Chapter 401 – Grinding Side Quests!
Chapter 401 – Grinding Side Quests!
"Please, teacher. I don't want to die yet, you know?" Max said as sweat poured from his back. He didn't expect Doordod's reaction to be that... scary.
"To tell you the truth, I know nothing either. I was asked by teacher Prilly to bring this dog to her as punishment for failing a class. But when I entered the teacher building..."
Max recounted what happened from before as Doordod kept pointing his wand toward his face. As he explained the story, Doordod slowly brought the wand down and nodded. The wand was fully stuffed away when he explained about the immortality potion.
"I see." The scary teacher nodded, "I know about her ambition of creating a young potion, but I have never thought she would step this low. I offer you 5 extra points for stopping her. You have this school's gratitude."
[Quest finished!]
[You have received +700 EXP for finishing the quest!]
"Return to your dorm and wait. I will take care of the dog and the aftermath."
"Yes, teacher!"
The cutscene started right after that. The scene was skipped and the words '7 Days later' floated in front of him as the screen turned black.
Following that, he got another notification.
[You have received +70 EXP for self-study.]
Max didn't know how that happened, but he was grateful. Extra EXP was always welcome.
— Timeskip!
— It's not smooth at all. But I guess that's how it is in this game
— They just go this and that, give EXP, time skip, and such
When the black screen disappeared, Max found himself in a room alone. He sat on the bed and could move his body.
"Well, I survived Doordod, but now what?"
Just as he said that, a notification arrived.
[Quest updated!]
[Main quest: A student's job is to study. Head to Class.]
"..." Max was speechless at how simple the quest was. But this time, he didn't immediately head to the class. "The quest doesn't force me to do anything, so that means I have all the time I need to explore, right?"
— Yes
— This is a semi-open world game. Some areas are limited, but you're free to do as you please as long as it's within the permitted area.
— No need to be shy. Go ahead and have fun
— I suggest you gather more EXP if you think of creating a new spell. It's a waste to spend 770 EXP, you will only get rank 1.
"I am not stupid, okay? I won't waste my EXP to create a rank 1 spell." Max said as he rose from his sitting position. "What I wanted to do is different. I mean, this is a game. And I can explore. What stopped me from doing something like..."
"How kind! There aren't a lot of kind students like you nowadays. They only care about magic and magic, never in their mind they worry about normal workers like me!" The worker exclaimed excitedly.
"Regarding your question. Yes, I am a bit troubled. Can you help me with something? I need to buy a new spatula, but I have no time to do so because the cafeteria is full. So, can you help me buy it in the store just beside the gym? I have the money here."
[Side quest generated!]
[Side Quest #1: Help the cafeteria worker to buy a new spatula!]
[Reward: 50 Gold, 50 EXP.]
[Accept side quest? Y/N]
Max looked at the new notification and grinned. He glanced at the people with question marks above their head for a second before turning back to the worker. Right now, their faces looked like both money and EXP for him.
With the biggest smile on his face, he pressed Y on the floating window. The quest was too easy that it was laughable.
"With pleasure!"
After that, he got the money and turned around.
"Wait guys, let me do something real quick before continuing the main quest."
Experience tales at empire
— No, wait! Don't do that, Breeze!
— Nooo! The main quest will be too easy if you do this!
— For the sake of gaming, please head to the main quest now!
— You don't say...
"Hold, please. Wait until I finish my side quests."
Just as he said so, he approached another person with a question mark above their head.
"Fellow student, can I help you with anything?"
It was time to grind the Side Quest.
'Let's game it out.'
— NOOOOO
— This guy has found the cheat code
— lolol, he wanted to finish this game the easy but long way
One of Max's favorite game content creators in his past life, Josh, once said.
"It's not a bug or cheat, but a game hidden feature."
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