Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Butterfly Tavern
"The 'Butterfly Tavern' welcomes you, dear guests. ”
When Roger walked into the tavern, a beautiful waitress in a leather dress with a pair of huge butterfly wings on her back happened to pass by the door, greeting him a little shyly.
As far as the eye can see, there are only a dozen tables in this tavern, and only a few of them are seated, and judging by their dress, most of them are also students of the academy.
When Roger walked into the tavern, several people looked at him, but quickly withdrew their gaze.
"This is where the Academy's quest is issued, how can it be a tavern......" If it weren't for the sign at the door, Roger would have wondered if he was in the wrong place.
He'd been at the academy for almost a year, but he really didn't know there was a tavern here.
Perhaps it was seen from Roger's sluggish gesture standing at the door that he was a newcomer, and the waitress with butterfly wings who had greeted him stepped forward a little nervously, blushing and whispering, "Guest, are you coming to the tavern for the first time?"
Roger was slightly curious about the girl with butterfly wings, because although this girl was very similar in appearance to humans, there were still some differences if you subdivided it.
He was already observing this girl, but he didn't expect this girl to take the initiative to talk to him, so he was stunned for a moment before nodding and said, "Yes, is it here to receive the academy task?"
"Yes, over there. The butterfly-winged girl pointed in the direction of the tavern bar.
"Thanks for the reminder. ”
Roger thanked her, then walked towards the bar, stopped after just two steps, turned around and smiled, and asked, "My name is Roger, what's your name?"
"I, my name is Angela, you can just call me Angela. The girl's face turned redder and she stammered.
"Ann yes, I remember. Roger nodded, turned around and moved on.
The butterfly-winged girl named Ann saw Roger leave and stood in place for a while, only to suddenly wake up, and reacted that she had to continue to work, and was busy again.
Here, Roger had already reached the bar in less than two steps and stopped.
"No one?"
Looking into the bar, but seeing no one, Roger stretched out his right hand and tapped his knuckles on the wooden bar table a few times, and whispered, "Is anyone there?"
"This is coming, this is coming, please wait. The panting sound came from behind the door of the bar, and then a middle-aged fat man with an unusually round body walked out of the room, and Roger was worried about whether he would get stuck when he crossed the door frame.
What's even more peculiar is that this fat man also has a pair of butterfly wings on his back, but his wings are not the same color as the wings of the girl named Ann before.
"Is it an alien life...... The name of this tavern is 'Butterfly Tavern', could it be related to their race? A slight comparison of Roger revealed that, despite the great difference in appearance, the fat man and the girl named Ann were very similar in some of their physical features.
Aside from the most obvious wings, there are several other obvious features in common, such as two colorful slash patterns on the back of each of their cheeks.
"My name is Barton, and I'm the owner of this tavern, so please take care of me in the future." The middle-aged fat man introduced himself enthusiastically.
"Boss Barton, right? My name is Roger, and it's a pleasure to meet you. Roger also said politely, and then did not beat around the bush, and asked directly: "I want to take the academy task, am I here?"
"You're so polite, just call me Old Patton, that's what everybody calls me. The fat boss Barton patted his stomach and said with a smile: "It's right that I'm here to take the task, but I don't know what type of task you want to take?"
"Is there any explanation for this type of mission?" asked Roger.
"Look at my fool, I forgot that you are here ......for the first time," the fat boss patted his head, "The task level division here is the same as that of the wizards in the entire Southern Regions, from difficult to easy...... There are six levels of S, A, B, C, D, and E. Generally speaking, the only tasks that students will take are the two levels of E and D levels, because these two levels of tasks are possible to complete in the wizard apprenticeship stage, and even higher levels, it is almost impossible. ”
"What about the contribution points, is it a level of task, and the contribution points that can be obtained are the same?" asked Roger again.
"Of course this won't be the same, even the same level of tasks are also difficult and easy, for example, in the E-level tasks, there are many to help the official wizard do some physical work, what to plant flower beds, and to fight in their alchemy. This kind of quest usually doesn't pay very high, only 3 to 5 contribution points at most, but it's not too dangerous, and a quest like this, if subdivided, only counts as an E-level quest, and the reward is not very high. The fat boss patiently explained.
"What if I want to get contribution points quickly? What type of tasks should I take on? ”
"There are many ways to earn contribution points quickly, but most of them are missions that require you to go out, and the more dangerous the mission, the higher the reward. When the fat boss said this, he took a list from the side, swept it and looked up and said: "If you mark the return according to the level, the general E-level task is 1 to 5 contribution points, the E-level task is 5 to 20 contribution points, and the E+ level task is 20 to 50 contribution points. ”
"What about D-class missions?" asked Roger.
He just wants to accumulate contribution points quickly, and as for the danger level...... To be honest, he doesn't really care, if you only look at the wizard level, he may not be able to compete with some high-level wizard apprentices, but don't forget, he is also a powerful knight!
If you really want to fight, under the official wizard, he has nothing to fear.
However, his idea is certainly reasonable, but the academy obviously has its own rules, and the fat boss saw Roger asking about the D-level task, and said with some embarrassment: "D-level tasks, even if it is a D-level task, at least you have to be a high-level wizard apprentice to take it, and below the high-level wizard apprentice, unless you can complete more than three E+ level tasks, you can skip the level to take the task, Roger, you are not a high-level wizard apprentice, right?"
"It's not. Roger frowned.
"Don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else, but I didn't set the rules, and I didn't do it...... However, if you really need to get a lot of contribution points, and you don't care about the difficulty of the task, I happen to have an E+ level six-person group mission here, and if you can complete the task, everyone who participates in the task can get 80 contribution points, which is much higher than the reward you can get for the same level of mission. ”
"And why?" puzzled Roger.
"Speaking of which, this quest is also an exception, when it was originally released, it was actually an E+-level five-person group quest, and each person could only get 30 contribution points...... But it didn't take long for the difficulty of the task to change a little, although it could not reach the difficulty of the D-level task, but it was much higher than the general E+-level difficulty, considering the actual situation, the academy decided to send a high-level wizard apprentice's assistant to assist the mission, and at the same time increased the reward of the task, which led to the current task. ”
"Is that so, okay, then I'll take it!" Roger said without hesitation.