Chapter 1 Mysterious NPC?

Nie Yan thought Cranston was a mysterious NPC with some hidden quests, but he turned out to be a vendor!

What was even more depressing was that Nie Yan had been standing next to Cranston for so long, waiting, but Cranston didn't say a word. Only after finishing his scripture did he ask Nie Yan what he needed.

If someone dared to sell things like that in the real world, they would definitely starve to death!

But then Nie Yan understood that there was a trigger condition. Only by listening to Cranston's chanting could you buy things from him.

Why hadn't anyone mentioned this NPC in his past life?

An item bar appeared in front of Nie Yan, containing only three items. Looking at them, his eyes widened. How could he be selling these things!

The first slot held a black crystal, like a piece of dark carbon, without any luster. But seeing its shape, Nie Yan was shocked. It was a Resurrection Crystal!

Resurrection Crystal: Use this item to resurrect a dead pet, limited to one use. Price: 200,000 gold coins.

The following two items were no less impressive.

Dark Gem: After embedding this gem, it can increase the amplification of arcane magic by 30%. Price: 200,000 gold coins.

The last item was a black giant egg. He didn't know what kind of pet it was, but judging from the shape of this egg, it was a high-level pet egg, which should be very unusual. The selling price was 500,000 gold coins.

These three items were really not affordable for ordinary people. This was the discounted price after Nie Yan's Scholar title. If ordinary players came here to buy them, they would definitely be more expensive.

"When I was young, I once killed a giant dragon. These things were all obtained at that time." Cranston rambled about his youth.

Nie Yan was not really interested in Cranston's youthful stories. He quickly asked Guo Huai to transfer the money. No matter what, he would buy these things first.

Before long, Nie Yan bought these three items for a full 900,000 gold coins. It was a bit painful to see so much money go in the blink of an eye, but thinking about it, these three items were worth the price. If they were put on the market, they might not be available even for 1.5 million gold coins.

Seeing that Nie Yan bought these three items, Cranston continued: "After I killed the giant dragon, the father of this church gave me something, asking me to follow the footsteps of the brave and strive to become a legend. But I failed his hopes, ultimately achieving nothing and being mediocre. Not long after, the father passed away, and I took his place, guarding this church. I am already old, and I always feel ashamed when I think of this. Respected brave one, are you willing to fulfill an unfinished wish for me?"

Nie Yan's heart skipped a beat. It was a quest!

"What do you need me to do?"

"This is a chain left by the father. It will guide you. If you decide to accept it, you must be mentally prepared to accept the challenge." Cranston took out a silver-white, simple chain that looked very ordinary, without any fancy embellishments.

System: Are you willing to accept Cranston's commission?

As long as it was a quest, no matter how difficult, Nie Yan would definitely accept it. With his current strength, what quest couldn't he do? If he couldn't do it, others couldn't do it at all! What would be the point of Faith setting up such a quest?

Yes!

Nie Yan clicked confirm without hesitation and respectfully took the chain from Cranston's hand. A system prompt sounded.

System: You have accepted the quest, Seeking the Heart of a Brave.

Seeing this system prompt, Nie Yan was shocked. Was this Heart of a Brave related to the previously accepted Heart of the Holy Spirit quest?

Thinking of this, Nie Yan felt a little confused, but after thinking about it, he decided to let it go. Whether it was the current Heart of a Brave or the Heart of the Holy Spirit to rescue Crow, they were both ethereal things to him now, and there was no sign of them yet. He would think about it later.

This chain had no attributes. Nie Yan tied the chain to his left hand, hooking his middle finger. Melee professions often had such a chain as an ornament. It was said that some powerful chains absorbed a lot of bloody energy and became terrible cursed objects.

After putting on the chain, Nie Yan immediately felt a cool breath coming from the palm of his hand.

After Cranston issued the quest to Nie Yan, he seemed to have aged more than ten years in an instant. He said in a weak tone: "Take it and follow in the footsteps of the brave. It will bring you magical power. I am leaving now to give this money to my children, and then one day, like the father, return to dust and earth. There is nothing more to linger on in this world."

After Cranston bid farewell to Nie Yan, he walked towards the back of the church.

It seemed that the reason he didn't know about Cranston's existence in his previous life was because Cranston disappeared after issuing the quest. So, when he came to this church in his past life, he never met Cranston and only saw an empty church.

Watching Cranston's figure gradually disappear around the corner of the door, Nie Yan retracted his gaze. He didn't know what clues needed to be triggered for the quest he had just received. He studied it for a while and decided to let it go for now. There were too many unfinished quests in the quest bar, and he could only solve them one by one. There might be new quests in the future.

After waiting in the church for a while, some fighting sounds came from the direction of the town gate in the distance. Nie Yan suddenly stood up. Aina, the Ghost Princess, might have arrived!

Nie Yan walked out of the church door and used the skill on the Creeper Ring, quickly climbing to the top of the church. Looking towards the direction of the town gate, the scene he saw shocked him.

It was different from what he imagined. He thought that the residents of Kurasu Town, with the help of the town's defenses, should be able to defeat the Ghost Princess.

At the town gate, the Ghost Princess Aina summoned a huge Iron Golem, five yards tall, made entirely of metal, covered with spikes, like a giant beast. It stood in front of the Ghost Princess Aina, walking forward step by step, causing the ground to shake violently.

The women in the town screamed in fear, and the men picked up their weapons. Some were operating giant crossbows to shoot at the Iron Golem.

But their attacks were ineffective. The Iron Golem swung its giant fist and smashed it down on the fence. With a bang, a corner of the fence turned into ruins, and several town residents screamed miserably and fell to the ground.

The Iron Golem wreaked havoc, destroying the defenses at the town gate and killing town residents one after another.

The Ghost Princess Aina waved her staff, resurrecting these dead town residents into one puppet after another. The puppets around her gathered more and more, and a one-sided massacre of Kurasu Town began.

Some players who couldn't escape in time were killed by the rushing ghost puppets.

This situation was unexpected by Nie Yan. It seemed that the strength of the mutated lord was far beyond Nie Yan's imagination.

System: Kurasu Town is under attack, requesting player support.

System: Kurasu Town is under attack, requesting player support.

Red system prompts lit up in the system prompt bars of players throughout Calore City.

Nie Yan didn't expect such a thing to alarm the players throughout Calore City. He wondered what the final result of the war in Kurasu Town would be.

After receiving this system prompt, the players in Calore City discussed it one after another. Some decided to wait and see, while others were afraid that the good things would be snatched away, so they teleported to Kurasu Town. In addition to the Niu Ren Tribe and the Holy Roman Empire, there were at least fifty large and small guilds in Calore City. Although they were not very influential, they all began to organize teams when they heard this system prompt. In their minds, it was easiest to get some benefits when encountering this kind of thing.

At the teleportation point of Kurasu Town, streaks of white light flashed, and groups of players appeared here. Some were even from other cities, doing quests in Calore City, and rushed over after hearing the system prompt.

These players surged towards the town gate, and a melee began. Thousands of players gathered together, and their strength was still quite strong.

Looking at the players constantly appearing in the teleportation portal in the distance, Nie Yan opened his mouth. He didn't expect things to turn out like this, becoming a war between the players and the Ghost Princess Aina.

After receiving the news, Guo Huai immediately sent a message to Nie Yan, asking: "Kurasu Town is under attack by monsters, do we want to go over and grab glory points?"

Nie Yan didn't expect Guo Huai to have this idea. Nie Yan smiled wryly. Guo Huai didn't know that this war in Kurasu Town was caused by him.

"Wait a minute, I am in Kurasu Town now, let me see the situation first," Nie Yan said. It seemed that it would not be easy for the players to kill the Ghost Princess Aina after all, since she was a Level 100 mutated lord.

"How are you there?" Guo Huai asked in surprise.

"I caused this." Nie Yan said, outlining the cause and course of the matter.

"So that's how it is. It is said that Kurasu Town is very lively. Some of our old rivals have gone, including Xue Sha and some people from Angels Dominion, and even Sword of the Gods and the Guangming Empire are participating." Guo Huai said that this was a hodgepodge. Since it was relatively easy to travel between major cities, many players from major guilds came to Calore City to do quests and level up. It was not surprising that a large number of players from the Niu Ren Tribe went to the home base of others to join in the fun.

"I'll go meet them. Let Dao Guang and the others continue to explore the Griffin Woodlands and ignore what's happening here," Nie Yan said. Even if the people from the Niu Ren Tribe came here, they wouldn't be able to grab any profits. There was no money to be made here, and he alone was enough.

Nie Yan saw a thousand-man team appearing and gathering near the teleportation portal before heading towards the town gate.

He searched the crowd and found a few familiar figures: the people from Xue Sha! The thieves of Xue Sha gathered together and discussed something before entering Stealth mode.

As a thief himself, Nie Yan understood them better. They would definitely not be absent when monsters attacked a town. They would not participate in killing the Ghost Princess Aina, but if the Ghost Princess Aina died, they would definitely be among those who rushed up to grab equipment. Thieves had a natural advantage in grabbing equipment.

A large number of players had already gathered in the open space outside the town. Some were surrounding the Ghost Princess Aina, some were dealing with the Iron Golem, and some were dealing with the ghost puppets summoned by the Ghost Princess. Although the scene was a bit chaotic, the division of labor was still relatively clear.

Those who participated in attacking these monsters could get glory points, so the players were very active.

These players were at least around Level 70, and their combat power was quite strong. Those with very low levels didn't dare to come to such a high-level map like Kurasu Town.

Dense magic exploded one after another, and the players suffered heavy casualties, but there were still some results. Some players killed some ghost puppets, and the ghost puppets dropped some good equipment and a lot of top-quality gems, which immediately caused a frenzy among the players, and the scene became crazy.

"Cool, I snatched Level 90 Dark Gold equipment!"

"I snatched a Flame Gem!"

Some players shouted excitedly, further fueling the players' madness.

"Everyone, kill that Iron Golem and Ghost Princess Aina! They will drop at least sub-legendary and legendary equipment!"

These players were in high spirits. Groups of warriors rushed towards the Ghost Princess Aina. The Ghost Princess Aina waved her staff, and a frost swept out, covering the surrounding area within fifty yards. The warriors were instantly frozen.

"Damn, I'm frozen! I can't move!"

"Mages, magic attack! Priests, Paladins, quickly use Soothing Light!"

In the center of the crowd, a warrior in silver-white armor commanded about two or three thousand people nearby. They launched an orderly attack on the Ghost Princess. Seeing this figure, Nie Yan raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect to meet an acquaintance, the Star of Brilliance whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

In this life, his acquaintance with the Star of Brilliance was due to the treasure-grabbing incident when the Guardian of Order attacked the village.

It seemed that he was always indispensable in the lively event of snatching Bosses!

When he first met the Star of Brilliance, Nie Yan was still an unknown casual player, but now, he was the president of the largest guild in Calore City, to the point where the Star of Brilliance looked up to him. It was estimated that the Star of Brilliance himself would also sigh at the magic of fate.

Although the Brilliant Temple of the Star of Brilliance had made some significant progress, it could only be regarded as medium-to-upper in Calore City. There was no comparison with the behemoth of the Niu Ren Tribe. Because he had some friendship with Nie Yan and Ban Xing de Hu Li, he maintained a good relationship with the Niu Ren Tribe and the Holy Roman Empire.

I should go over and mix in for some glory points, meet Xue Sha and his gang, and see old friends, Nie Yan thought as he jumped down from the church.

(Four thousand-word chapter, asking for monthly tickets...)
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