I Reject Quests

Entrance of Area 51.

Rewen ran the entire way out with a person on his back. 

"This should be at least half-a-mile, right?"

"Longer." Said Svety who was splashing water on her face. Surprisingly, she didn't vomit.

Rewen went to one of the guards standing and asked, "Excuse me, is there any vending machine nearby?"

The guard pointed to one of the shops nearby. "There aren't any vending machines nearby but that shop has what you needed."

"Thanks." Rewen jogged his way to the shop. 

"Do you have Hagver?" 

"Youngsters' favorite. Of course, I got that." The shopkeeper opened his refrigerator and took out the drink Rewen asked for.

"Here it is."

Rewen took out his wallet and handed over 5 Credits to the shopkeeper.

As usual, he finished the drink as soon as he opened the lid of the can.

[Ding! Daily Missions from 'Bloodline System' completed! Do you want to receive the rewards right now?]

[Yes] [No]

'Yes.'

[Ding! There are three rewards presented for the Host but the Host can only pick one of them.

1. 5% Bloodline Activation

2. Brown Fruit

3. Luvin's Star Ticket

[What would the Host like to choose?]

'Show me the details for that brown fruit.'

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Item: Brown Fruit

Grade: High Silver

Type: Consumable

Effect: Ignites the blood of the consumer resulting in increased attributes. The increase in different attributes will be depending on how pure the consumer's bloodline is.

Side-effects: -5% Bloodline Activation

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'I'll pick this then.' Rewen unhesitantly picked the 'Brown Fruit' for obvious reasons, then went back to the entrance.

"What do we do now?" Svety asked, looking anxious.

"Svety, stay here." Rewen bluntly said.

"What about you?"

"I'm going to take a stroll around the Area."

Svety surprisingly didn't say anything. She opened her mouth several times but couldn't bring herself to say the words she wanted. In the end, she just sighed. "I'll be waiting here."

'With this out of the way, what should I actually do? Should I complete my daily missions? I got a lottery left. Or should I just jump the gun? For the time being, I shouldn't worry about my MP. Even if I can use [Mana Manipulation], I still can't use any skills. What about the lottery?' Rewen carefully considered as to what he should do. 

'Use the lottery.'

[Confirmation needed to use 'Tier 1 Bronze Lottery Ticket']

[Confirm] [I take it back]

'Confirm.'

Four seconds later.

[+2 All Physical Stats]

Rewen grinned widely. Perhaps this may not be a "good" prize to win in a lottery but to him, it is the one he needed the most. 'Using [Freestyle Knights Combat] would give me the stats of an Early Rank 3 Mage.'

[Ding! Main storyline quest has been issued. Would you like to see it?]

[Yes] [No]

'What the heck is the main storyline quest?'

[Replying to the Host, the main storyline quests are quests which are directly related to the Host's destiny.]

'What's the difference between this and normal quests? Aren't they also related to me?'

[The Host has many paths to choose. Depending on what you choose, a quest is issued. However, there are instances where the Host can't avoid an event to happen in his life. A main storyline quests are quests that appear in those instances.]

Rewen nodded, then tapped on 'Yes'.

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Quest: Blood over the Blood Squad

Grade: C-

Details: Kill the four members of the squad.

Rewards: Four Black-ranked Rank 1 Skills.

Failure: Forbidden to use [Freestyle Knights Combat] for the next week.

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[Would you like to accept the quest?]

[Yes] [No]

'Which means I can use [Freestyle Knight Combat] today?'

[The Host can use it today.]

'Then I reject the quest.'

[Wait, wait, wait! Are you sure you want to do this!? How foolish can you be? The cannibals would get killed regardless of whether you killed them or not. You are destined to become a great figure. You are beyond naive if you actually think that you can get to the top by being a saint.]

'I understand. Also, I rejected the quest. So why is it still in front of my eyes?'

[Rewen. Think twice. I know you don't want to follow through what we tell you to but this is for your own good. Your life may very well be in danger.]

'It has nothing to do with you. Since you have given me the [Freestyle Knights Combat], you can of course take back what you gave. Human lives are fragile and I'm just a village kid. Who am I to dictate the lives and death of others?'

[This isn't the time to be philosophical. How long are you going to follow your ideals of 'not killing'? Not everybody deserves to live. Those cannibals destroyed hundreds of lives. Do you think they still deserve to live after what they have done?]

'They will get killed anyway. However, I just don't want to be the one to do it.' Rewen had a complicated expression on his face.

[Since you insist so much.]

The screen in front of him vanished. 

Rewen had a smile on the corner of his lips. "It feels good to reject quests… Crap, I shouldn't make it a habit though." 

"Creepy smile +3." Svety's voice rang from beside.

"Shut up."

***

Activating [Stealth], Rewen brushed past by the wind and between the trees. He didn't know if anyone had seen him or not but he was pretty confident of not being instantly seen. 'What kind of [Stealth] user am I if I got tracked by a Rank 1?'

*Swish*

An arrow narrowly passed by Rewen. 'Huh?' He was confused for a while, then took cover near a tree. 'I'm a special kind of [Stealth] user.' He bitterly smiled. 'Nevermind, how many are there?'

When he peeked from the tree, he saw a long-face thin man in black sitting over a tree nearly five meters apart from the tree he was taking cover under.

'Just one? It must be sent here as a tracker.' He made a reasonable deduction, then let out a breath and watched the man carefully.

Carrying a bow and several arrows, the long-faced thin man rubbed his neck. "I thought I saw someone. Was I wrong?" He asked himself with a frown, then turned back after a while.

Rewen saw this as an opportunity. He was about to strike with the dagger in his hand when the long-faced thin man turned around all of a sudden.

"JUST KIDDING!" With a crazed laugh, the long-faced thin man jumped from the tree and rushed towards the tree Rewen was taking over. 

When he reached the tree, there was no one. 'Where is he? If I was him, what would I do? Shit!' As soon as he realized something, he tried to get away as fast as possible but he was a little too late. By the time he had noticed that Rewen was on top of him hanging by the tree, a dagger pierced his left palm.

Rewen didn't stop. He wanted to again strike but the long-faced man got away.

"Ahhh! It hurts! DAMN IT!!" The long-faced man cried out in pain, slowly taking out the dagger that had pierced. When he took the dagger out, fresh blood covered his entire palm. His eyes were red, like a hungry beast. Needless to say, he was very angry about this.

"What are you going to do now? Run away? Sorry to say but that's not possible. I'm way faster than you. Which means the only reason you are standing here and not running is because you are stalling for time. In some way or the other, you definitely notified your fellow squad mates." Rewen took out another dagger from his pocket and made a stance. He now had two daggers, one each on his hands.

The long-faced thin man didn't reveal any kind of surprise or emotion hearing him. "You aren't bad. How about you join us?"

Rewen mirthlessly smiled, then dashed out towards him. "You think I have the time to listen to your nonsense." However, as he closed in the gap between them, he noticed his opponent's right hand move from his pockets.

A smoke erupted from near the long-faced thin man. 

"As I expected." Rewen snorted. Luckily, he didn't want to take the risk and backed off. "If I may ask, what exactly is the purpose of the bomb?"

No response came. Soon, the smoke cleared up but there was no sight of the long-faced man. 

Rewen's eyes squinted. 'Where is he? Did he run away? No. That's not possible. I would have seen him if he did which means…' He suddenly moved from his spot. Just then, another arrow shot out from an unknown place and grazed past his arm.

His arm bleeded a little but he relaxed because it wasn't a deep cut. Moving his eyes to the origin of the arrow, he found the long-faced man looking down at him from a tree. "What was that?" He asked.

The long-faced man made a wide grin. "Before that, you might want to check your arm and see if it's poisoned or anything."