Chapter 141

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“Just turn there and we’re there!”
“Finally, number four!”
Ming Hu and Jie Li were almost to their fourth destination when they came to a fork in the road and turned right to see a group of NPCs trapped inside a cage.
“Help!”
“Help me!”
As expected, the NPCs in the cage began to cry out as Ming Hu and Jie Li appeared.
Sigh
Ming Hu turned his gaze away from the trapped NPCs and looked at the leader ogre standing before him. As expected, the ogre’s skin was purple.
“Watch the warp, just in case.”
“Yes!”
They might give him a quest, as Delay said. But that wasn’t a certainty, and just in case, Ming Hu told Jie to watch out for the warp and began to approach the ogres.
-Human, stop. I have a proposition for you.
As Ming Hu approached, the chief ogre behind him stepped forward and called out. At his words, Ming Hu stopped walking. When Ming Hu stopped walking, the chief ogre stepped forward and said, “Ming Hu, you’ve come to the right place.
-Why don’t you do one thing?
“Quest?
It seemed that he was going to give Delay the quest he had heard about. But the quest hadn’t appeared, and he wasn’t sure yet, so Ming Hu began to listen to the next ogre in line.
-There are two factions here in Ouka. One faction honors Temus, the first in line to the throne, and the other honors Revenia, the flower of Ouka and second in line to the throne, whom I serve.
“Faction…
They were already a city. It was no wonder they had factions. Ming Hu listened to the ogre, the leader of the group, continue.
-The two factions are currently at odds over war. Mr. Themus believes we should go to war immediately, and Ms. Revenia believes we should not. It would be best for you humans if we didn’t go to war, because it would be devastating, win or lose.
Ming Hu interrupted the ogre’s ramblings and cut him short.
“So what is work?”
-Cause chaos in the city.
“Confusion?”
-Well… You’ll escape the prisoners as you’ve been doing. but to a location we’ll designate.
<Wreak havoc with Ouka!
Two factions are currently at odds over whether or not to go to war in Ouka. The Revenia faction has a number of plans to thwart the Temus faction's desire to go to war. One of them is to create chaos in the city. Olad, a middle-ranking member of the Revenia faction, wants to use your strength to sow chaos in the city. Head to the prisoner of war camp he has designated and break the prisoners out to cause chaos in Ouka!
[Prisoners let escape: 0/550].
Time remaining: 5 days
Difficulty Level: B
Quest Reward: Earn Ouka Nationality
When accepting a quest, you can't decline subsequent linked quests.
The quest appeared as the master ogre finished speaking. After checking the quest, Ming Hu frowned slightly.
'Can't say no?
Under the quest reward, it said that if I accepted the quest, I could not decline the subsequent linked quest. This meant that I couldn't accept a duplicate quest without knowing which quest would come with it. That wasn't the only problem.
"Nationality is a reward.
When Ming Hu realized that the quest reward was nationality, he decided to decline the quest.
"Look at all the fame and accomplishments you've accumulated.
Heliokas are not allowed to have dual citizenship. If you are discovered to be a dual citizen, all of your hard-earned reputation and merit will be lost in an instant. This was a quest that Ming Hu should never have accepted. Ming Hu whispered to Jian Chen.
-To Ji-Yeon: Ji-Yeon, I don't think you should take the quest.
-Delay: Really? So you're catching it then?
-To Ziyan: Okay, I'll attack the master ogre first. I don't know what it's capable of, so be careful!
-Delay: Yes!
When Ming Hu finished whispering, he looked at the chief ogre, who was waiting for his answer, and then he called out.
"Moving strike! One punch!"
-Billion…
After a quick flurry of moves and one-punches, he turned his attention away from the falling leader ogre to the ogres behind him.
Thump!
[You have declined the quest].
-Currrrrrr!
-Currrrrr!
The message appeared as the leader ogre fell, and at the same time, the ogres waiting behind him began to roar and charge. Ming Hu used the blood puddle and fell backwards as the ogres rushed at him.
Fast
-Ku…uh
-Cure…
The ogres began to collapse as they stepped in the pools of blood. The ogres, perhaps because of the absence of their leader, did not stop moving as they watched their kinsmen fall in the pools of blood. Ming Hu and Jie Li finished hunting the ogres and approached the cage.
"Come on, line up."
This was the fourth time. Ming Hu skillfully warped the NPCs and began walking to his next destination with a delay.
"But what was the quest?"
"Quest to rescue a prisoner."
"Huh? Then why didn't I get it?"
"Well… The reward was nationality."
"Ah~"
At Minghu's words, Jie nodded in understanding. Soon afterward, Ming Hu and Jie Li were able to reach their fifth destination.
"…Hmm?"
"…Huh?"
But when they arrived at their destination, Ming Hu and Jie Li could not help but be puzzled, for there stood a human before the ogres. Ming Hu thought as he looked at the human who began to walk toward him.
"NPC? What is that?
This was a different situation. Ming Hu opened his mouth to shout at the approaching NPC. No, he tried to shout, but he couldn't. The approaching NPC swung his sword in a fake motion.
Squeak!
[You have been attacked by user 'Radis'].
[Enter hostile status with user 'Radis'].
[Killing a hostile user in a preemptive strike does not increase your offender count].
[Reduces death penalty by 50% if you are killed by a preemptive strike].
"…Not an NPC?
He thought it was an NPC, but it was a user. Ming Hu looked at Radis, the player who had attacked him. For some reason, Radis was looking at him with a puzzled expression.
Whip
However, Radis's panicked expression quickly faded, and he swung his sword again. Ming Hu, who had his eyes on Radis, quickly ducked back and checked his health.
"What, 10,000?
After checking his health, Ming Hu looked at Radis with a slightly surprised expression. When users fight each other, they only take 10% damage. But it had been cut by 10,000.
"Cackle,"
Seeing the surprised look on Ming Hu's face as he fell backward, Radis smiled wickedly, stepped forward, brandished his sword, and shouted, "Ming Hu!
"Sorry about that. It's a quest or something. Damage is not a bug, so don't freak out."
Ming Hu, who looked a little surprised, smirked at Radis's words. A little surprised to be cut by ten thousand, that was all. Ming Hu ignored the sword flying at him and extended his fist.
Squeak! Puck!
"Huh?"
Radis, who had been grinning wickedly, stepped back in embarrassment.
"What the hell, what the hell, what damage."
"You've got a lot of life, don't you?"
Ming Hu lunged into Radis's arms, who stepped back, and punched him again.
Puck! Puck!
"Holy shit you burr."
Radis tried to say something, but was unable to finish his sentence and slowly began to collapse. Ming Hu turned his gaze away from Radis to see the master ogre staring back at him.
"Delay, let's get started."
"Yes!"
Ming Hu began to run toward the Chief Ogre. The Chief Ogre, who had been watching, began to roar as Ming Hu ran toward him. Ming Hu smiled as he watched the Chief Ogre run toward him.
"Moving strike! One punch!"
[Poisoned for 20 seconds. -2000 health per second].
After using a series of moves and one-punch strikes to take down the master ogre, Ming Hu saw the message and quickly used Blood Puddle.
-Currrrrr!
-Currrrrrr!
Fast
With a mighty roar, the ogres rushed forward and began to fall at a rapid pace, hit by puddles of blood and attacks of delay.
"S-s-save me!"
"Please help me!"
Soon, all the ogres were down, and the trapped NPCs opened their mouths and began to shout. Ming Hu quickly approached the cage, broke the lock, and began skillfully explaining to the NPCs and poking them with his staff.
Sigh
Then an NPC dodged the Staff of Minghu.
"…?"
Ming Hu saw an NPC who dodged his staff. The NPC looked at Ming Hu and opened his mouth to speak.
"There's still work to be done here."
"What? What do I need to do?"
At the NPC's words, Ming Hu couldn't help but feel a bit puzzled. When Ming Hu looked at him with a puzzled expression, the NPC opened his mouth to speak.
"I've set a bomb not far from here, and until I detonate it… I can't go."
Tuck
Hearing the NPC's words, Ming Hu quickly stretched out his staff and touched the NPC.
"W-what are you doing!"
"How are you going to escape with a bomb, you're going to get caught again, no, not caught, you're going to die, you have one life, just go back."
"You can't throw away 5,000 merit points.
Of course, it wasn't because he was worried about the NPCs being captured again; after a while, when he had touched all of them, Ming Hu stamped the ground and warped the NPCs.
"Shall we go?"
"Yes!"
After warping the NPCs, Ming Hu and Jie Li began to walk again.