Death… And Me

Chapter 1532 - Evil Quest?

[Even the oldest humans and demon beasts of the Upside Down World have been in this place for as long as they could remember. Obviously, theyʼre beings that were born and lived here all their lives. After so long, these beings have finally come up with a way of escaping the Upside Down World.]

[New Quest Available: Prevent the beings of the Upside Down World from escaping.]

[Point Reward: 150000 Destiny Points.]

[Title Reward: Dream Breakers.]

[Failure conditions: 1- The hosts leave the Upside Down World without completing the quest. 2- The hosts take more than six months to accomplish the objective.]

[Failure punishment: Time for full Nascent Soul revival multiplied by one hundred.]

The twins were taken aback after they read through everything. It had been a long time since the system released a new quest. In fact, the last one was back on the Zasfinsʼ planet. However, what truly caught their attention was the objective of the quest. ʼWhy would the system want to prevent the people of the Upside Down World from coming out?ʼ

The systemʼs quests couldnʼt be said to be righteous. Instead, they were more like challenges the twins had to pass through. However, none of the past quests had an objective that could be said to be evil. Thatʼs why the twins were surprised by such a request. Everyone here had been locked for so long. Not to mention that Rean truly thought about using his method of teleportation to let them come out once the twinsʼ own safe passage was guaranteed.

As Himatikia talked to them, the twins used their Soul Connection to talk about it.

ʼNow, thatʼs quite complicated,ʼ Rean said. ʼTo be honest, if the people and demon beasts here have found a way out, I would be happy for them. After all, there are good ones here who deserve going out.ʼ

Roan already expected that from Rean, saying, ʼIf there was no punishment, I wouldnʼt really mind giving up this quest. However, do you know what it means to multiply the time it takes for our Nascent Souls to revive by one hundred? Itʼll already take a year and three months for it to revive, you know?ʼ

Rean shook his head, saying, ʼThe punishment said that it will multiply the remaining time. Our Nascent Souls will take one year and three months to revive. However, six months in the future, thatʼll just be nine months. With that said, itʼs a hundred times nine months, not one year and three months.ʼ

Roanʼs mouth twitched in response. ʼSo what if the time is shorter? You canʼt possibly be considering accepting the punishment, right? A. Hundred. Times. Nine. Months! Thatʼs seventy-five years! Both you and I are seventy-three at the moment, idiot! We havenʼt even lived this long on this side of the universe. At that point, it would be much better to simply cultivate back to the Peak Stage of the Elemental Transformation Realm than wait for the revival.ʼ

Of course, Rean knew that. ʼYes, but...ʼ Itʼs just that he couldnʼt think about stopping everyone from going out. Why should they crush these people and demon beastsʼ dreams?

With that, Roan decided to use the ultimate weapon. ʼWe have been apart from Qia and Calina for who knows how many years already, and now you want to increase that time even more? Which one is more important to you? Your woman or a bunch of unknown people? Remember, itʼs not like youʼre going to kill anyone. Their lives will simply continue as theyʼve always known them to be. Put your priorities in the right place!ʼ

Sure enough, those words hit Rean where it hurt. He struggled a bit inside but, in the end, couldnʼt deny Roanʼs words. ʼFine! Weʼll try to stop them. Happy now? Fuck this shit. I hope I can put my hand on Soul Gem in the future.ʼ

Hearing that, Roan sighed in relief. ʼItʼs good that you think like that. Donʼt worry. Thereʼs a good thing about it, and it isnʼt the extra Destiny Points or the title.ʼ

ʼA good thing?ʼ Reanʼs interest was piqued.

Roan then explained, ʼThe system had never put a quest that could be considered ʼevilʼ for us to complete. At most, they could be considered neutral. That being said, do you think the system would really ask for such a thing if there wasnʼt a reason behind it?ʼ

ʼThis...ʼ Rean had to admit Roanʼs words were right. ʼIf so, this mission has a lot more to it than the system described. Now that you say that, the system is giving 150000 Destiny Points as a reward. Whatever this quest is accomplishing, it has very great repercussions to the Upside Down World and probably the entire Pol Continent.ʼ

Roan nodded in agreement. ʼIt was quite obvious before, but now even more so. Thereʼs a lot more to this Upside Down World than we can see. Anyways, we can continue this talk after Himatikia finishes her words. The system quest started as soon as she mentioned that guy called Levid. Thereʼs definitely a connection there.ʼ

Himatikia, obviously, didnʼt know what the twins talked about. First of all, since it was a conversation between the two of them, just a split second passed in the real world. How could she notice anything? ”Grand Elder seemed to have obtained some interest in you two after the report I submitted a few hours ago.”

Although Himatikia couldnʼt share the twinsʼ details with the other powers, she could still do it within her own purging organization. ”However, I donʼt know why exactly he wants to see you.”

The twins nodded, pretending to not mind it too much. ”Sure, no problem. Should we be concerned about our own safety?”

Himatikia immediately shook her head, saying, ”Absolutely not. You arenʼt the first geniuses to ever appear in this place, you know? If that was the case, this Upside Down World wouldʼve been in chaos. However, thereʼs a good chance that you will be forced to join the purging organization to prevent other powers from asking for your help.”

The twins were fine with that. ”Well, this is one of the strongest powers even though they have no say in the Upside Down Worldʼs affairs. I guess it wouldnʼt be a bad thing to join your side.”