"Alright, but you'll have to participate. Having a beauty introduce the products is definitely better than a guy like me."
"You're quite handsome too. If I wasn't saving you for Snow Moon, I would have already taken a bite ~"
"What are you saying...?"
"You really are a fool." Amethyst giggled.
"So bluntly?" No One sighed.
"Don't worry, Sister Amethyst here has already said, I won't let you suffer any loss." Amethyst smiling while taking a sip of tea.
No One scratched his head.
So this was a hidden event.
But why is DMG being so cryptic?
This is the first time there's been a "hidden quest" like this.
"They don't want the balance to tip any further."
Amethyst lay on the table, playing with statues made of water while responding to No One.
"The Demonic Path is clearly gaining an advantage over the Heavenly Path."
"Revealing the secrets of the Thousand Tails Coin now is akin to fueling the Yaoguais."
"But the appearance of the Thousand Tails Coin at the Mystical Shop is inevitable; they can't prevent it."
"So they don't give players any hints."
I see.
But wait a minute.
No One was startled, as if realizing something.
For...
The players.
No One immediately shot a glare at Amethyst.
Amethyst smiled, as if she never intended to hide it from the start.
She gently tucked her hair behind her ear, eyes wide open.
Revealing a pair of... damaged eyes?
They looked somewhat horrifying.The eyes, before activating the ability to see the future, would look normal.
But Amethyst was activating it for No One to see.
The pupils appeared decayed, destroyed.
The jade color of the eyes darkened significantly.
"I had to pay a steep price to know that foreigners see this world as just a game."
No One began to sweat.
What is this...?
Isn't this just a game...?
An NPC... can reach this extent.
At this moment, No One's thoughts were completely overturned.
Somewhat... afraid.
Afraid of this world.
The world he thought was just a game... now seemed to exist for real.
He felt dizzy.
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His ears rang.
His face turned pale.
His mind was in turmoil.
What happening...?
His head...?
It like something just...
Just...
WHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHATWHYWHYWHYTHINGSHOULDN'TKNOWWHYWHYWHYWHATWHYWHY
WHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHATWHYWHYWHYTHISWORLDDOESN'TEXISTTHEWAYITSHOULDBEWHY
WHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHATWHYWHYWHYISEESOANDSOWHYWHYWHYWHATWHY
His body jerked.
His hands trembled.
Amethyst noticed the primal fear within No One.
The fear of the unknown.
She gently approached No One.
"Don't be afraid."
She kissed his forehead lightly.
Huh?
It was as if No One was freed from his fear.
What just happened?
"That's how I felt when I first realized that people from afar see this world merely as a game."
"A few others know about this already, and those who learn it for the first time have similar reactions."
"A few months ago, a player had the exact same feelings."
"The Incarnation of the Rabbit God, you've probably heard of it, right?"
No One nodded.
He was aware of what happened in Qiu Yu City.
"Unlike us, that Incarnation has the support of a Divine Spirit."
"She figured out why we all experience such a chaotic fear."
"It's called the 【Forbidden Spell of the Outer God】."
"Neither side is supposed to know about this."
Amethyst rubbed No One's head with her hand.
"Fortunately, someone else can easily dispel this condition."
"It's more like a warning."
"But I advise you not to be too curious about it... At least not now."
No One became noticeably more pensive.
What had just happened was too frightening.
"Why... are you telling me all of this?"
Amethyst smiled.
"Because I want to see... if you're ready to shake up this world once more."
He swallowed.
"Shake up the world?"
Amethyst wrapped her arm around No One's shoulder and hugged him from behind.
"This foolish child doesn't even realize what he's accomplished."
The coffee table began to display an image.
It was No One.
Running through a sea of flames.
"Immortal Blade ~ You better treat my dear Master well ~"
"Please stop..." No One was blushing deeply.
Amethyst giggled.
"Oh, little one ~"
"Ever since you ran through the Sea of Flames."
"This world has not been the same as before."
"People from afar, the Foreigners of this world, are all variables that my eyes cannot truly comprehend."
"But you."
"You are the greatest variable."
The coffee table melted to the ground.
Then the entire Grand Hall filled with streams of water swirling around the two of them.
"If we call time a stream."
Amethyst gently held a tiny boat made out of the pinkish water.
"Then this boat is the present."
"It goes with the direction of the wind, with the flow of the stream."
"That's the natural order."
"But the people from afar aren't the natural order of this world."
Tiny water figures of people jumped onto the boat.
Then they began to row and steer.
Changing the boat's direction.
"The world's boat has shifted its course..."
"You are its captain, No One."
"Please be gentle with my world ~"
No One watched the boat drift on the streams of water.
Silent and pensive.
"So... what about you?"
He turned to look at Amethyst.
"Me? I'm just someone on the boat ~"
"A passenger wouldn't naturally know the course of a boat adrift at sea," No One interjected.
"Amethyst, you’re not just a passenger."
"What are you?"
Amethyst was silent.
The smile on her face didn't vanish, but it changed.
It wasn't a playful smile anymore.
But a smile... of genuine intrigue.
"Indeed I'm not a passenger,"
No One looking at Amethyst with a serious face.
"I'm are a leviathan beneath that boat, ready to swallow the future of this world whole."
No One was starting to sweat.
Amethyst didn't emit any aura of a Yaoguai King.
Yet he could still feel the weight of those words.
"Then why do you need me as the captain?"
"For fun," Amethyst shrugged.
"Stop joking around, ma'am."
Amethyst laughed.
"Timing and opportunity."
"Even a sea monster must choose the right moment."
"So I need a captain to seize that opportunity for me."
No One looked at Amethyst.
She looked back at him.
The air seemed to hold an invisible tension.
"No One, I've seen your future, and I've seen your past."
"In this world alone, forgive me, I don't dare look into other worlds. The cost is too steep."
"What I know is that you are someone who greatly values loyalty, but you are not a fool."
"I wouldn't call you a wild flame that burns everything; you're willing to make changes, but you're not thoughtless like others."
"You... are more like me."
"A stream of water."
"Flowing strongly. Swiftly. But it doesn't destroy everything in its path; it weaves through the smallest crevices to reach its destination."
"You know how to calculate and think through your actions."
"Can you tell me your purpose, then?" No One asked quietly.
Amethyst smiled.
"My purpose..."
"To turn my humble dreams into reality."
"To make this world a better place to live in."
Amethyst looked at the flowing streams she created.
Her hands cradled the boat navigating through the storms.
No One watched her.
He remained silent.Listening to the story of the esteemed Thousand Tails Yaoguai King.
The story that he wouldn't believe it is from a "NPC".
"If I were to say you're a sea monster."
"You resemble more of a guardian goddess for this ship."
"A hero."
Amethyst shook her head.
"These hands have long been stained."
"I am not worthy of those words."
No One remained silent, watching the flowing streams with Amethyst.
"What is your plan?"
Amethyst extended her hand towards him.
"Welcome aboard, captain."