Promotion Quest

—Ryan's Narration

Who is this person? A man wearing a black suit with a white necktie was standing in front of me. His a bit long hair and black eyes made me think he's already quite a mature man. He was holding an ordinary staff. I looked above his head to see what's his name and discovered it was Clance.

I saw Mina currently locking her eyes to this man as if she was attracted to it. Seriously.

But I was amazed and confused at the same time. Amazed because of the beautiful costume set this man has! After all, costumes were rare items that could not just be bought anywhere. Costumes are items that hide one's set equipment and all.

And confused because...

Why can't I see the LV of this person?

Did he hide it or something?

Although there are items that could hide one's level and equipment, it was a rare item that it even cost a hundred million points, the Alrealm's currency.

Well, not that it mattered though. I was just curious. But this guy was sure to be rich... no, just maybe.

「Do you need anything?」

I asked with an amiable smile.

「Oh, I just want to ask if you can let me join your party? By the way, I am Clance.」

「Ah, party with us? Why?」

「Because I want to have companions in raiding dungeons. You see, it would be a bit lonely to raid dungeons alone.」

You are raiding dungeons alone? How could that be! Although there were really players who could do that based on their set equipment, those were only the top players of Alrealm.

Although you have nice costume items there, aren't you jesting us too much?

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—Clance's Narration

Seeing the doubtful expression of these four, I found myself in a difficult position.

I am not lying!

I used to raid dungeons alone since I don't know how to socialize much. And I started raiding dungeons when I was LV35. Although I experienced countless deaths in dungeons, I managed to clear it.

Yeah, that's how pitiful my life is.

But when I reached LV100, I met a friend. Though I do not know what's his real name, his IGN was Kaleb. He was my dungeon partner until I reached my final level, LV190.

I wonder if he also misses me right now? After all, we've been buddy there for almost 5 years.

Well, at the very least, I am proud of myself that I made a single friend in my life.

「Anyway, can I join your party? Although you already have a Wizard, I can be still of help.」

「We can accept you, of course!」

The one who answered was not Ryan, but the Wizard-class with an IGN Mina.

Looking at her again, she's quite a beauty with those pink pony-tailed. More of she was cute, probably because of her height.

Opps.

「Mina!」

Her party mates shouted in unison. Oi, are you that against me joining?

Well, if they did not want my company, I will not force myself to them. I can find party members since there are a lot of people here.

「It's not that we don't want you to join our party but we are currently facing a problem.」

Ryan said as he smiled wryly. In response to it:

「Problem? If it is not that sensitive, can you tell me?」

「Uhm... actually, we are yet to pass the LV50 and advance to the Expert Domain. Our EXP were stuck at 99.999% of LV50. No matter how many times we grind or how many dungeons we raid, it is still not advancing.」

「About that, have you already taken the Promotion Quest?」

「Promotion Quest? What is that?」

I almost wanted to faint from this response. No wonder you guys were stuck no matter how many times you try! Goodness, these people were total noobs!

「You need to complete the Promotion Quest in order to advance. You can find it in the Promotion Tab.」

「Oh...」

They looked at each other in embarrassment. Well, you folks should really be embarrassed! What kind of situation was this? It was evident that these people did not read the manual or instructions in-game. They just play because it's a game.

If these would be my party mates for a long while, I already felt that I will age fast.

[Master does not need to worry about it. That will only be temporary]

Ariel suddenly answered. If that's the case, then thank you.

[But if master wants...—]

No, thank you.

I know what Ariel wanted to say, and I don't want to hear it.

The four players bade me farewell for a while to do their Promotion Quests. They said that they will be back after completing it.

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Three hours had passed, the group returned with joyous expressions. It seemed that they completed the quest.

By the way, while they are away, I rented an inn to stay. And now, we are here in the lounge.

「Thank you for helping us, Clance-san! You were such a big help!」

No, you guys were just dumb enough not to read the instructions at all.

But I nodded in response to their expression of gratitude.

「Clance-san, since you help us, I will let you join our party and become our party leader!」

「Yes, that's right! We already talked about this and we reached an agreement.」

Ryan and Mina said joyfully.

Well, it's not that I am against it.

「If everybody agreed with it, then sure.」

After which, a window popped up in front asking me to join the Azure Party and become the party leader.

Of course, I clicked YES.

Azure Party. That's some good name they have there.

After clicking YES, Ariel said:

[Quest #1, Complete! Reward, 10,000 points. Congratulations, master!]

So there was a reward and it was a terrifying amount of points! If you convert this to real money, this worth 20,000 Als!

What a generous reward! When I was still a regular player, the maximum I earned in a quest was 8,000 points. This could be a big help to me.

After all, that Goddess gave me everything overpowered except money.