Versatile: Alternate World

The Cleansed Iron of the Lake is something that is not mined. In fact, it wasn't even an ore. It was a fruit from a fruit-bearing tree and despite being a weird tree that bears a fruit that is basically used for forging, it is one of the favorite food for some monsters.

And in the past life, the roaming boss is indeed very obsessed with eating the fruits that once in a while, it will go there and stay for quite a long time, especially during the time it is currently bearing quite a lot of fruits.

Since I am already past the level of the roaming boss, killing it is very easy to me and I can even solo it so there isn't a problem.

"There is no problem with me getting rid of the roaming boss. How are you saying it was a problem?"

Merlin flips his long hair before he started talking again.

"That guy did not go there on purpose. In fact, it was just there to pick up its food once in a while. I know that it usually hoards the tree's fruits, especially during the blooming season of the tree that the Cleansed Iron of the Lake is growing from."

"Huh? I thought it was an ore? Is this thing you guys are talking about a fruit?" Gin asked.

"Both. It is a unique tree that bears an iron fruit that only monsters that eat metal eats. It is unique in Avalon so don't be surprised about it."

"Can you give me more explanation? I don't understand you guys saying it didn't stay there on purpose."

Merlin was about to say something when the lady of the lake stops him and decided to take over.

"Let me tell them about it."

"Huh? Are you sure about it?" Merlin looks skeptical.

"Yeah. You have a sloppy way of explaining things so I should do it instead."

"Hey, that is just mean," Merlin frowned.

The lady of the lake snaps her fingers and a few chairs and a table appeared. There is also some food on the table that she prepared like we are about to do a teatime snack.

"Let's take a seat first. It will take a bit longer than usual so please listen carefully."

"Alright. Let's get into the discussion then."

All of us get seated before the lady of the lake started to talk.

"A few days ago, a group of men has already came here and demanded we give them permission to come in here. I can already tell that they are not here to do any good so I barred them from entering the Castle of Avalon they decided to swim and use a boat to come here only to end up in a failure."

"They tried various ways to cross the place but it all ended without any success which caused them to stop."

"But they didn't give up, right?" I predicted.

"Indeed. They didn't give up and instead, stayed in the area for quite some time. I thought they will eventually leave after staying for a while but then Merlin discovered something after he was away during that time. The Seal of Cath Palug has tampered and the revival of the beast is imminent. So he returned to Avalon as soon as possible and remedied the seal only to find the roaming boss to be stuck there dead and causing the surroundings to get corrupted which will soon cause the revival of Cath Palug unstoppable. Upon further investigation, it wasn't due to the death of the monster that caused this but due to some sort of ritual done that made the whole area look like that. And the ritual seems to be done by the people who wanted to get inside the castle from earlier."

Cath Palug. One of the Raid Bosses in the game and one of the main bosses that will appear once the storyline progresses. In the storyline, once the demons have started their attack, Cath Palug along with some of the monsters will appear and wreak havoc on the land, along with multiple monsters that will destroy even the strongest knights. I am one of the participants of the Cath Palug subjugation and all I can say is that this boss is something really strong and dangerous. I have died plenty of times alongside the others when we fought against the Cath Palug and when we killed it, it was killed using the power of the sword of King Arthur, the Excalibur wielded by a player.

Even the turtle back in the Frozen Region is not as dangerous compared to the Cath Palug. That is how dangerous the Cath Palug is. When the Cath Palug was killed, it revealed that the Cath Palug is the one who have destroyed the biggest parts of the kingdom during the war and it is also the only raid boss that managed to kill the most players in one round. That is how insane the Cath Palug is.

And now, before the Cath Palug appears, it seems I stumbled upon the part where I have to prevent its revival.

"I can already tell that you guys want me to prevent the revival of the Cath Palug but I also have a task to complete and that is to reforge the Carnwennan as soon as possible before things get out of hand from where I came from."

"Reforging the Carnwennan is easy to be done. Just leave it to us. I will make sure the Carnwennan is back to its tip-top shape and it's going to look a lot better than how it should have been. Of course, we won't stop you if you want to reforge it by yourself, but the quality of the Carnwennan will drop tremendously especially if you use a different method to reforge it without using the original ingredient."

"I see, you guys will reforge the Carnwennan in exchange for resolving the problem?"

"We don't want you to resolve the problem, we are just gonna ask you to defeat the men who caused the seal of the Cath Palug to weaken. Although we have already prevented the seal from breaking, the lingering power that is causing the seal to weaken is still there and the only way to fully remove them is by killing the people who placed them there. Merlin has already found that those seals are connected to the lives of the people who have placed them there. Killing them would effectively remove the thing that is causing the seal of Cath Palug to weaken."

"Are you sure? Isn't that going to cause more problems if the one who placed them died? I have seen a few more things similar to this in which the things that were left behind will cause a big trouble that will end up making things much more troublesome than how it should have been?" this time, the one who asked a question is Shana, who is currently listening to us. Even though she hasn't understood the situation that was currently happening, it seems she got the gist of it in the middle of the explanation.

"There is no need to worry. I already looked into that in its worst-case scenario and I am quite relieved that things like what you just said won't be happening. I already assured it that the situation isn't that bad at all and I have already made some tests and I am 100% sure that killing the people who put them there will remove the seal completely. It might be cruel to do so but that is the only way if we want to avoid a dangerous revival. The Revival of Cath Palug should be prevented at all costs. It will cost a lot of lives in the process and killing it would require more sacrifices that any people wouldn't want to experience but that is the only way," Merlin confidently explained.

"So, would you accept the proposal? I will make sure the Carnwennan would be back to its former look and former uses, heck, I can even improve it a lot more."

I sighed and stood up before pulling out the Carnwennan and putting it on the table.

"Alright, I will take a hold of your words from it. I will take the job."

"Hey, hey! Can we also take this job?"

I was surprised when I heard that from Gin. I thought he has no expectations of it but for some reason, he wanted to join the assassination all of a sudden.

"Aren't you guys part of his group? That only means yes, you all are included in this quest. Or perhaps I am just mistaken?" the lady of the lake is looking confused.

Looks like being in a party with me triggered and allowed them to participate in this task even though they just accompanied me. That seems to be the case in here.

"In that case, we will now begin the assassination of those people, expect the good word and I hope by the time I returned, the Carnwennan is back to its former form."