novelraw Chapter 274 -274-Staying True to His Original Purpose, Reviewing the Quests
Chapter 274 -274-Staying True to His Original Purpose, Reviewing the Quests
In the human capital, inside Caelan’s grand manor.
Looking at the gains piled up throughout the warehouse, Caelan’s eyes were practically overflowing with happiness.
After spending a full half hour taking inventory, Caelan finally reached a conclusion.
The profits he had made this time had already exceeded one hundred billion gold coins!
And that was not even counting the materials he needed to keep for his own use.
If the value of those materials were included, the total would probably multiply several more times!
This operation in the Abyss had been an absolute windfall for him!
Caelan thought this with great satisfaction. He was even considering whether he should upgrade every single skill on his skill tree to Lv.99999. Judging from his current funds, he had more than enough gold coins to do so.
But before that, he planned to check his [Class Mutation Request] first.
With the help of the [Ascension Stone], Caelan’s subsequent quests were finally revealed.
Caelan opened his quest panel, and sure enough, he saw a brand-new [Class Mutation Request].
However, the moment [Quest One] appeared, Caelan froze on the spot.
[Quest One: Stay True to Your Original Purpose]
[Quest Requirement: Practice swordsmanship 100,000 times.]
Well, damn.
Caelan’s eyes widened, and a nostalgic smile involuntarily appeared at the corners of his mouth.
It had clearly only been a few months ago.
A few months ago, he had still been constantly forging iron and practicing swordsmanship.
But now, when he looked back on it, it felt as if an entire century had passed.
Was it because he had experienced too many things recently?
Caelan thought this to himself, then gently shook his head and looked at his other quests.
[Quest Two: Assist with Star Ascension]
[Quest Requirement: Help any awakener complete a [Class Star Ascension Quest].]
This quest felt like an enhanced version of helping someone level up.
However, for the current Caelan, it was not much of a problem.
So he turned his gaze toward the third quest.
[Quest Three: Eternal Challenge]
[Quest Requirement: Head to the Void Frontier and complete "Legendary Adventure."]
When Caelan saw [Quest Three], for some reason, he felt as though he had deeply relaxed.
At least for now, only [Quest Three] looked more like a standard quest.
As for the other two quests, were they sure they were not just trying to make him reminisce about the past?
As for going to the [Void Frontier], that was not a big deal for Caelan, because he had been there before.
As the saying went, the first time was unfamiliar, but the second time was easy.
Caelan even felt somewhat expectant about revisiting an old place.
If he had time, he even planned to go to [Deathborn Paradise] and enjoy himself again!
Caelan shook his head, then turned his gaze toward [Quest Four].
[Quest Four: Positive and Negative Mirror Images]
[Quest Requirement: When you activate this quest, your opposite mirror image will also appear. No matter what method you use, you must make the mirror image return to shadow.]
[Kind Reminder: Your mirror image possesses all the skills you currently have and will automatically copy your best equipment.]
[Message from the Mirror Image: My dear brother, we haven’t seen each other in so many years. Have you missed me? Do you know? I have been looking forward to meeting you so much. I’m looking forward to the moment we meet, when I carve out your heart. — The one who loves you most, Kate]
Kate?
Was this thing really not some pirated version of himself?
Caelan narrowed his eyes, his mind sinking into deep confusion.
What kind of joke was this? He did not even know this person. What "the one who loves you most"? Bah! How was this thing just as shameless as him?
Fine. No matter what, Kate was still his mirror image. It was understandable that they would be somewhat similar.
Caelan narrowed his eyes. Yet for some reason, he kept feeling that the matter of this mirror image was not so simple.
For example, why did his mirror image call him "dear brother"?
The problem was that whether in this life or his previous life, Caelan had always been an only child.
So where exactly had this Kate come from?
Caelan rubbed the space between his brows, feeling more and more that this matter was not simple at all.
Could it be that his parents had another child?
But the problem was, had his parents not been missing all this time?
Caelan rubbed his brow again and temporarily gave up on continuing to think about it. After all, even if he kept thinking, it would not mean much.
If there was really no other way, should he ask the Supreme Staff?
Wait!
Caelan suddenly thought of another person who might very well know about Kate’s existence.
That was right. It was his lazybones cousin, Talia.
If there was anyone in this world, aside from his parents, who understood his family best, then the first person Caelan thought of was not his grandfather or his maternal grandfather.
It was his cousin, Talia.
After all, over the years, Talia had been the one who had depended on him and stayed by his side.
Thinking of this, Caelan immediately took out his communicator and contacted his lazybones cousin.
After the ringtone sounded a few times, the call was quickly connected. Immediately after, his cousin’s lazy voice came through.
"Stinky little brother, have you forgotten about your beautiful, kind, generous, and adorable cousin?"
"You haven’t called me in days. Sure enough, we’re drifting further and further apart, aren’t we? You heartless man. You fickle, irresponsible scoundrel. You..."
The corners of Caelan’s mouth twitched slightly.
Sure enough, everything was still the same familiar recipe and the same familiar flavor.
"Ahem, Cousin, stop messing around. I have something important to ask you. Do you know if I have a younger brother or sister?"
Talia was slightly stunned. Then, in a strange tone, she said,
"Stinky little brother, did you drink too much? In the family, you have plenty of younger brothers and sisters. Which one are you talking about specifically?"
Caelan’s forehead was instantly covered in black lines. He said irritably,
"Cousin, I mean biological. Do you understand?"
"Oh, oh. Then no!"
Talia gave Caelan an answer without the slightest hesitation.
However, on the other side, Caelan was still somewhat unwilling to give up and asked,
"Cousin, think carefully again. Do you know anyone named Kate? Or have you ever heard that name before?"
"Kate?"
Talia’s tone became somewhat strange.
If it was that name, she did indeed have some impression of it.
It seemed that back then, Caelan’s father had once mentioned something.
"If the child is a girl after she’s born, we’ll call her Kate. If it’s a boy, we’ll call him Caelan."
...
Inside the grand manor.
Caelan slept to his heart’s content. Afterward, he brought along the materials that were not particularly useful to him and headed to the Instance Control Center.
Inside the person-in-charge’s office.
As usual, Marov had originally been sitting comfortably in his office, leisurely savoring a little wine.
But the moment he saw Caelan’s figure, he shot out with a whoosh, almost like it was a conditioned reflex.
My precious patron, you’ve finally come!
Do you have any idea how bitterly I’ve been waiting for you all these days?