Chapter 181: Time Extension (1/2)
Unable to speak, when Ace and Phil informed him that Rino submitted all the goods they needed to deliver, Ark and Stephanie were forced to eat humble pie. The scathing look Ace gave them sent them out of the office quickly to deliver the backed up orders.
”I think that you would have no problems if Phil and I took over redesigning the offering reward system?”
With an ugly expression, Ark agreed almost unwillingly.
”Would Rino turn in the crops steadily if you changed it?” Ark asked through clenched teeth. With Phil backing the arrogant young genius god, he started to understand why Stephanie was constantly trying to find faults with him.
Ace shrugged. ”Depends on his mood. I could only do my best to appeal to him and hope that this smooths out the bad experience you've both caused him from the mismanagement.”
Stephanie fumed but held her tongue. She simply picked up the packages and stormed out. Ark pulled himself together and donned that practised mask of calculated indifference, thanking Ace before he excused himself politely to deliver the goods.
”I look forward to the increased offerings under your wisdom,” Ark smiled. ”It's a good thing we have both of you on our team. Stephanie and I will start expanding our influences to gather more orders from other gods. If you have any requests for new items to introduce in the offering rewards shop, do let us know.”
The false sincerity made Ace shudder after the team leader left. Phil shook his head and ignored Ark's attempt at making amends.
”Don't mind them, I extended Rino's time by a month so that he could concentrate on the other infrastructure projects he had in mind. Feel free to visit him as Noir anytime. I've set aside a bigger budget of our divinity for your use.”
Making Phil a system administrator was probably the best thing Ace managed to do in this dumb team. Honestly, he did not need much divinity to do his task. However, he preferred not to be pulled by an overly tight leash by someone who did not know where they were going. With the generous budget allocation, Ace felt like he could finally breathe.
”Thank you.”
Phil chuckled and ruffled Ace's hair like an affectionate grandfather. ”Don't mention it. Now, maybe you should start working on that reward shop system. I'm clueless about currencies. If it were up to me, I would price the currencies the same as what they sold in vending machines here.”
Hearing that, Ace shuddered. ”I think I'll take care of the pricing. We don't want a GF credit inflation and Rino abdicating his kingdom building quest just yet. However, I think it's only right that he earns some of those precious sleep hours back. Do you have the list of orders that are currently on hold?”
As the gods busied away, Rino was finally back in Town Zera. All that monotonous farming work gave him some time to ponder about the windmill's failure and how he could improve that for the watermill.
Ping!
The quest was updated once more, and Rino observed that his deadline was adjusted accordingly like a reset. However, there was something strange about the numbers.
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Daily Quest #21
Objective: Build a Windmill
Time Limit: 30 Days
Tutorial here.
Reward: Complex Food Recipe
Penalty: Deduct 24 hours of sleep upon failure and [Curse of Overtime] until quest is forcefully completed.
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Wasn't that number previously fourteen? When did the gods become so generous? They didn't just extend his time. They doubled it! What kind of shenanigans were they playing at?