Chapter 254: Reward, Reward, Reward (1)At j.a.pan"s Mitsuya Guild camp.
Chairman Ryu Sechi had put off clearing the quest for the time being since he could not find any clues on clearing it and he was too busy to spend all his time thinking about it.
But now he received an urgent message.
So, he hurriedly came to the Land Without Light immediately, and found that the Myongjin players were challenging Round 48 of the quest on Track 1.
He was impressed by the fact that they got rid of the monsters with overwhelming firepower, but he noticed that one player was doing a lot of the heavy lifting.
It was none other than Asirante.
“Oh my…”
Of course, Chairman Ryu was also nervous when the Myongjin, Mirae, and Tugal Guild players set foot on this Land Without Light because aside from the elite Myongjin and Mirae players, he could not afford to ignore Asirante in particular.
However, after watching Asirante challenge the quest for over a week and confirming that even he could not clear it, Chairman Ryu felt relaxed and could smile again.
But Asirante right now was terrific. In other words, he showed the enormous power that he used to right before the current quest.
And the pinnacle of his performance was his successful attack against the boss monster in Round 50. That boss monster collapsed even before traveling around half the track.
After that, Asirante continued to clear the following rounds without any difficulty.
“…”
Confirming it with his own eyes, Chairman Ryu wanted to somehow stop him and mess with the quest right away, but he could not do any harm to the players on the track. So he had no choice but to watch Asirante performing brilliantly, with bulging eyes.
In the end, the Myongjin, Mirae, and Tugal players, or more precisely, Asirante, reached Round 70.
Puck! Puck! Bang! Bang!
Countless attacks poured out on the Death Knights.
Nevertheless, as the monsters in charge of the final round, the Death Knights endured so well that I felt slightly nervous, but I didn"t care because I still had a lot of health remaining from the 300 health I revived in Round 1.
So, as captain of our team, I shouted, “We"re going to give up on the 2nd and 7th monsters!”
“Yeah!”
“Okay.”
Without any hesitation, I gave up on those monsters that I needed to.
Under my command, the players began to kill the monsters gradually one by one.
And at some point, we finally cleared Round 70 with only 67 health remaining after killing the seemingly never-ending Death Knight on the track.
And no more monsters showed up on the starting point.
In other words, the game was over.
At that moment, a message rang.
[You have cleared Round 70.]
[Congratulations! You have successfully cleared the quest ‘Road to the New Hunting Ground".
-All 20 players on Track 1 will receive the following rewards.
: Acquire 2 billion golden rings.
: Acquire 700 remaining stat points.
: Acquire 10000 coins.
: Acquire the key to the New Hunting Ground.]
“Wow!”
“Finally, we have succeeded!”
“Done! We"ve finally cleared this nasty quest!”
“Oh my G.o.d! The reward is a whopping 2 billion golden rings, and 700 remaining stat points!”
“Yeah, even the number of coins is 10,000!”
“Hooray for Asirante! Hooray for Asirante!”
At first, I could not find the solution to this quest after challenging it hundreds of times. Moreover, the experience I acc.u.mulated from many challenges did not help at all because it was all luck and randomness, and it was the same for the other players. So it was only natural that they shouted for joy like that.
Of course, they endlessly shouted my name because I was the biggest contributor to us successfully clearing the quest. So, I welcomed their cheers naturally because like them I was really anxious to clear it more than anybody else.
But there was still one more reward left. In other words, it was the additional reward for the one who performed better than any other players on the team.
Perhaps that"s why another message rang at that moment.
[Lumen, Asirante, you have performed the best among the 20 players in clearing the quest ‘The Road to the New Hunting Ground".
-You will receive the following additional rewards.
: 1 billion golden rings
: 300 remaining stat points.
: 5000 coins.]
The reward wasn"t as huge as I thought, but it was still quite a lot.
In the end, I acquired 15,000 coins, 3 billion golden rings, and 1000 remaining stat points.
But then another message rang as if it wasn"t over yet.
Of course, I wasn"t surprised because I knew another message would ring anyway.
This was also a quest called ‘The Road to the New Hunting Ground", and I held the t.i.tle of ‘Quest Master" which granted me additional rewards every time I cleared a quest.
That"s why I acquired an extra 300 remaining stat points in level 900 only limited quest.
Anyway, I wished I could obtain 300 remaining stat points this time as well because this quest was definitely not easy compared to the previous ones.
“Uh?”
However, the message this time was completely different from what I thought.
[These are the stat points Lumen, Asirante obtained by clearing Round 70.
-Strength 1, Agility 1, Intellect 231
: The stat points given at random upon clearing each round affected only one stat: Intellect.
: By acc.u.mulating such a distribution of stat points that is hard to explain with simply luck, you receive the t.i.tle of ‘Lucky Companion", a hidden reward.]
“…”
I was momentarily startled by a message I had never expected.
But I couldn"t help but smile at it because it was something good.
And the messages were not over yet.
[You hold the t.i.tle of ‘Quest Master".
-Upon clearing a quest, you will receive an additional 100 to 300 remaining stat points depending on the quest"s difficulty.
-We are calculating the difficulty of successfully clearing the Road to the New Hunting Ground.
: You acquire 300 remaining stat points.]
This was the message I expected.
I had no choice but to smile because the number of stat points that I obtained was the maximum 300.
[Congratulations! The number of t.i.tles you currently hold has reached 10. You will be rewarded accordingly.
-Your current t.i.tles
1. Only Closed Beta Max Level Achiever
2. Scarecrow Destroyer.
3. Have You Enhanced as Much as Me?
4. The Man Who Doesn"t Fall.
5. Honorable Name.
6. First Successful Step.
7. 4th Anniversary Event Winner.
8. I Am Not My Own Hurdle.
9. Quest Master
10. Lucky Companion.]
-You receive 500 remaining stat points.]
The same message rang when I acquired 5 t.i.tles.
However, I obtained 300 remaining stat points back then, but I got 500 this time.
At that moment, I remembered the saying that luck came only once, while misfortune came twice. But I was in the opposite situation now. I received lots of luck at once.
Of course, by acquiring nine t.i.tles in advance along with the t.i.tle of Quest Master, I was ready for such luck. Anyway, I felt good at the bountiful rewards.
After roughly checking the huge rewards, I moved out of Track 1 with the other players. And the members of the Myongjin, Mirae, and Tugal guilds on the outskirts of the track gave us resounding cheers.
“Myongjin! Myongjin!”
“Mirae! Mirae!”
“Tugal! Tugal!”
“Asirante! Asirante!”
In particular, the Tugal Guild cheered exuberantly, as if to rub it in the face of the Altan Guild who betrayed them to join hands with the Mitsuya Guild.
While we were moving out of the track, my father made a suggestion to the Mirae Guild and Tugal Guild.
“Why don"t you come along to our Myongjin Headquarters for a celebration? This is the first time we three guilds have collaborated, and our coalition has produced very good results.”