401 Saving the Little Fairy Part Four (2/2)
The Little Fairy expressed her gratitude and took the map. She then walked outside the Dungeon Lord Main Hall and saw a flurry of activities. There were Goblins, Gnomes, and Orcs working outside. As such, the Little Fairy made herself smaller and activated invisibility. With that, those evil Underworld creatures wouldn't be able to see her easily.
The Little Fairy soon found Raintea's location by following the map.
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Peasant strolled in the Commerce Area and browsed the goods displayed by the improvised stalls. He was looking for a bargain, especially Healing Potions and equipment.
It was then that he heard a gamer shout, ”The Little Fairy has been captured by the Changan City members!”
”Changan City?”
”It's a Guild formed after the Third Beta Test! They're going to send her back to Sherlock for a huge reward. Gosh, why didn't I have such luck!”
”Of course you don't. The Guild has a few hundred members to capture the Little Fairy with. Do you have that capability?”
Peasant quickly informed Arthur and his companions.
News of the Little Fairy being captured by the Changan City Guild was everywhere on the discussion forum. There were generous rewards for this Strange Encounter Mission, so the Guild members were bragging in their posts.
[Mission Title: Saving the Little Fairy, Lord Sherlock (Strange Encounter)
Mission Description: The cunning Little Fairy escaped while the guard was asleep. This cannot be allowed. Please return the Little Fairy to Lord Sherlock. You will receive generous rewards.
Mission Objective: Please bring the Little Fairy back to Lord Sherlock within a day.
Mission Reward: 100 sets of Legendary Equipment that don't have a Reputation Level requirement.]
One hundred sets of Legendary Equipment? Without a Reputation Level requirement? The implication was that newly joined Goblins could use the equipment.
The posts caused a lot of discussions, even amongst gamers from Victoria City. There were many complaints of unfairness directed at the development team and the game producers.
Most of the gamers regretted not joining Changan City Guild.
The members of the Changan City Guild were overjoyed. They escorted the Little Fairy that was locked in a cage to the Dungeon Lord Main Hall, wanting to hand the Little Fairy over to Sherlock and obtain the 100 sets of Legendary Equipment.
When they arrived at the entrance, the door to the Dungeon Lord Main Hall was guarded by a hundred gamers.
They were members of the Pioneer Alliance that were being led by Arthur.
The members of Changan City and the Pioneer Alliance were about to fight. Prior to their confrontation, the relationship between the Guilds was tense. Changan City challenged the Pioneer Alliance to a Guild War previously.
It was easy to explain why the Pioneer Alliance was blocking Changan City. The other gamers assumed that the Pioneer Alliance didn't want Changan City to obtain the 100 sets of Legendary Equipment since that would negate the equipment advantage the Pioneer Alliance had.
That was how Arthur explained things to his Guild members.
Only a small number of members knew the truth, which was that Arthur's goal was to rescue the Little Fairy.
Raintea didn't wish for the Little Fairy to be executed by Sherlock, making the Strange Encounter Mission a great opportunity for Arthur.
”Dungeon” was a game with a high degree of freedom, and the Plot was affected by the interactivity and decisions of the gamers. If Sherlock decided to execute the Little Fairy, could the gamers stop him?
From the current situation, that was possible!
The series of ”Saving the Little Fairy” missions stated the possibility of executing the Little Fairy should they fail the mission. The gamers would lose an important Potion Concoction teacher.
”What are you doing? Why are you blocking the door!”
”Give way! Is this what the Pioneer Alliance is capable of? Blocking other gamers so that they can't complete their missions?”
”Sherlie! Sherlie! Open the door. Your door is blocked by a group of silly dudes!”
The gamers of Changan City were screaming wildly at the entrance, but the members of the Pioneer Alliance didn't plan on moving. Moreover, the Dungeon was a safety zone, so the gamers of Changan City were unable to fight the Pioneer Alliance members. If members of the Pioneer Alliance continued to block the way, they could cause the mission of the Changan City gamers to fail.
If that was the case, there would be no drama!