Chapter 68

Deputy General Mart is a warrior who looks to be in his forties. He carries a large sword on his back and is dressed in the standard equipment of the main city's warriors. At first glance, he seems rather unremarkable, but the shoulder badge he wears indicates that he is a knight-level officer.

"The Lizardmen of Boronia are becoming a threat to the safety of the main city. Our mission is to stop their growth, at least to confine them to Boronia," Mart said. "Your task is to kill as many Lizardmen as possible, and if possible, bring back the head of their leader, the Half-Dragon Didixit."

"Didn't you say they were Lizardmen? Why are we talking about a Half-Dragon now?" Li Huailin asked curiously.

"Half-Dragon Didixit is a Fire Dragon. It is said to be the offspring of the demigod Moragis, a very powerful being. The Fire Lizardmen in Boronia are all descendants of it and Haja Fogweid, who have dragon blood, making them quite strong," Mart explained.

"Who is Haja Fogweid?" Li Huailin asked.

"She is a human traitor, once a famous Fire Mage in the City of Divine Protection. Her worship of dragons led her to ultimately betray humanity and become the wife of Half-Dragon Didixit," Mart said, sounding somewhat pained.

"Damn, a human woman with a Half-Dragon as her man." Li Huailin imagined the scene and found the game's setting really bizarre.

"That's not unusual. The demigod Moragis is also a Half-Dragon, said to be the offspring of a Fire Dragon and the goddess Gimonri," Red Moon said from the side.

"Damn... This is more than an 18+ plot, with all sorts of human-animal and half-human-animal relationships. The noble circle is really chaotic," Li Huailin sighed.

"Enough chit-chat. Are you ready to face the Lizardmen?" Mart asked.

System notification: Deputy General Mart has issued a B-rank mission to eliminate Didixit. Do you accept?

System notification: Deputy General Mart has issued a C-rank mission to eliminate the Fire Lizardmen of Boronia. Do you accept?

"No." Li Huailin silently repeated the word twice and directly declined the mission.

"Everyone, repair your equipment, buy some food and bandages. We'll set out after Cuiwu arrives and accepts the mission," Red Moon said. Of course, she and the others accepted the mission. In fact, Red Moon had already completed it. These missions are not limited by the difficulty of the instance; even the normal level can complete them.

"No need to wait, no need to wait, I'm here." Just as they were about to leave, a female voice came from the door, and Hongfei Cuiwu arrived.

From the voice, Li Huailin felt that Hongfei Cuiwu was not very old, as her voice was quite young, like that of a girl around fifteen or sixteen. But when he turned to look, he was startled.

Indeed, she was a very beautiful girl, with a long face and long hair, a classic beauty. However, the issue was her height. Li Huailin is not tall, measuring around 177 cm last year. This girl was actually taller than Li Huailin, estimated to be around 180 cm. Red Moon was about 165 cm, Hongchen Yanwu around 170 cm, and Hongyan Heishui only about 155 cm. Standing next to them, this girl stood out like a crane among chickens.

To make matters worse, her chest was so large it seemed to defy reason, definitely an E or F cup. Li Huailin was worried whether they would fall off.

"Where's the flat-chested, big-breasted girl setting? Why a 180 cm tall one?" Li Huailin thought, feeling a bit disappointed.

"Cuiwu, you're here." Red Moon nodded and said to Li Huailin, "This is our guild member Hongfei Cuiwu. Cuiwu, this is Brother Niubi, his in-game name is Xionghuai Rulin."

"Hello, Brother Niubi." Hongfei Cuiwu bowed, but she didn't seem nervous, just a polite gesture.

"Oh, hello." Li Huailin nodded.

"Cuiwu is still a high school student, so please don't do anything strange," Red Moon said from the side.

"Hey, that's slander. I've never done anything strange... Wait... What are you talking about? This girl is a high school student?" Li Huailin suddenly realized something.

Turning to look at Hongfei Cuiwu, who was more developed than Red Moon, if it weren't for her slightly immature voice, she would look like a modern woman who had been working for three or four years.

"And she's a first-year high school student, only sixteen this year," Red Moon continued.

"Um, she's a year younger than me," Hongyan Heishui, who was a head shorter than Hongfei Cuiwu, almost jumped up to assert her seniority.

"Damn, are all high school girls these days monsters?" Li Huailin held his forehead.

"Hey, can you be a bit more considerate? She's right here," Hongchen Yanwu said from the side.

"It's fine, I'm used to it," Hongfei Cuiwu waved her hand.

"Yeah, early development means strong vitality, not a bad thing," Li Huailin scratched his head.

"Alright, let's prepare for the instance. We'll get to know each other while we fight," Red Moon clapped her hands. "Cuiwu, take the mission first, we'll start soon."

"Okay." Hongfei Cuiwu nodded.

Just as Hongfei Cuiwu was about to take the mission, Li Huailin received a system notification that someone was requesting a remote call. He saw the name was Lingjie Yehang, whom he had just contacted.

"Yehang, what's up?" Li Huailin answered the remote call.

"Huailin, I just wanted to let you know that our guild leader has decided to participate in the pet competition mission," Yehang said.

"Oh, no problem, I'm not stopping you. I just worry about conflicts," Li Huailin said nonchalantly.

"But I don't know if we can get the recommendation. I asked the vice president of the Pet Home, and he said the top three players in contribution points from our human main city in two days will get the recommendation. I've already brushed up to 2000 contribution points, but it's getting really hard to increase it. I don't know if I can participate," Yehang said, sounding frustrated.

"2000?" Li Huailin was shocked. What's going on? Isn't the maximum daily contribution 30 points? Yehang just finished talking to him, and now he has 2000 contribution points. How did he do it? Is it a bug?

"How did you do it? I only got a few dozen contribution points from daily tasks. How did you get 2000?" Li Huailin couldn't help but ask.

"Oh, if you only do daily tasks, you get that much. But the Pet Home has an NPC who can accept donations to increase contribution points. You can donate iron ore, herbs, cloth, bandages, and so on to increase your reputation. I donated a lot of stuff and got to 2000. But at 2000, the donation task changed. Now I need to donate mithril ore, silk, forged weapons, and so on. Collecting these items at this level is really difficult, and I'm losing money. I can't increase it anymore," Yehang explained.

"What? There's a donation NPC?" Li Huailin realized he had been too hasty and hadn't discovered this NPC. But thinking about it, it makes sense. It's ridiculous to do daily tasks for four and a half years to get a pet. The system must have considered this and created a donation NPC. But the amount of resources required is probably only affordable for guilds, making it tough for regular players.

"There's no public leaderboard for contribution points, so we can only guess our ranking. Whether we can participate is up to fate," Yehang said. "We're planning to look for other places in the next two days to see if we can trigger any recommendation missions."

"Okay." Li Huailin nodded.

"That's all."

"Alright, see you." Li Huailin hung up the call.

"Is something wrong?" Red Moon saw Li Huailin taking the call and walked over to ask.

"Nothing, just chatting with someone." Li Huailin waved his hand. "Let's go."

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