Cleansing Pongmei Valley (Hard mode)

Eradicate the Afflicted of Pongmei Valley in Hard mode.

Objectives

 * Defeat the Afflicted in Pongmei Valley.
 * See Initiate Zei Ri for your reward.

Reward

 * 5,000 Experience
 * 1,000 Gold
 * 2 Ministerial Commendations

Walkthrough
Leave from Boreas Seabed or Maatu Keep. Follow the quest marker to an Afflicted group with an abnormally large afflicted warrior boss. Kill all the afflicted to finish the quest.

If you stick around for a minute you can witness a dialogue with a Ministry Captain, which sets the stage for the next quest.

Allies

 * 28 Initiate Zei Ri

Foes

 * 30 Monstrous Afflicted Warrior

Initial dialogue

 * Initiate Zei Ri
 * "Our efforts have met with great success; we know of only one group of Afflicted remaining in the vicinity of Kaineng. It was last seen in Pongmei Valley, and apparently there's something different about this one. One of the Afflicted was described as impossibly massive. Whether it's because the person was huge was [sic] prior to being consumed or it's a result of the evil the creature has done since, I don't know. I do know that it's a threat, and it's our charge to deal with it. That's all the reason I need. Will you join me?"

Intermediate dialogue
Upon approach of Afflicted
 * Initiate Zei Ri:  "That is... a very large Afflicted."
 * :  "If it makes you feel any better, I've fought countless things far, far larger than this."

After defeating Afflicted
 * Initiate Zei Ri: "This world was not meant for one such as you! May your kind never set food on these grounds again."
 * Ministry Captain: "Well done, Initiate! I wish I could grant you a reprieve, but we've just received urgent news from Shing Jea island."
 * Ministry Captain: "Several people were lost within the abandoned estate that belonged to Minister Cho. We assume they encountered the plague threat that has remained there."
 * Ministry Captain: "But those people may not be a lost cause. We need to know what has happened, but most of our forces are engaged in Kinya Province. The fighting has been fierce, and we just don't have the numbers to split our efforts yet."
 * Initiate Zei Ri: "I understand. I will make preparations to leave at once."

Reward Dialog

 * Initiate Zei Ri
 * "That handles that. Thanks to you, I've met my responsibility of helping to clear the city. It looks like the Ministry is going to need us on Shing Jea island next. It's beautiful there this time of year. Do you like to travel? Never mind that, that's probably a superfluous question for someone like you. Here, take this."