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Chapter 52 Escort Mission Part 2
Chapter 52 Escort Mission Part 2
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"You dare!?" The lead guard yelled out. He began to panic because he was currently stuck in place and the earth wall the young man had just created had blocked the archer who was supposed to finish the job! The lead guard's face was sour as he watched Vance walk over. What Vance noticed was that the level of NPCs in town did not matter to other NPCs. These guards were all over level 50 but they were easily trapped by him and Alice who were under level 20. If he was a player he wouldn't dare cause a scene like this. He did not know why this was, but he could only presume it was due to them being NPCs or because it was his life quest.
So even though he was much lower level than the NPCs, Vance did not feel threatened at all. He raised his sword and was about to chop down when he felt danger coming from his right. He quickly moved his head backward to see an arrow flying past his face. With a swift motion, he raised his weapon and stopped the arrow before it could go any further before spinning around and waving his hand, encircling the guards, him, Alice, and Sally with tall walls of earth.
"Vance!" Alice cried out as she heard the clanging sound of metal on metal and an arrow falling to the ground.
"I'm fine. Luckily I moved on instinct." Vance said before narrowing his eyes at the guard. "To have an archer ready to take us out. If this is not treason then what is!?"
"Vance, don't kill them," Alice called out. While she too wanted to finish things here, these people were also evidence. She walked forward and looked at the lead guard. "Who really sent you here? If you tell the truth, I can have you pardoned."
"Humph! I already said the king…. Ahhhhh!!!!!!!!" The lead guard felt a sharp pain in his leg. He looked at Vance with killing intent in his eyes as he gritted his teeth. Vance had stabbed him in the leg with his sword and twisted it with out remorse!
"The princess of your kingdom has asked you to tell the truth. Look, I don't know how much Prince Edward is paying you, but it surely is not enough for you to die a loyal dog, right? As of now, we have the upper hand. I can create a path using earth wall, all the way to the Duke's house, and then what? You will not be able to do a damn thing, right? You can only wait for the king to order your head to be chopped off. After all, when I spoke to the king, he told me to take care of his daughter which means I am partially royalty as well. Your man just shot an arrow at my head. This makes you an accomplice to murdering a royal." Vance spewed out lie after lie like it was nothing but the lead guard's face became paler and paler.
Vance smirked as he turned to the other guards, who were all trapped in ice, and asked: "What about you all? Do you wish to die a loyal dog to a prince who will soon be removed from his noble status?"
"This…" The lead guard could see it happening! At this moment, they had everything they needed. They were much stronger than what was reported. The princess alone trapped them all in ice. The prince never said anything about her strength! After gritting his teeth and weighing the pros and cons, the lead guard lowered his head. "It was indeed the prince who sent us to silence the man you captured."
"Mmm goood!" Vance nodded in approval drawing out his voice. "All of you stick your hands behind your back. Alice will freeze them to you, and you will follow us. Do not worry, as long as you testify against the prince, we will protect your lives."
The guards did as they were told, and Alice used her ice magic to freeze their arms to their backs. Their weapons and armor were taken away, and the only thing left was their underclothes. Vance then opened a small exit in the earth wall. And began forming a set of walls on both sides to block any more oncoming arrows as he moved through the streets.
"Hey, what is this!? Some kind of event?" A player asked as he entered the earth walls. When Vance heard this, his eyes instantly lit up, and an idea came to mind. He quickly opened his quest menu and began writing a quest out to give out to players.
The quest menu for a quest creation consisted of a few parts. The quest name, the quest details, what needs to be done to complete the quest, and finally the completion reward. Vance smiled as he wrote out the quest name as simple as possible.
[Quest: Escort Mission]
[Guard the princess and two heroes, Vance and Sally, as they bring the witnesses to the Prince's crimes to the Duke.]
[Question complete: Safe arrival of all witnesses to the Duke's Estate.]
[Reward 160XP, 2 silver, 50 Findale Kingdom Favor]
As soon as Vance hit the completion button, an exclamation mark appeared over his head. The players who were flooding into the path of the earth wall saw this and immediately ran over to him and asked: "What quest do you have!?"
Vance cleared his throat as he answered: " An escort mission. Fellow heroes, will you help us in escorting these witnesses to the Duke's estate?"
Alice and Sally looked at Vance strangely, but he ignored them as the players all began interacting with the quest system he had. This was the first time Vance had ever used the quest system, so he was learning how the functionalities worked. He could give out a max of 160 experience. He figured this matched his current level. 10 experience per level. And as for the silver reward, half of it was paid by the system. There was also the favor reward as well, but this was controlled by the system. It was automatically added to the quest.
But the best part was he could pick and choose who he wanted to give a quest to. "What the hell, why can't I get the quest!?" One young man yelled out as he glared at Vance. He did not seem to recognize him. If his friends were here, they might, but currently, the idiot he killed before was raging about not being able to get the quest. He raised his weapon wanting to strike Vance but sadly for him… "Wha?"
The player looked down at his chest to see a sword sticking through it. Seconds later, he turned into balls of light as he was sent to respawn.