61 Graduation (2/2)
Then, a peculiar post attracted his attention.
”What a Terrifying Errand of a Quest!”
The general idea of the post was about a male player who unexpectedly received a letter-delivery quest. It was to deliver this letter from one village to another.
Originally, he assumed this was a simple quest that rewarded three silver coins after the letter was delivered. After he accepted the quest, he spent three days delivering it to the destination. In the end, this matter wasn't over so quickly. After the recipient read the letter and gave him the reward, the recipient had him deliver another letter to the next location.
Only a basta*d doesn't accept quests—with these thoughts in mind, this player accepted the new letter-delivery quest.
However, what he never expected in a million years was that this was actually a chain letter-delivery quest.
Afterwards, each time he delivered a letter to the new destination and after the new recipient finished reading the letter, the new recipient would have him deliver a new letter to someone else.
Since the game launched till now, he walked from Hollevin's northern border to Hollevin's central area.
During this period, he died several times—killed by robbers, chomped on by beasts, starved to death in the wild, and so on. Since the letter was always stored in the Backpack by the system, it wouldn't get lost. He could always deliver the letter without fail.
In this way, he now received the seventh letter-delivery quest.
In the time of two months, he constantly traveled over land and water. He almost never participated in any battles, nor did he do anything else except traveling incessantly.
The person who issued the quest changed from a villager to a small noble. The experience he received didn't increase by much, but he received more and more money.
Ultimately, this player exclaimed in such a way, ”If I continue to deliver like this, would I end up delivering a letter to the king?”
Many players replied in this thread, all expressing their surprise followed by a request to have the author of the post record a video. They were all quite curious as to who this player would encounter in the end.
…Because this quest was too interesting.
Roland also left a message in hopes that the author of the post would record a video. He usually possessed a degree of respect for people with such determination.
Then, he turned off the computer, took an afternoon nap, and went to the boxing club.
Inside the boxing club, he and the coach practiced for over an hour. In the end, the coach sat down on a chair, panting, while Roland had only sweated slightly.
At this moment, the coach looked at Roland as if he were looking at a freak, and ultimately said unhurriedly, ”Those who learn Tai Chi won't see results in three years, while those who box can kill someone in three months!”
”Isn't it supposed to be those who train Baji[1] can kill someone in three months?” Roland was confused, responding with a question.
The coach waved his large hand and said sourly, ”Don't argue with me, as long as you know what I meant. Anyway, boxing is easy to learn, and it's easy to use in practice. You've surpassed me now, I can tell—you were pulling your punches earlier.”
Roland wanted to deny this, but the coach should have been able to tell since he was a coach after all. If he continued to deny this, he would instead seem fake and argumentative.
So, he nodded in agreement.
He had certainly pulled his punches with the coach, because he discovered that the coach's movements seemed a little slower, making his attacks easy to dodge or block.
”I have nothing more to teach you.” The coach breathed out a long sigh, wiped away the sweat on his forehead, and said, ”Although we're a for-profit educational organization, teaching people for the purpose of money, I still want to say this: learning boxing is for self-defense and strengthening one's body—don't every try to show off or be meddlesome! Don't tread in my footsteps!”
Faced with the coach's painstaking advice, Roland nodded seriously.
[1] A type of Chinese martial arts