The Azure Longsword

Chapter 20: Because you are a good person

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Although many people are reluctant to admit it or are unaware of it, in fact, most people have a certain dark side in their hearts, whether they are players or NPCs.

For example, in the world of "Iron and Fire", it is common for NPCs who issue tasks to deny their obligations afterwards, or even try to kill the players who have completed the tasks.

Players are all immortal so they are not afraid of this. If you want to mess with me, I will of course just start fighting. However, it is also very troublesome to be constantly plotted against by NPCs while doing a mission.

However, there is an organization of NPCs that will never plot against players, and that is the "Blade Warrior" in the Holy Solomon Empire, which is composed of extraordinary warriors who want to wield swords and be loyal to their lords. They control the bloodline of the "Kingsguard", and the first sequence before it is Justice X.

No matter if the NPC is a murderous bandit or a thief, as long as he drinks Justice X, he will become a knight with noble character.

He keeps his word, does not plot or bully the weak, and will always give the rewards promised to players. If the difficulty of a task is 100 points, he will definitely not just say 99 points. If the player complains that the difficulty is too high, he will take the initiative to increase the money. He is a shining role model among task-issuing NPCs and a friend of players.

What's even more amazing is that this change in personality is not subtle, but the moment the potion takes effect, it directly cuts into the NPC's dark psychology.

Ask still remembers a quest called "Don't Stop Getting Drunk", which is about a drunk NPC who just joined Blade Knight. Because the spirit of chivalry does not allow him to drink excessively, he can only ask the player to find good wine for him.

When the player found the wine, the guy even brought the bottle to his lips, but he couldn't drink it in the end, with a look of pain, entanglement and helplessness on his face. So the reputation of this Justice X spread among the players, and the players nicknamed it the "Honest Man" potion, which means "drink this bottle of milk, and you will be an honest man."

According to some players who are brave enough to explore, after drinking Justice X, your game character can no longer steal, provoke or kill without reason, nor can you break into the NPC's house without permission. Some players who like to swear even found that some aggressive words were blocked, such as "What are you looking at" and "What's wrong with you looking at me", which turned into "beep!" when spoken out of their mouths, causing a large number of complaints from uncomfortable players.

Of course, there are also people who find this very immersive after getting used to it.

"Ah, I don't feel anything," Eleanor said puzzledly.

"How can you not feel anything?" Ask was quite surprised. "Don't you have a feeling of 'I don't know why, but I was forced to change my ways', or 'I had no choice before, but now I have to be a good person'?"

"No," Eleanor said honestly.

"If someone on the street asked you for donations in the name of 'my child is seriously ill, please help me'," Ask recalled a classic psychological test question on the Internet and asked, "What would you do?"

"Donate money." Eleanor blinked, "Look how much money I have."

"What if he is a fraud?" Ask immediately asked, "In fact, there are no sick children at all, and he is just using this name to swindle people and squander donations?"