Chapter 183: A Little Seafaring Boat (1/2)

Not every Player had been present during the Marsh Drake’s slaying.

After all, it was an operation the Players at the Lancaster Hideout took up on their own initiative instead of an Event Quest assigned by the God of Games, which was why there weren’t any definitive rewards.

Since it entailed going down the aqueducts, wading through thick snow and swamps to find an enemy that might not exist, many Players who were either rational or not so materialistic chose to go about their lives law-abidingly.

Naturally, there were others who did not want to get involved with another matter because they had their own objectives to strive for.

And Zonyan Grayclaw was one such Player.

The God of Games was encouraging Zonyan to return to his homeland and reclaim the honor his younger brother Swordtail had stolen from him, even giving him the fittingly majestic quest title ‘the Triumph of the King of Beasts’. Naturally, he would work hard toward that objective.

Moreover, the God of Games seemed aware that the quest would be too difficult to complete in one go, and therefore specifically drew out a chain of quests for him.

What Zonyan was supposed to do at the moment was the second task in the quest chain: accumulate points to redeem a boat with seafaring capacity.

Naturally, there was only one source to accumulate points: accomplishing quests.

That could be achieved through both Side Quests or Daily Quests, although the points gained varied depending on the difficulty of the quests.

Simple quests such as sowing seeds would only be awarded a handful of points, whereas hunting selected beasts would reward much more in comparison.

As such, Zonyan would often seek out the Players who had inadvertently accepted difficult quests at the taverns. He would help them complete said quests with the condition of accepting less rewards, thereby accumulating more points.

One should also mention at this point that Zonyan’s reason for accepting less rewards and not helping them accomplish quests free of charge was because those Players appeared more trusting towards paid assistance than unpaid assistance…

That being said, there were many Players who received quests such as ‘clear a dungeon multiple times’ but were reluctant to let Zonyan help them even though he was offering to pay them instead. They did not want his support at all, and they would look like a maiden being stared down by a hungry wolf if he gets to close, screaming ‘Don’t come, Black Hand! Aaaaaaaaaah!’ as they fled from him.

That naturally made gathering points difficult for Zonyan…

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“I’ve got the points! Finally!”

It was fortunate that Zonyan did not give up. Soon after the Players who had slain the Marsh Drake returned to the Lancaster Hideout and the Unnamed Town, he eventually achieved his objective by helping every Player who approached him without refusing any.

“Finally done!” The newbie Joey was sobbing in joy. “I don’t want to clear clogged toilets anymore—and is the God of Games really so idle? How could he assign clogged toilet as side quests?!”

“Ahem. Don’t curse the God of Games, or you’ll get banned.” Vulcan cleared his throat in warning while playing Tierra Blocks beside them.

“Brother Vulcan, is the game that good? You’ve been playing it for two days.” Joey was merely complaining nonchalantly as a believer, but he quickly changed the topic when he realized that it wasn’t right.

“More or less. I prefer Thunder.” Vulcan replied casually. “But I’ve already secured a seven hundred thousand point-gap against the second place, so he’s not catching up anytime soon. On the other hand, Miss Eleena is hot on my heels in points in Tierra Blocks… so if I don’t score higher… Wait, you’re giving me that now?! Ah, I’m dead.”