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Kapitel 28: The Resident Mage's Quest

Arthur watched the new notification and couldn't help but smile.

'Right on time.' He thought.

>Quest Updated<

——

Quest: 1. Deliver The Village Head's letter. [completed]

2. Listen to the Resident Mage's orders.

Info: The Resident Mage has certain suspicions. Help him clarify them and find the truth.

Grade: Common

Difficulty: Normal

Reward:???

——

So far all the chain quests were going in the order that Arthur had read about. Though he was still curious about what was about to come. After all, the users in the past had kept certain bits of information hidden.

Even the truth behind the Dire Rat Infestation wasn't revealed properly. They had simply shown the method to obtain the quest and progress it.

This was an important method to keep the information limited on future quests as well as other quests. After all, if one knew all the details about a quest and revealed them, there was a chance other users could make use of it and take advantage of it.

For people who acted as information brokers, this was a big no no and helped them maintain their monopoly over the information.

"Hmm… There's no doubt about it." The expression of the Mage became darker and his hands faintly glowed with mana.

"What's the issue Sir Mage?" Arthur asked.

"Something that I've dreaded for years has finally happened. The dark hands of an old foe are reaching out for their lost fortune again." The Resident Mage said mysteriously.

Arthur kept a serious expression too but internally he was thinking hard. With how many events that had happened in the future, he tried to see which one matched the best with the Mage's words.

"Tell me, young adventurer." The Mage spoke, pulling Arthur's attention. "Do you have what it takes to uncover vile schemes?" he asked.

"I do!" Arthur said decisively.

"GOOD! Since you've already cleared the sewers of the infestation and have shown your skill, I think you will be up for this." The Resident Mage replied before taking out a scroll.

The scroll seemed to be made out of sheepskin and had dark brown marks on it, probably from the natural weathering. It was clear that the scroll was very old.

'This is it! The First Key!' Arthur's eyes lit up.

The Mage opened the scroll, revealing a map on it. One could see a small village in the center of it. A forest at the south of it with a distant lake as well as mountains surrounding it from the east and west.

There was also a forest to the north, but it was a lot denser than the south. But the most interesting part was the designs that were drawn on it. It looked like they were indicating an old structure of some kind.

"I need you to go to this place." The Mage pointed to the ruins. "It is not a place that is easily discovered and is hidden within the northern forest." He stated.

Hearing this, Arthur had a curious question. "Sir Mage, have you not tried going there?"

"If I could I have gone a long time ago. But I am bound to this village and cannot leave." The Mage answered much to Arthur's surprise.

'Is he a location limited NPC?' Arthur wondered.

There were many such NPC's in several games and were common. They would only exist in a particular location or were bound to it and could not leave it for the most part.

The best example of this was the guards of a settlement. The other residents could leave if they had a reason, but the guards would mostly stay within the settlement or its periphery.

'It might not be that simple for the Resident Mage though…' Arthur reckoned but then responded to the old man. "I understand, Sir Mage. I shall then go to the ruins. Am I supposed to look for something or someone?" he inquired.

"Yes… Look for anything that is 'unnatural' and bring it to me." The Resident Mage said vaguely.

Arthur narrowed his eyes as this wasn't really a clear answer. Still he didn't question it further and simply nodded his head in acceptance.

"Very well, I shall do it!" Arthur answered.

And as soon as he did that, the notification popped up once more.

>Quest Updated<

——

Quest: 1. Deliver The Village Head's letter. [Completed]

2. Listen to the Resident Mage's orders. [Completed]

3. Explore the ruins in the northern forest and uncover any secrets within.

Info: The Resident Mage has asked you to seek out the ruins in the north. There is a lot more to them than he lets on. Explore well and find the secrets that hide within it.

Grade: Uncommon

Difficulty: Intermediate

Reward:???

——

'The quest increased in both grade and difficulty huh… That was to be expected.' Arthur was not discouraged, but was instead excited.

He knew that while difficult quests would be dangerous, they were also the ones that brought the most benefits.

'Plus I have more than one thing I need to do in the Northern Forest anyways.' Arthur thought before taking the sheepskin map. "I shall take my leave then, Sir Mage." He spoke.

"Mmhmm, take this with you too." The Mage handed back the monster core to Arthur. "This is tainted but can still be useful for you in the right situation."

"I'll take note of that." Having said that, Arthur took his leave and directly headed to the northern forest. Thankfully the Resident Mage's house was quite close to the northern gate, allowing him to reach it within a couple of minutes.

The guards there gave him an inquisitive look but then the effect of Arthur's new title showed its wonders.

"AH! It's the new adventurer I just heard about." One of the guard's spoke.

"Hello, I'm Arzhur." He replied politely.

The better he behaved with the NPC's the better it would be for him. Many players would soon learn the consequence of being rude or offensive to the NPC's thinking that Morpheus Online was like other games.


Kapitel 29: Leaving The Village

The guards looked at Arthur with a friendly look before going through their regular routine.

"So where are you going, new adventurer Arzhur?" one of the guards asked.

'They're certainly better behaved. If it was any other village guard and the players tried to go into the high leveled forest they would be scolded and turned away.' Arthur thought.

Each newbie villages had three areas that the players could hunt mobs in. The first area was the basic starter area with weak monsters similar to the rabbits that Arthur fought. The second area was a hidden area like the sewers that Arthur explored.

Then finally there was the more difficult area that as intended for players who were nearing the level cap for the village which was level 10.

This was the place that Arthur was heading to and was also the area that he had a previous quest in.

"I've been asked by the resident Mage to head to the northern forest." Arthur replied.

Hearing that, the expressions of the guards visibly changed.

"That old man actually talks to others?" The two guards looked at each other with bewildered expression.

"Didn't he hex Boyd last year when he went to check up on him?"

"Yeah, the old Mage hadn't gone out in six months so village head sent us to see him."

"Then he turned the kids bald when they kicked their toy balls into his yard."

"Oh yeah that too… poor kids. Two of them are still bald."

The more Arthur listened to the guards the more he realized how lucky he was.

'So these players just got the usual treatment… Even the forums didn't have this lore about the Mage. Seems like it is only revealed if you have the title Dedicated Kestrel village adventuress and get his quest too.' Arthur reckoned.

There were many bits and pieces of interesting lore that one might just take as flavor text. But in Morpheus Online, nothing was just 'flavor' everything had a reason behind it along with a meaning.

If one could pick out the clues and hints in them, they could do really well.

There was even a special guild of players that got famous after the first year of the game's launch.

It was called as Lore Gluttons and they were among the top ten guilds of the game. The strangest thing was that they weren't even that strong skill wise. But they all had equipment and special alliances that could allow them to tower others with ease.

They would hunt for interesting bits of information to uncover grand quests.

It was from these hidden quests, that they would gain priceless equipment and more.

Even Arthur had desired to join them once upon a time, but was rejected after failing their test.

'If I had managed to finish that final quest, I might actually have been able to get into them.' Arthur recalled his 'death inducing' quest.

Shaking his head to drive away bad thoughts, Arthur focused on the present.

"Ahem!" he coughed loudly to interrupt the guards who were animatedly talking about the resident Mage.

"AH! Arzhur!" The guards turned to him again.

"Can I go? If there are no issues." Arthur inquired.

"Of course! Just watch out for beasts that are wandering in the inner area of the forest. Even for your skills they would be too much." One of the guard's said.

"Also be careful of bandits." The second one added.

"Bandits?" Arthur furrowed his brows.

As far as he could recall, there were no bandits around the newbie village. They were one of the first humanoid mobs that the players would encounter. Their levels were usually level ten or above, thus they wouldn't appear at a newbie village.

"Yes, there have been a few sightings of them. We already warned others so no one goes there." The first guard said in a relieved tone.

"At least our work hasn't been increased because of them. Though there is no telling when the Village head will ask us to hunt them down." The second guards replied.

"Hah! I wouldn't be surprised if Arzhur here can do it after some time too." The other guard joked not knowing that it would come true not long after.

To Arthur though, the guards' conversation had just given another hint.

>Quest updated!<

——

Quest: 1. Deliver The Village Head's letter. [Completed]

2. Listen to the Resident Mage's orders. [Completed]

3. Explore the ruins in the northern forest and uncover any secrets within.

4. You've learned that there are bandits in the Northern forest. Eliminate them or gather more information about them.

Grade: Uncommon

Difficulty: Intermediate

Reward:???

——

'Of course, it would add more…' Arthur internally chuckled.

Though he was still a bit surprised that there was a quest like this.

'Looks like my early attempt at quest has given a different scenario. It does make sense that the forum had no information about this. After all, the quest was issued nearly three years after the launch.; Arthur reckoned.

"I'll keep that in mind. I'll come running back, if I see some I can't fight." Arthur replied. "I'm sure our strong and brave guards can take care of them with ease." He praised.

"Hah! Of course! If you find any one suspicious come back and report to us." The guards said with a smile.

>Reputation with Kestrel Village Guards has risen!<

Feeling pleased at the notification, Arthur gave a polite nod before leaving the village. He headed straight into the forest, while following the map given by the Resident Mage.

"Hmm…. I first need to find the ruins, then I can do the second step." Arthur muttered while his eyes scanned around.

~Rustle~

It was at this time that he felt a few bushes shake!

Arthur immediately pulled out the Black Tear Sword and was ready.

The bushes shook once more before a brown blur jumped out of it.

Clang!

Arthur held up the short sword in front of him, blocking four sharp claws with it!

"First mob of the Northern Forest. Here we go,"


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