Chapter 18: Sudden Trigger of Main Quest

  "District announcement! Player Zhuge Shenji triggered the instance task! Reward 1000 reputation points! The instance tasks of various major cities have been opened, please go to the major cities to check!"

  "District announcement! Player Zhuge God Machine triggered a copy task......"

  "District-wide announcement..."

  Is the backup system enabled?

  The sudden system announcement made Lingmu stunned, it wasn't so coincidental that he just logged in and there was a system announcement. He took a look at the time and indeed it started during his offline period, but since the system announcement would notify all players, he heard it as soon as he logged in.

  No way, I have to speed up the progress! Ling Mu opened the map and took a look. Although the Dark Forest was between Honor City and Windy City, it was closer to Honor City. Anyway, the main city of darkness couldn't be found for the time being, so he might as well go do some quests first. There were two quests hanging at the Lord of Honor City anyway.

  Instance is different from the wild map, to put it simply, the difference lies in two points. One is the spatiality of the instance, although it is the same instance, but they are all heterogeneous spaces, and you will never meet players outside your team inside, everyone is independent in a heterogeneous space, don't worry about being robbed of monsters. Two, there must be BOSS in the instance, and BOSS means a lot of experience, high-level equipment, special materials, skill books, so under the circumstances that wild BOSS is hard to find and refresh slowly, instance BOSS cannot be missed. However, since the instance limits the number of people entering the team, it also increases the difficulty, unlike the wild BOSS which is easy for everyone to push together.

  It would take about an hour to get there at the speed of a two-legged earth dragon skull, but Ling Mu was advancing in a straight line, so he couldn't avoid drawing the hatred of many monsters, with a large group of high-level monsters following behind him, eating dust after the two-legged earth dragon.

  While running Lingmu also cut out the game forum, anyway sitting on the double-footed dragon skull doing nothing.

  As expected, the forum is bustling with excitement. Apart from praising Zhuge's brilliant strategy for winning the war zone honor, it's all about the latest information on the various main city instances.

  After careful observation, a 15-level instance has been opened near each major city. It's a small-scale instance with only one BOSS inside, producing the highest level of golden equipment and skill books for each profession at level 15. However, due to the restriction that only allows teams of up to five people to enter, the difficulty is not low, and so far, only high-level teams have been able to pass through.

  "Wow! What a cool Death Knight!"

  Ling Mu rushed to the city gate of Honor City, and his cool appearance attracted many players. Wearing a black cloak, riding on a tall two-legged dragon skull, he passed by with everyone's attention.

  "How much does the friend's cloak cost?"

  "How much does Brother Tai's horse sell for?"

  "Hey handsome, how much do you cost?"

  ……

  A dark line of wood in front, advancing with a sullen face.

  "Halt! City gate is heavily guarded! No riding allowed!" Ka-ka, two large knives crossed, blocking Lingmu. Looking at the two city guards with disgusted faces, Lingmu was unhappy, got off the dragon's skull, thought for a moment, and let the dragon run back.

  "City-wide announcement: Level BOSS Skull Knight has appeared outside Honor City coordinates! Come quickly!"

  After sending out the anonymous shout, Ling Mu finally felt more comfortable and headed to the City Lord's mansion. Meanwhile, Wang Hu's skull was riding a double-footed dragon skull at the coordinates given by Ling Mu, ready to strike. Ling Mu also gave him a bronze sword, which didn't increase his attributes but at least looked impressive.

  Inside the city of honor, all the players attracted by BOSS swarmed out of the city, but no one noticed Lingmu in a black cloak, who came to the gate of the city lord's mansion unimpeded.

  "Halt! This is the Lord's Manor, a restricted area! Entry is forbidden!" Again blocked by two heavily armed guards, Ling Mu silently handed over the already prepared Captain of the Guard token.

  "I'm here to find the city lord and hand in my quest!"

  "This... Please wait a moment, brave warrior, I will go and report to the lord of the city!" A guard took over the token and ran quickly into the city lord's mansion.

  The lord of Honorable City was a slightly chubby middle-aged man who sat in the great hall, frowning as he looked at Ling Mu.

  "Jade Tree Soaring Wind Brave Warrior, this is the token carried by the captain of the warriors I sent to pursue the evil undead wizard who disappeared a hundred years ago. How did it end up on you?"

  "This token was obtained from the captain of the warriors sent by the city lord, they are all dead at the hands of the lich and have been refined into evil spirits." Lingmu replied.

  "What!" The Lord of Honor was shocked and stood up, pacing back and forth, "This detestable evil sorcerer!"

  "Ding! You have completed the mission, Captain of the Warrior Squad! Gained 1000 experience points! Gained 1000 reputation points! And triggered the main storyline quest!"

  "District announcement! Player Yushu Lingfeng triggered the mainline task - Awakening of Darkness! All players please go to each major city to inquire about specific news!"

  "Global Announcement! Player Yushu Lingfeng from Huaxia District is the first to trigger the mainline task! Huaxia District Honor Points + 1000 points!"

  "Global Announcement! Player Yushu Lingfeng from Huaxia District is the first to trigger the mainline task! Huaxia District Honor Points + 1000 points!"

  "Global Announcement! Player Yushu Lingfeng from Huaxia District is the first to trigger the mainline task! Huaxia District Honor Points + 1000 points!"

  "Jade Tree Lingfeng Warrior, I sent out a team of city guards to investigate the unusual movements in the Dark Forest a few days ago, but there is still no news back. Are you willing to go to the Dark Forest to check on the situation?" The Lord of Honor stopped and asked Lingmu.

  "Ding! Do you accept the mainline task 'Awakening of Darkness 1 - The Commission of Lord Arcturus'?"

  "Accepted!" Ling Mu was greatly surprised, originally thinking it was just an ordinary quest token, but it actually triggered the main storyline! Upon reflection, he also felt that something wasn't right. How could a novice village hide a legendary BOSS like Rockmund? Unexpectedly, it was the first link in the main storyline!

  It's no wonder that the mainline task triggered by the full-service rate is Lingmu. To say nothing of nobody in the new village can push down Rockmond and burst out a token, even if it's now the whole service is just a bunch of players who are not good enough to send food to Rockmond, that legendary BOSS.

  "As a matter of fact, I've already been to the Dark Forest and met Wang Hu, the captain of the city guard..." Ling Mu replied immediately.

  "What! It's actually like this!" After hearing Lingmu's words, the city master was shocked again.

  "Ding! You have completed Task King Tiger's entrustment, gaining 1000 experience points! Gaining 100 reputation points! Obtained reward: a random white silver equipment!"

  "Ding! You have completed the main quest 'Awakening of Darkness 1 - The Lord's Request'! Gained 2000 experience points! Gained 2000 reputation points!"

  "Since that's the case, Jade Tree Lingfeng Hero, can you go deeper into the Dark Forest and investigate the distribution of power in the stronghold of the dark forces?" The Lord of Honor City said, looking at this uncomfortable guy who was becoming more and more pleasing to the eye.

  "Ding! Do you accept the mainline mission 'Awakening of Darkness 2 - Hidden Secrets of the Dark Forest'?"

  "Accepted!" Ling Mu curled his lip, what main quest, the reward was actually not as generous as Wang Hu's request, at least he gave a white silver equipment.

  "Then I'll leave it to the brave warrior Yushu Lingfeng, please hurry up and come back quickly!"

  ……

  "Boss, help me expand my backpack space!"

  The warehouse of Honor City, Lingmu can't wait to find the Dark Main Castle to expand his backpack again. A full backpack of things can't even hold the white silver equipment from the recent task reward. Even if it's 1 gold coin per grid space, Lingmu decided to grit his teeth and bear with it.

  "1 silver coin for 1 grid space. I can expand up to 50 spaces here, how many do you want to expand?" The warehouse owner was cold, but gave Ling Mu a surprise.

  "Expanded to 50 slots!"

  "Huh? Ling Mu is acting strange. After flipping through the system prompts, I realized that it's because I completed the Honorable City Lord's quest, so my favorability in the Honorable City has increased. Although these NPCs are still cold and distant, at least they don't detest me now."

  After some thought, I still didn't store my equipment in the Honor City warehouse. After all, Lingmu still belongs to the Dark Camp at the end of the day.

  Opened the backpack and took a look, the white silver equipment rewarded by the system had been delivered, and it was actually a ring!

  Silver Honor Ring

  Quality: Sterling Silver

  Equipment Requirements: Level 15

  Constitution +25

  Spirit +25

  Agility +25

  The attributes are too mediocre, and every profession can use it, just in time for Lingmu to reach level 15, so I casually changed into it.

  Then went to the appraisal shop, and had the golden ring that the one-eyed giant chieftain exploded appraised. The 30-level suit of the Dead's Requiem was too expensive for its level, so I gave up on it.

  A single-eyed stare

  Quality: Gold

  Equipment Requirements: Level 15

  Intelligence +55

  Spirit +55

  Magic Defense +50

  Life Recovery +5

  Gaze of the Eye: Emits a very fast beam of light that deals 100 magical damage to the target and blinds it for 3 seconds.

  Great equipment! Lingmu was overjoyed and changed into them, saying that the one-eyed giant chief really understood him. The three high-level equipment he brought out were all usable by mages, a gold and two silvers, which made Lingmu extremely happy.

  "Ding! Player Dance Crazy City is calling you!"

  On his way to the Dark Forest, Ling Mu suddenly received a call from Wu Qian City, and he was just thanking them for their good luck.

  "What's wrong?" Ling Mu asked in confusion, looking at that beautiful face which had caused the downfall of a city and brought disaster to its people.

  "Despicable person!" Wu Qingcheng's expression was very strange, gritting his teeth while smiling at the same time.

  Ling Mu's face turned black and he was about to hang up.

  "You dare to try?" It seemed like Wu Qingcheng knew what Ling Mu was thinking, and he sneered.

  "What are you going to do?" After hesitating for a moment, Lingmu still didn't hang up, of course it wasn't that Lingmu was afraid of her.

  "Hmph! The equipment that Cyclops exploded last time..." Wu Jingcheng hummed with satisfaction.

  "That's mine!" Before she could finish speaking, Ling Mu interrupted, "No need for nonsense, I'll wear them all on my body and never take them off."

  "Petty! I didn't think you'd ask me for it!" Yu Jing Cheng had an expression that knew exactly what he would say.

  "What do you want to do?" Ling Mu was really puzzled.

  "Help us with the instance!" Yu Jing Cheng said.