Starting the hustle
Rudra spent a day at his home, enjoying his family time. He loved how his dad would never stop smiling and his mom would act like he was her lovely little boy.
His brother looked at him like he was a hero, he was in middle school, and so he understood the importance of money and understood that they were rich now.
After he had grown up about 10 or 11 years he had stopped seeing his brother as his idol and thought that he was lazy and useless. Seeing the shine in his eyes come back as he looked up to him again Rudra felt proud of himself.
Yes, your brother is the best!
As he left home to go back to his rented apartment, something weighed on his mind, Earning money was indeed not so easy ..... although he had struck gold this time .... from now on it wouldn't be as easy as it had been today.
The money he earned was enough to sustain his family's current lifestyle for the next 40 years no problem.
They could order food thrice a week.
Get a bigger apartment.
Go on trips twice a year.
Drive better cars.
Have a savings for any possible emergency.
But that was it.... it was not enough to live the noveou richè lifestyle. Yep, he wanted his family to live like emperors. He needed to earn more for that. Much much more. Well the Human greed knows no bounds. But it all pointed toward one thing. He needed to go back to grinding.
One day off from 'Omega' he wondered how many players had reached the Capital.
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(Back in the virtual world)
(Purple haze city, Hazelgroove kingdom)
The first thing he heard when he logged in was;
LEVEL UP!
"hehehe I levelled up without logging into the game for a day, it can't be called a complete waste this way!"
He brought up the stat panel.
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Player Name : Shakuni
Title : Viscount of Hazelgroove kingdom, Reputable knight
Class : Knight
Subclass : none
LVL:13
Tier : 0
STATS
AGI : 21 VIT : 16
INT : 16 STA : 16
PHY : 16 HP : 600/600
Status : Healthy
Equipment : Dark Gold Sword [Windcutter], leather boots, Darkness Armour, Lich's Ring, Bronze shins.
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He nodded seeing his stats.
If his calculations were right Neatwit would have reached level 12 yesterday,
or maybe 13.
He needed to pick up the pace, the gap between him and other players was shortening. He needed to keep his edge else he was just one of the average players playing the game.
Well he did not know but his name was already considered as one of the elite's his name had been announced twice on the server and his information pack was extremely useful.
Many common players looked up to the player 'Shakuni' and many guilds wanted to recruit him within their ranks.
Since he would sell his stack of common and bronze equipment only when the prices were sufficiently high, the only thing he had to do right now was to start the Emmisary of the church Quest.
He walked towards the central District of the capital.
The Central District was a city within a city. It was cordoned off with high walls and the right to access it was heavily regulated. You needed to have at least +50 Reputation from the church of light or the Hazelgroove kingdom to gain access.
He being a Viscount was however more than enough to make him welcome, not that he lacked the fame either.
At the centre of the circle was the Royal palace the residence of the king, and no matter how many times he had seen it in his past life, it was simply not something one could look at enough.. What a magnificent building....The tall gates, the strong guards, the beautiful gardens... The palace was simply breath-taking.
Right beside it was the Church Of Light. The pure white marble Building was blinding to look at in the sunlight, It was Grand yet simple. 'Yep definitely the Church of Light' he thought. As he entered through the gates of Church Of Light. He saw countless priests in white robes all doing some rituals.
He walked through the building in towards the prayer room. Where he knelt down and prayed in front of the Goddess of Light 'Fiona'. It was impolite to call the Goddess's name hence everyone referred to her as 'Goddess of Light.' He was actually not praying, but this was the way to activate the quest so he acted like he was.
After about 5 minutes when he was still kneeling he finally heard the voice.
"May the Light bless you."
The fish had taken the bait..... that voice was of the Cardinal of the Church of Light ' Lee Huntaro'
"I greet the Cardinal of The church Priest Lee."
As he bowed to the Priest the priest tapped his forehead and he received a blessing
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
+ 𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 3 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴.
BRILLIANT!
he exclaimed in his mind
"I see you have great faith in the Goddess " Cardinal Lee said
"Naturally, The Goddess illuminated the path in my life through the pitch of Darkness I was in, My only regret is not being able to receive a chance to serve her better"
Cardinal Lee's eyes moistened.
Rudra knew that he had roped the Cardinal in.
Booyah!
Hook. Line. Sinker!
"I am glad sire Viscount wishes to serve the Goddess. If you truly wish to do so the Church does have an issue that needs attention of a capable adventurer."
"Seeing as you are a Reputable Knight Blessed by the Goddess of Life and hence can resurrect after dying ....would you be willing to take care of an issue? The church will forever be in your debt if you can complete this task."
"Sure, Cardinal Lee you have to but command me, this humble Knight is at your service."
[ Emmisary of Light] ( Grade : B ) (Chain quest): Village Thol to the north of capital city has been infected by a deadly plague that spreads easily by air..... As there is fear of being contaminated the village does not have any merchants delivering supplies and essential healing potions.
Objective : Deliver supplies and Healing potions to the village chief.
Rewards :
+ 500 Fame
+ 200 Reputation with Church Of Light
+ unlock second chain quest. Rudra smiled, yep... he got it.
The Emmisary of Church chain quest.