The Newbie Is Too Strong's
19. The newbie with a Special Quest
“Ah, huh, first of all, Grandma comes out first from that hole, later afraid of getting stuck. But how is this? Out here is also a danger because the silver wolf monster will soon reappear in a few minutes.”
“Hahahaha. Don't worry, son. Grandma's fine here. But please save Grandma's granddaughter. He's been days entering a troll nest in a cave there.” Said Grandma Noni while pointing towards the dark cave that was connected to the deepest layer of the silver wolf area.
Noni's grandmother laughed at my funny reaction to worrying about her. But a moment later, the expression turned into a lull at the moment the grandmother recalled her grandson.
I was silent for a moment.
“Hahahaha.” Laughs softly.
Of course I will take this special quest because it must be this special quest that Mother meant. However, what if, Mother had never told me about the speciality of this quest reward?
Then maybe, then, I would just take Grandma to escape from the ravine and then bring her to a safe area by ignoring the existence of her grandson who was trapped in a troll nest that was either alive or dead there. Who cares about a reward of only 5 dollars? Especially for people I don't know.
It was because I had previously lived for 15 years in Gardenia to find out that the people here were all actually real living beings who had lives worth guarding.
What if I was born in the real world and did not know about the people in Gardenia? So when I play this game The Last Gardenia, I will also only consider the individuals who were born here as nothing like an insignificant NPC considered to be its existence. If so, surely I will immediately ignore Grandma Noni's request.
I'm not as good as Mom thought. The 10 years of hard life with Uncle Heisel in the assassin guild since my father and mother's departure made me realize the importance of money. Without money we cannot eat and without money we will not have proper clothing and shelter.
I cannot deny that I am also moving on the basis of profit and loss.
Just look, we analogize the problem of Grandma Noni asking me to save her granddaughter in exchange for 5 Rupiah with Kak Nina telling me to buy a snack at the supermarket on a hot day in exchange for a kiss on the cheek from her. Ah, naw. In that case, I would definitely accept it since there was no term of profit-and-loss bargaining in helping my fellow family members.
So let's take another example such as replacing the position of Kak Nina with Kak Raia. Ah, no, that's wrong too. So, why am I even nauseous when I imagine it.
Forgetit. In essence, I would never bring myself into danger just because of sheer empathy.
Therefore, I felt bad, not only to Mother, but also to Grandma Noni for doing this quest about simply knowing what rewards I would get.
Well, of course if only limited to trolls level 25 – 30, it will be easy for me to eradicate it so I do not need to think at length to accept it. Of course I'll accept it because of coincidence again.
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Although Luca said that, honestly in his heart there was no doubt in accepting the quest about his empathy for Grandma Noni. So even if Kaisha did not tell Luca about the quest's instructions, Luca would still accept them.
He is only in a dilemma of being tired of being taken advantage of by people who consider him to be lazy so often ask for his help blindly on the grounds of just and civilized humanity.
Luca immediately entered the troll's residence. Apparently, the trolls who were on guard that time, the number was not much. There are only 4 trolls with 1 level 26, 2 level 27, and 1 level 28.
By synchronizing the skill of shadow steps, hiding, and stabbing the skull destroyer, Luca was able to easily eliminate the four trolls.
Hide Lv 5 - -> Lv 6
Luca doesn't need to wander around for long, apparently what the four giant trolls are guarding is a cage containing a human, a middle-aged man, a young man and a young woman who appear to be in pairs, as well as a little boy of about 10 years old where the latter really fits the description of the granddaughter of Granny Noni.
Luca was about to cut the cage, but it turned out, Luca's weapon only penetrated the cage without being able to touch it at all as if the cage belonged to a ghost. Then comes the system notification,
Attacks are ineffective regarding the presence of spiritual energy that protects the confinement. Please use spiritual weapons to make your attack effective.
“Slash.”
Justright. This time the moon crescent weapon was able to cut off his confinement. Luca immediately took the four hostages away from the troll's nest.
Luca is actually easy to finish off the rest of the trolls that there are dozens of them. However, he must focus on the mission this time to save the hostages. Moreover, with Granny Noni's situation outside that was very alarming with her presence in the narrow hole gap.
For Luca, it's more important to rescue hostages than to kill monsters - monsters can easily be re-spawned. Luca used to think of it as a strange phenomenon because if humans died, then their lives ended, but if the monsters died, they would only reappear.
To the extent that Luca used to think that the wanderers who also have such abilities are none other than the incarnation of monsters.
After Luca came out into the real world and found out about the existence of vrmmorpg, especially The Last Gardenia, Luca finally realized, ‘Ah, <TAG1>, it turns out that's why they can rise again because the world he once lived in was likely just the game world.’
In front of the cave exit, Luca swiftly directed the hostages to pause for a moment as the silver wolves in the fifth layer had already some re-spawn.
However, Luca is quickly able to eliminate them again and in the end, the hostages manage to escape.
Congratulations, you have successfully completed a special quest to save Grandma Noni's granddaughter who was taken hostage by the Trolls. Do you want to open your gift now?
Yep.
Reward:
coins 200000 rupiah
1 Gacha chance to win a weapon
In the end, the granddaughter can go back to her beloved grandmother. They also came out of the silver wolf's nest through a narrow gap previously passed by Grandma Noni. It all ended happily, at least that was what Luca had thought a second before. However, Grandma Noni was already in a poisoning condition.
Name: NONI (NPC)
Race: Man
Age: 70 years
Gender: Female
Occupation: Thread spinner
Status: Plant toxicity Apaxia glycola
Warning: Noni's grandmother is being affected by toxins from the plant Apaxia glycola. If not immediately given help in 5 minutes, Grandma Noni will die. Granny Noni can be saved with a low-level life elixir for 200000 Rupiah. Do you want to buy it?
Note: regarding the quest has been completed, then the life or absence of Grandma Noni at this time will not have any effect on the previous reward.
Yes/no
What choice would Luca make?