Jason managed to find an inn for the night. It was not like the others as this one was calm and quiet and did not have that many customers. There were only a few drunk customers who had dozed of and some couples who were enjoying each others company. A piano was played in the corner by a woman wearing a beautiful black dress.
Jason ordered food and booked a room for the night for 34 copper coins. Although that was cheap his heart ached as the coins left his possession. He had gotten those after a gruesome encounter in which he would have lost his life if he had not leveled up. He only had 99 copper coins left. That would get him food and a room for 2 days and either only food or a room on the third day.
Jason ate downstairs in the dining area and yawned before stretching his back and going upstairs to eat. The moment his body touched the bed he felt like he was melting like some hot chocolate being prepared for a cake. His body sunk into the soft velvety cushions and mattress. His mind went blank as he had finally gotten back something he had lost. A nice comfortable bed to sleep in.
Jason slept the night and the next morning he woke up early as he had slept early. He woke.up early also for the fact that he needs to make money. There was several ways to earn money. The first and most simple yet gruelling way was to find a proper job. That was a no go as Jason needed money urgently and could not be looking for a job.
The second one was a life of crime that Jason did not even entertain. It came into his mind and flew out at speeds that was similar to a Lamborghini at full speed.
The final and most simplest and effective way was to go monster hunting. Since he was a player, monsters would drop items and if lucky money. Another way to earn money is by completing quests but he had no idea where to go to get a good quest.
He had been spending the past hour walking around the small country and trying to discover any quests that he could. If this video game that Jason was currently.in was anything like a normal video game, then there should be quests.
Just as Jason was thinking he heard a loud noise. He heard grunting, shouting and cursing. He turned the corner and saw a boy getting harassed. There was 4 grown men who were stomping the living shit out of the little frail kid. As soon as he saw Jason he shouted out to him.
"HELP ME! PLEASE! PLEA- KUFUU!"
"Shut your trap you little twerp." One of the men said as he kicked the kid even harder.
One of the men turned to Jason and sneered as soon as he saw the naive and gullible look on Jason's face. "What are you looking at you piece of shit?"
"He looks like an innocent lamb. Hey kid... go run along and join your herd before you get eaten by a wolf."
"He looks tasty, I wanna try him"
One by one the men let their thoughts be know. Despite that the men were surprised that Jason did not even acknowledge them. He only stared at the kid. However unbeknownst to their knowledge he actually was not. There was a status screen floating above him.
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Quest: Help Ezra the prince of scammers.
Reward upon completion: Relationship with Ezra increases by 50. Will be able to get information from Ezra on anything new in the country of Chombul.
Penalty upon failure: none
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Jason was contemplating on whether to help the kid out when a punch hit him in the face. He staggered backwards and gasped for air when he regained footing.
"You bastard!" Jason shouted. "What is wrong with you?"
"You shouldn't be shouting or cursing at your elders you know. That is bad manners." One of the seedy looking guys said. "Don't worry, since your parents did not teach you any manners I will teach you manners."
Jason quickly accepted the quest and used inspect on the bunch of ruffians.
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Name: Thug number 1
Age: 25
Species: Human
Class: none
Level: 5
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Name: Thug number 2
Age: 27
Species: Human
Class: None
Level 6
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Name: Thug number 3
Age: 24
Species: Human
Class:Brawler
Level:8
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Name: Thug number 4
Age: 22
Species: Human
Class: None
Level: 3
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Jason felt at ease as these thugs did not look like a threat to him. The only one that looked like a threat was thug number 3 as he was level 8 and had a brawler class. But for Jason who had the stats of a level 36 he was no threat.
"You should not badmouth people's parents..." Jason said "That is bad manners."
The things laughed at Jason before their facial expressions turned serious. "Let's teach him a thing or two about respecting his elders." Thig number 2 said as he walked forward at a leisurely pace. He raised his hand to slap him and brought it down however it never hit its target. Jason moved out of the way and punched him in the face.
Jason felt an aching pain in his fist. This was his first time punching someone in a very long time. Even after all that torturous hardwork in the tutorial zone he still felt pain.
Thug number 2 touched his cheeks in disbelief. He had not even seen the punch. It had hit him without even giving him a chance to dodge or block.
He felt enraged at Jason and charged at him with his hands outstretched however Jason pushed his hand to the side and counter attacked. His fist connected with the thugs jaw cleanly and knocked him out.
The other thugs after seeing one of their own getting knocked out quickly grabbed weapons to which Jason pulled out his handgun. He aimed it at the thugs and they quickly stopped in their tracks.
"Stop pointing that thing over here, do you even know what that is?" Thug number 1 asked.
"It's a gun, now I'm going to need you to go before I change my mind and pull this trigger." Jason cocked the gun and tightened his facial expression. He did not look intimidating at all but he still gave of the vibe that he would shoot. Jason was not going to shoot and take a life. Even if this was a video game it still felt realistic so killing someone was out of the question.
The thugs picked up their fallen brethren and ran away leaving Jason standing in front of Ezra.
"Are you okay?" Jason asked as he helped him up.
"No." Ezra replied. Jason patted the dust of the boys body and hair. The boys face was all cut up and had bruises all over his body and face. His neck was dark as if there was an injury.
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Quest: Help Ezra prince of scammers. (Complete)
Reward: Relationship with Ezra has increased by 50. (50/100)
From now on Ezra will provide you with information on anything you want as long as you ask.
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