Ding-dong.
Ding-dong, ding-dong.
Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding.
It had been less than ten seconds since Big Watermelon and Melee God of Magic received Vivian's quest rewards.
Suddenly, the communication alert from their in-game friends began ringing nonstop.
At first, there had only been one or two messages, but soon it spread like a plague. Before long, all kinds of messages and call requests filled the screens in front of Watermelon and the Melee God.
Clearly, their rapid leveling—no, their instant level-ups—had caused an uproar among the Beta Testers.
Of course, this uproar was entirely negative. At the beginning, most players were simply watching for fun and enjoying the spectacle.
The reason was simple.
Everyone thought these two had turned on cheats!
Fish Pigeon: ??? Big Watermelon, how did you suddenly go from level 9 to level 11? You jumped two levels at once? Did the cheat you bought finally arrive!?
Big Earth Dog Is Not A Dog: Farewell, Teacher Melee God of Magic. Farewell, Teacher Watermelon. I will miss you both.
Black Critical Hit: Bro, you're awesome! "Fall of the Gods" is supposedly fully supervised by a super AI. You still managed to find a loophole and activate cheats? I hereby announce that from now on, this place shall be called the Watermelon Plaza!
77777: Pour a cup of cappuccino for Mister Melee God of Magic~
Countless other Beta Testers put down their tasks without a word and began constantly refreshing their friend lists, waiting to see how long it would take for the names of those two to disappear from the list and be erased by the system.
Some went even further, refusing to miss a chance to stir things up. They instantly opened a betting thread on the forums, wagering on how long it would take the super AI of "Fall of the Gods" to send the two of them to the List of Conferred Gods.
At first, a crowd of people eager for entertainment enthusiastically joined in. Some bet it would take no more than ten seconds, others thirty seconds, and some within a minute.
That actually wasn't strange at all.
After all, 5,000 Experience Points was an astronomical figure to the Beta Testers at this stage—a massive fortune that had allowed Big Watermelon and Melee God of Magic to rise two levels in a row.
Most players' levels during the beta test had already hit a bottleneck. They could hardly gain Experience Points by killing low-level monsters anymore, while they couldn't defeat high-level monsters because they had no "class."
Therefore, the only way players could obtain Experience Points now was by doing quests. And here, "quests" referred to the very ordinary, simple daily tasks in the village. They weren't difficult, but the rewards were pitifully small. They probably couldn't scrape together even a few hundred Experience Points in an entire day.
Everyone's levels had slowed to a tortoise's pace. So why could these two level up like they were riding rockets? And they were instantly leveling up, no less! If that wasn't cheating, what was?
But...
As time passed, little by little...
More and more people began to lose their patience.
"This super AI is way too useless, isn't it? Ten minutes have passed already. How are those two still alive and well?"
"Could there be a possibility—I mean, just a possibility—that they aren't cheating, but actually found some incredibly powerful quest whose rewards let them level up twice?"
"To the person above: Just how incredibly powerful would a quest have to be to give that many rewards??"
"Oh no, oh no! So it turns out we're the clowns!?"
The forums exploded, and the friends who had previously been "bidding farewell" to Big Watermelon and Melee God of Magic went completely wild.
Fish Pigeon: Something's not right, something's not right. Lord Watermelon, don't tell me you really found a way to farm Experience Points? Can you take your little brother along too?! Please, please!
Big Earth Dog Is Not A Dog: Teacher Watermelon, Teacher Melee God, where are you? Hurry up and send me your coordinates!
Black Critical Hit: You there? Name your price.
Name my price? Name your damn price!
He~tui!
So now that you're not just here to watch the fun, you want to pry into our information? Bah! What a bunch of lousy friends!
Big Watermelon and Melee God of Magic exchanged a glance, then very tacitly chose to shut off "Friend Communications." In an instant, all the messages disappeared, and the world returned to peace and quiet.
This treasure NPC belonged to them!
No one was taking her away!
If Liao Zixuan knew what the two of them were thinking right now, he would certainly have spat out another emphatic "He~tui." What, so my Vivian was no longer an evil great Witch, but had suddenly become a treasure NPC?
That whole incident also indirectly gave Big Watermelon and Melee God of Magic a powerful sense of crisis.
Although they had been cursing and grumbling, deep down they understood perfectly well that an NPC like Vivian, who was clearly restless and bound to cause trouble, would sooner or later enter the sights of other players as well.
By then, once everyone knew about this wealthy little Witch, countless people would fight to become Vivian's dogs. Never underestimate the shamelessness of players!
Since that was the case, before their competitors appeared, the two of them had to cling even more tightly to the young girl's leg. At the very least, they had to leave an impression on Vivian and let her know that they were the two top dogs!
Ugh, how shameless. This was way too shameless. Did they have no shame at all?!
But there was really nothing they could do.
Because she really gave them too much!!
Just think about it. This was only Stage One, merely the beginning of the quest chain, and the rewards were already so rich and absurd. Wouldn't the later rewards be even more—
"Little Black, I... I feel like those two people are looking at me a little... strangely." The young girl bent down and lowered her head, whispering into Liao Zixuan's wolf ear.
No matter how slow she was, the girl could clearly sense the increasingly heated gazes of the two Beta Testers.
Instead of comforting the slightly worried girl, Liao Zixuan secretly teased her as well, chuckling.
"Heh heh, of course! Our Vivian is so beautiful. They must be interested in you!"
Liao Zixuan quickly regretted saying that.
The previous second, he had still been comfortably enjoying the girl's embrace. The next, he went plop and was left hanging in midair before falling to the ground.
"I'm ignoring you!!" Vivian puffed out her cheeks and angrily turned her back, refusing to look at Liao Zixuan.
The Wolf Cub had been cruelly and mercilessly thrown onto the ground. As he pitifully rubbed his little rear, he shook his head at the same time.
"Ah, she's still too inexperienced. This is nothing. She can't even handle two people. In the future, you'll become the white moonlight in the hearts of millions of players—no, the black moonlight!"
"I have to train that girl's thick skin, and quickly!"
Once he had decided to do something, he did it.
Liao Zixuan soon uploaded the huge pitfall he had prepared and carefully edited long ago for Big Watermelon and Melee God of Magic. Ahem, no, the quest.
And this time, Liao Zixuan's slogan was: "Now, kindly spit out all the benefits you received before!"
Ding.
Quest status updated Current stage: Two Quest name: Witch Miss Wants to Eat Quest description: After spending the entire morning journeying deep into the forest, you are already very close to your destination. To prepare for the boss battle that may come later, it is necessary to rest appropriately, adjust your condition, and replenish your food. Quest objective: Prepare lunch for Vivian and her Summoned Beast, and satisfy their needs as much as possible. Quest rewards: 10,000 Experience Points, one random "Fine Grade" item or piece of equipment (Please note: Starting from this stage, you must complete the prerequisite quest and fulfill the special conditions of this stage before continuing the quest chain. Special condition required to unlock the "Stage Three" quest: Vivian's Favorability reaches 10 (Indifferent) Current Favorability: -10 (Cold)
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