Chapter 49 The Night

Clyde had just disappeared from their sight. Yet they were still looking up as if his figure was still there.

"He's not that bad," Albert commented.

"Still, why didn't he take us in?" Wiley said. If he really means well, why not bring them to his group as well?

Wiley's words stopped whatever they were trying to say. But not long after that, Leon said.

"He is a careful person."

His group member turned to look at him almost simultaneously.

"What do you mean?" Wiley asked with a frown of confusion.

"He probably thinks that many people in a group are troublesome," Leon replied.

Leon sat in his place. Then stretch his arms toward the bonfire to warm it.

"But that group already has a lot of members, don't you think?" Rosie said.

Leon thought for a few moments before answering. "Maybe he thinks the members of his group have an important value to him. Like I said before, he is a careful young man."

They were all starting to accept that they couldn't get into Clyde's group. Because they can not do anything about that.

Wiley threw a rock at the bonfire in annoyance. Then he took a deep breath as if to let out the uneasy feeling in his chest.

Tomorrow, they will have to go through a hunger disaster. Luckily, they had prepared food stocks from day one. Which they eat very sparingly.

However, they still can't relax because there are still other threats.

Which may even be more dangerous than just hunger.

"Why haven't they come yet?" Rosie looked around with a face full of anxiety.

"Maybe in a little while," said Albert. "The night hasn't lasted too long."

So they waited for a few peaceful moments. There was only the sound of wood and plastic crunching as the flames shattered it to ashes.

They waited until the people who brought the Night Quest came.

Maybe by completing this Night Quest, they can get something to ease tomorrow's struggle.

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Clyde was still on top of the tall building and was looking around. His black robe fluttered in the cold wind.

A few seconds passed, and his eyes saw the figure he was looking for.

She walked with calm steps amidst the ruined streets. A quite big exclamation mark hovered above her head.

Clyde jumped down from the building and landed on the street.

The woman in the black suit should have seen him. But her dark glasses probably kept her from seeing Clyde.

Clyde walked over to her. 'Can I pull the sunglasses off her face?'

His intrusive thought spoke as his steps brought him closer to the woman in the suit.

The woman suddenly smiled and slowed down as if she had just noticed Clyde's presence.

"Good evening," The woman greeted in the strangely cheerful tone she had before when they met. "Do you want to accept the Quest?"

"Can I see your eyes?" Clyde asked back.

The woman looks confused. "I'm sorry. You can't do that."

"Why? Because there are no eyeballs there?"

"Unfortunately, I can't answer that question either," she replied.

Clyde stared at her for a few moments. He was still curious to see the woman's eyes.

But he was a little doubtful knowing that the World Masters had done something to this level of apocalypse difficulty.

This woman who looks like an NPC might kill him if he messes around with her.

"Are you the only one who came?" Clyde asked.

"Two of my friends have also gone to this location. One of them has already left for the motel where your friends are," the woman replied.

"They're not really my friends," said Clyde. "Anyway, I assume that they have already taken the Night Quest themselves. So I will also take the Quest for myself."

"You're going to take the Quest now?"

"Yes." Clyde nodded his head.

"Very well."

The woman then spread her arms to the sides. Then a Window appeared like a screen floating in the air.

The window looked the same as the last time he saw it the night before.

Clyde scanned the Quests list that was there for a few minutes. Until finally there was a Quest that interested him.

That quest was the third highest ranked quest on the current list. That is Rank C Quest.

'I'd better not take a Rank that's too high.'

Considering everything that happened, Clyde decided to reduce the risk. So this C Rank Quest was probably the best choice.

"I'll choose this one," Clyde said as he choose the C Rank Quest.

<<Quest>>

[Quest Category: Defending Quest. ]

[ Clear Condition: Protect the object from the waves of monster attacks. ]

[ Rank: C ]

[ Time: When you decide you can't hold on anymore. ]

[ Reward: Rank C Dungeon Key. ]

The fact that he would obtain a 'Rank C Dungeon Key' - whatever is that - must be pretty good.

But it could also mean that the Quest would be even more difficult than he thought.

Even so, Clyde was willing to take the Quest because it was a C Rank.

He had no way of knowing whether the setting of this apocalypse had returned to its proper setting or was still being manipulated by the World Masters.

Taking C Rank Quests with pretty good rewards can let him know the answer to that question.

"Are you sure you want to take the Quest?" the woman asked.

Clyde nodded. "Yes."

The woman nodded in full approval. "Very well."

After Clyde took the Quest, a vortex appeared behind the woman in the suit.

"Please enter the portal to transfer to the place to carry out the Quest," the woman said.

Clyde didn't ask much and immediately walked into the vortex.

A moment later he was in a bright white room. But Clyde did not know where the light that illuminated this room came from.

The walls are white with a black square pattern.

In the center of the room was a platform five meters wide in diameter.

Then in the middle of the platform, there is a crystal with a diamond shape.

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