Chapter 40: Main Quest
It's dawn.
Xue Qiong pushed Xiao Yun's head away from between her legs, took a shower first, and then went to breakfast.
There's still a maid alive, but it's probably out of use now, and I'm going to recruit new servants... It's too late. So the breakfast was bought by the bald head who got up early and went outside, so I made do with it.
Anyway, except for Xiao Yun, the other three people are all cockroach-level in terms of their tolerance for food...
Went out and went around the Magic Guild, though it still didn't let Minette know much. When they left there, it was already noon, and the four of them went to the Moonlight Tavern for a meal.
Halfway through, Xue Qiong suddenly realized that anyway, they only needed to stay in Huttonmar for about seven days and wait for the Magic Guild to complete the analysis, so it seemed that it didn't make a difference whether there were servants or not... So he gave up looking for the traffickers in the city, and instead waited for Anzu Seifer in the tavern.
Unexpectedly, Anzu came earlier than the appointed time, and before two o'clock, he appeared at the Moonlight Tavern with Giselle and Belite. And as soon as he entered the door, he walked straight to the table where the four of them were.
Xue Qiong also expected that there would definitely be Caller's eyeliner in the tavern, so it was not surprising. After changing to a larger seat, large enough to sit for seven people, and sitting down on both sides, Xue Qiong said straight to the point:
"I'm sorry, Anzu. We have some things to do next, so we don't plan to join you..."
Anzu didn't speak, and Sand Shadow Belite asked for him: "Since we are not like-minded, then we can't do anything." But why are you here today? β
"Eat." Minette said justifiably, "This is not your family. β
"Please don't worry about children." Xue Qiong eased the atmosphere for a moment, and then said: "Actually, although I don't want to work with you, I still feel that there is something to talk about between us. β
"Oh?" Anzu hugged his arms, "What are you talking about?" β
The corners of Xue Qiong's mouth curled.
"Deal."
He continued, "From my point of view, your eyeliner is not all over the city, and I should not be being followed, because you don't have that many men. β
"Then, you just let people squat. And you must attach great importance to the Magic Guild, otherwise you wouldn't have found me there by the way. β
"Go on." Anzu spread his hands on his knees, leaned forward, and looked at Xue Qiong.
"Mr. Giselle..."Xue Qiong turned to another person and said, "As a scientist, you must be interested in this kind of world that has developed in parallel with your mechanical civilization... I am interested in the power of a highly developed state. β
Without waiting for Giselle to answer, Anzu said, "Make a price." How much does it cost to send him to the head of the Magic Guild? β
"No, we don't need money." Xue Qiong shook her head, "Xiao Yun, take out the things." β
"Hey!" Xiao Yun obediently took out the plasma cutting cannon from the storage space, and then gently placed the dozens of kilograms on the table.
"This isβ" Giselle's eyes lit up as soon as he saw it, "Energy weapons?!" β
As we all know, there has always been a big gap between the armament level of Kahlert and the Imperial Army... One of the most important is that they have almost no technology to make energy weapons, and can only fight with relatively simple gunpowder weapons. And the situation, even after Dr. Giselle joined Kahlert, did not improve... Because his specialty is not here, he is skilled in building heavy combat vehicles.
And the large weapons of the regular army of the imperial capital are almost all equipped with self-destruction systems ... As a result, there has always been a gap in technology, and Callert just has to use artillery and submachine guns to fight against the laser cannons of the Imperial Army. Even if the situation will improve in the future, it will not be in the current year 986 of the Arad calendar.
That's why Giselle wants to learn about magic and use it as a lifesaver to save his own armaments.
Therefore, this one, which is clearly a laser cannon, will have a very great temptation for Giselle. Although in fact, this thing was just used by Xue Qiong to trade with people because he thought it was no longer too useful.
After all, it's not particularly powerful, and it's too heavy.
"The maker is dead." Xue Qiong began to talk nonsense again, "It is said that it fell decades ago... The legacy of a certain Celestial Engineer, and after a few tosses, it fell into my hands. β
Giselle has pulled out a screwdriver and a wrench and wants to start dismantling... Looking at his appearance, Anzu and Belite also knew that they couldn't stop him, and the right to speak in the transaction had completely fallen into the hands of the other party.
Xue Qiong whispered a few words to the bald Xiaoyun before continuing to talk about business with the three opposite. Because just as Giselle unscrewed the first screw, the three of them received an inexplicable 3,000-point reward hint at the same time.
And, because of this sudden gain of 3000 points, they received another hint.
For example, Xue Qiong heard:
[Detected that the story change reward that 4F637N75 now holds has exceeded 60% of the world's exit point, that is, it has exceeded 4200 points.] γ
[Activate the mandatory main quest.] γ
[The composition of the current story change reward has been detected, so two main quests will be generated, please choose one of the following two quests and complete it.] γ
[One, "Escort Minette", within thirty days, escort Minette to the capital of the Void Ancestor - Suran. Upon completion of this mission, each member will receive 3,000 Points. Among them, 4F637N75, as the leader of the "Intruder" team, will receive an additional life crystal reward. In the event of a timeout or the death of an important plot character, "Minette", 5,000 points will be deducted from each person. γ
[Second, "Revolution-Life", join the plot force "Kallett" in this world, and assist it in completely conquering the imperial capital. This task has no time limit, and after receiving it, you will directly receive a reward of 2000 points for each team member, and the cost of staying in this world will be halved. After completing this mission, each team member will receive 8,000 points, of which 4F637N75 will receive two additional life crystals as the leader of the "Intruder" team. No failure penalty. γ
[Note, since the plot changes are completed by team members, different members cannot receive different options separately, and the final choice is handed over to the team leader 4F637N75.] γ
[Please complete the selection within five minutes.] γ
The content of the discussion between the three of them is, of course, which one to choose.
Not surprisingly, they all chose Minette's mission... For personal reasons, and some seemingly predestined futures, Caller's mission looks great, and the rewards are high, but at first glance it's a cheat. First of all, the point rewards add up to more than the exit point, which is enough to prove that the difficulty of this task has completely exceeded the difficulty of this story world itself.
Also, although judging from the three thousand points obtained from handing over the plasma cutting cannon, after this thing falls into the hands of Caller, there will indeed be big trouble on the side of the Imperial Capital Army, and Callert will indeed enter the Imperial Capital in the future, but the three of them still don't think that they can complete this matter within a year more than ten years earlier than the original time point, after all, the huge gap in strength has always been placed, and Callert still needs a lot of time to catch up.
And after a year, the daily consumption of stay points will become a thousand points that are completely driving people away... Even if this quest comes with a discount of halving the stay consumption, it will only cost five hundred per day, but it is estimated that they are still more likely to be unable to get out if the task is not completed, and then be dragged to death by the consumption of stay points in this world.
In contrast, the task of escorting Minette, while seemingly restrictive and rewarding, is at least within the range of the world's difficulty. And according to the information collected by Xue Qiong in the past two days, from Huttonmar to Su Lan, it only takes ten days to take the carriage. They could even wait for the Magic Guild to finish their work, and then they would have time to wander over in a good way.
In addition, in the eyes of the three of them, this matter was originally a task that had to be completed, even without the restrictions of beacons. Why not get rewarded while doing this?
After taking over the task and apologizing to the three of Kahlert, they began to talk about business. This part is also relatively simple, in short, the result is:
The plasma cutter was handed to Giselle, and Xue Qiong wrote a letter of proof to Giselle in the name of "Baron Sandru, friend of the Magical Guild". Of course, Xue Qiong will make a clear up relationship with Callert with Sha Lan in private, after all, the three of them have already decided a lot of things and have reaped enough benefits from Kaller, so it is better not to be involved with them more.
Kahlert paid Giselle's pride: Spark-Alpha, an unmanned combat robot that can split and attack on its own, and is equipped with an anti-gravity system, and the energy source is very convenient solar energy. In addition, Anzu also gave Xue Qiong two motorcycles with machine guns and sidecars, a few boxes of bullets, several hundred liters of gasoline refined after mining in the oil fields discovered on the west coast, and 200,000 gold coins from the Arad Continent as a "price difference".
After each side took what they needed, the three of Kahlert hurried out of the Moonlight Tavern, they were about to go to the Magic Guild immediately. And they had just been slaughtered by the vicious man in the spectacled trench coat, and they really didn't want to see his face again.
Xue Qiong and the others waited for Caller's people to deliver the motorcycles and gold coins before leaving, and before leaving, they also talked to Sothia about the takeout in the next few days. They weren't worried about Khalert's turnaround, after all, this was Huttonmar, and Callert wanted to have some development here... If they hurt Xue Qiong, they would have to think about the thigh that Xue Qiong had just hugged, the Magic Guild, a behemoth that they also had to approach, and its own strength was strong enough to be parallel to the Earn-Axe Organization here.