Chapter 69: Important Mission
Li Wen spent the entire morning in her room enchanting the Raven Feather Dagger.
The Ghost Fairy had not returned, and Li Wen didn’t know if it was out sightseeing or busy with some unspeakable conspiracy.
Li Wen put away the enchanted dagger. This dagger was more than just a little bit stronger than the Bone-Corroding Short Sword. After all, the Bone-Corroding Short Sword did not have the Ghost Fairy’s Treasure Pouch to support it, and its base template was just a blank weapon crafted by mortal artisans.
It was inferior in both enchantment and its base template.
Li Wen left the room. She still needed to gather information.
As soon as she walked out of the tavern, she saw several people in a corner who strongly resembled players—mainly due to their unique clothing—whispering to each other.
Li Wen had no habit of eavesdropping, but she suddenly thought of something: the number of players in Wilson Town seemed unusually small?
This was highly abnormal. Even in places like Ark Town, you could encounter one or even several players every few steps.
But here, Li Wen had only just seen signs of other players until now.
The only explanation was that no players had been placed in Wilson Town at the start. After players created their characters, they would be automatically placed near settlements of intelligent beings. If no players were placed in a particular settlement, it could only mean one thing: that area was a dangerous zone with a low survival rate for players, or even unsurvivable.
Li Wen immediately became vigilant. She had thought that the anomaly here was Lord Wilson, but now it seemed that the entire Wilson Town was wrong.
Since this was not a player spawn point, all players who appeared here were naturally not “locals.” If players spent time traveling to other places, it could only be for quest requirements.
Therefore, those few players were here to do quests.
With that thought, Li Wen walked towards them.
Quests related to Wilson Town might just be clues about Sir Wilson?
Noticing Li Wen’s approach, the group immediately stopped talking.
“Are you guys on a quest?”
The group was stunned for a moment before realizing that Li Wen was also a player.
“You startled me…” one of the players complained. He wore chainmail on his upper body but leather pants with iron plates on the lower half, and a small round shield on his back, looking utterly out of place. “Big sister, are you stuck on a quest or something? I can spare some time if you need help, but only a little, we still have our quest to do.”
There were all sorts of people in the player community, so there was no shortage of helpful players like this.
Li Wen directly ignored his preceding words. “Can you share the specific quest details? I want to tag along, no matter if you just let me lie down the entire time.”
Upon hearing this, the players couldn’t hold back. One player, who deliberately distorted his face into an abstract shape, smiled and said:
“Little sister, this isn’t some small quest. It’s a super high-difficulty important side quest. It’s hard to say if there are even a hundred quests of this level on the entire server.”
“Right…” another chimed in, “We also have beta test veterans and big streamers leading us, otherwise, a quest like this wouldn’t be available to us… When they arrive, if there’s still room, I can bring you along.”
Beta Players?
Li Wen’s interest was immediately piqued.
Before “World Tree: Origin” was released, a month-long internal test was conducted. Test slots were distributed through invitations, targeting everyone from high-level gamers and professional players to ordinary people who had never played games before, with no unified standard.
It was rumored that even WG Corporation didn’t know how the invitation list was compiled.
Li Wen only knew that none of the players who had participated in the test seemed to be slackers, especially after the Great Convergence. For example, more than 80% of the initial members of the Strategy Team were beta players.
“Then I’ll wait here.”
Tagging along on other players’ quests could, with some temperaments, escalate into conflict. However, these players clearly had good mental fortitude… or perhaps they were themselves casual players, so they were very welcoming.
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Takebitori looked at the map from all angles but couldn’t understand it. She pondered for a moment and stated with certainty, “It’s just ahead!”
The female hunter player, who had participated in the Fire Mage subjugation battle, said contemptuously, “You’re holding the map backward, Sister Take.”
Takebitori smoothly turned the map around and said again, “That Wilson Castle or whatever, it’s just ahead!”
“We can see the town just by looking, no need for the map.”
Everyone was speechless. There were only four of them this time. Besides Takebitori and the female hunter player, the other two were Takebitori’s old online friends.
They rushed over from the Askant Mountains right after changing their classes. The female hunter player had restarted, while the other two held dual professions, one normal and one extraordinary.
They came in such a hurry to do the quest because Takebitori’s friend from the Mage Tower was reportedly going to Black Dragon Territory to undertake a very important mission, which could even be considered the regional main storyline quest for Black Dragon Territory, and the quest difficulty was very high. Therefore, she was asked to help.
“Actually, he just wants me to tag along, but he’s beating around the bush and not saying it directly, like an idiot,” Takebitori grumbled.
Although the other party requested as many people as possible, they preferably all had Dao-path professions; otherwise, more cannon fodder would be useless.
Takebitori knew quite a few players with Dao-paths, but the geographical location was a problem. Several people should have arrived by now, and with the four of them, gathering seven or eight people should not be a problem.
Since that person had said to find them to rendezvous as soon as they reached the destination and absolutely not to act alone.
Therefore, as soon as Takebitori and the others entered Wilson Town, without asking anything, they headed straight for the agreed-upon tavern.
As they were nearing the place, Takebitori saw several people from afar whose attire or appearance was not normal.
“Why are you guys so shabby? Haven’t you all changed classes, and this is the equipment you have?”
Unlike their makeshift clothes and armor, Takebitori and the others had just come from the Badger’s Blade Society, wearing a full set of the Badger’s Blade Society monks’ black soft armor. They didn’t know if it was powerful, but it was definitely stylish.
Those players’ eyes widened, and they said enviously, “Where do we have the money to get equipment, Brother Take? Why don’t you, the streamer, give us some leftovers?”
Takebitori laughed heartily: “Damn it, you scoundrels always mocked me in my stream before, and now you come begging for leftovers? No way, I’d give it to the dogs before leaving it for you.”
After using familiar banter to liven up the atmosphere, the player with the abstract face suddenly remembered something: “By the way, Brother Take, a player said she wanted to tag along for a quest. I haven’t even asked her profession or level yet. Seeing that this damn place is so empty of other players, I agreed first. What do you think?”
“If her character is fine, then let’s bring her along,” Takebitori said generously, waving her hand.
Then she saw the figure hiding in the shadows, seeming unwilling to interact too much with others.
Why is this person going out wearing a bedsheet?
This was her first reaction.
It feels a bit familiar…
This was her second reaction.
My god, isn’t that my big support?
This was her final reaction.
