"Tomb robbers discovered!"
The system immediately sent him a notification. It asked Happy whether he should immediately send a signal to ask for reinforcements from the Murong Clan so that he could temporarily resolve the danger of the sword tomb being excavated, or should he personally go over and observe the situation before getting rid of the tomb robbers?
The quest was indeed not simple. It had a choice.
The system notification also gave him a clear instruction. If he immediately sent a signal, he would definitely alarm the tomb robbers in the sword tomb and scare them away beforehand.
If that was the case, he would at most complete the lowest-level quest, and the reward would be very small. It would be better for him to observe the situation and see whether he could discover more things.
Once he made his decision, Happy quietly approached the sword tomb from the back.
Since the huge metal swords and chains were placed and they were connected to each other, it brought a lot of trouble to the tomb robbers, and their progress was very slow.
Happy quietly moved his body from the shadows behind a sword tomb and noticed that the tomb robbers' tools were not very professional. They were all tools used for farm work, such as hoes, shovels, and planes. Two lookouts nervously observed the movements at the foot of the mountain while they occasionally turned their heads around to observe the progress of digging the tomb.
"Hurry up!"
Someone urged them anxiously with a whisper.
The Murong Clan was not a small force of power. If they were discovered, they could forget about living a peaceful life in Gusu City or even all of Jiangnan!
"Urge, urge, urge, my foot. This tomb is built too strangely. Why don't you come and dig it yourself?" One of the men grumbled while he worked hard. He put down his tools and spat on his palms. He rubbed his palms before he grabbed the shovel and continued working.
"The stranger it is, the better. I heard that the harder it is to dig a tomb, the more treasures there are inside. The Murong Clan is the most powerful family in Jiangnan. Think about it, there's no way they would be lacking in treasures buried with them."
"That's right. Everyone, hurry up. Once we do this, we won't have to be poor for the rest of our lives."
"Hurry up!"
The group was encouraged, and a series of sounds rose and fell in the sword tomb.
Happy understood what was going on while he was in the dark, and he instantly felt gloomy.
'What's going on?'
He originally thought that it was a group of powerful and organized tomb robbers, but based on their conversation, they seemed to be new to the job and did not know anything. They were more like a group of normal villagers.
If it was just a group of ordinary farmers, this mission would not be so eye-catching. With his current strength, taking down a few ordinary people was not a problem.
Just when he was about to come out of the shadows behind him, he suddenly heard the faint sound of robes fluttering in the air from the south. One … two …
If he was an ordinary newcomer, he would definitely be a little confused.
But a thought appeared in Happy's mind, and he instantly crouched down in the shadows behind the tomb. A group of martial artists had arrived at the Murong Clan.
"Who?"
"Run! Murong family's people have come! "
The two villagers who were on the lookout quickly discovered a few shadows that were quickly approaching. Their faces instantly turned pale as they cried out in alarm. They threw away the things in their hands and prepared to flee.
"Haha, Boss, we've met someone of the same trade!"
On the south side of the Sword Catacomb, a person laughed loudly as he approached from afar.
Before he could finish speaking, a cold and heavy snort rose from somewhere further away.
"You're just a bunch of reckless fools. How dare you use our name to do things? Leave your beards behind. Once you're done, throw them into the catacomb to save us trouble!" His voice was filled with killing intent, and it increased the villagers' panic.
They had thought that they had run into people from the Murong Clan, but they did not expect that they would be the tomb robbers who had repeatedly raided the royal family's tombs! By the sound of it, they were a group of people who killed without batting an eyelid.
"Have mercy, my king!"
"Don't kill me!"
The villagers fled in all directions with ashen faces.
But as a few cold laughs and the sound of air being torn apart rose, the villagers who had been dreaming of getting rich were pinned to the ground. One of them even fell beside Happy, but he did not die immediately. His eyes were wide open, and he pointed at the teenager in the shadows while he muttered laboriously.
"Capture … capture them …"
Only then did he die.
Even though he knew that everything in front of him was a figment of the AI, the NPC's human-like behavior and the feeling he had when he was in the situation made Happy sense the NPC's indignation, regret, and longing before he died.
His expression turned dark.
"Boss, it's all done."
"Yeah."
"These people didn't die in vain. At the very least, they helped us with some small tasks."
"Alright, that's enough! Let's get to work! "
The tomb robbers' words caused Happy to snap out of his dejected state. His gaze became clear, and he held his breath while he hid behind the tomb. His thoughts raced!
There was no doubt that this group of people was the tomb robber group that had been active recently. They were the true targets of his trip.
'If I hadn't chosen to observe the situation, I might have missed this group of true villains.' Happy's heart was very heavy. In truth, he was currently in a situation where he could not back down.
There were not many people in this group. There were only three of them.
But all of them were people who killed without batting an eyelid.
They were much stronger than the Villain Li San. Happy might be able to stop them from digging up the tomb by sending a signal, but he would also expose his tracks.
To three villains who killed without batting an eyelid, especially tomb robbers who had hidden weapons, it was clear that it would be very easy for them to kill a normal player, a newbie who had not even reached Gate Realm!
Should he send a signal?
Or should he continue hiding and wait for them to dig out the things in the tomb and leave on their own?
Happy felt anguish in his heart, and he was conflicted.
If he chose the former, he might be able to complete the quest, but there was a ninety percent chance that he would be killed. If he chose the latter, his first clan quest in the Murong Clan would end in failure, and his reputation and status in the Murong Clan would be greatly reduced.
At that moment, the system did not give him any more notifications!
The sound of digging rose again in the dead silence of the night.
'If I die, then so be it!'
A hint of determination and resolution flashed in Happy's eyes. He quietly retreated a few tombs away and brought out a signal flare.
Shick!
Suddenly, a soul-stirring flame lit up in the dark shadows, and a soft sound rang out.
"Someone's here!"
"Third!"
The three tomb robbers jumped out of the tomb at the same time, and they were just in time to see a fiery red light charge into the sky. At the spot where the light rose, a teenager's figure was revealed. He moved about the tombs and headed down the mountain. They were instantly shocked and enraged.
"It's the Murong Clan's signal!"
"We've been discovered …"
"What should we do?"
While the two tomb robbers chased after them, they asked their boss.
The boss was a middle-aged man with a ruthless expression. His skin was pale, and his expression was cold and stiff.
"He should be a disciple the Murong Clan has just taken in. He doesn't have much martial arts, but unfortunately for him, he has already seen our faces. Third, chase after him and kill him. Then, leave immediately and meet up with us at our old spot." Once he finished speaking, he turned around and left.
"Got it!"
One of the two tomb robbers also turned around and left without hesitation.
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