I am the Lucky Cat of an MMORPG

ch63

63. Uncorked

QiYao stopped living with his brother the year he became of age. While they were both working in their family's business, they were in totally different fields. Thus, they rarely ever interacted at work.

However, once a month, they set aside a day to call each other and discuss what was going on in their lives, professionally and personally. One could probably consider this as proof the two brothers had a good relationship.

"You're late today, Yao," commented QiXuan.

"Sorry, brother. I had something on in-game," replied QiYao.

"Now that I think of it, it's been a long time since I logged on. I heard A.O. has opened up Level 100 content now. Yes?"

"Yes."

"Looks like it's about time to go back and have a look. Otherwise, won't it be a waste of my hidden Job?" That's right. QiXuan was the aforementioned player who discovered the first hidden Job, the Paladin.

Back when he was just a Swordsman, he was so bored that, in search of excitement, he would spend day after day grinding in the Undead Cave. Who knew this would trigger a secret quest when he went in to change Jobs and be the first player in the entire server to unlock a hidden Job?

The game rewarded him 1000 crystal coins and 3 stat points for opening the gates to hidden Jobs. It was shortly after the servers opened. During that time, 1000 crystals was quite a hefty sum. In an instant, he'd become famous in the game.

Naturally, after Level 99, he went for the Level 100 Quest. Hei QiXuan's luck at quests was not as bad as his younger brother's. His Level 100 Quest was actually Rank A. It was the dream. His quest wasn't hard. It was just annoying. He needed to collect a long list of items within a time limit. He can't buy them either. He needed to personally grind them out.

After estimating his free time compared to the number of quest items, QiXuan realised that he'd have to spend every single waking moment during this period grinding and grinding and grinding to even complete the list.

It wasn't worth it at all. Furthermore, he just so happened to have a major project he needed to follow up on during that time. He was too lazy to do a quest he'd deemed to be a failure. Hence, he didn't log on much afterwards.

"Right, Yao. Have any more hidden jobs been found out after that?" asked QiXuan.

"Yes. We now know the healers' hidden Job is the Bishop." QiYao instantly thought of XiaoYu. He was also reminded of the dilemma he had pushed aside for the moment. A tinge of confusion laced through his spaced-out eyes.

"Looks like I've got to find a chance to get to know them. Are they in Heretic Demons?" QiXuan had noticed QiYao's expression changing. He was adept at catching such micro-expressions. Because the other man had his heart written on his face all the time, making it very easy to understand what the other was feeling, QiXuan bullied him quite a bit.

After QiYao grew up, he learned to face all the teasing and harassment with a blank poker face. Unfortunately for him, as the gods grow, so does the devil. The 10-plus age gap between QiXuan and QiYao wasn't spent on nothing.

"...Yes," replied QiYao, half-a-beat too late.

"Yao, you don't seem all that focused today. Did something happen in-game?"