Chapter 145: Why Cant We Submit Missions Yet?! (1/2)

Nonetheless, the moment Croakatoa gulped down the Sea Sapphire was basically the moment the gem was secured.

After all, no player would leave behind a pile of feces when their corpse disappears. Moreover, if Xi Wei really did establish such a hardcore setting, the courtyard where the battle against the high priest took place in the Rotten Bones event would have ended up smellier than a dung hole.

And if they did create one dung hole with every major battle, even if Xi Wei would ascend as a Greater God thanks to the Players’ effort, none of the other gods would believe him when he introduced himself as the God of Games…

Therefore, as Eleena’s familiar, Croakatoa naturally inherited the Players excellent System that prevents them from taking a dump anywhere, and he soon returned with the Sea Sapphire.

But the problem was that the System had judged that Edward’s party did not secure the Sea Sapphire.

It clearly didn’t acknowledge the gem that was inside Croakatoa’s stomach, and would only do so when it was in the Players’ hands or their bags.

Therefore, Edward could only wait until Croakatoa had finished taking the dump of his life at the reefs before going up to dig out the Sea Sapphire.

Beside him, Gou Dan was capturing the very sight, giving it the title ‘Picking manure between the rocks’ before uploading it to the forums. It somehow proved wildly popular amongst the Players, going viral alongside ‘I Scream’—the image of Joe crossdressing. Even later on, veteran Players would continue to share the post with new players, preventing the post from fading away for a long time, hence ensnaring the newbies day after day.

In turn, Gou Dan was affected by the warm reaction from the Players to slowly tread the path of a paparazzo… of course, that is a story for later.

Meanwhile, Edward had finally found the Sea Sapphire, not knowing that his reputation was already ruined.

Although it had took them much trouble and time to search and steal the gem, they remain the first Players to get one. Aside from a truckload of EXP and game coins, Xi Wei also gave them a special systemwide broadcast, encouraging the Players to find the remaining gems while reminding them it was not easy to secure those items.

However, it was fortunate that it wasn’t just Edward’s party who were being hardworking. With the first gem secured, the other six were also found in the next five days.

Leah the Warrior Princess and her guardsmen managed to defeat the Rocky Fortoise and acquire the second Sea Sapphire at the mountains.

Before dying, Marni snatched the third off the neck of the commander of the fishmen knights (who was riding a giant hermit crab) before dying at the mangrove area.

Jom, Terry and their father-wannabe Joey were fighting salted fishmen mummies while their dog dug out the fourth.

Zonyan Grayhorn was leading a group of newbies when they stumbled upon a sea griffin building a nest, with Zonyan finding the fifth Sea Sapphire in the creature’s nest just before the sea griffin devoured every last newbie.

Vela, under Angora’s instruction, led a group of veterans deep into the jungle to defeat the fishman druid and claiming the sixth Sea Sapphire.

Terrosche (fat) and Silva (skinny) accidentally found the seventh when they were having crab on the coast.

After all the Sea Sapphires were found, the Players who had obtained them received a new mission assigned by the System: return to the Frogmen Village in the time given.

If it had been players back on Earth, there might be some who would stubbornly attempt to disregard that quest to see if they could affect the storyline.