Benefits?
Segman, upon hearing the plush rabbit's answer, once again looked at the adventurers behind him.
Actually, Segman preferred to call them mercenaries. Segman didn't know where these powerful mercenaries came from, but the fact that they could help the prince of the Dark Flame Country clear the level indicated they were hired.
"I can offer you a reward that will satisfy you, money, powerful magic items, name your price."
Segman spoke with absolute confidence. After all, he was the prince of the Flowing Water Country, one of the richest individuals in the Four Great Empires. He never lacked money, and he had countless pieces of magic equipment that could entice these mercenaries.
As soon as Segman finished speaking, a new window popped up in front of the plush rabbit, displaying a quest log.
'Otherworld Quest: Tower of Trial Fastest Holy Record
Description: The eldest prince of the Flowing Water Country, Segman, hopes you can help him clear the first floor of the Tower of Trial and set a new holy record.
Quest Objective: Break the fastest holy record ranking.
Reward: You will receive a large amount of Flowing Water Country gold coins and multiple pieces of equipment. More quest rewards can be obtained through conversation skills.'
In the reward section of the quest description, the terms 'Flowing Water Country gold coins' and 'multiple pieces of equipment' were highlighted in blue, indicating that detailed information about these items could be looked up.
The plush rabbit did just that. He reached out and clicked on these terms with his slender, fair fingers, and the properties of the two items immediately popped up in front of him.
First, the Flowing Water Country gold coins.
Flowing Water Country Gold Coin
Other Item
Description: Currency from an Otherworld country, with low gold content and almost zero magic power, having no value in the world of the Holy Spirit. Can be smelted to obtain a very small amount of gold ingot raw material.
Effect: None.
Item Value: 0.
This string of item descriptions essentially told the plush rabbit that no matter how many of these gold coins there were, they were just a bunch of scrap iron. Even if he took them to a shop, they wouldn't sell for anything, at most, to be used by blacksmiths or similar life-skill players to increase their skill proficiency.
As for the reward of multiple pieces of equipment, it also made the plush rabbit yawn.
The equipment Segman could provide was mostly magic equipment, but in the eyes of Holy Spirit players, magic equipment was just blue gear.
The plush rabbit was nearly collecting a full set of purple gear, and the Prayer Talisman in his hand was orange gear. This was his level-thirty equipment, and he was sure to need a new set for further progress.
"Mr. Segman, the reward we hope for is this." The plush rabbit took out a magic stone previously given by the prince of the Dark Flame Country and showed it to Segman...
The plush rabbit was the kind of player very dedicated to role-playing, which is why he specifically used a voice changer when playing a female character, and his voice even began to grow coquettish.
"Magic stone? How many do you want?" Segman recognized the stone in the plush rabbit's hand.
This kind of faintly glowing magic stone was a raw material for making magic wands in their world, sometimes even used by some mages as magic potions, though the impurities in magic stones made them hard for mages to absorb.
"This... I need to think about it." The plush rabbit thought it must be his charm and eloquence at work. It was his first time encountering such an agreeable NPC.
"Rabbit, my alarm rang. It's now nine o'clock!"
Just then, the voice of Mamayou, a team member who had been listening in, notified the entire team of a worse-than-wiping out news.
"What? Nine o'clock already? Gah, damn it, why didn't my alarm ring?" The plush rabbit was the first to scream. His scream even distorted the voice changer, shattering the gentle aura covered by the Holy Light with those foul words.
"It's nine o'clock, log off." Rain Song glanced at Mo Shigui, who had already vanished beside him, and the system notification popped up: 'Your friend Mo Shigui has logged off.'
"The coach ran so fast!"
"Gosh, the boss must be doing a spot check today!"
Mamayou and Tonight Your Mom Must Die grumbled and disappeared in a flash of light in front of Segman. While Segman was still figuring out what happened, the plush rabbit took a step forward, closing the distance, and suddenly held Segman's hands.
At that moment, Segman felt a fragrant scent, a... kind of scent that was indescribable, like lying in a lover's warm embrace, deeply comforting.
The reason the plush rabbit did this... was because an emergency option popped up in the dialogue box.
Option 6: Close the gap between the two (Segman Favorability +50, a certain probability to become friends, an extremely low probability to develop affection, greatly reducing the difficulty of requesting quests from Segman in the future, requires action: Hold the other's hands, Charm value 20 points.)
As a professional player, the plush rabbit would not miss any chance to increase an NPC's favorability, regardless of gender, especially for a crucial NPC like Segman, so he followed the newly popped-up option.
And the results proved to be fantastic.
The plush rabbit's hands were slightly cold but soft and smooth, and Segman's heart felt like something had grabbed it tightly.
"Tomorrow! Wait for us here tomorrow at the same time! We'll take on this quest, and we'll discuss the rewards tomorrow..." The plush rabbit paused briefly, his silver hair with red pupils reflecting Segman's figure, then with a soft voice that stirred a protective urge, said the final two words, "Okay?"
This... this... Segman's noble upbringing told him he should show enough elegance when facing a lady's request.
But for this moment, Segman, like an innocent young boy just learning etiquette, stammered and didn't know what to say. In the end, he could only nod slightly.
When the plush rabbit saw Segman's nodding action, a prompt of favorability increase appeared in his vision.
Upon seeing the prompt, the plush rabbit quickly let go of Segman's hands.
"So, favorability increased by fifty? Wow, if I boost my Charm by five more points, it'd be phenomenal! Gah! I will definitely be the coolest member of the team, no matter the heat! The dark pots can't change a thing." The plush rabbit kept muttering, also turning into a light to log off.
Leaving only Segman standing there, holding his thumping chest... Oh no! That's the feeling of heart fluttering.
'Name: Segman, Level: 32, Occupation: Mage, Description: Native resident of this world, Status: Charmed (by Plush Rabbit).'
Jiang Qiao, who had been watching from the sidelines, saw this status prompt through his reconnaissance skill and couldn't help but laugh heartlessly.
"Pfft, hahaha."
"Is this what you call manipulating players?" Hai Lan, who had observed Jiang Qiao's mischievous acts closely, saw the interaction between the plush rabbit and Segman, and knew the final option 6 was Jiang Qiao's improvisation, having watched him input this option into the dialogue box.
"How can it be called manipulation? It's enriching the players' gaming experience. Isn't the plush rabbit girl very happy?" Jiang Qiao, stifling his laughter, walked slowly toward Segman, who was still lost in the plush rabbit's fragrance.
"Is it... you?"
Segman quickly noticed Jiang Qiao approaching him and hurriedly hid his hands behind his back, but his cheeks still visibly blushed.
"Yes, it's me, but I didn't come to find you today. I came to find your mentor, or rather, not exactly your mentor."
Jiang Qiao looked at the silent old mage standing behind Segman. The old mage's originally deep gray eyes had turned golden sometime.
When Jiang Qiao threw a reconnaissance skill at the old mage again, a new status bar popped up.
'Name: Ancient Tower Guardian, Level: 60, Occupation: Versatile, Race: Demigod, Description: Consciousness of the Tower Master of the Tower of Trial attached to this mortal.'