Chapter 135 - Path & Quest
After burying the demon’s dead body within the range of the illusion formation, borrowing its power to conceal what occurred as to not leave behind any suspicion.
With that, and after cleaning the signs of the battle and the black blood that was spurted by the demon assassin, I quickly confirmed that all the evidences were erased.
At this point, my tension relaxed a bit as I laid on the grass while staring into the bright blue sky, now that the important battle that actually only went on for a few minutes only had ended, it was time to plan my next move.
After all, I ended up raising my level by a grand total of 41 levels, while the increase in my fighting ability was even more terrifying, albeit incurring a fatal danger in the very end which was resolved in the very end, this meant that my grand leveling plan had mostly shown outstanding success, but this also meant that my planned ahead has finally caught up with my present, it was time for another deep thinking session…
‘Should I enter the concealed gate regardless of danger with my current strength and put my life on the line to further develop my level and abilities?’
‘Should I return to Starry Night City and lead a leisurely life as the savior of the genius party?’
‘Or should I just go seek some hiding place to live through the next 9 years? It does seem quite possible with my current strength…’
Soon, after 5 minutes has passed,I opened my eyes.
Countless thoughts passed through my head, even useless ones, or plainly stupid ones that indulged in escapism…..
However, I had already decided on the cornerstones of my following path!
My number one purpose in the game as an overall is obviously survival, which lead to another purpose, namely ‘becoming stronger’, but even then, a life that only moved on these wheels would only be the life of battle maniac, while I wanted to be a survivalist, my whole life simply couldn’t be a life of running around to find ways of getting stronger while risking my life that I initially wanted to become stronger to protect, I didn't want to be such a paradoxical being!
So I decided to follow fate and opportunities! Slightly risking a bit to gain more along the way is okay as well, I also didn't want to become a coward as much as I didn't want to become an extremist!
Similar to how I used the opportunity of the oppression directed to Starry Night City to my own advantage, hatching the leveling plan of mine, transfering danger and tyranny into an EP pack, I wanted to follow through with my 10 years game life in a similar way!
It might seem like quite the normal option that usual players choose or something that just seems right without thinking, but to me I needed to reaffirm my stance so as to only take firm footsteps into my future path!
Of course, the Two-Floor Gate seems like quite an opportunity, but at its current danger grade, it’s more like a honey trap, so I decided to put it as the second choice in my list of opportunities.
While the first choice would of course be the only quest on my quest list…
[ Sudden quest! ‘Join the Lightning knight brigade’ is now in progress. ]
The quest that I had received due to the recommendation scroll that I obtained from the mysterious ‘Blue Beard’ who no longer had a beard the last time I saw him, was in actuality a major opportunity!
[ Quest: Join the Lightning knight Brigade!
Description: you have been granted a recommendation scroll from a person of authority, the first step is already cleared for you, join the ‘Class’ trial and attain a ‘Class’ of at least special rank.
Reward:
- Unlocking a ‘Class’.
- Officially granted a general position within the brigade. ]
Class trial!
Unlike normal games, there was no class assigning option at the very start of the game nor there was a class assigning quest in the tutorial village, however, I had encountered a class assigning quest right off the bat at the very beginning in the normal phase, yet I didn’t actively start it for two reasons.
Firstly, I was busy with the other leveling plot which threw itself at me. And secondly, there was actually a standard time at which one could truly start the quest.
[ Quest Initiation period: 30 day
Time passed: 22 days
Time left: 8 days ]
Consequently, the time to start this quest still had more than a week before it expired, which I had already put in my mind as the most possible target after I was done with the leveling plot.
The rewards were quite lavish after all, so it was time to head to the Lightning Capital!
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Thanks for the chapter.
A few errors:
"...the eleveling plan..."
Probably should be leveling plan.
"...that usula players..."
Probably should be usual players.
I blame quick typing
Will fix thx~
‘Should I enter the concealed gate regardless of danger with my current strength and put my life on the line to further develop my level and abilities?’
‘Should I return to Starry Night City and lead a leisurely life as the savior of the genius party?’
‘Or should I just go seek some hiding place to live through the next 9 years? It does seem quite possible with my current strength…’
Or, should I tell the authorities that there's a huge threat just outside (what I assume to be, due to poor grammar) the capital of the Empire?
Also, what happened to that orb the MC got from the Ape King in the tutorial? Did he use it, does he still have it, or did it disappear when the tutorial ended?
Poor grammar? ( I may have typos but it's not that bad )
Sure that's a choice to think about, but since there is still several months till the gate erupts he has time to think whether to use it if he is able to or just 'tell the authorities'.
The attribute orb of the Ape King is still with him, yes.
@Lightning_Asura
only tens of kilometers away from the Lightning Empire, which can be reached by Coach in half a day or so
The "Lightning Empire" part suggests borders, but the other parts, namely "only tens of kilometres away" and "can be reached by coach in half a day" suggest an actual place, such as a city. I assumed it to be the capital city, since it doesn't matter if it's just close to the borders.
Still, he could at least put it on the list, since it's a perfectly valid option. If it's not there, it makes it appear as though he didn't think of it, which pours cold waster on the whole genius part.
Was what the orb does explained? I'm confused if it was supposed to add to normal stats (Strength, Agility,...), add a new stat (Null element), or something else? (If answering this spoils anything, please feel free to ignore the question.)
@ShEsHy the Lightning Empire part was somewhat a figure of speech, as the Capital city is actually at the top front of the Empire, so once you reached the Capital you just stepped into the Lightning Empire in a true sense.
well, unlike what I said may have suggested, while he didn't put it as a prominent plan, it doesn't mean he incorporated them to the plan ( not to mention the fact that a random suspicious individual coming to your door step and unearthing a huge threat without going further into lots of troublesome matters would be not so 'genius' )
nope, it wasn't explained till this point, it will naturally be explained later at the right moment.
@Lightning_Asura
To be honest, that's confusing. The readers don't know what you know, we only know what is written, and without a map, I think it's best to be precise (not to mention that outside of city states, I've never encountered anyone using a country's name when they meant a city). Same goes for the MC. If he lists out his options, but leaves out a plainly obvious one, we can only assume he didn't think of it.
@ShEsHy it's true that it was kind of confusing, I was probably going to explain that soon, but it's somewhat my fault so I apologize if it was confusing for you ( though that doesn't count as poor grammar but poor explanation )
as mentioned in this chapter 'Countless' thoughts has passed through Ian's head, and only three were mentioned as examples, surely that implies that he thought of other options.
@Lightning_Asura
Yeah, you're right, I probably should've written poor sentence structure or something, but I usually just clump everything together. My bad.
Agreed, but it still felt weird that the second most obvious option was left out (the most obvious one being, coming back after getting stronger, which was also left out), while two of the three options listed were basically the same (leave and don't do anything).
@ShEsHy I would lastly say that he wasn't considering plans for the gate, but plans for what to do next about his self development, he wasn't thinking how to deal with the gate as a threat.
@Lightning_Asura
In that case, you can ignore the second paragraph of my previous comment.
And, of course, keep up the good work. Finding a decent non-smut/erotic/fanfic story on this site is hard (while on Webnovel it's pretty much impossible due to the virtually nonexistent filtering and 5 star review spamming for Spirit Stones), so I hope this one keeps going.