novelraw Chapter 1013 277: Is Brother Kael Really an NPC? Kael's Terrifying Exploitation of Quests (10K)
Chapter 1013 277: Is Brother Kael Really an NPC? Kael's Terrifying Exploitation of Quests (10K)
[My Great Tree of Infinity] clicked his tongue, for a moment not knowing what words to use to describe Kael.
After all, Kael's behavior was more of a threat than a negotiation.
Even though the Border Lords were mostly newly-appointed and lacked deep foundations, to be able to become a new lord, they must have been the elite talents discovered and appointed by the Lance Duchy back then.
Even a long-time expert in planting magical herbs in the soil had access to information channels far beyond what a normal person could match.
[My Great Tree of Infinity] was certain that all the lords were already aware of Brother Kael's promotion to Magic Monarch.
Now that Brother Kael was asking players to act in this manner, it somewhat felt like leveraging the situation to coerce the lords into joining his faction.
He didn't know what Kael was thinking, but he went ahead and used his [Squeaky Eye] internal channel and the bunch of dungeon players' channels to arrange people to establish friendly communication with various lords.
No other reason, because Kael's request was issued in the form of a system mission.
No player could refuse a task that could be casually completed, simply by running an errand and passing a message to gain experience points. The more of such tasks, the better for them.
After arranging all this, he removed his gaze from the system panel, looked at Kael, and smiled as he said:
"Mr. Kael, we've arranged to relay messages via the appropriate channels, is there anything else you need my help with?"
Kael shook his head, adding a sentence, saying:
"Ask the people of Shang Tia who are helping me pass the message, if anyone got verbal or written promises from the lord and didn't complete my task, tell me they went to those lords."
"Very simple, I'll arrange it immediately."
A hundred or so people seemed like a lot, but for [My Great Tree of Infinity], it was easy to execute, just calling out in the specially formed group chat was enough.
Just as [My Great Tree of Infinity] happily thought about how many kickbacks he could get from the task, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
After a moment, a chilling feeling spread through his body, he looked up in horror at the smiling Kael.
What did Brother Kael just say?
[Ask the people of Shang Tia who are helping me pass the message, if anyone got verbal or written promises from the lord and didn't complete my task, tell me they went to those lords.]
He took a sharp breath and stepped back half a step.
It seemed like a simple sentence, yet it concealed an extremely terrifying message, indicating that Kael understood the methods players used to take missions.
Even if not directly understood, he had deciphered the patterns of system mission generation.
Such a terrifying possibility left him momentarily speechless.
An invisible fear enveloped his heart.
NPC... deciphered the player's core?
What a terrifying concept!
[My Great Tree of Infinity] stammered: "What are you saying? I don't quite understand!"
Kael shook his head, appearing profound as he said: "Don't take others for fools, many people haven't deciphered your intrinsic logic just because they've had too little exposure to you.
But for a lord like me, who has the best interaction with you, I can basically understand and control your operational logic."
[My Great Tree of Infinity] fell silent at these words, somewhat outside of his expectations.
It's like chatting happily with an AI system from Microsoft, and shortly after, you ask the AI:
"If I give you payment permissions to help order me takeout, but you can't let anyone find out you're an AI."
Then the AI, right in front of you, performs how it uses its rhetoric to disguise and deceive humans.
This kind of invisible fear would make one's scalp tingle immediately.
[My Great Tree of Infinity] felt the same way, wanting to speak, he subconsciously said: "Are you really an NPC?"
Of course, the words he spoke were automatically transformed into other words in Kael's hearing, making it impossible for Kael to even read his lip movements. A blinding Holy Light appeared whenever he tried to observe.
He instinctively closed his eyes.
When he opened them again, everything had returned to calm.
Kael quietly looked at him, smiled, and said: "The words you say transform into other words when they reach my ears, so there's no need to say much, you and I both understand.
I can only tell you to be cautious even with the indigenous inhabitants, most of the Shang Tia's people wear everything on their faces, making them easy to read.
When it comes to genuine conspirators, like me, even if I can't decode the words directly, I can still easily manipulate them."
After saying this, the frantically pounding heart of [My Great Tree of Infinity] finally calmed down a bit.
He eyed Kael suspiciously, indicating that he seemed to still be an indigenous inhabitant, who had merely guessed some of the players' truths due to his understanding of them, and could skillfully exploit it.