Chapter 255 Mission Update
"Hey man, any good work lately?"
"All tasks here are paid, there is no good or bad."
Swift said without even looking up. The adventurer in front of him snorted and turned back to look at the bulletin board. The notices on the Adventure Guild's bulletin board were all similar, looking for lost pets, being a private detective to investigate a lady's lover, being a bodyguard to help escort goods, etc. The adventurer looked down on them all.
"Old man, I know there's a big order coming in recently." The adventurer lowered his voice and said, "Don't hide it, take it out now."
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Don't think I don't know. It's the mission sent by the capital." The adventurer said, "Destroy the spider nest in Mount Mineo. I heard that the bounty for this mission is 800 gold coins."
"Oh?" Swift looked at him with amusement, "Don't tell me you think you can take on this task."
The adventurer whistled, and his four companions stood in a row behind him. "Of course I'm not alone. I found some reliable companions. I think I can..."
Swift glanced at the group of adventurers. He could directly check their levels and professions: a level 24 warrior, a level 25 priest, a level 23 thief, a level 20 wizard, and an 18th level knight. This group of adventurers should have no problem taking over most of the guild's tasks, but it would be too much to wipe out the spider nest in Mount Mineo. Years of work experience had long enabled the guild leader to develop a keen eye for people.
He raised his hand and pushed a task list to the adventurer.
The adventurer took the task sheet and read out, "Investigate Mrs. Clara's lover and cut off his penis." He slammed the table and yelled, "Old man! Are you doing this on purpose?! Don't look down on us! We are a team of 5, give us the task sheet for Mount Mineo quickly!!"
Swift took a sip of tea leisurely and replied, "The task has been taken up."
"What!!"
"Have you ever heard of that man?"
"who?"
"Blood Axe."
The adventurer took a deep breath and said, "Is this the Blood Axe who wiped out the Thunder Bandits overnight in the legend?"
"Yes, this task has also been..." Before Swift could finish his words, the door was pushed open.
An armored warrior walked in. The moment he walked into the Adventurer's Guild reception room, the originally lively room suddenly became quiet. The adventurers looked at him curiously. His clothes were very rough and pieced together. He wore a silver-gray finely crafted helmet and a simple black hard leather armor with crisscross traces of battle on it. It didn't look like the defense was very high. In addition, he was carrying an incredibly large axe with dried blood on it.
The adventurer suddenly held his breath because he saw that the warrior's other hand was holding something. He could see clearly that it was the head of the demon spider. Its head was twice the size of an ordinary human head, and its six eyes of different sizes were still staring around. The warrior carried it with extraordinary ease, and his steps were light and powerful, as if he was not wearing heavy armor, and the great axe in his hand seemed so light that it was not worth mentioning.
As everyone watched in silence, he placed the spider head in his hand on Swift's desk. "Mission accomplished," the warrior said, his voice extremely clear and cold. The adventurer suddenly realized that this warrior was "she" and not "he".
"You actually cut off the head of the Spider Queen of Mount Minyo."
The warrior took off her helmet and revealed her face. The adventurer swallowed his saliva. Her slightly raised and strong eyebrows and a pair of sharp eyes, the lines on her face were not soft, but hard and sharp, which made her look bright and rigid. The eyes of both men and women present were a little straight. A beauty, especially a strong beauty, always has such an attractiveness that makes people unable to take their eyes off. The warrior said, "There is another one."
"What?"
The warrior looked outside the door and saw a wizard appear at the door. This wizard was also a woman, and the wrinkles on her face showed that she was an elderly person. She walked a little slowly. On her left was a blue cat, and on her right was a mushroom elf with white|tender feet. The mushroom elf was pushing a small cart, and in the cart was the head of another spider queen.
"There are two spider queens in the spider's nest in Mount Minyo." said the female warrior.
Hearing this, Swift couldn't help but smack his lips in shock, and his tone became more respectful, "Thank you for your hard work." The spider nest in Mount Mineo was originally a very difficult task. A nest with a spider queen commanding a group of spiders usually waited for the kingdom's army to come and attack. Now there are two queens in this spider nest, which means that the danger will only double. This warrior actually teamed up with only a magician to complete this task that requires an army of a hundred people to eliminate.
But for the Adventure Guild, whether it is one Spider Queen or two, the reward is the same. They will not be responsible for this small information error.
"Here is your reward, Blood Axe." Swift handed a bag of heavy coins to the female warrior.
After hearing the name Blood Axe, the adventurers in the room all showed an expression of "as expected". Blood Axe, a legendary warrior who suddenly appeared in just a few dozen days, her reputation has spread to the adventure guilds in various towns in the kingdom. If it was her, such an exaggerated completion speed would not be surprising.
With such a great reputation, even though she was a beauty, no one dared to approach her for a while.
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Sheng Shihua took the coin. She calculated the cost of repairing armor and weapons, and she also needed to buy a dozen recovery potions and magic potions. Granny Lin's spells would run out of mana after a few uses, so it was necessary to replenish magic potions. In addition, the old woman's robes also needed to be replaced with new ones, which were all necessary expenses. Sure enough, it would be easier for me to fight alone, she couldn't help thinking.
If she could save some money, she could probably buy a set of armor with better defense. Sheng Shihua had been eyeing the silver armor in the weapon shop for dozens of days, but she would hesitate every time and buy a strengthening potion instead. She could drink a strengthening potion every five levels to strengthen her attack and physical fitness. Strengthening potions were very expensive, and Sheng Shihua spent almost all of her money on them.
She clearly felt that her leveling up was slow recently. She was now level 89, and each level up required more and more experience points, while the experience points she gained from fighting were getting less and less. She thought that completing the Spider's Lair mission in Mount Mineo would allow her to level up to level 90, but she didn't expect that she would still be a little short in the end.
If I could have one more mission...
"Blood Axe!" Swift suddenly shouted at her as she was about to step out of the Adventure Guild, "Please stay!!"
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Swift picked up a new task list. This was a task list printed by the adventure guilds in various towns using magic equipment to receive information. He shouted excitedly, "This is a special task from the main guild in the capital!! It was issued by His Majesty the King himself! This task is of extraordinary importance!"
The adventurers in the room were excited.
Sheng Shihua turned around and asked, "What is the task?" Can it allow me to reach level 90?
"The king's order is to wipe out the cultists. In addition, whoever can kill this thing will receive a reward of 10,000 gold coins." Swift unfolded the task list. When they heard the reward of 10,000 gold coins, everyone in the room gasped.
Sheng Shihua leaned over to take a look and saw a small octopus drawn in the middle of the task list.
Choi Ming-chi does not want to talk about his time in prison.
At first, he was confident that he could find clues and trigger events to advance the plot. Although he was in prison, he would definitely leave prison very soon. Because in the RPG games he played, even if there were accidents like imprisonment, he would be released very quickly. But what he never expected was that he was stuck here. Days passed, he, Wei Hongzhuo and Gin turned their cell upside down. They tried to talk to everyone, but there was no progress. Cui Mingzhi even suggested committing suicide and starting over, but was rejected by Gin.
After more than 20 days, his cellmate believed in a suspicious octopus cult. Cui Mingzhi was full of doubts and tried to ask the octopus if it was their father and savior Cthulhu.
His Octopus Cult cellmate asked him what Cthulhu was.
"Uh, that...octopus you believe in?"
"No. This octopus is our belief." Inmate Brady replied in a very firm voice.
"belief?"
"Yes." Then, when he wanted to say something else, two jailers took him away.
After that, more and more believers of the Octopus Cult were arrested. At first, they were imprisoned on the same floor as Cui Mingzhi and Wei Hongzhuo. Later, they often loudly promoted the doctrine to other prisoners, and even some prisoners were recruited by them. So the warden was furious and directly transferred these believers to other cells.
On the fiftieth day, a frenzy of commotion suddenly broke out in the entire prison.
Cui Mingzhi and Wei Hongzhuo heard shouts and screams from all over the prison, as well as the ringing of bell alarms. The prisoners were also caught up in this restless frenzy.
Gin appeared calm. He said, "The believers rioted."
"riot?"
"It's already very dangerous to bring so many believers in. Hundreds of people have been arrested in the past two days, and the number is obviously more than the total number of jailers here. I can hear people shouting." Gin shook his ears, "They are fighting."
Wei Hongzhuo blinked and said, "You mean, there is a possibility that we can get out?"
"If these believers remember to release the prisoners here after they break out of the prison." Gin licked his paw, "There is another possibility, that is, they fail and nothing happens here."
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Choi Myeong-ji began to pray for the Octopus Cult's followers to succeed.
The prison was filled with roars and alarms. The prisoners rushed to the bars excitedly, shouting for their release. Some kept hitting the bars, while others knelt on the ground and prayed to the gods of light (the gods in this game world).
As the day was about to end, the followers of the Octopus Cult blew open the prison gate. The jailers ran around the prison, hacking at anyone they saw. At night, a fire broke out in the prison. The sound of bricks and wood burning and cracking was like thunder, and the choking smoke soon filled the floor where Cui Mingzhi and Wei Hongzhuo were.
Just when they were panicking, the octopus believer Brady appeared with a key to open Wei Hongzhuo and their cell.
"Go!" the inmate shouted.
"Thank you!!" Choi Ming-chi shouted to Gin while hugging him.
"God is above, you are also our brothers," he said.
Cui Mingzhi ran out along the corridor with Gin in his arms, following Wei Hongzhuo. The fire behind them crackled and spread all the way. When they rushed out of the prison, the prison behind them had become a fire pit, and the windows on the upper floors were glowing red and spitting out flames.
At this moment, a loud baritone voice suddenly appeared in their ears.
[Congratulations on escaping the prison. To save time, I will update the task directly now.]
"I heard a voice in my ear." Cui Mingzhi said, "Could this be the legendary system?"
"I heard it too," said Wei Hongzhuo.
【Task name: Kill the cult.】
[Task description: Kill that disgusting monster octopus. ]
