Chapter 50 (1/2)

Soon, four players stepped forward and said in unison, “We give up.”

These four players were all elite players groomed by a major guild. They managed to make the achievements they had mostly because of the resources unfairly given to them by the guild, although their abilities were outstanding too.

Hence, they dared not take the gamble. They did not dare think that their guild would continue to nurture and groom them if they failed to complete the quest and were removed from the first tier.

However, the remaining few solo players were still hesitant. After all, even without a guild influencing their decisions, losing that much EXP at once was not something they could accept easily.

Liu Ming was the only one who did not hesitate much. He said, “I’ll take on this quest. City Lord, just tell me the quest’s details.”

After hearing Liu Ming’s words, Lotter City’s City Lord smiled and said, “Floating Cloud, you’ve agreed, just like I expected. I knew you’d fight and go to battle for the Light Alliance.” Immediately after that, the City Lord spoke in a different tone. “However, you cannot complete this quest on your own. I better announce the quest’s details after they’ve made their choice.”

After a while, the few remaining players finally gave their answers.

In the end, only three players chose to accept the quest with Liu Ming. The remaining players felt that the risk of losing more than five levels at once was too great.

Afterward, the players who had voluntarily given up on the quest exited the City Hall’s main hall one after another, leaving Liu Ming and the other three players alone in the main hall.

At this moment, the City Lord of Lotter City slowly said, “I’m very glad that you have chosen to stay behind, but I have one last thing to say. You still have time to abort the quest. Once you officially start the quest, you will no longer be allowed to give up.”

As soon as the City Lord said his piece, a player nicknamed ‘Brother Dog’ immediately said eagerly, “If we wanted to leave, we would have done so a long time ago. Why would we wait until now? City Lord, please hurry and tell us how we should go about completing this quest.”

Although the other two players remained silent, it was evident they thought the same as Brother Dog from the look of approval on their faces.

However, Liu Ming simply smiled without expressing any opinions.

A look of displeasure flashed across the face of Lotter City’s City Lord. However, in the end, he nonetheless said, “In that case, I shall not keep you in suspense anymore.”

“The king has ordered for those not invaded by the Darkness Camp to send some elites to investigate the few main cities that have lost contact. The elites are to find out if these main cities have already fallen into the Darkness Camp’s hands.”

“However, I’m worried that once I send out the main city’s elites, the Darkness Camp will invade Lotter City. Hence, I thought of you, Adventurers. But don’t worry. All you have to do is explore the main cities and find out the overall situation there. You don’t have to fight and confront the Darkness Camp’s leaders and powerhouses directly either.”

After hearing the City Lord’s words, the players, excluding Liu Ming, heaved sighs of relief. Liu Ming was the only one who knew that the quest would not be that simple since it was labeled a Legendary Battle Quest.

Even if it was just a simple reconnaissance quest, all sorts of accidents were bound to happen when the time came. However, Liu Ming had no intention of reminding the other three players about this. The fact that they failed to understand this point showed that their so-called high level of playing was limited.

After discovering this, Liu Ming let go of his plans of becoming teammates with the three of them.

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After officially receiving the quest from the City Lord, Liu Ming left the other three players and chose to go to a more remote main city, making it his quest target.

This time, all the main cities were selectable targets, except a few that were nearer to the capital.