Ark

Untitled Part 2

Act 4: Finals

ACT 4 Finals

'How many quests does this item overlap with?'

Ark's mind became complicated. When he received the <Genius Alchemist's Laboratory> quest, he didn't think it was that serious. He expected some decent compensation. He decided that it was only a little bit better than normal quests. But that wasn't the case. Whenever there was a quest where a specific item was needed and there were no limitations on the number of that item, then there would be many people who have received the quest. If one restriction of the quest was friendship points, then the items couldn't be shared. Several people would receive the quest and consequently most of them were bound to fail.

'In order for me to receive the quest, it was necessary to have a lot of friendship points with the Magic Institute. Shambala received the quest from a quest item. As the items couldn't be shared, one of them had to give up the quest. But there were also other people who received the quest?'

Furthermore, the place where they received the quest wasn't ordinary. Last night, Ark shadowed the three people. But he soon lost them in a restricted area. The place where they went to was Midus, the merchant guild.

'They said they received the quest from the Grandmaster. Then..........?'

The Grandmaster was probably from the Merchant Guild. Ark's employer was also the Grandmaster of the Magic Institute. In other words two of the top three guilds, the Magic Institute and the Merchant Guild were involved. So let's think about it. The NPCs of New World don't move abruptly without any justification. This was the justification of the Grandmaster of the Magic Institute. Since Magaro was a member of the Magic Institute, the research materials that he left behind belonged to them. Therefore, it was justifiable to regain it. Then what about the Grandmaster of the Merchant Guild? There was no obvious reason at the moment. However, he had a small idea. Magaro was a well-known genius alchemist. The research from his later years would therefore be worth a lot of money. Even if it wasn't directly used by the Merchant Guild, it was possible to use it in political negotiations with the Magic Institute. That was the rough idea that he immediately thought of.

'The three big guilds are political rivals. Naturally they would spy on and try to outmanoeuvre each other. And the movement of the Magic Institute was trying to discover Magaro's lost legacy. Then the Merchant Guild quickly took action. If so........Shambala finding the diary might be 100% due to chance, but the appearance of the secret map in the Evil Silrion shows that it might not be a coincidence. The Merchant Guild is probably behind this tournament in order to discover the other users who have found clues.......'

Perhaps it wasn't only the Merchant Guild.

'While normally 100 people participate on average, this tournament had more than 1,000 applications. Many large guilds are also gathering to go to Nagaran.'

The hooded figures hired some players, but it was impossible for them to have hired 900 people. In that case, maybe other powers have intervened in the quest.

"Then out of the three guilds, the one with the highest chances of intervening is the Warrior Guild. The quest is probably something similar to bringing them the injury prize from this tournament......if that is the case......"

The situation was becoming quite interesting. Of course, Ark wasn't interested in something like the three guilds' power struggle. He also wasn't didn't want to compete with other users for the quest. The point that Ark found interesting was that the Merchant Guild made its move following the Grandmaster of the Magic Institute's action. This meant that there was likely to be a huge reward!

'If the guy who received a quest from the Grandmaster was rewarded with 4,000 gold, then the compensation for this quest would be at least that much!'