Chapter 59 B-Class Mission Triggered? (1/2)
From enlisting in the Stardragon Army to joining underworld societies, there was no lack of work opportunities for players in the Western Capital. Even just by walking on the streets and interacting with NPCs, there were plenty of quests waiting to be triggered. From the money that they earned from these common quests such as ”Find the Missing Purse”, ”Rescue the Cat Stuck on the Tree”, and other collection missions, it became clear to Sleepy Winter that exploring had been the right thing to do.
Of course, as the Western Capital was a high-level zone, there were many places that the trio found inaccessible at their current level. Rainy Kim had been rejected at the gates of the Western Capital Academy while Twinkle Fried Rice had been held at gunpoint when he'd tried to enter District 1, almost giving away his first death.
The day after, the trio enlisted in the Stardragon Army, thereby gaining their first combat class: [Recruit]. After a couple of training quests, their Faction changed from [Stardragon] to [Stardragon Army], and they earned the rank of [Private].
Out of goodwill, Sleepy Winter messaged Frenzied Sword to let him know about being able to join the army, but Frenzied Sword only replied briefly in acknowledgement. For some reason, he seemed uninterested.
What Sleepy Winter did not know was that Frenzied Sword was preoccupied with trying to win Han Xiao's favor.
In order to test out the limitations of the quest function, Han Xiao entertained Frenzied Sword and issued him with all sorts of strange quests, such as [Kick Ten People in the Ass], [Strip a Patrolling Officer of His Shorts], [Remain in a Ballerina Pose for Five Minutes], and many more.
From these tests, Han Xiao learned that as long as the maximum reward was able to match the quest's difficulty, he would be able to choose any type of quest scenario that he wanted.
Meanwhile, things were a bit different on the receiving end. Frenzied Sword, who found himself only being assigned crude and twisted quests, gradually began to develop a sense of fear toward Han Xiao.
Nonetheless, he religiously completed all of the quests as the experience that Han Xiao rewarded him with was several times more than the standard reward. That alone was enough for him to ignore his own morals.
The quests allowed him to level up rapidly, and he used the earnings themself to learn more basic skills from Han Xiao.
The beta test might have been unexpected for Han Xiao, but overall, it did not do much to disrupt his plans. The beta players were simply too scattered and few in number to have much influence on their respective starting planets. Twelve days was not enough time for them to level up significantly.
It would take longer for a breeze to develop into a storm.
In the long haul, however, the influx of players would be like a gold mine to Han Xiao.
Helping to strengthen Frenzied Sword was only the first step. Soon, his progress would definitely catch the attention of the other players and his own association. His association would certainly capitalize on it and release information on this 'secret NPC' in order to gain popularity. That was when the money and experience would start pouring in for Han Xiao. Frenzied Sword might have thought he was hogging Han Xiao to himself, but he was actually dancing in the palm of his hand.
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Aside from crafting [Incendiary Bullets], Han Xiao spent most of his free time browsing the forums.
Although it was usually buzzing with discussion and players would frequent it while their characters were dead or had set up shop, there were only beta players posting now.
”The women on Aquamarine are so beautiful!”
”Urgently looking for party members to fight the Sand Bandits. Location: Fallen Dragon Valley, Planet Longtune. Coordinates are…”
”A shot of Planet Brighton's magical floating city.”
”I somehow transformed myself into some tentacled monster. How do I change back‽”
”Damn it, teach me how!”
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Most of the threads were posted to request help or share information. Some parties also used the forums as a means to record and share their progress.
There were over a dozen beginner planets of various civilizations available in the beta—magical civilizations, scientific civilizations, and religious civilizations, to name a few. The societal structure of each planet also varied.
The most popular planet seemed to be Planet Winterfrost, which was ruled by the void demon race. The planet also served as an outpost for the Destruction Army, whose aim was to 'destroy all civilizations'. In Han Xiao's past life, they were an enemy who had given him quite a headache.
As Han Xiao refreshed the forum page, a new thread caught his attention.
”First B-class quest!”
Han Xiao narrowed his eyes. He recalled that the first B-class mission had only appeared after the official launch. How could someone have unlocked such a high class mission during the beta test?
Curious, he entered the thread to see that it was already erupting with discussion.
”Who are you trying to fool? I haven't even seen a D-class quest yet.”
”Are you dumb? He posted pictures as proof!”
”They must be fake! Why is there only a quest name but no quest information?”
”Nice try, clown. Who would want to share their quest information with you.”
”It must be super hard. I'm still at the beginner zone. Does anyone know how to get out?”
”The poster is the official account of the Throne of Gods guild. They're legit. It should be true.”
”Does anyone know which planet this is?”
”All of you are noobs.”