novelraw Chapter 85: Limited-Time Missions in Closed Beta 3.0
Chapter 85: Limited-Time Missions in Closed Beta 3.0
Trias, Provisional Administrative Hall, Governor's Office.
As the city's governor, Raphael sat behind a mahogany table, leaning back repeatedly to relax his body as much as possible.
Looking at the pile of documents on the mahogany table, almost as tall as a person, he couldn't help but feel worried.
This is not what he expected!
Having abandoned order and embraced chaos, shouldn't I be on the front lines slaying orcs? Shouldn't I be relentlessly slaughtering orcs, using blood and despair to please that being of chaos?
But now... what's going on?!
Raphael closed the documents in front of him and sighed helplessly. He then manipulated the power of chaos to casually pick up a stack of documents from the top of the mountain of documents beside him and opened it in front of him.
Although he was somewhat dissatisfied with the current work, Raphael dared not be careless in this task.
After all, this concerns the operation of the entire city and the lives of tens of thousands of fellow human beings.
Ai used Alpha's body to enter the temporary administrative hall and then into Raphael's office.
Although Raphael, who possessed Silver-level strength, was reviewing documents, he still keenly sensed someone's arrival.
However, without looking up, he reprimanded, "What is it? Didn't I tell you to knock before coming in?"
Looking at this guy working hard, Ai Yi found it hard to believe that just over a month ago he was just a human miner enslaved by orcs. Now he has built an administrative team entirely composed of humans and is managing the entire city in an orderly manner.
Players want to find "NPCs" among the humans of Sogoria and Kolster to manage the city, but they are disappointed to discover that these "NPCs" are all illiterate.
However, Ai also knew that Trias couldn't be confused with those two cities, which were merely two wild cities on the border of the Orc Empire. Trias, on the other hand, could be considered one of the cities in the Gallia Empire that was relatively close to the Orc Royal Court.
The closer a city is to the Orcish royal court, the more "civilized" it becomes, and humans are no longer simply considered "livestock."
Many members of the orcish power structure take pleasure in keeping human servants and pride themselves on imitating the style of the nobles of the human empires of a thousand years ago.
Savagery always yearns for civilization, or perhaps, savagery always tries to use civilization to conceal itself.
"Raphael, I need to talk to you about something!"
Ai looked at Raphael, who was engrossed in his work, and spoke in Alpha's uniquely deep voice, startling Raphael.
"Lord Alpha, what brings you here?"
Raphael immediately stood up, no longer caring about the documents in front of him, and spoke respectfully and devoutly.
Suddenly, he remembered what he had just heard and quickly asked, "Lord Alpha, what are your plans?"
Ai: "A month later, the Lord's faithful servants descended into the world."
Raphael's expression turned grave: "The Holy Lord's servants, who are they?"
Ai nodded: "That's right, the lost Chaos race."
Raphael was somewhat worried.
"Lord Alpha, there are still many of our human brethren in the city who worship the Holy See of Light. Should we relocate them...?"
"No need, they are just humans like me, they won't do anything to humans!" Ai explained, then suddenly turned her head to look at the window on the wall next to her, looking at the clear blue sky outside.
"The War Hall has fallen; it wants to betray the order."
"Huh?" Raphael was startled and somewhat taken aback.
This was the first time he had ever heard of a race's chief god betraying the order; even mythological stories had never recorded anything so outrageous.
After digesting the explosive news for a while, Raphael asked.
"So, the orcs are going to be our allies?"
Ai shook her head and replied solemnly, "No, the orcs are still the enemy! The War Hall wants to start a massive war and plunge the entire world of Eror into chaos."
They want to seize this opportunity to ascend to supreme divine power before the Lord! However, in the world of Errol, only two supreme divine powers can exist, one for Chaos and one for Order.
Therefore, the Lord commands us to kill the orcs, to kill as many orcs as possible to stop the war from escalating.
Ai spoke half-truthfully, laying the groundwork for the story background of the players who would be randomly assigned to the Chaos race, and giving them a general idea of the game's objective.
This also gives Raphael and the others a reason to justify the behavior of the [Gluttonous Dragon].
As for the setting that only two supreme divine powers can exist, with one for chaos and one for order, that is entirely fabricated by Ai.
Because it sounds really exciting—isn't that how many novels are set up?
"Lord Raphael, is there anything I can do for you?" Hearing Ai's explanation, Raphael breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he was in chaos, his heart still yearned for the light. He chose chaos simply because he wanted to live and wanted more people to live.
Looking at the tall, robust, and majestic Alpha before him, Raphael had reason to believe that the other man was just like himself.
"Find a huge, empty underground space, and without disrupting daily life, allow people to collect as much flesh and blood as possible and pile it up inside!"
"Lord Alpha, there's a group of orcs imprisoned in the dungeon. Would their flesh and blood be suitable?"
"Anything made of flesh and blood will do."
"Does it have to be a huge, empty underground space?"
"What's wrong? Is this condition difficult?"
"No, there are a few places that meet the criteria, but they are the underground treasure vaults of the former orc chieftains, which are filled with a lot of treasures."
The treasures haven't been inventoried yet, and it will likely be difficult to move them out within a month.
"Is that a lot?"
Raphael nodded.
That looks like an unusually large amount. Are orcs really that wealthy?
Ai fell into deep thought, then quickly came up with a new idea: "Does Trias have underground pipes?"
"have!"
Are there any abandoned pipelines that are still connected to the ground?
After a moment's thought, Raphael quickly replied, "Several places!"
"Alright, then find someone to take me there!"
……
April 8, 2045, Wednesday, 8:00 pm.
The man, exhausted, lay on his bed after returning home from get off work, staring blankly at the white ceiling.
He didn't know how much time had passed when he suddenly seemed to remember something and struggled to get out of bed. After washing up in the bathroom, he put on his pajamas and crawled into the virtual reality game pod placed at the foot of the bed.
The transparent hatch closed, and an illusory pop-up window appeared before my eyes.
The man used his mind to control the pop-up window and quickly found the downloaded "Otherworld Online" program.
He was a player who pre-registered when the announcement of the closed beta 3.0 of "Otherworld Online" was released.
I don't know if it was just luck, but I got access to the closed beta 3.0 shortly after I registered for the game.
To be honest, men aren't really into this game. After all, as a fan of fantasy novels, he doesn't really like games with this kind of magical theme.
However, the man's girlfriend was a player in the game's beta 2.0 and had been praising the game to him.
More importantly, she gave up all other games for this game, making it impossible for her boyfriend to find time to play games with her and strengthen their relationship.
The two were in a long-distance relationship, and their methods for strengthening their bond were very limited.
This makes the man worry that if it goes on for a longer period of time, will his partner also have to give him abstinence?
In order to continue playing games with his partner, the man chose to pre-register for the game.
And the game didn't disappoint him; he succeeded on his first try!
As his thoughts raced, the man clicked on the game program. Immediately, a pure white light enveloped his vision, and a blank input box appeared in front of him.
Below the input box, there was a line of smaller text.
Please enter the serial number.
【000567349】
Please enter your ID nickname.
【Qingyuan Miaodao Immortal】
This ID is already in use.
[Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianjun]
This ID is already in use.
I have a sword that can cleave mountains and rivers.
This ID is already in use.
【?! !!! !!! !!! 】
Please enter valid characters.
Choosing this name is harder than naming a dog.
[ID: Choosing a name is harder than naming a dog. Confirmed, loading the game.]
Choosing a name is harder than naming a dog (hereafter referred to as "the difficulty of choosing a name"): ?
No, buddy?
Shouldn't there be a confirmation pop-up at this point?
Qu Nan was speechless for a moment, and then felt a soft and smooth touch under his feet.
He looked around in confusion, only to find himself in a dimly lit space with a strong stench lingering in the air.
"Where am I? Wasn't there supposed to be a character customization feature?"
Qu Nan instinctively covered his mouth and nose, and after seeing two points of light in the distance, he instinctively walked towards them.
With each step he took, he could feel the sticky liquid pulling at his soles, accompanied by a nauseating gurgling sound.
"Honey, have you logged into the game? It's already 8:15!"
A private message was sent through an external chat application and cleverly integrated into the game panel by the game system.
Qu Nan: "I'm already in the game, but I don't see any Church of Light... It's all dark around me, and my feet are sticky... Is this game bugged?!"
The person who sent the message seemed to be silent for a moment, and then sent a string of text: "Fearless firecrackers".
"What is this?" Qu Nan asked.
"My ID, you can search for it using the 'More' feature in the bottom right corner of your game panel," replied Fearless Cannonball.
Qu Nan did as instructed and indeed received the business card of "Fearless Firecracker". However, at this moment, Qu Nan was prohibited from adding the other party as a friend, and a line of eye-catching red text was marked below.
"You are currently in the 'Chaos Race' questline, controlling an unconventional character, and are unable to add regular players as friends!"
"What's going on?"
Qu Nan asked the fearless big cannonball about the situation and described the current situation.
Fearless Firecracker sent an envious emoji and explained very seriously: "Baby, you've entered a limited-time mission. This mission can quickly gain a lot of experience points and is considered one of the must-do missions for new players."
However, this task has a limited number of participants; only 10,000 people can enter at a time. There are so many people queuing up now, I didn't expect you to enter the task as soon as you logged in!!!
"Can I quit this quest? I don't want to do it!"
Qu Nan was speechless; he just wanted to go online and spend time with his partner, and didn't want to do any random tasks.
"No, this is a limited-time mission, and each person only has one chance. If you quit, you won't be able to enter the mission again."
Since you got the limited-time mission as soon as you logged in, it's obviously fate, so please just finish it! Please!!!
"Um, okay then..." Seeing that his partner said that, Qu Nan felt embarrassed to bring up the matter of quitting the mission again.
During their conversation, Qu Nan also walked to the vicinity of the firelight. It was a torch stuck on both sides of the stone cave, illuminating an area of three or four meters around.
By the light of the torch, Qu Nan finally saw what the sticky stuff under his feet was.
It was a pool of foul-smelling liquid mixed with rotting flesh, bones, and organs, which bubbled up under Qu Nan's gaze, revealing a white eyeball.
This scene sent chills down Qu Nan's spine, and he quickly stepped forward and crawled into the cave.
The ground in the cave is higher than the disgusting place we just visited, so the ground here is actually quite hard and normal.
After entering the cave, Qu Nan discovered a long pipe behind him, with rows of torches fixed to the pipe walls, seemingly guiding him forward.
Qu Nan frowned slightly, but still stepped forward and soon emerged from the tunnel onto the ground.
Above the ground was a dimly lit church, where a giant bone dragon was placed on an altar, and in front of the bone dragon stood a group of people wrapped in black cloaks, who seemed to be praying or offering sacrifices.
As Qu Nan appeared, those guys slowly turned their heads to look at him, and then one of them stepped towards him.
Qu Nan instinctively stepped back, while the man took out a rusted longsword from under his cloak.
Is this the start of the battle?
Thoughts flashed through his mind, and Qu Nan's gaze swept around, searching for something that could be used as a weapon.
However, no battle took place. The strange man presented the rusted longsword to Qu Nan with both hands and urged him on with utmost piety in a hoarse voice.
"Go, great descendants of Chaos, go and slaughter, go and conquer, go and destroy, spread chaos to every corner of this land!"
"what?"
Qu Nan took the long sword and, following the guidance of the strange man before him, walked out of the church-like place.
The sunlight was so bright that Qu could hardly open his eyes, but as he gradually adapted to the sunlight, a lush green world unfolded like a painting.
Mountains and forests, farmland, majestic and towering city walls, and a clear blue sky.
Qu Nan looked at everything, so realistic, and couldn't help but pinch his cheek. A slight pain came, proving that he really was playing a game.
"Take a picture, yes, take a picture!"
He awkwardly opened the game panel and searched for the screenshot function, feeling that his girlfriend would definitely like the screen.
Just then, a mission notification popped up, abruptly unfolding before their arrival.
[Real-world mission: Chaos Race - Now available]
[Mission Description: Kill!]
[Mission Objective: Kill! Kill! Kill!]
[Mission Requirements: Kill! Kill! Kill!]
[End Condition: Countdown ends or character dies]
[Task Rewards: Experience points and contribution points earned are retained.]
[Countdown: 0:23:59:59]
"..."
Qu Nan fell silent as he looked at the task, then glanced at the rusty sword in his hand.
What kind of mission is this?!
Cultivating the Seven Killing Sword Technique?