VCRMM: Chapter 398

The player who was talking to Paul was called Mala Hotpot, the leader of a mercenary group. As he talked to Paul, he was also communicating with the members in the guild channel.

“Brothers, this leader has recruited a new member! We must find a way to keep him!”

Mala Hotpot didn’t want to wait for people here every day, but for a small to medium-sized mercenary group like theirs, it was becoming increasingly difficult to recruit new members.

Large mercenary groups like Magic Box, who were backed by a club, had good benefits, many missions and the halo of the great gaming gods. They were often the first choice for new players. The large mercenary groups also welcomed fresh blood and wouldn’t treat newcomers too badly.

The small mercenary group he formed could only survive in the cracks.

A fixed team had been formed but people occasionally quit to seek better opportunities. It was very awkward for a mercenary group like theirs, which had just enough people to meet the minimum group formation standards.

Someone quit a few days ago. If the vacancy couldn’t be filled within a week, their mercenary group would be disbanded and they would have to start again.

If that happened, the group that was formed with great difficulty would probably be completely disbanded.

Mala Hotpot definitely wasn’t willing to give up.

He didn’t like the constraints of a large guild but he also didn’t like playing games alone. Right now, the group was full of brothers who could play together. If there was something, just call out and someone would respond. Everyone helped each other and the atmosphere was particularly good.

This was how to enjoy the game!

The moment Male Hotpot appeared, the guild channel suddenly became lively.

“Where is the newcomer? Is it a girl?”

“Wow, where is the girl? I’m coming, I’m coming!”

“The boss has recruited a female newcomer! Yes! I’ll return to the base straight away!”

“That’s right. There are too few girls in our group. We need more girls to keep people.”

“……”

The corners of Mala Hotpot’s mouth twitched. He appeared in time to curb the rumors. Everyone booed the moment he clarified it.

“You bunch of animals, get out of here!”

“If we can’t recruit any new people, our group will be disbanded. We have to make sure he passes the internship period no matter what!”

Mala Hotpot was angry in the channel. At the same time, he gave Paul the most sincere and hearty smile.

“Everyone in our group is very enthusiastic and happy to help newcomers like you. If you want to find a mentor, there are some in the group.”

“By the way, what type of talent did you pick?”

In the face of Mala Hotpot’s enthusiasm, Paul was a bit overwhelmed. However, he really needed a guide.

He couldn’t understand the strategy guides on the forum. He was different from other Chinese players who had read a lot of forum posts before entering the game and were able to adapt quickly after entering.

In the end, Paul agreed to Mala Hotpot’s invitation.

However, he hadn’t completed his profession change mission, so he couldn’t join the mercenary group.

“That is easy! Come on, I’ll take you to level up!”

Mala Hotpot didn’t let Paul continue to do the guidance mission, but took him to the wilderness to level up. He explained some basic knowledge of the game while walking.

“You can do your guidance missions later when you have time. Just do it casually. The other missions aren’t important. Only the daily and weekly missions must be done.”

Paul nodded. He recalled the content of the missions in Hegemony and asked, “What exactly do you have to do with the weekly and daily missions?”

“Respect the old and love the young.”

“What?” Paul pondered on the translation. Respecting the elderly and caring for children?

“It is literally what it means.” Mala Hotpot said, “Do you know the background of the Roland Empire before entering the game?”

Paul shook his head.

Mala Hotpot gave him a brief explanation before saying, “So there are many lonely elderly people and families who have lost their parents. They all need care.”

“Our daily mission is to take care of them and accompany them. It is mostly doing laundry, cooking, cleaning or telling stories and taking care of the children.”

Paul was stunned when he heard this. Then considering the background of the Roland Empire, the emergence of such a mission wasn’t unexpected.

However, for a realistic holographic game like this, could players really have the patience to do these things?

He also expressed his doubts.

Mala Hotpot looked at him with an expression that said, ‘You are too naive.’ He said, “Brother, do you think daily missions are easy to complete? They have become limited-time missions!”

His face was filled with pain when he said this.

“Now, most of the old men and women have been snatched away and are quite vigilant. They basically only accept help from players with high favorability. However, there are more newborns recently. It is easier to grab missions to help children.”

Mala Hotpot looked at his mission list. “I will do the daily missions after I bring you to join the group.”

No matter what, it had to be done every day.

Daily and weekly missions were good things. When the server was first launched, they could follow His Majesty Roland into battle with the help of the weekly orders. It was a great feeling to be protected by a god-level assistant. It wasn’t known if they would be able to get this chance again in the future.

[This big brother is so enthusiastic.]

[Respecting the old and loving the young. This is worthy of a game made by Chinese people. This seems to be their cultural tradition.]

[It might be a magical fantasy game but its core is still Eastern values.]

[I heard that the Roland Empire, as a novice village, has a special liking for infrastructure. In just two years after the server was launched, it built several new cities.]

[That is because they are all Chinese players.]

[It is so funny. The infrastructure bigshots in real life are also in the game.]

[Yes! I know someone who is playing Starry Sky Age like it is Minecraft. They have designed and built a lot of really nice houses!]

As Paul’s live broadcast continued, the discussion in the barrage became more heated.

They were all shocked by the vivid game world that Paul showed them, and were attracted by some special game plays. They couldn’t wait to enter the game and play it as well.

Paul couldn’t see the comments and forgot about the live broadcast.

Mala Hotpot took him to the wilderness through a teleportation circle.

Now, the ruins of the three ancient kingdoms of Sovo, Beldan and Raya had been completely cleared thanks to the efforts of the three mentors and many players.

A total of ten ruins, four trial secret realms, and more than one hundred survivors of the three ancient kingdoms were found on the lands of these three ancient kingdoms.

These survivors were properly arranged by the three mentors. After learning that their home had been completely destroyed, these people who had once struggled to survive in the wilderness let go of their obsessions and surrendered to the Roland Empire.

The construction of the new main cities, named after these three ancient kingdoms, were also in full swing.

Mala Hotpot took Paul to the leveling area to the north of Beldan. They formed a team and quickly started leveling.

“I remember when the server was first launched. I had to run around to level up as quickly as possible. It took at least a day to reach level 5. How can I be as happy as you now?”

It only took him an hour to raise Paul to level 5.

Paul saw the smooth and efficient battles, as well as the ferocious-looking interstellar beasts. He couldn’t help sighing again that the details of Starry Sky Age were so precise.

Even the wild monsters all looked different! What type of detail control did these modelers of Starry Sky Age have?

After Paul received the profession transfer mission, Mala Hotpot took him to the elementalist branch for the transfer. After he succeeded, Mala Hotpot invited him to join the mercenary group.

Their mercenary group would be temporarily safe as long as Paul stayed in the mercenary group for 24 hours!

They were both wind-type warriors, so Mala Hotpot readily accepted Paul as his apprentice. The master and apprentice would receive bonuses for completing daily missions together.

Mala Hotpot didn’t rush to take him back to the guild base, but took him to do today’s daily missions.

The daily missions of the master and apprentice were the same. The first one was to chat with an elderly person for at least ten minutes.

Then Paul was taken to an old house by Mala Hotpot. The house was old but the yard was beautifully maintained. A few players had just walked out of it when they arrived.

Mala Hotpot didn’t find this new. He pulled Paul in, sighing as he walked. “This place wasn’t like this when I first came here.”

An old couple lived here. Their two sons died on the front line, and the old man had been bitten by an interstellar beast. Thus, he couldn’t easily move. Their lives used to be very hard.

After the players came, they repaired the house, brought food and drinks every day, helped them take care of the garden and chatted with them to relieve their boredom. The lives of the elderly couple gradually improved.

Mala Hotpot remembered that a player on the forum compiled and compared the game screenshots when the server was first launched to two years later.

Everyone was shocked to realize how much change they had brought to the Roland Empire when performing these insignificant daily missions, and how they had changed the fate of so many NPCs.

Many players could no longer distinguish between the game and reality. They regarded the elderly whom they have always helped as real elders, and even had deeper feelings for the children raised by them.

Male Hotpot was no exception.

He liked the two old people in this family very much, and the old couple also welcomed him.

Paul was once again shocked by the NPCs of Starry Sky Age. Their intelligence level was really high, and the micro-expressions on their faces and their body movements were extremely smooth.

Looking at their kind faces, Paul was reminded of his grandparents and missed them a bit.

So he patiently talked with the couple and was surprised to find that he wasn’t bored. It was very interesting.

[Full Server Announcement: Sweet Soup Store Mercenary Group has donated two ultra-long-distance teleportation circles to the Roland Empire…]

At this moment, both of them saw the server-wide announcement.

[Full Server Announcement: The Roland Empire has entered a first-level combat readiness state and will soon launch a foreign war against the Bewatt Empire. It is called the War of Revenge! Players are requested to prepare for the war in advance!]