Chapter 20: The Game’s Mascot Girl—Getting to Know Each Other

Leaf Zhi, who was terrible at naming, spoke:

“…..”

What’s wrong with Xiao Ming?

Do you look down on Xiao Ming?

The more it appears, the more it means the name is widely accepted!

If the Light God isn’t called Xiao Ming, should it be called Xiao Hong?

It’s good enough if it can be used!

Ye Will Fly hissed: “So this light orb is a traitor?”

As the Light God, even if it’s just a clone, it’s still part of the God Faction.

And it actually came to defect to their Watchers, who oppose the gods?

Isn’t that going against itself?

Abstract, too abstract!

Lin Xian pondered: “Looking at its dumb, speechless appearance, could it be the game’s mascot?”

The light orb that had defected to become “Xiao Ming” looked at the three continuously chattering otherworldly visitors in confusion.

What’s going on?

Could it be that it personally bestowed its blessing, and the other party was so honored that they didn’t even know how to react with their expression?

Lin Xian turned to look: “Look at the Goddess Statue behind you. Is the orb in the statue’s hand Xiao Ming?”

“It really is!”

Ye Will Fly’s eyes shone with amazement, and a suspicious liquid trickled from the corner of his mouth.

“If Xiao Ming is the Light God’s clone, wouldn’t it look like the statue when it grows up?”

His attitude changed, and he gave the light orb a thumbs-up.

“Well defected! What the Watchers need are kind, reasonable, fair-skinned, and beautiful goddesses!”

The light beam it raised drooped again, feeling slightly pleased.

This gesture, it knew, meant praise.

As expected, the followers are praising me!

“Chiu chiu ya bo!”

It happily sent out another blessing.

Knowing the whole story, Leaf Zhi could barely hold back his laughter.

He cleared his throat.

“The explanation is over. Comrades, may you adapt to life on the Aeltia Continent as soon as possible.”

With that, he grabbed the light orb and left for the depths of the church.

He used a slow-motion walk that was actually quite fast and quickly disappeared from sight.

If he stayed any longer, he was afraid he couldn’t maintain his character setting!

Edegar turned sideways, revealing various baskets, pickaxes, and other tools stored behind him.

“Anyone who took a quest, come here to collect your tools.”

The attention of the three immediately shifted from the departing Leaf Zhi and they swarmed over.

A player could only take one quest at a time and could naturally only receive one item.

Edegar picked up the remaining tools and also walked into the depths of the church.

He left the space entirely to the three players.

***

Lin Xian and the third player gathered together.

Lin Xian looked at the dark green leaf he was assigned.

The leaf was as big as both his palms. Aside from the grip, which was sharpened for stabbing, the other edges of the leaf were lined with jagged serrations, making it particularly sharp.

The Silver-white Knight earlier had said this was the axe needed for the logging quest.

Lin Xian tried bending it. The leaf was very hard, like ironwood from Blue Star.

He couldn’t help but complain: “Is our faction really this poor? We don’t even have a proper axe?”

He opened his inventory, and sure enough, a new item had appeared inside: [Simple Axe (Kuangjing Leaf Blade)].

The third player swung the Kuangjing Leaf casually, letting out a sharp tearing sound.

He touched the sharp barbs on the leaf.

“This leaf isn’t bad. It might actually be more useful than a regular axe.”

“Is that so?” Lin Xian tried it too, but still shook his head. “It’s just shaped differently from an axe. I still can’t get used to it.”

“I wonder if I can change to a different quest.”

Using a leaf to chop down twenty eight-meter-high trees seemed too difficult.

If he’d known, he would’ve joined Ye Will Fly in collecting stone.

Speak of the devil.

Ye Will Fly ran out from the depths of the church.

“Show Bro! Great! You haven’t left yet, count me in!”

“Ye Will Fly?” Lin Xian stared at the identical Kuangjing Leaf Blade in his hand, mouth agape. “Didn’t you take the stone collecting quest?”

Earlier, the three of them had picked quest items.

Lin Xian and the third player had gone straight for the logging quest and sought out Edegar after accepting it.

Ye Will Fly had originally intended to take the logging quest too, but in the end was afraid it was a trap.

So he stayed on the ground calculating, determined to find the quickest quest to reach level two.

He delayed accepting a quest, and Edegar didn’t indulge him.

After watching him for a while, Edegar left carrying the baskets.

At that moment, Ye Will Fly finally panicked and ran over to accept the stone collecting quest, which he calculated was the most efficient.

But in the end, he still chose logging?

Ye Will Fly sighed.

“Don’t mention it. The tool for collecting stone was a rusty hoe! I was afraid the quest item would break before I even reached level two.”

“This game doesn’t even have a currency system yet. If an NPC asks me to pay compensation, I wouldn’t even be able to afford it.”

“In the end, the pure natural tool is still the best!”

“I asked the NPC in charge of quest items. He said there are Kuangjing Leaves everywhere nearby. If it gets worn out, you can exchange it for a new one with him!”

Lin Xian’s eyes widened: “There’s a function like that?”

So his first choice was still the best?

Sure enough, the first step in every game’s opening is always gathering wood!

Looking at the similar Kuangjing Leaf Blades in the hands of the three, Lin Xian thought for a moment.

“Right, since all three of us are taking the logging quest, why not form a party?”

“Sounds good! Chopping trees with three people is less boring!”

Ye Will Fly responded enthusiastically.

The third player didn’t speak but nodded as well.

Lin Xian scratched his head: “By the way, bro, I’m Ren Bu Xiu Ji. We’ve been here for so long, and we still don’t know your name!”

“Name?”

The third player frowned.

“Yeah, the Game ID you filled in when you registered for the closed beta!”

Lin Xian said.

Looking at the other’s expression, Lin Xian felt uneasy.

Could it be their first time playing an online game?

But that couldn’t be. If they weren’t a hardcore player, who would pay attention to a closed beta?

Especially a first closed beta!

After hesitating for a moment.

The third player explained: “I was in a bad mood when I signed up, so I didn’t put much thought into the name. It’s hard to pronounce.”

Lin Xian was troubled: “So what do we do?”

It’s fine for now.

For a long time to come, 《Under the Gods》 would probably only have the three of them as players.

But when more players arrived, how would they find each other?

They couldn’t just call each other ‘bro’ every time, right?

Ye Will Fly suddenly thought of something and smacked his palm.

“Right, Show Bro! I forgot to tell you something earlier.”

“If you look through the semi-transparent game panel, you can see player IDs and NPC information!”

This was something Ye Will Fly had accidentally discovered during the story earlier.

For example, when he looked at their faction leader, the titles above the head were:

[Leader of the Watchers[ [Lord of Sweetwater Town][Dying Undead (7 days 12 hours)]

Especially the last line, he was so scared he thought the game would shut down in seven days!

Fortunately, after looking at the seconds, it went up two seconds and down one, not a strict countdown.

It was probably related to the game background, which they didn’t understand yet.

But as long as the server wasn’t shutting down, it was fine!

Lin Xian followed his instructions and successfully saw the third player’s ID:

[#¥#…&!%]

Lin Xian: “

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No wonder the other was hesitant to say it.

This ID really wasn’t chosen carefully—it was like someone rolled their face across the keyboard!

Lin Xian massaged his forehead in pain.

“Uh…this name…forget it, let’s just call you Garble Bro.”

Let’s just say the Game ID glitched!