246 Charge More (1/2)

After the participants were decided, the players from Silver Wings were all relieved.

It had been more than half a year since the players started the game, but their journey of leveling up had been tough.

In order to level up quickly, one had to trigger as many quests as possible.

The lesser quests could be easily triggered, but their EXP reward was little. The quests above the blue level were often beyond their abilities, and when they died, the protection or escort quests they got would fail. When the NPCs they protected were killed, it was impossible for them to retry the quest.

The dungeon quests would mostly disappear, too, after the first failure.

More importantly, a player would lose ten percent of their total experience when they died, which further affected the unskilled players' speed in leveling up.

They didn't feel much before level five, but after level five, every death would mean that their half-month of hard work was in vain. If their current experience was too little, their level might even drop.

Considering the trend, if they died after level ten, their efforts in the previous half-year would probably be rendered useless.

So, the players had been trying to avoid death after level five.

Not everybody was good at fighting. Besides, many players were here to appreciate scenery or enjoy a different life.

There were now guilds for cooking, fishing, hunting, forging, etc. founded by players who loved those skills in reality.

As a result, the average level of the players was further lowered.

People believed in different things. Some liked fighting and adventures, and some preferred an easy and casual life.

Also, the second type of players had their own motivation: if they honed their skills in cooking or crafting in the game, they could put the skills into practice in reality.

They could work in a restaurant as a chef or sell delicate handicrafts that they made. They might be able to make a fortune.

As for forging… The handmade swords nowadays could be unbelievably expensive, although forging could hurt one's back.

What could the battle-oriented players do even if they were experts at fighting?

Could they pick a fight in reality? They would only be handcuffed by the police.

For various reasons, only around three percent of the players had reached level five at this point.

Birds of a feather flocked together.

Those whom a high-level player was involved with were mostly also high-level players.

So, Roland always had this illusion that there were many more level-five players like him.

But actually, there weren't so many. Every guild only had a few of them on average. After all, many strong lone wolves were unwilling to join any guild.

As a result, most guilds were seriously short of high-level fighters.

The other guilds often only had one or two high-level fighters.

F6 were probably the only exception. Everybody there was a level-five at the top of the pyramid.

Roland talked to them for a while. After they decided when to set off, Roland was about to leave, when Hawk suddenly said, ”Roland, there are a few friends in my guild who want to be promoted to be Great Swordsmen. What are the conditions and the fee?”

”You would have to ask the queen in person.”

Hawk asked in surprise, ”Isn't the queen your woman? Can't you say something for us, or at least introduce us to her?”

Up until this moment, Silver Wings hadn't been officially registered in the game yet.

The NPC in the Holy Realm who was responsible for the registration of guilds was too proud to talk to regular people.

Even though Schuck said something for them, the NPC still proposed three troublesome demands. Some people in Silver Wings were trying to meet the demands. But they felt that it wouldn't be long before their guild was established.

Because of that, most players learned that the grand nobles appreciated decorum and manners, and that most of them had little time for non-celebrities.

Subconsciously, they applied the lesson they learned to the queen.

They thought that the queen, as an honorable noble and a high-level Great Swordsman, probably wouldn't meet any random guy.

But thankfully, they could ask someone to speak for them.

That was exactly what Hawk asked Roland to do.

”There is absolutely nothing between me and the queen,” Roland said solemnly. ”Watch your mouth, or I'll sue you for slander.”

Hawk chuckled and shrugged scornfully.

Link was grimacing too.

Fine. None of them believed him.

Actually, Roland didn't think that he would've believed it himself if he were in their shoes.

Unwilling to explain it any further, Roland thought for a moment and said, ”I've posted it on the forum and talked to Andonara. If you want a promotion, go talk to her. But of course, it's up to her whether or not she's going to teach you.”

”Can you say something for us?” Hawk patted Roland's shoulder and begged him. ”You know that things might go completely differently if you say something for us.”

Roland thought for a moment and decided to accept his request.

After all, he was only going to deliver a message for them; he wouldn't do much if Andonara was unwilling to help.

Hawk was rather happy that Roland accepted his request. He patted Roland's shoulder and said, ”Bro, I owe you one.”