This was Miyazaki the Old Thief's malice.
No, perhaps it was the dev team forcing players to tackle it.
"Margit the Fell Omen is a sixteen-player instance. If we want to conquer Stormveil Castle, I remember the limit is sixty-four players, right?" Kiriko said.
"Mm, that's right. But for this step, the only target is Margit the Fell Omen. As for Stormveil Castle, we can go around it," Argo said. "Well, there's no more detailed information."
"Then that's all we can do." Kiriko nodded. "In that case, I need to make some preparations..."
Kiriko looked toward Asuna.
"Mm, I'll go level up on my own!" Asuna nodded.
"Hold on, hold on." But Argo noticed a problem. "Asuna, have you accepted Stormveil Castle's main quest?"
"Ah—right—" Kiriko thought of it as well. "Even though it's in the Starting Village, the main quest is over there. Asuna, have you talked to that White Mask?"
"Huh?" Asuna tilted her head.
"The strategy meeting will be held in three days, at the Roundtable Hold," Argo said. "Asuna, hurry up and do the main quest."
"That's true. This world is so incredible, yet I barely know anything about it..." Asuna nodded. "But... who should I go find?"
"When you leave the Starting Village, isn't there a stretch of high ground? There's a man wearing a white mask there. Just talk to him," Kiriko said.
"Ah... that person. His white mask is kind of scary..." Asuna said sheepishly.
"You were pretty ferocious when fighting monsters," Kiriko quipped.
"Enemies are enemies! As long as they're enemies, you can just kill them, right?! But someone like that isn't an enemy... Uh, that's even scarier than an enemy..."
[Hahahaha, she didn't accept the main quest.]
[This game has pretty high freedom. You can run around everywhere without accepting the