Chapter 366 - 356: Roleplaying a Game NPC 4

This time, Moira Lynch’s role was to play Azure, the mysterious woman who appeared at the village entrance.

Typically, NPCs played by real people carried hidden quests, and Azure was no exception.

Moira Lynch reviewed the character’s background information, memorizing the scripted dialogue for interactions with NPCs and players, as well as the conditions for triggering the quest.

In a Blink, Moira Lynch appeared beside a rock at the village entrance, clad in a green cloak and a mask, exuding an unapproachable aura.

Shortly after Moira Lynch appeared, a sharp-eyed player spotted her and approached.

"Miss, do you have a quest here?" a rather impatient player asked, getting straight to the point.

The moment the player appeared, their Attributes popped up in front of Moira Lynch.

After confirming their attack power was only two thousand, which didn’t meet the quest’s trigger conditions, Moira Lynch ignored them completely.

For this task, she needed to issue the quest to ten people within three days.

She would only be done once all the quests were given out or when someone completed one.

Seeing that Moira Lynch was ignoring him, the player tried calling out a few more times, but still got no reaction, which only drew ridicule from the other players nearby.

Hearing the mockery from the other players, this player flew into a rage and attacked Moira Lynch directly.

"Hmph. If I can’t get the quest, then no one else will either."

In Divine Soul, NPCs could be killed. After being killed, they needed twelve hours to respawn, and this applied even to live-action NPCs.

’If I really get killed, won’t that slow down my progress? Absolutely not.’

So, the instant she saw the player attack her, Moira Lynch decisively struck back.

While playing Azure, she also inherited the character’s abilities.

In order to portray the character more successfully, Moira Lynch had studied Azure’s profile very carefully beforehand.

She reacted quickly to the player’s attack.

The next second, countless giant vines materialized out of thin air.

With just a single strike, she killed the player who had just attacked.

In the eyes of the other players, Moira Lynch’s body hadn’t moved at all. She hadn’t even given the attacker a single glance before killing them.

Gasps of shock erupted one after another from the surrounding crowd.

At the same time, the gazes some players fixed on Moira Lynch grew even more fervent.

It was common knowledge that the more powerful an NPC was, the more generous the rewards for completing their quests.

Some of the smarter players had already guessed that there must be a specific trigger condition to receive the quest.

But what could that trigger condition be?

Meanwhile, several people recorded the scene and posted it to the Divine Soul game forums on the Astranet.

#Powerful NPC Appears in Orisus, Suspected of Carrying a Hidden Quest#

The moment the post went up, it instantly caught the attention of many people.

The reason Divine Soul was so popular throughout the entire interstellar space was, firstly, because it was exceptionally well-made; every blade of grass and every tree felt just like the real thing.

Even in the technologically advanced interstellar era, it was impossible to find another game that could compare to Divine Soul.

The second reason was that certain items from the game Divine Soul could be brought into the real world.

As long as you had a Real Exchange Coupon, you could bring items from Divine Soul into reality.

Of course, a Real Exchange Coupon couldn’t be used on every item—only those marked with a special symbol.

The number of such items was extremely small, but even so, this discovery was enough to excite everyone in the interstellar community.

The official operator of Divine Soul was a mysterious organization unknown even to The Interstellar Federation.

When Divine Soul first appeared, The Interstellar Federation had even tried to stop people from playing the game.

But as the saying goes, the more you tell people not to do something, the more they want to do it.

If they weren’t allowed to play openly, they’d play in secret.

Later, when the Interstellar Federation Government saw this approach wasn’t working, they simply lifted the ban on Divine Soul and instead reached an agreement with its operators.

That was why the news of a possible hidden quest instantly captured so many people’s attention.

Moira Lynch knew none of this. All she knew was that ever since she’d dealt with that first player, more and more people were showing up in front of her.

But without exception, none of them met her requirements.

A full hour passed. Countless players had appeared before her, yet not a single one had an attack power over ten thousand.

’Could it be that there are no players in this game with over ten thousand attack power?’

At this thought, Moira Lynch couldn’t help but sigh.

Among the previous players, the one with the highest attack power was an Elf player named Raphael, with an attack power of 99,998.

’Just two points short. What a shame.’

Back then, when the other players saw that even Raphael had failed, they couldn’t help but sigh in dismay.

"Even Lord Raphael couldn’t trigger it? These conditions are way too harsh."

Hearing this, Moira Lynch couldn’t help but complain internally as well. ’Aren’t they though? These conditions really are too harsh.’

’Maybe I should lower the requirements a bit.’

Just as this thought occurred to her, a white screen appeared in front of Moira Lynch.

’I can actually lower the requirements!’

Seeing this, Moira Lynch’s eyes widened in surprise.

However, the screen indicated that if she lowered the requirements for selecting a person, the quest’s success rate would also decrease, the number of quests she needed to issue would increase, and the quality of the rewards would drop.

Seeing these conditions, Moira Lynch hesitated.

The current trigger condition was an attack power of ten thousand, the number of quest recipients was ten, and the success rate was fifty percent.

Just a fifty percent success rate.

The reward for completing the quest was a ring that doubled attack power when worn.

A fifty percent success rate seemed a bit low, so Moira Lynch dragged the slider to the maximum: a ninety percent success rate.

The trigger condition became an attack power of one hundred thousand, and she would only need to issue the quest to a single person.

’It’s already hard to find a player with ten thousand attack power, let alone one hundred thousand.’

Moira Lynch sighed and obediently changed the values back. She then consoled herself internally. ’It’s fine. If I can’t finish today, I still have the next two days. It’ll just be a little tight on time, but it’s no big deal.’

And so, time ticked by. Seeing that still no one could get the quest, some players began to suspect the post on the Astranet was fake.

There was no quest at all; otherwise, how could it be that after so many people had tried, not a single one had succeeded?

After all, many of them were top-ranked players!

Just as more and more players were starting to agree with this theory, a sudden commotion broke out up ahead.

Moira Lynch focused her gaze and saw a group of players, dressed distinctly differently from the surrounding crowd, walking toward her.