NPCs in "Glory", especially NPCs with important identities, often have very high AI, and their behaviors will follow the characters set by the system, whether they are kind or cunning, cruel or arrogant.
Therefore, there is a certain degree of unpredictability when players are dealing with NPCs. If the other party is disgusted, it is very likely that they will be unable to continue the communication, which will ultimately lead to the failure of the mission.
Considering that there has been such a large investment now, it would definitely be unwise to offend the master of pharmacy because of inappropriate actions at this time.
Therefore, Zhao Xi decided to wait. Anyway, he had already waited for a long time, and now there is not much time left.
He still didn't believe that this old guy could spread his wings and fly away!
Facts have also proved that patience and persistence are necessary. After only ten minutes, Rhett returned downstairs, and a fifteen-year-old girl came down with him.
This girl was wearing a plain white dress, her face was pale as if she had just recovered from a serious illness, and she was so thin that her cheekbones were bulging, which made her eyes look bigger and brighter.
Rhett held her little hand tightly and pulled her down, with a look of love on his face.
When the girl saw Zhao Xi and Lin Mei standing in the living room, she was a little surprised: "Father, who are these brothers and sisters?"
Zhao Xi took the opportunity to step forward and said with a smile: "Hello, sister Alyssa, we are here to visit Master Red."
The girl was even more surprised: "Do you know my name?"
Zhao Xi smiled and said nothing. He was not a fool. How could he not guess the identity of the other party?
When Lin Mei took out the materials earlier, Red yelled that "Alyssa" could be saved. It was obvious that his daughter was seriously ill and needed to be treated with a potion, which was completely in line with the elements of the plot mission.
At this time, Rhett seemed to have just woken up from a dream: "Ah, you haven't left yet?"
Hearing these words, Zhao Xi suddenly felt as if ten thousand grass and mud horses were galloping past in his chest. He wished he could pull out the Blade of Destiny and cut this old guy pretending to be confused to the ground with a knife - could he be more shameless?
Of course, this is just a thought. If Red is really killed, not to mention the mission reward will be completely wasted. He will also be called a murderer and wanted by the system, because killing neutral NPCs for no reason is a very serious crime.
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Zhao Xi winked at Lin Mei, after all, she was the person doing the task.
Lin Mei was also very smart and immediately stepped forward and said respectfully: "Master Red..."
"I know, I know..."
Rhett interrupted her with an unhappy wave of his hand, and muttered: "You adventurers all want something. If you give one copper, you have to pay back one gold! Alas, I remember Rhett back then..."
He rambled on, making Lin Mei really dumbfounded and unable to refute.
The old guy talked for a long time, then with a look of pain on his face, he took off the pale gold ring on the ring finger of his left hand and handed it to Lin Mei.
The mission reward is finally available!
Zhao Xi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was really worried that he would collapse if he was messed around by this old guy again.
But what he never expected was that the matter was not over yet!
Just as Lin Mei reached out to pick it up, Rhett took the ring back and said, "I rely on this ring for my livelihood. If you hadn't brought me the ingredients for the medicine to treat Alyssa this time, I would have
I will never give it away!"
He stroked the ring in his hand, with a look of reluctance in his eyes.
Zhao Xi and Lin Mei couldn't help but look at each other, neither of them knew the correct way to answer the other.
Fortunately, Rhett revealed the answer himself: "It's not impossible for me to give it to you, but you have to pay another amount of money to buy it, which should be enough for Alyssa and I to live on for the rest of our lives!"
Still need money? This is easy!
Zhao Xi couldn't help but ask: "How much money do you need?"
Rhett raised a finger at him.
"100 gold coins?"
Zhao Xi asked tentatively, but he knew very well that 100 gold coins would definitely not be enough.
As expected, Red's face showed an angry look, and Zhao Xi quickly changed his words: "1,000 gold coins?"
"10,000 gold coins!"
Rhett gave the answer directly!
"10,000 gold coins?"
It’s like a lion opening its mouth!
Zhao Xi really didn't expect the astonishing price the other party offered. You must know that according to the basic price set by the official game background of "Glory", 20 gold coins can guarantee a family of five people to have enough food and clothing for a year.
The value of gold coins in the game far exceeds the real value.
To give a very simple example, buying a piece of bread in the game that is enough to satisfy your hunger only costs 1 copper. A cup of good ale costs 1 silver. The latter is usually only consumed by players.
10,000 gold coins placed in the large trading market can be sold for about 1.1 million to 1.2 million in cash, which is enough to buy a house in a small town!
Zhao Xi wondered if this old guy knew that the two of them had just earned a sum of money. Isn't the figure of 10,000 gold coins too coincidental?
But Rhett ignored Zhao Xi's ugly expression and said stiffly: "That's right! It's 10,000 gold coins. One less won't do. You guys decide quickly!"
At this time, even Lin Mei hesitated: "Brother Daniu, why not forget it, what if this ring..."
Lin Mei was worried that the value of the ring in Red's hand was not worth 10,000 gold coins at all. It might be valuable in Red's eyes, but in fact it would not have much effect on the two of them, because the values of NPCs and players are different.
Situations like this are not uncommon. Many players who have suffered losses in this regard have posted on the forum, saying that they were blackmailed by NPCs, mostly because they spent money to buy things from NPCs.
If it were hundreds or thousands of gold coins, Zhao Xi and Lin Mei would recognize it, but the value of tens of thousands of gold coins is too great!
The hesitation of the two made Rhett even more impatient: "Decide quickly, I want to take Alyssa out of here. If you don't want it, then we'll leave!"
Zhao Xi asked with a glimmer of hope: "Master Red, can you let us take a look at this ring first?"
This is undoubtedly the best solution. If the ring is really worth the price, then buy it. If it is not worth it, then consider the task to be in vain. You can't put in more money.
But he underestimated the shamelessness of the old guy, who said neatly: "No!"
Holy shit!
You are forcing me!
Zhao Xi gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "We want it!"
After all the money is gone, it comes back. Anyway, this money was taken for nothing, just treat it as a gambling bet!
Since Zhao Xi had made up his mind, Lin Mei naturally had nothing to say.
Not long ago, she took 10,000 gold coins from Crazy Riding Rhodes. Although she spent some of it on the exchange to buy power-increasing equipment for Zhao Xi, as the housekeeper of Rhino Xinyou, she was in charge of the finances.
So she still scraped together the 10,000 gold coins and traded them to Red.
The old guy was very straightforward. After handing over the ring, he immediately took his daughter and left, giving up all the pots and jars in the room - with 10,000 gold coins, he really didn't need this garbage.
It's just that the opponent ran so fast, which made Zhao Xi seriously doubt whether there was something fishy about the ring.
He turned back to look at Lin Mei, only to see the girl's expression was very strange.
Lin Mei pinched the ring she had spent a great deal of money on with her fingers, staring straight at it, as if she wanted to laugh or cry again, her face changed as if she was completely stupid.
Oops!
Zhao Xi secretly cried out that something was not good. It seemed that he had really suffered a big loss this time and had been fooled!
He coughed and was about to say a few words of comfort.
Lin Mei suddenly turned around, opened her arms and hugged him tightly, screaming: "Ah~"
Zhao Xi was immediately startled. Is this girl going crazy with anger?
He quickly said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Forget it if we suffer a loss this time, we will just pay the tuition. Anyway, I picked up those two pieces of equipment for free. It is enough to exchange them for the God of War Ring!"
Lin Mei let go of her arms, her pretty face turned red, and her eyes were bright with excitement.
She didn't speak, she just showed the ring in her hand to Zhao Xi.
Zhao Xi took one look and was stunned!
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Thanks to my loving little sister and my friend Aji for the reward and support, thank you!
