The moment the system notified Ryan of the quest's completion, relief flooded through him. After nearly wiping earlier due to a lapse in focus, he had been carrying a knot of paranoia in his chest.
But now, a portion of [King of the Nyman] was complete. The Elemental Plane's pursuers had been driven back, and what remained were only the trivial tasks that required the collective effort of many players.
In his previous life, the unique quest [Demon War] had played out the same way. After the first wave of demons from the Abyssal Depths was repelled, the questline devolved into a string of fetch tasks. Those eventually unlocked massive military preparation missions, which culminated in the opening of a high-level raid dungeon and the formation of a neutral faction—the Demonbane Expeditionary Force.
