Monster Mission Scroll

Of course, both of them merely developed feelings for each other.

Mohai and DeepSea were rational, especially given DeepSea's caution against everything. Despite the two of them spending many days in Skeleton Forest together, nothing affectionate or ridiculous happened.

However, Mohai knew it was not easy to gain fondness from DeepSea. Given her personality, if her first impression was poor, it would equal a death sentence and one could never make a comeback from there onwards.

Therefore, after they got back from Skeleton Forest, they only contacted each other once in a while, but their relationship progressed smoothly.

Both of them had their own business to mind and did not spend a lot of time together. After more than a year, they finally took their relationship a smidge further by having some intimate skinship.

As the two of them spent more time together, Mohai had a better understanding of DeepSea. Her mature and elegant appearance was just a cover that she put on. Her real self was more like a cunning big sister. She rarely showed her cunning self, even in front of Mohai.

However, the more he knew DeepSea, the more mysterious she seemed.

DeepSea had many excellent equipment on her at that time and her own strength was as formidable as the top players in the game.

Coupling her outstanding strength with her unique presence, she must be someone unusual, but DeepSea never talked about her true identity. Even when Mohai asked her about it, she would divert the topic.

Since she did not want to talk about it, he did not probe any further. He believed if they progressed their relationship, DeepSea would eventually tell him about it.

However, in the third year in the game, she suddenly vanished. Mohai finally regretted not asking about her true identity earlier.

If there was one thing that Mohai wanted to do after he was reborn, it would be getting to know DeepSea again and finding out why she vanished from the game in the previous life.

However, to Mohai, the three major guilds turning on the players as well as his own guild getting wiped out felt like it had happened yesterday. Everything was still fresh in his mind. On the other hand, DeepSea's disappearance happened two years ago and he had already buried her in his heart.

If Mohai got reincarnated from an earlier period, he would surely prioritize finding DeepSea and figure out why she disappeared.

"Look at that bandit leader's gaze. He seems strange. Has he fallen for Sister DeepSea?"

"It's likely! Sister DeepSea's charm is so alluring that not even a monster can resist her!"

Mohai's gaze was sorrowfully evolving as he reminisced about the past. The two female players in DeepSea's party noticed his expression and could not help but giggle at him.

"He…seems to have some special feelings for Sister DeepSea," Little Ruri commented as she stared at Mohai.

She was much more perceptive than anyone else. The others were just paying attention to the changes in Mohai's gaze, but Little Ruri noticed more details.

"No way! Has the bandit leader fallen for Sister DeepSea? A bandit leader and Sister DeepSea…This…this is too beautiful!" The other young female player in the party fantasized before she stuck her tongue out playfully.

Baffled, DeepSea sized up the bandit leader. She could feel that his gaze at her was a little complicated.

"Why are you here in my territory?!" Mohai bellowed after hearing what the female players were saying. He stared down at DeepSea with a blank expression after he regained his senses.

"We're sorry. We didn't mean to trespass," answered DeepSea with a tender smile.

Of course, she came here with a purpose. If not, who would have known how long she had to wait for?

"No more next time. Even if you have the token from the Goddess of Life, I won't spare you! Speak, Adventurer, what brings you here?"

The Heart Of Nature was a symbolic token from the Goddess of Life, one of the Gods in Origin. Since she favored the monsters slightly, she held a high reputation among them.

"I want to ask you to retrieve the Bovella Fire Stone from the clone of Grand Sorcerer Bovella in the Magma Zone," DeepSea said seriously.

Mohai had never seen the Bovella Fire Stone before and did not know what it was used for.

Bovella was a powerful fire-based Grand Sorcerer in the Land of Origin. He once set an occupation-changing test at the Sorcerer's Guild in Guggenheim. Whoever could get the token—a piece of Fire Stone—from his clone, would be able to inherit some of his Sorcerer's skill.

Mohai remembered that in his past life, players could kill Bovella's clone to get the Bovella Fire Stone, but the drop rate for that item was bullsh*t. Bovella's clone only spawned once a week, so even if a player killed four clones in a month, he might not even get the Bovella Fire Stone for the occupation change.

One could only rely on luck to inherit Bovella's Sorcerer skill.

However, as a reincarnation, Mohai knew this occupation-changing mission was not just about Bovella's Sorcerer skill but also about the skill points that came with it.

When a normal player changed occupation at Level 10, the player would only be rewarded with 5 skill points. In contrast, Bovella's occupation-changing mission would reward them with 10 skill points.

At the later stage of the game, 10 skill points were not much by any means, an important core skill would cost more than a hundred skill points and it was still not the highest.

However, there were a limited number of skill points that a player could gain through orthodox means in the game. A skill might be shy of a few skill points to change qualitatively, especially in the early stages of the game whereby one could invest a small number of skill points into a certain skill and grant the skill a powerful effect.

"No! The Magma Zone is too dangerous for me. Bovella's clone is much stronger than I am," Mohai rejected DeepSea's request right away.

Bovella's clone was a Level 15 Elite with an outstanding template. It was considered one of the strongest, if not the strongest, Level 15 Elites out there. Because the bandit leader's template had low Magical Defense, Mohai would not stand a chance against Bovella's clone if he went solo.

Given that the monsters in the Magma Zone were all above Level 10, any sane bandit leader would reject the request.

"Take it easy. I'm not asking you to go alone. I'll bring other Adventurers along to open up a path and venture into the Magma Zone with you. You don't have to attack Bovella's clone either. I just need your ability to get Bovella's Fire Stone for me," DeepSea said with a smile.

"No. No matter what you say, it's still too dangerous!" Despite DeepSea's assurance, Mohai still did not agree.

After some deep thought, DeepSea took a scroll out from her bag and showed it to Mohai.

After some deep thought, DeepSea took a scroll out from her bag and showed it to Mohai. "This Monster Mission Scroll will be your payment for your effort. I don't think you will lose anything in this deal." 

'A Monster Mission Scroll?!' Mohai was surprised.

He had actually been talking to DeepSea using the standard NPC line so that she would not simply leave after being rejected the first time, and he was certain that she would bring out her bargaining chip on the table.

Mohai was actually quite curious about what she could bring to the table. Although he was confident that the reward would certainly be something that was attractive to a monster, he did not expect it to be the Monster Mission Scroll.

He had seen the Monster Mission Scroll once in his past life and the description about the scroll was simple but rather vague. It was said that the scroll was very attractive to monsters of the same level but even Mohai was clueless about its exact usage.

Now, after being reincarnated as a monster, since he knew about the description of the Monster Mission Scroll, the scroll must be useful to him as a monster.

"If it's the Monster Mission Scroll, I'll take the offer. When do you plan to move out?"

Mohai glanced over at the scroll and showed a covetous expression on his face before he agreed to help.

As a matter of fact, no matter what DeepSea brought to the table, Mohai would agree though his level of enthusiasm would vary depending on the rarity of the item.

"Get prepared. We leave right away."

…

At the same time on the edge of the Magma Zone, a tiny figure appeared.

"Bovella's clone…That thing is on the clone. A mere clone is no match for me! If I can get the thing from the clone, that will be my first step to invincibility!"

A beautiful fox with blue velvet fur was looking down at the flaming monsters of the Magma Zone in contempt.

"These low lives! If not for that thing, I wouldn't have even come down to this damned place," grumbled the blue fox.