63 Chapter 63 - One Truth Prevails (2/2)
”That's a shaft...” Gu Fei answered.
”What are they doing inside?” Xiaoyu asked.
”How am I supposed to know?” Gu Fei replied.
”Shall we take a look?” Xiaoyu suggested.
”Don't be so hasty! Let's wait until morning before going in. They'll surely leave in the morning,” Gu Fei said.
”How do you know that?” Xiaoyu asked.
”These NPCs need to be in their position inside the village during the day,” Gu Fei answered.
Xiaoyu looked at the time, ”There's still more than an hour left!”
”Then, let's go through the spot that you've figured out earlier,” Gu Fei said, ”Where is it?”
”The woods behind Murphy's house.”
The two returned to Murphy's house and entered the woods behind it. Xiaoyu led the way with the parchment in her hand, looking around and finally stopping under a tree. ”It's here,” Xiaoyu pointed.
”This iron shovel is well worth the money,” Gu Fei mumbled as he took the iron shovel out and began digging.
”Treasure chest! Treasure chest! Treasure chest!” Xiaoyu chanted as she saw the pit got dug deeper and deeper. However, what appeared in the end was not a treasure chest but a burlap sack.
”So heavy!” Gu Fei grabbed the sack with his two hands, yet he was still unable to pull it out from the pit he had dug.
”Allow me,” Xiaoyu came forward. The burlap sack was pulled out from the pit as she lightly grabbed on to it. Once again, Gu Fei felt depressed at the sight.
The two were stunned as they opened the burlap sack and looked inside.
”Gold?” They looked at each other.
Xiaoyu took out the small bag of gold ore from her own quest. She compared a piece of gold from her bag with the one inside the burlap sack.
”They look so much alike!” Xiaoyu remarked.
”Mr. Adrian, huh?” Gu Fei was deep in thought.
”Let's return this gold to him. There must be a reward,” Xiaoyu felt delighted.
”Did you receive a quest related to this sack of gold?” Gu Fei asked.
”No.”
”Then, why would there be a reward when there's no quest?” Gu Fei stated matter-of-factly.
”What are these gold ore for, then?”
”I'm thinking that it might be an important aspect of my chain quest,” Gu Fei was feeling vexed, ”Things just go on and on. I am tired; let's take a break!”
”Where to?” Xiaoyu asked.
”The village Inn should still be open for business. Let's head there to rest and wait until morning,” Gu Fei said.
The two headed to the Inn. It was a game after all, so there was no such thing as 'closing time' for the system-operated shops.
”Order any drinks you want. It's my treat,” Gu Fei said.
”I feel sleepy all of a sudden… I'm taking a nap,” Xiaoyu lay down on the table as soon as she finished speaking.
Gu Fei randomly ordered a glass of drink. While drinking on, he pondered about his chain quest...
Two groups of village NPCs treated him differently;
Traces of a fight in front of the church;
Murphy's strong yet unknown fighting capabilities;
The missing corpse of Murphy;
The Werewolf that fled from just a light injury;
Murphy's hidden sack of gold;
And finally, the NPC villagers that went to a shaft late at night.
There must be a story timeline that could explain all these events clearly, which would display the chronological order of the entire storyline behind the 'Eddie's Mission' quest. Gu Fei doubted that everything could be solved by simply finding the Werewolf and killing it. Currently, Gu Fei had an idea of what he was supposed to do. He just needed to wait until morning. The whole thing would be revealed once he made sure of a few crucial things.
Meanwhile, Ye Xiaowu who had been observing Gu Fei as if he was watching a movie was utterly blown away by how Gu Fei carried out his quest.
From what Ye Xiaowu observed, Gu Fei was roaming about in front of the church when he suddenly ran off to unearth Murphy's grave. Ye Xiaowu still did not know whether Gu Fei had figured something out or simply taken a wild guess.
He actually managed to fend off the Werewolf's assault... He's only at level 30! A mere slap from that Werewolf can kill a level 30 player....
If the situation continued to unfold at the current pace, Gu Fei might be able to achieve a completion rating of 90% or above for his chain quest.
Completion rating. This was how the game measured how well a player did for a chain quest; this same criterion was used to determine the value of the final reward for players as well.
Killing the Werewolf? That was only one of the many ways to complete the chain quest. For example, if Ye Xiaowu was the one doing the quest, he could complete it simply by going to where the Werewolf was and killing it with a single blow. This was because he knew the whereabouts of the Werewolf. However, he would get the lowest completion rating and the worst kind of reward.
The way to get the highest completion rating was to unravel the entire storyline behind the chain quest and leave no stone unturned, presenting everything clearly.
This was akin to a standalone game with multiple endings; every ending could be considered clearing the game and beating it, but only one true ending would be considered as the perfect ending.
As the great kid detective Conan once said, ”One truth prevails!”