Chapter 317: Quest Update (1/2)

Terry and Jom sat beside the hearth as well and waited for the old man to finish reading the letter.

Whether it was because of the city’s sea level or the climate in the region, Crookes was still freezing even though Lancaster was getting warmer lately.

It was fortunate that the cottage was very warm and entering it was revitalizing, just like soaking in a hot spring. ‘After this quest is done, I’m going back to the Unnamed Village and jumping into the hot spring.’ Jom thought for some reason, giving him a little motivation.

Beside him, Terry was fidgeting around restlessly on his chair which did not look sturdy in the first place, and was now creaking beneath his weight as if it would fall apart at any given moment.

Jom glared at him, but his warning went unheeded-Terry wasn’t even looking at him.

And not a moment too soon, Terry finally couldn’t stop himself from asking the old man, “Do you have anything to eat, sir? I’m starving!”

The old man’s eyesight appeared to be poor and was squinting to read each word beside the light of the hearth. He looked up at Terry’s interruption, threw him a look before turning back to his letter again.

But just as Terry presumed that the old man wasn’t offering any food, he spoke quietly from behind the letter.

“There’s some seasoned sausage in the bucket over at that corner. You could bake it at the hearth—the clippers are just beside it. Or do you need me to teach you?”

“Thanks!” Terry cheerfully ran off to get the sausage, while Jom didn’t move at all.

Weird. Why hasn’t the quest on the System page update itself?

Maybe he has to try something to move it along?

With that in mind, Jom frowned at the old man and asked, “What’s the letter about?”

“An old-timer’s crazy talk.” The old man said as he slid Jom a glance. “Don’t you the contents? You sent it here after all.”

Jom shrugged. “We’re just normal couriers.”

“Do you know about Tierra?” The old man suddenly asked. “Of course. It was a fallen kingdom.” Jom, unaware of why the old man would ask that, chose to answer as normally and ambiguously as he could There’s no way he was going to say ‘Tierra’s Princess is my bro’… In fact, with her dozens halo, buff skills, and ferocious battle style which earned her love from everyone whenever she joins a group, many Players now called Princess Leah bro.

Still, she personally disliked that title, and anyone saying that in front of her would be given an almighty beating with her legendary-tier brass knuckles. One should mention that the princess’s brass knuckles had a hidden attribute that inflicts 20% extra pain to its victims, although many Players would still tirelessly provoke her to earn that beating…

Indeed, the Players’ madness stat was getting richer.

“And this letter is from a loser of that fallen kingdom, howling at other dogs to have them rally so that they would start barking vengefully for that long-dead kingdom.”

The old man threw the letter into the hearth then, watching it as the fires consumed it as it vanished.

While it sounded vague, Jom got the general idea.

Lancaster’s mayor Corinth Atherton had saved his family by defecting to the Valla Empire, surviving by the skin of his teeth.

Even so, Corinth could still be considered a former minister of the fallen nation Tierra, and calling him a loser wasn’t an issue.