Genesis: Tale of a Jobless Engineer

Chapter 12 - Village Head, Khan.

Mike, who was swarmed by the system notifications, had a bewildered expression on his face.

It has been a year since the Virtual reality game 'Genesis' has been released and many types of classes and professions were known by the public.

There were different tires among the class system.

The class that most users get at the end of the tutorial quest was a normal one.

Above it was a Rare grade that can be obtained by doing certain quests or achieving some titles.

Above the rare grade was Epic, which has been reported to be obtained by more than a hundred people currently.

The unique tire is the one that is above Epic and the most powerful classes that have been known till now. Currently, only five people have managed to obtain it.

and there was even information about the 11 legendary classes, which no one had discovered or obtained till now.

But what about 'Growth' type?

What does it mean? Is it good? Can this class grow to legendary? various questions were swarming his head.

At the moment that Mike was about to open the skills window...

"huh?!"  But he turned around instead as someone had suddenly touched his back. Then he belatedly recalled that he was in the middle of the inauguration of the handpump.

Mike noticed that the one who called out for him was none other than the half-bald village head.

"What is it, elder?"

He asked politely as he didn't want to disrespect a man in his 50s.

The bald man behind him smiled contently at his reply, "I just wanted to thank you, young man! Thank you for contributing this to our village"

He said looking at the hand pump which was already in use, but he didn't stop there but continued further.

"well, if you don't mind, can you do me a favor?"

"huh?"

Mike was surprised! He just finished a quest and by the way, the things are going it seems like another quest was going to be triggered!

Who didn't want a free quest?

"What is it, Elder?" he asked.

The old man laughed broadly," hahaha, it isn't anything difficult! If you can agree to help me, I will promise I will give you a worthy reward later!"

His smile looked a bit suspicious for Mike.

He disliked this type of person the most. 'This person is...He is definitely plotting something.'

Learning from a hard stick, he learned to distinguish between a genuine heart and one that would plot something behind him.

Certainly, the man looked older than him and, at first glance, seemed to be in his 50s. However, Mike's years of experience in dealing with tiring old men were enough to let him know how deceptive appearances were. He had once called someone 'Hyung', only to be backstabbed by the same person

'This bastard… He looked like a feeble old man in his 50s, but…'

"Cough!" Mike'sists trembled, he barely managed to calm himself as he remembered his shameful past. "I'm a sorry elder, but I can't promise you anything before hearing your request?"

The old man laughed and placed his right hand on Mike's shoulder. "yes, of course, I should tell you about the details first, huhu"

Mike politely shook off the Oldman's hand from his shoulder, "It will be a pleasure to hear you out, Elder"

The Old man scratched his head and shrugged. "As you know, I am Khan, the head of this small village and also an alchemist!"

The old man looked at his surroundings and continued. "This is the territory under the rule of Lord Count Wiser, and recently he has handed me a project which I was supposed to finish by this week, but as you can see my Old body is no longer in a position to continue the work, but if I don't provide him with results by this week, My head would go flying"

He looked at Mike with pleading eyes. "You... You actually have great abilities, don't you? Please help me!"

Mike who was watching the Oldman talk this whole time had a bad hunch about the whole thing he was hearing.

'Perhaps this is...'

He instinctively felt that!

'A honey trap!'

He who didn't do anything in the field of alchemy was getting a request to help the village head in doing alchemy.

'It has to be the effect of this class!', He could probably get some good alchemy skills if he finishes the quest!

but he had no intention of becoming an alchemist! He had his own priorities and dreams to achieve, he didn't have the leverage to think about anything else.

"I don't..."

He was about to refuse the quest, but then a notification window about the quest popped up.

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<Help the Village head Khan!>

Difficulty: S

Khan, the head of Blueleaf village, who was an intermediate alchemist received a secret project from Count Wiser.

But due to some reasons, he was now incapable of finishing the project in the given time.

Count Wiser who was known for his impatient nature would let him live if the project was not completed by this week, help Khan and prevent his head from getting separated from his body!

Quest Clear Conditions: Complete the project within a week and help the Village head save his head.

Clear Reward: 500 gold, title: 'Renowned Alchemist', a chance to get the unique class 'Originator'.

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<Renowned Alchemist>

You will be treated as a widely acclaimed and highly honored alchemist where ever you go, your achievements will spread throughout the kingdom.

effect: +10 points to all stats

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Quest Failure: Level -2.

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<Would you like to accept the quest?>

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