7 ~Scout 1~ skill (1/2)
'At last!' Pedro sighed. Thirty meters away from where he hides was a guarded camp.
'That should be their camp.' He stared at the camp, trying to spot if the family of the village chief was there.
'Let me check first, how much time I have left.' He opened the player interface and check the quest details.
[Quest: Scouting Duty!
Rating: B-rate
Mission: Scout the whereabouts of the Trolls who took the wife and daughter of the village chief.
Duration: 6 minutes left]
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[Quest: Rescue! Rescue!
Rating: A-rate
Mission: Rescue the village chief's wife and daughter from the trolls and escape without dying.
Duration: 16 minutes left]
'Wait! I spotted the camp of the trolls already. Why didn't I receive a notification from the system that the quest has been completed? Don't tell me~' Pedro started to panic realizing that the system has not informed him about the completion of the quest. On top of it, the timer was still running.
'Am I supposed to return to the village and report to the chief?!'
'Impossible! It would take me 2 minutes to return to the ambush site. While it would take me 5 minutes to return to the village from the ambush site. Basic math says it would take me 7 minutes. I won't make it.' Pedro was still in panic when a sudden commotion happened in the troll camp.
A little girl ran out on one of the tents in the troll camp. Unfortunately, a troll was guarding outside of the tent and kicked the little girl back inside. At this moment, the system sounded and the notification Pedro was waiting for, appeared.
[Quest: Scouting Duty!]
[Completed!]
[You have found the location of the trolls and the wife and daughter of Chief Antonio Kagat!]
'Sigh. Thank god, It was just that!'
The system always gives tricky quests. In this case, Pedro had found the camp. However, he didn't see the chief's wife and daughter. Hence, the system didn't consider the quest as finished.
For the system, What he scouted was ”The camp of the trolls” and not the ”Location of the trolls who took the wife and daughter of the chief”.
The system was right. There might be several troll camps in that area. And Pedro might have scouted the wrong camp. Hence, unless it was confirmed that the family of the village chief was in that camp, the system won't consider it as completed.
[Generating Rewards!]
Reward:
~Scout 1~ skill book
100 Reputation points of Kagat Village
20 Bronze Coins
[Congratulations Player ”Death” for obtaining 200/1000 Reputation points of Kagat Village!]
The buff Pedro got earlier, raised the 100 reputation points he got as a reward to 200.
He knew from his past life, that if his reputation points were raised to 1000/1000, the village chief will make a recommendation letter that will allow Pedro to enter a Kingdom that the Kagat Village is affiliated.
Villages on Bearth does not have any requirements for entry. However, the Kingdoms require a recommendation letter. or, Players can pay a high price of 2 gold per entry.
This was the reason why on the official release of Bearth Online, other than ”skills hunting” and leveling, Players also focused on getting recommendation letters from the villages.
Pedro hurriedly opened his inventory and used the ~Scout 1~ skill book.
[You have learned ~Scout 1~ skill]
Skill: ~Scout 1~
Rarity: Bronze-rated Skill
Skill Type: Active
Effects: Temporarily increase the player's movement speed by 10% and increase the player's vision by 100 meters for 30 seconds.
Cooldown: 5 minutes
[A Skill required to learn skill ~Scout 2~]
The rating of the skills gained on Bearth Online was based on its attributes and effects. The skill ratings were Bronze-rated skills, Silver-rated skills, Gold-rated skills, Legendary-rated skills, and Divine-rated skills.
”Not bad. Every skill that I could get would be very useful.” Pedro gazed upon his newbie sword and checked its properties for the first time.
[Newbie Sword]
Rating: Bronze-rated weapon
Level Requirement: 1