Chapter 106: Doubts
"Dragonborn, is the information confirmed?"
The blond human player with the game ID [White Light Competition - Nyarlathotep] spoke first and asked the elf in front of him who was wearing a blue robe and carrying a long staff on his back.
Hearing him speak, several players around him also stopped what they were doing and looked at the elf in unison.
"Of course, I am 80% sure. With the speed of the Blood Lion Mercenaries, the team escorting the secret supplies will arrive here tonight at the earliest."
Looking around, the last dragonborn nodded confidently.
Most of these people were professional players from the White Light Club. Before the Last Dragonborn resigned, he had been their colleague and captain for a period of time.
After he terminated his contract with the club, the captaincy fell to the human mage player in front of him, Nyarlathotep.
Compared with the elves, humans' talents are equally suitable for spellcaster players.
Although they do not have the extraordinary blood of the elves, humans have the innate skill of [quick learning].
This ability increases the speed of learning new skills and increases the speed of improving all skill proficiency by 1.15 times.
Perhaps the spell strength bonus alone is not as good as the elves' talents, but it is better in that the effect is more comprehensive.
Different from ordinary players, professional players use the valuable internal test quota provided by the club, so all the game content of these players are pre-arranged task lists.
For example, testing certain game mechanisms, exploring maps on a large scale, collecting background information on each major faction and high-level NPC information, confirming in advance which maps are suitable for leveling, where rare equipment and tasks may be hidden, etc.
It's more like they are working than playing games.
Now, the reason why they can take out their precious working time to help the Last Dragonborn with his tasks is because his tasks have the potential to unlock high-level faction reputation in advance.
The club judged that the value of helping the elves with this task was higher than their current task arrangement.
As for the Last Dragonborn who provided the mission information, since the club specially sent professional players to help him complete the mission and the main mission reward was also his, there was no additional reward for him.
Previously, after a series of careful investigations, the last dragon descendant gradually discovered that the mission he had accidentally received while on the road was actually very complicated.
Not to mention anything else, just when he was investigating the whereabouts of the missing mercenaries, he keenly sensed several times that the atmosphere was not right, and he tried every means to cover it up.
As he continued his investigation, the completion rate of the "Tracking" mission quickly rose to 100%. After the reward was settled, a new system prompt popped up again.
[System prompt: The 'Tracing' mission is completed, and you get 250,000 experience points! ]
[You trigger the B-level mission 'Suspicion']
【Mission Introduction: The mysterious disappearance of the mercenary group transporting supplies has revealed more obscure information. What is the truth behind the heavy fog?
Note: Depending on the player's choices in this mission, the plot development will change accordingly, so please choose carefully. 】
[Mission objective: Find the whereabouts of the 'Heavy Sword' mercenary group. ]
[Task Reward: 1,000,000 Experience Points]
[Completion rate: 0%]
On the night when the "Tracing" mission ended, the elf found an anonymous warning letter on the table in his hotel room, informing him to stop all investigations immediately, otherwise he would bear the consequences!
This instantly attracted the interest of the Last Dragonborn. Originally, he was not too concerned about this mission, but after receiving this warning letter, the importance of this mission immediately reached the highest level in his mind.
He noticed an interesting detail: the paper of the warning letter was very smooth and was not ordinary animal skin paper, but was made from some special plants as raw materials.
Out of professional habit, the Last Dragonborn had set aside some time during the past few months of gaming to study the background information of this world, which gave him a certain understanding of the behavior patterns of the NPCs.
Bandits of civilian origin and some ordinary mercenary groups certainly cannot get such high-end stuff.
Even if you occasionally get a few sheets, it is impossible to use this expensive paper exclusively to write letters.
Besides, these rough guys had no habit of using warning letters - if this job was given to them, he would probably be blocked in a dark alley by one or several masked men on a dark and windy night.
Then, everyone knows...it's nothing more than a monster explosion or being exploded by a monster.
To sum up, there are only two possible identities of the sender: the aristocracy and the imperial regular army.
Only those who are proud of their status and want to show that they are different from ordinary people in every way will use this relatively "formal" way of threatening.
While explaining the specific mission information to the professional players, the Last Dragonborn was also thinking about it himself.
Why do the White Rose Legion need ordinary mercenaries to escort their secret supplies?
If it was to conceal their tracks, then who were they guarding against? Who did they need to guard against?
After receiving the threatening letter, the elf changed his approach. He no longer openly investigated the whereabouts of the missing mercenaries. Instead, he transformed himself into an outsider wanderer mercenary and secretly investigated the local black market and mercenary union.
After systematically raising the favorability of several NPCs, based on some rumors heard in the black market and fragmentary information revealed in some side quests.
The last Dragonborn deduced that a new batch of 'secret supplies' was about to arrive in Manrchenko.
The missing mercenaries are most likely related to these 'secret supplies'.
In this case, as long as we intercept this batch of supplies, it will definitely trigger a bigger mission!
For example, a high-level camp with enough strength to be guarded by the White Rose Army opened a mission -
So, feeling that he was still unstable on his own, the Last Dragonborn simply called over a few good friends from his original club.
Based on the intelligence he had, the Last Dragonborn was confident enough that the White Light Club would cooperate with his actions.
The mission information that could potentially unlock a high-level faction was extremely valuable, enough to convince the club to agree to provide him with some manpower.
Moreover, if they are escorting some very rare materials, the club will also accept them with pleasure. Maybe after the official launch of the server, they will adjust the strategy and develop this place into a resource point.
As the person who discovered this place, he will also have a share of the resources here in the future.
Due to the 100-fold experience gained during the internal beta test, the average level of all players has now risen to level 57 or 58.
They are all top professional players, and they are able to fight even when facing a group of monsters around level 60.
As long as you can get the key mission information, even if you die once during the closed beta test, what does it matter? After all, this is just a game.
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