Conqueror

I turned in the legs to the guild. It seems We've been promoted to silver badge rank. It doesn't really matter.

The rewards were just pretty small. 200 for the spiders and 300 for the two Arachnes. They gave me an extra since I killed two and the quest only listed one. 3705 gold left.

We spent two months on this kingdom. It costed 500 gold for the lodging and the food we needed for the two months we lived here.

It also costed me 400 gold since I bought some necessary skills for the quest.

2305 gold left.

I bought Perfect Imagery.

[Perfect Imagery, adds a storage in the user's mind. If the user activates this skill, what he sees will be imprinted on the storage in the mind. This can be deleted at any time. Will stay there forever unless deleted.]

I also bought Imagery Intensify.

[Imagery Intensify, while using this skill, the imagination of the user will be greatly enhanced. For example, if the user thinks of a tiger, the user can know the texture, appearance and the sounds surrounding it as long as the user's imagination is perfect.]

This is a good combination with Perfect Imagery. I spent 3 days using Perfect Imagery on the whole kingdom of Cagyer. I can now make a three dimensional model of it on my mind with no mistakes using Imagery Intensify.

And the final skill I bought is puppeteer.

[Puppeteer, able to control inanimate objects. You'll get the object's sight.]

Just an easier way to use Perfect Imagery.

Moving onto the quest, some of the quests listed on the list were pretty easy.

We spent a month getting all the information for villages, dungeons, artifact dungeons, adventurers and their army.

The most difficult thing to know the details are the artifact dungeons. We spent a lot of days just for that particular quest.

I just used Perfect Imagery to get the data on the army count and size and same for the adventurers. Its pretty easy sneaking around when you have Yefa with a low cooldown on blink.

I didn't get to get some levels because the two months we spent here was just information gathering.

The only thing left in the quest list are the government related quests and their conflicts. We scavenged for any information but to no avail we couldn't find anything.

In that two months, I didn't see any nobles, high ranking officials and not even the king or queen of Cagyer. Something is definitely up.

We regrouped back to the inn. I let Precia and Yefa rest for some time.

I sat down on the bed and contacted the king of Itz.

"Hey."

"Oh? This is the first time you've contacted me in two months lord Zieglind." I could hear him over the telepathy. It seems it works. "Bold of you to use this skill on me instead of sending a messenger."

"It doesn't matter. We've got 80% of the quest done. We need to go back now. There's already a level 100 roaming around. I'm still stuck on level 53. I can't hunt with these insane quests you gave me."

"80%? Good job. Good job indeed. What are the objectives you didn't get?"

"Government related objectives."

"You left out the most important objectives?"

"What can we do? The two months we've been here we haven't heard anyone talking about them nor have met them. They're completely anonymous."

"*sigh* A week."

"What?"

"A week. I'll send some people from Polk. They'll arrive after three days. They'll bait out the government. Get what you need from their castle and come back to Itz. Follow the people from Polk. Monitor their moves."

"And then what?"

"If they show even a hint of suspicion, report it to me. After you complete the list of objectives, I'll tell you what to do next."

"What do I get from this?"

"I'll tell you after."

"No. I want to know it now. We've spent an incredible amount of time here."

"I'll tell you after."

It seems he really doesn't want to say. "Tsk. This better be damn worth it." I disconnected the Telepathy after that.

I called Yefa and Precia to my room. I discussed to them what will hapen 3 days from now.

"What will we do if they arrive here?" Precia asked.

"If we see a government official, we just have to risk it all and infiltrate the castle. Yefa, we'll use your blink. I don't know what the layout of the castle is, but I can make an image on what I think it is. Imagery Intensify!"

I recall the structure of the castle in Cagyer using Imagery Intensify and Perfect Imagery.

Three locations piqued my interest. "On the left and right side of the castle there were two towers."

"Uhm... What are you doing?" Yefa asked.

It seems I do weird movements when I use this skill. Well the three dimensional model in my head seems so real. I feel like I'm really there.

"I'm thinking. Anyway, these two towers mean three things, a storage for food, a jail dungeon, or a watchtower for intruders. Hmm... After we get in the castle, Precia you investigate these two towers. I'll maintain our communication with Telepathy."

"Okay." She replied.

"Yefa, you go underground. If there's none, you head straight to the top of the castle. Also Precia, regroup with Yefa if you don't find anything. I'll be heading straight to the top. That's where most of the information are hidden."

They both seem to understand the situation. I let them go back to their room and rest.

I contacted Afal again to know the situation on the village. It seems its getting pretty large now. Grien is already level 34. He's getting stronger gradually.

I just checked up if anything was wrong and he reassured me that nothing was really happening when I'm gone.

That's a relief in itself.

I told him to get ready in a week since the quest is nearly done.

I disconnected the Telepathy and head back to bed.

When I was about to get to sleep, I noticed something. A menu popped up on my screen.

"Damn it."

[A player has reached Level 200. EXP gain of everyone will now be 50% more.]