NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 143: Daily Quest #3
For the remainder of the lengthy gathering discussion, Firecracker spoke no more words. Even when Orlando and Goro mercilessly poked into the open wound, he held strong and bled tears of blood. Eventually, he began to think that heading back to Hoshito wasn't sounding like such a terrible idea anymore.
'The old man Branchmaster did say that I should return whenever I could… Hmm… It's decided! I'm returning to Hoshito until a good job opportunity opens up! With my hundreds of millions of USD in savings, I can live comfortably for the rest of my life, so I am in no rush.'
After the gathering came to an abrupt close with the sudden halting of the unnatural tremors, all of the gathered S-Rank and A-Rank Hunters scratched everything they proposed. The past couple of hours had been deemed a big waste of time, so it was no surprise that most of the Hunters left the old mansion in soured moods.
At least, that was the case for everyone except for one…
'Perhaps I should retire early and quit Gate conquering altogether? I'm already filthy rich, so what is even the point anymore? The other Hunters can surely handle the high-ranking Gates on their own! What do they need me for??'
Firecracker considered many things while leaving the area and completely ignoring the hounding by his two friends. He ignited his hands and feet and shot into the air under two streams of fire. His friends were left in his dust, with his destination being a city located on the other side of the country.
It was retirement time!
He was ready to truly begin enjoying life! A new kind of life!
Screw his friends and screw his work! It was him time now!
A trail of happy laughter rang out behind a man who looked like he was jetting through the skies with the help of two extremely powerful firecrackers. For a very long while, his once gloomy mood became chirpy as hell. Only good thoughts would enter his retired brain from here on out!
—Meanwhile, at the summit of Mt. Fuji—
Cassius, now in the full nude, sauntered over to the lip of the overarching mountain edge. He emotionlessly stared down at the thousands of dazzling lights in the cities hiding at the mountain's base. The luminescent glow of the full moon hanging in the dark night sky was also there to truly bring the sublime picture together.
Breaking the initial beauty of this picturesque picture, a deep, husky voice sounded out, causing even the surrounding snow to intensely vibrate.
"Finally… Finally, I have been freed of the System's Daily Quests—"
This unnaturally stunning man stopped his liberating words midway through as he looked ahead and saw something that nearly sucked the life right out of him.
*Ding~*
[After receiving all of the rewards for completing the two Daily Quest iterations, don't you feel that they were rather lacking? ⌓‿⌓]
"No—!"
[Well, since the rewards were lacking, here is a little something-something to make up for all your troubles! No need to thank me, the mighty and magnanimous System!]
{[Daily Quest 3]} - (Day 1/90) Experience more tales on My Virtual Library Empire
—[You won't fail a Quest, you lucky, plot-armor abusing son of a b*tch! This is infuriating! And considering that everything I, the System, do, is for your sake, I have the necessary authority to bestow upon you the bestest of rewards!]
—[Every day, at any point of the day you so designate, you will be sent to the Nightmarescape/The Land of Nightmares and you won't be able to leave until exactly an hour has passed inside! (Approximately 3 minutes in the outside world)]
[Quest begins ~5 to 7 days from now, as there is a grace period.]
[0/60 Minutes (Nightmarescape)] - [_]
REWARD 1 - [1000 AP]
REWARD 2 - [1 Nightscare Shard]
REWARD 3 - [10 Large-sized Heaps of EXP]
REWARD 4 - [Resilience!]
"What sort of fcking reward is resilience!? This piece of sit—"
[And here's a little extra-extra on the house~]
{[Main Quest #5]}
—[You have been slow in completing the Third Main Quest—this is bad. As such, maybe you just need another Quest to truly put your rusty engine in motion!]
—[Travel to the Dimensions of HELL, Nightingale, the Land of Monsters, Wolfdom, and the Realm of Pleasure. You will need to make a name for yourself in every single one of these Dimensions. Break a leg! Or don't… wuss.] - [0/5]
REWARD 1 - [Idle Benefit #4 'Minionverse']
REWARD 2 - [(EX-Rank) Seed of the Progenitor]
REWARD 3 - [Acknowledgement of leading figures of 5 of the 7 Realms.]
[Time Limit: 4 Years, 364 Days, 23 Hours, 59 Minutes, 57 Seconds]
"I hate my life…" Cassius lamented to himself, feeling that the System was most definitely up to something again.
All his previous excitement vanished into the wind. He was now only left with the promise of constant harassment by a foreign entity claiming itself to be his best helper. Help his a*s! That System called for his death!
"Wait… Other Realms?" Suddenly stopping his thoughts of suicide, Cassius looked back at the specific details of the Quest. After confirming that his eyes had indeed not deceived him, he asked, "Just how many of these Realms or Dimensions are there? And what even are they?"
*Ding~!*
[You wish to know~? ( ͡º ꒳ ͡º)]
"...Yes…"
[Keke! Beg for the information! ꉂ (´∀｀)ʱªʱªʱª]
Cassius flipped up both his middle fingers instead. After which, he walked away from the stunned-silent System Interface and made his way down the mountain top. All the while perusing the new SSS-Rank Training Manual he received from completing his Daily Quest.
It was presumably made by an extremely powerful Human on the 6th Floor of the Ascension Tower of Humanity. This extraordinarily powerful man claimed himself to be the forerunner of the Art of the Sword. And this Training Manual… It was the culmination of the beginning of his journey with the Sword, written by him prior to his 'Ascension.'
After getting this far into the Introduction segment of the Sword God's Training Manual, Cassius had many questions whirling around inside his head.
"The Floor… I have been hearing this a lot as of late," he said while in a state of pondering. "And this 'Ascension Tower'... What sort of place is it?"