Chapter 58 – Temptation of a Dark Gold Grade Weapon

"My daughter…" Baron Bary seemed to still care about his daughter, who he had exiled to the countryside.

"Is dead. It's a pity for those ten or so servants and that poor boy from the countryside. Some were the orphans of soldiers who died for you." 

Su Mo took out his arm cannon and started to polish it.

Su Mo was different than other players in that he cared about his weapons greatly. He had bought some special grease and would frequently polish his weapons.

"You killed them." Baron Bary carefully wiped his mouth and motioned for the old butler to take the remaining food away.

"They already died; I just put them to rest. Oh, and also, that gatekeeper seemed to be a living person, but he was an accomplice to this, so him dying was not a pity." Su Mo felt quite tired standing, so he walked to the table and sat down.

Baron Bary looked at Su Mo with disgust as Su Mo sat down on the exquisitely-made and extremely clean chair in his crappy clothes.

"What do you want, you lowly plebeian?"

"Actually, I don't know what I want either. I just came from an old farmer's house—I went to deliver his son's ashes. When I was there, he did not shed a single tear, but after I walked out those broken doors, I could hear him crying sorrowfully."

"So?"

"So, I want to seek justice for them," Su Mo played with his arm cannon, pretending to shoot it.

"Don't you just want money? Take it." Baron Bary tossed over a small sack of money. From the sound of the bag hitting the table, there were most likely seven or eight coins inside.

"You think you can do whatever you want just because you have money?" For some reason, Su Mo wanted to laugh.

Since he wanted to laugh, he laughed. This was a game, a place where players could do whatever they wanted.

He then summoned Lafu. Seeing the strangers, Lafu barked a few times to intimidate them.

"You're not a mercenary; you're an adventurer?" Baron Bary looked at Lafu closely and drew a conclusion that shocked him.

Su Mo was even more shocked.

If I'm not an adventurer, would an NPC come find you?

NPC could do quests?

This game's AI was a bit too advanced. Su Mo finally realized the deeper intent behind New World's name.

Baron Bary recovered faster than Su Mo. Nobility had high requirements towards etiquette and elegance, and he seemed to feel that Su Mo being an adventurer was a good thing.

Baron Bary waved his hand and Master Santos bowed as he walked over.

Baron Bary said something that Su Mo couldn't hear, and Master Santos glared at Su Mo with displeasure. He then went out and came back not too long after.

He laid an exquisite-looking crossbow inlaid with many gemstones on the table.

The crossbow's information was revealed—it was a high-quality Dark Gold grade crossbow. Green, Blue, Silver, and Gold grade equipment were low to mid tier equipment; Dark Gold was truly high tier equipment.

To date, no one had been heard of having Dark Gold grade equipment yet.

Baron Bary stroked this weapon with a nostalgic look and said, "This is a weapon I forged with a true grandmaster when I was young. I gave it to my daughter, my only daughter. It's a pity that she passed away; can you understand my feelings as a father?"

Su Mo nodded, then shook his head, not saying anything.

"You're an adventurer—adventurer, player, it's all the same—I know that you don't die, so there's no point making threats," Baron Bary said, "I have a quest; I wonder if you'd be interested in it.

"As long as you forget everything you saw and experienced, you can have this weapon."

The system notified Su Mo that he had received the quest The Baron's Frustrations, and the reward was a Dark Gold grade crossbow.

Su Mo just so happened to lack a crossbow, and he probably would not be able to find one better than this. He indeed could take this quest, and it would be very simple—he just needed to stop investigating this.

Perhaps he could leap over and grab the weapon; even if he died, it wouldn't matter.

However, a thief would not be trusted by anyone, whether because of law or morals, at any level.

He could also agree on the face of things before hiring someone to think of ways to make the Baron die a tragic death. However, Su Mo had a feeling that if he accepted this quest, the special quest might disappear.

Two scenes danced in his mind. The first was the old farmer soundlessly sobbing; one was Greta's mother dressed in bright clothes, confidently smiling as she thanked Baron Bary for taking care of her and her daughter.

"I think I've already obtained what I want. Goodbye, Baron Bary. Hope you have a good dinner." Su Mo did not even look at the Dark Gold grade crossbow before a white light flashed and he disappeared from the Baron's table.

After Su Mo left, the two old men sank into silence.

Baron Bary caressed the crossbow before gripping it tightly, causing it to become a piece of scrap metal. The gemstones fell out and gave pleasing sounds as they fell on the marble floor.

"I'm going to Dracula's."

"Sir?"

"Someone will temporarily stand in for me."

"Lord Dracula, he…"

"It's fine."

Baron Bary patted Master Santos' hand and turned into a ball of black smoke, and something within the black smoke seemed to spread its wings and fly off.

Su Mo was somewhat worried that Baron Bary would attack him. For him to take out a Level 30 Dark Gold crossbow, and it being something he had used when he was young, killing a Level 20 or so player like him would be incredibly easy. Moreover, he had an incredibly profound-looking butler.

After Su Mo left, he immediately headed to Dracula's Umbra City.

Belmont Dracula was a savage executioner. During wartime, he liked to stab sharp sticks into captives' bottoms that went out their mouths.

Umbra Castle still had sculptures depicting this.

After the war ended, the law was very strict about freedom. As long as one was not a slave, even rulers of territories could not take people's lives.

Powerful Enforcement Regiments ensured that all nobles enjoyed their power and followed the law.

There was an Enforcement Regiment stationed at Dracula's Umbra Castle for years on end. Everyone saw this as the legislative assembly's monitoring and defense against him—Su Mo was going to find these people.

He had thought that people would make things difficult for him here, but after he stated his purpose, the soldiers at the city gates let him through.

This was a city that still had not been opened to players yet. It was within the embrace of two mountains, and the air was quite damp as a cold wind blew gently. It was just that the lighting was quite dim.

Two soldiers led the way ahead of him and two soldiers followed up behind him as they brought him to the Federation Enforcement Regiment's encampment.

The encampment had red walls and black roofs. Perhaps it was because too many innocent or not-so-innocent suspects had been brought here by the Enforcement Regiment and tortured to death, but Su Mo could smell the stench of blood from some steel structures from afar.