hidden quest

In front of a small house, not much bigger than 60 meters, a boy and a girl were standing looking ahead.

"are you sure you want to do this?" asked Alex for the hundredth time.

"y-yes, I'm sure. It's time for me to grow up too. I can't let Parisa do all the dirty work and take all the beating from that asshole," said Paria with a determined look on her face. But behind all that determination, a hint of nervousness was detectable.

"ok, if you say so, if at any time you feel like you can't do it, just switch with Parisa or let me do it."

"o-ok"

They went in front of the door, and Alex knocked the door open with his foot.

"wha-what is this? what do you think you're doing?" a scared voice could be heard from inside the house. But as soon as the man came out of his room and saw who was standing there, he regained his confidence, "It was about time for you to come back." Said the man with a visuse grin on his face.

He didn't even notice Alex standing next to Paria and went straight for her.

As he was about to grab Paria by the hair, Alex drew his sword and

Slashed at the man's hand.

"aaaw," the man shouted at the top of his lungs.

Paria was startled for a second; although this man had been abusing her all her life, she still felt terrible.

Alex bent down, grabbed the man by the hair, and dragged him to the living room.

Alex had heard stories about Paria and Parisa's dad, but this was the first time he saw him.

In his previous life, Paria and Parisa never got the revenge they deserved. The man just got drunk and fell from a bridge, so the girls never got closure.

They always regrated not standing up to the one person that turned their lives into living hell.

But now, Alex was here to help them get what they always wanted.

Paria was hesitant for a bit, but the next second, her face turned dark, and she hit the man in front of her in the stomach with a powerful kick.

"that's for hurting her, you son of a beach," Parisa wanted to say more, but Paria took control again, "stop, I don't want to be like him," then looked at Alex and said with a determined tone, "give me the sword."

Alex hesitated for a second but did as he was asked and gave Paria the sword.

After grabbing the sword, Paria didn't even hesitate for a second and stabbed the man in the heart. Then she dropped to the floor and started sobbing.

"That was too easy of a death for a scumbag like him," said Alex.

Parisa stood up from the floor and said, "I agree, but Paria is too kind to let even a scumbag like him suffer."

"How is she?" asked Alex with a sad tone; he knew it must have been hard for Paria to kill her father.

"she is still crying, but she will be alright," said Parisa and turned to look Alex in the eye, "I don't know how you know about us but thank you. And about your proposal, we're in."

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Inside the hotel, a few hours later.

"you can choose whichever room you want; they are all mine."

"wow, so you really are rich," said Parisa as she looked around the floor.

Although the renovations had made the floor messy, it still seemed as luxurious as ever.

"you can go rest for now," said Alex, after Parisa chose a room, "I will be in my suite; if you need anything, don't hesitate to ask; the food is also free, so don't be shy."

"don't worry, I'm never shy," said Parisa with a sweet smile and went into her room.

It was late at night, so Alex went back to his suite. After checking on Emily, Alex went back to his room and slept.

The following day, early in the morning, Alex and Emily were in the car, driving out of the city.

"where are we going, Alex?" asked Emily, yawning.

"We are going to do a special quest."

"then why didn't we bring the others? Weren't they also doing quests?"

"This quest is special; they can't do it like you and me," Alex didn't explain more, and Emily didn't ask more.

At about eight a.m., they reached their destination.

In front of them was a beautiful river surrounded by a beautiful field of flowers.

However, the flowers didn't seem real and looked like they had come out of a fairy tale.

"so beautiful," said Emily with her mouth open.

"It is, isn't it," Alex went near the lake and grabbed a bunch of pearls called "useless pearls" from his inventory and through them into the lake.

These pearls were limited in the shop, and there were only about a million of them for sale every year.

Because of their rarity and their beautiful look, many people bought them, and it didn't take long before they became like gold. Only valuable because of their shiny look and limited number.

In his previous life, the person that found this quest only found it by pure luck. She was wearing a bracelet made of these pearls, and when she went into the river to swim, she got a message saying that if she wanted to activate the hidden quest, she needed to bring more of these pearls to the river.

Alex knew all this because, not much later, the system would introduce a replacement for the internet, and many people used it to share information in exchange for INBs.

That poor girl had sold the information about the quest for a cheap price, and the person who bought it became one of the strongest people in the country because of the reward of this quest.

Unfortunately, the quest was a one-time thing, and nobody could do it after that person.

The pearls weren't much larger than a fingernail; Alex had spent almost all his money on them and bought a thousand of them.

With a bleeding heart, he through all the pearls into the river and not long after got a message.

DING

"you have met the requirements to activate a hidden quest in search of immortality."

"quest difficulty: A"

"do you wish to accept the quest?"

(you can add one party member for every five hundred pearls you provide.)

(the party member has to be at least level 30 to accept the quest.)

Alex had already formed a party with Emily, so he accepted the quest, and right then, a very ugly old mermaid came out of the river.

"Hello, young adventurers; thank you for waking me up from my forced sleep." Said the mermaid and looked at Alex, waiting for a reply.

'so the system is starting to improve,' Alex thought when he saw the NPC interacting with him almost like a normal human and said, "nice to meet you. Is there anything that we can help you with, my lady?"

The mermaid was clearly satisfied with the way Alex addressed her; she smiled and said, "well, yes, for years, I have searched the world for a way to become immortal, and I was very close to achieving it. But as I was about to succeed, I was betrayed by my most trusted assistant.

He used a potion to turn me old and sick, grabbed all the ingredients I had gathered, and ran. But he didn't know about the last ingredient to finish the potion, so I'm sure he hasn't been able to concoct the potion till now.

I want you to help me get revenge on that ungrateful son of a b**ch and get me my ingredients back,"

The mermaid said the last part with so much hate and anger that Alex could feel the temperature around him dropping.

DING

"will you help the unknown mermaid take her revenge?"

"quest difficulty: S."

"yes/no."

Alex hesitated a bit; there were several problems with the quest.

For example, this quest wasn't the same as his previous life. Its difficulty had also risen to S level, and all quests above S level had a penalty for failing. On the other hand, the penalties and rewards for this quest were unknown, which made It scarier.

But in the end, Alex made up his mind and said, "f**k it, I'll accept."

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Hello everyone

Sorry for the late update

I have no excuse and I sincerely apologize for my behavior

Hope you forgive me.

I will publish five chapters as an apology today.

Thank you for reading

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