How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

This is indeed not a lie. From opening treasure chests to snatching equipment from big guilds, this demon king obviously just wants to live a normal office worker life. Oh no, I just want to be cute quietly.

But it was not without gain. The dark bat souls were enough to complete two advancements, and there were still many left over. The Rose Heart also gave some things as a gift.

It also includes two skill books for thieves, one of which provides a passive stealth bonus, making the stealth effect less likely to be detected, and the other of which provides a mind-killing bonus, which can exempt a damage within 1 second, while causing additional damage in the next attack and appearing behind the opponent.

Needless to say, the value of the stealth bonus is very valuable. A thief's life-saving skills have always been valuable, not to mention that the mind-killing skill has a special attack effect. It can be said that these two skills are what thieves dream of.

There were some small accidents during this process. Dolan, who had witnessed me miraculously evading the siege of the Storm Guild, couldn't help but ask about my real occupation out of curiosity.

As a member of the management of Rose Heart, with her vision and knowledge, Dolan could naturally recognize that the method I used at the end was completely the skill of Dark Word Mage.

Fortunately, I was able to get away with it by using a hidden profession.

However, from the other party's meaningful look, he seemed to understand that the other party would not let him go easily.

Of course, I am referring to the aspect of attracting people to join the organization.

In addition to these two skills and a set of equipment for the thief, although I have already expressed that I do not need them, Rose Heart also sent me a lot of bat claws and poison sacs as a certain reward for me telling me about the hidden quest.

Speaking of this.

"By the way, Hill, how many bat claws and venom have you received now?" After the strategy posting, I should have gained a lot.

What I didn't expect was that in just half a day when I was away, Hill had already collected more than 3,000 sets of materials submitted by players.

Obviously, the strategy post had just gone viral, and Rose Heart should have just started to take action. It seemed that there were quite a few players who acted decisively.

“So many materials…”

Although bat claws and venom sacs do not look good, and when piled up into a small hill they look like a pile of dark matter from the abyss from a distance, in my eyes they symbolize countless gold coins.

I used to think that the money-grubbing described in comics was just an exaggeration, but only now do I seem to understand the feeling.

"Hill, Hill, we're rich!"

I clapped my hands excitedly.

However, when it comes to striking people, Hill seems to have always been very good, and he kindly reminded, "Your Highness, please pay attention to the remaining energy of the Heart of Herontis."

I just remembered that because of insufficient funds, I had to use energy as a disguised form of payment for players' missions.

He quickly opened the interface of the Heart of Herentis, and found that the more than 100 energies originally reserved could only be described as miserable at this moment.

Although the energy from the forest ruins and other monster gathering places now allows me to earn nearly 100 energy every day, it still hurts to spend so much at once.

But now is not the time to feel sad. I don’t want to see any plot like that where a poor girl is forced to become a prostitute to make a living.

"Hill, let's go and cash in these materials first."

Although I was well prepared and bought five primary backpacks with four additional slots from the exchange, they were still unable to hold so many materials. I had to transport them to my personal warehouse in multiple trips. With Hill's assistance, it wasn't too troublesome.

The NPCs that issue the two hidden quests, Bat Claw and Poison Sac, are both in the city of Farnes.

When I came out of the teleportation magic circle, I heard the familiar and low bell sound of the clock tower next to St. Bees Square. A long and ancient breath suddenly hit me in the face. In a trance, I seemed to have returned to my previous life with the strange rhythm.

However, I quickly came to my senses, not because of anything else, but because the imperial soldiers patrolling in a line not far away made me realize that I was no longer a normal player.

"Hill, we shouldn't be discovered, right?" Looking at those soldiers who were around level 180, I couldn't help but hide behind Hill nervously.

"Except for very rare special cases, no one can see through the effects of magic disguise, so please rest assured, Demon King."

Although Hill can be a bit frivolous sometimes, he won't joke about such important things at critical moments.

I nodded and took Hill away from St. Bees Square.

As the capital of the Orwyn Empire, Farnes is undoubtedly a magnificent and prosperous city with numerous tall buildings, white wizard towers piercing the sky, hymns chanted from solemn and dignified churches, and the afterglow of the setting sun like a faint curtain of light, covering every corner of Farnes.

In the city of Fans, there are not only players who set out as new adventurers, but also indigenous people living in this city. It is much more lively than the small town of Soma.

Such a big capital city naturally has numerous streets and alleys. In my previous life, I almost got lost in it when I received a daily task.

Now I will not make the same mistake as I did then. I walked to Oak Street with ease, took out some bat claws from my personal warehouse, and found a weapons shop on the street according to the route I remembered.

Because it was close to evening and compared to the surrounding shops it looked a bit shabby, it didn't seem to have much business.

So when we just walked into the store, an NPC apprentice came to greet us. "Welcome, dear customer, what can I do for you?"

"I'm here to see Mr. McEwen."

"So you are here to see the master." The apprentice suddenly realized, but then showed a look of vigilance, "He is in the forging room inside. What can I do for you?"

"Can you help me meet him?"

"Sorry, the master said he won't be receiving anyone recently, so please go back." The aboriginal apprentice shook his head.

I didn't expect something like this to happen. This situation was not mentioned at all in the strategy post in my previous life. I was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to do.

At this moment, Hill beside him saw something from the expression of the aboriginal apprentice.

Chapter 29: Alchemy Workshop and Pharmacist Loli

"Please help tell Mr. McEwen that we can solve his current troubles." Hill calmly pushed a silver coin in front of the NPC apprentice.

The NPC apprentice's eyes lit up, but he quickly took the silver coin as if nothing had happened, turned around and left, "Please wait a moment."

Such a humane side made my mouth twitch as I watched from the side. No wonder Hill asked for a silver coin specifically. Although I had heard of such skills in my previous life, I really didn't know that the indigenous people also had such a real side.

Soon, the apprentice came out with a middle-aged blacksmith. The middle-aged blacksmith had strong muscles and was bare-chested. Many traces of burns from fire could be seen faintly on his bronze skin.

Although he was a little sloppy, I couldn't afford to look down on him. After all, the man in front of me was an important master blacksmith even in the entire Orwin Empire.

"Dear Mr. McEwen, I heard that you are worried about forging recently. I wonder if this is true?"

McAven glanced at me, as if he was a little skeptical because of my young age. But when he thought about the problem that had troubled him for many days and had not been solved yet, he nodded and said, "The Orwen military needs a group of new soldiers and weapons to be deployed to the front line, but they are only lacking the forging materials for bat claws. I am troubled by this."

"If that's the case, I happen to have a large number of bat claws that can solve Mr. McEwen's troubles."

"Is it true?" McEwen was very surprised and directly put forward his conditions, "I want it no matter how many there are. Of course, it's not for free. I will also give you corresponding compensation."

System: Do you accept the mission [Forger MacEwen's commission]?

Quest: Blacksmith MacEwen's Commission (Recurring Quest)

Mission Description: Mr. McAven, the blacksmith, was commissioned by the military to help forge a batch of weapons for new soldiers, but he lacked important forging materials. Adventurers who help provide forging materials will receive rewards from Mr. McAven.

Mission Target: Bat Claw (0/20)

Mission reward: 2 copper coins, 1 experience

Anyone who doesn't accept it is a fool.

After spending several trips to hand over all the bat claws collected by the players to McAven, his assets suddenly increased to two gold coins.

This is just the reward for one of the hidden tasks. If all the remaining venom is submitted to another task NPC, this number will double.

And this is just the beginning. The effect of the strategy post has not yet really taken effect. Later on, it is entirely possible that I will become the first person in the game to own a hundred gold coins.

But I can't guarantee that I am the first one who can measure assets with gold coins. After all, if the big guilds want to, they can pool all the members' money. Although I don't think anyone would be stupid enough to do such a thing that overdraws the guild's cohesion.

"It's a pity that most of the experience was wasted."

I thought a little depressed.

If it weren't for the restrictions of the rules of magic disguise, the template level could not exceed the level of the Demon King himself, I estimate that I would have reached level 6 long ago, instead of just staying at level 5 with 99.9% of the experience like now.

For other players, this situation would probably be very frustrating, but for me, a demon king who reached the first-tier player level by completing two tasks and occupying a monster community, I was just a little depressed and put this problem out of my mind.

After all, there is still a second hidden mission to do.

Compared to the blacksmith shop directly opened on the street, the location of the NPC who accepts the Bat Venom hidden mission is a bit remote and far away from the blacksmith shop.

The two people who discovered each other's hidden mission in the previous life did not know each other's existence at first. After accepting the mission, they frequently traveled back and forth between various towns to collect materials and make up stories.

When the players saw someone buying the bat claw and venom separately, they subconsciously thought that they knew each other. At first, no one was suspicious, but after the same group of people came into contact with the two at the same time, they were immediately noticed.

These two people must have discovered some secret.

Even though they had been very careful, they certainly would not have thought that they had no relationship at all, but were misunderstood by others as acquaintances, which then aroused suspicion.

Although the main reason for the eventual discovery may not be this, it is probably the seed that first pushed the hidden mission to be exposed.

For me, there is nothing to worry about. Those players may never find out that there is an "NPC" acting as a middleman between them and the hidden mission, deducting half of their original mission rewards.

Even if they are discovered, they will probably just think it is a coincidence. After all, in their view, NPCs have no motivation for behavior.

The origins of the Orwyn Empire can be traced back to the Age of Holy Grace, a time when ancient civilizations were flourishing. Fanes was built on the remains of one of these ancient civilizations.

It can be said that there are many crystallizations of ancient wisdom buried under the ground of Farnes, and the most important of them is the "magic mechanical technology" discovered more than a hundred years ago.

This directly triggered a craze for alchemy, and the new decree introduced by the Council of Elders further fueled this trend. Places called alchemy workshops sprang up all over Orwin, and countless people devoted themselves to the field of mechanical alchemy, which indirectly promoted the development of other alchemy industries.

Therefore, when I turned around the alley and came to a small steam workshop-like building, I was not surprised at all. Instead, I was a little puzzled by Hill's behavior next to me.

Hill looked around at the surrounding houses, and there was a more puzzled light in his gray pupils than in mine.

"What's wrong, Hill?"

"It's nothing, Your Highness. Maybe I was wrong." Hill withdrew his gaze and stood quietly behind me.

Although I was a little confused, I didn't pay much attention to it and knocked on the door.

"I'm coming."

There was a response from the alchemy workshop, followed by a burst of running, and it seemed that there were objects falling and strange plops mixed in, which made people doubt what was happening inside.

Soon, the door was opened a crack, and a slightly embarrassed petite figure cautiously poked out, with a dirty face, "Who are you? What do you want from me?"

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Try to see if you can get up at this time. Of course, this is a scheduled update. I am still sleeping. www

Chapter 30 You are a devil, right?

Because the relevant posts about this hidden task in the previous life only recorded how the player discovered it, without any other description, so he did not expect that the other party would be a loli not much older than himself.

But I, who had become immune to Loli, reacted quickly and took out a dozen herbs from my backpack.

"Ms. Trish, I was commissioned by the Mathis Chamber of Commerce to deliver the materials to you."

Unlike McAven in the blacksmith shop, under normal circumstances, the senior pharmacist named Tracey would never come into contact with the player. The player in the previous life happened to receive a mission from the Chamber of Commerce and accidentally discovered the hidden mission here.

It’s just that now, the protagonist in the story has been replaced by myself.

Sure enough, after seeing the herbs I handed over, Tracy immediately let down her guard, opened the door and welcomed Hill and me in.

"You came just in time. I just needed these materials to make a new potion."

Walking into this small alchemy workshop, the various sundries piled up around and the materials thrown around randomly all show that the other party does not pay much attention to the quality of life, just like a scholar immersed in academics.

And I roughly understood what happened to the strange plop sound and the other person's dirty little face.

Somehow cute.

"What are you laughing at?" Tris turned her head with a puzzled look.

I quickly restrained my expression and said, "Nothing, I just thought of something happy."

Tris curled her lips, an envious look on her cute face, "You adventurers are really carefree, unlike me who is always on edge."

Could it be that this aboriginal has some hidden secret?

I couldn't help but be stunned. From the words of the indigenous people, one can often understand some of their habits, personalities and experiences. It was obvious that Tracy's experience did not seem to be very good.

Although the world of Era is just like the real world and the indigenous people have different destinies, the word "near and uncertain" seems a bit strange, and I can't help but feel a little confused.

However, when I saw that no tasks were triggered afterwards, I thought it might be the other party's habitual complaints or something, so I didn't take it seriously.

But after hearing this, Hill next to him fell into deep thought.

Perhaps just taking it as a simple complaint, Tracy walked around the pile of books scattered on the floor and came to her workbench.

"The mission reward is the Chamber of Commerce's business. Aren't you planning to leave?" Tracy sat down at the workbench and carefully prepared a set of pharmacist's refining instruments. For the entire alchemy workshop, this is probably the tidiest place.

It seems to prove the saying that no matter how unkempt a scholar is, he will keep his desk tidy.

"I've always wanted to observe the process of making potions."

I found a suitable reason to stay here. After all, you can't threaten an NPC with weapons to ask her to give you a hidden task. That would be tantamount to courting death.

And whether or not they can win is still a question——

After seeing two tall magic puppets on one side of the workbench, I realized that the young lady in front of me was also a mechanical alchemist, and the metals used to make the two puppets were obviously high-grade materials, which meant that her mechanical alchemy level was definitely not low.

"whatever."