Chapter 131: The Second Commission
Chapter 131: The Second Commission
Xue Ye Hua had rich gaming experience and had seen plenty of people who would grab gear and run away.
She always thought she had a good eye for people, but today she had finally misjudged one.
This guy looked a bit like a little pervert, but no matter how you looked at it, he didn’t seem like someone who would cheat others. Moreover, to cheat someone as beautiful as her was unforgivable!
No way! This guy took the crystals. Sooner or later, he would have to log back in to exchange them with Morris. She wouldn’t leave; she would wait here for him to come online! If he didn’t log in, she would just accept her fate!
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“Brother Chen, I’ve got the quest details!” Fatty Tian received Chen Mo’s message saying he decided to accept the second commission. He immediately excitedly contacted the Worm Company. Half an hour later, he learned the content of the second quest. “It seems pretty simple. It just asks you to rescue the secretly imprisoned Princess Peraldili from the Land of Exile and help her escape from the Land of Exile.”
Damn, that’s called simple?!
Both rescuing the so-called Princess Peraldili and helping her escape from the Land of Exile were tasks that ordinary people couldn’t complete!
Forget about escaping the Land of Exile for now; that probably meant breaking out of prison in the Land of Exile.
Chen Mo already had plans to break out of the Land of Exile, so this quest suited him just fine.
The problem was how to rescue Princess Peraldili. If he hadn’t met Xue Ye Hua today, he might not even have known where Princess Peraldili was imprisoned, let alone rescue her.
He still didn’t know for sure, but Chen Mo remembered that a short while ago, he seemed to have seen a young, beautiful female NPC locked in one of the cells under the high cliff. It was highly likely that female NPC was Peraldili.
If she wasn’t, completing this quest would be incredibly difficult!
However, this quest was even stranger than the last one. The previous quest at least had someone else who accepted it, and he went to help complete it.
This time, it directly asked him to rescue an imprisoned NPC and help her escape from a place. What benefit would the employer gain from doing this?
He couldn’t figure it out, but it involved a huge reward, so Chen Mo immediately returned to the game.
As soon as he appeared in the game, Chen Mo saw a black light slashing towards him.
Chen Mo was terrified and hurriedly dodged. Only then did he see it was Xue Ye Hua attacking him.
“What do you think you’re doing!” Chen Mo was furious. Xue Ye Hua was really trying to hit him; if he hadn’t reacted quickly, he would have been struck for sure!
“What do you mean? You grabbed the stuff and ran. Did I wrong you?” Xue Ye Hua snorted coldly and made a move as if to continue attacking.
“Damn! Have you ever seen someone who logs off after taking stuff and comes back online in just over half an hour?” Chen Mo rolled his eyes, speechless.
Xue Ye Hua was stunned. Had she wrongly accused him? Did he really have something to do and left for a while?
“Here, 10 Black Iron-grade crystals. I still owe you 3; I’ll give them to you when I get them.” Chen Mo directly used action to dispel Xue Ye Hua’s doubts.
“Sorry, I wrongly accused you.” Xue Ye Hua apologized sheepishly. It was true what they say: once bitten, twice shy. In the past, she would never have doubted someone so easily. Even if she had doubts, she would have asked for clarification upon seeing them, not just attacked without asking like she did now.
“Forget it, I was at fault too. Let’s just forget it. I want to ask you something. Among the NPCs imprisoned below, is there a female NPC named Peraldili?” Chen Mo waved his hand, knowing he couldn’t entirely blame Xue Ye Hua. If he were in her shoes, he would also be suspicious, especially since they weren’t familiar with each other.
“Among the ten NPCs imprisoned below, there is indeed one named Peraldili. How did you know?” Xue Ye Hua looked at Chen Mo in surprise. This guy had only learned about this place a short while ago; how did he already know the name of one of the imprisoned NPCs inside?
So she really was there!
Chen Mo felt his spirits lift.
However, rescuing Peraldili immediately was impossible. He still didn’t know what Peraldili’s current situation was like. Even if he were lucky enough to rescue Peraldili, he still had no idea how to escape from the Land of Exile.
What he needed to do now was first raise his level to 15, then sneak into the valley to understand Peraldili’s situation.
Chen Mo now had one Gold and two Silver crystals in hand, which would give him a 70% experience reward. Plus the 5% from the Beast Cores, as long as he found Morris, his experience bar would shoot up to 75% in one go!
“Let’s go kill monsters.” Having made his decision, Chen Mo immediately left the high cliff and began searching for crimson monsters.
Xue Ye Hua found it a bit strange, but Chen Mo still owed her three crystals, so of course she followed him.
The two of them didn’t fight monsters together for very long. Just over ten minutes later, they were lucky enough to encounter three Black Iron-grade monsters.
Xue Ye Hua took all three Black Iron-grade crystals. With the debt settled, Chen Mo immediately parted ways with Xue Ye Hua, each going off to find monsters to grind. Being together was too inefficient.
However, Xue Ye Hua didn’t deliberately continue searching for monsters to kill. She just ran back towards the Teleportation Array where Morris was.
Inside the Teleportation Array, Qing Tian stood anxiously. When she saw Xue Ye Hua running over, she hurriedly went to meet her.
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“Sesshylow really isn’t affected by the poison of these crimson monsters.”
After Xue Ye Hua left, while Chen Mo was killing monsters, he summoned Sesshylow to help.
It wasn’t the first time. When Chen Mo was hit by these crimson monsters, he would continuously lose health, but Sesshylow was completely unaffected by the Toxin Damage.
Perhaps Sesshylow could play an important role in the Hunting Grounds!
Chen Mo had a sudden idea and came up with a plan.
Continuing to kill crimson monsters, Chen Mo felt his luck was pretty good. Along the way, he killed another Silver-grade monster. Finally, when there was only one hour left before the Hunting Grounds closed, he had gathered enough crimson crystals to level up once.
When teleporting over, everyone appeared randomly at some random location in the Hunting Grounds. But no matter where they were, Players could find the marked Teleportation Array on the map.
Comparing the map, Chen Mo headed in the direction of the Teleportation Array.
Over twenty minutes later, Chen Mo arrived in front of an ancient Teleportation Array. In front of the array were quite a few scattered Players; Xue Ye Hua and Qing Tian were notably among them.
“Mr. Morris, these are the crimson crystals I obtained.” Chen Mo handed over almost all the crimson crystals he had on him to Morris.
“Not bad, not bad! This is your reward.” When Morris saw the crystals Chen Mo took out, his eyes lit up, and he nodded in praise.
A holy light flashed, and Chen Mo’s Level increased to 15!
He finally reached Level 15. Damn, leveling up here was so hard!
Although it seemed like it only took a few hours to go from Level 14 to Level 15, the actual time spent was far more than that!
Xue Ye Hua was just about to greet Chen Mo, but then she saw him turn around and walk out of the Teleportation Array again.
What was this guy planning to do?
Xue Ye Hua frowned.
There were no monsters left to kill nearby. With only over thirty minutes remaining, you couldn’t go far before having to return, otherwise you wouldn’t make it back in time for the teleportation.
Therefore, Players who returned to the Teleportation Array at this time would wait for the hunt to end and wouldn’t waste time going back outside.
“Qing Tian, you teleport back first in a bit. I still have something to do!” Xue Ye Hua decisively made a decision.
“Yes, Sister Xue.” Qing Tian didn’t ask further. It was always Xue Ye Hua who worried about her; she didn’t need to worry about Xue Ye Hua.
Her black figure moved as Xue Ye Hua chased after Chen Mo.
“Brother Shui Huo, that Hunter is the person our boss told us to hunt down. Should we chase after him and kill him?”
Inside the Teleportation Array, a group of people looked at Chen Mo’s back and discussed.
“No need. The boss said the quest has made significant progress. We don’t need to bother with that Hunter anymore. Let him be; alone, he can’t cause any trouble!” Shui Huo Burong shook his head.
“Is the quest about to be completed?” someone asked excitedly.
“Next time the Hunting Grounds open, we can complete the quest and then all leave this place together!”
Shui Huo Burong’s words acted like a strong stimulant for the surrounding members of the Six Paths Guild.
Although they knew that performing special quests in the Land of Exile could yield considerable rewards, many Players from the two major Guilds here preferred to have fun in the outside world.
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“Little Brother Silence, time is almost up. If you don’t turn back now, you’ll only be poisoned to death by the crimson mist.” Xue Ye Hua caught up to Chen Mo and said with a smile.
“I’m not afraid of dying. But you, if you keep following, you’ll only end up dead too.” Chen Mo truly wasn’t afraid of death. He could already remove the Heinous Crime Title and become a White Name. Dying here once would only deduct 5% Experience.
Recovering that amount of Experience Points was simple. Even if he died once, Chen Mo could handle it.
“If you’re not afraid of dying, then I’m even less afraid!” Xue Ye Hua confidently puffed out her chest.
Over ten minutes later.
“You actually plan to enter this valley?”
Xue Ye Hua looked at the valley entrance ahead in surprise.
“Trying to sneak in won’t work. The two major Guilds have a large number of Beast Cores. They can exchange Beast Cores for some Town Portal Scrolls and will use the scrolls a few seconds before the mist descends to return to the bottom level of the Land of Exile.” Xue Ye Hua shook her head.
Such cautious people!
Chen Mo was inwardly surprised. These people could all become Black Names together to do a quest; they were indeed not simple.
Chen Mo originally wanted to take advantage of this time when everyone had to rush back to the Teleportation Array to make contact with Peraldili. But the arrangements of the two major Guilds ruined his perfect plan.
“It’s over. There isn’t enough time to return now. We’re going to die together.” Xue Ye Hua glanced at the time and shook her head. There wasn’t enough time left for them to return.
“Who said we’re going to die?” Chen Mo glanced at Xue Ye Hua.
“You have another method?” Xue Ye Hua was a bit doubtful.
This guy had only encountered the Hunting Grounds for the first time today. How could he possibly have a way to survive in the crimson mist?
“Of course!” Chen Mo replied calmly, while Xue Ye Hua became a bit restless.
“Come here. Either let me hold you from the front, or you hold me from behind.”
With less than two minutes left before the crimson mist descended, Chen Mo suddenly said something that made Xue Ye Hua freeze.