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Chapter 1070 - Chapter 1070 Chapter 1072 Escort_1

Chapter 1070: Chapter 1072: Escort_1 Chapter 1070: Chapter 1072: Escort_1 Seeing Song Jian at a loss for words, Nafiboja’s face revealed a faint smile, confident as if everything was already under her control.

“Of course, all of this is negotiable, as long as you do me a favor. The Heart of Slaughter and Sword Immortal set, I’ll give them all to you!” Nafiboja said with a smile.

“Oh, are you really that kind-hearted?” Song Jian’s face showed hesitation. This trick seemed all too familiar, a bit like how in the real world, a company would want to give out less in year-end bonuses. Then they would leak rumors about layoffs, creating panic among the employees who then focused on whether they would be laid off or not. Eventually, their boss would argue with the company, which would then abandon the idea of layoffs. However, everyone would lose their year-end bonus.

Everyone would breath a sigh of relief, feeling that compared to layoffs, missing the year-end bonus was acceptable, though deep down, it still felt uncomfortable!

At the end of the year, they would unexpectedly learn that the company decided to give out a year-end bonus after all, albeit only 30%. But this news made many people feel grateful to the company.

Nafiboja was doing the same thing, first driving Song Jian into despair, then giving him a glimmer of hope to obtain the Sword Immortal set and the Heart of Slaughter. It was exactly like the company’s tactics!

“So, what do you need help with?” Song Jian, having thought it through and feeling somewhat helpless, could either leave this place directly or complete Nafiboja’s task to get the Sword Immortal set and the Heart of Slaughter. With Song Jian’s current strength, it was not possible to simply ignore the details of the task and step into the Teleportation Gate.

“I need you to escort someone out of here, out of the Tower of Slaughter, out of Scorching Gorge…” Nafiboja said.

“Is it really that simple?” Song Jian looked skeptical. The trials in the Tower of Slaughter were nothing to him. If it weren’t for the fact that the Sky-breaking Sword was still in the process of merging and gestation, he could top the Slaughter Rankings at every level.

“It’s that simple. Are you willing to accept the task?” Nafiboja asked, and with a raise of her hand, Song Jian immediately received a system prompt.

System: Tower of Slaughter spirit Nafiboja issues you an epic escort quest, Leave; Quest details: Escort a person designated by Nafiboja out of Scorching Gorge, and ensure that they are unharmed throughout the journey. Penalty for failure: None. Reward: Scroll of the Heart of Slaughter (1), Sword Immortal’s Radiant Slaughter Gauntlets (1).

Seeing the quest prompt and its contents, Song Jian slightly relaxed, putting his mind at ease. In the game, many NPCs would issue tasks to players without any system prompts. If that were the case, even if you completed the task, they wouldn’t necessarily give you the reward as promised.

Only tasks authenticated by the system would grant rewards upon completion.

Even so, NPCs in the game would often hide crucial difficulties of the tasks based on the principle of asymmetrical information–like this escort quest. The quest details had no problems, but the crucial points were the tier of the quest, epic, and the rewards, a Scroll of the Heart of Slaughter and a gauntlet from the Sword Immortal set.

These two points alone suggested that the task could be far more difficult than he imagined.

After hesitating for a long time, Song Jian finally nodded and said, “I’ll take the task!”

A smile of relief appeared on Nafiboja’s face as she nodded at Song Jian. Shortly after, a silver wall silently cracked open, and a figure that looked nearly identical to Nafiboja stepped out.

The person Song Jian was to escort looked shorter and much younger than Nafiboja, like a youthful version of her.

“Is this your…” Song Jian said, surprised. It was clear that the person before him wasn’t human, as her eyes and movements differed greatly from those of humans. And her skin was faintly shimmering with a metallic luster, obviously, she was a special kind of robot.

“She is the one you will be escorting. I hope you can safely escort her out of the Scorching Gorge…” Nafiboja said with a smile. “She also possesses combat abilities and can help you fight. She won’t drag you down or be a burden!”

“I hope so. Can we leave now?” Song Jian took a deep breath. The Moon Essence Wheel spun slowly around his body like a lazy cat but ready to tear an enemy into shreds at first sight of prey.

“With your current combat power, the probability of completing the escort mission is only 3.8%…” Nafiboja hesitated before said, “I can accelerate the fusion process of your weapon, but according to the conservation exchange principle, you will need to pay the price of two epic-level equipment!”

Song Jian’s eyes lit up, realizing this was indeed possible.

Without any hesitation, he took out two pieces of epic-level equipment from his inventory and handed them to Nafiboja. It was well-known that without the Sky-breaking Sword, and unable to perform the Thousand Swords Art, Song Jian’s strength was less than a third of what it used to be. After obtaining the Moon Essence Wheel, his strength had increased slightly, but the gap compared to the Thousand Swords Art was still vast.

If he could allow the Sky-breaking Sword to complete its fusion ahead of time, not only could Song Jian’s strength be restored to its original state, but it might even improve a bit.

“Will accelerating the fusion cause any adverse aftereffects on my weapon?” Song Jian suddenly asked.

“No!” Nafiboja replied, then lifted her right hand, and instantly a beam of golden light, like a laser, shot into Song Jian’s forehead.

This beam of light moved incredibly fast. With Song Jian’s strength, he had no ability to dodge. By the time he realized what was happening, Nafiboja had already lowered her hand.

Song Jian was shocked. The Nafiboja in front of him seemed like an illusion, but he hadn’t expected her to act so swiftly that he didn’t even have time to react before she made her move, not feeling even a hint of caution.

“You…” Song Jian was about to speak when the Nafiboja in front of him showed him a charming smile, then her entire figure suddenly dispersed, turning into countless colorful spots of light that slowly faded into the air.

At that moment, a dragon sword chant like a dragon’s roar suddenly came to Song Jian’s ears. His body burst into light, with purple-gold radiance flowing over his body’s surface like mercury.

Whoosh~

A three-inch sword blade flew out from his body, twisting through the air like a joyful fish, drawing arc after arc and revolving continuously around Song Jian.

Clang~

The three-inch sword blade collided with the Moon Essence Wheel, spinning out a few steps away. Sparks erupted from the Moon Essence Wheel as if it was avoiding the sword blade, changing its previous erratic orbit and slowly moving in a different direction.

Whimper~

The three-inch sword blade slightly trembled as if it developed a keen interest in the Moon Essence Wheel, moving up and down around it as if closely observing something. Moments later, it issued a sharp cry, and the air rippled with invisible energy.

Clang, clang, clang~

The three-inch sword blade flew up and down around the Moon Essence Wheel, continuously launching attacks, and a spray of sparks burst forth. The Moon Essence Wheel had no power to retaliate; within a few seconds, it was directly shattered by the sword blade, fragments scattering across the air, then slowly vanishing.

After destroying the Moon Essence Wheel, the three-inch sword blade seemed rather proud, transmitting a joyous emotion to Song Jian; it then circled twice around him and returned to his dantian like a swallow flying back to its nest, rolling up into a fingernail-sized ball and quietly floating in the dantian.

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PS: Special thanks to “Liu Chuyuan” for the 500 QiDian coins reward~