Chapter 16

"Thanks for coming"

At the front desk of the monster processing plant, welcoming us was a blonde with deep blue eyes. Hair in a high bun, wearing a gray suit that hugs the body.

"Thank you for waiting for us"

Shaking hands, Donna greeted the young girl with a smile. After sharing a few funny stories with Donna, the young girl turned around and urged everyone to follow her.

"Please follow me..."

At her words, we formed a long line and followed her.

"A lot of procedures are considered when dismantling and disposing of monster and monster carcasses. The factory right here is called Grüne Wiese and we are responsible for dismantling the corpses of monsters/monsters rated <G> to <C>…"

Along the way, the young girl began to describe the characteristics of the trees and what they did. She did talk briefly about the history of the factory.

Stopping right in front of the door leading to the main processing plant, the young woman turned and spoke.

"Before we go in, I want you all to be fully dressed."

She then motioned for a few individuals to enter.

Ahead of us were five students, all wearing white coats, glasses, and masks. When they arrived, they pushed a trolley rack loaded with lab coats.

Walking beside the coat hanger, the young lady looked at us and said

"As I briefly mentioned before, here we deal with highly toxic materials. For your safety and the general safety of the community, we need all of you to wear lab coats…"

She continued rambling about the importance of having adequate safety gear.

"Okay, now get changed and come back here in ten minutes."

Having said what she wanted to say, the young girl gestured to the five guys to hand out coats.

Lying up and getting the suit, Sirius immediately went to the changing room to get dressed.

After fully changing and wearing a mask and glasses, Sirius returned to the rendezvous point.

"Okay, since everyone is ready, let's go."

Exactly ten minutes after the young lady kicked us out, wearing a lab coat and glasses, she appeared in front of everyone and led us to the main door leading to the processing facility.

The processing factory is quite large, we followed her around the facility and listened to her introduce around.

Finally, after a few hours, the young woman stopped and said "Okay, I think I've said enough for today. Thank you so much for coming."

After a while, the visit finally ended.

"Thank you so much for this experience"

Thank you young lady, Donna looked at her watch and said"Okay, we'll rest for ten minutes before going back to the hotel to rest for the day."

Taking off her mask and glasses, Donna threw them into a nearby bin and continued speaking "Meet me where the previous bus dropped us off in ten minutes. If you need to go to the bathroom or stretch, make sure you're prepared as the journey to the hotel will take around 20 minutes. That is if there is no traffic that I really doubt"

After saying that, Donna left in the direction the bus was in.

Sirius got on the bus and sat next to Melissa as he had done before.

...

Stopping in front of a large mansion the size of a football stadium, we quickly got off the bus and headed towards this place.

"Okay, let's get started"

After talking to the bus driver for a bit, Donna waved to him and led us to the villa.

Entering the villa, we followed Donna to the front desk.

Taking out a card from her pocket, Donna pointed at the front desk and said

"First thing, I will call each person by name and then you will proceed to the front desk and receive your card. You will then come back here and wait for the others to finish before going to your own designated room."

Seeing everyone's deflated looks, Donna lightly smiled and raised her brow

"Don't come down like that, don't tell me what are you going to eat when you've been sweating all day?"

Checking her watch quickly, she added

"At eight o'clock, as you can already tell by smell, there will be a buffet where everyone can eat and drink as they please...so hurry up and change!"

Sirius walked over to get his room key and walked towards his room.

-Click!

After navigating the long corridors, Sirius reached his apartment and opened the door.

Before going to his room, when Sirius was collecting his keys, he was informed by the receptionist that he would be given a regular room consisting of a living room, a bathroom and a bedroom.

Entering the room, Sirius decided to take a quick shower to remove all the sweat that had accumulated on his body.

-Pomf!

After a quick shower, Sirius went downstairs, where the party was being held.

Soon Sirius could hear the sounds of many people laughing and talking. The closer you get, the louder the sound.

Turning left, Sirius soon found himself in a great hall.

Looking up, three huge chandeliers lit up the hall. Huge columns of marble supported the structure of the room, and beside them were tables full of food that could be seen everywhere.

Waiters dressed in black roam around as they serve different drinks.

Although it wasn't even eight o'clock, the hall was already packed with students.

Looking around, Sirius quickly discovered the area my classroom was in.

Making my way there, Sirius took the drink from the waiter and slowly enjoyed it.

But then this happened.

Tti-round.

Sirius couldn't help but worry when he heard the familiar beep.

'Why did the System message appear, all of a sudden? "

[Hazardous substances have been detected.]

[The effect of 'Buff: Detox' will begin.]

[3, 2, 1…. Detoxification has been completed.]

'Have you detoxed from toxic substances? Are you talking about alcohol? '

Sirius drank the rest of the wine in his glass, and took another just to be sure.

Gulp

[Hazardous substances have been detected.]

[The effect of 'Buff: Detox' will begin.]

[3, 2, 1…. Detoxification has been completed.]

And the same messages appear again.

Whatever this 'Buff' thing was, it certainly worked as intended.

'What is this?'

Sirius tilted his head.

'Even if someone sneaked a Buff on me, surely the System would've notified me of it.'

In that case, there can only be two possibilities.

It is possible that he received the Buff while unconscious, or received it before the System was active.

Personally, Sirius leans more towards the rear.

Then he started rummaging through every nook and cranny of his memory, trying to find out if he'd missed anything, no matter how small.

'Ah.'

Suddenly, he remembered something.

'Every quest has a reward, even a penalty quest. But, there's a quest that I've never done to claim the reward, right? '

Sirius hurriedly opened the mailbox.

At the time, he didn't know what the System was or what the rewards might mean, so he cast a shadow over them, but he certainly remembers reading messages saying he had met the requirements. conditions to complete the task.

His heart started beating faster and faster.

Sirius eventually discovered the messages lying at the bottom of the mailbox.

[Congratulations on becoming a 'Player'.] (Reading)

"Confirm."

Tti-round.

[This system will support the growth of 'Player.']

[Failure to comply with System instructions will result in potential penalties.]

[Your reward has been delivered.]

Just as he thought.

There is mention of rewards.

[Completion requirement for 'Secret Quest: Become Stronger' has been met.]

A secret mission or not, it's still a mission, right?

[… .Will result in potential penalties.]

[Your reward has been delivered.]

[Do you want to confirm your reward?] (Y/N)

'Right.'

Tti-round.

[Completion requirement for 'Secret Quest: Become Stronger' has been met.]

Blessings from Grand Sorcerer Kandiaru

When you are blessed by Kandiaru, you will enjoy a healthy and fulfilling life every day.

["Let there be a bright future waiting for the challenger."]

- One-time effect 'Restored Will': All your damaged body parts will be restored to their original state.

- Continuous effect 'Good health and long life': You will be immune to all kinds of diseases, toxic substances, as well as all forms of status errors. While sleeping, your recovery rate will increase exponentially.

Only now the puzzle pieces have fallen into their place.

It's all because of the quest reward that's why he can't get drunk from a few glasses of wine.

'Climb up. Am I also immune to all kinds of poisons? '

Sirius suddenly opened his eyes wide.

If that's the case, then it could be….?

Sirius watched a certain item come out of his inventory.

[Item: Poison Sac of Kasaka]

Rarity: A

Type of medicine

A bag containing Kasaka's refined poison. Can be found very rarely hunting Kasakas. Drinking this poison will give you healthy skin, but this poison will permanently damage your muscles.

'The Iron Scales of Kasaka' Effect: Reduces Physical Damage by 20%.

'Muscle damaged' side effect: Strength -35

'My muscles are supposed to be damaged by the toxin, but wouldn't this antidote work against that?'

There's only one way to know. Sirius left the lobby and went to the bathroom to take out the items. Close your eyes and drink the liquid contained in the bag.

Gulp

The liquid is sticky, yucky sliding down the throat.

The taste was greasy and horrible, but he could stand it.

'And they say what's good for you often tastes bitter....'

As Sirius drank the tainted liquid, messages popped up in he field of vision.

[Hazardous substances have been detected.]

[The effect of 'Buff: Detox' will begin.]

[3, 2, 1…. Detoxification has been completed.]

[The side effect 'Muscle damaged' has been disabled.]

"Right!!"

However, he still couldn't celebrate so he quickly summoned his Status Window.

[Statistics]

Strength: 53

Strength: 30

Agility: 53

Intelligence: 30

Perception: 36

(Number of points available for distribution: 0)

Physical damage reduction: 20%

As Sirius predicted, his Strength stat didn't decrease at all.

It stays the same at 53 points, and then Sirius also sees a new Stat called 'Physical Damage Reduction'

Sure, it may be limited to the category, but it's still a magic stat that reduces all physical damage by 20%.

"Good!!"

After getting excited by the arrival of this new Stat, Sirius quickly returned to the party.

Looking left and right, Sirius quickly spotted Donald with the other members and Sirius walked over to where they were.

Five minutes after Sirius arrived, Donna appeared.

Immediately, all the boy's attention turned to her. Wearing a black one-piece dress with delicate silver patterns, Donna looked stunning. The moderately tight dress accentuated her bubbly curves. Moreover, the purple necklace that pairs perfectly with the eye color makes Donna look more enchanting than ever.

Not minding everyone's gazes, Donna's purple eyes stopped to look at everyone. Looking around and seeing that everyone was here, she continued

"There are two reasons why I gathered you all here. One is to obviously eat some food and satiate our hunger and regain some of the energy we burned off during our visit"

Looking to the right, Donna pointed in the direction of the food.

"Sadly, since we are the last class, we can only wait for the others to eat first...but before that"

Pausing for a moment, Donna's mood turned a little more serious as she looked deeply at a few people.

"The second reason… is because we will be giving you all a personal mission soon."

People could immediately hear whispers when they wondered what assignment they would be given.

Judging by the way she says the word 'personal', it seems like this quest can only be completed without anyone else's help

"I will soon give you the task you have been assigned. Each of you has three days to complete the task…and failing to complete the task will automatically deduct credit from your year-end report."

As she was speaking, Donna could see some of the students trembling with anxiety. Shaking her head slightly she added

"Don't worry, the difficulty of the quest has been assigned according to your ability. After a lot of deliberation, we have assigned you the tasks that are within the reporting data according to your strength… So you will be relatively safe."

- Clap!

Clap to get the attention of some students who have stopped listening and are trying to figure out what their task is, Donna laughs and says

"Okay, I think I've said enough. I will soon send you your task on your phone. Enjoy the food and make sure you don't fail the missions".

-Ding!

Just in time, a message appeared on Sirius' phone. Just as Sirius was about to open it and see what his mission was, Donna said again

"Ah..I forgot to add. We won't aid you in your task, so if you guys die, you die. We won't be helping you"

Immediately, the room became tense. Some students began to tremble with anxiety as they carefully looked at their phones to see what their task was.

"Well, sorry to have dampened the mood for you all, but I felt that I needed to warn you beforehand so that you don't get complacent thinking that we will save your asses even if you were to fail the mission"

Concluding what she wanted to say, Donna quickly left and joined other faculty members who had shared similar news with other students.

Turning on his phone, Sirius looked at the notification that appeared on his screen.

[Student Rank 1751, Sirius - Quest Target, Kaen Zhi. Head of a small arms trafficking organization that had infiltrated Hollberg in the last decade. Target location at xxxxxx road. Target behavior pattern….]