The Survival Rules of NPCs

Chapter 13: What's there to be afraid of?

What exactly is going on?

Peter, who was guarding outside the room, clenched his fists tightly. He had clearly seen with his own eyes that the man's body had been dismembered and put into a body bag. Even a necromancer could not revive such a dismembered body, could he?

What else is happening in the room?

Peter could clearly hear heavy breathing and groans, but before he went in, Lady Eliza had instructed him to stay outside and not to enter without being summoned!

The last time I heard such a sound was on my wife's wedding night.

The city lord is one thing, at least his status matches, but where did this pretty boy come from? The crucial point is that the city lord himself is in the room...

"Mmm... be gentle..."

Eliza groaned again. Gou Dan, holding the sterilized dagger, was speechless. "The knife didn't even cut you, so what are you yelling about? And why are you yelling so lewdly?"

"We can't let anyone know you're targeting the city lord. After all, if the person who did it knows the city lord is safe, they might continue to attack. Martin is my only hope now."

"Isn't that big guy guarding the outside?" Gou Dan asked, looking puzzled. "Could it be...?"

"There are some things... we still have to be careful about." A shadow flashed deep in Eliza's eyes. Originally, she had complete confidence in Peter, but this time there was a doubt. The entire city lord's mansion was basically infected, but he was not. According to this guy, the virus is transmitted through saliva and blood. When the city lord was seriously injured, he was the one who carried him onto the carriage. Why was he completely unharmed?

Dog Egg nodded. Eliza, who was standing nearby, saw the medicine bottle Dog Egg had placed aside, covered her nose, and muttered, "Why is the medicine he drinks different from the medicine I drink?"

That bottle was clearly urine...

"It's probably due to differences in physical constitution between men and women," Gou Dan scratched his head, looking equally puzzled.

Eliza gritted her teeth and said, "Go ahead and pretend, then!"

[Ding! You have successfully saved the life of Martin Luther, the Lord of Holy Stone City. Player Wang Gou Dan has successfully participated in the historical torrent of the Dawn Era. Like a tiny butterfly, you gently flapped your wings and changed the course of history. Though your impact was small, it may unleash a violent storm in the future. Player has received the Blessing of the Past: 3,000 experience points!]

The sudden news made Gou Dan's hand tremble slightly.

Eliza, who was watching from the side, blushed and said in a voice barely above a whisper, "The Empire's castration of men..."

Dog Egg: "???"

"I didn't mean to..."

"I know......"

Dog Egg couldn't help but kowtow. "What do you know? Your face is so red, and you even turned away..."

Never mind, Gou Dan took a deep breath and continued looking at the system prompts on the panel, his heart filled with excitement once again.

Three thousand experience points! It only took me three hundred experience points to go from level twelve to level thirteen as an assassin. This amount of experience points is unprecedented!

Experience points aren't something any NPC can give you privately; they're the player's ultimate cheat code. When completing a quest, if a player has the chance to follow or change history, even in the slightest way, they can gain experience points. Dog Egg has been in the world for two years, and the highest experience point he's ever gained from a quest is only a little over a hundred. Three thousand experience points—he's wasted the last two years! If he'd known there was such a great place, he should have come here sooner!

I heard some of Mirandil's compatriots are already preparing to come. No, we have to stop them!!

How should I spend all these experience points?

Upgrade your assassin level?

I'm already a level 13 assassin, and I'll soon gain extraordinary traits. I'll wait and see. Besides, if I'm lucky, I might get the identity of an intelligence spy this time, and the experience points can be used to upgrade the spy profession level.

After thinking for a moment, Gou Dan decided not to use the experience points immediately. He then looked at Eliza and said, "Madam, everything has been cleaned up. Lord Martin has taken his medication and should recover in a day or two at most. Shouldn't we discuss the reward?"

"Payment?" Eliza's heart skipped a beat, and her face flushed even more. "My husband is still here..."

"He's still unconscious, he won't hold us back," Gou Dan said as he approached.

"Wait..." Eliza took a step back in a panic.

Wait for your sister.....

Dog Egg was speechless. If you want to negotiate, you have to wait until I state my terms first, right? I haven't even said what I want yet, and you're already asking me to wait?

"What you want... I can't give you right now!" Eliza bit her lip and said, "I can give you three thousand gold dollars!"

Damn it, why did I say I couldn't give it now? I can't give it to you later either!

"Three thousand gold coins?" Gou Dan's eyelids twitched. The city lord's wife was indeed generous; this was a huge windfall!

No, calm down, Gou Dan, you need to calm down. Don't be easily intimidated by this small amount of benefit. Judging from their behavior, they clearly want more!

"Not enough..." Gou Dan panted heavily, taking another step closer.

"You..." Eliza's face clearly showed panic. Wasn't he here to do things for his master? That's what he thought...

"I can give you a knighthood!"

"A knight?" Gou Dan stopped in his tracks, staring intently at the other person. "Yours?"

Eliza bit her lip. This guy... she needed to calm him down first.

"Yes, my knight!"

"I see." Gou Dan stroked his chin, seemingly considering it. Although it wasn't as good as the intelligence agency's recommendation he had expected, becoming a knight directly was still a very rare opportunity.

The only downside is that my main profession, Assassin, doesn't quite match my knight profession. Should I go for a dual-class path? Anyway, I've only gained so many experience points, and judging from the looks of it, following Mr. Bright, there will be many more opportunities like this in the future. Developing a dual-class path doesn't seem like a bad idea.

They're the benchmark for civil servants in this world, so refusing would be a huge loss. Knights, after all, have the best chance of rising to nobility among civil servants...

"What do you think?" Eliza looked at the other person cautiously, afraid that the other person would still do something reckless.

"Very well!" Gou Dan smiled and took a step back. "I will serve you, Lady Elizabeth. From this day forward, I will be your loyal knight!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the system beeped again.

[Notification: You have reached an agreement with the corpse collector Bright. Twenty percent of the mission rewards will be split, and according to the agreement, twenty percent of the rewarded experience points will also be shared. Do you wish to transfer this?]

I go!

Dog Egg was stunned again. This Mr. Bright was really amazing. He could even share the experience points from the old rewards with the players' exclusive cheat codes? Just who was he?

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Ding!

[Note: Player Wang Gou Dan has completed the quest to change the fate of the Holy Stone City Lord and received 3,000 experience points as a reward. As agreed, Wang Gou Dan has decided to transfer 20% of these experience points to you!]

Bright, who was waiting for news in the crematorium, immediately stood up excitedly.

The panel shows that the stored experience points are as high as 600!

I originally thought that the experience sharing among players was a slow and steady business, and that it would be possible to grow stronger by cooperating with multiple players. I didn't expect that Dog Egg would be so generous, giving so much from just one task.

What does 600 mean?

He glanced at the panel and saw that the experience points he needed to level up from level 10 to level 11 as a corpse collector were only 130. 600 experience points would probably be more than enough for him to level up any profession from 1 to 10!

They made a fortune!

Unfortunately, there aren't any good jobs available now. With so much experience, I should try to buy a better job, preferably a doctor. That's the most valuable profession, and you're respected everywhere. The threshold to the middle class is finally no longer out of reach!

Let's check the intelligence first!

Dog Egg's success made Bright even more eager to stay and make a couple more fortunes, but he also knew that if he made too much, he might lose his life here. He had to keep an eye on the intelligence and be ready to run away at any time!

Sure enough, as Dog Egg completed his mission, the intelligence was updated again.

Intelligence 1: Player Wang Gou Dan has obtained the Knight's promise. The Knight and Assassin classes can cooperate to become the special class Shadow Knight, which requires double Shadow Empowerment!

Intelligence 2: Elder Ais of the Heart of the Forest has enough Shadow Enchanting Potions.

Intelligence 3: Pollen has swept through Holy Stone City, and the flu will break out tonight. The coerced doctor will help the Heart of the Forest infect all the nobles within the next two days.

Intelligence 4: Prosecutor Lady knows everything, yet she turns a blind eye. She is not on the side of the Heart of the Forest, but she has her own scheming plans.

Intelligence 5: The Minister of the Interior's letter will arrive within half a month and will involve a key figure who will affect the overall situation. However, Wang Gou Dan will be away from you for at least half a month because the letter will be delivered in Milandil!

Intelligence 6: Successfully advancing to the Corpse Whisperer rank will allow you to learn more secrets of the Heart of the Forest and gain the initiative in this mission!

Six more intelligence reports...

Bright's expression turned serious. Whenever there are six pieces of intelligence, the sixth piece is crucial, and this particular piece of intelligence seems to be forcing him to make a choice.

Dog Egg's mission is in Milandir. If she goes there, he will temporarily lose his most reliable henchman.

He was faced with a choice. If he wanted to play it safe, he could follow Gou Dan and become a refugee in Milandil. However, if he left Holy Stone City, his identity as a corpse collector would disappear. But if Gou Dan could get enough rewards, he could go to another safe city and start over. After all, he already had so many experience points, so buying a good job seemed like a good idea.

If we want to take a risk, we can follow the intelligence and directly advance to the extraordinary level by using that bottle of Shadow Potion. However, that bottle originally belonged to Gou Dan, and I must get her another bottle before she completes her three tasks in order to fulfill my obligation. Moreover, I must stabilize the situation during the two weeks that Gou Dan is away.

How so?

In fact, he was already considering whether to stay or leave yesterday. Going to a new place, starting anew with a new career, and entering the middle class sounds good, but it's not so easy to achieve. The better the place, the harder it is to find a job. Doctors in Holy Stone City cost a thousand gold nars. What about in big cities like Mirandil? They can only be more expensive.

Moreover, this time I ran away, giving up my profession that had already reached level 10, and went to a new place. What should I do if I encounter the same thing again?

Are they going to abandon everything they've gained and run away again?

This world is by no means a safe world. Even if you go to a big city, you are not guaranteed to be safe all the time. Instead of relying on the security of big cities, you should rely on your own strength!

What are you afraid of!

搞！

Bright's eyes hardened, and he took out the bottle of purified shadow potion and drank it down in one gulp!