hotmtlnovel Chapter 338: Solo For A While
Chapter 338: Solo For A While
"Hey, that rookie is back."
"Hahaha! The one who beat the crap out of Darius with an elemental staff?"
"Yeah, he and his party member are turning their quest in right now.
"For real? They caught the darned bandits?"
"Yeah, you guys wanna check it out?"
"Yeah, let's go."
"L-Luna, how about you?"
Shye and Seira's arrival even caused a slight commotion in the special lounge, prompting the emeralds to talk about the quest they took.
After all, even for some of the emeralds, the Notorious Bandits quest proved to be a bit too difficult to handle solo, hence, most of them thought that the payout wouldn't be worth the risk and avoided the quest as though it was a plague.
Once thirty days passed from the day of posting and none of them still took on the quest, the guild will enforce a compulsory selection, requiring four adventurers to undertake the quest together, whether they like it or not.
Well, the quest itself wouldn't be a problem, however, as veterans, they knew that bandits were too damn slippery and the main challenge would lie in searching for their lair.
Moreover, finishing the quest solo would be a wee bit too hard, hence, they had to bring at least one comrade along.
The issue with this arrangement was that splitting the quest rewards among two or more people would result in such small shares that the quest wouldn't be worth pursuing.
Unfortunately, this was one of the brutal realities of the world.
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Most adventurers only thought of whether the quest would be worth pursuing by weighing the difficulty/hassle to reward ratio.
Very few cared about the situation of the clients.
Even Shye was unknowingly falling into this mindset.
Well, everyone had their problems so it would take someone with a compassionate heart and a heroic spirit to go out of their way to complete quests for the sake of helping the clients instead of caring about the rewards.
"I'm done processing the quest completion rewards, Sir Crowley, Seira. Here are 40,000 silver coins, your adventurer licenses, and guild tokens. Also, I've added 2,405 guild contribution points to each of your accounts. Again, thank you for your contributions to the guild!" Shauna said as she offered a customary profound bow to Shye and Seira.
Just when she was about to process the rewards of the next adventurer in line, Seira suddenly spoke.
"U-Uhm...Shauna...Can you transfer 1,000 contribution points to Shye's account from mine? I didn't do much and he deserves the lion's share of the contribution points. 1,405 points is enough for me..."
"Hmm? Oh, sure...I'd suggest giving prior notice next time, before I process the quest rewards, as transferring points would cost you a hundred guild contribution points per transfer."
"Oh...I understand, please continue with the transfer." Seira decisively said, as obtaining just as many points as Shye didn't sit well with her.
Desperate as she might be, she had her own set of moral values that she abided by.
2,405 points was truly a bit too much for her conscience.
"Hey, Seira..."
Shye tried to stop her, however, she remained adamant about her decision.
"Boss, please accept this arrangement. I'm progressing quickly as it is, and if we keep taking on similar-level quests in the future, I fear that I'll rank up too quickly and become an adventurer who is way too incompetent for my rank. Thirty percent of the rewards are already enough to help me accomplish my goals on time; you should have the remaining seventy percent."
"W-Well, if this arrangement is alright with you, then I shall take the seventy percent every time."
"Thanks, boss!"
Hearing their somewhat touching conversation, Shauna couldn't help but smile warmly, processing the point transfer shortly after.
"All done, Seira, Sir Crowley. Any other requests?"
"Nope, all done! Thanks, Shauna!"
"No worries, Seira!"
After a short conversation, Shye and Seira left, proceeding toward the exit with smiles on their faces, planning to relax for the rest of the day before departing for another quest.
Only, Shye didn't expect Seira's subsequent words.
"Boss, I'm truly grateful for your support. Thanks to you, I'm on track to meet my goals. I need to return to my village to visit my family, so I'll be away for about a month. But I'll be back in time to see you dominate in the rookie representative selection tournament. Take care, boss. See you in a month!"