Chapter 113: Submit the Insignia (Third Watch)

After calculating like that, it's indeed not very realistic.

Let's grind first.

Thus Su Sheng temporarily stopped his wandering thoughts and began to focus on grinding monsters.

During that, two private chats came in.

One of them was from Huan Jie, asking if Su Sheng wanted to come for a normal boss.

Su Sheng asked if Huakai could take it down; Huan Jie said it could be done but would take more time, and if Su Sheng could come, it would be much faster.

After all, the Phoenix Blood Mage Li Wenwan, a boss killer, was there.

Su Sheng pondered a moment; it was just a normal boss, so he felt there was no need to waste time.

After all, getting from Wutong Town to the Great Rift would take nearly an hour and a half.

Besides, Huakai could take it down, so there's no point wasting time.

The second was from Zhu Meng Junjie, inviting Su Sheng to do a quest.

From his tone, it seemed he had received another special quest.

Su Sheng felt conflicted; as an Innate Mission Holy Body, but after thinking, he felt it was better to first deal with these lowly demon soldiers.

Afterward, Su Sheng could only bear the heartache and refuse.

Thus, for the whole day's game time, Su Sheng stayed in the outskirts of the Great Rift grinding these inferior demon soldiers.

Excluding the time spent earlier at the Graveyard Slope and on the road, Su Sheng roughly ground for nearly ten hours on these inferior demon soldiers, gaining a considerable amount of experience; at this rate he could level up in about two and a half days here.

He glanced at the number of insignias in his bag: 577.

Su Sheng clicked his tongue, dissatisfied that he had still wasted a lot of time; mainly because he had to carefully pull monsters, which took some time.

Even for Su Sheng, taking on two inferior demon soldiers at once would be quite challenging—not that he couldn't beat them, but it would require more time.

First, let's go back and see what these insignias do.

Su Sheng looked at the gathered inferior demon soldiers with reluctance, then took out a Return City Scroll.

The game time had five minutes left.

He went straight to the guard at the gate of Wutong Town.

He chose to talk to a guard.

"Hello."

"Hello adventurer, is there anything I can help you with?"

As long as the player isn't red-named or black-named, these NPC guards are still very friendly.

Red-named players will be scolded; if black-named, sorry, you can't enter directly—the NPC guards will attack you outright.

"I've unintentionally collected some of these." Su Sheng took out two soldier insignias.

"Huh?" The guard took the insignias, examined them, and his expression changed slightly.

"These are soldier insignias from the Demon-Suppressing Army ten years ago! Esteemed adventurer, please wait a moment."

The NPC guard's face instantly turned solemn; after telling Su Sheng to wait, he turned and jogged away.

This situation drew the attention of many nearby players, after all most people had already returned to town to rest and log off, and there were plenty of people coming and going at the town gate.

These two guards at the town gate had never left their post before.

"Isn't that... Mo Wen Qianchen?"

"Yes, it's him; it seems he talked to that NPC guard, and the guard then left directly."

"Could it have triggered a quest?"

"Definitely; otherwise why would the NPC guard run off?"

"Is this what a big shot is like? Just casually triggering a quest?"

The NPC at the town gate has spoken to countless passing players, yet never before has a player triggered a quest from him.

He glanced at the game time; four minutes remained.

He didn't know how long it would take for the NPC guard to return.

However, Su Sheng didn't wait long.

The NPC guard returned with an NPC wearing heavy armor, apparently a commander or similar figure.

"Esteemed adventurer, this is our commander." The NPC introduced.

City Defense Army Commander!

"These insignias belong to the soldiers who went missing in the demon-purging battle ten years ago; if you can collect more, I can give you greater rewards."

The City Defense Army Commander spoke.

Quest Prompt:

Triggered "Honor of the Demon-Suppressing Army"....

Collect the missing Demon-Suppressing Army soldiers' insignias; the more you collect, the higher the reward.

Collected quantity: 2

(Current reward: 10000 experience)

Submit to claim reward: Yes/No

Only two; Su Sheng naturally wouldn't exchange for the reward.

Two insignias already give ten thousand experience!

Su Sheng was somewhat surprised.

"Commander, I will do my best."

"Good; if you have more insignias, go to the City Defense Camp to find me."

After saying that, the NPC commander turned and left, and the NPC guard resumed his post.

There were still three minutes left in the game; Su Sheng, under the gaze of the many onlooker players, ran straight to the City Defense Grand Camp.

Some players had wanted to follow in, but were stopped by the NPC guard at the gate!

"This is a key defense area; idlers are not allowed to enter!"

Su Sheng, who had taken the quest, naturally entered swaggeringly.

He found that commander earlier and handed over all the remaining insignia in his backpack at once.

"Very good, I hope you can collect more insignia." The City Defense Army commander showed a smile.

Collected quantity: 578

(Current rewards: experience/Gold Coin/equipment/reputation)

Submit to claim rewards: Yes/No

Sure enough, as more items were submitted, the reward range broadened, allowing a choice of one reward type from four options.

Su Sheng rubbed his hands excitedly, wondering what reward would be given for collecting 30,000 insignia.

But Su Sheng also knew he could only think about it, since it would take him over 40 days alone—utterly impossible.

Su Sheng imagined that he had already made a plan in his mind.

Afterwards, Su Sheng was kicked out of the game.

"Huan Jie, how's your leveling going now?"

At the table, Su Sheng spoke up to ask.

"Not bad, Huang Mingxin and I are both level 22, the other sisters are 21, and we've all learned the level 20 skills."

"I have a special mission here; the monsters are tough to crack, but I estimate the reward won't be low. I was thinking of bringing you all along, though I don't know if you, Huakai, can handle it."

Su Sheng roughly explained the situation of the inferior demon soldiers.

This is Su Sheng's idea: "water used to irrigate one's own fields should not flow to others"—not only Huakai, but the Assassin Alliance must also be brought in.

But before bringing in the Assassin Alliance, we must first ferret out that traitor.

Otherwise, exposing it to Qiancheng Muxue's side would likely cause trouble.

As for how to root out the traitor, Su Sheng already had a rough plan in mind.

"Dad, have we used up the previous Demon Energy Core?"

"Not yet, there's still more than half left. What's up?" Su Wenhao replied.

"Don't make the talismans first; I need the Demon Energy Core a bit—give it to me."