NOVPUBChapter 1266: 407. All Are Tricks_2
Given their penchant for sensory thrills and material rewards, Noland Lee devised a foolproof strategy within just two or three minutes.
Noland Lee raised his right hand, palm up, his fingers loosely curled.
A cluster of shimmering, multicolored light appeared in the palm of his hand.
Two seconds later, the cluster burst like a bubble with a “pop,” transforming into a round object covered with fine scales.
“What is this…”
“Does it look like a dragon egg?”
...
“This egg is round, so it probably isn’t a dragon egg. Aren’t dragon eggs in TV shows shaped more like chicken eggs?”
Amid the players’ discussions, Golden Dragon in the Sky caught the round object slowly drifting down from the sky.
The moment his fingers touched the object, game text appeared beside it.
[You have completed the first phase of the story task.]
[You have received a reward from a boss-level NPC “????”.]
[Reward content: a magic egg]
[Magic Egg Description:]
[The Experience of the Magic Egg] 0/100,000
You can transfer your own experience to the magic egg. After the magic egg’s experience bar is filled, it will begin to hatch.
Attention! Hatching is irreversible!
Make sure you can hatch the magic pet you desire before transferring experience to it.
[Magic Egg’s Bloodline] None
You can give monster materials of fine quality or higher to the magic egg for absorption.
After absorbing monster materials, the magic egg will gain the corresponding creature’s bloodline power.
The higher the concentration of the same type of bloodline, the greater the chance that the magic egg will hatch into that type of magic pet!
Mixing several creature bloodlines may result in the creation of a brand-new magic pet!
…
“Hiss——”
Golden Dragon in the Sky’s chest swelled with emotion; he couldn’t help but beam with joy.
This magic egg was just one of the rewards.
Being the first player to complete the first phase of the expansion plot, Golden Dragon in the Sky would receive the unique title “Witness to the Descent of Magic.”
In addition, he had also obtained a hidden task carefully crafted by Noland Lee.
[Congratulations, you have triggered a task line related to a hidden profession.]
Golden Dragon in the Sky’s eyes widened as he read the game text word by word.
[Task Line Name: Become the ‘Magic Pet Lord’]
[This task line consists of one mandatory task and two optional tasks.]
[Mandatory Task: Receive at least 10 magic eggs from NPCs and successfully hatch all of them. At least one must be a legendary-level magic pet.]
[Upon completing this mandatory task, you will officially assume the magic-related profession ‘Magic Pet Lord.’]
[Optional Task One: Hatch a pureblood Artificial Angel magic pet.]
[Optional Task Two: Hatch a pureblood Metal Magic pet.]
[Optional tasks must be manually accepted from NPCs. Once accepted, they cannot be canceled, and each optional task can only be completed once, but both can be completed concurrently.]
“Cucumber Slice, Cucumber Slice,” Golden Dragon in the Sky called out behind him:
“Come take a look at my task and help me analyze it.”
Cucumber Slice and his teammates crowded around.
Golden Dragon in the Sky set the task interface to be visible to other players, allowing Cucumber Slice and the others to view it.
“The task says to ‘receive’ magic eggs from NPCs, not ‘exchange’ them. This indicates that the eggs are free and can be repeatedly obtained.”
One of the players in the team was the first to speak.
Another player pointed to the words “legendary level” and asked:
“Does ‘legendary level’ mean that the purer the bloodline, the higher the rarity? In that case, wouldn’t a pureblood magic pet be of legendary level?”
“That should be the case.” Cucumber Slice pointed to the two optional tasks and said:
“The optional tasks seem to be the game’s way of guiding Boss Jin to obtain legendary pets. As long as he accepts any one of these two optional tasks, Boss Jin can follow the plot of the task and steadily obtain a legendary magic pet. Not only does that complete the optional tasks, but it also completes the mandatory task, essentially guaranteeing the hidden profession ‘Magic Pet Lord.'”
Noland Lee chuckled inwardly and nodded, pleased with the situation. With these players, adept at guessing the game designers’ intentions, his life as an NPC was made much easier.
Just as Cucumber Slice had analyzed, Noland Lee indeed intended to use optional tasks to guide players in obtaining legendary magic pets.
Of course, it wasn’t as simple as just grinding monsters.
Take Optional Task One, for example:
This task requires players to cultivate a pureblood Artificial Angel magic pet.
When using the “Magic Egg Technique” to create magic eggs, Noland Lee deliberately linked the concentration of bloodlines with monster levels.
The higher the monster’s level, the bloodline concentration provided by the monster materials it dropped was higher.
To turn a magic egg into a pureblood egg, one must infiltrate the monsters’ main camp and slay their boss-level beings.
Relying solely on hunting low-level Artificial Angels would hardly turn a magic egg into a pureblood egg.
It could be said there were only two ways for Golden Dragon in the Sky to hatch a pureblood magic pet:
One, to go straight to the dragon’s den and slay the leader of any corporation within Angel Enterprise Alliance.
Two, to deploy all the guild’s power and engage in prolonged battles with Artificial Angels, using the dropped monster materials at Noland Lee’s place to exchange for potions that purify bloodlines.
No matter which path was chosen, it was all part of Noland Lee’s scheme.
By boarding Noland Lee’s “pirate ship,” Golden Dragon in the Sky’s guild was inevitably going to clash with Angel Enterprise Alliance.
