SSS Class Awakening: Start With A God-Level Choice System-Chapter 45: Triggering A Side Mission And Choice Options Simultaneously!
Chapter 45: Triggering A Side Mission And Choice Options Simultaneously!
When Thomas offered his group leader position to Ainsworth, none of the survivors within his group showed any resistance.
After all, for them, it didn’t matter who was the leader as long as they were capable. Thomas merely did his best in leading the group, and he didn’t treat any members badly, so they weren’t against him being the leader.
However, they witnessed Ainsworth and his team eliminate a horde of zombies, so when compared to Thomas, they preferred that Ainsworth become their group leader. After all, Ainsworth and his team’s power was more than enough to guarantee their safety.
Furthermore, they also had a very good impression of Ainsworth due to his charm and charisma. Those with great looks would naturally yield a good first impression, especially when they were capable and showed good will to those who were inferior to them.
As long as Ainsworth didn’t directly curse and scold them for no reason, they all believed that someone as powerful and friendly as he was more than qualified to become their group leader.
After Thomas offered his position to Ainsworth, Ainsworth soon heard a notification sound in his mind.
-Ding!
[Eleutheron Eclipse has triggered a Side Mission!]
-Ding!
[Side Mission: Infiltration (B)]
[Objective: Infiltrate the survivor group and earn their trust. Afterwards, join the military-established human survival base with them and establish your team there.]
[Reward: Improvement of otherworld mission score (Will be graded after all the main missions are completed).]
[Time Limit: None]
[Note: This is a progression-based side mission. After completing this side mission, depending on your team’s progress, you may or may not trigger another side mission related to this.]
-Ding!
[Does your team want to accept the Side Mission with a difficulty of B-grade?]
[Yes] | [No]
The notification sound and the system screens that popped up weren’t from Ainsworth’s God-Level Choice System but from Earth Will’s Voice of The World.
In other words, both Rian and Dante had also gotten the same notification, with the exception of the lack of choice.
After all, Ainsworth was their team’s designated leader, so only he had the authority to choose whether to accept the side mission or not.
That was why when establishing an otherworld team, it was highly important to have a trusted team leader who would hear out the opinions of the members rather than outright accepting any tasks regardless of difficulty just because they overestimated their capabilities.
Of course, the penalty for failing side missions wasn’t that high. It was merely the deduction of the Otherworld Mission’s score by the score that the team would receive if they had completed the side mission.
In a scenario where someone chose an extremely difficult side mission, didn’t manage to complete it, and their Otherworld Mission’s score wasn’t enough, that otherworld team wouldn’t suffer a negative otherworld mission score, as it would merely be zero.
Since the otherworld mission score would be zero, then there wouldn’t be any rewards, and it would be treated as if they didn’t do any work.
After Rian and Dante read the contents of the side mission, they didn’t respond due to Thomas and the survivors being present.
Despite their lack of response, Ainsworth already knew what they meant as silence in this case would mean that they wouldn’t mind if he accepted it or not. Otherwise, if it was a really difficult side mission that they knew they couldn’t defeat, Rian and Dante would have already signaled Ainsworth to not accept the side mission.
Knowing Rian and Dante’s opinions as well as believing that they could handle a B-grade side mission, Ainsworth was about to accept the side mission when he soon heard another notification sound, followed by the world’s time being halted.
-Ding!
[Loading choices...]
-Ding!
[(1) Accept the Side Mission: Infiltration (B)
(Reward: Disguise (C) is upgraded to Flawless Disguise (SS))]
[(2) Refuse the Side Mission: Infiltration (B)
(Reward: Silent Steps (C) is upgraded to Soundless Steps (SS))]
[(3) Choose none of the given options and choose your own path.
(Reward: None)]
Observing his surroundings, the survivors, and Rian and Dante, who were stopped in time, Ainsworth muttered, "I didn’t expect to trigger both the God-Level Choice System’s choices as well as the Otherworld Mission’s Side Mission at the same time."
Having such an uncommon event occur, Ainsworth wanted to test and answer one of his doubts. He thoroughly observed the system screen of the Earth Will’s Voice of The World, and after observing it for a minute, Ainsworth determined that the Earth Will’s system screen was stopped in time!
"Since the Earth’s Will was stopped in time by my God-Level Choice System, then that proves that the God-Level Choice System is stronger and superior than the Earth’s Will. So as long as I don’t die early and I use my system properly, surpassing the Earth’s strongest is just a matter of time."
"The God-Level Choice System is my ticket to surpassing the SSS-rank Awakeners on Earth as well as going beyond the SSS-rank. But even then, I can’t rely too much on it and remain complacent."
Ainsworth was well aware that if he relied too much on his system, he wouldn’t truly become a powerful person. Not in a sense of raw power, but both a balance of power, control, and mentality.
Furthermore, the God-Level Choice System mostly gives out resources and powers, so he wouldn’t have to worry about that. But if he slacked off and became idle, then that would be shooting himself in the foot, as the choice options would only be triggered if there were events that could trigger them.
With that in mind, Ainsworth steeled his resolve and chose Option 1 as that would not only yield the Flawless Disguise (SS) skill but also allow Eleutheron Eclipse to accept a B-grade side mission, thereby killing two birds with one stone.
Moreover, Ainsworth disliked the Soundless Steps (SS) skill as it was a redundant skill. His Freedom of Movement (SSS) skill was not only superior in rank to it but also a class exclusive skill so it was much more powerful.
He didn’t lack footwork-type of skill as Freedom of Movement (SSS) could do what most footwork-type skills could do and even more than that.
Deciding on Choice 1, time resumed, and Ainsworth immediately pressed the [Yes] button.
-Ding!
[Eleutheron Eclipse has accepted the Side Mission: Infiltration (B)!]
After Ainsworth accepted the side mission, he received the Choice 1 reward, so he immediately used it, upgrading his Disguise (C) skill to Flawless Disguise (SS).
SS-rank skills were very expensive, as only S-rank Awakeners who took on Hell Difficulty Otherworld Missions could have a chance to get them. Of course, those above S-rank Awakeners, such as SS-rank Awakeners and SSS-rank Awakeners, could acquire it.
Such high-ranking skills were not something that an unranked awakener like himself could obtain. After all, even the skill books given to him by his sister Kyla were only A-rank and below, as those were the ones that could be bought with money and acquired quickly.
Those who have S-rank skill books and above would rarely sell them unless it was either a duplicate or a skill that didn’t suit them. So aside from money, connections were extremely important, as just knowing a powerful awakener would allow a rookie awakener to have high-ranking skill books.
Ainsworth could have asked for skill books with higher skill rank, but he knew that his sister and he were on a tight budget. And besides, even if his sister had already set aside money for his future as an Awakener, he never planned on relying on skills since he only planned to let them supplement his SSS-rank Freedom Freelancer class.
That’s why he asked his sister to just get him a bunch of skills he needed so that he could be versatile and fulfill several roles. Anyway, even if he got an SSS-rank skill, it still would be inferior to his SSS-rank class exclusive skills.
After Ainsworth, Rian, and Dante received the notification from the Voice of The World, Ainsworth then shifted his attention back to Thomas. ƒrēenovelkiss.com
With a friendly smile, Ainsworth agreed, "If you say so, my team will join your survivor group and become its leader."
"However!"
When Ainsworth agreed to join the survivor group, Thomas heaved a sigh of relief. He didn’t care he lost his group leader position as it was pretty much useless if he wasn’t powerful enough to lead the group.
Just as he was about to thank Ainsworth, he heard Ainsworth’s sudden rebuttal which made Thomas who was previously relieved to feel his heart become heavy again.
Thomas gulped in nervousness as he inquired, "However?"
Looking at Thomas, who became nervous, Ainsworth patted his shoulder and assured him, "You were leading the group well before I took over. But now that I did, the security can’t be as lax as before."
"You trust the members of your survivor group too much, so you overlook one thing..."
Activating his Freedom of Speech (SSS) skill, Ainsworth changed his charm to that of a reliable and experienced detective as he convincingly stated, "One of your members had hidden their injuries of being bitten by a zombie!"
