"I dunno Kai, cough, I mean Beryl, must be some special quest. Let's take a look."

In the currently crowded town square, two handsome brothers stood at from the crowd, with many females swarming them with friend and party requests.

If Yuri was here to see this right now, she would most likely be screaming in frustration at the fact that Kai was too dense, and Toku was just not interested.

Ah, but of course, she was dense as well, her outstanding foreign beauty would also draw attention from many males but she never noticed, too focused on her thoughts.

Leisurely walking towards the barracks, the crowd of people seemed to part like a sea, with males looking in envy and girls looking in awe. Once again, it's not like they noticed though, the entire family should go see an eye doctor together some day.

"I wonder what Yuri is doing? I hope she's not getting picked up by any guys...." Kai, or Beryl, muttered while nervously looking around for her, unintentionally causing many females to swoon after getting looked at.

"She's too dense to notice, I guess she beats you at that huh." The little brother retorted while completely ignoring the screaming girls, causing some perverted m.a.s.o.c.h.i.s.ts in the crowd to fall in ecstasy.

"Well, she's a curious girl, I bet she's at the barracks right now too. We can probably meet her there."

"Oh! Good idea, Tok—ahem, Lapis."

"Let's just hurry up…" Lapis sighed while picking up his pace, eager to figure out the commotion that had piqued his rarely shown interest.

After finally arriving at their destination, the pair of brothers pushed through the dense crowd of onlookers to only find a line of NPCs guarding entry to the training field.

"What the f.u.c.k? I'm fed up of this, lemme in stupid NPCs, I have a cla.s.s quest I need to do!" An angry onlooker roared while losing his cool, taking up his beginner sword he attempted to charge through, only to be cut down instantly.

Instantly the crowd fell silent, staring at the white particles of the dead swordsman.

"W-what the heck?" Whispered a mage girl, who had been standing next to the man. "What's so important that you don't even hesitate to kill someone!?" She furiously interrogated the guards while gripping her staff.

"Ma'am please back off, the training grounds will reopen in a couple of minutes. In addition, adventurers like you do not lose their souls when killed, at worst you become weaker." An NPC emotionlessly answered while staring at the girl. "Thank you for your cooperation."

"...hey Beryl, do you see Yuri anywhere?" Lapis asked while trying to get a look inside the training grounds.

"Errrr, she didn't tell us her cla.s.s or username ahead of time so I'm not sure."

"Dammit, I can't see anything past these NPCs, how come whenever I'm finally interested in something I'm blocked from finding out?" Lapis grumbled while grinding his teeth in annoyance. "Tsk, this is so frustrating."

"I'll just politely ask the guards for information then!" Beryl exclaimed optimistically while confidently walking up to the guards and asking in a polite tone. "Excuse me, kind sir, would you be willing to tell me what sort of event is going on so I could enjoy it with you?"

"Oh, Marshall Abest is finally choosing his first disciple!" He excitedly said with a slip of the tongue. But realizing his mistake he quickly turned pale and froze up, a pale layer of sweat was seen on his forehead.

Seeing such a charismatic figure must have compelled the guard to loosen his lips for a short amount of time. But everyone watching knew that it was pure luck, a second time would not happen.

"...brother, you are just too charismatic for your own good," Lapis said while rubbing the bridge of his nose is a very tired manner. "You managed to make a trained AI slip up...maybe this game is just really realistic."

"Hm? What do you mean Lapis? All I did was politely ask the nice guards." He noted with a confused look on his face, managing to charm many ladies who were, unfortunately, standing behind Toku.

"Oh sorry, I forgot that you're an idiot. Let's go check the Record Hall to see if there's anything interesting." Turning around he boldly ignored the multiple advances on him, pus.h.i.+ng many people out of the way in the process, heading towards a large building.

"H-hey! Wait up Lapis, and what did you mean by that?!" Kai cried out while frantically chasing after his little brother, politely excusing himself from the invites thrown at him.

The duo then soon arrived at the Record Hall, where all the various leaderboards and records would be posted for everyone to see. It also included guild creations and PK bounty quests.

"Hey Beryl, would you look at that, someone's already at level 3!" Toku gasped in shock while staring at the only name listed on the center leaderboards. "It's incredibly hard to level up in this game, to get to level three would require around 200,000 exp! It's practically impossible to do such a feat while only one hour into the game, this Lynx is not a simple player."

"Lapis, this Lynx fellow is number one on the ranger list and also on the achievements list, what does that mean?"

Hearing this, Toku quickly checked the board that Kai had mentioned, his mouth dropping open when seeing Lynx's name once again listed on the achievements board.

"amazing...now I understand how they boosted their level so fast. They must have unlocked a hidden quest...or maybe a special weapon or cla.s.s quest? But the chances of doing something like that so early on...must have happened in town a few moments ago..." He muttered to himself, not knowing that he was right on the money.

Toku was very brilliant and intelligent, in fact, if he tried hard enough he could have skipped more than enough grades to graduate immediately. But his only fault was that he never did anything that didn't interest him, for example, making friends or becoming famous.

However, the game had captured his interest, leaving him thirsting for more every second he was playing.

"Ah! The commotion at the barracks!" He suddenly exclaimed while perking up in understanding. "It was unusual, much too early for a development like that to happen while people were still joining the game. If what the guard had said earlier was correct then someone must have convinced an important NPC to take them as his disciple. That means Lynx must have gotten a rare cla.s.s quest. Lucky b.a.s.t.a.r.d, who is he, some protagonist in a book or something?" He scoffed while clicking all the pieces together, accurately guessing the events that had happened to Yuri in a matter of seconds.

"U-um Lapis, why didn't you help me and dad while creating the capsule again?" Kai asked with a twitching smile that didn't reach his eyes. "We could have finished years earlier…"

"Not interested in engineering." He constantly dismissed, completely ignoring his older brother.

"Hmmm, now that I think about it, to achieve a hidden quest a user must have certain qualifications. Father always loved hiding cheat like powers in games, Lynx must have stumbled across one of those." Toku confirmed confidently while grinning with satisfaction. "Now remember, my stupid brother, do not mess with Lynx! Because father always makes cheat powers way to OP! You can do that much right?"

"Don't forget that I helped him design the capsule! I'm not stupid! In fact, I think of myself as pretty smart!?" The abused brother cried out in anguish while desperately trying to regain some of his dignity in front of his younger sibling.