Isekai Online's
Chapter 15 - Scam Quest

Beyond a doubt, the first hour is filled with discussion of learning contracts and introductions between individuals. There are five boys and fifteen girls in this class. Among all those students, Hans held back his facial expression and made his facial expressions to get used to all the abnormal happenings in this class.

Like meeting a scary ghost, her hair stands up signifying her alert response to staying active at all times.

Hans planted his subconscious thinking so as not to bring trouble to one of the occupants of this class or something unexpected to happen.

“This is so scary” Hans muttered small and made sure his voice was not heard on the man sitting next to him.

The class he lived in was like a time bomb ready to explode.

They were gathered inside this class with an abnormal background.

Just Hans with a normal background in this class. Who would have thought that the scholarship he received had even brought him to such a frightening place like this.

The scholarship he received made him have to survive in this class until his scholarship period was completed and it took up to a year.

At least his hard work studying examples of Higher Order Thingking Skills that are spread free on the internet makes his analytical skills increase rapidly. Because of that incident, deduction reasoning and induction reasoning increased sharply.

Hans was unaware of his ability, only if he felt that there was something strange and contrary to the logic in his head. Hans will feel restless right away.

However, the pleasure of saving education costs by getting scholarships has its own sense of satisfaction. There is pride in Hans to enjoy the free facilities provided. Even though it is paid with a predator ready to pounce at any moment. This school is great, and so are its residents.

Hans had to get used to feeling the terrifying aura that spread in this class.

When the introduction of the individual begins. A few names and surprised expressions were mutually understated. Especially with their own smile of pride.

The proposed format of introductions regarding names, addresses, hobbies, and optional words is free to add strength to their names. But, for Hans it was the biggest loophole to obtain personal information that could have been misused especially if their background was not that of an ordinary person.

Hans' introduction was quite brief as the name suggests, using a fake address three streets from his home, and his little hobby that people rarely get to know.

And the optional words added to add to the power of his name are..

“I opened a problem consultation service with a solution in the form of Good Ending and Bad Ending based on the nominal given” of course the words are not just nonsense because Hans got a scholarship with perfect value. His intelligence is not a mere figment of the thumb, although he refuses if called a genius.

Hans hoped that there would be no problem in the future, because he was also frightened by the sentence he was throwing.

Such regret, “Why do I say such a sentence!” started popping up in his head.

If the rice has become crusty, what can be done. Hans was prepared to accept the consequences of his sentence even though most of his classmates only glanced at him curiously, some of whom thought it was just a light joke.

The shame of course gnawed at Hans' body.

The cringe? Of course there is!

Hans wanted to quickly go home and end the agony of his shame. It's only the first day Hans is here but he has been getting a mental attack for his own fault.

Luckily, his classmates chose to be humble and wanted to make friends regardless of their family background.

Yup, friendships based on caste levels definitely cause unhealthy environmental conditions. Fortunately they realized it.

Hans could feel at ease for now if only his pranky little question did not pop into his head.

Are they afraid of their true nature coming out and being known to the public?

Are they training a camera show to deceive the public?

How long do they keep their egos?

If Elliot Felder hadn't told them there were cameras on tape, what would their attitude be like to each other?

The idle thought of his brain was enough to add to the burden of thought in his brain.

Sometimes human nature is like an opera mask and a double-edged longsword.

Hans was used to prejudices but this time he was terrified that his prejudices would come true.

No one knows about it.

To eliminate his bad thoughts, Hans tried to shift his brain function to discuss a unique Quest discussed in the Isekai Online forum.

A boy quest Quest that takes place in the world with skills and magic in it. Of course, with enemies as diverse as the monsters inside.

How could there be such a Quest?

How do I complete such a Quest?

Hans's brain started to work thinking about that, giving him a narrow space not to continue his prejudices against his classmates.

At least it works for now.

Hans' brain worked until the first break bell rang.

Noticing the loud noise, Hans' body was slightly startled and rose from his long thought. Hans did not even realize that the blackboard before him had been filled to the brim with writing. His classmates even recorded the writing on the blackboard.

However, when Hans looked at that one line of whiteboard sentences. He already knew what subject matter the teacher had just described in front of him.

Hans picked up the bread that was still wrapped in his bag and walked over to Will Isaac.

A distance away with just one sofa, he arrived within the reach of Will Isaac. Hans prepared to give some bread that was still wrapped in a plastic bag.

“Will Isaac” while saying that. Hans stretched out his hand to give him a plastic bag of bread.

“Do you have free time for one or two questions?” Hans touched his pocket and took his phone.

On the lock screen of his phone there is a short message from his sister. The short message contained thanks and praise for the breakfast that had been prepared for him.

Will Isaac was a little confused by Hans's sudden mannerisms of trying to get along with him.

Although they have met and communicated before, but their bond still feels foreign and awkward.

Will receives Hans's bread and takes a bottle of water from his bag.

“Why are you suddenly like this?” will said as he opened the bread wrapper Hans gave him.

“I'm just curious about one thing, have you ever taken a Quest looking for a little boy?” ask Hans.

“Huh? Meaning?” hans' question slightly made Will wrinkle his forehead.

“Well, aren't you one of Isekai Online's Players? I was talking about the Quest that was in that game.”

“Ah! So that's what you're saying Will's starting to understand where this conversation's going.

“You want to try completing one of the Quest that makes a headache?” will asked while eating Hans's bread.

“That's the plan, any suggestions or inputs to complete such a Quest?” Hans started sitting next to Will.

“Originally you know, Hans. A quest like that is a waste of time. You need to rely on luck and destiny when looking for someone.”

“Even for Professional Player it belongs to difficult Quest?” Hans glanced at Will with a look that doubted his abilities.

“Wait! Since when do you know I'm a Professional Player?” Will panics a little as Hans reveals his secret identity. At the individual introductions, Will Isaac only describes a small side job with his friends. This is his e-sport team.

Hans speechless.

“Luck and destiny?” Hans answered with a foolish statement.

“Did you just reverse my words?”

“Only your feeling.”

They both drank at the same time.

“I may be a Professional Player in that game, but Quest matters and such. I rarely touch it. I only focus on player battles for the competition with my team.”

“Hmm. fight between Player well. What's that interesting?”

“For entertainment and media promotion of digital products, I think it is very interesting.”

“Well, it did not help me at all with this problem” Hans took his phone and opened Isekai Online Forum.

A small discussion that he had just read on his way to school was now a big discussion with increasing comments.

The curious Will starts peering at Hans's phone screen.

“Interesting discussion posts. It was not wrong to mention it as a Scam Quest. I had heard rumors while inside Dungeon Nation from one of the large Guilds that were talking about such a Quest. Rumor is they suffered a big loss while looking for the Royal Princess who went missing.”

“Rumors from large Guild?”

“This is interesting.. I so want to try solving that Quest.”

“Hah? Hans.. This is just my feeling or are you very curious about this Quest?”

“I'm curious because this Quest is very interesting to me.”

“Do not try! There have been many casualties from the Scam Quest!”

“Can be so they are too stupid to complete that Quest.”

“...”

Will suddenly looked at Hans with a cold look. It was as if he could not believe that those cruel words were coming out of his mouth.

“At least if it fails we only lose time and energy in the game right?”

“Better you use your time to farm your character material.”

“I'll die of boredom if I play like that. Anyway it's not my way of playing.”

“Talking about the character, why are you so familiar with Elliot Felder who suddenly became your fan?”

“Oh, dia?” hans replied briefly.

“I knew him because he accidentally bumped into my sister and I happened to be friends with his brother” Hans answered him in a flat tone.

“O-Oh, sorry to ask. Is your sister okay?”

“Yes, fortunately he still survived and is now resting for his recovery.”

“I'm glad to hear it.”

“...”

“Turn to our main problem, suppose we fail to run the Quest in question. Are there any consequences our characters receive?” Hans quickly straightened out the direction of their conversation.

“You are really curious about this Quest huh?” ask Will.

“Yes that is, after all this is just to cure my curiosity.”

“Based on my experience, a failed Quest does have different penalty consequences. There were some who paid the cost of the loss, replacing it with an item, a declining reputation level in certain regions, and the attitude of the NPCs that turned cold. Oho! The latter is very troublesome. I've experienced it!”

Hans put his hand on his chin. His brain began to think of something to outsmart the possibility of obtaining penalty consequences from the Quest's failure.

A bright spot of his tentative hypothesis began to be discovered.

“Will, if we say we received the Quest but did not accept it. Wouldn't that avoid Quest's missed penalty?”

“Huh? What do you mean Hans?”

“Begini, if we use a crash account to retrieve a Quest and get information about the extent of the search point then use the main account to search for it. Isn't that enough to avoid the Quest penalty failure?”

“!”

Will was surprised to hear that.

“I think it can be tried!”

“Good idea!!!”

“...”

A voice from the 3rd party began to appear beside them.

Will and Hans reflexively looked to the source of the sound not far from their seats.

A blonde-haired and light blue-eyed girl was staring at them. Her hairstyle was a cross braid in a sideways tie with a black ribbon behind her.

“Yuuki Pocket.” Hans muttered a little.

Hans observes his phone and searches for a small note left behind by Elliot.

Yuuki Saku, the world champion of the women's category of Isekai Online e-sports competition.

Why are there two Gods like this in the same place?

This was no longer a coincidence, Hans started not to believe all the coincidences that had happened lately.

It's like there's someone who deliberately does this kind of coincidence and mixes it up in one place.

The opportunity to get free information like this was immediately taken advantage of by Hans.

“Em.. Etto?” Will was a little shy looking at the girl in front of him.

“Ah! Sorry to cut your conversation but the more I hear the more interesting your discussion. I can't help myself anymore to join your conversation.”

Hans looked at Will who was a little agitated. His body movements trembled slightly when faced with a girl named Yuuki Saku.

Hans slightly smiled looking at Will's expression.

“Haaah~ youth” says Hans with his little voice.

Hans watched the two and kept silent.

Their conversation seemed to be on the same path. Hans only heard this flowing information for free.

“Actually such a Quest is very easy to complete!” yuuki Saku.

“Eh? Isn't that a very troublesome Quest to complete?” will asked while holding back his body vibration.

“Fufu~ not really. You just need to choose it at the right time!” Yuuki Saku with her sweet smile made Will blush.

“Hooh... This is definitely a critical hit!” Hans was a little busy observing the atmosphere and watching his voice to avoid being heard by the two of them.

“Hehe~ it if you guys take a careless Quest. If you take a Quest with a clear enemy then it is very easy to complete. I've completed that Quest over and over again” Yuuki Saku proudly puffed out her chest.

Will Isaac was getting more and more wrong when he saw Yuuki Saku making a move that was dangerous enough to attract the eyes of men.

“Haaah~ is too plain” Hans further commented on Will's increasingly misbehavior.

Will, who was getting drunk with the sight before him, began to glance at Hans.

Hans responded with the phrase, “Oh.. I finally got into your world.”

Yuuki Saku and Will Isaac chuckled at Hans's revelation.

“Etto Pocket, can I know how to tricks and inputs to complete such a quest Quest?” Hans went back into the conversation.

“Oh, that's easy! If your opponents are clear then just look for them! Hehe~” reply Yuuki Saku while smiling.

“Ah.. Pocket.. it.. how do I explain it-” Hans tries to find the appropriate words.

“Quest search, abduction, and hostage it's a very different thing even though it looks the same” Hans continues his delayed words.

“Eh? So Kah?” Saku used her cute expression to attack Hans' heart.

It was not Hans who was hit by the attack but Will who was next to him fell after a surprise attack full of the priesthood.

With this information. Hans got a bright spot on how this Quest went.

Search quests can evolve over time. If the NPC has a clear and known enemy with whom he is in conflict, then it is likely that kidnappings and hostage-taking could occur.

All the worst possibilities could happen.

The development of the Quest flow from the quest that continues into the abduction to the hostage phase. All of that could have happened.

“Game Isekai Online turned out to be complex as well.”

As Hans muttered and his mind ran a little in his brain. The sound of the bell marking the end of the first break had rang.

It signaled that it was time for him to return to his seat to follow the next lesson.

“Kurasa.. I need to jump in directly and observe the situation that is happening.”