14. Time-limited missions
Saloki looked into Sean's gaze, full of curiosity.
She could feel the man's disdain for her, but she could also feel the black-haired human in front of her guard visibly hesitating after the guard in her tribe made a request.
So Saloki was very curious, what was the reason for the young human to change his mind?
At this point, Sean's brow furrowed as a mission option appeared in front of him.
[Mission Name: Escort]
[Mission Type: Limited Time Mission]
[Requirements: Please send Saloki within three days. Snow Wind escorts you to the designated location and guarantees your safety. γ
[Reward: Wild Land - Snowwind Tribe Reputation +500, Proficiency Point +2, because the experience point has reached the current level limit, so you will get an additional Proficiency Point +1.] γ
[Mission Failure: Wild Lands - Snowwind Tribe Fame - 3000, the tribe will always regard you as an enemy.] γ
[Quest Punishment: Savage Lands - Wind Breaker Tribe Fame - 1000, all tribes that are allied with the Wild Lands - Wind Break Tribe will regard you as an enemy.] This penalty does not include other regions, but in some special cases it will cause subsequent mechanics to evolve and become a reference value for modifiers. γ
[Please note that once you accept the quest, the quest penalty will take effect immediately.] γ
A limited-time mission!
Limited-time missions, also known as random missions, are a type of mission that is also relatively rare in games.
How rare is it?
Like Sean, who has also taken on several legendary or epic missions in the game, although there are occasional unfinished records, he can be regarded as a person who has seen the world. But since he entered the game, this is the first time he has seen a mission like a "limited-time mission", and it is not in the game, but in this bizarre real world.
Limited-time missions were originally introduced in the game as a feature system.
It has a relatively high degree of freedom of triggering.
For example. If you find someone who is about to starve to death, there is a good chance that if they ask you for help, it will likely turn into you triggering a limited-time mission. The task is to give him food so that he doesn't starve to death, but because of the high degree of freedom, if you just give him food without telling him to eat slowly or not give him water, then he is likely to die or choke to death.
In this case, your mission will naturally be considered a failure.
And if you fail a time-limited task, then the penalty mechanism you need to face is a bit of a headache.
For example, if Sean fails the mission, he will not be able to get the mission reward. He even has to fight with the Snow Wind Tribe and the Wind Breaking Tribe at the same time, which is really worth the loss for Sean, because what he wants is to fish in troubled waters between these two tribes and squeeze the benefits as much as possible, if he is at the same time with these two tribes. Then Sean has no interest at all.
This is also the reason why he is frowning now, hesitating and tangled.
After all, according to his knowledge of the game's mission system. He was 100% sure that there would definitely be a new point in the time-limited mission. This means that a time-limited mission is a randomly generated chain of tasks. And all the series of tasks that involve the task chain, none of them are simple, even if they seem to be simple tasks on the surface, but in fact they will make the person doing the task feel tired.
Sean's gaze was fixed on the words "Keep it safe" written at the end of the mission requirements.
According to the urine nature of the game system, then the people of the Breaking Wind Tribe will definitely not give up in the future, and they will definitely try their best to continue to hunt down or assassinate the princess of the Snow Wind Tribe. So once you take on this task. Then Sean will have to maintain a high level of attention and vigilance for the next three days, otherwise once he lets Saloki. If Princess Snow Wind dies, then Sean really wants to cry without tears.
If it's a game, he can also take advantage of some bugs.
For example, taking on a task alone. Then use the advantages of guild players to confront the people of the Wind Breaker Tribe, and in this way forcibly suppress and reduce the difficulty of the mission. However, in reality, this approach is obviously impossible, because the enemy is not a fool. Princess Snow Wind is protected by layers, so they will definitely change their tactics, and if they don't do it, they will spread rumors in the realm of Ryan Kingdom and spread the relationship between Sean and the Savage Lands.
Although Sean does have some connection with the Savage Land, and has even begun to cultivate his power and foundation in the Savage Land, how can he say these things? Not to mention announcing it himself, even if someone spreads rumors, it can't be done, because Sean is at odds with the Pan-continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance because of the affairs of the Wild Land, and now it has even comprehensively and completely affected the relationship between the Ryan Kingdom and the Chamber of Commerce Alliance, but because of Sean's heroic image in this war with the Dabian Kingdom, the Ryan Kingdom must keep Sean no matter what it says for the time being.
But if this time spreads the secret of him and the wild land.
Whether it's true or not, those nobles in the Ryan Kingdom will definitely not let go of this opportunity to use and attack Sean. Even if the Chamber of Commerce Alliance intervened at this time, even if the Ryan royal family wanted to protect people, they would definitely not be able to protect it, because the resentment of the nobles was too great, and the territory occupied by Sean now was too big, big enough to make anyone blush.
Therefore, once someone spreads about Sean's relationship with the Savage Lands, it is an extremely unfavorable thing to see that Sean has not completely gained a foothold now.
After all, in this world, no matter what is important, it is strength.
And once you have enough strength, then often many things are well known, but as long as there is a fig leaf in the way, no one will ever tear it off.
Sean looked at the elven guard in front of him, who had only one breath left, and he knew that the reason why he still had this breath that he didn't swallow was entirely because he was now entering an invincible time similar to taking on a mission or under special circumstances, so this breath was hanging. If Sean refuses or agrees, then the guard will inevitably die on the spot, even if he doesn't agree. There will also be a time to thinkβas the saying goes, it's the countdown to the mission, and the elven guard will still die when this time is over.
In the bushes, there was a sudden sparse sound.
Saloki turned her head in shock, but the elven defender next to her immediately took her behind her by mistake, and her agility did not look like a defender using heavy equipment at all.
Seeing the two of them looking so vigilant, Sean knew that these two people were really like frightened birds now.
However, his face did not change in the slightest, for when he heard the footsteps, he knew who it was.
This is also one of the reasons why he is entangled in whether to take on this task, after all, what his true strength is, those people in the Wind Breaking Tribe are obviously very clear, so if there is really a confrontation and battle in the future. Then the other party will definitely make a move with enough certainty.
Even if it is a third-class tribe, the golden powerhouse will not flood anywhere, and it will definitely not withstand the slaughter of Sean and others like killing pigs and sheep. Therefore, after knowing Sean's true background and strength, the people of the Windbreaker Tribe will definitely not be so stupid anymore, but will start to use some tactics or conspiracy and other means - to believe that the Savage Lands will be after a long battle with the human realm. These guys have definitely a huge increase in IQ.
It was Cecilia who came.
Maybe it's because of the pity of Princess Saloki, or maybe it's because of the same sickness. Or maybe it's for some other similar reason.
In a word. Sean knew that Cecilia was moved by compassion.
"Sean." Cecilia's voice was soft, with a slight hint of pitiful grievance, which made her already very touching voice unusually charming.
Of course, it's the kind of endearing charm.
Sean sighed helplessly and turned his head to look at Cecilia.
It was a hazy and beautiful picture: Cecilia was still wearing a taupe adventurer's cloak, but her hood had been lowered. Her blonde hair poured down like a waterfall of brilliance, and her face had a look of aggrieved sympathy. The sunlight fell on her through the gaps in the leaves, and then shadows and coldness from the leaves spread like a carpet on the green grass and flowers that were still red with blood. Cecilia at this moment is as crumbling as a boat in a storm. Quiet and pitiful standing at the edge of the woods.
If it weren't for the blood around it, it would be so strong. - This is the first thought that came to Sean's heart when he saw Cecilia at this time.
"I know." Faced with such Cecilia, how could Sean be so ruthless to refuse?
"I promise you." Sean turned his head to look at the dying elven guard, and then said in a deep voice, "I will send the princess of your clan to the designated destination, don't worry." β
Hearing Sean's words, Saloki. Princess Snowwind looked at Sean with wide eyes for a moment, and there was obvious disbelief in her eyes. Then the next moment, she turned her head to look at the girl who had come out of the woods, and her eyes became curious again, for according to her knowledge of the human realm, women were only appendages, playthings, or vases for display and display by men, and it was always men who would always be dominant in any case.
But now, the young human male in front of her, whose strength made her feel a little unfathomable, changed her position in a sentence from this girl.
Saloki. Xue Feng couldn't help but wonder, could it be that the contents of the books about the human kingdom that he had spent a lot of effort and even money to buy were wrong? If this is the case, is there any need to continue collecting these books? Or is this actually a conspiracy of the human kingdom, in order to have a wrong understanding of the human kingdom, so as to do something that is likely to benefit the human kingdom?
As for the relationship between Cecilia and Sean, Saloki. Yukikaze doesn't think it's fake.
Because she has a mind that is more intelligent than a human being.
When the guard saw Sean agree, a satisfied smile finally appeared on his face, and then he used all his strength to say, "Please...... Her Royal Highness the Princess ...... Take it to ...... Vanilla Plains ......"
With that, the fighting spirit that the guard had been using to maintain his injuries was finally completely drained. The wound that had been suppressed immediately deteriorated rapidly at an alarming speed visible to the naked eye, and blood gushed out instantly like a fountain in an underground river, but the smell emitted was not a strong bloody gas. Rather, it was an extremely unpleasant rancid stench, and there was even a burning smell in it.
As for his heart, it had stopped beating minutes earlier.
"Uncle Akadan!" Saloki. When Princess Snow Wind saw the death of this guard, tears welled up in her eyes in an instant.
Several times she tried to pounce, but eventually stopped.
It's not because she's reserved as a princess, it's that she's also afraid, afraid that her weight will crush the corpse. Because at this moment, everyone could already see that the body of this Highland Elf guard of the Snowwind Tribe was decomposing at an alarming rate, which was obviously different from the normal death situation, because Sean could clearly see that the corpses of the other Snowwind Tribe guards did not appear in this situation.
So there are only two explanations for this.
The first is that it has been infected with a particular toxin. The second is that the guard used some kind of secret art.
If it was the former, Sean would naturally be able to find out at the first time, after all, the detection of the system still has a high authority in this regard; So Sean believes that this is the second case, and it is likely to be a special secret technique belonging to the Snow Wind Tribe. So of course he couldn't say anything, after all, this kind of secret art was something he could casually ask. Of course, if he is not curious, it must be fake, after all, this is the second time he has seen traces of secret art since coming to this world.
For the first time. Or when he fought Silver in the Savages.
In the woods. All that remained was the voice of Princess Saloki sobbing softly.
It's a little lonely.
There is also some helplessness.
Only, that's the reality.
β¦β¦
"I need an explanation!" A middle-aged elf who was not young in appearance roared like a lion.
The elves are a group that grows slowly and has a low fertility rate.
Compared with the situation that ordinary humans can only live to be seventy or eighty years old, this age is just an adult for the elves. Under normal circumstances, elves can generally live to be about two hundred years old, and at least one hundred or seventy or eighty years old. If it's a sanctuary-level elf. That lifespan can even be extended to more than two hundred and thirty years, but generally not more than two hundred and fifty years.
Longevity is also another racial characteristic of the elves.
It's just that the world is fair.
Because of their longevity, the chances of having children in this race are very low: many adult elves never even give birth to offspring in their lifetime. But it is precisely because of this low fertility rate. Therefore, the offspring born of elves have relatively strong natural abilities - provided that these elven children can reach adulthood, of course. After all, elven children grow up for sixty years, and elven children are much weaker than humans before they reach adulthood.
The middle-aged elf in front of him was only a high-ranking gold, so his age at this moment must be close to one hundred and fifty years old.
In the world realm of the elven race, after the age of one hundred and fifty, both the body and appearance will begin to age rapidly, and then the body and one's own abilities will also begin to decline rapidly. Therefore, the peak period of the strongest strength of the elven race was only in the eighty years from the age of sixty to one hundred and forty, which was basically similar to the situation of humans.
The middle-aged elf man was listed as the target of his anger, and it was an elf woman.
If Sean had been here, he would have been able to recognize that this elven woman was the sword dancer leader of the Windbreaker tribe against him.
Staring at the middle-aged elf man in front of him, the elf woman had a distinct expression of disgust on her face, which made the middle-aged elf even more annoyed. But before he could continue to speak, the female elf had already spoken: "I am on the same level as you, so there is no relationship between us who commands whom, so I don't need to give you any explanation. β¦β¦ Don't forget, hunt down Saloki. Princess Snowwind is your duty, and my job is to protect Master Seramir, so I don't need to follow your commands. β
"You!" The middle-aged elf man's face turned red, and the killing intent on his body suddenly began to surge.
"Instead, I think you need to give me an explanation." The female elf didn't care about the killing intent surging on the middle-aged elf's body at all, her voice was still cold and arrogant, "I sent you twelve sword dancers, but in the end, you only let three survive?" I think there's a gross misconduct in your command. Especially in the last confrontation, I didn't see you on the battlefield, where were you at that time? β
"Are you blaming me?" The momentum of the middle-aged elf finally broke out completely, he took a step forward, and the killing intent and momentum like a sea surged towards the female elf, and at this moment, the weaker elves around him could even hear the roar of crying like a wronged soul.
The murderous aura of this middle-aged elf was actually so thick and thick!
But.
No matter how strong this killing intent was, the Elven Sword Dancer Leader of the Wind Breaking Tribe didn't even frown.
Her face was still as flat as ever, and even the disdain was the same: "Because of your misconduct and lack of presence at the scene, I lost nine Silver Sword Dancers, and I will report this mistake to the Council of Elders when I get back." β
"Hmph, what about you?" The middle-aged elf clenched his fists and roared angrily, "The two Golden Sword Dancers who followed your actions died, what happened?" β
"That's because your information is wrong. β¦β¦ That dark-haired human is more threatening than you might think, and if it weren't for your absence, the princess of the Snowwind Tribe would have been dead long ago, and our mission would have ended. And now...... We've had to deal with a request for reinforcements, and the Council of Elders will ultimately judge it, and I'm sure you'll know what happened to you. β
"You ......"
Finally, the middle-aged elf, who couldn't hold back his anger, suddenly waved his hand and slaughtered the Sword Dancer Commander! (To be continued......)