Chapter 134.2

Chapter 134.2 \n<h1>Chapter 134: A Straight Flush With a Joker Part 2</h1>\n

…… So it means that I’ll have to venture a little bit far to get to the GGC convention center, but for now let’s try and verify if that quest is really a Unique Quest flag.

「Say, Rust, I know that it’s been a while since you last logged in here, but do you actually know if this quest wasn’t taken by someone else already?」

「…… I think we’re fine for now. Besides, not that many people are aware of that quest in the first place.」

The quest in question, “Punching the Apostle of the Abyss” was supposed to be given by the NPC named “Self-Proclaimed Great Pirate Staude”. But it seems that they only know so much, for they didn’t manage to push that quest any further.\n

「The first time we came here Rust got in a fight with the NPCs…… Um, and it only got weirder from there.」

「They were all so squishy…… Hardly even worth drawing my bow…… And they forgot to address me properly.」

「Ah, that’s right…… Rust uses both “Magic Bows” and “Great Bows” respectively, hence her STR is quite high. So when it comes to NPCs, just punching them normally is enough to send them flying.」

「Ahh……」

I had no words to say to that, but the fact  that Rust would start brawls just like that hardly came as a surprise to me. Apparently during their brawl they’ve been stranded in some really far and remote location, and that’s where they found the “Self-Proclaimed Great Pirate”. Does that mean that in order to find him we need to beat the crap out of a certain number of NPCs? But remembering Pencilgton’s words, assaulting the NPCs would still give you negative karma. Does that mean there was something else? Another possibility that was beyond my comprehension at the current moment?\nFirst of all, killing the players and killing the NPCs was considered equally as bad in this game. In a system like that, only a small minority would consider exploiting the NPCs instead of going out of town and fighting monsters, bosses and clearing the dungeons. It wasn’t a hole in the system…… more of a blind spot, really.

「So, I guess the quest itself is…… To hunt down this whole Ghost Ship, right? That’s what this Pirate-Wannabe Shithead wants?」

「Shithead is a little bit……」

「Oh, hey, if he’s like that, then “Shithead” is putting it lightly. At least I think so.」\n\nIf Shit Chronicles Online were rated R-18, then surely a shitty villain like that would meet a rather gruesome end by the hand of all the people who were tired of all of his shit. But is that a good thing to do? Is it a correct way to handle a character like that? But no, in the game after you beat his ass one last time he realizes his mistakes and you’re all back to being best friends? Just give me a fucking break……

「That’s right, to become this “shitty” you’d really need to work hard to earn such a questionable title……」

A few minutes later.

「Good to see you, laddie! I am the Great Pirate Strude! Be sure to remember that, cause I’m the one who said it!」

It’s a really strange feeling, but just from that one line I already knew that this quest is really going to be a major pain in the ass.