Chapter 130: Unlocking Main Story quest

"Boss, this is the letter I have mentioned," said a muscular teenager as he handed it to Wil. 

Taking it into his hands, Wil patted his shoulder with a smile, "Good job on finding a clue to main story quest."

"Main story quest?" Rock Fist was clearly surprised upon hearing about it.

Wil answered with a nod and then asked, "you have a done a huge contribution, this time. Consider this as a reward…"

"Eh? An epic grade accessory? Boss, this is too much. I just picked it up from the ground," said Rock Fist, although he kept staring at the necklace.

Aisha's Necklace

Grade: Epic

Level: 130

Looking at his longing expression for the accessory, Wil lip's curled up in amusement, "it doesn't matter. It's something I picked up from an enemy, either way…"

*Ding. You receive a call from outside.

Looking at the familiar number, a huge smile appeared on Wil, "looks like he surrendered…"

Upon accepting the call, Wil heard a hoarse voice from the other side, "Hello, Williard Ravens."

"So, what did you decide?" asked Wil as he dismissed Rock Fist after trading it to him.

"10 million dollars," replied Dreamwalkers' guild leader.

"Pfft… hahaha," Wil laughed continuously for a while and then said, "do you think I'm that Heibei? I know the value of your Elites. As you can see, I'm the crown prince. Unless it's the King, there's no one who can pardon their sentence.

Oh, there is one.

You can try your luck with the prime minister too if you even meet him, that is… So, give me a number that can satisfy my ears."

After a long silence, he asked, "How much do you want, then?"

Wil replied in a carefree manner as he continues to walk in the empty streets of Eldershore city, "Hmm, I heard you bought Imperial and its subsidiary guilds for 50 million dollars, and in return, you acquired 12000 players excluding the ones that left. So, that's around four thousand dollars per player.

For a guild like yours, since one elite player is considered valuable than 100 normal players, then, my price is five hundred thousand dollars per elite. It wasn't much, just around 3.6 Billion Dollars…"

"You…" roared the middle-aged man as he slammed the desk before him, "Williard Ravens, don't go too far..." 

"Really? It's only 3.6 Billion though. I heard that your company is a tech giant that's worth hundreds of Billions of dollars but didn't know you were that poor that you can't even afford to pay that much amount. You must have a low amount of shares, I guess. Fine then, I will give you a new offer.

Instead of money, I want all of their equipment and a Vice-general of yours that's still roaming free. You have to expel that little tiger from your guild.

If you think its too much, you can just pay a tenth of the amount, that is 360 million dollars but on the condition that you will not only expel White Tiger but your guild will kill him until level-1.

Either you can choose one of the three options or you can forget about your elites and build your empire with the remaining normal players. You have three days to consider. After that, I'll think you don't want them," replied Wil with a cold tone.

***

Disconnecting the call, Wil proceeds to read the letter. Just as Rock Fist mentioned to him, the letter was written by Rikilda Llyne to Duke Nukegan to cause a rebellion against Mirella by colluding with the Kingdom of Zuweth.

"Hmm, a neighboring country, huh... But, how are they going to attack, anyway? There is a barrier. They can't be removed until there are hundred level-200 players over the world. The only other way is to remove it by force. But, that will make Raziel and the entire kingdom alert. 

Wait a second. Zuweth has a coastal line. They can attack from the sea as the barrier from East Ocean city to the sea was opened permanently…"

Wil slapped on his forehead upon realizing, "F**k… looks like I was the one, who created this situation. They are going to attack the East Ocean city. I guess while Raziel will be busy battling his counterpart, Mirella will be assassinated…

I need to inform Mirella, right now. With this, she can make a move against both of them…"

Wil immediately started running towards the teleportation point. As he reached the temple, he suddenly stopped, "wait a second. If Mirella dies, by law, won't I become the next King? What am I hurrying for?

Ah… I remember there's one more candidate even if he wasn't the heir. That's right, Duke Nukegan's son. Didn't that Nukegan mentioned his existence during the story mode... 

Should I just erase that supposed cousin of mine, right now? Nah, it would cause a lot of trouble… Let's just be silent and then, kill him during the crisis, or maybe, I should join them and dethrone Mirella…"

Ten minutes later,

"Well done, younger brother. Once again, you proved that you are one of my most trusted people in the kingdom," said Mirella as she read the letter while Wil silently stood before her.

*Ding. You unlocked the main story quest of Llyne Kingdom 

*Ding. Mirella's favorability rises by 5

*Ding. Your favorability with Mirella crossed 95. You can ask for a wish as long as within the limits of the king's power.

"Younger brother, I would like you to do something for me..."

Mirella then walked away and sat before the desk before start writing something in the letter. As she put the letter in the envelope, she took an exquisite sword out of nowhere and handed both of the items to Wil, "Far away in the south-east of our kingdom lie hundreds of uninhabited tiny islands near to each other.

In one of the islands lies a temple. Once you enter the temple, you can find a woman, imprisoned in chains. I want you to hand the letter to her. This sword will be your identity and is also can be used for different things. You can find it eventually after reaching the place."

Imperial Dragon Sword

Grade: Legendary+

Type: Growth – max lv 500 

Description: Made from the bones of an ancient Dragon and used by Emperor Artemis, ten thousand years ago. It was the symbol of King passed down into the royal family of Llyne for two thousand years. It can only be wielded by the Kings unless they permit others to use it.

Current Owner: Mirella Llyne

*Ding. You received a mandatory quest from Mirella.

Description: Mirella wants you to hand over a confidential letter to an unknown woman, who is imprisoned in the Islands of Marsh.

Rewards: 10 million exp, one legendary grade item of your choosing from the Royal treasury, 100 gold, 500 fame.

Failure: Mirella's favorability drop by 5.

"Marsh Islands? F**k. They are almost at the end of the map. Even with my full speed, it would take more than two days just to travel there… Sigh... can't help it, can I?

After all, favorability with the King is hard to come by. That penalty will really become a deterrent for my upcoming plans." 

Glancing at the penalty upon failure one more time, he grumbled internally and bowed, "sure, your majesty. I'll do my best to finish this mission."

With no other choice, Wil accepted the quest and take both of the quest items.

*Ding. You accepted the quest.

Upon hearing Wil, a pleasant smile appeared on her lips, "I knew you would not let me down. Don't worry. You won't be going, alone. My trusted general, Gerrad will protect you. A boat will be ready for you at the port. As for the barrier, you can also use the sword to bypass it, temporarily."

"It's alright, your majesty. I'm confident that I can protect myself. If any issue arises, I can always call Leon to my rescue," replied Wil confidently and then returned while grumbling, "as if I want to go in the boat and waste my time, even further. It'll take at least three weeks to reach Marsh Islands if I take a boat…

Instead, I can just use my fire Pegasus and reach the place within a day and use the remaining time to dig out treasures from the sea. But, the only problem is that its speed is a bit too high…"

*Ding. Someone is calling you from the outside.

Looking at the notification that disrupted his thoughts, Wil paused in his tracks, upon seeing a familiar number, "Mr. Walter?"

"Hello, Uncle Water..."

On the other side, Wil heard the sound was a bit hoarse and low, "Williard, I'm at the Yarlford's airport, right now. I need to talk to you about something important."

"Huh... The timing and his voice sound a bit... Don't tell me..."

Yarlford city;

Upon disconnecting the call, Wil quickly logged out and stepped outside of the capsule. After finishing brushing and bathing, Wil had brunch while waiting for the guest to arrive from the airport.

Half an hour later; 

In the living room of Ravens Mansion, Wil takes a sip calmly, "so, you want to annul my engagement with Cherry. Is it because my father is no longer here?"

While Silver and Storm who sat beside him were taken aback by his unusual response as they expected him to accept the decision to move on to engagement with the girl from the Miyazaki family, on the other hand, feeling ashamed to tell him the truth, Walter shook his head, "no, it's just that I can't send my daughter to the Eastern continent, alone. I just can't live very far away, worrying about her every day. It would be nice if you two were dating but, sigh…"

Wil narrowed his eyes listening to the explanation that sounded way insincere, "I understand. We can consider the engagement has never happened. As you mentioned, it's not like there's any love or friendship between me and Cherry, either way.

However, I just want to ask one last thing.

You aren't doing this because that finance minister or her people threatened you, right?" asked Wil as he put the coffee mug on the table before leaning forward a bit while folding hands, resting the elbows on his knees to look at Walter in the eye.

As Wil saw Walter flinched a bit, upon hearing their name, he pressed the matter, "Miyazaki Reisa expressed her intention of marrying her daughter to me. But, I rejected it because I was already engaged to Cericia. I wonder if…"

"No, there's nothing like that." Walter quickly interrupted Wil's words and then, stood up to leave, "Don't think that our relationship is completely broken because the engagement is annulled. Just don't forget your uncle Walter if you ever landed in trouble. I may stay in the Western continent but still, I'm a police chief."

After Walter left in his car, Wil took out his mobile phone while walking back to the house…

Wil: Miss Kiyumi, we need to talk…