[Main Quest One: Enter the Astral Express. Reward: 100 Crystals]
[Main Quest Two: Seal/Neutralize/Destroy the Stellaron. Reward per core: 500/5000/50000 Crystals]
"I've never seen such generous rewards."
In a dark cave, a boy and a girl appeared, and the boy's expression was quite vivid.
This mission was simple, but also troublesome.
It was simple because there were only two, but troublesome because...
He had no idea what world this was.
Astral Express? What was that? Stellaron? What was that?
And judging by the rule that higher difficulty means higher rewards, neutralizing this so-called Stellaron was ten times harder than sealing it, and destroying it was a hundred times harder. You know, he had never seen a single quest that rewarded 50,000, and it was calculated per core!
That also meant there was more than one Stellaron!
But Stellaron, did it mean the core of a planet?
Since there were no clues, Takatsuki could only speculate based on the literal meaning.
"Takatsuki, what's wrong? You look very unwell. Did something happen?"
Seele's soft voice sounded beside Takatsuki.
He looked at the surrounding environment. Although the place they were in looked very bad, and the air was filled with a earthy smell, for Seele, who hadn't been to the material world for a long time, everything was so beautiful. This environmental issue didn't make her feel any aversion. The main point was that here, she finally didn't sink directly to the bottom as she did in the World Bubble.
"It's nothing. As I said before, every time I cross over, I receive some missions, and only after completing them can I return to my own world. I just saw that the mission was quite troublesome."
Takatsuki closed the system prompt and explained to Seele.
"What kind of mission is it? Can Seele help?"
"Hmm, I don't understand either. I haven't heard of anything on the mission. We can only inquire slowly. One is to enter the Astral Express, and the other is to seal the Stellaron."
Seele shook her head after hearing these two terms; she had never heard of them either.
"Alright, Seele, no matter what, let's first communicate with the people here. Perhaps someone knows."
"Okay!"
Takatsuki held Seele's hand, like an older brother holding his younger sister's, and walked out of this desolate cave.
Only after walking out did he realize what the light coming from outside the cave was.
It wasn't the light of the sun, moon, or stars, but the light emitted from pieces of ore.
"Wow, it's so spectacular."
Seele exclaimed as she looked at the scene before her.
Takatsuki immediately recognized that this should be an underground mine.
"It seems this should be an underground mine. I just don't know what these ores are? Maybe they are special products unique to this world."
Looking at the ores emitting an orange glow, Takatsuki made a judgment. He could feel a faint heat emanating from these ores, indicating that they were some kind of energy-containing ore, not like iron ore.
"Let's go, let's ask this miner."
"Okay, Takatsuki."
The two followed the mining road downwards. It was evident that a mining town had already formed on this mountain, but at this time, there was no movement in the houses of the town; it seemed everyone was at work.
"Takatsuki, look at that person. Is he sick?"
Following Seele's pointing direction, Takatsuki saw a heavily dressed person lying in a corner by the roadside.
"Not sure, let's go check."
Did he collapse from overwork? But his posture isn't right. If he suddenly collapsed, he should be on his side or stomach.
The two came to the fallen person and shook him: "Wake up, are you alright?"
Takatsuki checked the other person's body. There were no obvious wounds, and his breathing was stable, not like he was having an attack. But out of caution, Takatsuki still tried to pinch the philtrum.
Because she needed to free her hands, Seele also moved her clasped hands to Takatsuki's arm, maintaining physical contact.
"Hmm, huh? Who are you?"
The young man lying on the ground opened his eyes groggily and asked Takatsuki.
"I'm just passing by. Why are you lying here? Do you need help?"
Hearing Takatsuki's words, the other person just waved his hand: "It's nothing, nothing. I'm just sleeping."
After speaking, the other person yawned: "Don't disturb me if there's nothing wrong."
With that, the other person rolled over and continued to sleep.
"..."
Takatsuki and Seele exchanged an awkward glance. They had thought the other person had encountered some accident, but they didn't expect him to be sleeping on the street?
"Are the people in this world so open-minded? Sleeping on the street?"
Takatsuki couldn't help but complain, and Seele also smiled awkwardly.
Although the two wanted to find someone to ask about the situation here, since the other person was sleeping, it was not good to continue disturbing him.
"Let's head towards the mine and ask someone else about the situation."
Seele nodded, holding Takatsuki's hand, and the two walked towards the mine.
Although the mine was a maze and easy to get lost in, the two weren't trying to get out; they were just looking for someone.
Soon, the two heard noisy sounds from ahead.
"It seems there are many people ahead. Let's go there."
The two followed the sound and soon saw many people gathered together, making a commotion, as if something had happened.
The two approached, but because Seele was still a minor and Takatsuki had just reached adulthood and wasn't tall enough, they couldn't see inside through the crowd.
"Seele, come see what's happening inside."
Seele blinked her eyes in confusion at Takatsuki's words. Before she could ask, Takatsuki grabbed Seele and, amidst her exclamations, hoisted her onto his right shoulder
Seele, afraid of falling, hugged Takatsuki's neck, but then realized that sitting on Takatsuki's shoulder was very stable; as long as she didn't move around, it would be difficult to fall off
Because she was sitting on Takatsuki's shoulder, Seele clearly saw the situation within the crowd.
"Takatsuki, someone inside is injured. His leg is covered in blood.
"I understand."
Looking at the crowded people ahead, Takatsuki hadn't pushed forward earlier because he didn't know what was happening, but now, saving someone was more important.
Takatsuki directly carried Seele and squeezed into the crowd.
"Excuse me, excuse me, the doctor is here."
Although Takatsuki was very strong and this crowd posed no problem for him, he still shouted twice to prevent the surrounding people from feeling repulsed by his actions.
When he squeezed to the very center, he saw several people gathered around a middle-aged man in his forties, trying to use clothes to bandage the wound on his leg.
But Takatsuki could tell at a glance that the other person not only had a wound, but his leg was broken.