NOIM; Connected Worlds

"And then what happened?" the present Isabella impatiently asked. After seeing Isabella's impatient tone, Edizon immediately racked his brain to think of a decent way to explain. After a few seconds, William finally helped out...

"It seems that they were fighting over us."

"What?" Isabella tilted her head as she asked for confirmation.

"It went on like this..." Edizon stroked his chin as he finally got the right hint to continue his tale.

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After watching the two blabber on for a few minutes. We decided to silently take our leave. But just when we were about to start walking a voice sounded out from the behind...

"Hoy! You two, don't even think about leaving..." chills ran through our backs as the old man Elvis and Captain Lenon glared at us.

<Elvis Joe, City Mayor of Lockeguard City, Level 305>

<Lenon, Captain of The Military Group of Lockeguard City, Level 523>

"Please don't kill us, dear sirs..." Alice almost fainted after seeing the information pop up above the two NPCs. A thousand ways of dying suddenly crossed her mind as she begged the two. Elvis stared at Alice for a bit before waving his hand to shoo her away.

"Heh..." Captain Lenon smirked as he shortly glanced at Elvis. After a short moment, he coughed twice and finally reassured Alice...

"You're fine... But we can only take two disciples every cycle. Go on. We still have something to discuss with these two."

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"Wait. Wait. Wait... There are tons of players in our city, why would the both of them specifically pick the two of you?" Isabella immediately questioned the nonsensical part of the story.

"That's exactly what I asked..." Edizon grunted before resuming his tale.

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"Wait. wait. wait... There are tons of players in this city, why would the both of you specifically pick the two of us?" I asked out of pure curiosity. Many thoughts came to my mind that time. There are tons of other players that chose this city, so why us? Why can they only take two disciples per cycle? And why in such a rush?

"Hahahahahaha. Boy, you ask too many questions... Do you really think that you have a say in this?" The old man Elvis laughed as he grinned at me. But just when he was about to say something... A magic circle lightened up below where William was standing...

"What the hell are you doing?! Don't you think we should take a look at other candidates first?!" Elvis cursed out as he lifted Captain Lenon by his collar.

"Mush, mush, mush. So much talk, If you don't want him I'll take him too." Captain Lenon replied as he waved his hand to summon what appears to be another magic circle. But just when Captain Lenon was about to finish his gesture...

"I'll take him!" A lightning bolt stormed down towards Captain Lenon as Elvis waved his hand. Captain Lenon immediately lifted his shield to block and shift the direction of the bolt towards the sky. The bolt continued to travel upwards as it slowly disintegrated into tiny sparks.

At that time it was clear to us, each of them can take two disciples each cycle. So meaning we could still get you and Alice in on this quest. But we'll talk about that later. Anyway, after the bolt vanished. Elvis pointed his finger towards me then a similar magic circle appeared at the ground where I am standing. So that's about it...

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"And then what? Why do you keep cutting the story?!" Isabella beamed with an annoyed tone. She doesn't know if this was intentional or by habit, but Edizon clearly loves to drip information bit by bit when it comes to the important part. This was one of the few things where she hated the man.

"Take it easy okay? Let's talk over it on dinner. Okay?" Edizon held Isabella's hand as he muttered in a sweet voice. Isabella's attitude turned a 180 degrees after hearing Edizon console her. Isabella's face turned a bit red. She looked downwards and answered in a low tone...

"Okay..."

"Will you just show her the quest already?!" William rolled his eyes at the two before shouting at Edizon. He thought to himself 'Isn't things going a bit too fast with these two? What the hell did this Edizon feed to Isabella anyway? May there was something in that wrapped cake earlier...'

Hearing this, Edizon threw a smirk at William before swiping on the air to summon the interface...

[<Quest: The First War of This Cycle. Summoning Cannon Fodder.>

<Description: Intelligence was received that Aztec, the Kingdom of blades is preparing for a class F Attack(Level 6-50) on our city. Based on military calculations it is estimated that they will be attacking the west border of our Lockeguard City within one month. To minimize the damages, Captain Lenon and the City Mayor Elvis entrusted you a quest to kill the current monkey cult leader and retrieve the skull staff. The new leader of the cult will be entrusted to command the cult monkeys and send them as cannon fodder to minimize human casualties.

<Requirements: Kill the current cult leader of the cult monkeys and retrieve the skull staff. >]

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To be continued.