Who told you I am an NPC Chapter 174

Chapter : 174

In the next second, rlin opened a space door. Behind the door, it was pitch black, as if a black hole had been accidentally opened.

rlin quickly ducked inside, leaving a sentence before he departed: "I'm going to find Isabel. Don't follow ; anyone under level 100 can't withstand this."

In the blink of an eye, the space door closed.

I frowned.

Isabel and I didn't have a curse of shared lifespan, so I didn't know what her current situation was. But seeing rlin so nervous, the situation over there probably wasn't very optimistic.

However, I had no way to follow. I couldn't use the space door rlin used, and since I didn't know Isabel's specific location, I couldn't find my way there even if I wanted to.

I felt a bit irritable. I took a sip of the tea rlin had just handed , suppressing the anxiety in my heart. I opened my panel and flipped through it a couple of tis, occasionally checking my NPC friend panel.

This panel could roughly show the other party's current status, which allowed to feel a bit more at ease.

I waited for about ten minutes, then sent a ssage to rlin asking about the situation.

It wasn't until more than half an hour later that rlin replied vaguely with a phrase saying it was fine, and then there was no more news.

Yan Yunqing: ?

Although I wasn't sure what exactly happened, since rlin said it was fine, then there shouldn't be any problem, right?

I was helpless; I could only wait for the two to return to ask for details.

I stood up and pulled my hood up again, my face once more hidden in the shadows.

Although the matter discussed with rlin hadn't reached a conclusion yet, it was obviously unsuitable for to continue staying here. If I stayed any longer, who knew what the players outside would brainstorm up.

I unconsciously pulled my hood lower, opened the wooden door, and t the gazes of countless pairs of eyes.

Yan Yunqing: ?

Yan Yunqing: ......

I really wanted to slam the door shut and calm down. However, under the scrutiny of countless players, I could only leave like a 'normal' NPC, unable to show too many strange reactions.

After all, ever since the Descenders appeared, the thinking of the people in this world had undergone so small changes in certain aspects. Simply put: 'No matter how strange the things the Descenders do are, they are normal.'

It was as if otherworldly people had been collectively brainwashed... no, more accurately, it was like a virus or program had been implanted.

If I showed any abnormality in my attitude toward the players, although other NPCs wouldn't notice, the players with nothing better to do would definitely get to the bottom of it, and then do so weird things to .

Like stripping off my pants.

I thought calmly while bypassing the few players blocking my way without changing my expression. It was just that my frosty attitude was completely covered by the hood, so the players couldn't see my 'indifference' and 'keeping people a thousand miles away' at all.

They ca up again, trying to trigger so-called hidden quests.

This ti it was even more excessive; several players surrounded tightly.

"Sir, is there anything you need help with?" A female player nad [Mount Ei Monkey], whose appearance was petite and cute unlike her na, rushed to the front, looking at with sparkling eyes.

Another male player beside her, [If the World Has No Light], also chid in, "Yeah, do you have any letters to send, or have you lost sothing you need us to help find?"

The otherworlders who first ca to play the role of novice village NPCs weren't quite used to the Descenders' style of helping everywhere.

Now that nearly a month had passed, they had completely beco accustod to the Descenders' 'enthusiasm' and had automatically evolved into 'giant babies'—if there was any small matter, they could just grab a Descender on the street to solve it.

From the players' perspective, when they first entered [Return], the ga task system wasn't perfect enough; no matter how they poked these NPCs, there were no quests. But now the task system was gradually perfecting, and these NPCs could actively issue quests without being poked!

Of course, there were still so special NPCs who were more 'reserved' and required players to actively inquire to receive quests.

I, the mysterious person before them, had beco the 'reserved' NPC in the eyes of the players.

Being entangled, I found myself in a dilemma for a mont. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck . Based on novels I had read before about transmigration into gas and disguising as NPCs, I thought of a brilliant idea.

I put on a hesitant posture. Of course, because of the [Concealnt Magic Robe], no matter how rich my facial expressions were or how delicate my performance was, these players wouldn't be able to see it.

So I let out a long sigh. That sigh was so affected that I couldn't help but get goosebumps myself. However, the players didn't notice anything wrong; after all, in their perspective, the performance of all NPCs was much the sa.

Hearing this sigh, the players got excited. This looked like a real quest appearing!

So a player with quick eyes and hands squeezed in front of and asked enthusiastically, "You look very troubled. Did you encounter so problem?"

The corners of my mouth hidden under the hood rose slightly. I cleared my throat inconspicuously. "Actually, I am a traveling rchant. I recently traveled here and heard that there is a craftsman with excellent skills in the blacksmith shop here. I wanted to ask him to forge a batch of weapons for ."

"Of course, as a rchant, I couldn't easily hand over such a large order to a blacksmith I don't know. I first customized a longsword at the blacksmith shop." I conveniently found a reason for my visit to rlin just now. "That blacksmith accepted my order and just handed a longsword of good quality. I was very satisfied."

[Mount Ei Monkey] listened very seriously and asked in confusion when she heard this, "Then why are you sighing?"

I paused. "Precisely because I was too satisfied—"

"Then I placed a very large order with this blacksmith. I guarantee the amount absolutely exceeded that old man's imagination, yet he refused !"

My voice was tinged with a hint of anger. "He actually used insufficient production to put off, even though his blacksmith shop clearly has so many apprentices! This greedy blacksmith must want to use this to make raise the price of the order!"

The players looked at each other and whispered softly.

"Eh, a blacksmith? Is he talking about Buck?"

"Idiot, he said that the blacksmith just refused him. It was Mason who took him in just now, right?"

"Ah... Is Mason really a blacksmith in the blacksmith shop? I always thought he was the shop owner's brother who was drunk all day long. I haven't seen any weapons he made in the shop, have I?"

"No, there are still so, it's just really few, and they are all basic white weapons. No one buys them at all. Spending money earned from hard tasks to buy a white weapon with little bonus feels like a loss!"

"I often go to the blacksmith shop to look at weapons. I can only say that the weapons Mason forges are really few, and the bonus stats are particularly strange. Can you imagine what the stat on a mace is? It's actually Wisdom! Can the goddamned Wisdom stat increase my damage or what?"

"Eh, maybe if you hit yourself once, you can turn into a child painlessly?"

"?"

"Mason, huh... If it's Mason, it seems understandable. With Mason's sporadic attitude toward smithing, maybe that weapon delivered for the order took a long ti to make."

Seeing the players' topic straying further and further, I hurriedly spoke up to continue acting, controlling the players' thoughts that had inadvertently drifted away.

"Anyway, I hope you can think of a way, whether it is to make that blacksmith accept my order or find a cheaper and more affordable blacksmith to cooperate with—if you can help complete this order, I will consider letting you purchase my goods."

Players: ?

Before the players could understand, a quest notification popped up in front of their eyes.

【Help the [Mysterious Traveling rchant] complete his order】

Description: A mysterious person suddenly appeared in Rock Town (Romunik Novice Village). He claims to be a rchant traveling in all directions. He ca here to place a large order with the most famous blacksmith, Mason, in the Rock Town Blacksmith Shop, but Mason refused him. He is very distressed about this and requests your assistance.

Quest Objectives:

1. Persuade Blacksmith Mason to accept the rchant's order.

2. Assist Blacksmith Mason in collecting all necessary materials.

3. Ensure the order is completed within the specified ti.

Quest Completion Ti: 10 days

(Please note, the traveling rchant will only stay here for 10 days. If the quest is not completed within the ti limit, it will be regarded as a quest failure, and the traveling rchant will leave here.)

Quest Rewards:

[Copper Coin x10], [Experience x100]

(Remark: After completing this quest, the traveling rchant's favorability will increase, and players in the area can open the [Traveling rchant's Product List] and obtain purchasing qualifications.)

[Traveling rchant's Product List]: Randomly spawns items of different qualities brought by the traveling rchant from different regions. There is a certain chance to spawn Rare and above items.

Players: ???

Leaving aside the gold coins and experience, which were so little it was like dismissing a beggar, what was that remark?!

Several veteran gars got excited. So it's a real Traveling rchant NPC! How did this ga serve up new content without saying a word?!

Apart from anything else, just the part about 'a certain chance to spawn Rare and above items' was exciting enough.

Currently, the ga had only been in open beta for less than a month. The highest level equipnt in the hands of players on the level leaderboard was only green, which was Exquisite quality items, while the Rare items in the quest remark were purple items, directly jumping two tiers above green items!

This quest had to be completed, and it didn't matter who completed it; after all, the quest rewards were scarce, but the authority to open the traveling rchant's product list was open to players in an area.

However, a few quick-witted players had already noticed the note in the remark column: 'After completing this quest, the traveling rchant's favorability will increase.' Although they didn't know what use the favorability increase had, since it was specifically marked out, there must be so hidden benefits.

They had already decided. Even if the quest rewards weren't high, they had to be the first to complete this quest!

"Speaking of which, didn't a lot of players from other novice villages co to our novice village recently? If they complete it, can this regional reward still count for us...?"

Soone in the crowd raised such a question. Suddenly, the eyes of the players present, whether from Romunik Novice Village or other regions' novice villages, beca sharp.

This wouldn't do!

In just a few breaths, the players who had originally surrounded so tightly that not even water could trickle through dispersed, leaving only two or three small stragglers.

Deeply hiding my rit and fa, I closed my quest publishing panel and took a deep breath of fresh air.

Sure enough, to attract players' attention, one had to keep giving players quests.

As for the promised product list, this wasn't difficult. I had checked my NPC panel, and the NPC panel indeed had this function. I could throw so unwanted trash from my backpack into it, and maybe when selling it to the players, the players would even have to be 'grateful' to .

There were still a few players left who wanted to try receiving other quests from , but I politely rejected them all: "If you are very idle, you'd better help think about how to persuade that blacksmith to complete this order for ."

When asked too much, I simply used monotonous scripted lines to repel the players' enthusiasm.

"I need more rare items. Perhaps you know where to get them?"

"I really hope business is booming this year and everyone cos to buy my goods."

"I want money, I want lots and lots of money."

"......"

All these various responses successfully made the last few players who still wanted to pester leave.

Before leaving, I heard those few players whispering.

"Do you feel that this NPC isn't very intelligent?"

"You have that feeling too? Indeed. Maybe because the Traveling rchant NPC is a special NPC and it's a newly launched feature, so it's not made as perfectly as other NPCs."

"True."

Yan Yunqing: ......

What do you an not very intelligent? You stop and explain clearly, where am I not intelligent enough?!

I looked constipated, like soone who was walking on the road and was suddenly pointed at and called a fool, yet my setting as an NPC prevented from haggling with the players—I shouldn't even understand what 'intelligent' ant!

I ground my back molars. Fortunately, the hood covered , otherwise the players would have noticed my incorrect expression.

I stood in place for a while and sighed. rlin hadn't returned yet. The players forgot the thing I originally intended to do after the interruption. I stared at my NPC panel in a daze for a while, suddenly rembering that I still had a group of players waiting to be fed, who were diligently exploring the village that Isabel had led people to exterminate.

Opening the published quest panel, it showed that the quest progress was almost full. I thought about it and decided to go see these players; maybe they could bring new surprises.

I pulled my hood and walked toward the outside of the village. The hem of my magic robe clearly didn't move much, and my steps weren't that big, yet my moving speed was very fast. In the blink of an eye, I disappeared from the players' field of vision.

"Is this NPC one who likes to run around everywhere?"

"Never mind that Traveling rchant NPC. Has anyone seen Mason from the blacksmith shop? Why can't I find him anywhere?"

"What? Check the small tavern? Usually, if you can't find him at the blacksmith shop, he must be in the small tavern."

"Checked, he's not there. I almost dug three feet into the ground at the small tavern, and got thrown out by the bartender inside, banning from entering the tavern again for three days!"

The players who received the Mysterious Traveling rchant NPC's quest looked at each other, and a thousand words rged into one sentence: "Have you seen Mason?"