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Picking up his phone sitting at the coffee table, Zayden switched it on whilst waiting for the next match to start. While on it, he headed into the forum page of Spiritual Warriors. The first thing he noticed on the site was the pinned forum post of [Shinto has been gone out of the rankings?!].

"...ah? This thing's pinned?" he let out a sigh at a glance at the pinned post. It had been a while since he last visited the forums, the last time he came here was a little over a month ago.

Quickly ignoring the post, he moved his hand over towards the search bar as he began to search up the words: [Lavida Hotel]. On the forums, there were plentiful of information and guides that circulated among players, it was a good place to do one's research when needed.

However, although it had plenty of information, it only ever touched on public or leaked information among the veterans. No player that found hidden pieces or quests would openly share their findings with the world unless of course, they'd want to be famous for being a loudmouth.

"Alright... so, Lavida Hotel... What kind of information circulates here?" he muttered to himself as he searched through the countless posts made by new players regarding the hotel. The ones he saw whilst scrolling were those that either praised the hotel or either provided an alternative for the long term, there weren't any that he found bad-mouthing the hotel. "Hmm... I would have thought there'd be a few posts that would tackle on the background of the hotel... but then again, why would they care?"

Unlike Shinto that cared about interacting with NPCs, doing quests that helped them for little gain and the like, many players gave zero thoughts to them. At times, they'd usually only care about fighting mobs, doing only quests that benefit them and the like. Why didn't they care for the NPC? Well, it was simple. To them they were a piece of artificial intelligence, they weren't real.

"Hah, this is useless. Let's just see if I can find any information regarding the equipment instead," Zayden said. Quickly, he checked out the new players guide in Parm in hopes of finding the details of the equipment provided by them.

Soon after he tapping onto the new player's guide, he scrolled through the useless information as he turned to look at the section under [Lavida Hotel's Month Pass].

"Alright, so this guide does mention it," he said while reading through it.

「Now, you have the basic questlines down, it's time to get to character growth! The best course right now for you people who started in the town of Parm is the hotel, 'Lavida'. Why? It's because of the monthly pass!

Not only does it offer free accommodations and food, but it also offers bonuses such as equipment equivalent to those of rare drops from boss monsters in New Wood Dungeon, Shivuliz Den and so on! Don't believe me? Here take a look.」

[ Lavida's Heavy Armour ]

Rarity: Epic

Defensive Power: 321 ~ 561

Durability: 635/635

*When HP drops below 30%, creates an HP Barrier of 5% of own HP. When the barrier breaks, health is recovered by 5%.

*25% chance of absorbing 100% of damage once. (5-minute cooldown after using.)

*Equipment Set Bonus (5 Piece): Stamina / Strength / Agility +12%

Heavy armour made from the fine metals of the Song's Noble Family Mines as well as by the hands of a renowned blacksmith who goes by the name of Ater. Skillfully crafted into a piece, it is branded under the name of 'Lavida'

Condition(s): Level 15 or above, Monthly Pass quest in progress, good relations with Lavida.

Weight: 235

...

[ Lavida's Long Sword ]

Rarity: Epic

Attack Power: 220 ~ 462

Durability: 370/370

*When attacking an enemy, 35% chance stunning for 0.2%.

*When fighting against more than one foe, defense will be increased by 2% (Up to a maximum of 12%.) for each enemy in battle.

*Skill 'Sweeping Strike' will generate.

*Equipment Set Bonus (5 Piece): Stamina / Strength / Agility +12%

A longsword made from the fine metals of the Song's Noble Family Mines as well as by the hands of a renowned blacksmith who goes by the name of Ater. Skillfully crafted into a piece, it is branded under the name of 'Lavida'

Condition(s): Level 15 or above, Monthly Pass quest in progress, good relations with Lavida.

Weight: 185

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Looking at the screenshots of the equipment details in the page, Zayden widened his eyes in shock. "I didn't expect for these gear to better than what I estimated... the stats are quite high huh?" he mumbled whilst analyzing the description. "So that's why people opt for the pass... and since the condition to equip the gear requires you to have it, it's all the more reason why they stick with it, huh? Though... the options are better on the rare dropped equipment."

Although the added options of the equipment weren't as good compared to the rare equipment one obtains from boss monsters, the main selling point of this was that the stats were above the average compared to them.

Nodding his head in understanding, he exited out of the page. "I see... but even then, the fact that they are charging 5000 coins per week, and you'd need additional income to get the equipment, it is definitely not worth it," he shook his head. "Alright... now that I get the information about the equipment, what about the Tavern?"

Soon after, he searched up the name [Tavern Parm]. The moment he did so, what greeted him were a few top pages about the NPC [Greld].

"...huh? What's this?" He raised his brow as he read the title of the post, [Tavern's Parm Quest. Not Worth!]

Tapping onto the post, he began to read through it.

「Just like the title says. DO. NOT. DO. THE. TAVERN. PARM. QUEST. It's not worth it. You'll be forced to take the Monthly Pass of Lavida's Hotel when you do so. How come? It's because you'll be the epicentre of a witch hunt by the players from there, and obviously you cannot win against them. The only way to escape this is to take the Monthly Pass or run away from Parm, but at that point, you'll have a low reputation in the town due to rumours. and you can't clear it up!

Another thing to note, the quest rewards is a waste when the tavern will be shutting down now. So you'll waste gold, time and effort on the damn NPC Greld. So don't bother with him! (Even though he's food gives you good buffs, it's best to find other places now)」

"...a witch hunt?" he blinked at the text.