Chapter 30 - Missions
When Lucas got the Pet Nursery System, there were a few functions on the system. The services tab where it listed the number of services the nursery had. The system shop where it sold the powerful items for the nursery and Lucas such as the tier breaker and dungeon catcher. Lastly, the mission tab where there would be missions for Lucas to complete to upgrade the system.
Completing the missions was the only way to upgrade the system. Be that as it may, the missions available were jarring. Not only that but in essence, all of the missions were the same. Due to that, Lucas did not even look at the mission to complete them, he just did what all the missions listed wanted, gathering.
From mission 1 to 100 to 1000, all of them were gathering missions. The only difference between them was the type of resources he gathered and their amounts. No matter what, he did not need to read through all of the missions as long as he gathered them, the mission would light up indicating he had gathered enough resources.
Mission 1 – Gathers 30 stalks of silver grass
Mission 2 – Gathers 5 kg of White Sheep's wool
Mission 3 – Gathers 20 kg of White Sheep's meat
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Mission 25 – Gathers 200 pieces of White Cat's nail
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Mission 79 – Gathers 100 kg of Blue Cherry
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Mission XXX – Gathers xxx kg or xxx pieces of XXX.
All the missions listed were the same. It was gathering some amount of something. If Lucas was a gamer, he would get bored doing the same thing over and over again and he would criticize the game developer for making these boring missions.
Luckily, Lucas was not a gamer, so he did not criticize the missions listed. Even so, he did not bother to read it again once he had seen them once because they were the same thing. This was also the reason he forgot to level up the system.
Although he did say he wanted to level up the system at one go, he had most of the time forgotten about it. He has been neglecting the missions because it was nothing important. Nothing he needed to worry about.
Even so, everything changed when he suddenly got a notification from the system.
[New missions added] Lucas was surprised. He stared at the system notification and clicked on it.
[Main Mission 1: Nurture more pets.
Description – As the owner of the Pet Nursery System, you have to use the system to nurture pets. The world's common training is too slow and ineffective for pets to show their full potential. Due to that, there are not many powerful tamers in the world. With the help of the Pet Nursery System, nurture as many pets as possible.
Rewards: Based on the achievement gained by the trained pets, different rewards will be given. System experience will be given for each achievement. If a bigger achievement is achieved by the pets, more rewards will be given.]
[Main Mission 2: Defeat enemies that are threatening Petrian.
Description – Unknown enemies have appeared and they are a threat to the world. Search and defeat the enemies. Stop and defeat the enemies. Either you deal with them by yourself or work with others to defeat the enemies.
List of enemies known
The !@#$%
The !@#$%^&*# $#%@
The $%@&* $#%@
Rewards: System experience and more other rewards based on how many and how fast you are dealing with the enemies]
[Main Mission 3: Create an S-Rank Clan
Description – The clan is the strongest organization in Petrian. Humans are scheming monsters. Do not rely fully on others and create your brand. Create your power. Create your clan and work together with them to help you complete Main Mission 2.
Rewards: System experience and more other rewards]
Three main missions appeared in front of Lucas. "What the?" He was stunned. He always thought that the mission would be something dead. Nothing new would come out of it. Even so, here it was, three main missions appeared out of nowhere.
"Sery, what is this? Why are you suddenly giving me these missions?" Lucas asked. He had no idea why Sery issued these missions to him.
[… Not me… I am not the one issuing these missions to you. The missions that I have been giving you are those gathering missions] said Sery. He sounded gloomy.
"??? What do you mean? Isn't this your power? Why aren't you the one that gives me these missions?" Lucas was confused. He raised his eyebrow in confusion while asking Sery.
[…The Guardian… interferes once again. He used the default system to give you these missions…] said Sery dejectedly. Lucas was shocked.
"Again?" Lucas asked in shock. The first time was with the training service and now, he directly interferes with the missions given by Sery. "Also, the default system can be used like that?" Lucas was stunned.
[Yes. How do you think I communicate with him? It is through the default system…] Sery said and he added [He left a note for both of us. He said to you that he heard your resolution and gave you these missions to remind you of your resolution. He also said that this is his guidance for you]
"Guidance because of my resolution?" Lucas was confused. "I want to become stronger to protect my family… What do these missions have anything to do with it?" Lucas asked.
[I guess the comprehension stat is useless on you, Master] said Sery. He was in a bad mood. He thought that he was in total control of his power but the Guardian easily controlled his power through the lifeless default system. He bargained with Sery for the training service but he blatantly interfered with these missions. Sery was displeased.
[Tch! It is my job to serve my Master and here comes someone I never met trying to interfere with everything I do!] thought Sery unamusingly.
"???" Lucas was a bit stunned with Sery's mood swings. "Can you tell me how are the missions related to my resolution?" Lucas wanted to know.
[You said you want to protect your family. How can you protect them if you are not dealing with the source of danger your family may encounter? Thus, the defeat of your enemy missions] said Sery matter-of-factly.
[Also, how can you work alone to protect your family when the enemies are many? Look at the missions. There are three enemies. Also, we cannot fully trust the Phoenix Clan to protect us. Remember when I said that once they know who is the true possessor of the system, they will abandon the protection of Madam Katheryn and Miss Hailey?]
[So, the third mission is helping you to protect your family by creating your clan and stop relying on other clans. As for the first mission, I think the Guardian inserted it there because he wants you to use me properly] said Sery. [Luckily, he did not give the mission any punishment in case you fail them] Sery added.
"…" Lucas held his chin and in deep thought. He asked, "Is this normal?"
[Hmm? What is normal?] Sery did not understand Lucas's question.
"About the Guardian's interference," Lucas found it weird for someone high above… Lucas did not know how powerful the Guardian was but with the title 'Universe Guardian', he must be someone strong and those strong people stood above many things.
[I don't know. I knew of the existence of the other cheat system but I never met them, so, I have no clue if the Guardian's interference is normal. Master, you should know that I am a newborn. A baby if you say] said Sery.
"It did not seem that the Guardian is a bad guy. It looks like he is helping me a lot by giving me these missions. I do need something to aim for or else, having you will be a waste in my hand. These missions can guide me in my path to become stronger to protect my family," said Lucas.
[Oh, ok,] replied Sery.
"Anyway. You said that the Guardian left both of us a note. What is yours?" Lucas asked.
[… That…] Sery was reluctant to say. [Do I need to tell you? The note is for me after all] said Sery.
"You know what he is saying to me. So, it is right for me to know yours too," said Lucas. He was curious about the notes left to Sery. He said that to have a reason to ask for the content of the note.
[Well…] Sery was still reluctant. [He… He scolded me] said Sery. He was not amused by the note left by the Guardian. [There are more words written but in summary, he said that I doted on you too much that I will impede your future progress. He wants me to be stricter towards you] said Sery.
"When did you dote on me???" Lucas was confused. He had never once felt that Sery doted on him.
[Well~ I give you easy gathering missions. All the things I ask you to gather is something that can be found in the nursery dungeon without much risk. He wants me to give you more diversified missions. More hard-to-complete missions. More dangerous missions] said Sery.
"Is that it? Then, just give me those missions. I will try to complete them," said Lucas. He did not mind having those missions. Even if it was dangerous, he was happy to do it. He wanted to become stronger and without risk, he would not become strong.
[There are rules in giving missions. I cannot give you missions when there is nothing to target…] said Sery.
"Isn't there many? Like getting several customers for the nursery. Or, get a certain amount of profit for the nursery. Or, winning the competition?" Lucas gave his suggestion. He could see that those could easily become a mission.
[… I don't think it is easy for you to complete them, so I don't want to give you those missions] said Sery.
"… So, you did dote on me…" Lucas was speechless. Without him knowing, Sery had done a lot of things to not make it hard for him. Lucas felt a headache. 'Are cheat systems like this? Doting on their Master?' Lucas massaged his forehead. Lucas had a feeling that Sery had done more.
He asked, "What else? What else did you do that you are not supposed to be doing?"
[Urm… the training service… you already know that. Reading the mind of that old butler is fine because he is within the nursery and it is my responsibility to protect the nursery and my Master] said Sery.
He added [Urm… creating those machines… I should not create those machines for you. Even if you pay, I can only create those if you provide me with materials… and, I create those machines without any materials…]
"…" Lucas was speechless. "Since the Guardian scolds you about this, there must be some kind of repercussions or penalty you will get if you do this again. What is it?" Lucas asked. The Guardian must have warned Sery with something. Sery's power was too strong for him to just get scolded like a child.
[Well… he will seal some of my powers and will unlock it later when I learn my lesson] said Sery.
"… Will you learn anything with your powers seal?" Lucas asked. He felt like nothing would change if Sery's full power was locked.
[We, the cheat systems are bound to our Master. With our powers sealed, we will not be able to serve our master. We will not be able to protect our master. We will not be able to dote on our master…] Sery paused for a few seconds and added [That is painful to us. Not serving those that we are supposed to be serving is torture] Sery sounded painful.
"… For real?" Lucas felt like that sounded too far-fetched.
[It is real. We are created to have those feelings. I am not joking. That is why I dote on you too much, Master. You must know that it is in our nature to be loyal and helpful to our Master. Even if our Master is an ass, we still need to be loyal and helpful… but those with an awful Master would usually be merciless but loyal and helpful in their way] explained Sery.
"Huh~" Lucas sighed. He felt tired. There was more to the systems than he thought. "I must get you not fully because I am kind and helping those few people. There must be other reasons too. The main reasons you are born and given to me must have some kind of reason and I think it is related to these missions."
"You said that Main Mission 2 and 3 are related to my resolution but Main Mission 1 is something the Guardian gave to me to use you properly. Is something happening to the world that I need you to nurture strong pets?" Lucas wondered.