Volume 3, Chapter 6 – The “Simple” Quest You Can Get Addicted To

Quest: [Just Looking at Him Makes Me Mad]

Quest Description: Anran doesn’t like the look of Lennard and wants you to go kick him in the butt.

Quest Rewards:

1. 200 EXP
2. Anran favorability +1

Quest Rank: D

By the time Nai Knight saw the quest description, he was already dumbfounded.

How could there be a quest this bizarre?

Wasn’t this basically hiring players to retaliate against another NPC?

Were the NPCs in Night of the Stars all this lifelike?

But I like it.

Nai Knight grinned.

Then, when he saw the quest reward, he froze again.

200 EXP.

This quest actually gave a full 200 EXP!

Nai Knight directly ignored the favorability reward.

He had been fooling around in the game world for so many days now. Although he had not done many quests, he had never seen one that gave this much EXP before.

Normally, the amount of the reward should be related to the quest difficulty.

All the quests he had done before were common E-rank quests.

So that meant…

Nai Knight glanced over it.

D-rank!

Holy shit!

His pupils widened abruptly.

This quest was actually D-rank.

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Wasn’t it just kicking someone in the butt? How was a quest like that D-rank? What the hell?

Did that mean the guy was really strong, or was it because…

Nai Knight’s brain began spinning rapidly. Compared to Zhou Jieyu, who was not exactly the type to think before acting, his intelligence was perfectly normal, like an actual normal player.

Anran glanced over and saw that Lennard’s figure was about to disappear from sight. She immediately urged Nai Knight with a hint of “impatience,” “The target’s about to get away. Are you taking this commission or not?”

Emmm…

What an unfriendly attitude.

Nai Knight curled his lip. Well, there was nothing for it. After all, the NPC handing out the quest was a big… sis.

Just as Anran said, the target really was about to leave. Once he got beyond a certain distance, the quest would probably disappear.

“Accept. Of course I’m accepting!”

Nai Knight quickly agreed first.

How could he let a quest that had already landed in his hands slip away? Even though he still had plenty of doubts, Nai Knight could not be bothered to think that much.

One kick, then run, and the EXP is mine!

Wouldn’t that be perfect!

Deal struck.

Anran watched the sword-bearing swordsman Nai Knight set off on his way.

Just now, she had used Basic Scout on Nai Knight and discovered that his class was Beginner Swordsman, and that he was already level 3. No wonder he kept carrying a sword around.

The wind whistles bleakly, the Yi River runs cold; once the brave man goes, he will not return…

…

Nai Knight charged ahead bravely. He jogged all the way and finally spotted Lennard at the corner of the street, hands in his pockets and looking like some street tough.

The war had only just ended, so the chaos in Twinmoon City was easy to imagine.

This was exactly the perfect time for the City Appearance Management Bureau to show its value, pad its performance numbers, and earn promotions.

The higher-ups had given a hard order: those who failed to meet the standard would be fired, while those with outstanding results would have a bright future ahead of them.

Lennard had only bought a new house last month. He had mortgage payments to make, and he also needed money to grease palms here and there. Right now, he was fully fired up and ready to make a big score.

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All he needed was to catch someone and extort them properly.

Among all places, the old city district was the territory Lennard had painstakingly cultivated.

“Tap tap…”

Lennard suddenly heard hurried footsteps behind him. Their owner seemed to be in a rush, but he paid it no mind, his thoughts focused entirely on how to bring in more money.

“This is my chance.”

Nai Knight took a deep breath.

He had never done anything like sneaking up behind someone and kicking them in the butt before. Now that the moment had arrived, he felt a little nervous, but also a little excited.

The guy in front of him did not look like a good person anyway, so Nai Knight felt even less burdened.

Close in on Lennard’s butt.

Nai Knight readied himself.

Raise leg. Kick.

With a bang, Lennard went flying forward on the spot.

With a shouted “Fuck your mother,” he crashed to the ground and rolled like a ball.

The moment Nai Knight saw the quest complete, he did not care about anything else and turned tail and ran.

“Fuck, who the hell jumped me from behind?” Lennard rolled over and, clutching his face, saw only the back of a sword-bearing young man.

Cursing under his breath, he scrambled to his feet and tried to chase after him, but Nai Knight was simply too fast and soon vanished without a trace.

Enraged and humiliated, Lennard opened his mouth and unleashed a full eight-hit combo of profanity.

Seriously damaging the city’s appearance and public order.

A self-employed shopkeeper passing by trembled in fear, though inwardly he was secretly delighted.

“Damn it, don’t let me find out who you are, or I’ll make your death ugly!”

Still cursing, Lennard left.

But the more he thought about it, the angrier he got. It had been a long time since he had suffered such a huge loss.

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A sword-bearing young man.

After some thought, Lennard decided to go ask Little Gold Tooth about it. Little Gold Tooth was the local snake of the old city district. Maybe he knew something.

…

Quest complete.

Looking at the 200 EXP and 1 point of favorability he had gained, Nai Knight was unbelievably happy.

This quest was actually pretty simple.

He turned back, wanting to look for Anran, but when he reached the intersection, he found that Anran had already disappeared.

It somehow felt a little regrettable.

Who knew whether there would be more quests this easy and pleasant to do?

Nai Knight was already getting a little addicted.

With a light sigh, he continued exploring Twinmoon City.

First uncover the map, then talk about everything else.

…

After Nai Knight left, Anran headed back to Eudora’s home first.

For quests of this type, as long as the player completed the corresponding action, the game would automatically judge the quest complete. There was no need to go back to the NPC to turn it in, and the reward would be issued automatically.

If she stayed there, it would only increase the risk of exposing herself.

Scheming against people from the shadows was much more satisfying.

Using players to do it for her was even better.

Anran was cackling to herself.

“Lennard, you dared screw me over. I’ll make you understand just how terrifying the person you’ve wronged really is.” A “terrifying” smile appeared on Anran’s face.

“Screeeech…”

The cutting machine whirred as it sliced a piece of metal into several smaller pieces.

Anran took one of them over to the drill press and drilled several small holes into the metal block.

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“Next is cutting out the outline.”

Anran wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Whenever she had free time, she familiarized herself with the blueprints she had just obtained.

Other than the crude exoskeleton armor, Aila’s blueprint, and the tablet-type robot vacuum, which she could not make for the time being, she was capable of producing all the other blueprints with her current ability.

What Anran was making right now was a mechanical switchblade.

As the name implied.

There was a special spring mechanism in the handle. Normally, it could retract the blade into the handle to reduce the amount of space it took up. When used, pressing the trigger would make the blade snap out instantly.

It was perfect for sneak attacks.

Compared to an ordinary knife, the mechanical switchblade’s structural strength was no worse either.

It was not just for sneak attacks. The mechanical switchblade had extremely strong spring force. In single-soldier combat, it could absolutely be used as armor-piercing equipment, and it was also highly effective in dealing with certain emergencies.

She really did not know where Colin had gotten all these blueprints from.

“Phew, finally done.”

Anran tightened the spring assembly, and with that, the first mechanical switchblade was officially complete.

At the same time the game notified her that she had obtained a green-quality mechanical switchblade, she also gained 200 EXP.

Anran set the knife on the nearby table. Just as she was about to stand up, a somewhat rough hand suddenly pressed down on the handle.

A hoarse voice spoke.

“Though it’s a bit rough, the quality of this knife is still quite good.”

Who?

Anran whipped her head around.

She saw an ordinarily dressed old man standing behind her.

When had he gotten here?

Anran’s expression changed slightly, and she immediately took a step back.