Guild Wars

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Rewards: 5 Umbra Points｣

Each quest covered a different piece of armor or weapon, across all the classes and trades.
It wasn ’t limited to Common Rank too, but had the same lineup of weapon/armor requisitions with higher Ranks.
This included Uncommon and Rare, but that was it.

Draco refused to believe that anyone could create anything above Rare at this stage, especially since he had to go through such a crazy process to get the Semi-Epic Dragorugio set.

Included were requisitions for potions, poisons, enchantment diagrams and a myriad of other creations that the most common Tradeskill classes could perform.

After Draco finished these, he felt very satisfied.
He skipped over the Service Quests because that was handled by external sources that wanted specific things done for them by the members of Umbra.

That board had been filled long ago, which was where the members of Umbra got majority of the quests till now.
With a Rank 7 Guild Hall, Umbra had more quests coming in than they could complete.

The compensation though, paled far too much compared to what Draco gave out, so this board would become desolate soon.

The same thing went for the National, Continental and World boards.
Those were filled by the AI with event or notable quests that were within the area of the Guild Hall.

It could also be filled by the King of Sturgehaven for the National Quests Board, the Chairman of the Cario Continental Council for the Continental Quests Board or the War Maniac Pavilion for the World Quests Board.

This left five Quest Boards for Draco to fill, which were the Miscellaneous Quests Board, The Guild Quests Board, The Team Quests Board, The War Quests Board and the Merchant Quests Board.

Draco started with the Miscellaneous Quests Board.

｢Clean up – Miscellaneous Quest

Description: Spend one month in a janitorial position for the Guild.

Rewards: 1 Umbra Point｣

｢Laboring – Miscellaneous Quest

Description: Spend one month in a labourer position for the Guild.

Rewards: 1 Umbra Point｣

｢Assistant – Miscellaneous Quest

Description: Spend one month as an assistant to an official member of the Guild.

Rewards: 1 Umbra Point｣

Naturally, this board was targeted towards Serf players.
These people probably had no future in combat or Tradeskills, which were the only ways to have value in the world of Boundless.

As such, to pay them one Umbra Point per month was a crazy salary for the tasks they ’d perform.
1 bronze coin was $3 and 100 bronze made 1 silver.
This meant that 1 silver was $300.
100 silver made 1 gold, which meant that 1 gold was $30,000!

This was the value of one Umbra Point in real world currency!

Which god damn employer on the outside world paid $30,000 to be a janitor for a month?!?

Umbra ’s tagline in newspapers would probably be: ’Umbra, the guild where even the bottom class players are paid better than most top class players in other guilds. ’

Next was the Guild Quest Board.

｢Daily Milestone – Guild Quest

Description: 100 players complete Daily Quests.

Rewards: 5 Umbra Points｣

｢Weekly Milestone – Guild Quest

Description: 500 players complete Weekly Quests.

Rewards: 10 Umbra Points｣

｢Monthly Milestone – Guild Quest

Description: 1000 players complete Monthly Quests.

Rewards: 50 Umbra Points｣

These quests did not need to be accepted by Guild members, they were alway active.
Once the target had been reached, everyone would automatically be paid out the rewards.

This was a sort of incentive to get players to complete their quests on time.
Draco would adjust the numbers once the membership of Umbra increased exponentially again.

Now, Umbra had over 3,000 players, with 2,500 being Combat players and only 500 being Tradeskill players.

Compared to other guilds which had reached memberships of 10,000 and above, Umbra was really slow in their progress, but their fewer numbers gave them much more power than those with higher numbers due to quality.

The next Quest Board was the Team Quests.

｢Reputation Acquisition – Team Quest

Description: Gather 100 reputation for Umbra in one month.

Rewards: 10 Umbra Points｣

｢Building Resource Acquisition – Team Quest

Description: Gather 10000 building resources for the Vita Settlement in one month.

Rewards: 10 Umbra Points｣

｢Exploration – Team Quest

Description: Explore 100 designated Field Zones and Wild Dungeons in one month.

Rewards: 10 Umbra Point｣

These quests required one to build a squad and set out for a long period.
Most of the players who went out on Team Quests would not return until a few days to the end of the month, so they probably wouldn ’t participate in other quests.

Next was the War Quest Board.

｢Raze – War Quest

Description: Destroy 100 monster villages/encampments.

Rewards: 100 Umbra Points｣

｢PVP – War Quest

Description: Win 100 PVP matches in the name of the Guild.

Rewards: 100 Umbra Points｣

｢Domination – War Quest

Description: Kill 100 Dark Players or Enemy NPCs.

Rewards: 100 Umbra Points｣

The War Quest was where one saw the true brutality of the Boundless world.
There were only three Quests here, with the first requiring players to kill monsters then destroy their homes.

This included places like the Green Orc Encampment from the Flora and Fauna Quest or the Goblin Village Riveting Night slaughtered to teach a lesson to the Five Generals.

The second quest was constructed in a way that said members of Umbra were to win 100 PVP matches in the name of the guild, which essentially meant that they were to slaughter the players of any non-allied guilds legally.

This buttressed the frigid competition that existed between the player guilds in the world of Boundless.
If you just got up and created a guild because you reached level 10 without any real strength then… heh.

One could only open their backside for a heavy pounding, which was what the other guilds would glady give them.

In another three months, most of the guilds that were active currently would be disbanded.

The final board was the Merchant Quests board, which Draco filled up easily.

｢Vendorship – Merchant Quest

Description: Assist the guild in the sale of products as a shop manager for a month.

Rewards: 10 Umbra Points｣

｢Sale of Goods – Merchant Quest

Description: Sell 500 items on behalf of the Guild as a Traveling Merchant within one month above the average market price.

Rewards: 10 Umbra Points｣

｢Acquisition of Goods – Merchant Quest

Description: Acquire 500 items on behalf of the Guild below the average market price within one month.

Rewards: 10 Umbra Points｣

Once Draco finished the quests, he sighed and clapped his hands.
The NPCs, who had been manning the counters, had been standing behind him respectfully all this while.
They bowed and returned to their jobs with Draco ’s permission.

Draco exited the Commission Room and sent a broadcast message to the Guild Members of Umbra within the Guild Hall.

Doing this was free.
Sending broadcasts to players outside though, had varying costs depending on how far they were.

The guild chat mechanic was not part of the launch features, but would be added in the next update.

When the guild members of Umbra saw the broadcast, they immediately rushed to the Commission Room, instantly crowding the room stuffily.
They couldn ’t care less though, as they set their eyes on the quests posted by the Guildmaster.

When they saw the multitude of quests and the rewards for them, their eyes bulged and their breathing became wheezy.
They were not able to take in enough oxygen compared to how fast their hearts were pumping.

It was silent for a second as they all absorbed the sheer magnitude of what Umbra was offering them, and of what they were supposed to do.
Especially of what they could do once they completed their tasks.

Once that thought hit, a great commotion ensued as players rushed to accept quests that were suitable to them.
There was no cost to accept most quests and for most of the boards, there were no penalties for failure.

So the members accepted everything they could get their filthy hands on and planned to sort them out later.

When that was done, they filed out of the Commission Room to meet their objectives in time.
If they wanted some of those sweet UPs, they would have to put in overtime!

Some members did stay behind, and these were the upper echelon of both the Combat and Tradeskill groups.
They were more level headed about the matter and looked through the quests, their rewards and their directives carefully.

When they did, they marveled at the generosity of the Guildmaster while they feared his cunning.
By giving them something he had in abundance, he could get them to do the most pressing tasks for him and so enthusiastically!

The worst part was that these people weren ’t nobodies ah!

They were elites at the very least, meaning their their rate of success, efficiency and productivity was the highest among current players!

…………..

In the super mini small world that was at the top floor, Draco relaxed into his couch as he rested his chin on his knuckles.

He smiled as he saw the two people standing before him, one which was a short blonde haired girl who had an smug smirk on her face 24/7.
She had a bombastic chest that make one lose sleep at night and wore creamy white robes.

To her side was a tall and lanky fellow who was covered from head to toe in aqua blue robes.
Like Riveting Night, not even his face could be seen, though Draco could see him clearly with the Eyes of Caelo.

”Welcome.
Are you ready? ”

The fellow nodded lightly through his hood.

”I am. ”

Draco stood up as he pulled out his two Legendary Treasure Chests.
He placed them on the table between himself and the cloaked fellow, staring at him sharply.

”I have great faith in you to succeed. ”

Draco leaned back into his seat and seemed nonchalant.
”After all, you, Fitter Cleric, are the only player who is a Luckmancer in the whole of Boundless currently. ”