I Ascend to the Divine Throne through Arcane Means - Chapter 60

Chapter 60: Chapter 59 Exclusive Task

Gedo Street, adventure team villa

Lis and Arsen had both come out of the room quite satisfied.

Both highly agreed and praised their recent exchange, proposing highly constructive suggestions and agreeing to continue maintaining a good communication mechanism between the two parties.

In plain terms, both got what they wanted: Arsen received new intelligence about the mastermind behind the scenes, and Lis secured a pledge from Duke Hade’s family.

Arsen also gave Lis a Radiant United Commerce Diamond VIP Card.

This was one of the top five guilds in the kingdom, established jointly by various Court Nobles, and it was considerably larger even than the Mora’s house Golden Vine Flower Guild.

The Radiant United Commerce’s VIP cards were also divided into silver, gold, and diamond levels, and the one prepared for Lis was a diamond level VIP card.

With this diamond VIP card, Lis would enjoy a 30% discount at Radiant United Commerce.

This could apply to a range of products from daily necessities and groceries to high-level magic equipment, practically amounting to the guild providing services at a loss.

Resourceful individuals could even make money from the guild using this diamond VIP card.

This clearly showed Arsen’s sincerity. It is worth noting that Mora in her own guild had only arranged an 8.5% discount for Lis.

Lis and Arsen came to the living room and saw Ya’er and Ailina sitting on the sofa, with Ya’er tightly hugging the Little Moon Spirit Leopard and sitting there obediently, while Ailina was combing Ya’er’s lioness-like red hair neatly with a wooden comb.

Seeing this, Lis walked over to a nearby chair, sat down, and took out a book titled “On Fire Element Characteristics and Magic Rune Applications” from his ring, starting to study.

Now, what Lis needed to do was to reorganize his magic theory and basics, to consolidate his grasp and achieve improvement.

Ya’er, Arsen, and the others, seeing this, did not disturb Lis and started their training outside.

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The sun was gradually getting stronger, and it had risen overhead.

Just as Lis put down the heavy tome, ready to head into the kitchen to simply prepare something to eat,

Arsen walked in with a middle-aged man dressed in the Mercenary Guild uniform.

Upon seeing Lis, the man came up enthusiastically and said,

“This must be Mr. Moriarty, the new member of the Ya’er Adventure Team. Truly young and promising, extraordinary indeed!”

Not one to repel a smiling face, Lis shook hands with this overly enthusiastic man and asked,

“Hello, may I know who you are?”

“Hi, I forgot to introduce myself!” The man slapped his head and said,

“My name is Mire, I’m in charge of mission dispatch at the Mercenary Guild, pleased to meet you.”

“I’m pleased to meet you too, Mr. Mire.”

After the greetings, Lis handed over the trouble of hosting to Arsen and went to the kitchen to prepare lunch.

By the time he had finished preparing the meals and brought them out, Lis noticed that the man named Mire had already left.

Ya’er and Ailina too had finished their morning training and were sitting politely at the table waiting to be fed by Lis.

Even Lunbos, who had not been seen all morning, was sitting nearby.

As Lis placed the food on the table, he asked Arsen,

“What happened to that Mire just now?”

“He left; he came just to notify the guild that there was an exclusive task assigned to our adventure team.”

“Oh, an exclusive task?”

Lis sat down at the table, and everyone started to dig in.

Arsen gently tapped on the table and said,

“Now that Lis has also arrived, I’ll talk about the guild-exclusive mission so we can decide whether to take it or not.”

Everyone was tasting the delicious food while also listening to Arsen’s words with curiosity.

After all, any mission directly appointed by the Mercenary Guild must be complex.

It seems the guild believes this task cannot be accomplished by ordinary mercenaries due to its difficulty and the urgency requiring specific Mercenary Groups for completion.

Arsen organized his words and said,

“To the south of Bright City, about two days away by carriage, there is a place called Kola Village.”

“According to the reports, a few days ago, the villagers of Kola noticed something odd about the plants near their village–they were growing at an abnormal rate, with some trees growing more than one meter overnight.”

“The villagers of Kola are panicked because their village is getting overwhelmed by the forest. After reporting to their lord, the lord had no solution and had to seek help from the kingdom.”

“Since the cause of these anomalies hasn’t been discovered yet, the kingdom has entrusted the preliminary exploration to the Mercenary Guild.”

“The guild has classified it as a secret realm exploration mission and has appointed our adventure team to complete it. If we accept, we will have to register at the guild tomorrow and set out immediately because the mission timing is quite tight.”

“Oh, and according to the local lord’s preliminary exploration information, there seems to be signs of Undead Creatures, so be cautious.”

“What do you say, shall we take this mission?”

Arsen finished sharing the available information and looked at his teammates gathered around the table.

Ya’er was the first to respond energetically:

“Let’s take it! I have only heard about Undead Creatures in stories, never slashed one!”

Lis nodded, indeed.

In the Feis Kingdom, known for its relatively stable social order, to prevent citizens’ skeletons from being turned into undead, all deceased must be buried in the Dawn Church’s cemetery at no extra cost.

This is a strict regulation, applicable even if you live outside the city.

This is why there are rarely any Undead Creatures within the Feis Kingdom.

Priests of the Dawn Church are tasked with maintaining the cemeteries and performing blessings, and the Divine Power of the God of Dawn has a powerful lethality against Undead Creatures, something that other churches of war and wisdom cannot achieve.

Of course, the Dawn Church is happy to take on this profession as it greatly benefits the spread of faith in the God of Dawn throughout the Feis Kingdom.

Thus, for the Dawn Church, which is the most important stronghold in the Fanor Continent, professions such as Death Mages genuinely keep their distance from the Feis Kingdom.

Walking down the street, you might encounter a bald man in a white robe shouting, “Praise be the shining light of the God of Dawn!”

Then, a hammer strike sends you to Hell.

Yes, that’s right!

The priests of the Dawn Church wield single-handed hammers, all of them muscle-bound brutes!

In his previous life, he had suspected that the God of Dawn might also be a muscular deity with a twelve-pack.

Unfortunately, the statues in the Church of the Gods are very vague, so it’s hard to make out their shapes and appearances.

But, having been reborn, he hadn’t yet encountered anyone from the church.

Lis, preoccupied with his thoughts, felt it was still best to keep his distance from those muscular, violent priests of the Dawn Church.

Ailina chimed in, saying,

“If it’s about the plants growing quickly, then there might be an increase in Life Force, but it’s peculiar why there would be Undead Creatures.”

“Exactly,” Arsen nodded and said,

“That’s why the Mercenary Guild suspects that there might be a new secret realm emerging in Kola Village, which is why they assigned us to explore.”