Capítulo 29: Learning more about the world
"Old man, where can I buy skill scrolls in this village? Also I have some other crafting materials to sell such as wolf teeth, do you know who might buy them?" Leo asked the old tailor who scratched his chin and thought carefully.
"As for skill scrolls, I'm afraid you won't be able to buy them in this small village, scroll shops can only be sold in tier3 towns and higher while this is only a tier2 village.
The nearest town from here is at the foot of these mountains and if my memory does not fail me, it does have a skill scroll shop, however, it would be best for you to buy them at the royal capital.
As for the other crafting materials, I'm sure any blacksmithing shop here would buy them from you as long as they can be used to make jewellery or ornaments" the old man answered as Leo learnt new information about the world of Terra Nova.
In Terra Nova, the classification of settlements was done in tiers.
A settlement of less than 1000 people was designated as a tier4 village.
The people of such settlements had a very nominal obligation in the form of annual taxation towards the empire and they usually enjoyed autonomy in internal affairs.
Tier4 was the lowest evaluation for a village and it went up to tier1 when a village had more than 10,000 residents but less than 20,000 residents.
When a village crossed the 20,000 resident mark, it had to formally apply to become a town after which some important government buildings were erected in the settlement and a small garrison of royal troops were stationed inside.
The village was then promoted to a tier4 town and was appointed a mayor who was the government's point of contact in the settlement.
The people of a town contributed more to central taxes and while they still elected local officials, they also fell under government purview.
But being promoted to a town was still beneficial to villages as becoming a town meant that the government would find infrastructure projects to connect the town to the main road network and would invest in the local industries to give them a boost.
In 9/10 cases the settlement saw modernization of the economy and rapid expansion that led to the locals becoming wealthy and living a better life which was why most tier1 villages pushed to become proper towns.
Becoming a town was also important because certain businesses were only allowed to operate within towns and could not be opened in remote villages.
A skill scroll shop was one such business alongside libraries, government schools and professional universities.
This trend continued upwards and the benefits only increased as a tier4 town upgraded to a tier3 town all the way up to a tier1 town which was pretty much the ceiling for most places.
To officially be given the status of a City, a settlement needed to have at least a million inhabitants and a robust economy and even then it took years for most settlements to get that status.
Living in a city meant that the security of traders and citizens was guaranteed by the empire itself and it was a hotspot for job opportunities and quality of life.
Taxes were high when living in a city and government intervention was direct in its policy making and governance.
'Lords' looked over cities and usually they hailed from influential families or were great war heroes.
Living in a city was the dream for most and some features unique to cities were places like auction houses, merchant associations, banks etc.
Most well known universities for higher education were located in cities and owning land inside a city was considered to be prestigious within the NPC social circles.
The city tier list also went from tier4 all the way up to tier1 when it was given the title of 'Metro City' of which there were only four in the entire empire.
Finally, there was the royal capital itself, the city which was the heart of the empire and housed over 250 million people.
It was the residence of the royal family and was responsible for close to 40% of the entire empire's trade.
There was not a single reputable adventurer group or merchant union that did not have a branch office in the capital and the more prominent one's even had their headquarters there.
It was the place of dreams for most commoners and the place where most action in Terra Nova Online was bound to unfold with time.
Ofcourse Leo who only partially learnt about this tier system did not understand it fully, however, what he did pick up from the old man's wordings was the fact that this small Silverpine Village and all the others on this mountain were too small a place to give him opportunity for growth.
If he wanted to achieve something big he had to head off towards a bigger city and to do so he needed to buy a map of the surrounding areas.
"Old man, where can I buy a map that guides me to the nearest city? I'm planning to leave this town tomorrow since my work here is already done" Leo said as the old man immediately guided him towards the local shop that sold regional maps.
Thanking him, Leo left his store and after selling the remaining wolf parts for 1 gold coin he bought a regional map for 2 silver pieces which was automatically fed into his system map which expanded dramatically after his purchase.
[ System Notification - You have acquired a map of the western mountains, since your level exceeds level 10 you are free to leave your beginner village and travel as you please ]
A system notification informed Leo that since he had acquired both the regional map and had crossed level 10, he had satisfied all the conditions to leave the beginner village and was free to travel as he pleased.
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Raj_Shah_7152 Sorry for the information dump, but world building is also important *cry emoji*
I've planned a beautiful world and don't want to leave out any details for you all, hope you all appreciate it
Capítulo 30: Scamming With A Thick Skin
( The Silverpine mine dungeon, Unnamed group of players )
"Watch out! That rat's tail hurts like a whip" shouted a female player as she warned her friend to dodge the rat's tail, but despite her warning, her friend was unable to dodge and was slapped by the rat tail right in her face.
*Skadaadh*
The poor girl was hit hard across her face by the rat tail which left a deep laceration mark across her chin and prompted her to break down into tears instantly.
*Sob*
*Sob*
Her friend rushed to hug and console her, while the rest of the party tried to combat the massive horse sized rat that was living inside a secret tunnel of the mine.
After stabbing it using the beginner common sword and slowly injuring it to death by attacking from all sides, the group finally managed to clear the dungeon.
Apparently, the rat had been scared away by the wolves for the past few months, however, upon their death it returned.
The group of players who were given the quest to clear the dungeon by Leo accidentally discovered a small entrance to its tunnel which was coincidentally the hidden dungeon which Leo did not clear.
It took the players roughly 10 hours of hard work and a very tough boss-fight against the level 7 rat to clear the dungeon upon which they received a special reward.
[ You have received:-
1x Combat Skill Scroll ( Rare )
1x Combat Skill Scroll ( Common )
1x Old Map ( ??? )
5x Gold Coins
120x Silver Coins ]
The party of 20 received a lot of rewards, however, split between so many people it wasn't much.
"We can evenly distribute the money, but we can't distribute the two skill scrolls and the map" One of the party members said as he pointed out the problem with the loot distribution.
"We are supposed to hand over all the loot to the soldier anyways, but I highly suspect that he might only be after the old map" Another adventurer said as an internal strife soon broke out.
Some party members did not wish to hand over the loot while some party members wished to do so.
"This is not a system given quest, we might hand him the loot and get nothing, I say we give him nothing, that soldier has a lot of attitude for his own good anyways.
This map…. Let's use it ourselves and find out what it leads to! If it's so important for that soldier it's bound to be something good" One of the party members suggested, however, his view was immediately opposed.
"This is where you people don't understand MMORPG games…. Fucking noobs" The shortest and nerdiest looking guy in the group said as he flicked his hair and garnered all the attention upon himself.
"I've played all the popular MMORPG games since I was a small kid and this type of situation where you don't get a system quest but rather a verbal test are the missions that are the most important in the game.
These kinds of missions are usually chain quests and bringing the loot to the NPC usually prompts them to give us a linked second quest.
Yes, in the short-term we may have to suffer losses, but in the long term it will pay out to be something legendary!" He said as his simple speech convinced everyone in the room that if they contained their greed for a bit longer they will be able to earn much more.
Although there was still some opposition, the group eventually democratically decided to hand over all the loot in its entirety to the Virex soldier, not even taking out the gold for themselves, fearing that if they did not give him all the rewards maybe the next quest would not be triggered.
*******
( Leo's POV )
Leo was not sure whether he wanted to laugh or cry of laughter at the situation at hand.
He had 0 expectations of the adventurers actually clearing the dungeon and bringing him back the loot as the words that he had spoken to them were said only to look cool and he had no real expectation of his bait actually working.
Yet here they were presenting him with all the loot including the gold they obtained from the dungeon and Leo could barely hold in his laughter.
He was getting ready to move out of Silverpine Village and begin his journey as a true player when suddenly this group of adventurers arrived at his tavern and presented him with the loot.
From their greedy eyes and mannerisms, Leo could see that they were eagerly waiting for some more rewards to be issued for a job well done, however, Leo was not an NPC and did not have any obligations to pay them.
"Sir Soldier, as per your guidance we have completed the mission, we hope that through our measly efforts, we were able to assist a great being such as yourself" The nerdy player said as he kowtowed before Leo making the entire adventurer group behind him feel awkward.
"Yes you lot did a good job…" Leo said as he moved all the presented loot to his inventory before standing up and looking at all the adventurers in their eyes.
Everyone, especially the nerdy leader whose idea it was to present all the loot to Leo looked at him with anticipatory eyes, however, Leo said nothing and presented them with nothing before moving out of the tavern as if they did not even exist.
"Hey- Sir Soldier, please wait….. where is our reward for helping you?" One of them who was against giving the loot to Leo in the first place said as he chased after Leo outside the tavern, however, Leo just looked at him and said "Reward? When did I promise any of that?"
Saying so, he kept walking as at that moment the group of players realized that they had been scammed!
Many of them chased after Leo, demanding that he return their loot, while most others beat the crap out of the nerd whose idea it was to present the loot to Leo.
However, despite their pressure Leo did not crumple and acted like he did not even hear them as he kept walking straight out of town.
Those idiots had provided him with the loot of their own volition….. it wasn't his problem that they were scammed.
Internally he felt extremely giddy, but to not ruin his image he did not laugh till he was well away from Silverpine Village's boundaries and was sure that there were no more players chasing him.
Then and only then did he burst out laughing as he rolled around in the fresh snow and made snow angels.
"HAHAHAHA….. FUCKING IDIOTS" he said as he let out all his excitement by playing in the snow, not able to believe his good-luck in how easily he had scammed people to work for him.
Naturally, while he enjoyed in the snow, the players ranted on global chat about the NPC scam, however, Leo did not give a shit.
They could curse NPC all they wanted, Leo wasn't one anyways.
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