Chương 133: Chapter 129 – Stonefield Frontier

Day 2-5 of Grainworks Initiative Ava woke early to continue her survey of Stonefield Frontier. Last night when she checked, she was #2, and that would not work for her. So she gathered up her stuff and saddled the horse and got on. She headed first towards Ridgemarket, a village along the path as she rode into the village, she received a system message.

[Point of Interest Visited] Ridgemarket Explorer Reputation +15 She stopped at the inn first to get breakfast, and while there, she convinced the inn owner and four of his staff to join the guild. Guild Reputation +10 Sponsored Member Registered x5 With breakfast done, she went out and found a group of 4 talking on the side of the road. Explaining the guild to them, she signed them up. People were really interested in the reputation and other guild perks, so it was not hard for her to get them to sign up.

While talking, she found out that leather and rope were one of their big exports, and they also had pack animals for trade and offered to sell Ava one, but she turned them down. Guild Reputation +10 Sponsored Member Registered x4 She looked and was still in #2 place. So she thanked them for their time and road northeast on the road to Stonefield Crossing. Travel went quick, and she was surprised when she got yet another level in her horse riding skill; it was the second on this trip so far.

As she left town Swoop came back and relayed more locations she had seen. [Aerial Survey Updated] New Locations Confirmed Stoneleaf Flats • Silent Hill • Shepherd's Range Survey Progress: 27% Explorer Reputation +45 She sent Swoop back out and continued toward Stonefield Crossing. As she got closer, she realized it was much bigger than she expected. She had traveled more than half the day getting from one village to the next. This was going to be hard work to get #1.

She went far enough into town to register the find. [Point of Interest Visited] Stonefield Crossing Explorer Reputation +35 She then went around talking to people. She found a Caravan market and signed up five people, then found the trade square and signed up another five people. Guild Reputation +10 Sponsored Member Registered X10 Ava finally went to the inn and got a room for the night looking at her place, she was just barely #1 but not with much room to spare. Tomorrow she would make it go up even more.

As Swoop returned again, she got more locations-found messages. Day 3 Ava traveled east around the end of the Broken Spine and then turned north towards the Ancient Watchtower. She then received a system message. [Point of Interest Visited] The Broken Spine Ridge System Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation. Explorer Reputation +75 The closer she got to the Ancient Watchtower the taller she realized it was.

At the base, she found a group of people that were exploring the Watchtower. After she got recognition for discovering it, she then invited them to the guild and got four more people registered. [Major Survey Point Discovered] Ancient Watchtower Explorer Reputation +100 Survey Progress: 38% She then took the time to climb all the way to the top and look out across the area. She was high enough she could see a good chunk of the zone. When she finally got back to the bottom, it was night.

She was still #1, gaining a lead on #2. Swoop again came back from exploring. [Aerial Survey Updated] New Locations Confirmed Western Ridge Pass • North Quarry Camp • Stonewind Trail Explorer Reputation +45 Survey Progress: 49% Day 4 Ava got up again early and this time passed by 3 more locations on the way to her planned stop for the night, Traveler's Rest.

[Point of Interest Visited] Stoneleaf Flats Explorer Reputation +15 [Point of Interest Visited] Silent Hills Explorer Reputation +15 [Point of Interest Visited] Shepherd's Range Explorer Reputation +15 All along the way she signed up all those she could find. She found herbalists near Stonleaf Flats and goat herders at Silent Hill and sheep and goats at Shepherd's Range. She tried to get four to five more people registered at each stop along the way. She finally made it to Traveler's Rest.

[Point of Interest Visited] Traveler's Rest Explorer Reputation +15 Again, she invited more people, six this time, to the guild. Again, she found the local inn and went to sleep. Day 5 Up again, she looked at her map. The last major thing she wanted to visit was Whisper Canyon. But on the way, she first visited Eastgate Camp. One thing she found out that she had not realized is that this camp was a main entrance to this zone for people in zones east of here. The people talked about others that came from the east.

People representing at least four different zones east of here. This excited Ava, as she knew to keep ahead she needed to explore and find more things to keep on top of the list. [Point of Interest Visited] Eastgate Camp Explorer Reputation +15 She then rode south from Eastgate until the path turned west, heading to Whisper Canyon. Almost every camp she went through talked about Whisper Canyon. All were afraid and Wary of what lay down in it. But Ava was determined to find out.

[Major Landmark Discovered] Whisper Canyon Explorer Reputation +275 Survey Progress: 86% Ava got off her horse, which was very nervous about being here. Even Bramble growled and refused to get close to the edge. Ava, though, walked to the edge and looked down. She almost fell off, getting dizzy over the distance to the bottom. It was deeper than Ancient Watchtower was tall, which was saying a lot. She looked around for a path leading down into the canyon but couldn't find one from where she stood.

Realizing she needed to head farther south, she went to get back on her horse when she got another system message. [Exploration Opportunity Identified] Whisper Canyon Survey Difficulty: High Recommended: Expedition Team Discovery Bonus Available Okay, the system did not want her to go alone. Now what should she do next? The system then sent her a new message.

[Regional Recruitment Progress] Stonefield Frontier Registered Adventurers: 97 Registered Parties: 8 Region Status: Active Guild Participation Ava realized she finally had done enough to get this zone registered. She brought up the explorer rankings. [Explorer Rankings] Ava Jarek Nathan Elira Tomas Lead Over Second Place: +611 She smiled at that. She had almost twice as much as the guy in second place, which made her happy. Then she got another system message.

[Explorer Milestone] Stonefield Frontier Survey Progress: 86% Major Discoveries: 12 Guild Recruits Sponsored: 43 Explorer Reputation +275 Ava looked east. There were more regions out there and more explorer reputation to gain. How far could she go before someone caught on to her trick to win? Ava Said, "If Stonefield is this interesting, I wonder what's in the next one."