Chapter 29: A New Mission

  Since he had discovered the Mercenary Guild and had nothing better to do, Xiao Yu thought he might as well take on a quest. He headed towards the Mercenary Guild, where many players were coming and going, all of whom had either just accepted a quest or returned from completing one.

  "Excuse me, sir, are you here to accept a mission or post one?" asked a middle-aged NPC from the Mercenary Guild.

  "I'm here for the mission." Xiao Yu replied.

  "This is the task list." The middle-aged NPC took out a task list and handed it over to Xiao Yu.

  Xiao Yu's gaze fell on the task list, and his eyes were dazzled by the numerous tasks listed in detail, which was simply too many to take in.

  "What tasks are suitable for a level 7 thief?" Xiao Yu asked the middle-aged NPC, his words causing nearby players to glance over.

  "This guy is actually level 7."

  "Awesome." The players next to him whispered, currently the entire Evil Alliance has only a few hundred level 8 players, and although there are tens of millions of level 7 players, even in Tabak Town, there are at most five or six people. Seeing a level 7 player, these people can't help but be surprised for a moment.

  The middle-aged NPC pointed to the task list and said, "These tasks are suitable for thieves. The most rewarding one is this task released by Odie, the thief mentor, with a certain probability of obtaining epic skills."

  Taking a glance at the task list, isn't this the same task I did myself? However, the task posted by Thief Mentor Ode in the Mercenary Guild is different from the one received by Xiao Yu. Thief Mentor Ode only posted one ring.

  Xiao Yu shook his head and said, "Let's change to another one."

  "Other task rewards are slightly worse, and relatively simple. This task, Desert Hunter, kill the Desert Hunter, the Desert Hunter is a level 5 BOSS, reward is twenty gold coins, choose one of Thief's level 5 blue armor leg guards or Warrior's level 5 blue armor leg guards. The recommended number of people for this task is three or more." said the middle-aged NPC, pointing to one of the tasks.

  "Level 5 BOSS?" Xiao Yu muttered to himself, thinking that with a three-man team, he might have a chance. The generous quest rewards piqued his interest - twenty gold coins was equivalent to several days' worth of gains for him, plus a blue-grade leg armor that greatly tempted Xiao Yu.

  He touched the two bottles of medicine in his backpack, and with his own stealth skill, if he really couldn't beat them, he could escape at that time. Thinking of this, Xiao Yu finally made up his mind and said, "Let's take on this task."

  "Alright." The middle-aged NPC started recording, then handed Xiao Yu a task card and said: "This is your task record card, please keep it well. This is a special task, other players can also accept the task, if you encounter other players who are also doing this task, the task reward will be calculated based on the contribution degree of the task."

  This is the rule of killing tasks, to put it simply, if Xiao Yu cooperates with others to complete this killing task, and Xiao Yu kills 50% of the Desert Hunter's blood volume, he can get 50% of the task reward. Of course, it's not just based on blood volume, the main brain will reasonably distribute rewards according to the player's performance in the task.

  Xiao Yu took over the task record card from the middle-aged NPC and put it away.

  "Wishing you good luck, may your ancestors be with you."

  After receiving the task, Xiao Yu walked out of the Mercenary Guild.

  "Hi, see you again."

  A familiar voice came from beside Xiao Yu, and when he looked over, it was Jihu, who had actively sought him out to form a team last time.

  Xiao Yu nodded and said, "Hello."

  Xiao Yu swept a glance over Ji Huo's equipment, and saw that he had three more pieces of green gear on him. Looks like he was doing pretty well too.

  "Have you reached level 7?" Ji Huo looked at Xiao Yu and said, Xiao Yu's leveling speed had indeed surprised him for a moment. To think that he and two other skilled players had formed a team and only reached 9% of level 7 so far, yet Xiao Yu had also reached level 7.

  "Yes." Xiao Yu responded, and should have learned about the gathering of fire from those players just now.

  "Those two are my teammates, Fēng Lì, a level 7 undead warrior, and Xuě Gāo, a level 7 healing black mage. We're about to do a quest, would you like to join us?" Ji Huó invited, Xiao Yu's leveling speed was so fast, his skills must be good. In this small town where chickens don't lay eggs, it's hard to find a skilled player, which is why Ji Huó kept inviting Xiao Yu so persistently.

  They all reached level seven, Xiao Yu couldn't help but glance at Jihuoshou's two teammates. The sharp-featured one was wearing thick leather armor and looked to be around twenty-three or four years old, while the one called Xue, who looked like a pretty young girl, was probably around twenty-one or two years old.

  "No, I just received a task and was about to do it," Xiao Yu replied. Xiao Yu is not used to interacting with people, and has always been skeptical of teaming up. If he were to find some mediocre teammates, it would be nothing but trouble for himself. Moreover, the equipment obtained from teaming up would have to be distributed in a certain way, which could easily lead to disputes. All these reasons had basically dispelled Xiao Yu's idea of teaming up. Cooperating with people once or twice was still acceptable, but forming a fixed team was something Xiao Yu's heart rejected.

  Xiao Yu didn't seem to like teaming up, so Ji Huo smiled and said, "Alright then, let's just add each other as friends. If you need any help in the future, feel free to call us."

  Don't hit a smiling face, since Ji Huo is so sincere, Xiao Yu also added Ji Huo as a friend.

  "We will meet again."

  Xiao Yu bid farewell after passing by the Huo Ji and walked out of the Mercenary Guild.

  "Ji Huo, isn't that the one who actively invited you to team up last time but rejected you?" Feng Li walked over and asked.

  "Not bad." Jihu replied, watching Xiao Yu's back disappear into the Mercenary Guild's entrance. To be honest, he had developed some curiosity towards Xiao Yu in his heart.

  Sharp and arrogant, with a proud heart of Ji Huo, how could he repeatedly invite someone to team up, this is not like Ji Huo's style.

  "It's strange, isn't it? I'm also surprised. I have a hunch that this person is very strong, a lone thief who levels up just as fast as we do in a team, and his equipment is even better than ours, which proves his strength. If we could invite him to join us, it would be our honor, but unfortunately, he seems uninterested in joining a team." Ji Huo said with some regret.

  "En, today's first update. Currently planned for one update in the morning and another around 6 pm. There may be additional updates occasionally. Still seeking votes."