Eternal Battlegrounds

First Meeting

ANTONIO WAS EXCITED TO FINALLY GET HIS FIRST QUEST, BUT HIS EXCITEMENT IMMEDIATELY FADED AWAY AFTER HE SAW HECTOR ON THE THIRD FLOOR.

"Finally, I met you in person. I was waiting for you, Antonio Weiss. It took you a while to visit the Town Hall." Hector commented as he met his gaze with Antonio's.

Antonio became a little shocked and stuttered to force a reply, "I got my errands to run. Please accept my apologies for the trouble I caused you." He bent his upper body to show his sincere attitude.

"No worries, I don't mind. I am glad that I was able to meet you. I would like to travel with you for a while and help you in getting familiar with the cities if you don't mind."

"Umm... I don't mind but, I must be somewhere within a few weeks and it's a little personal."

"I will part ways on the way so you don't have to force yourself. I am going to a nearby city located near the border of Kalvar," he assured

"hmm... I am fine with it." Antonio replied after thinking for a while.

Antonio and Hector walked together towards an array of lined-up counters which provided the quests to the players. All the counters were crammed up by different players who were waiting for their turn to receive a quest. As soon as Antonio saw an empty space among one of the counters, he rushed towards it but, he was pushed aside by another player who filled up the empty space. Hector who was watching in silence burst out in laughter as he saw Antonio falling on the ground.

"Yeah... Yeah... I think I don't want a quest right now. Let's proceed to the WildWood Forest to farm some EXP and return after some time." Antonio suggested annoyingly and started moving out of the area.

Hector immediately stopped laughing and stopped Antonio with his right hand, then signaled him with his left hand to follow him and started walking in the opposite direction. Antonio silently followed Hector as they moved through several counters to finally reach an entrance which marked as 'Only Dukes/Duchess or above ranking nobles allowed'. Antonio stopped after reading while Hector walked inside after telling Antonio to wait near the entrance.

After waiting for several minutes, Antonio saw Hector walking out of the same entrance and told Antonio to follow him inside. He did as Hector asked and went inside. He immediately froze as he saw the huge hall before him. The hall was luxuriously furnished and one could hear the chatters of people sitting on couches made up of oak wood and had chip carvings on the sides.

The hall had well-plastered walls with paintings that showed the images of the nobility that ruled the region of Kalvar. Several counters lined near the right corner of the hall and the ceiling had a different size of medieval-styled chandelier and a big chandelier which lit the hall evenly.

"Hey, Antonio! Come to this counter, you can get a fine quest here." Hector called out from an empty counter.

Antonio ran in the direction of the counter and stopped before Hector and started catching his breath. Hector then moved aside and let Antonio pass to take the quest from the counter. The counter was also furnished with oak wood and a strange insignia was carved in the middle of it. On the other side of the counter stood a lady who greeted Antonio as he stopped near the counter.

"How may I help you, good sir?" she asked politely.

"I would like to receive a quest en route to the city of Gelion," Antonio replied with the same tone.

"I must apologize sir, but there are no available quests en route to the city of Gelion as the city is a base to Helgan Leaf whose head had disabled the quest progression system in the area," she explained