"Why is there another group quest? And who's this 'Hog Bonechewer'? That doesn't sound like the name of a human or a vampire."
During a break on the main battlefield, Happy Stick had just finished leading an ambush when he spotted a quest shared by the administrative players. He accepted it before he had time to read it carefully. They'd already fought their way this far, after all, so completing a quest that rewarded a mount was no trouble.
The brothers around him were also taking the chance to rest.
The smell of barbecue hung everywhere in the area. Following Happy Stick's tactics, the players had burned at least several hundred elite gnoll berserkers with Molotov cocktails and explosive bombs.
Their gains were substantial. More importantly, killing elite gnolls in the dungeon counted toward their score, so the players who had taken part in tonight's battle were racking up points in the main quest pool at an absurd rate.
The only disappointment was that this dungeon was way too big!
Happy Stick and the others had to hurry to the dungeon boss, so they didn't have time to search the other nooks and crannies.
As Meow Brother saw it, this camp was a major stronghold of Warlord Kenport's forces. There had to be plenty of treasures hidden here.
"Stick, this new quest wants us to hunt a special monster on a wanted list. I just checked, and several of the gnolls we burned to death were targets. The moment I accepted it, the completion rate shot straight up to 57%."
Meow Brother, who had embarrassed himself earlier, led his warhorse over and said to Happy Stick:
"Should we send some of the lower-level brothers on a sweep around the perimeter? We could finish the quest while we're at it. We're