Chapter 344: An Alternative Method (1/2)
“Five thousand gold? I've never had more than even five hundred,” Isaac et, Sila deemed that the price was reasonable Still, it was undeniable that such a price was e individual player would have He rechecked his re balance and found that Julia, his personal assistant, had usedless than a thousand gold available Nevertheless, he had good credit and could pay this through his credit card
As Sila was about to take out his credit card, Midnight suddenly threw a question at Fowl
“Is it possible to pay for it through other ht Isaac stammered, “D-Don't tell me you want to pay for it with your body? I didn't expect you to be so loose”
—Poke!
Miki sain! You need to think before saying souessed she wouldn't accept anything other than gold However, her reply surprised them
“You're not an amateur, I see” She led the way “Since you dared to ask, I will give you one Follow me”
The squad slowly followed Fowl to a corner of the roo, “Hey How do you plan to pay her?”
The reply was short “I don't know”
“You don't know?” The teaht nodded “Yeah It's just that most quests in Monster Soul have more than one completion method If you can't do it the traditional way, there will be an alternative path to get the sa upon this kind of encounter, you should try to find other options to coe in Monster Soul Exactly like Midnight said, most quests really had other ways they could be co with the traditional ames that quests were to be followed letter by letter On the other hand, alamers knew full well that there were always alternatives if they sought the to how they tackle the quest Soot worse and soht to hi whether there were alternative ways to codoold was in Monster Soul Only elitemost players only have silver on theained their wealth fro monsters Non-merchant players tended to save their money as much as they could afford
The world of Monster Soul wasn't too cruel for players, however All basic needs—such as potions, nor silver Even average players could get by just fine if they don't spend antly
Fowl led them to a stone wall She knocked on it three times with pauses in-between and distinct rhyth a hidden passageway The squad followed her inside It took only a few steps before they arrived in a hall with a well in the center Next to the as a sculpture of a wo her eyes toward the merely a sculpture, it seemed as if she was alive
Foed her head loith deep respect and told Sila and his tea their heads a little The gaze of the sculpture then see on its face
“This is an altar dedicated to the Goddess of the Night, Nyx, the ruler of all shadows in the three worlds,” Fowl introduced
“She seeeous,” Isaac commented, his voice dreamy
Fowl chuckled “You h this is just her sculpture, you will have a hard life if you displease Lady Nyx”
Sila frowned and asked, “I always thought Goddesses can't directly aze to Sila “You're quite knowledgeable Only a fe about the Goddesses' existence Many believe that they areharm to humans, or even monsters However, there are many ways to httiht will be darker than anyone else's You won't be able to see further than a ht She is also the mother of the Goddess of Fortune, so she can influence your luck”
Sila got the hang of it His ga constantly bullied that way
“What do you want us to do?” asked Alpha
Fowl beckoned the squad to approach the well The inside of the as deep and dark Staring into it, they could see nothing but tiny specks of gold glittering in the distance
“I did so to Lady Nyx in the past, so I was cursed by her To get rid of the curse and regain freedoold”
The squad looked at each other “Fill the ith gold? Erm this well seems very deep You would need old That's the debt I have to pay”
“A hundred trillion gold!!! How many zeroes are there? One, two, three, four” Miki counted her fingers The aination
Fowl pointed into the well “I have been facing a serious problem for years Goblins were there to helpanything in return They always came to visitwith humans, into the well for me Lately, however, they disappeared, which I think o outside, so I can't find old decreased”
“Decreased? How is that possible? Even if you didn't add old, it should have stayed there”
“It seeold attracted a particular monster It's called the Devourer It is fond of deep holes, and theyas it lives at the bottom of this well, I can't possibly collect all of the required ly creature If you can complete the task, all of you may use every service in this place for free”
Coold, allowing five people to use her services for free was a cheap price Foilling to pay
“Is the Devourer strong? Why haven't you taken care of it yourself?”
“No, the Devourer is not strong Its fighting abilities are ht it efficiently It's just that it worshi+ps Lady Nyx, so I can't bring haret to do this easy quest”
“Won't the Goddess be angry at us instead? For killing thisabout Goddesses, but it wasn't that hard to coures such as Gods or great deames
“She won't Goddesses don't normally interfere orldly ed Lady Nyx in the past that I'm afraid to offend her You can be at ease”
Isaac looked into the well “This well is very deep We'll die falling”
“You won't if you kno to support your body inthat ”
Sila had seen Montra levitating before Unlike the round using qi He had never tried levitating using only ic power
“I will teach you how to do it if you accept the quest If it's just for slow descents, it shouldn't take more than half an hour If you want to levitate and move around, I will teach you that after you defeat the Devourer You don't have to kill it right now, but do know that I will roup thataccess to all of the training ground's services for free You ain I don't care”
Fowl stepped back, allowing the that as their leader he had to start the conversation, Sila asked his members to express their opinions
“What do you think, everyone?”
“I'roup to have discovered this place It's possible that no one will come here even if we back off and collect reed with Isaac, but not wholeheartedly, “What you said is highly possible, but don't forget that five thousand gold isn't an a all of us, that's twenty-five thousand It will take us a year to have that h time for other players to discover this place”
A year was too long for Sila as well He planned to spend only a few days in Colossia City before going to ar against Siaferia City
“In tiiver for ht
Sila turned to Fowl “Can you tell us more about the Devourer?”