Chapter 20 Opposing Quests
David was quite surprised.
He gave Alan a meaningful look, showing a thoughtful expression.
"Alright, give me the items, and you can come back for the weapon in ten hours."
Alan handed over all the equipment required for the mission to David.
[You have completed David's quest. Experience points +9085. However, as you haven't left the newbie village, you cannot gain experience points. Experience points are null and void.]
Alan didn't mind; he had already known this from his previous life.
"Adventurer, I see you have exceptional talent. If you can find three more items, I might be able to upgrade your gold-tier weapon to platinum-tier."
Alan was very surprised. A gold-tier weapon was already far beyond the current stage for players, let alone a platinum-tier one.
However, he roughly guessed what the next mission would be.
"What are the items?" Alan asked.
"My apprentice Elvus stole a valuable ore. I've already sent two other apprentices to chase him. If you can assist my two apprentices in retrieving it, I am willing to use the ore to forge your weapon."
[David has given you a quest: Retrieve the stolen Icefire Ore.]
[Quest requirements: Retrieve the Icefire Ore, or deal at least twenty percent damage to Elvus in the battle to assist in his capture."
[Quest penalty: None.]
[Quest reward: Unknown.]
Alan raised an eyebrow. As expected, the confrontation mission between David and Daniel had begun.
This so-called apprentice betrayal was actually Daniel's man placed beside David. After David had discovered him, he stole the ore and fled.
On the surface, David and Daniel hadn't fallen out yet, so Elvus could only flee to the wild.
If other players were lucky, they might receive a mission from Daniel to protect Elvus.
"Alright, I'll do my best. Do you know where Elvus is?"
"My two apprentices chased him into the eastern mine. That rat Elvus must be hiding in some corner of the mine."
Alan raised an eyebrow.
The eastern mine seemed to be the territory of level 8 monsters, Stone Beetles.
In his previous life, Alan hadn't heard of any strategy for the Stone Beetle mine.
Maybe there was one, but it hadn't been revealed.
Ragnarok had many hidden maps, hidden bosses, secret realms, and other settings.
Although Alan knew some, it was only a very small part.
After all, most people kept their opportunities to themselves and were unwilling to share their strategies.
Guilds or government corporations mostly released the strategies Alan knew after they had squeezed out all the benefits.
Otherwise, it would be like the Yellow Weasel and Twisted Treant, where once activated, there would be a server-wide announcement, and then people would figure out the strategy.
"Alright, I'll head to the mine to find Elvus now."
Leaving the newbie village, Alan headed to the mine.
At this moment, a server-wide announcement sounded.
[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to player SnowflakeChaser for achieving the first kill of the King Blastoise. Keep up the good work, players.]
[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to player SnowflakeChaser for achieving the first kill of the King Blastoise. Keep up the good work, players.]
Just as SnowflakeChaser's first kill announcement ended, another server-wide announcement appeared.
[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to player Blade Warrior for being the first to obtain a hidden class. Keep up the good work, players.]
[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to player Blade Warrior for being the first to obtain a hidden class. Keep up the good work, players.]
Alan sighed. It seemed that some things from his previous life hadn't changed.
Blade Warrior still obtained the hidden class so quickly.
What a pity.
Blade Warrior had decent talent, good game understanding, and skills, but unfortunately, he chose his class too hastily, leading to mediocrity in the later stages of the game.
Newbie Village.
Mine.
This was an abandoned mine, which had become the home of Stone Beetles due to years of neglect.
As soon as Alan arrived, he saw dozens of Stone Beetles wandering outside the mine.
[Stone Beetle (Common): Level 8.]
[Health: 1200/1200.]
[Attack: 52.]
[Skills: Armor Break, Stone Shield.]
These were two very simple skills, but they caused a lot of trouble for many ordinary players.
Armor Break could wear down the durability of weapons, which was a problem in the early stages when weapons were extremely scarce.
[-1200!]
Alan shot an arrow, instantly killing a Stone Beetle.
After farming Twisted Jungle to collect equipment, his health had already surpassed 50,000.
With the additional 10,000 health from the Black Iron Treefolk Set, his total health was now over 60,000.
Even without considering the attack power of the Thunderstorm Bow, the true damage from his health alone was enough to one-shot the Stone Beetles.
In less than twenty seconds, Alan had taken care of dozens of Stone Beetles.
New Stone Beetles respawned, but Alan ignored them and went straight into the mine.
According to his calculations, there should be three NPCs inside the mine, maybe even more.
"Is that you?"
Just as he entered, a surprised voice rang out.
Alan looked at the speaker with some surprise.
It was the assassin player, Ernest!
"What, you're here to farm monsters too?"
Due to repeatedly losing levels, Ernest was now only level five.
But with his attributes and combat skills, it was easy for him to fight level 8 Stone Beetles.
"No, I took a mission," Ernest replied.
"From Daniel?" Alan's eyes narrowed. "Daniel sent you here to support Elvus?"
Ernest was a bit surprised. "You took this mission too?"
"No, I took the opposite mission. But what exactly is your mission?" Alan asked.
"My mission is to get the Icefire Ore from Elvus and bring it back. If possible, I need to assist Elvus in killing the two NPCs chasing him."
Alan raised an eyebrow and smiled.
"My mission is to assist those two NPCs in killing Elvus and then retrieve the Icefire Ore."
Hearing this, Ernest was a bit shocked. "Opposing missions?"
In previous games, it was rare to have missions where players were directly opposed to each other.
"Yes, opposing missions. But we might have a win-win solution." Alan already had an idea in mind.
"What win-win solution?" Ernest asked.
"Kill all three NPCs," Alan said with a smile.
Ernest was taken aback.
"Isn't that a bit too risky?"
"If we handle it properly, it's entirely possible. And we won't be fighting three against two; we'll help Elvus kill the two NPCs first, and then kill Elvus."
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