The Survival Rules of NPCs

Chapter 5: This world actually has levels?

"My makeup is done, what's next?"

After Wang Gou Dan put on makeup, he transformed from a beautiful blue-eyed dancer into a handsome young man with gray pupils. This makeup skill surprised Bright quite a bit. However, some of his previous appearance could still be vaguely discerned. If one looked closely, it wouldn't be difficult to recognize him. Without the disguise of a knight's squire, it would still be difficult for him to sneak into the banquet.

"The original plan was this: at 5 PM, you were to meet the female knight named Elsie. Her residence was at villa number 302 on Rose Avenue. As agreed, she would have you disguise yourself as her squire. Once at the banquet, you would have to find a way to contact the Minister of the Interior, Alan Wood, and offer to deliver his letter. In return, he would have to pay you one thousand gold nars..."

"How...how much?" Wang Gou Dan's jaw nearly dropped to the floor. A thousand gold nars? In Milan, that could buy a villa with a 300-square-meter garden in several middle-class districts! The highest bounty he'd ever received since his debut was for the assassination of the city lord's heir, which only yielded ten gold nars. Were these corpse-collecting missions really this lucrative? This 20% commission was exceptionally valuable...

"You should understand the principle of asking for the moon and settling for less, right?" Bright said with a smile.

Dog Egg was taken aback. He understood the logic, but this sentence... although it was spoken in the language of Alanda, it still carried a strong style of ancient Chinese idioms.

Seeing the other person's puzzled expression, Bright suddenly realized that his phrasing was a bit off, and quickly added, "However, before you make contact with the Elsie Knights, you still have a problem to solve."

"What?" Gou Dan asked curiously, his attention immediately diverted.

She's an easily fooled female gamer...

Bright made a mental label and continued, "How good are you at fighting?"

"This..." Dog Egg straightened his back, quite proudly saying, "He's not just an ordinary fighter. Among the knights of Holy Stone City, apart from that extraordinary knight commander, no one else should be my match in a one-on-one duel!"

"Are you so sure?"

"Nonsense! I'm a level 13 assassin, while your knight commander is only level 9. If it weren't for his Demon Hunter Knight's extraordinary unique skill, I could have beaten him to a pulp!"

Bright was stunned. "Holy crap, this world actually has levels?"

That's true. Now that players have appeared, isn't it normal for these NPCs to have levels?

What level would I be?

He suddenly realized that when the old man died, he went to the administrator to register to inherit the crematorium. When registering his information, the administrator noted him as a Level 1 Corpse Collector. At the time, he thought it was a professional title, like when his company sent him on business trips in his previous life, he was registered as a Level 1 Engineer. But in fact, all the programmers in the company had this title.

In retrospect, the "Level 1" registered at that time was very likely his/her actual level...

So how do I level up? How do I level up between different professions? As a corpse collector, I can't exactly fight monsters to level up, can I? But if I'm leveling up through my profession, I've burned quite a few corpses already, so where do I get the experience points?

He couldn't very well ask Wang Gou Dan about such a basic question, lest he tarnish his own image.

He continued, "If you were to face the Knight Commander one-on-one, what are your chances of winning?"

Dog Egg was taken aback, then said, "I don't know. When I came here, I didn't know that your Knight Commander was a superhuman warrior. I know nothing about him. But his superhuman level should not be high. I have seen high-level demon hunters in Mirandil. A warrior with level three demon hunter empowerment can kill a level 30 great demon and plunder some of the demon's abilities. If he had this ability, he would not have let me stab so many knights. He needed the prosecutor to limit my speed so that he could find an opportunity to control me. If he did not deliberately hide, I have a 50% chance of winning against him."

Level 3 empowerment?

It seems that even extraordinary beings are divided into levels, and when the so-called extraordinary empowerment level is low, ordinary martial arts professionals of higher level can also be confident of defeating extraordinary beings.

I just don't know if ordinary job levels can be stacked with extraordinary levels, and how exactly they are calculated.

"What if you had to face that prosecutor alone?" Bright continued.

"That won't do!" Gou Dan shook his head directly: "That prosecutor has at least a level two empowerment. He can use his legal words to directly formulate rules to restrict my actions. I have information about this prosecutor. He is not only an extraordinary prosecutor, but also a level twelve fighter. As long as he is within his law enforcement scope, even ten assassins like me would not be a match for him."

"I see..." Bright stroked his chin, never expecting that the most capable fighter in Holy Stone City was actually the old man who had been promoting the spirit of the rule of law in the city that day...

According to intelligence, at 5 PM, the female knight Elsie will be captured by the prosecutor because she made contact with the Blood Cult's messenger without prior preparation, which will expose her identity.

If Gou Dan could take down the prosecutor on his own, he should be able to capture the Blood Cult's envoy alive, just like the prosecutor did. But now it seems that things are not so certain.

But to get in touch with the Minister of the Interior's mission, and to protect Elsie, it seems the only option is to take a risk.

It's alright, players can revive anyway...

With this in mind, Bright felt at ease and issued the task: "You can lie in wait outside Elsie's house in advance. According to intelligence, an envoy from the Blood Cult will come to make contact without warning. If you don't stop him, it may expose Elsie's identity and prevent you from carrying out your mission tonight."

"Oh..." Dog Egg suddenly realized, "The Blood Cult traitor you mentioned before is her? You even knew in advance that she would be exposed this afternoon?"

"Instructions from the gods are never wrong," Bright said in a charlatan's tone. "You just need to follow the instructions."

"Then what should I do?" Gou Dan didn't dare to argue. It was a thousand gold coins! Anyone who stood in his way would die!

"Today, it was Prosecutor Lady Claire who caught Elsie meeting with the messenger. You just said you're no match for him, so the only way is to stall the messenger. If you can capture him alive and bring him to me, I'll give you an extra mission lead."

"What clue?" Gou Dan asked instinctively.

"A mission opportunity that gives you a chance to extort far more than a thousand gold coins!"

"Oh!" Dog Egg's heart skipped a beat. This adventure to Holy Stone City, this godforsaken place, was definitely the wisest choice he had made since his transmigration!

Just wait, you bunch of scum who mocked me for running out of travel money, when I, Dog Egg, return as the king, you bunch of trash still hanging around in the Milan slums won't even be worthy of licking my toes!

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"Madam, given your current health, it's best if you don't attend the banquet!"

Inside the city lord's villa in the center of Holy Stone City, a tall and imposing knight, standing at 2.56 meters, looked anxious. His robust physique and facial features clearly indicated that he was not from the same region or race as the other people in Holy Stone City.

Indeed, this was the case. Lady Eliza came from the northern Okel Empire, and the tall knight was the knight who had served her since she came of age and had followed her all the way.

Eliza, who has Highgarden ancestry, is tall, has fair skin, sculpted features, and the distinctive emerald green eyes of Highgardeners.

On the day she married into the city, she was praised by the local poet as the new jewel of Saint Stone. At the ballroom dance, her skill in the Northern Swan Dance made all the noble ladies pale in comparison. She was recognized as the most beautiful woman in Saint Stone, and she was famous not only in Saint Stone but also in Milandil.

But now, this pearl that once made the city lord's mansion proud is like a withered flower, most of its skin as dry as withered tree bark, clearly suffering from a terrible curse.

"I have to participate..." Eliza looked at her husband's body on the bed. His skin was as rough and cracked as hers, but much worse. Plant-like sprouts kept growing under his cracked skin, which seemed to make him extremely itchy. But if he couldn't help but tear them off, the flesh inside his body would be torn out as well, which was extremely terrifying.

To prevent him from harming himself further, we had to tie his limbs up and use hallucinogenic drugs like Blue Fairy Flower to numb him from time to time; otherwise, he would probably be a disfigured corpse by now.

She knew she shouldn't attend the ball, as even wearing a veil would easily expose her flaws, but she had no choice.

Martin and I don't have any children yet. His younger brother, who is fighting in the south, is eligible to return at any time to inherit the title. Especially since the city lord's mansion is tainted by a curse, once it is discovered, it won't just be a question of whether he can successfully retain the title. He might even be directly purified by the Sun Cult.

There have been more and more rumors circulating about the inner workings of the city lord's mansion these past few days. If I don't even dare to attend the Minister of Internal Affairs' banquet, I'll definitely be suspected. I need to get through tonight to buy myself more time...

"Has there been a reply from the north?"

"Yes, Dr. Meckley is on his way and will arrive in a week at the latest. If you just persevere, Madam, with Dr. Meckley's abilities, he will surely be able to cure your illness," Knight Peter advised again.

"I'm afraid some people won't give me that time..." Eliza shook her head with a wry smile. She also had more faith in Dr. Mekri's abilities. After all, she was an extraordinary doctor carefully trained by her maternal clan. If she weren't her father's most beloved daughter, he would never have let such a precious person travel so far to take such a risk. But even so, a week was still too long. She had to take the initiative.

After finishing her eye makeup and putting on a black veil, she looked dignified and elegant in the mirror. Northern women have a tradition of wearing veils to balls, so there wasn't anything wrong with her attire, as long as she was careful...

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"The Mother Goddess has bestowed her blessing, and the sins of Holy Stone City will soon be redeemed!" In the refugee camp, a girl who looked only in her teens opened her arms and accepted the worship of hundreds of refugees. Facing a girl as white as jade, none of the worshipping refugees looked at her with blasphemous eyes, but with fervent worship.

Because they had seen with their own eyes that the owner of this beautiful body was an old and smelly body just a month ago. The miracle of the Earth Mother Goddess can make people regain their youth. This is the miracle that God should have!

"Let's begin as planned. All the doctors' addresses have been distributed to you. Make sure there are no mistakes."

"Go forth, brave warrior chosen by the Mother Goddess! Make those greedy nobles pay the price first!"