Everlast Online

[You have begun KINGDOM Quest: , ]

[Accept: Y/N]

[«WARNING» The outcomes of KINGDOM Quests will permanently alter forever]

Liz obviously accepted this, although its rank could not match the mythic world quest it would surely grant her rewards beyond her wildest dreams. Unfortunately, it seemed others would also learn of the riches she was soon to make:

[«WORLD ANNOUNCEMENT» KINGDOM Quest has been started by player ]

[Reward: , ,

"Damn." Liz muttered under her breath as she clicked to accept the quest from the Marquess and dismissed the announcement while collecting the rewards; she would look at them later. There had been a few other world announcements since the clearings of the tutorial bosses, but they were just minor things; clearing higher ranked dungeons and similar, but now it was the notice of another important quest.

And Liz was once again right at its centre.

The Marquess soon began speaking again, explaining what she needed to do and where she was to do it.

"Abaddon Kilgard is an incredibly devious and intelligent man." The Marquess began to explain the plot to Liz further, "He has influence that matches his majesty at his fingertips and a somewhat legitimate claim to the throne as the bastard child of the previous king."

"He commands Vradora's Aristocratic faction in opposition to the crown, many have suspected he desired to take over, but with the letter you have recovered we have the confirmation."

"Then why not confront him with it." Liz interrupted the Marquess, she was unused to feudal politics.

"The letter confirms this, but it is not enough to convict him of treason. The seal is surely real, not something a mere bandit could replicate, but this would not hold up within court. With only this he could easily escape conviction and continue his plans in more secrecy as he knows we suspect him." The Marquess shook his head, he wished it could be that easy, but men with power and money could get away with almost everything; a truth Liz understood more than anyone.

"Fine." Liz sighed, "Then what am I to do?"

She already knew, but the NPCs of ELO were intelligent and she knew it was best to play along with the growing plot.

"We must learn more of what the Archduke is planning." The Marquess began explaining.

"In the letter you have acquired, the goal of the bandits was to block supplies from reaching Barview from the direction of Ghasten. Ghasten is a weak town but they regularly import materials from the spooky forest that are vital to the city. Kilgard wanted to weaken me as one of the King's greatest supporters, but beyond this we do not know what he wants."

"What I need of you is to find out more information, using whatever means available to you." The Marquess looked Liz in the eye as he spoke, "The safety of the kingdom relies on you, I hope you can deliver. Here is a map of the kingdom, marking the territories owned by the Archduke; I suspect he will have information in one of these 3 locations."

He pointed at 3 places in specific on the map. All 3 laying within the capital; the first was a mansion owned by the Archduke; the second, the main office of a trading firm he owned; and finally the last location was within the slums of the capital. The Marquess explained that a powerful gang ruled this area and it was suspected that Kilgard was funding their expansion across the slums

"I understand. Thank you for trusting me." Liz stood and bowed before leaving, she could not be given any assistance as the Archduke had not yet set his sights on her. Beyond the assassins, she was unknown and Liz wanted it kept that way. She could only hope it would.

As Liz left she assimilated the map, getting a 'detailed' map of Vradora as well as an understanding of which nations bordered it. Being the Divine Empire, Magica Kingdom and finally the Cronus Kingdom.

Barview was stationed at the border of Vradora and Cronus; it would take a while in order to reach the capital where she needed to be, but only a week within the game on horse. That would certainly be annoying. There was no means of fast travel within Vradora as teleportation magic was not a common ability.

"This is going to take a while." Liz sighed, however perhaps the hounds may reduce the time. It was a week by horse, but what about an inexhaustible hound; how long would that take? 

Liz would soon find out as she made her way to the exit of the city.

Now then, how am I going to get information? Liz thought, the point of the quest was to gather intel, it did not specify stealth but Liz understood that if the Archduke knew others had his information, he would change tactics, Necromancy isn't exactly built for stealth. Though there is her...

Liz remembered she did know someone who was quite good with stealth. Liz quickly opened the friend menu and composed a short message:

[Smokey: hey]

Liz waited for a moment for a reply and it soon came, from there a conversation started:

[Nina: what up]

[Smokey: looking for some help with something you want in?]

[Nina: kingdom quest?]

[Smokey: ye]

[Nina: rewards?]

[Smokey: second part of the quest + something else but hidden]

[Nina: sounds good count me in]

[Nina: you wanna meet up]

[Smokey: north entrance barview]

[Nina: cya there]

Nina was looking over her messages with joy. She was really just excited that smokey had messaged her first, but now she wanted help with a quest! Nina would've accepted immediately but she didn't want to sound desperate.

Nina, like Liz, was a solo player from lower City-Y; better off than Liz, but not by much. She really just played for fun, knowing she could never contend with the top players, but someone else was doing just that. Smokey had become a bit of an idol for Nina.

Liz and Nina met up around 10 minutes later; Liz was waiting for Nina to arrive and walked over to her when she saw.

"You called?" Nina said. Liz smiled and inspected her, seeing that she had risen to level 40.

"Yeah thanks." Liz was in need of a player with stealth capabilities and Nina was the only one she knew who fit the bill.

"So, what's the mission?"

"Let's form a party first." Liz said, first having to create a party.

[«ALERT» You have been sent a party request by Friend: ]

[Accept: ]

Nina quickly clicked yes and looked over the information she had been presented:

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