Chapter 716 - Danger is Close (1/2)

"Transport team is ready! You are good to go!" said Ivan.

"Understood. I will need to make some preparations before moving out," Jiang Fei replied before heading out of the Commander's Hall.

Outside the hall, Jiang Fei was greeted by one of the NPCs that was part of the convoy. He was just one of the 1,000 NPCs that were in charge of transporting the Gnome Cannons and Ammunitions. While they were many of them, they were only Level 50 Normal tier farmers. Their fighting capability was almost close to zero. It would be up to Jiang Fei and the other 49,999 players to defend the convoy.

Their task was to safely escort the entire convoy to the Main Camp in the front lines. As long as they had gotten the cannons and ammunition there, Jiang Fei would only need to talk to either Heinz or Frizt to complete the quest and obtain luxury rewards.

"It's not the same…" said Jiang Fei to himself. Although this was not the first escort mission that he had accepted, it was not the same as the others.

When he was protecting Morland, he was on a special map where he only needed to stop the enemies from getting close to Morland. This time, the mission required him to protect a large convoy in an open field! NPCs as well as players from the Light Faction would surely be coming in from all directions. The defensive fight would be chaotic as it would be unpredictable.

"Guild master? Have you accepted the quest?" asked Billy Boy when he saw Jiang Fei coming out of the Commander's Hall.

"Yeah, I did. But you're not going to like it," said Jiang Fei.

"What's the quest about?"

"First, we need to get these cannons and ammunition to the front line. Then, we need to make sure that no one destroys the cannons!"

"What's the reward?" asked Little Rain. To him and a few others, the task matters not as much as the reward!

"If everything goes smoothly, everyone who participates in this quest will gain 2 Levels and a mystery equipment reward!" said Jiang Fei. He did not bother to mention gold coins since the guild was too rich. Everyone in the guild had known to receive money from time to time depending on their contributions. The guild's treasury was never short of coins.

"Yeah! Now that's what I call a reward!"

"Don't be so sure about it yet. If the mission fails, all of us are going to drop 3 levels!" said Jiang Fei.

"Heh. With you around, how are we going to fail?" said Little Rain as he chuckled.

"I'm not all-powerful and all-knowing. Even I can make mistakes…" said Jiang Fei as he remembered how Isabella and Ariel had died right before him.

"Anyway, let's get ready! I'll take the lead. Billy, you're in charge of guarding the convoy. Make sure that we are well protected!" said Jiang Fei.

"Commander, sir? Are we going now?" asked one of the NPCs of the convoy.

"Yes, we are. Follow me," said Jiang Fei as he got to the front most of the convoy.

"Ding! Verdure Glider is now transporting important supplies to the Shadow Faction's Main Camp in the front lines. All players are encouraged to join the soldiers to stop the supplies from being delivered to their destination! Destroying each supply crate would grant you a luxurious reward!"

Just as Jiang Fei's convoy started moving, all players in the Light Faction had received a system notification. The quest required them to venture into the territory of the Shadow Faction. However, since the reward was, as the system notification mentioned, luxurious, players had decided to risk it. For each cannon destroyed, the party will receive a total of 200,000,000 experience points which would be divided equally among the party members.

"Heck, this is good!"

"Hell yeah! We can also kill that Verdure Glider!"

"Heh! The bounty on his head is far greater than the reward for destroying the cannons!"