Although touching a female NPC could increase a player's Attributes by 80% for a week, the repercussions were quite severe. For example, players would be pestered to death. Li Huailin also wanted to ask the company how they came up with this strange Favorability setting. Could they set it to Worship like they did for male NPCs? Wouldn't setting it to Infatuation or something like that? Wouldn't that be creating trouble for players?
He didn't know how difficult it was to gain Favorability from NPCs in this game. A normal player could play the game for a year and still not get an NPC's Favorability to Respect. For example, on Li Huailin's side, he and Anthony were already such close buddies, but Anthony's favorability had only dropped once.
"Forget it, I'll finish this quest quickly. I'll go check out Veronica. Even though I might have to turn in a quest, it'll only give me 30000 EXP." Li Huailin muttered to himself. After clearing the Abyss Instance Dungeon, the system announcement had rewarded him with tens of thousands of EXP. It wasn't that bad.
As Li Huailin thought about this, he followed Sorrowful Autumn to the village ahead. As he got closer, he saw that it was a very small village. It was about the same size as the village Li Huailin had seen on the deserted island. However, it was slightly better because the people there lived a primitive life of hunting and gathering. At the very least, this was a farming society.
Before they even reached the village, there were already people coming out to greet them. There were about ten of them. Among them, the most eye-catching one was the NPC in the middle, who looked like their leader and was wearing a black robe. The NPC's name was Morrisa. It sounded like a female. Although Li Huailin couldn't see the NPC's face, he could tell from her height and figure that she was a female NPC. Otherwise, she would be too effeminate.
"I'm back, Miss Morrisa." Autumn Splitter took the initiative to greet Morrisa. It seemed like Morrisa was the NPC who issued the quest.
"Is that so? Great adventurer. " Li Huailin was right. Morrisa's voice was female, but it was a little strange. Why didn't she look like a villager? How could an ordinary villager make themselves look like this?
"Did you get that thing?" Morrisa asked.
"Yes, it's already here." Yi Shui Beiqiu nodded, then took out the phylactery from last time. However, this one should have been taken care of by the people from the Vatican, as it looked much cleaner.
"That's it, sir adventurer!" Morrisa sounded very happy, but the phylactery looked around and said, "Mr. Adventurer is indeed powerful."
"There's no need to say that." Sorrow of Autumn said, "Then let's hurry up and move on to the next step."
"Alright, we'll start preparing immediately. Please wait for a moment, Lord Adventurer." Morrisa nodded, then immediately led everyone to prepare.
"Is this the NPC who issued the quest?" Li Huailin asked as he watched Morrisa leave.
"Yes, she's the wizard who lives in this village. This AA level quest was issued by her," Autumn Splitter replied.
"Don't you think it's a little strange? Why would there be a wizard in such a small village? "Li Huailin asked.
"Huh? What's strange? This is a game, anything is possible, "Autumn Splitter replied.
"What's the exact situation of the quest? What did she say was the next step? "Li Huailin wanted to know more about the quest.
"Oh, it's like that." Autumn Splitter answered straightforwardly. After all, the two of them were going to do the quest soon. "At first, I was leveling up here, then I found this village. When I entered the village, I found out that it was empty. There were basically no villagers, so I found the wizard Morrisa and received this quest."
"It turns out that this village was attacked by Demonized Beasts not long ago. 90% of the villagers were killed by the beasts. Only Morrisa and a few others escaped," Autumn Splitter continued. "After that, I received the first quest, which was to kill a large number of Demonized Beasts. I killed a total of 500 Demonized Wolves. I was leveling up anyway, so I killed them all."
"Oh …" Li Huailin nodded, "And then?"
"Although the number of Demonized Wolves was reduced, Morrisa said that the souls of the villagers who were killed by the Demonized Beasts would not dissipate because of their resentment. They might turn into evil spirits, so she gave me a quest to purify their souls," Autumn Splitter said. "But the souls of the villagers are not in this world, so I have to go to the Realm of the Undead to retrieve them."
"Huh?" Li Huailin was stunned, "That works?"
"It's a game, so it's normal to have a Realm of the Undead," Autumn Splitter said. "But Morrisa said that there are no vessels to hold the villagers' souls, so if I directly summon the villagers' souls back, they will escape and become wandering souls. So I received the quest to find an empty phylactery, because a Lich's phylactery is a tool that can hold souls. "
"So the next step is to summon the souls back and put them into this phylactery?" Li Huailin asked.
"Yes, but I haven't asked for the details yet. Morrisa said that the last step needs two people," Autumn Splitter said. "Is there anything strange about it?"
"There are too many strange things, okay?" Li Huailin facepalmed. "I don't know how to fool you at all. The wizard obviously wants to collect the villagers' souls, right? What do you think he wants to do with these souls? "
"Of course he wants to purify the souls of those who died a wrongful death," Autumn Splitter said.
"Isn't purifying souls the Vatican's job? Why do you need a wizard to do it? And have you heard of the Vatican summoning souls and purifying them? "Li Huailin asked.
"Sigh …"
"They're already in the Realm of the Undead, so they're basically resting in peace. Why would they summon them back for no reason …" Li Huailin said. "It's obvious that the wizard wants to use the villagers' souls for something."
"Really?" Autumn Splitter said with uncertainty, "Morrisa is a nice person. Maybe you're overthinking it."
"What the hell am I thinking? The people standing beside Morrisa are the survivors of this village?"
"Yeah, I saw them last time," Autumn Splitter nodded.
"How can there be such strong villagers? They can practically fight on the battlefield right now!" Li Huailin said. "They're all built like a bear, and two of them even have knife wounds on their bodies. They don't look like villagers at all. I can tell they're Morrisa's subordinates. Other than them, who else can prove that Morrisa is a villager?"
"Huh? You mean … "Yi Shui Beiqiu suddenly understood something.
Li Huailin immediately said, "Let's say a village was attacked by wild beasts and all died. A passing wizard wants to use the souls of the villagers to do something, but he can't do it himself. Then, an adventurer happens to come by, so he asked her to do some quests for him. Do you think this is possible …?"
"This …" Autumn Splitter was shocked by Li Huailin's guess, "This … This … It's possible … But don't you think you're overthinking it?"
"Oh, maybe I'm overthinking it …" Li Huailin nodded, "I just took a look. I might be making things up."
"But now that you mention it, I'm starting to feel weird," Autumn Splitter said. "If that's really the case, what should we do?"
"What should we do? I only said that the person's goal might be different from what you think. That doesn't conflict with the quest, right? "Li Huailin suddenly said.
"Huh?" Autumn Splitter was still in a daze.
"In other words, your goal is to complete the quest. Anyway, you just need to complete the quest. As for what the other party's goal is, it's none of your business, right? Anyway, the quest reward will be yours, right?" Li Huailin said as he spread his hands.
"Huh? Is … is that even possible? What if she really wants to use the villagers' souls to do something? "Autumn Splitter asked.
"Yeah, what does that have to do with you?" Li Huailin said.
"But if that's the case, won't the villagers be pitiful?" Autumn Splitter said.
"They're already dead. What's there to be pitiful about?" Li Huailin said. "They're just a bunch of game data. If the system wants them to die, then they'll die according to the plot. It has nothing to do with you. Besides, you didn't even see the person's face. What's there to pity?"
"This …" Autumn Splitter said hesitantly.
"Besides, I was just making a wild guess. Maybe the Witch is really just trying to purify the villagers' souls, right?" Li Huailin laughed.
"Yeah … but … now that you mention it, I'm …" Autumn Splitter was about to say something when an NPC suddenly ran over. They recognized him as the NPC who had been standing next to Morrisa.
"Lord adventurer, Lady Morrisa's ritual is ready. She would like to invite you over," the NPC said to Autumn Splitter.
"Oh, it's ready?" Sorrow in Autumn took a look at the NPC. Sure enough, there were a few scars on his body. He asked, "What's wrong with you? These scars look like they were caused by a knife."
"Oh, about that." The NPC was stunned for a moment, then said, "Actually, many people in our village used to join the army, but they retired and returned to the village to farm."
"Oh, I see." Autumn Splitter thought it made sense. "Sorry, I was just curious. Let's go."
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