Zhan Long Volume 1

Chapter 40 - The Letter

Chapter 40 – The Letter

This chapter was sponsored by Christian Taeger, Phiipp Berger, Rick Nelson, John Yap and Marcin Sowizdrzal. (I'll only do 5 sponsors per chapter and leave the rest for next chap, sorry!)

I prepared my stuff and got ready to leave, but suddenly my steps went heavy and I didn't go anywhere. I collected my thoughts, and thought for a while. Ah, I remembered. I hadn't been to the city master of Ba Huang City recently, so I should check that place out. A lot of high level missions were given by those big shots, so there was no harm in checking him out!

With my Ancient Spear, I ran to the hall of the City Master. Unlike the first time I came here, this time, there were many players hanging around, all hoping for a quest and talking to every NPC in the city hall, they even talked to the servants sweeping the floor!

I went up to Ba Huang City's Master – Duke Luo Lei.

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With a bushy jet-black beard, Luo Lei looked at me and laughed. His heavy arm pushed against my shoulder while saying, "Young healer, its quite rare to find someone as young as you with such talent. Alright, since its like this, I have a very important mission for you.

"Ding!"

System Notification: Because you have more than 15 charm, you have activated a main quest. Would you like to accept the quest [A Letter]? (Difficulty: AA)

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A Letter? Difficulty AA?

My eyes widened, this AA quest must be very savage. For a B level quest, I died a few times, so this AA quest would probably kill me over and over again?! But, the quest was right in front of me, how could I give it up? Even if I died over and over again, I would finish this.

I pressed confirm!

"Ding!"

System Notification: You accepted AA difficulty quest [A Letter!]

Quest Description: With Duke Luo Lei's letter, you must go to the Phoenix Valley to find General Pei stationed there. Give this letter to him, and he will give you your new quest!

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With a pop, the lambskin letter went into my bag. It emitted a golden glow, indicating that it was a quest item. After giving me the letter, Duke Luo Lei crossed his arms. At a height of 2.5 meters, he looked like a barbarian rather than a Duke. He stared at me and said, "Young man. I haven't seen that little brat since that faraway expedition 7 years ago. Whether he gets the letter or not depends on you!"

I furrowed my brows. Hm, although I didn't understand what Luo Lei just said, if I followed the quest's instructions, I should be fine. First I would go to the Phoenix Valley, and find General Pei who was stationed there!

Time to go! Destination: Phoenix Valley!

I left out of the northern gate, and scanned the area around me, checking for members of [Wrath of the Heroes]. After all, I didn't want to be ambushed while doing a mission like last time. Then I immediately took my spear and went into the nearby forest, heading towards Phoenix Valley. It was located North-West of Ba Huang City, near the border and next to the ocean. The map was covered in a crimson color, so that meant the monsters there definitely had a higher level than me. Looking at it, it did seem like some place that NPCs would be in...

I avoided the areas where I saw monsters to keep a low profile. I released Baby Bobo out, and let him sit on my shoulder, curled into a ball. We hid our strength and another player would only see an ordinary player and his pet going through the forest. After a long journey of 50 minutes, I saw a level 33 forest cheetah lying in some bushes, slightly further ahead. This dotted creature seemed very vicious; seemed like I couldn't just avoid them anymore.