A few moments later…

Several lights came on and the players returned to the same spot as before .

When they looked around, everyone saw the bodies of the soldiers on the floor, everyone was dead, even the commander . Looking at this scene, the players understood that they had failed the quest .

"Leader, did we fail?" One of the players asked .

"Yes, we failed"

"How is this possible? I don"t believe the players who escorted the NPC could have survived until the end . "One of the players spoke indignantly .

"Looks like the other side had ways to get through here safely and complete the quest… Let"s go back, there"s nothing else to do here . " The leader looked at his quest window, and saw that the quest to capture Lina had already missed, it showed it was a failure .

"Leader, aren"t we even going to the end of this forest?"

"It"s not worth the effort, we have come so far, but we have failed in the end…" The leader only sighed at that .

"Leader…"

"Let"s go back, we have to report this to the general…" The leader didn"t want to finish talking, he pulled out a return scroll and activated it . A light covered his body before disappearing .

Advertis.e.m.e.ntThe other players also did the same, they were already very discouraged about it . After so much effort, the quest still failed .

…

Going back two days ago…

After Liu Yang and his group left the mountain maze and walked toward the forest, they found the same situation as the NPCs and the players . But the result was different .

The interior of the forest was dimly lit and quiet, the weather was not heavy and strange, the place looked like a dead and lifeless forest .

Little White"s footsteps and the two horses could be heard .

"Young master, if we travel this way, we will reach Mountain Guard Village in five days," Nina said with a confident tone .

"Nina, have you come here before?" Liu Yang asked curiously . Nina had said she never left Stone Village, so she couldn"t know the way to the Mountain Guard Village or even the secret mountain pa.s.s or the maze . Liu Yang figured it could be the necklace Nina received . Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www . webnovel . com for visiting .

"Young master, after I received this necklace and gained new powers . I also gained a lot of new information about this place and many other things, but as I am still very weak, I cannot receive the other information that is engraved on the necklace . "Nina said, she was anxious to receive the rest of the inheritance left by her ancestor .

"Nina, do you know whose heritage this is?" Liu Yang already had a vague idea about it, but he preferred to ask .

"No, I have access to this information yet, I can only find out about it when I get stronger"

"Alright, let"s continue our trip to the village"

"Yes . Young Master, when we move a little further, I ask Young Master and little Sophie to be behind me . No matter what happens, none of you can attack or do anything suspicious, all right? "Nina spoke in a serious tone .

"Yes," they both confirmed .

…

The trio reached the place where the group of players and NPCs had died before when they arrived, sharp eyes appeared, and later on, the creatures emerged from the forest . The heavy pressure appeared .

"Nina is that ??" Liu Yang was startled when he saw this scene, each of these creatures could easily defeat him, let alone several dozen of them .

"Young master, little Sophie, you just need to get behind me and follow me . Try not to do anything else, "Nina said in a serious tone .

"Sophie, come here" Liu Yang saw that Sophie was pale from the heavy pressure .

"Yes young master" Sophie got off her horse and mounted Little White, the horse was being pulled by Sophie on the side . Liu Yang hugged Sophie"s thin, delicate waist, she was sitting across from him, and her sweet scent could be smelled .

When Nina saw this scene, she was envious and jealous, but there was nothing she could do about it .

The more the trio walked, the heavier the pressure got, Sophie had already fainted because of it, Liu Yang was almost fainting too . Little White could withstand the pressure, but not for long, Sophie"s horse was almost falling .

"Nina, can you do anything about it?" Liu Yang was helpless about this matter, if nothing was done, he would pa.s.s out and be forced out of the game .

"Young master, I will try" Nina showed the necklace to the creatures .

The moment the necklace was seen, the creatures removed their murderous look, and a look of reverence was shown instead .

Roar !!!! Roar !!!! Roar !!!! Roar !!!!

The creatures started roaring after seeing the necklace, it looked like they saw the most important thing for them . After that, the creatures began to form a line for the trio, it looked like they were on guard for any unforeseen events .

"Young master, I think I did it," Nina said, she was relieved that her action worked .

"Good girl . " Little White stepped up to Nina"s side, and Liu Yang patted her head before straightening her soft hair .

"I appreciate the praise of the young master" Nina was happy with the praise of Liu Yang .

The line formed by the creatures was hundreds of meters long and led somewhere deep in the forest .

After two days of travel, the trio finally reached their destination, the Mountain Guardian Village . The village was a small place with some old houses, but there were no inhabitants in the place, the only thing it had were the creatures protecting the place .

When the creatures saw the trio coming in, they were already alert, but when they saw the necklace around Nina"s neck, they showed reverence, as if they knew the origin of the necklace .

The trio advanced slowly toward the village, the creatures did not stop them, and only looked sideways . When they entered the village, the creatures disappeared from their surroundings .

Ding… Ding…

"Quest Complete"

"+10 levels"

(That"s it ??? An S-rank quest gave me only ten levels ?? There"s nothing left… Wait… Nina gained 250 levels and her tier increased to elite . I think this is my reward) Liu Yang was discouraged when he saw that he had only received ten levels, but when he remembered the things Nina had received, he understood that it was also part of the reward .

"Nina, do you know where we have to go now?"

"Yes . Young master, follow me . "Nina got off her horse and walked slowly, Liu Yang left Sophie lying on Little White as it walked .

The village was quiet and peaceful, there was nothing that could disturb the mood in the place, unlike the surrounding area . The village was small and had only a few houses made of wood . The trio went to the largest house on the site, the door was locked .

When Nina rang the door, an inscription appeared, that was the same as it was on the box when Nina opened it at her house in Stone Village .

"Young master, help Nina cut her finger . " Nina pointed a finger at the inscription .

"Yes . " Liu Yang took a knife from his inventory and cut off Nina"s finger . A little blood began to drain .

Nina touched the inscription with her blood-covered finger, the inscription reacted and began to spin, before turning into a flag design with a short sword design . This was the emblem of the royal family of the human kingdom .

Seconds after automatically recognizing Nina"s blood, the door slowly opened .