1 stat point in both wisdom and intelligence.

Do you wish to accept? Y/N ]

I accepted.

Just from what happened the last few seconds, I could guess how I get Quests and stuff. I simply ask for one with a goal in mind.

[Quest Complete!

You’ve figured out how to properly use the quest system without asking the system for help! Bonus reward will be given!

Rewards- 50 Xp, 10 System points, and 2 stat point in both wisdom and intelligence.]

I gave another sigh. These last few minutes probably aren’t good for my mentality with me constantly being reminded of multiple annoying things I don’t know, don’t have, and can’t do.

Anyways, let’s create a quest that’ll help me get some system points so that I can finally buy that nice pocket house or whatever it called it.

‘Create Quest; Mob Farming for Points’

[Creating quest Quest created, and rewards generated.]

[Quest- Find a group of killable things to gain System Points and Xp.

Reward- 250 System Points and 1 level in tracking.]

I nodded at self-appreciation at what I learned. After all, it’s always a good thing to learn new things about yourself and the abilities that you have so that when the time comes, you’ll be able to use that knowledge for your own to help in whichever way you deem necessary.

I continued nodding.

[Thanks to {Adaptability}, you’ve gained 1 point in {Wisdom}!]

I stopped nodding.

“Fuck. Off.”