26 The Blacksmith Has Fallen (1/2)
We wandered around the Capital. Apparently, this is the first time Lina visited this place. Although I have memorized all of the passages, quests that can be received and all hidden items in this area, I decided to take LIna around while moving to the Blacksmith that I know in the past. Lina was pretty grateful to me and her loyalty grew in a small amount which I was satisfied.
There are some things that seemed new to me but I think it was due to the fact that players had never touched this place yet and changes are still not present. And if those things that I noticed disappeared, then that means that the players had already hold on to the changes in the capital.
Lina was curious and points here and there on stores and other things, which is fun in pretty ways despite the very fact that I am accompanying an NPC in the game. However, despite that very fact, I ignored it and enjoyed it every second. I did not have the luxury to let Lina enjoy this much in my past life so at least in this lifetime, Lina can enjoy the world she was born in and take an adventure with me.
The Capital is huge but with having a fun and nice stroll on the streets, we did not realize that we are nearing our very destination of the blacksmith store itself. We stopped in front of the broken signage of a blacksmith shop. Many players disregard this place because of the fact that this place is similar to abandoned buildings in the game where not a single soul is present and you can only see garbage. The only thing is that this place is not that place because it is actually a shop of one of the best blacksmiths in the game, which can be on par with the other imperial blacksmiths and has the very chance to become one of the legendary blacksmiths given that she is given a good material and her laziness do not hit off easily.
”Is this the place you are talking about?” Lina asked. Looks like she noticed that it looks abandoned.
”Yeah, I heard that a blacksmith lives here, so lets try our luck here,” I said to her.
”But it looks like it was abandoned...” Lina said and frowned.
I just smiled at her and knocked the door three times. To avoid angering any NPCs, you need to knock the door three times. And if they did not respond, you are free to go inside. That is the basic rule in this place. Offending the NPCs is not a good thing if you want to last for a few days in the capital before you offend more NPCs in the game.
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”Umm, I think there isn't anyone here,” Lina said to me.
”Then lets get inside the door then,” I said to her and pushed it open. Lina hesitated but she eventually followed me inside.
What made me surprised is that someone has fallen into the ground, face first without any case of moving at all.
'Master! Someone has collapsed!” Lina pointed immediately to the girl that I noticed.
I approached the woman and noticed that this girl has a red hair and she smells like coal. I did not notice the hair color of her hair because its dark but when I managed to see it clearly, it was actually the blacksmith that I was looking for and I can't be wrong with it because her appearance in the past timeline and her appearance today is very similar. The only thing is that I have not triggered this quest before. Before I can react though, a quest panel appeared to my interface.
[Collapsed Blacksmith]
Type: Hidden Quest