65 Chapter 65 - The Legend of the Lycanthrope (2/2)

”We only attack in a pack when we are hunting animals. Duels are reserved for battles between two fellow Werewolves. Our law dictates that we follow the strongest,” the man stated.

”Was that how Murphy died?” Gu Fei asked.

”No… We all deemed that the foreign Werewolf with dubious background was too strong for us, so Murphy worked hard to uncover his human identity in order to use that as a leverage. Unfortunately, he was discovered and killed during his search,” the man sighed with regret.

”Don't you all wish to avenge Murphy?” Gu Fei questioned.

”We don't know his human identity, and we couldn't best him in combat either,” the man replied.

Gu Fei thought for a while and asked, ”If Werewolves are injured by a silver weapon, what will happen?”

”In that case, the wound will require quite a few days to heal,” the man answered.

”Is one night sufficient to heal completely?”

”No.”

”Is there any medicine or spell that can overcome this?” Gu Fei pressed on.

”There's none. Werewolves like us possess high regenerative abilities. We can recover very quickly provided that it is not a silver weapon that injures us,” the man revealed.

Gu Fei had already expected this answer, so he nodded his head, ”Let us help you defeat this foreign Werewolf!”

”It is too shameful to depend on humans for this!” the man refused his offer.

Gu Fei had not expected the Werewolves to have this level of pride. Gu Fei helplessly commented, ”Maybe he's a human, too?”

”Human? We saw with our eyes that he is a Werewolf. He even has our species scent. It is only because his scent is masked very well when he takes his human form that we are unable to locate him,” the man said.

”Is he wearing something on his neck?” Gu Fei asked.

”It appears to be so….”

”That's him. Yesterday, I cut him with a silver weapon, yet I could not find a single villager with a wound today. If he is not a human being, how did he recover so soon?” Gu Fei insisted, ”Don't worry. Just leave this matter to us! We promise not to tell others about your identity.”

Saying their farewell to the stout man, Gu Fei and Xiaoyu were once again on the road.

”What have you found out?” Xiaoyu asked. When she had arrived, Gu Fei and that man were already halfway into their conversation.

Gu Fei tried to give her a quick summary, yet Xiaoyu immediately forgot the first half while listening to the other half of the story. She only raised one question when he ended his spiel, ”Humans can heal their wounds overnight?”

”We humans don't possess fast healing ability, but we definitely do so in-game through the help of healing spells. Think of the NPC Priests by the entrance of the Priest Academy,” Gu Fei reminded Xiaoyu. Over by the entrance of the Priest Academy in Yunduan City, injured players could receive the NPC Priests' healing and administering to recover. If these Priests could heal players, they would naturally be capable of healing fellow NPCs as well. Since Werewolves were creatures with an affinity to darkness, they would obviously not be able to receive healing from the holy spells the Priests used.

”So how can a human being transform into a Werewolf?” Xiaoyu asked, puzzled.

”I'm still not sure, although I already know who he is,” Gu Fei said in a dragging tone.

”Who?” Xiaoyu asked excitedly.

”Who owns a gold mine?” Gu Fei smiled.

”Mr. Adrian!” Xiaoyu answered.

”That's right!” Gu Fei nodded.

”Ah! If you kill Mr Adrian, won't my quest become incomplete?” Xiaoyu was worried.

”Of course, not!” Gu Fei said, ”Even if Adrian is dead when I finish my quest, he'll just respawn accordingly. He'll still be the same Adrian, the wealthiest person in Yeguang Village. You can even return to retrieve more gold ore from him in the future.”

”That's fine, then!” Xiaoyu was appeased.

”It's all thanks to you,” Gu Fei complimented.

”Why?”

”If I didn't know about your quest, I wouldn't find out that Adrian and the gold mine are linked. How else would I learn that he's THAT Werewolf?” Gu Fei laughed.

”I told you I'm a quest expert!” Xiaoyu felt ten feet tall.

”The very best!” Gu Fei praised generously.

”Does that mean you're about to complete your chain quest?” Xiaoyu asked.

”Pretty soon, it seems,” He could see the outline of Adrian's mansion far ahead on this path. Gu Fei took out Sacred Flames of Baptism, ”The only question I have at this point is how to defeat him.”