The classes of the first day ended with just a morning’s time, leaving thirty students pondering the homework Yue Wu had assigned. Lucy wandered back to her office, lost in thought, while Yue Wu returned home with Xiao Qing.
“How boring,” Yue Wu sighed. “I miss the days of staying home, playing games, and watching anime—so carefree.”
“Even the system doesn’t give us interesting or meaningful tasks. We can’t even open the dungeons.”
Back at home, Yue Wu flopped onto a chair, becoming a perfect picture of a lazy sloth.
Name: Yue Wu (can be changed)
Level: 500 (max)
Race: Human
Gender: Male (can be changed)
Age: 17
Profession: Cleric (convertible to Mage)
Affiliation: Ten Rings (adventure team)
Alignment: Neutral
Strength: A-
Constitution: SSS+
Endurance: SSS+
Magic: SSS+
Spirit: SSS+
Agility: S+
Personal Info: ???
Yue Wu’s stats showed no significant changes, but as he switched to the next interface, something caught his eye, instantly perking him up.
Item: Side Quest Scroll (999+)
Level: ?
Type: Consumable
Description: Use to randomly receive different levels of quests.
Item: Treasure Map (999+)
Level: ?
Type: Consumable
Description: Use to obtain different levels of treasure maps scattered across the world.
“Looks like I’ve got some fun ahead of me.”
“Xiao Qing, let’s talk about something,” Yue Wu began, and Xiao Qing, sensing what was coming, quickly grabbed the hem of his shirt.
“I can’t just take you out in the open like this.”
Yue Wu planned to use the identity of Merlin, and if he took Xiao Qing, Merlin’s true identity might be exposed. He decided to convince Xiao Qing to stay home.
“I can transform into a small animal.”
As soon as Yue Wu finished speaking, Xiao Qing released her grip and, in the next moment, transformed into a small, emerald-green fox, about the size of Yue Wu’s head.
“Alright, let’s go then.”
Yue Wu picked up the fox Xiao Qing and placed her on his shoulder. He donned a white robe and a hood.
Side Quest: Disrupt Crossga’s Plot
Level: A
Content: Rescue the girls captured by evil forces on a small island in the west of the Eu Continent. Prevent the altar from activating.
Reward: 10,000 gold coins, one random A-level item.
Using a quest scroll, the system opened the quest log, revealing the first quest, a side quest, but better than nothing.
“Crossga? Who’s that? Never heard of him.”
“System, search for information on Crossga.”
‘Searching… Over a million results found for Crossga.’
“Search for information on evil forces related to Crossga.”
‘Searching… One result found for evil forces related to Crossga.’
“Open it.”
‘Opening…’
“Got it. He’s quite the pervert, but I’m intrigued by their activities.”
…
“Hurry up!”
“Yes, sir!”
On a remote island off the western coast of the Eu Continent, a group of evil forces was preparing for a major event, led by Crossga.
Crossga, full name Crossga Bunerdon, was a 38-year-old noble from a kingdom in the Eu Continent. He was also an A-level mage by power. Publicly, he was known as a kind and harmonious man, but in secret, he was involved in the s*ave and girl trafficking business with other evil forces. His twisted hobby was torturing girls, making them submit to him, and turning them into his sexual playthings. Many girls had been tortured to death under his hands.
A few months ago, Crossga discovered a massive ice sculpture on a remote island. Inside the sculpture was a half-human, half-beast monster with a height of about three meters, bearing a curse mark on its chest. After months of investigation, Crossga discovered that the monster was an ancient evil beast, with many records about it in the books.
Currently, Crossga had captured ninety girls from various countries in the Eu Continent. To break the seal, he needed the blood of a hundred untouched girls. He was short of ten, which would be brought by Crossga himself that very night.
“I want to go home.”
On the vast sea, a large ship was sailing towards the remote island. In the lowest deck of the ship, ten girls aged between fourteen and seventeen were imprisoned together, weeping.
Among them, a silver-haired girl stood out. Unlike the others, she was not afraid, but excited and anticipating their arrival at the destination.
“Don’t cry, we’ll be fine!”
The silver-haired girl was trying to comfort the other nine crying girls.
“Will we ever go home?”
A girl with a trembling voice looked up.
“We will definitely go home, trust me!”
The silver-haired girl confidently patted her small chest.
“You don’t need to comfort us. We know what’s going to happen.”
A girl with purple hair was too tired to cry anymore, curling up in the corner and looking up.
“So many girls have disappeared recently, and we’re no different. We won’t have a good ending.”
A girl with pink hair wiped away her tears.
“I can save you all, I’m really strong!”
The silver-haired girl patted her chest again.
Among the girls, a golden-haired girl with a ponytail was silently observing the silver-haired girl, saying nothing and remaining quiet.
…
“Captain, we’ll reach the destination in a few minutes.”
A sailor approached the door but dared not enter, as he heard the agonizing cries of women and the manic laughter of men from inside.
“Come in.”
Crossga, bare-chested, opened the door, allowing the sailor to enter. Inside, a girl was suspended and bound, naked, with bruises and bloodstains covering her body, evidence of the horrific abuse she had endured.
“I’m done with her, you can have her.”
Crossga gestured towards the girl, then dressed and left.
“Tonight is going to be the most exciting night of my life!”
“Once I control the ancient evil beast, I can do whatever I want!”
“Money! Women! Power! They’ll all be mine!”
Crossga stood on the deck, his excitement growing as the island came into view, unable to contain his ambition.
But little did he know, he was being watched, and not just him, but the ancient evil beast as well. Both were being targeted by the same person. Whether this was good or bad luck for him remained to be seen.