Conquering OtherWorld Starts With a Game Chapter 127: Tool Player Quest

November 12, Earth time. The day after the second beta began.

"Weisshem Debt Crisis?"

Blossoming Strokes, fundamentally a casual player, would grind reputation with the Undead Merchant Association whenever she had nothing to do. Upon receiving the targeted quest prompt, she couldn't help but express her bafflement.

"How could Weisshem possibly be short on money? Didn't we help Old Yang seize a bunch of gold jewelry during our takeover of Weisshem?"

"Yeah," Qin Guan agreed, equally puzzled. "We confiscated quite a lot of gold coins and artifacts during the territory defense quest against the merchant caravan just a few days ago. Didn't it all go to Old Yang?"

Blossoming Strokes had a sudden realization and exclaimed, "Could it be that Old Yang disregarded ethics and pocketed all that gold, leaving Weisshem penniless?"

"I wouldn't put it past that guy who's bound to end up in an instance," Qin Guan said confidently.

"This is just bizarre. Old Yang is supposed to be a high-level black mage. How could such a powerful character stoop to stealing money from his subordinates?" Blossoming Strokes found it hard to comprehend.

"Blossom, do you think we should bother with this quest?" Qin Guan asked. "If it's worthwhile, we can call the rest of the team."

"This quest is limited to those with at least 'Friendly' reputation with the Undead Merchant Association," Blossoming Strokes said, frowning. "This requirement… It's a bit peculiar."

Qin Guan responded with a shrug.

Gaining reputation with the Undead Merchant Association wasn't hard. It was perhaps even simpler than the quests issued by zombie NPCs: players just needed to make sure to be online at the right game time in Exile Town's canteen or teleport to Desolate Outpost and Weisshem Town for cooking quests.

However, the real challenge lay in being online at specific times—most players had jobs or school and could only play after work or classes or before bed; being online whenever needed wasn't exactly feasible.

Plus, when players were online and farming monst

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