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Dale returned to the Guild, coming into the principle Corridor the place he noticed the outdated man placing up a brand new picket board on the wall.

Misgurd additionally noticed him, saying:

“Took you lengthy sufficient child, I virtually went again there to fetch you myself.”

“Now, assist me in making this place presentable, we would not need our future purchasers to assume we’re taking part in round.”

“What are these?” Requested Dale as he noticed a pile of papers on Misgurd’s proper hand

“Oh, these? They’re your work as a mercenary.”

[Your quest has been updated]

[Welcome to Resko

Quest type: Chain Quest (Slightly Rare)

Requirements:

Pass the Mercenary Guild’s test 1/1

Become a Mercenary 1/1

-Pass Misgurd’s personal test 1/1

Talk with Testros 1/1

*Optional* Impress both Misgurd and Testros with an outstanding performance 1/1

]

[Quest completed!]

[You have become a Mercenary

Mercenary Guild Branch(Resko) has been partly reactivated

Resko Reputation +2

25% Level XP ]

Whereas he learn the notifications, Dale went to assist him place the contracts on the board, utilizing a small nail to stay the contracts in place one after the other.

And earlier than he even had the prospect to ask…

“I am going to shortly clarify how issues work round right here.”

“See all of those papers? They’re principally outdated requests and different issues which were pilling up within the village over time.”

“I used to do them in my free time, however what can I do? My again cannot deal with going across the Village all day.”

“These are the latest ones, and I made certain to take away all those I knew had been fastened, however they are not all as I nonetheless have some left to verify.”

“I could also be outdated however I by no means took my job flippantly.”

“Choose no matter mission you need, however solely separately, if I see you getting greater than that you’ll obtain a penalty.”

“3 penalties make a strike, 1 strike and you’ll be placed on probation, 2 strikes and it is a long-term suspension, 3 strikes, and your Mercenary id might be revoked instantly till a trial will be held.”

“After all, you possibly can obtain penalties by means of different means reminiscent of unjustified aggression to your contractor or violence throughout the Guildhall.”

“There’s a lengthy lengthy listing of issues, in brief, simply stick with widespread sense, you possibly can all the time come again to me should you want to make clear one thing, as I am conscious you could not perceive our customs very nicely.”

“Although if I see you getting even a single strike I am going to kick your ass!!” He mentioned loudly, the air blowing again Dale’s hair

“…”

He set free a sigh and mentioned with a smile:

“Although that… Can be the case if we had been working usually… However we aren’t.”

“So decide as many as you need, simply be sure to complete the job when you settle for it.”

“There’s something to do in all places so it is best to choose as many as you possibly can as an alternative of losing my time having to course of your missions each time you end one.”

“Particularly since most of those do not have closing dates.”

Dale picked one of many missions and requested:

“Who points these?” He requested as he learn the contract

‘Assist wanted, again backyard fence broke within the earlier flood… Reward… To be mentioned?’

‘It should not be excessive, nonetheless, as my rank will increase… Issues will doubtless change.’

Misgurd replied to his query as he put his pile of papers on a desk close by:

“Everybody actually, and the paying is written over there as you have already observed.”

“As I mentioned earlier than, usually, I might be the particular person to do these contracts.”

“However my time is brief and my age is catching as much as me, as such, previously decade or so, I centered all of my efforts on looking down the damaging monsters that come too near our village.”

“Don’t fret about cost as, regardless of our situation, cash is the very last thing we lack…”

“In that case, why is every part so…”

Misgurd set free one other sigh.

“Rundown? Easy child, we’re in the course of fucking nowhere.”

“We’ve the cash however retailers hardly ever cease by, and even then, it isn’t for lengthy.”

“Even then, who would convey again building supplies all the best way to the South?…”

“All the things we now have was inherited from the folks that got here earlier than us, that’s the reason every part right here could seem costly to you, it is simply because that’s the quantity we’re used to.”

“And even when we wished to repair the Village, we can not.”

“Simply farming takes virtually all of our mixed effort, if we had been to try to arrange a bunch centered on gathering such sources… We would starve quickly sufficient.”

“The one factor an outdated man like me can do now could be to hunt some meat to elevate their moods… Sigh.”

He saved sighing, regardless of his appears, he felt very unhealthy about their present scenario.

“Occasionally retailers do arrive in massive droves, but it surely’s solely a few times each few years… And I think they might not come this yr both… And the years after as nicely.”

“In any case, give attention to doing these, and shortly sufficient, your Mercenary rank might be elevated, do not assume I’ll take it straightforward on you simply because you’re the solely mercenary right here, so get in there and begin working.”

Misgurd smiled and patted Dale’s shoulder, whereas the opposite was ecstatic.

So many quests to do… And the rewards…

Most significantly, the XP. Amount and high quality… Excellent for a begin.

Dale scratched his chin and thought:

‘I see it now… So that is the “State of affairs”.’

‘I acquired into the village however somebody coincidentally arrived to assist me inside, I used my social expertise and helped the outdated woman, and she or he directed me right here, I completed this man’s quest and that is now open to me… It was all a part of one massive chain quest.’

‘And this Chain quest revealed to me the troubles, requirements, and even a little bit of this place’s previous… The course the story appears to be going is greater than clear.’

‘This Village is a Growth kind State of affairs. Which means that many of the quests ought to be directed in direction of bettering the situation of the land they’re carried out on.’

‘Have a look at this… Clear up monsters on an outdated farming area… Repair this, acquire this… Scout this place and convey again that… And even lengthier missions like clearing monsters from the street.’

‘Alone, I will not make a distinction, but when there have been 10000 gamers doing this on the identical time, this metropolis will fully change after a number of weeks.’

‘However I will not get forward of myself.’

‘By doing these, my status will slowly rise to the purpose the place at some point I might be throughout the internal circle of the Village, and at the moment I’ll most likely get the necessary missions that can result in this territory changing into one thing reasonably fascinating.’

‘To repair the larger issues… There isn’t a have to even give it some thought, they doubtless are the monsters that prowl these lands, the retailers that usher in items from past the desert, the desert itself that retains rising and forcing them again…’

‘Adopted by the sustenance drawback… Oh yeah, and the supposed heavy rain.’

‘For now, I lack what it takes to do a few of these larger quests… I do not know how I am going to even deal with all of them, but it surely’s not like I lack quests to do anyway…’

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Whereas Misgurd caught extra contracts on the board, Dale went by means of the papers, choosing many easy quests like fixing fences and eradicating weeds and rocks.

There was an amazing quantity of those and Dale might say with overflowing confidence that it would not be inconceivable for him to achieve Degree 10 immediately.

“By doing a easy estimation, I might say it will take per week or extra for the elite gamers to achieve Degree 10 and double that for regular gamers.”

‘That is by making an allowance for the Beginning Villages and the time it took for us to Degree up in the course of the Beta.’

“I am additionally not counting the Particular or Distinctive gamers that’ll seem quickly sufficient since they certainly will degree up a bit quicker than this…”

‘Those that’ll discover out methods to Degree up at speeds that do not actually make any sense to folks that’ll be Degree boosted by different’s efforts…’

‘Worse, I have to preserve a watch out for the vultures that can come to this village after me… There are thousands and thousands of gamers, at the very least a number of dozen might be brazen sufficient to take a look at this high-Degree space, be it for enjoyable, curiosity, or one thing else.’

‘The largest drawback is the vacationer gamers… As they’re virtually unbeatable by means of PVP and so they begin with excessive affinities with the NPCs…’

‘I have to make myself a part of this neighborhood and monopolize one of the best quests earlier than somebody arrives and takes them from me… It would not matter if they will full the quests or not, it will be apparent that they will not be capable of.’

‘However I can not assure that I am going to be capable of get a quest if somebody receives it first merely as a result of their affinity was increased than mine.’

/Clench…/

Dale clenched his left fist quietly.

‘I’ll make it inconceivable for any new participant to develop on this place!’

And whereas he thought of his plans, Misgurd left some other place, leaving him on their lonesome…

“Hum… There is just one factor I’m shocked about…”

“This was speculated to be a Chain quest, did I miss something?”

‘It is a disgrace to don’t have any extra quests to do… Maybe I lack one thing…’

‘The reward for this chain quest was XP and the Guild department, so I am not likely complaining.’

Dale thought deeply as he made his manner out of the Guild…

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/Later…/

The hours handed, Dale continued to do his quests, and he ultimately noticed one thing fascinating, or higher put, he realized a bit extra about what his privilege did.

When he selected this space, he might see the variety of quests and their rarity, however just for these inside Degree 10 and under.

In the beginning, he was confused about how a Degree 10 quest might have such excessive rewards, but it surely was then that he realized… It did not.

What had occurred was easy, this place was stuffed with low-level quests, however most of them had been… Chain quests.

And since he might see all information under Degree 10, he might see what the ultimate reward of those chain quests can be, and that was what appeared on the Spawn choice display.

Though this function appears to have been eliminated now that he’s within the recreation itself, he can nonetheless infer from what he has skilled to date and the very fact he can see these low-level quest grades.

Dale is, in spite of everything, a veteran gamer.

And now, he solely wanted to begin as many Chain quests as he might and end them till he discovered the great ones.

Dale used his tremendous Human physique to finish as lots of them as quick as he might.

He fastened fences, lower grass, eliminated damaged rubble from the bottom, and even swept the streets.

His velocity was fully inhuman, the returning villagers would have fairly the shock once they got here again…

Large boulders that will be inconceivable to take out by hand? Come on! Dale might simply roll them out of the best way, or break them into items to permit him a simple repair…

A rotten tree trunk on the bottom? Dale can simply pull it out. If the trunk would not give in and shatters on his arms in fact…

His enhance in status was beginning to have an impact as a few of the older inhabitants that stayed within the village got here to supply him some additional rewards for his efforts.

An outdated man gave him a hammer that gave him a brief Talent, Furnishings restore 0.5-Star…

An outdated woman gave him a brush with the short-term Talent, Sweep 0.5-Star…

The primary outdated man, seeing him work continuous, got here again and gave him a toolbox with many instruments inside.

And when Dale put the hammer he beforehand acquired inside, the toolbox description modified, permitting Dale to make use of the Talent, ‘Wooden and Iron restore’ 1-Star, making him virtually cry in happiness.

Seeing Dale completely satisfied, the outdated man additionally smiled as he went again dwelling.

If he could not work anymore then it was time to go away it to the subsequent era.

Halfway by means of his work, youngsters even handed by him as they performed round, attempting to drag him alongside.

Though he did not need to waste time, he adopted them and tagged alongside, and after a couple of minutes of taking part in tag, he accomplished a Hidden quest, getting one other Status bonus.

Being variety performed it off!

As such, Dale shortly amassed 10 Status factors, and very quickly in any respect, it surpassed 30.

He didn’t know what it meant, however he was certain it was good, at the very least it meant one thing.

The results weren’t speedy, because it wasn’t lifelike that a rise within the quantity would make everybody love him unconditionally…

Like in actual life, rumors and knowledge take time to journey, and shortly sufficient everybody would hopefully deal with him just like the outdated man that gave him the instruments…

Even when not, he at the very least anticipated to not be handled in the identical manner the guards did to him once they first met.

In a while, when Dale felt drained, he sat on the bottom and used a few of the consumables he saved in his stock particularly for this second.

He checked out a number of potions within the nook of his stock bag and mentioned:

“… Not but, I haven’t got sufficient but…”

‘I have to discover a Commerce Middle…’

And with a smile, Dale went again to work, hammering away and clearing the trail, making a small nook of town a bit extra bearable…

However he wasn’t the one one working laborious…

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