Chapter 59 B-Class Mission Triggered? (2/2)
”Sorry, my dog ran over my keyboard.”
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Han Xiao chuckled. In his nostalgia, he continued reading through all the banter before finally checking out the contents of the original post. There was only a cropped screenshot of a quest name.
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B-class Quest: [Investigate Zero]
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Han Xiao scrolled up to check the poster's name.
'Throne of Gods?'
The Throne of Gods was a prestigious guild that boasted a line-up of renowned gamers. They were so big that they even had their own line of goods.
In his previous life, Han Xiao had once taken up an assignment to strip their leader and take pictures of him in various embarrassing poses. He had then posted them on the forums with the title: ”Shocking! Why would the leader of the Throne of Gods…” and charged a fee for viewing. While Han Xiao had earned his money, he had also ended up being chased around by the entire guild for an entire month.
'Ah, I miss player killing…' Han Xiao sighed as he turned around to look at Frenzied Sword, causing him to freeze up.
Han Xiao shook his head.
If things went as they had previously, the Throne of Gods would join the Germinal faction to become the biggest player guild on their side. It was already looking likely.
Germinal must be hellbent on getting him this time, for even beta players to be able to acquire the mission to look for him.
For the average player, it would be impossible to evade the notice of Division 13 while trying to locate Han Xiao by themselves. Normally, it would take a large amount of people to even have a chance of succeeding. However, the Throne of Gods did not seem to lack manpower.
As he considered the situation, Han Xiao finally decided on which Germinal base to act upon next.
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The Throne of Gods guild had 15 players in the beta test. It was a team of core members led by both the leader and the vice-leader. Before the beta test started, they had already decided to list science as a preference.
Their reasoning was simple—since the world of Galaxy had a 'galactic' setting, science would definitely be a core driving force of the game. As such, they were all able to start together on Aquamarine and had also quickly purchased a map to begin exploring.
The leader, Jupiter, was the one who decided to join the Germinal Organization. Their starting zone had also been close to a Germinal base.
Jupiter thought that the Germinal Organization was probably the strongest faction on the planet as they able to stand strong against all of the nations on their own. Choosing them had nothing to do with favoring their ideology or anything like that. After all, their only priority was to get stronger.
And reality did not betray their expectations. After joining Germinal, they were brought to the Dark Crow Valley Base where they underwent tough training to become low level grunts.
The biggest gain that they received there, however, was none other than the B-class quest, [Investigate Zero].
The only information provided by the quest was that the target, Zero, was currently residing within Stardragon.
At present, the 15 members were having a top-secret meeting to discuss how they would complete the quest.
”This is our first B-class quest,” said Jupiter in a low voice. ”As there doesn't seem to be fighting involved, with our level, we have a good chance of succeeding. The rewards are extremely good. With them, we will definitely be able to become the number one guild!”
”All we know is that Zero is in the country, but Stardragon is just too big,” added Poseidon, a core member of the guild. ”The beta test period is too short, so I think that we should only aim to complete the quest after official launch. Now, we should just do some preliminary investigation.”
Everyone nodded in agreement.
”The quest information only tells us that Zero is an enemy of the Germinal Organization. If we manage to kill him, will there be a bonus reward?”
”Nice thinking, as expected of our leader.”
”But that would most likely be A-class difficulty,” pointed out Poseidon.
”There's no impossible quest in a game. We just have to find the way,” answered Jupiter matter-of-factly. ”The official launch is one week after the end of this beta test. During this period of time, we will also have to discuss the matter with the rest of the guild.”
”In any case,” added Shiva, the vice-leader, ”with the backing of our gaming organization, we are the ones with the highest chance of completing this quest.”
”That is true,” agreed Jupiter.
”It would be faster if we made use of the other players,” suggested Poseidon.
Jupiter's eyes lit up.
”Good idea. Let's release Zero's face and put up a reward for any valuable leads.”
Rich guilds had their way of doing things.