"Hey little bro, why are there so many people at the special corps barracks?"
"I dunno Kai, cough, I mean Beryl, must be some special quest. Let's take a look."
In the currently crowded town square, two handsome brothers stood at from the crowd, with many females swarming them with friend and party requests.
If Yuri was here to see this right now, she would most likely be screaming in frustration at the fact that Kai was too dense, and Toku was just not interested.
Ah, but of course, she was dense as well. Her outstanding foreign beauty would also draw attention from many males but she never noticed, too focused on her thoughts.
Leisurely walking towards the barracks, the crowd of people seemed to part like a sea, with males looking in envy and girls looking in awe. Once again, it's not like they noticed, the entire family should see an eye doctor together someday.
"I wonder what Yuri is doing? I hope she's not getting picked up by any guys..." Kai, or Beryl, muttered while nervously looking around for her. His furrowed brows and serious expression unintentionally causing many females to swoon.
"She's too dense to notice, I guess she beats you at that huh." The little brother muttered while completely ignoring the screaming girls. "Well, she's a curious girl, I bet she's at the barracks right now too. We can probably meet her there."
"Oh! Good idea, Tok—ahem, Lapis."
"Let's just hurry up…" Lapis sighed while picking up his pace, eager to figure out the commotion that had piqued his interest.
After finally arriving at their destination, the pair of brothers pushed through the dense crowd of onlookers to only find a line of NPCs guarding entry to the training field.
"What the fuck? I'm fed up with this. lemme in stupid NPCs, I have a class quest I need to do!" An angry onlooker roared while losing his cool. Taking up his beginner sword, he attempted to charge through only to be cut down instantly.
The crowd fell silent, staring at the white particles of the dead swordsman.
"W-what the heck?" Whispered a mage girl, who had been standing next to the man. "What's so important that you don't even hesitate to kill someone!?" She furiously interrogated the guards while gripping her staff.
Toku softly whistled under his breath. "Some people sure are taking this game seriously right from the get-go."
"Ma'am please back off, the training grounds will reopen in a couple of minutes. In addition, adventurers like you do not lose their souls when killed, at worst you become weaker." An NPC emotionlessly brushed off the girl. "Thank you for your cooperation."
"...Hey Beryl, do you see her anywhere?" Toku asked while trying to get a look inside the training grounds.
"Errrr, she didn't tell us her class or username ahead of time so I'm not sure."
"Dammit, I can't see anything past these NPCs, how come whenever I'm finally interested in something I'm blocked from finding out?" Lapis grumbled while grinding his teeth in annoyance. "This is so frustrating."
"I'll just politely ask the guards for information then!" Beryl exclaimed optimistically while confidently walking up to the guards and asking in a polite tone. "Excuse me, would you be willing to tell me what sort of event is going on?"
"Oh, Marshall Abest is finally choosing his first disciple!" The guard said in a daze. But realizing his mistake he quickly turned pale and froze up, a pale layer of sweat was seen on his forehead.
Seeing such a charismatic figure must have compelled the guard to loosen his lips for a short amount of time. But everyone watching knew that it was pure luck, a second time would not happen.
"...Brother, you are just too charismatic for your own good," Lapis said while tiredly pinching the bridge of his nose. "You managed to make a trained AI slip up...maybe this game is just really realistic."
"Hm? What do you mean? All I did was politely ask the guards."
"Oh sorry, I forgot that you're an idiot," Turning around he boldly ignored the multiple advances on him, pushing many people out of the way in the process, heading towards a large building. "Let's go check the Record Hall to see if there's anything interesting."
"H-hey! Wait up Lapis, what did you mean by that?!" Kai cried out while frantically chasing after his little brother, politely excusing himself from the invites thrown at him.
The brothers soon arrived at the Record Hall, where all the various leaderboards and records would be posted for everyone to see. It also included guild creations and PK bounty quests.
"Hey Beryl, would you look at that, someone's already at level 3!" Toku gasped in shock while staring at the only name listed on the center leaderboards. "It's incredibly hard to level up in this game, to get to level three would require around 200,000 exp! It's practically impossible to do such a feat while only one hour into the game, this Lynx is not a simple player."
"Lapis, this Lynx fellow is number one on the ranger list and also on the achievements list, what does that mean?"
Hearing this, Toku quickly checked the board that Kai had mentioned, his mouth dropping open when seeing Lynx's name once again listed on the achievements board.
"A-amazing...now I understand how they boosted their level so fast. They must have unlocked a hidden quest...or maybe a special weapon or class quest? But the chances of doing something like that so early on...must have happened in town a few moments ago..." He muttered to himself, not knowing that he was right on the money.
"Ah! The commotion at the barracks!" He suddenly exclaimed while perking up in understanding. "It was unusual. The game just released and it's much too early for a development like that to happen while people were still joining the game. If what the guard had said earlier was correct then someone must have convinced an important NPC to take them as his disciple. That means Lynx must have gotten a rare class quest. Lucky bastard, who is he, some protagonist in a book or something?" He scoffed while clicking all the pieces together, accurately guessing the events that had happened to Yuri in a matter of seconds.
"Um Lapis, why didn't you help me and dad while creating the capsule again?" Kai asked with a twitching smile. "We could have finished years earlier…"
"Not interested in engineering." He dismissed, completely ignoring his older brother.
"Hmmm, now that I think about it, to achieve a hidden quest a user must have certain qualifications. Father always loved hiding cheat-like powers in games, Lynx must have stumbled across one of those." Toku confirmed confidently while grinning with satisfaction. "Now remember, my stupid brother, do not mess with Lynx! Because father always makes cheat powers way to OP! You can do that much right?"
"Don't forget that I helped him design the capsule! I'm not stupid! In fact, I think of myself as pretty smart!"