Chapter 21: Pending Quest
Grey blinked. That jolt wasn’t from the ring, it was the feeling he got every ti he picked up a weapon in the last ten minutes since he had been brought back to the start of this Tutorial Zone.
Sothing within him—whatever it was—registered this ring as sothing he should be able to wield?
’Interesting.’
Grey peeled the ring off the child goblin’s finger and put it on. It didn’t fit onto any of his larger fingers, but luckily it just barely managed to fit onto his pinky.
The mont it did, the ring resized itself and Grey felt a prick.
’Ow, what the hell?’
One second he was thinking if he should start his pimping career now that he had a pinky ring, and the next it felt like a dozen tiny needles had pinched right through his skin down to the bone.
A strong suction force ca from Grey’s pinky and it felt like all the blood in his body was going to be drained away. Maybe by now he should have been panicking, but he only sighed.
’Well, on the bright side, at least I found it.’
Just when Grey was about to reconcile with the fact he was monts from dying another grueso death, the suction force stopped, and then reversed.
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[Requirents t. Welco, Protheus]
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A flashing screen appeared before Grey for the first ti outside of the opening ceremony of the Genesis Gas.
’Protheus?’ Grey blinked.
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[Enter Introduction Phase?]
[Yes][No]
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’Introduction Phase? Is that a tutorial? Is it asking
to take one?’
After a mont, Grey shrugged. What did he have to lose, exactly?
From his perspective, this was an item probably left behind by the Producers of the Genesis Gas, a Rare Instance. If he could gain access to their system through this ring instead of through the Nexis Suit, that would be a huge advantage.
’How do I click yes?’
Grey didn’t even get to finish the thought before the world warped around him.
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[Na: Grey Temolt]
[Fra: Protheus]
[Pending Quests: 1]
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Stamina: 10/10
Sync Rate: N/A
Energy Reserve: N/A
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STR: 10 SPD: 10
DEX: 10 INT: 10
END: 10 PER: 10
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Harmonic Stats: N/A
Free Stat Points: 0
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Abilities:
Body
Resistances: N/A
Combat: N/A
Enhancents: N/A
Mind
Resistances: N/A
Combat: N/A
Enhancents: N/A
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[Ability Detected. Modifying Status Screen]
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[You have awakened the Mind Enhancent Ability {Goblin Warlord Spirit} to Level 1]
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’Goblin Warlord Spirit? So it was because of the Last Goblin? Wait, is this a screen everyone can see? Or is it unique to this ring? And why are all my stats 10? What does that even an? Who the hell is Protheus? And what’s a Sync Rate? Also, a pending quest? When did I get one of those?’
Grey only had more questions after seeing this screen.
Obviously, he knew who Protheus was from a mythological standpoint, but they couldn’t be referring to the sa person, right? It seed like in this context they had just picked out a na that sounded cool.
But sounding cool wasn’t helping Grey out right now.
A flash of the screen threw his thoughts off.
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Operation: Spark Fla
Quest Rank: Common
Mission Type: Technician
Loops Remaining: 1
Objective: Craft a Titanfra
Description: Your Protheus Spirit has been sparked, but it lacks a vessel. Without a vessel, your Protheus Spirit will inevitably fla out and die along with it. Successfully craft a fra for your Protheus Spirit.
Reward: Complete Introduction Phase.
Punishnt: Fla Extinguishnt.
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’What the fuck...’
Grey was baffled. Craft a Titanfra? What the hell was that? And where would he even start with sothing like that?
’Loops remaining? What does that an? And what’s a Protheus Spirit?’
He wanted to curse up a storm. He needed information in order to complete whatever the hell this quest thing was, but he couldn’t get that information until he completed the quest.
Which sadistic bastard crafted this thing?
Grey took a breath to curse again when his breath beca a gurgle. He hacked and coughed, a spike of pain ripping right through his throat.
...
Caldrin the Assistant Producer raised an eyebrow as he stared at Grey’s screen. He had seen a lot of stuff in his day, but he had never seen a candidate freeze in place for such a long ti.
Granted, this candidate had blazed through the Tutorial Zone, so maybe they were overconfident in themselves. But Caldrin still found it to be idiotic.
If he just put in a little more effort, he would be among the first to finish. He only had the boss left to go, but he was just standing there.
’What is that ring?’ Caldrin thought with a frown.
He clicked on a few screens and pulled up an inventory list. The price of running the Genesis Gas was steep, so every item was listed and docunted. For tax purposes, of course.
However, when Caldrin made it to the bottom of the list of items allocated for that Tutorial Zone and didn’t find the ring, his eyes widened.
’A Genesis Item! This is huge!’
Caldrin’s skin practically bubbled over, rapidly changing color with his emotions as he tapped at another screen.
The only types of items that wouldn’t be listed were those that were born from the Genesis Battlefield itself. Such items couldn’t even be called Rare Instances, they were known as Genesis Instances. When they appeared, they changed the entire landscape of the ga itself.
But they were also huge ticket items.
Caldrin skipped right over all the yellow and pink envelopes. He skipped over the red and violet ones as well and went right to a deathly black.
He didn’t want to waste any ti and only wrote two words.
GENESIS ITEM.
"NO!"
Caldrin had only just completed the action of sending when Fitz appeared at the entrance of the encampnt, raising his bow and loosing an arrow right at Grey’s back.
Grey choked, his eyes finally regaining so clarity as he raised a hand to his throat. He struggled to look back toward Fitz, barely managing to make eye contact with the man.
But Fitz had already notched another arrow, loosing once more.
This one pierced right between Grey’s brows and the world went black.
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[You have died. Better luck next ti. Oh wait, there won’t be a next ti. Toodle-oo.]
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Loops Remaining: 0
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