Chapter 192: Reunion

'Ding'

[ Congratulation ]

[ Mission Completed ]

[ Difficulty: A+ ]

[ -> Lead the goblins for the mission ] [completed]

[ -> Conquer the Kingdom of Loria ] [completed]

[ Reward: Find Aella ]

The notification eventually popped up after Shin conquered the kingdom of Loria. He couldn't care less about that. He wanted to find Aella after all so he anticipated the reward!

"Now system, give me my reward!"

"Quick!"

All the past memories suddenly gushed and flashed in front of him while he waited for the reward. His heartbeat suddenly rose to the peak. A lot of adrenalin and other hormones increased his internal temperature.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was experiencing goosebumps despite being a wolf!

All he had to do now was wait for the system to give him the reward.

'Ding'

[ The host has been successfully rewarded ]

"..."

"Huh?"

However, after waiting for a few minutes, a sudden notification appeared saying that Shin had found Aella.

However, he really did find Aella right after that. Yes, it was weird yet surprising to see Aella walk towards him.

Of course, at the moment, he was no longer in the castle, he was standing near the fallen walls of the capital.

"A-"

"Aella?", Shin was super surprised to find Aella walking towards him. Along with her, Terran, Kaily, Alira, and other goblins were found.

'Ding'

[ Congratulation ]

[ You have completed the Mission – Finding Aella ]

[ -> Search for the clues left by Aella (3/3) ] [completed]

[ -> Visit the goblins after collecting the Clues ] [completed]

[ -> Find Aella ] [completed]

Without wasting even a single second, Shin used the skill dash to run towards Aella.

"Aella!", he shouted and then howled with joy as he arrived near her.

Aella was similarly overjoyed as well. She was more than happy to see Shin running towards him.

Tears started flowing down her eyes and the same was with Shin. After approaching her, he started to lick her face and ears as if he was being guided by his instincts.

"Aella..."

"You have no idea how much I missed you..."

"How...? Why...? Just where were you all this time?", Shin shed even more tears.

Aella licked his tears away as Shin cried and said, "I don't know..."

"I don't know what was going on but this good person guided me and protected me all this time."

"He gave me the idea of taking the fruit to heal. He was the one who told me to approach the goblins and he was the one who told me to go back into the forest.", Aella said in a low voice.

"Who...?"

'Ding'

[ According to the faint energy detected on her body, the individual that she is speaking is 'The Elf Celestial' ]

The moment the system mentioned this, Shin's eyes widened.

'Elvion!?'

"..."

All of a sudden, Shin's mind was filled with a weird worry. It was necessary too because all this time, Elvion was the only one who helped him the most.

Yes, his encounter with Elvion did seem to happen by accident but it was too weird to see Elvion let him go after acting cool and arrogant - a Celestial would never let something like that happen!

'Have I been playing in his hands all this time?' - Shin questioned himself.

'Come to think of it, he was there when I needed the most and couldn't do anything by myself...'

'But at times when I had even a slight chance of victory, he was never to be found.'

'How frequent could it be - meeting with the celestial twice that is?' 

Shin's mind was full of worry and thoughts, but he thought about throwing them aside for now. He wanted to enjoy the moment of reuniting with Aella.

"I'm glad that you are alright.", Shin nodded his head.

'How do I say this, I am the happiest wolf in the world to have you master.' - and this was what Aella thinking.

After their reunion, things would calm down since Shin would finally be able to rest for a bit - at least he thought that way.

But no, a bigger storm was soon to come that would sweep away the entire continent in it, of course, Shin being at the center of it.

Shin turned towards his right to greet Terran and others too, however, when he looked carefully, he found Terran in a bad condition.

"T-Terran!?"

"What happened to you!?"

Terran's fur, which would otherwise be in perfect position, was all upside down. There were by no means uniformly arranged and it seemed like he could hardly stand!

He then looked at Kaily and found her a bit injured as well - a few bruises or burnt marks - also, her appearance had changed into that of a demi-human. He could identify her instantly though.

Alira was completely fine though. In fact, she was energetic enough to push Shin down right after he finished meeting Aella. Alira started licking him too.

"Master!"

"Are you alright!?"

"Why did you leave us alone and go by yourself?", she asked many questions for which Shin just laughed awkwardly.

"But what happened to you two?", he asked Terran and Kaily.

"About that...", both of them simultaneously looked towards Aella with sliding eyes.

'Why are they looking at her?', Shin too looked at Aella only to find her looking away. It was as if she was avoiding their gazes.

"Aella, what are they saying?"

"Did you do something?", Shin almost immediately asked her.

"Uh..."

"The thing is..."

"..."

She was trying to come up with a reason but her mind didn't support her. If she had thought any more, then her mind would have been overcooked and smoke would have started coming out of her head.

"I kind of bashed* them.", she said awkwardly.

"B-bashed them...?"

Shin looked at her with a weird expression. He then looked at Terran and Kaily nodding their heads.

"Did you two seriously get beaten by Aella?", he asked.

Both of them nodded again. What surprised Shin more was that Aella didn't have even a single scratch on her body. This was something to think about since Terran was quite strong and with Kaily's assistance, it would have been easier to deal with Aella!

"Ahem, I wonder what had happened...", Shin murmured.

"..."

*Bashed - strike hard and violently.