As the sign for The Misty Tree tavern came into Renard's vision, he decided that he should be far enough away from Beth's gear to not get caught. He felt no guilt about the incident, as it clearly was the system's fault. The thought of Beth's reaction to seeing stew all over her floor was enough to make Renard want to get the hell out of there. The mental image he had seemed quite bloody.
'Jeez, these stupid system errors are going to get me killed. It's not like I've been hurt yet, but at this rate, it is coming sooner rather than later.' The vision of Beth's reaction still fresh in his mind.
Renard stood off to the side of the road, to try and catch his breath. His mind started to wonder and his face became blank. He unconsciously started to think of the ways the system could get him killed. One particular scenario had Renard in front of a king.
'What if the system broke the king like it did to the door? How am I supposed to escape from that with my life?' He thought.
Renard shook his head to chase away those worrying thoughts. He didn't have time to be wasting on useless ifs and maybes, 'If it happens, I will just have to find a way to deal with it.'
Renard sighed, 'Right now, I need to get more quests done. That way I can get that cultivation technique from that Lord. But first I need to actually find some quests.'
'If I remember correctly, the system said something about finding quests the other day. What exactly did it say again?' His brow crumpled into a frown as he desperately tried to remember what the system had said.
Renard harrumphed, 'Damn it! Why can't I remember? It was literally yesterday.'
He quickly gave up and thought, 'I'll just search for it. System, search for Quest and locate.'
[Results Found! Displaying!]
~~[Due to 'Questing Function' being unlocked, the Quest Detector has been unlocked. Using your thoughts, you can locate available quests in the area. If the 'Map' function is unlocked you will be able to see quest specific locations marked on the display.]~~
'No wonder I couldn't remember, it's bloody vague. Now, how should I go about doing this? It says to just think? How hard can that be?' Renard started to think. That's if thinking was the act of just focusing on the word quest that is.
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Phillip had just finished picking up some food and decided that he should find some shade to eat in. After walking for a while he had decided to lean against one of the buildings, so the roof would shelter him from the sun.
The wall wasn't the comfiest but it was better than being out in the blazing sun. Looking down to the hard bread in his hands he thought to himself, 'It's not tasty, or nice but it's cheap.' He took a bite out of it, having to put extra effort into chewing. Whilst doing so, he glanced to the other side of the road and saw a terrifying sight. There was a man with a disgusting expression on his face.
Veins were bulging, eyebrows were slanted, eyes were wide open and his face was bright red. 'What the hell is that, so much for this being a peaceful lunch spot.' Phillip felt disgusted from a single glance at the thing, it was so bad, that he just had to walk away.
Of course, the person that he saw was Renard trying to use the Questing Function.
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'Quest, Quest, Quest, Quest, Quest, Quest, Quest, Quest, Quest, Quest, Quest.' Was how Renard started.
'QUEST, QUEST, QUEST, QUEST, QUEST, QUEST, QUEST, QUEST, QUEST.' After 5 minutes that's how Renard's thought looked.
Then after 10 minutes, which was when Phillip had seen him, he had been thinking like this: 'QUUUUUESTTTTTT, QUUUUESSSTTTT, QUUUUESSST, QUESSSSSSSTTTTTTT.' Now although it seemed that Renard was just absolutely insane, he was actually feeling something every time he thought of the word quest. It got stronger each time, and the harder he thought about it, the more intense the feeling would be.
'QUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTT'
*DING*
[Quest Sense is now Level 1]
"YEEEEESSSSSS" Renard shouted out, which attracted some weird looks from the crowd, at least they didn't see him the same way Philip had.
'I finally did it, I knew I felt something. Let's see how it feels now. Quest.' There was a nagging feeling coming from further down the street, it lasted for a few seconds before disappearing.
'Wow, it never lasted that long before, it was usually only there for less than a second. Guess it was worth it. Now time to find where this quest is.'
Renard thought of the word again and the strange feeling returned. Taking a second to orient himself, he started to walk in the direction that the feeling was coming from.
Every time the feeling left Renard, he would then think the word again. Eventually, after walking past a couple of buildings the feeling was leading him inside the building in front of him.
It was small compared to the others on the street, there was barely enough room for a door to fit. 'Looks like this is where the feeling is leading me. This building is tiny, must have been built in the gap between houses. Must not be the most profitable shop.'
Renard glanced at the sign above the door as he walked in 'Jem's Herbs hmm, must be some sort of fetch quest then.'
The door hit the wall with a thud as Renard underestimated how close the wall would be on the inside. He took a quick glance to check that he didn't break anything, luckily he hadn't. 'Does fate have a weird grudge against doors, this is the second door related incident since I have been here.'
The inside of the store was just as small as it looked on the outside. Thankfully, it was quite long, so it wasn't just a tiny cube. On the right-hand side of the shop there were three shelves, with different herbs littered on them. To Renard, most of them looked the same, as most were green. He did notice that the leaves varied quite dramatically between them. However, Renard did not care enough to investigate.
'Quest' The feeling was towards the other end of the shop, where a girl was standing still next to one of the shelves. She looked as if she hadn't noticed Renard's entrance.
'She must be the one I am looking for.'
Renard made his way towards her direction, the feeling got stronger and stronger the closer he got.
Once Renard got close enough to talk to the girl, the sensation almost felt like it was about to burst. The girl still wasn't responding to his presence despite being close enough to talk to her.
"Um, Hello? Are you ok?" Renard asked.
She shook slightly and turned to look up at Renard and said. "Oh, sorry. I was thinking about something. How can I help you?" At this point, the weird sensation felt like it exploded inside his head.
*DING*
[You have completed the requirements to locate a Quest, would you like to start the Quest scenario?]
'Oh, Yes please.' Renard thought, surprised to see the system after the explosion.
The girl then took a step back and looked Renard up and down. Then got on her knees and begged, "Wait, you look like an adventurer, please can you help me, I beg you."
'Since when do people in giraffe pyjamas look like adventures.' thought Renard.
"Please it's my brother, he went out to collect more herbs and hasn't been back for two days. He should be back by now!" She continued.
*DING*
[Find Jem's Brother]
[Difficulty: Easy]
[Help Jem find her brother who has been missing for two days]
[Requirements: Talk to Jem in her time of need]
[Rewards: 1 Silver, 5 EP]
[Unknown Rewards are available for this quest]
[Would you like to accept this quest?]
'I guess it's better than nothing. Might as well.' Renard thought.
"I will help you, stand up. I'm called Renard."
Jem stood up with tears in her eyes and said through her sobs, "Thank you, oh, thank you so much, I'm Jem, thank you."
[You have accepted the quest. Jem will tell you where her brother has gone to collect herbs.]
[Once you have completed your quest, return to Jem for your reward.]