Chapter 45: Players Can Even Assign Quests to NPCs |
“It’s you, you disgusting goblin!”
Seeing this, Vivian wanted to step forward and teach this goblin a lesson, but... well, her body could not move at all.
Although Vivian’s body was controlled by the Evil God, Lilith was not.
The sound of hurried footsteps rang out as Lilith angrily rushed up to the goblin.
“You disgusting goblin, you still dare to appear in front of me!” Grabbing the goblin by the collar, Lilith said fiercely.
Yes! That’s it, Lilith!
Teach him a lesson!
Vivian cheered her on mentally.
“What kind of plot just triggered?”
Usually, such quests were triggered by nearby conditions.
For example, if you were walking along and there happened to be a group of goblins nearby, a quest might suddenly pop up—Clear the Goblins.
Jiang Chen was not particularly interested in this kind of quest.
The rewards were too insignificant.
Compared to the quest, he was more interested in Lilith’s behavior as an NPC.
“So Lilith has a grudge against this goblin, and bringing her here triggered it.”
While observing Lilith’s situation, Jiang Chen stroked his chin.
“This setting is quite interesting. Not only players—even NPCs can assist in triggering quests.”
“Doesn’t that massively increase the game’s playability?”
Look at this—other game companies should take notes.
All they do every day is churn out reskinned games, turning them into garbage and still blaming the players.
Now look at this game—so many thoughtful details built into it.
This is what a game made with care looks like.
......
The goblin, who had been grabbed, was also confused about what was going on.
He did not recall having any conflict with the person in front of him.
“Th-That... Miss, have I done something to offend you?” the goblin asked cautiously.
“You don’t know what you did?”
Clearly, the goblin really did not know. “I didn’t do anything.”
“And if I remember correctly, this should be our first time meeting, right?”
Hearing this, Lilith almost laughed out of anger.
“You took so much money from me in Rose Town, and now you pretend you don’t recognize me?”
“What did I tell you back then, and what did you end up doing? Do you know we’ve already been targeted by the Death Church?”
“If you don’t give us an explanation for this today, don’t blame us for being rude!”
Lilith said fiercely.
Hearing this, the goblin suddenly grasped something.
“Wait! What did you say?”
“You gave me money in Rose Town?” As he spoke, he pointed at himself, then immediately realized something.
“I’ve always been in Silvermoon City.”
“If you don’t believe me, you can ask around—whether I, Nock Grizz, have always been here.”
“The goblin you’re talking about in Rose Town is my twin brother, Zick Grizz.”
As he spoke, Grizz pointed to his ear, where a small piece was missing.
“My brother and I are twins and look very similar, but when I was young, a mouse bit off a small part of my ear.”
Hearing this, Lilith looked suspicious.
“So you’re really not the same goblin from Rose Town?”
“Absolutely true!”
Grizz patted his chest in assurance.
“Did we mistake the goblin?” Lilith turned back to Vivian for confirmation.
The latter only shrugged.
Jiang Chen naturally did not know what was going on either.
But that did not stop him from continuing to watch the plot unfold.
Then Lilith seemed to think of something.
“Then the rumors about Silvermoon City’s Twin Stars—you can’t deny your involvement in that!”
Grizz immediately defended himself. “I was just following my brother’s instructions.”
As he spoke, he took out a letter.
“This is the promotional content my brother gave me.”
Lilith took the letter and began reading it softly.
The initial content was indeed consistent with what she had requested.
But gradually, it started to feel off.
“Additional clause one: it must be attention-grabbing and memorable—yes, that was my requirement.”
“Clause two: it must reach as many people as possible—yes, I asked for that too...”
“Clause three: it must...”
The quieter Lilith read, the more her voice trailed off.
Her gaze began to flicker uneasily.
Clearly, all the additional clauses were also her own suggestions.
At the time, she had thought that since she was spending so much money, she might as well add more requirements—otherwise it would feel like a waste.
Who would have thought this goblin would be so honest and carry out everything exactly as instructed?
Wasn’t it said that goblins were cunning and sly?
In the end, the original plan had completely changed.
“So the real culprit behind all of this is Lilith!!”
Vivian finally pieced it together.
Lilith, you’ve really dragged me into this mess!
At that moment, Grizz continued speaking:
“So, Miss, you’ve figured out the situation now, right?”
“And those 10 Silver Coins I earned were completely justified. Just getting your announcement published cost me 5 Silver Coins.”
“Out of the remaining coins, 4 were used to spread rumors through my contacts. I only made 1 Silver Coin profit—not excessive, right?”
Hearing this, Lilith found something odd and instinctively said, “10 Silver Coins? Didn’t I give your brother 10 Gold Coins?”
“10 Silver Coins should’ve been what I paid...” Vivian added quietly in her mind.
“What?! Damn it!” Grizz exploded in anger.
“That bastard Zick! He’s my own brother, and he only gave me this little?!”
“Damn it, that’s outrageous!”
Grizz finally understood what it meant for “brothers to be united in heart, but one plays tricks on the other.”
All of a goblin’s cunning and deceit—and his brother used it entirely on him.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became.
“Um, Vivian, it’s all my fault... I didn’t expect things to turn out like this.” After understanding the situation, Lilith apologized softly.
Jiang Chen had more or less figured out the situation.
But what puzzled him now was—
The plot had already played out, so why hadn’t a quest triggered yet?
What was going on?
Soon, Jiang Chen thought of a possibility.
Could it be that there was a puzzle element—something like needing to fulfill a specific condition before triggering the quest?
Recalling the earlier events, Jiang Chen decided to give it a try.
“So your promotion—10 Silver Coins could achieve this kind of effect?”
Vivian’s voice rang out, and Grizz looked over, somewhat puzzled.
“Of course not. For this kind of effect, didn’t you hire someone else?”
“No,” Lilith answered.
Grizz looked even more confused. “That’s strange. I thought you hired someone else.”
He continued, “This kind of publicity effect—forget 10 Silver Coins—even 100 Gold Coins wouldn’t be enough!”
This left both Lilith and Vivian stunned.
It was their first time in Silvermoon City, and they did not know anyone—who would go out of their way to promote them like this?
“So I was right—there is indeed a problem.”
Jiang Chen had already noticed something off when listening to the goblin earlier.
That amount of money could not possibly achieve such results.
It seemed his guess was correct.
Just then, a prompt suddenly appeared, catching Jiang Chen’s attention.
【You seem to have noticed that something about this matter is highly suspicious. Perhaps this goblin from the lower levels of Silvermoon City can help you.】
【You can assign him a quest and have him investigate for you.】
Seeing this prompt, Jiang Chen was completely stunned.
“Wait... players can actually assign quests to NPCs in this game?”