Not every Player joined the operation against the Marsh Drake.
After all, it wasn't a quest issued by the God of Games, but an operation that the Players of the Lancaster Hideout carried out on their own, and there were no clear rewards.
Even as they trekked through the sewers, snow and swamps in search of enemies that might not be there, many Players who were rational or less materialistic chose to live their lives step by step.
Of course, there were also Players who had other goals to strive for and didn't want to get involved in other matters.
And Zonyan Grayclaw was one such Player.
Even the God of Games encouraged him to return to his homeland and reclaim the glory that his younger brother Swordtail had stolen from him, even naming the quest 'Triumph of the King of Beasts', a domineering name that suited his taste. Naturally, he would work hard towards that goal.
Moreover, the God of Games seemed to know that the quest was difficult and couldn't be completed in one go, which was why he specifically assigned him a chain of quests.
And right now, Zonyan was working on the second quest in the chain: exchange achievement points for a ship that could cross the ocean.
There was only one source of achievement points: completing quests.
Both quests and side quests worked, but the points earned varied according to the difficulty of the quest.
For simple tasks, such as planting a certain kind of crop, one could only obtain one point after completing the task. However, if it was to hunt and kill a specific beast, one could obtain much more points.
That was why Zonyan would often look for Players in taverns who unwittingly ran into more difficult side quests, helping them complete the quests with minimal rewards in return for more points.
One should also mention that the reason he would ask for minimal rewards instead of free help was because the other Players seemed to trust the paid helpers more than the free helpers …
Moreover, there were quite a few Players who would occasionally accept quests like 'clearing a few dungeons', but they wouldn't let Zonyan help no matter how much he paid them. Whenever he tried to get close, they would look like innocent girls being targeted by a hungry wolf, screaming 'Black Hand, don't come near me!' and run away from him.
That made Zonyan's quest to earn points a little more difficult …
"I've finally accumulated enough points!"
It was fortunate that Zonyan didn't give up. Soon after the Players who hunted down the Marsh Drake returned to the Lancaster Hideout or the Unnamed Town, Zonyan helped the other Players who came to him and finally achieved his goal.
"It's finally done!" Joey, the rookie ranger beside him, cried with joy. "I don't want to clean other players' toilets anymore! Why would a clogged toilet receive a Side Quest? Is the God of Games that free?! "
"Ahem. Don't talk about the God of Games, or you'll get your account banned." Vulcan, who was grinding points in Tierra Blocks coughed dryly and reminded him.
"Brother Vulcan, you've been playing that game for the past two days. Is it that fun?" Joey also felt that it was not right for him to casually complain about God as a believer, so he immediately changed the topic.
"It's just so-so. I like 'Thunder and Lightning' more." Vulcan replied nonchalantly. "It's just that I'm now seven hundred thousand points ahead of the second-place player, and they wouldn't be able to catch up anytime soon. On the other hand, Miss Eleena's points are right behind me in Tierra Blocks … if I don't get a higher score … they're actually playing that now?! Ah, I'm dead. "
Perhaps because he was distracted, Vulcan's game that he had been playing for most of the day ended just like that. His entire body turned gray-white in dejection, and he slumped over the table, unmoving.
Joey, who had been hovering at the bottom of the leaderboard all this time, felt that he probably couldn't understand the thoughts of the gods at the top of the leaderboard.
For the rest of his life, he could only brag to his children and grandchildren that he was once in the top ten — on the day the game was released, he was the tenth player to finish the game and earn enough points to make it onto the leaderboard.
"Thanks for your help. With this, I can finally redeem the cheapest sailing ship!"
Zonyan didn't take Joey's complaints to heart, and thanked them from the bottom of his heart instead. "It's fortunate that the first quest chain is to find a trusted party member to complete the next quest," he said emotionally. "Otherwise, it would take me a long time to accumulate points if I had to do it alone."
"Wait. Isn't there only one type of ship to redeem?"
Joey asked curiously.
Due to the fishmen event, he had assumed that the redeeming ship Zonyan was talking about was the same as in the event, where there was only one default ship to redeem.
But from Zonyan's tone, it seemed that there was more than one ship to redeem.
"There are around seven or eight types of ships in the quest list … but the later ones require more points. We're just going to cross the sea, and we won't be fighting on the surface. Small wooden ships would do."
Zonyan answered.
After all, the most important part of the quest was to return to the Grayclaw tribe and challenge his own brother Swordtail alone. Crossing the sea was merely a prelude and preparation for the quest!
"Hmmm, that does seem to be the case …"
Joey nodded as well, completely unaware of how dangerous it was out at sea.
They didn't know that the ships in the quest reward were actually models that Xi Wei had made.
After all, the Players' development in the Valla Empire was considerably restricted, and it might not be a bad idea to develop overseas. Moreover, it would not be a bad idea to follow the Secret Eye Society's navigation routes to the Western Continent as well.
And since both directions required 'ships' — not the small, broken boats that would sink if they weren't careful on the fishmen's island event, but ships that could ride the winds and waves.
Though Xi Wei prided himself on his dexterity with his hands, he had no experience in crafting such things, which was why he needed a professional adventurer party to test his ship's performance.
Zonyan and the others clearly fit that role.
Unaware of their god's sinister intentions, the trio happily headed to the Gray Fjord via the Lifestone. After Zonyan chose to redeem his ship, he made a big fuss when he saw the small boat that suddenly appeared in front of him and was much better than the small, broken boat in the fishmen's island event.
In the end, they boarded the boat one after another, ready to take their first step towards the Western Continent.
Then, around ten minutes later, a massive whale followed the boat curiously, crashing into half of the boat with a single leap and slowly sinking it into the waters …
After another twenty minutes, the trio, drenched to the skin, swam out of the sea and walked miserably on the tidal flats.
Meanwhile, Zonyan felt like crying when he saw that the quest chain for 'Heading to the New Continent' had refreshed to 'Redeem Ships' …
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Chapter 183
Sea Crossing Boat
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