Chapter 36 - Unwanted Fame (1/2)
A bright pure white light shone from the shield as Elias equipped it. It spread around Elias and his health increased till the health bar filled up and beyond. It looked like Elias leveled up but it wasn't the so. The HP and MP bars that were visible above him were overflowing.
”Impossible!” shouted Arsenus pointing at Elias. ”The shield! You can use it. What is a member of the Rotar lineage doing this far from the elven lands?”
Just as Arsenus finished with his exclamation, the fluctuating portal above the altar suddenly went berserk. It began to absorb the mana and a black substance started pouring out of it.
”You imbeciles! You broke the connection between the shield and the portal. I need to return before the portal closes. You will pay for this,” shouted Arsenus as he bolted toward the portal and through it.
As soon as he got into the portal, a shock wave emanated from the portal. Elias jumped in front of Balthazar shielding him from the shock wave. A notification popped up in front of Balthazar at the same time.
”Successfully prevented the attempt of Great Worgen Sorcerer Arsenus from opening a portal in the White Heart Kingdom of Man.”
”Light faction Reputation +50”
”White heart Kingdom Reputation + 100”
”Blackrock village Reputation +200”
”Worgen Reputation -200”
Balthazar was very happy when he saw the notifications. It is very hard to obtain light faction reputation. He had never heard of a way to earn it in the beginner village. These were hardest and rarest kind of reputation. But he suddenly got 50 at once.
”Come on, it is best we leave these hills as soon as possible,” said Elias bringing his thoughts back to the cave.
They quickly ran back through the tunnel to exit the cave. As they reached the tunnel opening, they saw the old man Rotar flying towards the cave. He landed direct in front of Balthazar and Elias.
”Bold Adventurer. My thanks for helping my grandson. It must have not been easy to fight someone who managed to put a field that reduces others power. I am but an old sorcerer and very useless without my magic,” said Rotar to Balthazar.
”Glad to be of help to you or any other members of the Light faction,” replied Balthazar trying to butter up the NPC.
”That was very reckless of you to go into such danger alone,” said Rotar looking at Elias.
”I understand grandfather. But it was worth it,” replied Elias showing him the heirloom shield.
”How could it be? The lost shield of ancient King Rotar!” exclaimed the old man examining the shield in his hand. ”Your attempt is indeed worth it.”
”Hold on to it. You found it. It chose to signal to you. You are its rightful owner by all means. I doubt the family would disagree with that,” he continued.
He then pulled out a gold treasure chest. ”Consider this a token of gratitude from this old elf,” he said pushing it into Balthazar's hands. ”I had these for a long time but was unable to use them. I hope they would be put to good use in your hands.”
”Quest Completed: Rotar's Request: Successfully escorted Elias to old man Rotar.”
Performance: Excellent.
”Experience gained: 1200”
”Quest Item: Rotar's crest returned”
”Light elf reputation +50”
”Your relationship with Light elves changed from Neutral to Friendly”
He immediately leveled up. He was now level 4 and probably would be at the top of the level rankings if he opted for displaying his identity. He immediately checked his attribute panel
Character: Shadow Tyrant (Human)
Affiliated Village: Black Rock Village
Title: None
Job: Assassin
Level: 4
Exp: 240/1600
HP: 1200/1200; MP: 600/600;
Physical Attack: 35
Defense: 16; Attack Speed: 24; Movement Speed: 30; Willpower: 6; Balance: 15; Focus/Search: 15; Reflect: 1; Magic Resist: 4; Luck: *; Charm: *;
Attributes: Strength 17, Agility 20 , Endurance 11, Intelligence 6, Vitality 10, Perception 6.
No Special Racial Attributes or weakness.
Free Attributes Points: 4
”World Announcement: Player Shadow Tyrant of the Light faction is the first one to complete a special quest. Unlocked the special level 5 dungeon 'Cave of Wargs' at the blackrock hills.”
Balthazar was completely shocked by this new announcement. He had never heard of this special dungeon 'Cave of Wargs'. ”Maybe the person who took this quest in his previous life failed to complete it,” thought Balthazar.
Meanwhile the control staff who heard it were shocked. These guys had a single job. It is to make sure that no player is cheating.
”It had been only 90 minutes in real life since the game launched. How could have someone already finished a special quest?”
”How many players were involved? Which guild?”
”It was a lone assassin.”
”A single player finished a special quest? Contact the developer involved. Check the logs for case of any tampering or evidence of third-party software. These special quests were meant to be secret and very hard to complete. I refuse to believe that someone managed to do it when people still are getting used to the control of their characters.”
A few moments later all his doubts were answered. There was no tampering of any kind noticed. The developer in charge of the quest also connected to the control room.
”What kind of quest did you create? Someone completed it within the first 4 hours of his game. Isn't it supposed to be one of the hard ones?” asked the person who is leading the team in the control room.
”All special quest are hard. It was created for characters below level 5. Even finding the bridge so quickly is very hard. We didn't expect any one to reach such long distance alone. The greater number of people in the team that takes the quest, the harder it would get. It is very hard to believe that a lone assassin would go and finish it so fast in the game.”
”But what about the world announcement weren't these special quest announcements to be kept personal and not a world announcement.”
”That I agree is something that we didn't expect. There are level 2 and 4 dungeons in the villages. Who would expect that someone would finish a special quest before those? The first announcement by default was to be made a world announcement to inspire the players,” said the developer.
”F.u.c.k that. I will put the same in my report then. Make sure that such mistakes are not there in the rest of the code.”