Sacred Souls: Genesis

Chapter 150: Chapter 149: But, I refuse! (1st update)

A fight? What kind of hidden task is this?

But Zhao Mingwei hadn’t seen any prompt for a hidden task pop up, yet this NPC named Yelena was serious, already in a fighting stance.

Zhao Mingwei glanced back at the members of Dancing Nuclear Guild behind him; they had already entered a state of watching the drama while eating sunflower seeds.

“In my lifetime, I actually get to witness Brother Laugh fighting a duel.”

“Does fighting an NPC count as PK?”

“Definitely counts. Go Brother Laugh! Beat her up!”

Come on, watching my match should cost entry fees, Zhao Mingwei thought, somewhat speechless at their encouraging shouts.

“Don’t you want to give it a try, Holy Spirit?” Yelena, seeing Zhao Mingwei’s hesitation, also spoke out to provoke him.

“I’m just a bit afraid… of hurting you.”

The reason Zhao Mingwei hesitated to make a move was that he feared a single punch would instantly take Yelena out.

In real life, there was talk of controlling the force in a fight, but here it was a game, and a punch in the game dealt as much damage as it was supposed to.

He thought Yelena’s small figure, being only over level thirty, probably couldn’t withstand his damage.

Zhao Mingwei’s sincere words, however, were taken by Yelena as a challenge, and the NPC girl stepped forward, swinging her fist suddenly at Zhao Mingwei.

Her fist stopped less than a centimeter from Zhao Mingwei’s nose, and the grass on the ground even splattered up the moment she stepped forward.

“As for fighting, I don’t think I would lose,” Yelena said, withdrawing her fist.

“Brother Laugh! You’re being challenged by the NPC, can you even bear it?”

“Beat her up!”

Didn’t you guys look forward to a beautiful female NPC appearing earlier? Really not afraid I’d knock her out instantly?

Zhao Mingwei was very patient, he sighed helplessly and removed all his gear, then dug out a level five plain glove from his backpack and put it on.

“You can start now.” Zhao Mingwei assumed the most basic starting stance; his combat didn’t follow any particular style, it was all about reacting, he was whatever style the game defined him as.

“You’re not using a weapon?”

Yelena, seeing that Zhao Mingwei was also using his fists, asked temporarily.

“This is my weapon.” Zhao Mingwei was introducing his gloves for the second time; he felt that next time he fought against an NPC, he should use armored arms so instead of the NPC asking ‘where’s your weapon’, they would ask ‘what kind of boxing is this’.

Zhao Mingwei would prefer to answer that, but if it were Jiang Qiao, it might be nuclear-powered boxing! You loser!

Wind Breath!

Telekinesis Energy Surrounding… damn!

At this moment, Zhao Mingwei suddenly lost control and cursed; he had habitually given himself two combat BUFFs before the fight began.

This was an ingrained routine for players: start fighting, first apply BUFFs, and this led to Zhao Mingwei unconsciously applying these two skills before the battle started.

“Is this… magic? No, not magic… some other power? Never mind, let’s try.” Yelena saw her skin beginning to glow with a hot white light, her face showing surprise, but without fear, she took the chance while Zhao Mingwei was applying BUFFs on himself to rush forward.

Yelena’s fighting style didn’t identify with any specific category… It was more like street brawling, good at creating and seizing opportunities; in the moment she charged at Zhao Mingwei, she changed her attack trajectory in an impossible human sidestep position.

Her punch, originally aimed directly from in front of Zhao Mingwei, now swung towards his left side.

A punch hit Zhao Mingwei in the left side of his abdomen, and a -46 appeared above his head.

“I held back some strength. If it hurts, we can stop halfway!” Yelena shouted as she swung her fist again, this time aiming for Zhao Mingwei’s chin.

Zhao Mingwei extended his hand, and just through this simple gesture, the roars of dragons and tigers erupted from his arm, accompanied by the phantom image of a man-eating tiger.

The phantom tiger directly bit onto Yelena’s fist as it swung towards Zhao Mingwei. The moment Zhao Mingwei grasped her fist, he felt Yelena subconsciously wanting to pull back.

Anyone who sticks their hand into a tiger’s mouth would feel fear.

But it was too late for Yelena. The power of telekinetic energy with a light attribute coursed through her body, and a -234 damage number instantly appeared above her head.

This happened even though Zhao Mingwei wasn’t wearing any equipment. Seizing the moment, he took the opportunity to perform a back throw, slamming her harshly onto the grass on the other side.

Yelena, thrown onto the grass, sat up and stared blankly at Zhao Mingwei, who was surrounded by Telekinesis Energy.

“That wasn’t magic, right?” Yelena’s gaze shifted from blankness to a kind of surprise as she looked at Zhao Mingwei.

“Telekinesis… is somewhat different from magic.”

Zhao Mingwei did not help her up. Currently still in the state of Dragon-Tiger Howl, any touch from Zhao Mingwei to a hostile target would cause the dragons and tigers to bite. Zhao Mingwei’s telekinetic beasts really had bad tempers.

“I… I… exactly!”

Yelena was at a loss for how to express her thoughts for a moment. The great orb she communed with during her slumber had taught her several ways to communicate with players and had also prohibited certain things.

During this time, Yelena had behaved very well, so the great orb gave Yelena something very important.

A Quest Contract. Relying on this, Yelena could issue a quest to the spirits once, and the reward for the quest would be her favorability.

Yelena quickly composed this quest contract and soon threw it onto Zhao Mingwei.

‘Hidden Favorability Quest – Teach Me: Although it’s sudden, I hope to learn some special powers from the spirits. The power you wield is something I greatly yearn for. Quest Reward: 100 Favorability from Yelena.’

Zhao Mingwei looked at the hidden quest that popped up in front of him. As he was a stronghold manager, everyone from the Dancing Nuclear Guild behind him could see the hidden quest.

“A master-disciple quest? Brother Xiao accepting a beautiful NPC sister as a disciple, why would he not accept when her favorability could be maxed out?”

“It’s even a hidden favorability quest. Brother Xiao, is your charm really that high? Why didn’t I trigger it?” said Black Pot Cooking Meat.

Zhao Mingwei felt that if Black Pot Cooking Meat kept talking, Yelena might end up riddled with holes.

The members of the Dancing Nuclear Guild behind him were egging Zhao Mingwei on to accept the task. Any other player would surely accept this quest.

But the fact was, there was no master-disciple system when it came to spirits. Zhao Mingwei was sure of that; there was none between players, nor between players and NPCs.

Zhao Mingwei wasn’t certain if a master-disciple system would be updated in the future, but… Zhao Mingwei looked at the phantom dragon-tiger baring its teeth, ready to devour.

He thought of those four Magic Thieves who had duplicated the telekinetic energy. If Zhao Mingwei hadn’t been there, they might have died from continuously losing blood due to the berserk telekinetic energy.

Zhao Mingwei had yet to fully grasp the precise control methods of telekinesis. Most skill releases were reliant on the gaming system; how could he pass on his skills to an NPC like this?

He might as well be poisoning the NPC.

So without a second thought, Zhao Mingwei immediately clicked on reject.

“Brother Xiao, this…”

“I’m logging off. Rain Song, can you take care of that NPC?” Zhao Mingwei said to the silently watching Rain Song on the other side.

Rain Song nodded, made an OK gesture, and as everyone watched, Zhao Mingwei dissolved into light and disappeared.