Compared with the phantom world, what the human world lacks is spiritual power and magic weapons. With spiritual power, the life in the phantom world becomes more powerful, and the attribute increase given by the magic weapon widens the distance between cultivators and ordinary people.
The missions issued by the mercenary group are guild. There is no strict grading system, so what Gawain wants to know is where the Adventurer's Guild's task grading is reflected.
The two uncles seemed to be talking easily, and Dawson replied: "The task grading system is naturally designed to allow adventurers to clearly understand the difficulty of the task, so that adventurers can judge which task based on their own cultivation strength. It is suitable for you to accept it. If you die in a mission that is too difficult, it will be more than worth the loss. Besides, if you fail to complete the mission, the liquidated damages will be very high."
Deken added: "Tasks are also divided into individual and group tasks, but what I want to make clear here is that this division is not literal..."
Listening to the words of the two uncles, the two of them had a general understanding. To put it simply, tasks are divided into levels of difficulty. From simple to difficult, they are: D-level, C-level, B-level, A-level, S-level, SS-level. Tasks below B-level usually refer to an event, just like a task. If the adventurer goes to collect herbs, then some people or one person can complete it.
The A-level and above missions are different, they are team-level missions, and from the two uncles' mouths, they learned that in fact, the usual A-level missions are assistance missions, assisting the main group to conquer S or more. Released for higher-level tasks.
Just like the mission is to destroy a den of thieves, those who accept the S-level mission charge head-on as the main force, while those who accept the A-level mission serve as scout troops or fight against the enemy's secondary troops on the secondary battlefield. Although the mission objectives are different, they basically revolve around one event, and this is the team mission.
"It looks so awesome!" Artolis exclaimed in admiration. She never expected that such a legendary organization as the Adventurer's Guild would exist in this world. If it is true as they say, then in the human world, the status of an organization like the Adventurer's Guild will never be worse than that of either the Knights or the Church.
At this moment, the ground suddenly shook. Even sitting on the ground, Artolis and Gawain almost fell down.
“The ground… was there an earthquake?” Artolis stood up again and asked in surprise.
Seeing the other three people acting calmly as if nothing had happened, Artoris looked confused.
Seeing Artoris' nervous look, Gawain smiled and said: "I forgot to tell you, we are in the sky now. If there is an earthquake, it won't affect us."
"Heaven"?
Artoris shook her head to the side, trying to figure out the reason. Then she heard a strange sound.
"嚚——"
The cry was low, hoarse, and deafening. Artoris was really frightened when she heard this strange sound.
"Don't worry, it's the cry of a scarab," Dawson reassured.
"Scarab? Contract beast?"
According to Dawson's story, Artoris finally understood. What they mean by "heaven" is actually a literal meaning, but the "ground" they are standing on is actually the back of a scarab named "Xiao Sa".
This is a purple-gold contracted beast with a height of three stories, and its master is naturally Dawson. Looking at the person in front of her, Artoris found it hard to imagine that the other person turned out to be a strong person at Level 4. The contracted beast grows with the growth of its master, which means it is a fourth-level purple-gold scarab!
To be called a strong person is actually very reluctant, but compared to Artoris, it is just a piece of cake for a fourth-level cultivator to kill herself...
It's still dark, but the insect swarm below is still unceasing, and the darkness is enough to drive people with trypophobia crazy.
"Do you want to know why this place is called Haihu City, but its territory is not the sea, but a desert?" Deken said, holding an empty wine bottle. After a period of conversation, Dawson and Deken also learned that the two people in front of them were young cultivators from remote areas who came here for their fame, which showed that they had common sense.
Gawain smiled bitterly. In fact, it was more than common sense. It should be said that there was no common sense at all. The two of them have only been in the phantom world for a short time, and their knowledge and cultural level are not high. To anyone of the same age in the Phantom World, they are unworldly bumpkins, let alone these two old fritters who make a living by taking risks.
"Why?" Artoris held her chin and listened carefully. The two of them had thought about this issue when they first entered the desert, but in the end they were overturned by ignorance. Just like the city of Edris, does this city have to be related to "Edris"? God knows what the hell this Edris is.
"The story begins with a long story..." Deken patted his old face and began his tirade.
Ten years ago, Haihu City was not what it is today. It was a city built around the sea, or perhaps more accurately, it was a peninsula. Haihu City was an area with developed maritime transportation industry at that time, and of course it is the same now. No matter which continent it is, you can find ships going anywhere here, including Yectrasil.
Uggdrasil is the place where Atoris and the others are going to arrive. According to Gutris, Uggdrasil is a huge ancient tree. People in the phantom world call it the World Tree. The reason is because this tree is very huge.
As for the size of the World Tree, Artolis said that she had never seen it with her own eyes, but according to Tris, the destination they wanted to reach, Avalon, was on top of this tree. Artoris touched her chin. She would see it sooner or later. Instead of fantasizing about the appearance of this world tree, it would be better to learn more about the customs and customs of this world, such as what Deken said now.
"The changes in Haihu City happened at that time. One night, a huge fireball fell from the sky. I remember that the fireball hit the sea at the south gate of Haihu City."
"The sea area to the south? Are you talking about the area where we are now?" Gawain asked, holding the golden map in his hand and looking at it carefully.
"That's right." Dawson replied. Looking at the map in Gawain's hand, Dawson was a little surprised. "Hey, can you show me this map?"
"Oh, here..." Gawain didn't hesitate at all and handed the map directly to Dawson. While Dawson was looking at the map, Artolis continued to listen to Deken's story.
It is said that at that time, people thought it was just an ordinary meteor (meteors are very common in the phantom world) and didn't pay much attention to it.
However, the next morning, people learned a shocking news - the waters of the South China Sea disappeared and were replaced by a hot and dry desert.
