Enter SimpleMMO World: Chapter 14

Last night, after we discover that gold coin in this world is the same as the one we use in SimpleMMO game, we decided to use it for shopping this morning. Well, who wouldn't use it when you suddenly realize that you are so rich that you can buy every house or mansion you see? So why we, every single one of SimpleMMO player are rich in this world? The simplest answer is that because monetary system in SimpleMMO only use gold coins. There are no copper or silver coins. In order words, one gold coin is the cheapest price you can get when selling or buying something and that one gold coin can be used for inn expenses for a few days. Not just a regular inn but an inn for the nobles.

Then, the next question is, how can a player get gold coins in SimpleMMO? The easiest way is to do a quest. However, unlike other games, in SimpleMMO players don't actually have to literally do what the quest asks. Players can complete the quest just by tap or click on the quest but each time it will use quest points. At the beginning all players are given the capacity of five quest points and can be added more using diamonds. When used, quest points will refill one every ten minutes. The lowest level quest is level one and it will give you at least five gold coins. So if players use all five quest points, they'll get at least 20 gold coins. A higher level quest rewards can reach 20000 gold coins, approximately they can get 100000 gold coins when five quest points are used. It takes less than a minute to do a quest and gain gold coins.

"OPEN QUEST MENU!" I opened the quest menu. The quests list are from level one until 3000+. " Spend one quest point one level 3100 quest 'Buy a Cannon'."

(Congratulations! You gained 21273 Gold and 27610 EXP)

Just like that, I got 21273 gold coins, the same gold coin as in this world. If I include gold coins in my bank, altogether I got around 100 million gold coins. More or less what most players usually have. Rich? It's beyond that. I guess this is how billionaires feel to have endless money.

(Hmm? Because of this hype of becoming millionaires in this world, I get the feeling that we forget something? What is it again..? No good, I can't remember what is it. I just hope it's not something important.) Anyway, for this morning, we decided to take a look around the town. Of course, not just simply strolling around. We have two objectives, to test whether gold coins from SimpleMMO games are usable and to gather information, especially about Folen the Healer.

"Alright, let's meet again here before lunch." Said reaper. We decided to go separately. Me, Mcgreed and III decided to go to the west side of the town. While reaper, Khelgarr, BlackRaven and Cleidious will go to the east side of the town.

" Great, let's have lunch together at the most expensive restaurant in this town. With all the money I have, I can treat you guys every day. Hehe." Said BlackRaven who can't wait to use his gold coins.

" Hahaha. I doubt that even the most expensive foods can reach 10 gold coins. Ironically, even cheese in SimpleMMO cost 200 gold each." Said Mcgreed, laughing at the price between SimpleMMO and this world.

" Hey! You guys must be travelers that came with Sir Hanz yesterday, right?" Shout a man as he walks to us, dressed like a guid staff.

" Yes, we are." Answered Khelgarr.

" Good, I'm here to inform you about the duel between Sir Hanz and Sir Khelgarr." Said the man while showing his respect to Khelgarr.

" S-sir? What with that?" Asked Khelgarr, feeling awkward from someone calling like that.

" Of course, you are Sir Hanz's opponent. Only a select few can duel with an S-Rank adventurer. It's not easy to have a duel with any S-Rank adventurer, even if it's casual. Not only that, this duel is classified as an S-Class duel. It's the highest level of duel where both parties are recognized as at least as powerful as the S-Rank adventurer. More importantly, S-Class duels can only be conducted with the permission from Theodore Royal Alliance. That is why it is natural to treat you with respect and it is an honor to meet you personally." Said the man enthusiastically.

" Woah, that's awesome Khelgarr. To think that you are admired when you just got here." Said reaper admiring Khelgarr's achievement.

" I guess you never know what will happen. Congratulations Khelgarr." Said Cleidious congratulated Khelgarr.

" Well, it seems like you just literally got famous overnight but whatever happens be sure not to forget about us okay? Especially me. Hahaha." Said BlackRaven teasing Khelgarr.

" That's all great but to think that they will need to have permission just to have a friendly duel. They really keep an eye on S-Rank adventurer huh? The royal at that." Mcgreed gets a little bad vibes from the alliance's name.

" Ugh, now that you mentioned it. It does look like they're trying to control those S-Rank adventurers. Just like what typical nobles would do. If they got their eyes on Khelgarr, it will annoying." III agreed with Mcgreed.

" But Khelgarr already agreed to have the duel with Hanz. I guess we don't have a choice but to be careful. (Well, it's not like a bad idea for Khelgarr to stand out. Since most SimpleMMO know Khelgarr, they might come to us instead. That'll save us time searching for them.) Anyway, what's it that you want to inform us?" I asked the messenger that we almost forgot about him.

" Ah, since the duel needs permission from Theodore Royal Alliance as well as other preparation, the guild master wants me to inform you that the duel will be a week from now. Place will be informed later. That's all. Good luck Sir Khelgarr." The guild staff conveyed the message.

" I see. Got it. Thank you." said Khelgarr.

After that, we separated to take a look at Elicia town.

The east side of Elicia town is the complete opposite of the west side, it's a place for middle class citizens and further ahead is the place for nobles like the city lord. While the west side is for lower class citizens, those who are poor unable to pay high rate tax live in this side, a slum. Of course, because they pay lower rate tax, the facility and security barely exist. Which in the end become a place for criminals to do as they please.

" Anyway let's go see around and buy whatever that catches our eyes. We basically have too much to spare. Hehe." Said reaper as they started walk toward busy street.

" Then I should try buying the whole store for once. Like those billionaires did in the movie. Hehe." Said BlackRaven with a smirk on his face.

" Hahaha. I can't tell if you are actually serious or just joking. But now that we have a lot of money, I can't decide what to buy anymore." Cleidious showed his concern toward BlackRaven's joke.

" Well, there's no need to rush. Let's take a look at what they have first... Oh, I hope you guys didn't forget. Our priority is to gather information." Khelgarr remind them of their objective.

" O-of course, we need to have our priority straight." said BlackRaven trying to reassure Khelgarr.

While walking, reaper suddenly sniffed something delicious." What's this smell? It's making my stomach grumble."

" That looks like a meat skewer. The fat oil that comes out from that meat. L-let's try it guys!" BlackRaven and reaper rushing towards a small stall selling meat skewer.

" Y-you guys, we barely walk through shopping streets you know." said Khelgarr, starting to worry.

" Hahaha. Isn't it fine? Let's take our time and enjoy our first tour in the other world." Replied Cleidious while enjoying the scenery.

" Well, I guess you're right." Khelgarr agreed with Cleidious' suggestion.

" Mister, how much for this meat skewer?" BlackRaven asked the stall keeper.

" Welcome! It's just 50 copper for one. How about trying it? It's delicious street food you must try if you visit this town." Said the stall keeper enticing BlackRaven and reaper.

" Then, give me 10- no give me 20 of that please." reaper didn't miss his chance for his first shopping in another world.

" Alright, thank you for the purchase." The stall keeper prepared 20 meat skewers and gave it to reaper. Then reaper gave one gold coin to him.

" G-gold coin!? Dear customer, I'm sorry but I don't have a small coin for the change." Said the keeper flustered.

" Don't worry. KEEP THE CHANGE!(heh, I always want to try saying that." Said BlackRaven proudly.

" Hey! What are you saying? I'm the one who is paying. I should be saying that. Don't worry mister, you can keep the change." Said reaper, giving a little charity to the stall keeper.

" A-are you really sure!? Th-this is a lot of change you know?" The stall keeper can't believe what's happening to him.

" (Great! Looks like we can really use gold coins from SimpleMMO and it seems that one gold coin is worth a lot in this world.) Yes, I'm sure of it but in exchange can I ask a few questions?" reaper trying to exchange information with money.

" O-of course! Please feel free to ask me anything!" The stall keeper felt grateful towards reaper and gladly answer any questions.

" Then, do you know where can I exchange money?" Asked reaper, want to exchange his gold coin to silver and copper coins. Since using gold coins for every trade will make us suspicious.

" If you exchange money then you can go to the merchant guild. They offer money exchange service." Answered the stall keeper.

" I see. Then, next one, do you know anything about Folen The Healer?" Asked reaper, the second objective for today. Since he completed the first objective, using SimpleMMO gold coins to purchase something in this world. Next objective is searching for Folen The Healer.

" Folen The Healer? Hmm.. I'm very sorry dear customer. I never heard about it before. B-but if you really want to know, then maybe you can go to a slum area. There are alot of information brokers there." The stall keeper apologized.

" Information broker huh? I guess we don't have a choice but leave it to Azlanc and the rest since they are already there. In any case, I will send a message to Azlanc about this." Said BlackRaven while munching meat skewers.

" I guess so but let's keep searching a little bit more. Anyway, thanks for the information mister." reaper give his gratitude to the stall keeper.

" Eh? Is that all you want to ask? That's still not enough for the change." The stall keeper felt bad.

" Yes, it's okay. Don't worry about it." said reaper.

" Thank you! Thank you very much!" The stall keeper kept thanking reaper.

" Oh! This is quite good." Said Cleidious after trying the meat skewer.

" You're right! What kind of meat is this?" Khelgarr joined in enjoying meat skewer.

" Hey! Don't eat it without me. I'm the one who bought that. I should be the first one to taste it." said reaper swiftly munching the meat skewer.

" Hahaha. Sorry sorry. I can't help it because it looks delicious." BlackRaven apologized for eating first.

" Anyway, that's the current situation. It seems that most information is flowing in the slum area. So, we have to leave it to Azlanc. On a positive note, it looks like gold coins from SimpleMMO usable in this world." reaper give a brief report the progress of the objective.

" Heh! I'm damn rich in this world. What should I buy with all this money?" BlackRaven gives a dark smirk.

" Haha. Please spend it wisely okay? So our next destination is a merchant guild right? While we are at it, let's take a detour and check out other shops." Cleidious gave his suggestion.

" Yeah, looks like there are all kinds of shops up ahead." Khelgarr agreed with Cleidious.

As they walked around the street, then they saw a little girl with a dirty and messy clothe.

" FLOWER! IS THERE ANYONE WANT TO BUY THIS BEAUTIFUL FLOWER?" Shouted the little girl, trying her best to sell flower with a bright smile.

" What an admirable little girl. I'm gonna buy it. and help her out." Cleidious saw the sight of a little girl trying her best to make money in a legal way is praiseworthy. As Cleidious reaches the little girl, suddenly a noble man with a fine clothes seize the flower in the bucket and in little girl's hand.

" WHAT IS THIS DISGUSTING CREATURE DOING HERE!? THIS IS NOT A PLACE FOR A LOWLY TRASH FROM SLUM!" Shout the nobleman while crushing the flower on the ground.

From a bright smile, her face turned pale. Then she crawled on the ground trying to collect back the flower while repeatedly apologizing with tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry."

The nobleman looked down and stepped on the little girl's hand. " What a dirty trash. THROW THIS THING BACK TO SLUM OR JUST KILL IT BEFORE THIS THING DIRTIED THIS STREET!" The nobleman commands his bodyguards to remove the little girl from his sight. The nobleman didn't even refer to the little girl as a human instead he used 'thing'. Other people just see it happen because they are afraid of the noble. When the bodyguards trying to grab the little girl...

" HEY!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? REMOVE YOUR FEET!? DON'T YOU HAVE ANY SHAME TO DO THIS TO LITTLE GIRL!? Are you okay? Can you get up? " Cleidious shouts at the nobleman while trying to help the little girl get up.

" T-this much is nothing. Thank you mister. B-but.. It's better if you don't get involved with me. You'll be in trouble because of me." Reply the little girl while trying to hold her tears.

(She still worries about other people even when she is in trouble. What a noble heart this girl has.) Cleidious, reaper, BlackRaven and Khelgarr started to admire the little girl even more. There is nothing more precious than a child with a noble heart, it's something they have to protect no matter what.

" You bastard! How dare you oppose Sir Larth!? Do you want to die!?" The bodyguards threaten Cleidious.

" Please stop that! We'll go away. Please let this one slide." a woman suddenly rushing to help Cleidious and the little girl.

" I'm Hanna from Black Rose party. Hurry! Let's get out of here before this gets even worse." said Hanna, a C-Rank adventurer from Black Rose party. As they try to get up and move away...

" Hey! Did I say you can go away? You dare to disobey me!? You damn commoner! EXECUTE ALL OF THE--" Before the nobleman can finish his command...

reaper who can't no longer hold his anger. " SHUT UP YOUR CRAP YOU DAMN PIG! What the hell is wrong with you!? Just because you are noble, you think you are all high and mighty!?"

" That's right pig! Who the hell do you think you are!? You are more trashy than any of us here!" add BlackRaven while holding his rage. Their unexpected insult leaves the nobleman and people who are watching speechless. They never expected that there would be someone who dare to insult a noble in front of them.

" WH-WHA- HOW DARE YOU!! I'M OLDEST SON OF THE LORD OF THIS TOWN!! NEVER IN MY LIFETIME SOMEONE DARE TO INSULT ME!! TO THINK THAT LOWLY COMMONERS LIKE YOU DARE TO INSULT ME!? KILL THEM!! KILL THEM!! DON'T LET A SINGLE ONE OF THESE TRASH LIVE!!" The nobleman exploded out of rage. With his face becoming red, he ordered his bodyguards to slaughter everyone.

Khelgarr came forward, walking slowly toward the nobleman with his burst of killing intent." Tch. Every single one of these trash. There's just no end to them."

"Huh? Khelgarr?" Everyone felt like there's something wrong with Khelgarr.

Looking at Khelgarr, the bodyguards felt their lives in danger and instinctively put up their guard with their body shaking and pale face. Unable to move, Khelgarr walked past them toward the nobleman.

" WH-WHAT HELL ARE YOU DOING!? K-KILL KILL HIM!! DON'T LET HIM COME NEAR ME!" With a shaking voice, the nobleman can't do anything but hope that bodyguards will do something to help him. Before bodyguards can do anything, Khelgarr grasp the nobleman's neck firmly, almost choking him.

" Urghh. Yo-you wouldn't... dare to hurt... me. I'm the... oldest son of the lord of this town! You won't get away if you do something to me!'' The nobleman try to threaten Khelgarr.

" Son of the lord? What makes you think I give shit about that!? I wouldn't do this in the first place if I care about that. Your worthless life is over! But then, if you think your noble title can save your pitiful life. Then try me!" the anger that Khelgarr can't contain showing on his face. His strong unwavering eyes full of anger and hatred to murder his enemy at any moment.

" W-wait... Pl-please don't kill me... I got it.. How much..? How much money do you want? I can give it to you? 200 gold coins... How about it? That's a lot for a commoner right..? But... in exchange, you have to work for me. Hehe.." The nobleman starts to entice Khelgarr with money but Khelgarr's grip even tighter.

" Urghh! Al-alright, 500 gold coin... Urghh! 800 gold coins...No! Urghh! Please... let me go." Everytime the noblemen try to offer Khelgarr a money. Khelgarr choke him even harder.

" For someone who treats other people like trash, your life sure is cheap huh? 800 gold coins? Fine! I'll give you 100000 gold coins but in exchange, LET ME KILL YOU! How about it!?" Khelgarr offers the nobleman even more money in exchange for his life.

" Wh-what!? N-no... Please... No, I don't want to die yet! Please!" The nobleman tried to beg for his life with all his strength he has.

" So you know how to beg for your life? I thought your father didn't teach you that. Alright, show me the way to your house. Let's see if your father think about this. A child's distorted ethic is the responsibility of the parents. All of you, follow me!" Khelgarr force the nobleman to show his house where his father is. Khelgarr intend to settle this in front of his father. All people involved follow Khelgarr to the nobleman's house. The other guards and soldier can't do anything reckless since the nobleman's life is in Khelgarr's hand.

To be continued.....