Chapter 413 : A Lead

"That's cool!" The boy exclaimed with glistening eyes.

"Then you must be here for the Apprentice Blacksmith competition."

"Hmm? What's that?" Sato asked as he felt that he had unwittingly discovered a hidden quest.

In most VR games, to motivate players to explore and adventure, quests and missions could be unlocked just by having a random discussion with some NPC or stumbling upon a notice. Just like how Fudo had gotten his first mission just by having a conversation with a drunkard and getting him wine, there were so many ways of getting missions from NPCs. It was to the point that in advanced VR games like IR, just by asking an NPC whether they needed help, a player would receive a mission if the NPC did indeed need some help. 

However, most of the missions gotten this way had very poor rewards, and only with good luck would one stumble upon a good mission with satisfying rewards.