ACT 4 Finals

How many quests does this item overlap with?

Arks mind became complicated. When he received the <Genius Alchemists Laboratory> quest, he didnt think it was that serious. He expected some decent compensation. He decided that it was only a little bit better than normal quests. But that wasnt the case. Whenever there was a quest where a specific item was needed and there were no limitations on the number of that item, then there would be many people who have received the quest. If one restriction of the quest was friendship points, then the items couldnt be shared. Several people would receive the quest and consequently most of them were bound to fail.

In order for me to receive the quest, it was necessary to have a lot of friendship points with the Magic Institute. Shambala received the quest from a quest item. As the items couldnt be shared, one of them had to give up the quest. But there were also other people who received the quest?

Furthermore, the place where they received the quest wasnt ordinary. Last night, Ark shadowed the three people. But he soon lost them in a restricted area. The place where they went to was Midus, the merchant guild.

They said they received the quest from the Grandmaster. Then.?

The Grandmaster was probably from the Merchant Guild. Arks employer was also the Grandmaster of the Magic Institute. In other words two of the top three guilds, the Magic Institute and the Merchant Guild were involved. So lets think about it. The NPCs of New World dont move abruptly without any justification. This was the justification of the Grandmaster of the Magic Institute. Since Magaro was a member of the Magic Institute, the research materials that he left behind belonged to them. Therefore, it was justifiable to regain it. Then what about the Grandmaster of the Merchant Guild? There was no obvious reason at the moment. However, he had a small idea. Magaro was a well-known genius alchemist. The research from his later years would therefore be worth a lot of money. Even if it wasnt directly used by the Merchant Guild, it was possible to use it in political negotiations with the Magic Institute. That was the rough idea that he immediately thought of.

The three big guilds are political rivals. Naturally they would spy on and try to outmanoeuvre each other. And the movement of the Magic Institute was trying to discover Magaros lost legacy. Then the Merchant Guild quickly took action. If so..Shambala finding the diary might be 100% due to chance, but the appearance of the secret map in the Evil Silrion shows that it might not be a coincidence. The Merchant Guild is probably behind this tournament in order to discover the other users who have found clues.

Perhaps it wasnt only the Merchant Guild.

While normally 100 people participate on average, this tournament had more than 1,000 applications. Many large guilds are also gathering to go to Nagaran.

The hooded figures hired some players, but it was impossible for them to have hired 900 people. In that case, maybe other powers have intervened in the quest.

Then out of the three guilds, the one with the highest chances of intervening is the Warrior Guild. The quest is probably something similar to bringing them the injury prize from this tournamentif that is the case

The situation was becoming quite interesting. Of course, Ark wasnt interested in something like the three guilds power struggle. He also wasnt didnt want to compete with other users for the quest. The point that Ark found interesting was that the Merchant Guild made its move following the Grandmaster of the Magic Institutes action. This meant that there was likely to be a huge reward!

If the guy who received a quest from the Grandmaster was rewarded with 4,000 gold, then the compensation for this quest would be at least that much!

Without a doubt, it would be a large amount of money! Indeed, the hooded men were willing to pay 1,500 gold to Jewel for the secret map. Money was the most important thing to a merchant. If the rewards for the quest was uncertain, they wouldnt have been willing to part with that amount of money. In other words, this quest was guaranteed to have a large profit!

I could get thousands of gold from one quest!

Arks pupils turned to gold. If he did well then he might be rewarded with rare potions or scrolls as well as gold.

Huhuhu, unexpectedly I received some good information. Im lucky that I transformed myself. While I can guess their real identities, they cant guess mine. I have the upper hand.

Ark hid the information from Shambala. Shambala still didnt know how large this quest was. Since he had already received the quest, he only wanted to complete it if it was possible. However, if he knew about the huge reward then he might change his mind.

In the worst case, he might require more in exchange for the diary.

Thats not possible. This is my quest! My money!

And Shambala couldnt afford to listen to such talk. The semi-finals and finals were on the same day. 1 hour ago, Ark and Shambala had won in the semi-finals and now they were waiting for the next match in the waiting room.

In the meantime, Shambala sat down with crossed legs and closed his eyes. The posture of a person who learnt Kung Fu and was concentrating his mind was remarkable. Thanks to that, Ark was unable to breathe properly and sat a distance away. Then, a shout was heard along the suddenly loud passages.

-The opponents for the winners of the previous match, team 14 Blue Sword and Dark Wolf have been decided! It is team 89 who defeated their opponents in only 3 minutes with overwhelming skill!

Now the only match remaining is to determine the final winner. In 5 minutes, a special match will be held and then it will be the final match of the hotter than ever 186th Pairs tournament!