Back in his dorm room, Aldric saw that Nolan was still playing.
He didn't seem to be stopping until tomorrow morning.
Although his body wasn't moving at all, from the movement of his breathing, he seemed to be having a lot of fun in that game world.
Aldric on the other hand, took a bath first, and even ate dinner first with makeshift food.
Only after he was full did he return to playing Magician Online.
DING!
(Welcome back, player!)
When he reappeared in the city, he heard a welcoming voice in his ears from the game system.
The city was still as bustling as the last time he was here.
It was still day even though it had become night on earth.
From the looks of it, time in this game world moved slower so night came later.
Aldric took a walk to look around.
In this game, it's not just about fighting and increasing your strength.
Here, you can also accept missions that will of course reward you.
To get missions, you can go to the Magician's Guilds and join them.
That's a bit difficult as each guild has strict requirements to become a member.
However, without being a member, you can also get missions from the guild, but your rewards are cut more.
Of course, when receiving missions, there would be rewards from the System Game.
Most rewards are spiritual energy boosts that can be used to progress to the next stage, and sometimes they are artifacts or weapons, or spells.
Not long after, Aldric arrived in front of the Golden Lion Guild's headquarters.
It was a guild with a headquarters similar to a palace in small form, very luxurious. Even the entrance was guarded by two lions that were up to five meters tall.
They had very thick beards.
There was no restriction for anyone to enter. Everyone could enter directly without having to pass the inspection.
Aldric walked straight into the guild headquarters, finding a spacious hall with a long reception desk at the end while on each of the left and right walls, he found huge blackboards.
Hundreds or perhaps thousands of papers were attached to each of them.
They were lists of missions divided into different levels of difficulty, from easy, medium, difficult, to very difficult.
Aldric leaned closer to read them carefully.
(Looking for the missing monkey, easy difficulty, 700 Coins reward!)
(Guarding the cattle farm in Yellow Rose Village, medium difficulty, reward 2300 Coins!)
(Restrain the river water flooding the Wheat Village, hard difficulty, 5500 Coins reward!)
(Killing the Queen Bee in Ron's Family Villa, hard difficulty, 6000 Coins reward!)
"Hmm..." Aldric held his chin, thinking about what mission he would take.
The mission to kill the Queen Bee sounded interesting to him, especially since he used to keep bees in the village.
Maybe if he catches the Queen Bee, here he can raise bees too.
What made him hesitate was the difficult level of difficulty.
He wondered if his strength was enough.
His eyes kept scanning the mission paper which also had a picture of a Queen Bee that needed to be killed.
In shape, she is no different from a typical Queen Bee. It's just that she's completely gold in color which makes her very striking.
"Well, alright!"
After a moment of thought, he decided to take the mission.
He pulled out the mission paper and walked to the reception desk.
"I want to do this mission," he said, handing the paper to the receptionist.
The latter took it and asked, "are you sure?"
Her expression was a bit strange as she asked about it.
"Is something wrong?" asked Aldric in response.
"I will explain about this mission. Because of the Queen Bee's presence in the Ron Family Villa, the Villa became home to so many bees that the Ron Family members could no longer inhabit their villa. The problem is that it is so difficult to kill this Queen Bee. She is small but very fast, always able to escape when discovered. Quite a few Magicians have tried only to fail and suffer attacks from the bees."
"Ohhh..." Aldric was somewhat surprised to hear that.
It seemed that the Queen Bees in this world were indeed very different. Plus, how could one Queen Bee be followed by enough bees to fill a villa?
However, he felt there was a chance for him to catch the Queen Bee if she was just quick.
If he used Swallowed Sky, could the Queen Bee still escape?
Although the mission wanted him to kill her, capturing her should be the same.
What about the bees in the villa? They would surely attack him if he captured their queen?
That was what made it difficult for other Magicians.
Only, his body could not be scratched even by sharp crystals when his body power was active.
Could those bees' teeth penetrate his skin?
When he realized there was an advantage he had, he couldn't help but smile.
"I'll still take this mission," he said.
"Alright!" The receptionist couldn't refuse because he insisted.
He then took out a map of Eldorn Territory, pointing at a certain point.
"About three miles from this city, there is Spring Hill. Next to that hill is the location of the Ron Family Villa, you'll definitely find it when you get there. Come there, Mr. Ron is always waiting for someone who comes to work on this mission."
'Three miles, huh!'
Aldric realized it was quite a long distance. Without any money, he could not help but walk there.
As far as he knew, three miles in this game world was no different than on earth.
"Take this!" The receptionist took out a coin-sized token with the image of a lion.
"If you can complete this mission, you can be accepted into this guild," she added, giving a bit of information.
DING!
(You have officially accepted the mission, solving the problem at Ron's Family Villa. If you succeed, you will earn 20,000 Spiritual Energy!)
The notification from the System Game finally appeared.
Apparently, the game viewed this mission as solving the problem in the villa, not necessarily killing the Queen Bee.
Basically, if the problem is solved, then the mission is successful.
And the amount of spiritual energy obtained is also quite surprising. Aldric can advance to two stages with that amount of spiritual energy.
Aldric exited the city on foot, following the road to the south where on each side of the road were many vast farmlands.
Quite a few were traveling, they were using horse-drawn carriages, but he could only keep walking because nothing was free in this game.
The good thing was that there was no shortage of other people also on foot so he didn't seem out of place.
Those people had different destinations.
When there was a four-way intersection, everyone also divided into different directions.
Aldric was heading towards Spring Hill.
When he entered one of the roads, there happened to be a wide but shallow river on the side of the road, full of stones so the river looked clear.
He could see small fish in the river.
Sometimes there were people fishing, relaxing under a large tree that shielded them from the sunlight.
"I think I need to try something first."
Aldric thought of something, it was about using Swallowed Sky.
He could feel that Swallowed Sky's suction power was something he could control.
That was what he wanted to try, he wanted to control its power to the point that he could make his target just unable to leave but not be sucked into the black hole.
"That fish!"
He pointed his hand at a fish that was standing still.
Suddenly, a not-so-large black hole appeared behind the fish.
It was also something that could be adjusted, depending on what size he wanted it to be and it could appear quite far away from him as long as it was within his power range.
The fish, realizing there was danger behind it, immediately swam forward.
However, the suction power of the black hole instantly pulled at it, making it move backwards even as it continued to swim forward.
"Mm..."
Aldric reduced the suction power of the black hole to prevent the fish from being pulled into it.
When he increased his focus, it finally worked.
The fish stopped moving but not because it was stationary, but because of the balance between its swimming speed and the black hole's suction force.
"At this rate, it won't be hard to catch the Queen Bee!"
Aldric smiled with satisfaction, confident that this mission would succeed in his hands.
He continued on his way again, quickening his pace so that it looked like he was running.
After about 30 minutes, Aldric finally saw a green hill that was quite high.
It gave off a serene vibe with the wind coming from it relentlessly while the grasses flew in the direction of the wind.
Sometimes there were deer feeding, looking bigger than deer on earth.
From the moment he saw the hill, Aldric immediately saw a large villa beside it, surrounded by a high wall with an open gate.
Even from afar, he could see swarm after swarm of bees flying over the villa.
"Is it over there!" His eyes then saw a small cottage surrounded by an iron fence so small that even mosquitoes would have trouble getting in, let alone bees. It not only protected the cottage from the sides, but also from above, even below.
Aldric walked towards the cottage, which looked devoid of people from afar.
However, when he arrived nearby, he saw an old man inside the cottage, lying on a cloth swing with his legs crossed, seemingly asleep.
"Sir!" Aldric called out to him from outside, unable to knock on the cottage door due to the distance between the iron fence and the cottage.
Unfortunately, he was not awakened by his call, looking like he was actually fast asleep.
He searched for ideas to wake him up and finally decided to simply shake the iron fence.
Unexpectedly, the force he used turned out to be more than he expected.
The iron fence was shaken and it then shook the cottage, resulting in the old man falling off his swing.
"Ahhhh..." He instantly screamed, holding his back with a bad expression.
His eyes quickly fell on Aldric.
"Brat, what are you doing?" he asked in an angry tone.
"I'm here because I received a mission from the Golden Lion Guild to get rid of the Queen Bee in your villa," Aldric replied while showing the token he was carrying.
Ron narrowed his eyes when he saw the token, his emotions slightly lessened.
He forcefully stood up.
"I thought no more would come after so many failures. Son, are you sure you can get rid of that Queen Bee? She's fast and protected by her colony," he said as he walked over to him.
"I've come to try and I might just succeed," Aldric replied.
"Hmph!" Ron seemed unconvinced.
He eyed him up and down and looked like he wanted to shake his head.
However, instead of shaking his head, he waved his hand.
"Then go, I'll wait and see," he said.
"Okay!" Aldric nodded.
The old man probably thought he was saying nonsense, there was no point in continuing to talk to him. He just needed to prove his words.
Quickly, he walked towards the large villa while Ron watched him with narrowed eyes.
"This boy didn't even bring a protective suit. Does he want to die?" He wondered before returning to his swing.
Death was the risk of this mission, he wasn't responsible, so he didn't care.
Aldric quickly arrived in front of the gate where he could see the entire villa clearly.
It had two floors with a size of about 70×80, made of golden stone.
What was interesting was the large number of beehives hanging on the walls of the villa, occasionally dripping gold-colored honey.
With that number of beehives, who knows how many liters of honey could be collected.
That was a lot of money.
Aldric had not been disturbed by the bees yet, but he could sense their vigilance.
If there was any suspicious movement from him, they would surely attack him immediately.
'It's strange that such a large swarm of bees would live in a villa, what exactly do they want?'
Aldric wondered, knowing there must be something to the reason the bees were staying here.
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