“Mert, mert, why are you giving her a quest?!”
“Here, I help you!”
“Me, me! Pick me!”
Liam smiled as he tinued on his way. He passed the crowd arriving behind the mert’s house. A low wooden fencircled a small backyard.
Liam looked left and right, making sure that no NPC was watg. What he was about to do would be sidered a crime by the NPCs, most likely resulting in a small fine.
After a moment Liam felt assured. He grabbed the fence, bent his knees and hopped over it.
The backyard couldn’t be called orderly. Liam took a quick look as he found his target, an old-looking wooden box.
He removed the few tools pced on it before opening the lid. Sihis box could be sidered a special item, nothing could be seen i darkness.
Liam didn’t hesitate to put his hand in.
A short loading bar appeared.
[Sear progress: 5s]
Liam looked somewhat stupid as he waited for five seds.
[Search successful:]
[Retrieved item: Moldy apple]
Liam shook his head as he took his hand back, looking at the item in his hand.
[Moldy appleCategory: Trash
Effect: Deals 2+5%(HP) poison damage per sed wheen. Lasts for three seds. ’t exceed 30HP.
What did you expect?]
Smiling slightly, Liam put the apple in his iory. Although it was of trash category, at this point in the game it still was able to take more than half of Liam’s HP.
However, naturally he didn’t e here for a moldy apple. Thus, Liam tio fish in the box.
He rolled his eyes as he received three more apples. But finally, the item he was searg for appeared.
[Massage in a bottleCategory: Quest
A mysterious bottle Zeygnar fished out of the o. The mert never cared to read the message it tained.
Is it right to open it?]
“Got it.”
Liam knew what the bottle tained but to start the quest he had to open it. Without hesitation he pulled out the letter and read it.
“Gabe! How are you doing, old friend? Still not leaving that old home of yours?
Personally, I’m living a great life! I enjoy the sun every day and fish the biggest fish. I tell you, you have never seen such massive fish!
Anyways, why don’t you e visit me sometimes?
Wishing you all the best!
Your Sentrav!”
Liam didn’t read the prompt, directly accepting the quest.
[
Locate Gabe and bring him the letter from his old frierav.
Hint: Some of the older people might know Gabe.]
The prompt quickly disappeared again. Liam khat it was accessible in a pyer’s journal, but naturally this was unnecessary for him. He remembered where Gabe lived.
This questline was quite popur in his old life. Thus, many tricks have also been figured out. For example, that Zeygnar was not only holding on to a sitle.
Liam smiled as he tinued rummaging through the box.
After three attempts he retrieved another bottle. However, it was not necessary for the quest to read it.
Thus, Liam put it away and tinued.
But suddenly his ears twitched, the sound of footsteps reag him.
What’s going on? It es from within the house! But Zeygnar is always managing his stall, why would he leave?
Liam was surprised. But luckily, he always kept basic vigince. He fished out another moldy apple before closing the box and jumping over the fence.
A moment ter Zeygnar stuck his head out of the back door. Suspicious eyes sed around before finding the tools lying on the floor.
“A thief?! How dare you! e out!”
Liam stood outside the feh a frown on his face. Such a situation never happened in his past life.
Finally, Zeygnar murmured something aurned. Liam checked the front to make sure the mert was back at work before jumping over the fence again.
But just as he reached the box, footsteps sounded out.
What?!
Liam gritted his teeth as he was forced to leave the backyard again.
The py repeated once more before Liam came to a clusion.
The quest ged…
It has beore difficult to get the third bottle.
Liam was fused but he also found it iing. He joihe crowd of pyers at the front as he pondered what to do.
Although the quest could be tinued with only two bottles, Liam didn’t want to do so.
On one hand the quest line would be shortened and oher it would grant less rewards. But most importantly it was iing to figure out a way to get his hands ohird bottle.
While Liam was thinking, the crowd around him veheir annoyance:
“What’s up with this mert?”
“First he only sells trash and now he disappeared all the time.”
“Is this a bug?”
“It might be a quest.”
“I heard a few people mao get a quest from him.”
As he listened, an idea came to Liam’s mind. But right then…
[Cye wants to be your friend.]
Liam stared at the prompt which had just appeared.
Cye? Never heard of them. Was it a mistake?
Liam sed the crowd for ah this didn’t spot a pyer called Cye.
Still, he accepted with a shrug, immediately receiving a message:
[Cye: Hi! I’m Silver Bde’s bestest friend. Are you that expert?]
[Bleary Mirage: Hey! Well, this might be me.]
[Cye: Great! Listen, my friend is too embarrassed to ask for help so I’m doing it. Do you have some time? :-)]
[Bleary Mirage: Because of the quest? Great!]
[Cye: Yo yo yo, this sounded a bit too enthusiastic. You ’t be having any ideas about my friend, right?]
[Bleary Mirage: Don’t worry. I could just need your help as well.]
[Cye: Oh? The great expert needs our help? What an honor. Should we meet at the eastern gate?]
[Bleary Mirage: Sure.]
erfect timing.
Liam smiled as he left the crowd and walked towards the eastern gate.
Although Prento, where Liam was right now, was sidered a novice vilge in gaming terms, it was more of a small town.
Many citizens strolled through paved roads, only a part of them nephilim.
However, because of the pyers’ arrival the number of nephilim naturally skyrocketed.
Liam oriented himself oall mountain in the distance, which was an active volo, soon reag the eastern gate.
He looked towards the left and spotted Silver Bde, the tall woman in a white robe which was the starting gear.
o here was a shorter woman, talking with wide gestures, her long blond hair swaying behind her.
As Liam approached, Silver Bde looked over, drawing Cye’s attention.
The blond woman looked Liam up and down, putting her hand to her , and noddiedly.
“You don’t look like much of an expert.”
“Be… Cye! Don’t be rude.”
“Haha it’s alright. I also don’t think I look like an expert.”
Cye smiled brightly turning to her friend.
“Look, he has good self-awareness!”
Silver Bde smiled wryly.
“Sorry Mirage. That’s just her temper.”
“There is nothing to apologize.”
“You see, Silver. I told you to be more rexed. You didn’t even dare to ask for help!”
Silver Bde blushed slightly, giving her fair face a cute look.
“Hehe, so cute.
Ok I will stop teasing you. Bleary Mirage, you know what we are after but why did you say you needed our help?”
“It’s nothing much. But wheurn the quest, it would be good if Silver Bde could buy some time.”
“Buy time?”
“Yeah, just talk to Zeygnar. I o fetething from his backyard.”
Cye’s eyes lit up.
“Are you stealing something?”
“I guess so.”
“Hehe. Sounds fun. What is it for?”
“For a questline.”
“Ok, Cye, don’t ask too many questions!”, interrupted Silver Bde, nodding at Liam.
“I aturally help you as thanks.”
“Good. The’s start with your quest.”
“Great, let’s go!”
Cye showed ahusiastic smile as she urged Liam.
The young man nodded, inviting the two girls in his party. By now most pyers were familiar with such basics, even newbies like Silver Bde.
Liam took the lead, walking away from the gate.
Cye was immediately looking at him oddly as she asked:
“Where are we going? Oh! Is that Rabbit Creek in the west? But didn’t many pyers say that the west has stronger monsters? we deal with them?”
Liam shook his head with a smile.
“Aren’t you a bit hasty?”
“What?”
“Do you want to leave the vilge with the stuff you’re wearing?”
“Well, do we have another choice? The merts are too greedy! A single dagger costs four copper! We only start with ten, how should we get some useful equipment?”
Even Silver Bde nodded.
But Liam stayed silent for a few more seds until the trio reached a small arena. Huffing and the cshes of metal could be heard from inside.