Chapitre 22: Chapter 21- Morning Bird

It was only 5 AM when Zach woke up, so he regretted sending a message to Aurora.

"She must be sleeping, right?" he wondered. 'And even if she wasn't, there is no way she can get ready within 30 minutes.'

Zach went downstairs and saw many players were already awake and they were having a meeting.

'I do think a bigger team would help me level up fast, but more team members means more dead weight. I only want to level up with strong players, so I won't have to worry about saving them or help them in any sort.'

The inn had the facility for breakfast and dinner. Hence, the players who weren't interested in playing just lazed around all day and enjoyed the scenery of the beautiful world.

After having a light breakfast, Zach made his way to the garden, where he was meeting up with Aurora. However, he stopped in the cafe along his way and bought two cone crepes similar to what Aurora was eating last night.

Zach was the type of person who always chose to save money wherever he could, but he never held back when it came to food. He believed that food is essential and the price must be paid. But that was wavering now.

"Ten coins for this crepe?" He sighed and went to the garden.

Zach was expecting that Aurora wouldn't be there, but she was waiting for him. He walked to her and handed her one crepe. "Here."

"I just ate one, but thanks," Aurora said as she took the crepe from Zach.

Zach bought the crepe for her because he wanted to gain Aurora's favor by being kind to her. He still couldn't completely trust Aurora and didn't want her to backstab him later, so he was earning brownie points from her. It was just his plan. He also owed 1499 coins to Aurora, so he had no other choice.

After eating the crepe, Zach reached his hand to Aurora and said, "That was ten coins."

"Wha-! Are you seriously charging me for the crepe?" Aurora asked with a surprised look on her face.

"You bet I am."

"I thought you were giving it to me…" Aurora sighed and asserted, "And you already owe me the coins worth 149 more crepes."

"So, where are we going today?" Zach tried to divert the topic.

"Where do you want to go?" Aurora asked. "Have you seen this entire world yet?"

"Not interested in that," Zach replied.

"This world is of 25 KM radius. That means a player can explore one world in one day."

"I said I am not interested in that."

Aurora matched her pace with Zach and said, "You can get special quests from the NPCs, extra bonuses, and secret treasures, hidden maps. At least, that's how other VR games work."

"For a princess, you seem to have too much time on your hands that you can play and explore the worlds in other VR games," Zach commented.

"At first, my father was against it, but I convinced him by saying I can learn many things such as practicing real-time sword fighting with opponents, getting accuracy in shooting, and many more things."

After a brief pause, she continued, "He reluctantly agreed but made sure to send two maids with me to keep their eyes on me and report everything back to him. Of course, I wasn't allowed to talk with boys."

"Then you must be enjoying your freedom here," Zach joked with a grin on his face.

"The maids died because of me. I can't enjoy my freedom like this," Aurora muttered.

After reaching the center of the first world, Aurora turned to Zach and asked, "So, have you decided where we are going?"

"You said the tower gives equipment and rewards. While the dungeon gives skills and EXP, am I right?"

Aurora nodded and said, "You can also get rewards and EXP by completing your quests. Once the player has reached level 5, they receive personalized quests depending on their gameplay, personality, and class."

Zach opened his quest menu to see the quests before deciding on where he should go next.

[«Quest- Equip a Gold Rank Weapon.»

‹Time- ∞.›

«Reward- 500 Epic grade material powder. (Can be used while crafting new equipment to boost its stats. One powder = 10 points.)»]

"This one is old." Zach looked at his inventory and furrowed his brows. "Say Aurora. You also had a quest where you had to equip a gold rank weapon, right?"

Aurora nodded and pointed her finger at her sword. "Here it is."

"So if the player equips a weapon with a higher rank than gold, will the quest get completed?" he asked with a puzzled and curious look on his face.

"I don't think so." Aurora shook her head. "You will need a gold rank weapon to complete the quest."

"Hmm~" Zach hummed in wonder and gazed at Aurora's gold rank sword. He pointed his finger at it and said, "Can you show me your weapon?"

"What… are you going to do with it?"

"Just give me."

Aurora reluctantly handed her sword to Zach.

"Heh!" Zach smirked and equipped the gold rank weapon.

[Congratulations! Quest 'Equip a Gold Rank Weapon.' has been completed!]

[Congratulations! You have received the reward of completing the Quest. Reward- 500 Epic grade material powder.]

"That was… easy…" Zach muttered. He glanced at Aurora and saw her staring at him with her jaw dropped in surprise.

He unequipped the sword and gave it back to Aurora.

"Here."

Even the gods couldn't stop him from cheating the system.

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Chapitre 23: Chapter 22- Personalized Quests

"Now, let's see my new personalized quests."

[«Quest- Slay 1000 monsters of any difficulty.»

‹Time- 24 hours.›

«Reward- 50 Royal grade jade runes.»]

"What is a jade rune, and what does it do?" Zach asked Aurora.

"It depends on how you want to use them. You can convert them into coins; 1 normal jade is worth ten coins."

"You can use them to upgrade your equipment and enhance their stats, but in my opinion, you shouldn't use them in that. It's not worth it."

"Then you can use them to craft items. Uhh, it's like a material used for crafting. But that's only for those who have the crafting ability."

"You can also use them as normal runes and exchange them for the artifacts in the magic shop."

"Magic shop?" Zach uttered in wonder after hearing that. "What's that?"

Aurora squinted her eyes and said, "You haven't read anything about this game, have you?"

"If I start reading everything, then it will take me a week to read everything. It's that long," Zach replied.

"Magic shop is a personalized shop; where you can buy and sell your unique items, and get anything you want in return. However, the magic shop rarely appears, and it differs from player to player," Aurora explained.

"I see…" Zach pondered, 'I wonder if I can find gloves there.'

[«Quest- Cultivate 5000 MP.»

‹Time- 7 days.›

«Reward- ???.»]

'That's easy. But what's with the reward?' Zach thought the reward wasn't guaranteed.

[«Quest- Do something you would never do.»

‹Time- 1 minute.›

«Reward- 1 coin.»

«Penalty- 50% of your bank amount will be deducted.»]

"What the—!" Zach remembered what Aurora told him a while ago. 'Once the player has reached level 5, they receive personalized quests depending on their gameplay, personality, and class.'

'Sons of bitches!' He cursed the gods.

Zach was lost in thoughts. There were so many things he would never do, and he was thinking of something easy as he had only one minute left to complete the Quest.

"I guess I have no other choice…" Zach placed his hands on Aurora's shoulders and gazed into her eyes with a serious look on his face. "Aurora…"

"W-Wh…at?" Aurora stuttered with a flushed face.

"I am going to do something I would never do to anyone," Zach asserted in a solemn voice.

Aurora's face flushed even more as she said, "Ok…ay."

'I can't believe I am really going to do this…' Zach sighed and asked, "Are you ready?"

Aurora quietly nodded, with her face still flushed red.

Aurora closed her eyes and waited for Zach to do something. Suddenly, she received a prompt on her screen.

[Zach has sent you 100,000 coins. Press 'yes' to accept.]

Aurora lost all her excitement and asked, "What is this?"

"Accept it. Don't ask any questions."

Aurora pressed 'Yes', and 100,000 coins were transferred to her.

[Congratulations. Quest 'Do something you would never do.' has been completed!]

[Congratulations! You have received the reward of completing the Quest. Reward- 1 coin.]

Zach sighed in relief and looked at Aurora.

"Why did you give me money?" Aurora asked with a confused look on her face.

"I had a quest. Now give me back my money," Zach uttered nonchalantly.

Aurora's face twitched in frustration. Her expectations were betrayed twice within 10 seconds.

Zach could have given her only ten coins, but that was a normal amount he would have given to anyone in need. He could also give 100 coins to his friends, even 1000 coins. But he would never give 100000 coins without a valid reason provided by the opposite party.

Of course, there were many other things Zach could have done. For example, kissing Aurora, flipping her dress, spanking her butt, groping her; those were the things he would never do to the girl he barely knew. But he chose to do the simplest thing possible. After all, he had to survive Aurora's wrath later.

Aurora returned 98511 coins to Zach and said, "I have deducted my payment for healing you." She smiled in a creepy manner and added, "Enjoy."

Zach turned his face to the side and muttered, "Girls..."

As Zach had completed the Quest, he received a new quest.

[«Quest- Deal 30000 DMG within 1 second.»

‹Time- 10 hour.›

«Reward- 500 Magic Shop points.»

Zach didn't know what shop points were used for, but he had a pretty firm idea. However, he chose to confirm it with Aurora.

"What do shop points stand for?"

He expected Aurora to answer, but she didn't. She simply 'hmph'ed' Zach and averted her face to the side.

"Princess is sulking."

Zach opened the info tab and chose to read it himself. He scrolled to the shop system and came across the magic shop system.

'Shop points can be used to summon the magic shop. They can also be used to buy items from the magic shops.'

(Each summoning cost 500 points.)

'All of my quests require me to slay monsters. So let's go to the dungeon and clear more floors. I already have enough MP to finish the first two quests, and I can cultivate once I get back from the dungeon.'

Zach turned to Aurora, who was still pouting, and said, "We are going to the dungeon."

They then made their way to the dungeon.

'I will reach level 10 today and unlock my secondary class, no matter what happens.'

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