Newbie Secret Quest S-Rank.
"Someone please help me." Suddenly a dying voice was asking for help.
All three of them looked at the dying player, and upon closer inspection, the player was a bit weird. Suddenly, Zhang Wei remembered a clue given to him by Alice. An NPC resembling a player will ask for help. It will randomly appear on any beginner map level 1 - 10.
Handsome reward will be given to any player for helping this poor NPC, a title called King of Newbie. Even though the title name was exaggerated and looked foolish, however, the advantages given to the player are tremendous.
The NPC Newbie will always reply with "Please help me". If you keep on talking to this NPC Newbie, he will always reply to you with "Please help me" repeatedly.
Someone with experience will know that you need a condition to trigger a quest from this NPC. Usually, you need to have something or to do something to trigger the quest. Nobody will be insane enough to keep talking to this NPC.
Both Arya and YellowRose spoke to the NPC Newbie a few times and nothing happened. Both of them knew this NPC Newbie needed something to trigger a quest. Arya looked at Zhang Wei.
"KheMeia let's go, nothing we can get from this NPC." Said Arya after seeing Zhang Wei was fixated with the NPC.
"You girls go ahead, I will catch up in the moment." Answered Zhang Wei without looking at the girls.
"Really?" Arya couldn't believe it. She wanted to argue but decided not to. Therefore, both of them started looking for a Poisonous Rat. It didn't take them long to see one.
Other players might see Zhang Wei quietly looking at the NPC Newbie like a fool, yet he was trying to start a conversation with the NPC. He kept pressing with lighting speed over and over...
Zhang Wei: starting a conversation with the NPC Newbie
NPC Newbie: Please help me
Zhang Wei: Starting a conversation with the NPC Newbie
NPC Newbie: Please help me
Zhang Wei: Starting a conversation with the NPC Newbie
NPC Newbie: Please help me
Zhang Wei: Starting a conversation with the NPC Newbie
NPC Newbie: Please help me
Zhang Wei: Starting a conversation with the NPC Newbie
NPC Newbie: Please help me
Zhang Wei: Starting a conversation with the NPC Newbie
NPC Newbie: Please help me
Zhang Wei: Starting a conversation with the NPC Newbie
NPC Newbie: Please help me
Zhang Wei: Starting a conversation with the NPC Newbie
NPC Newbie: Please help me
Zhang Wei: Starting a conversation with the NPC Newbie
NPC Newbie: Please help me
Zhang Wei: Starting a conversation with the NPC Newbie
NPC Newbie: Please help me
*I would like to use the word Click or Clicking the NPC or touching the NPC but it felt weird or inappropriate. So I used the "Starting a conversation with the NPC Newbie"
On the 1000 times trying to start a conversation with the NPC Newbie.
Zhang Wei: Starting a conversation with the NPC Newbie
NPC Newbie: Player! You have satisfied me with your persistence. Help me to kill 1000 Two-Headed Turtles in 3 hours with no more than 4 players in your team. Upon successfully completing this challenge, I will give you a bountiful reward!
NPC Newbie: Do you accept this quest? YES, NO.
Zhang Wei: YES
NPC Newbie: Good Luck!
One must know that this quest was one of the hardest to complete. The conditions to trigger this quest are that a player must be level 15 and below. In addition, the NPC will only appear randomly in any beginner town for 10 minutes, after 10 minutes it will disappear and appear in another beginner town for another 10 minutes. There are over 100 beginner towns, hence one must be very lucky to meet this NPC.
Furthermore, anyone who wants to challenge this quest must trigger the quest as soon as the NPC appears. No more than 30 seconds, if a player challenges this quest after the 30 seconds, he will fail the quest.
This is because of not having enough time to start a conversation 1000 times as Zhang Wei did. Last, killing 1000 Two-Headed Turtles in 3 hours is almost impossible without early preparation.
Zhang Wei didn't expect to meet with this NPC Newbie, which was why he was so shocked. Meeting this NPC is like hitting a jackpot. Most players will already be level 15 and above before this NPC even makes its round in all beginner towns.
Zhang Wei ran in the direction Arya and YellowRose went before. Before long he met them, but this time there was an extra player in their party. Upon looking at the in-game player's name, his name is BlackApple!
"Oh, the previous guy who didn't want to party up with me, now you came here looking for a party? Did your previous party abandon you?" With his smug face, he was mocking Zhang Wei. Feeling proud of having a party with 2 pretty girls.
"Emm Emm! He was the one we're waiting for." Arya quickly interrupted BlackApple before he said more embarrassing words.
"Ehh? You girls were waiting for him?" BlackApple clearly heard Arya, but he didn't believe it.
"Sorry, I was a bit late." Looking at the 2 girls, Zhang Wei was apologizing to them.
"Nevermind, let's continue, like before you tank and we follow." The 2 girls did have a good impression of Zhang Wei's skill, they trusted him more than the new guy BlackApple.
As a level 7 swordsman, BlackApple believes he can tank better than the neutral class. But this time he didn't say a word. Zhang Wei didn't pursue his rude remark before making him quite satisfied with himself.
Could a level 6 neutral class do better than him? Tanking the Poisonous Rat is not an easy job, he almost dies several times infected by the rat's poison.
Without waiting any longer Zhang Wei started hitting the Poisonous Rat. The Poisonous Rat has low defense but high agility. It is difficult for a tanker with low dexterity to hit the Poisonous Rat accurately. However, who is Zhang Wei? He was a person with all the detailed information about E2.0.
During the beta run, he was able to prevent the Poisonous Rat from hitting him with 1 agility. With Alice's help, he could accurately predict the Poisonous Rat attack and defense pattern.
After the Poisonous Rat locked on him, Arya, YellowRose, and BlackApple began hitting the Poisonous Rat. With the stable aggro, it was an easy task for them to kill the Poisonous Rat.
Poisonous Rats with 1000 hp died in just 15 seconds after being attacked by 4 players. BlackApple was shocked to see how fast they killed the Poisonous Rat. Previously, without Zhang Wei, they needed around 40 - 50 seconds to kill each Poisonous Rat.
Now, with Zhang Wei, they were killing it 3 times faster than before. How could he not be shocked by the leveling speed? He does not want to believe it. Maybe the Poisonous Rat left with half hp before being killed by them. However, after the second and the third Poisonous Rat were killed, he had to admit that the neutral class player in front of him was way better than him.
Zhang Wei didn't bother with BlackApple's shocked expression, he just wanted to level up faster, so they could start hunting the Two-Headed Turtle. He needed 700 experience to level up and with 4 people sharing the Poisonous Rat of 100 base experience, he got around 4% experience after each kill. So, after roughly 8 minutes, he leveled up to level 7, he invested all his stat points into STR.
8 minutes later, Zhang Wei leveled up to level 8, the other 3 players were level 9, respectively. Zhang Wei achieved his target to reach level 8, which is the minimum requirement to hunt the Two-Headed Turtles. With his 42 damages, they will be able to kill the Two-Headed Turtle at an appropriate time.
Everybody was quiet during the Poisonous Rat hunt. They were deadly serious about leveling. So, when Zhang Wei suddenly opened his mouth and proposed to hunt the Two-Headed Turtle. Arya and YellowRose instantly agree, BlackApple wanted to oppose, but with 2 pretty girls against him, he shut down his opinion.
All of them ran to the Two-Headed Turtle location. In just a few minutes, they reached their destination. To Zhang Wei's surprise, there were a lot fewer players in this location. In an instant, Zhang Wei had an idea.
"Let us play a game." Without his team's help, he can't complete the NPC Newbie quest. Thus, he needs to be creative by giving them some motivation.
"What kind of game?" Arya was confused, besides hunting the Two-Headed Turtles for experience, why do they need to play a game at this moment?
"Are you proposing a challenge to who can kill the Two-Headed Turtle faster?" BlackApple was feeling good about himself. He was able to predict Zhang Wei's proposal.
"More or less, I propose that if we could kill 1000 Two-Headed Turtles in 2 hours and 30 minutes, I will give you a spot in my future guild." Zhang Wei does not want to lose the 2 girls to another guild. Both of them were skillful. They are perfectly fit for his future guild foundation.
"Cehh! I thought you would offer some kind of reward. There are so many guilds out there, and I can join any of them if I want." Said BlackApple with his smug and proud attitude.
"What is so special about your guild?" YellowRose felt that Zhang Wei was feeling high for himself. While Arya said nothing, she looked like she was contemplating something.
"At the moment I can't say much about my future guild. However, mark my words, my guild will not be an ordinary guild. But when the time is ripe, I can tell you more about my future guild." Explain Zhang Wei, he does not want to reveal too much about his guild to anyone.
"Okay, I accept your challenge."
"Ehhhh???"