77 A Beggar (2/2)
”Kid. Players are not the only one that can use an alias and different personas, NPCs can do it too.” said the old man nonchalantly.
Shin still doubtful at the old man's words, but since they are bound by the contract, this old man will not do some underhanded tricks. After some hesitation, Shin stood up and thank the old man, and planning to go to the place that the old man indicated.
When Shin walked out the restaurant, a Twilight Dark Elf suddenly materialize beside the old man. ”What are we going to so now, Sir? From the looks of it, that guy earlier should be the one that the HeadHunter Guild is looking for. Should we sell this information to them?”
The old man chuckles softly and said to the Dark Elf nonchalantly. ”Why would we? We are only selling information regarding NPCs, Monsters and Special Beings, and selling informations regarding wanted players are not included in it.”
The old man pauses for a moment and release a chilling aura that enfold the entire room. ”And let me warn you 'Blues'. That kid is off limits, he is recommend here by an old friend of mine. So if you do something stup*d, I'll reassure you that you will regret that decision for the rest of your life.”
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Shin on the other hand had no idea what happened at the 'Secret Recipe' restaurant, and just arrived at the place that the old man had indicated. He then directly went to look for the Loffy beggar guy. He didn't need to look for anywhere to find the guy, since the beggar is quite eye-catching beside the luxurious Blacksmith Shop.
Shin approach Loffy beggar and try to talk to him. Unfortunately, no matter what he do, the later ignored him completely. Shin even tried to give the beggar some gold coins but the later did even flitch after seeing the money that he is offering.
When the players walking along the street saw Shin's actions, they can't help themselves but to laugh at him.
”Look! There is another f**l that want to take a quest from that Beggar.”
”Hahaha.... Why is he wasting his time and money on an NPC like that? Did he think that this game some kind of fairy tale?”
”Do this guy believed to the rumors stating that that beggar are giving some high ranking items in exchange for some coins?”
”That NPC Beggar is just a scammer. He is going to ask you to give him a lot of things but he doesn't give you any kind of quest, not even a trash item in return.”
Shin ignored the busybodies and said to the beggar in a low voice. ”Hey, are you the Phantom Swordsman 'Kentas'?”
But the beggar still remain unmoved, making Shin to almost gone crazy. Then a sudden flash of idea occurred at Shin's mind. He run off to somewhere, and immediately return few moments later.
Shin sat at the floor one meter across of the beggar, then he took out a bunch of food from his inventory bag one by one, and place it right in between of the two of them. The beggar's eyes suddenly turn bright when he saw the food in front of him.
Shin smile satisfyingly and said. ”So are you willing to talk now?”
Loffy beggar shift his gaze between Shin and the food in front of him, before choosing to stay silent. Shin expected that, so he take out another batch of food together with some bottles of wine.
The beggar failed to control himself and started to salivate. Shin look calmly at him and said. ”What about now?”
The beggar still wants to refuse Shin's offer, but the later is quite clever enough to take another batch of food. The beggar's strong willpower finally crumble down and admit his defeat.
Naturally, Shin is not going let himself to get trick by an NPC once again. He make sure that the beggar signed a contract with him before letting the later to eat the food that he brought.
And while Loffy beggar is busy gobbling the food in front of him, a voice suddenly sounded inside Shin's head. ”So you are the one that gotten my invitation scroll?”
Shin almost jump from his sitting position when he heard the voice. He turn his head left and right trying to look for its source, but he still failed to do so. When he is about to give, that voice sounded once again. ”Tsk, are you an idi*t? Where are you looking at? Other people will look suspicious if you keep doing what you are doing.”
'What was that? A telepathy?' Shin was startled once again, but this time he didn't look around, but look directly at Loffy beggar instead.
Loffy beggar ignore Shin's gaze and use telepathy once again. ”What? Is this your first time experiencing this. Well I don't care about that. What I want to know is whether you want to have my inheritance, and if you are worthy enough for it.”
Shin was gotten confused at first after hearing that, but he still said either way. ”So how can I get the right to undergo the trial?”
Loffy beggar thought for a moment, before saying to Shin. ”First, you need to hunt some Monsters for me to showoff some of your strength.”
Then a system notification sounded at Shin's ears together with a new quest at his Quest Information Widow.