The ring

The festival was for 2 days . As the first day ended . The town was dim of lights . We stayed at an inn . I was just about to end my day .

There was a knock at the door . The door was made of wood . So I couldn't feel who was on the other side .

Guess I have to see it myself . I opened the door . And to no one's surprise it was our dear Phoenix Cleft .

Phoenix Cleft :

Hey Jay and his friend . Are you free right now . I wanted to talk a bit .

Jay :

I was just about to sleep can you come tomorrow.

Phoenix :

Sorry but this was important.

Jay :

Ok sure come in .

The table at the inn had three chairs .

And each of us was sitting there at a perfect 120° .

He placed a box an asked us to open it .

I opened it to find a necklace with a burning feather . The feather itself wasn't releasing any gas and it didn't felt that warm .

Cleft :

This is for completing my challenge.

I scanned it with my phone .

Cleft :

What are you doing?

McElroy:

Just don't mind him

Item description:

Phoenix feather .

A burning feather of the bird of a myth . Can revive once dead . Only be used once .

Jay : I'll accept this .

Jay : But you could have given this anytime . Why now .

Cleft : There was one more thing I wanted to ask .

Cleft :

Do you believe in righteousness . Do you believe you can do what's right .

There was no notification so it's not a mission .

McElroy:

I believe I can .

Jay : Me too .

Cleft :

I want your help .

Recently in this very town there is an group which operates a smuggling ring.

They sell drugs , various very deadly and potent poisons . , Forbidden items and operate the slave market .

Jay : Unforgivable .

Jay clenched his fist .

Cleft : I understand your emotion . I too think these myself .

Jay : Why didn't I knew this earlier . I could have gotten my hands on some

of the items myself . A slave would have been good to fight monsters and finish the quest themselves .

How could I have missed the opportunity. I could have earned money without any problems .

The phone rang .

Due to the changes in the system the update was late . Features were unlocked in the system .

New quest : Destroy the smuggling ring.

Reward : Ruby x1 . emerald x1 .

Diamond x 1 .

Failure : Forces will be enraged .

May lead to unforseen consequences.

New features :

Level cap removed .

Magic system revision .

Quest system rework .

Battle mechanics revised .

New mechanics added

Failure : Death condition removed .

( It doesn't change the fact that you can still die to an enemy but not to mission failure )

For a second I felt immortal until I read this .

Please check the tablet for more details

What ? Update in an already ongoing

game . Maybe the world is procedural generated .

Just to confirm this I heard a loud announcement "No " .

Hmm quest system rework that's why the rewards this time felt odd . Like how there is randomly selected material is given . Like Holy water on an completely unrelated quest

Cleft : Oy are you serious about buying slaves for your own benifit.

Normally I would have said yes . But due to the failure condition I changed my opinion.

Jay :

That was just a joke . Please don't mind me .

Even cleft took it as a joke but McElroy could already see the truth .

Cleft : From my sources

As of tomorrow an underground auction will be held under a tavern .

I can't come with you because I am the host of the festival.

So you'll have to take care of it yourself.

Jay :

Can't you just aske for help from your sources .

Cleft :

We work under one organization but lately they have been too busy . With other affairs.

Cleft :

I want to recruit both of you . Both of your skills and intuition are just what we need .

We want you to join our organization

' The Immortals '

We fight for righteousness and for the sake of the world .

Jay :

The name Witch of Extinction means anything to you .

Cleft :

Where did you learn of her name . She is indeed one of the 3 heads of the organization.

Jay :

So does slaughter counts as righteousness in your book . Destruction of property , loss of lives .

Is this your righteousness.

Answer me Cleft .

Cleft :

We hate slaughter and loss of life , destruction of everything beautiful but we are compelled to do it .

Jay :

Why ? then why do it ?

Cleft :

I can't tell you unless you join us .

McElroy :

If you're that busy why do the festival.

Cleft :

These are special disgusting people . They use any festival as an excuse . And conduct their dealings .

So if they are on the chase they could just blend in . Or worse use them as cover ,. hostage .

Jay : We just need to free the slaves and get them to safety right .

Cleft : No what you need is to burn them to ashes .We only need righteous people amongst us anyone else can just disappear.

McElroy:

Shut up both of you . Stop bickering like kids .

I take on your offer to destroy the market but we wouldn't join your organization and that's final . Do you understand. (Furious)

Cleft and Jay : (somewhat scared )

Yeah

Cleft :

I know what you're trying to say .About the two of you . I would like to decide it myself .

When festivals were mentioned . He hated someone wrecking the festival more than anything .