Chapter 34 - The Truth Behind the Danger Zones (1/2)
Krune, for an instant, seriously considered if he should just leave this team and look for another one himself, it couldn't be that hard to find one with his Four Stars Badge, right?
”You did that on purpose, right?”
Yusa replied
”Of course, this is the best name we could have, it will help us to be recognized after all.”
Krune looked even more depressed
”But you know I hate to attract attention!”
Yusa kept smiling.
”Yeap, this is my revenge for the sex shop event.”
She then laughed hard. Krune, on the other hand, got angry on the other side.
”You said that you would let it go!”
Yusa didn't care though.
”And I did, but I didn't say that there would be no return, anyway, this is not a bad thing to start with, if people can recognize that you are in this team, maybe we can get better opportunities even if our position isn't that high, we all will need more ranking points in the future, right? This is the way to go if you want that.”
Krune begrudgingly accepted that reason, since that's already done then let it be, no point in keep thinking about that. Ao Sulian then tried to smooth the mood.
”Alright then, since it's already decided, let's go with it, let's meet at the mission hall in an hour, we can chose a mission there or more than one to get the points we need.”
Krune and Yusa nodded, but before Krune finished the call he asked Yusa.
”If we are entering the ranking system only now, wouldn't it be too late? Those who have been there for a long time should already have an outrageous amount of points, what can we do against that?”
Yusa replied straight away.
”There is no need to worry, the ranking system is reset every six months, the last reset just so happen to have been three weeks ago, so everyone in the rank now don't have that much points, besides, what we need are the points, not the position in the rank itself, so even if we were in the end of the six months cycle, we could still make the points to buy what we need.”
Krune understood, humans really have very practical systems.
Krune, Yusa and Ao met in the mission hall an hour later, Yusa opened the channel with the missions available for them.
”There is quite a few, Ao needs 650 points, how many points you need, Krune?”
Krune replied
”I need 1200 points.”
Yusa nodded.
”That's quite a lot, fortunately, the points received are the same for everyone, so as long as we get 1200 points it will be enough. As I can see here the missions capable of giving us that amount and are safe at the same time will take too long to complete, but if we go for something more challenging, then we should be able to get the enough points in three to five days.”
They looked at each other, the answer was obvious, since they entered the ranking system, they might as well put the effort.
”The challenging ones it is then, the point system rewards according to the mission level and the difference in cultivation between the recommended cultivation realm and the cultivation of the highest realm member in the group, our highest cultivation level is 3rd stage of Foundation Establishment, so if we get a mission for one realm stage higher cultivators and complete it, we will get a 15% bonus, 30% for two stages and 50% for three stages, this is the limit, the guild won't allow mercenaries to take missions that are too out of the their scope.”
They then went through the list.
”The majority of missions are inside danger zones, that is to be expected, outside danger zones is pretty safe, so there isn't much that needs mercenaries.
Oh! I found one here, it's in the Kaliu Zone, the employer is an alchemist of the alchemist guild of Rore City, which is the closest one to Kaliu, he needs the blood of a 5th stage or higher Foundation Establishment blazing alligator, the guild is offering 900 ranking points for the mission.”
Ao found something wrong.
”That doesn't make sense, this mission shouldn't be able to give this many points, try to see if there is something wrong about blazing alligators.”
Yusa then made a quick research in the guild system.
”Found it, the reason they are offering this much is because blazing alligators live very deep into the zone, but because they live close to the lava and have big groups, other higher level beasts don't bother them, the problem is to enter and leave the place in one piece. If we accept this one we will need to reach the alligators without catching the attention of the other higher level beasts in the area.”
Krune doesn't have experience about those issues, so he asked.
”All foundation establishment demon beast already have conscience, isn't it possible to talk through in case we stumble on some?”
Yusa shook her head.
”You are mistaken here, it's true that a demon beasts that can take their human form can leave the danger zones and even live a normal life in the cities too, but they are, after all, demon beasts, the danger zones are their habitat, even if some race is at odds with another, when it comes to hunting of demon beasts materials, all demon beast of the foundation establishment and higher are pretty much of the same mind, kill all those who try.”
Yusa continued.
”Think about it, if you could just talk to them to let you pass, soon thousands of cultivators, even those who are demon beasts too, will find all kinds of excuse to achieve their objectives, like this, they demon beasts in the danger zones will be wiped out sooner or later.”
Yusa then concluded.
”Not to mention, the government also doesn't want it to happen, although it's not written on paper, danger zones are considered the places where talents can be tempered, if the danger zones disappear, soon there will be no more places to train the rookies in life and death situations, the country will then lose power and suffer the risk of being attacked by other countries, that's not what they want.”