Chapter 12 - A Must-Read for Building Affinity with the Nightmare NPC.
A Must-Read for Building Affinity with the Nightmare NPC.
Translator : Elizabeth
[System Notice.]
[Nightmare Floor 7 has been opened.]
[Nightmare Main Quest has been issued. Conquer a Specific NPC Entity.]
[The corresponding NPC ??? is a young female.]
[Make the entity rely on you, or break her.]
“W-what on earth is this.”
Cleared Destruction Floor 2.
After suffering all sorts of humiliation from goblins and barely clearing Destruction Floor 2 and returning, what is this.
I slept with a happy heart and woke up, only to find some strange system notice floating.
Nightmare Floor 7 Open. Main Quest: Conquer Specific NPC. Make the NPC rely on you or break her will. That NPC is a young female.
This….
It’s me.
Undeniably me.
Why does such a notice pop up.
Even worse, break her will or make her rely on you? What kind of dog-bone chewing sound is that?
Just what kind of quest is this??
It's just a Wanted poster!!
“Ha… seriously, f*ck… Administrator… Haaaa…….”
Why are you doing such inefficient things.
At this point, I can't help but be suspicious.
A notice clearly targeting me.
Perhaps the Administrator has been watching me from somewhere since the day the curse was cast.
Maybe he heard me cursing and retaliated.
Only then can I barely accept it.
And if that is really the case.
“Administrator-ya… you are just an inefficient guy with the intelligence of a retarded toddler. You're just getting cocky because you have the power to shake the world despite being like that. Huh? Are you listening? Why don't you try to argue back?”
I kinda hate guys like this.
How did I end up meeting an opponent like this.
Of all things, the guy obsessed with me is the culprit who flipped the Earth and is inefficient on top of that.
Seems like he's frantic to ruin me somehow.
I can feel the terrible malice to drag me down.
Well… honestly, it is fun.
Shall I say I learned the taste of overcoming.
The thrill was overflowing a bit.
It was just too severe.
Zzzzt!….
Huh? I think I heard a noise sound just now.
Did I hear wrong?
Gulp gulp.
I got up and filled my stomach with water.
Soothed my hunger and sat in front of the computer.
Anyway, it already happened. Need to grasp the situation and prepare.
That is the appearance of an efficient true member of society.
First, I explored the gallery's recommended posts.
[Share some info on Nightmare Floor 6.][Looks like there's something to this quest?][System Notice Analysis.][Looking for Nightmare Quest Party.]
[Quiet Burp-zwa resurrects like a dog lol][A Must-Read for Building Affinity with Nightmare Main NPC.][Looks like Burp-zwa is the Nightmare Pioneer?][Seems Government doesn't know who Burp-zwa is either?]
[Let's go Nightmare Floor 7.][Anyone succeeded in conversation with Nightmare NPC?][Isn't this the reward for successful NPC conquest?][Why did Burp-zwa climb Floor 2 only now?]
Nightmare. NPC. Burp-zwa.
Three keywords occupying the gallery.
Seeing the gallery burning furiously from the morning, I suddenly feel a sense of shame.
All of this is about me.
I didn't want to become famous in this way….
Will the gallery keep burning like this every time I climb 1 floor of the Tower in the future?
I'll be dug into more and more.
Might be a little scary.
Then let's make a plan. I must design my perfect life within a maximum of a few floors.
First earn money with magic stones.
Secure stable income.
Hire gallery public opinion manipulators too.
Go ghost a bit to be forgotten naturally.
Right.
Let's do it slowly step by step. A small step is half the start, they say. Grow myself to the point where I don't need to climb the Tower.
Some stubbornness started to arise.
Click.
I clicked on a conspicuous gallery post.
Before getting ahead of the future, information gathering comes first.
Let's collect the atmosphere and information on how Hunters treat me.
[System Notice Analysis.][Poster: 2EE]
Explaining under the premise that everyone saw the notice.
Nightmare Main Quest is making the NPC rely on you or breaking her will.
In other words, choice between 2 paths: Affinity Route and Depravity (Pippye/Angst) Route.
As you probably already saw on Floor 5, the girl is severely wary so she runs away unconditionally. To make her rely on you, you have to approach really carefully, and to break her will, you'll probably have to catch her so she can't even run away.
But there is one strange point.
Isn't the latter too easy?
This is the questionable point.
The girl wields earth magic, but is weak enough in close combat to be cornered by goblins. Meaning once you succeed in approaching, it's over.
It's strange that the balance difference between choices is too big.
Surely there must be something hidden.
Someone try catching her. Probably quest clear is much easier and faster this way.
OO: Everyone is already on Affinity Route gg OO: Aren't you climbing Nightmare too? Can't you just try it yourself?
2EE: Already tried. OO: Fr?? How did it go? 2EE: No, I did Affinity Route. OO: F*ck lol You don't do it yourself but tell others to try? Trying to eat raw (freeload). 2EE: It's because I'm already digging into Affinity Route. OO: Just say it honestly. Isn't it because you don't want to bully a beautiful girl yourself? But think it's okay for others to do it? OO: No answer right? Hit the mark right? DdyuriJyulle: Honestly bullying a girl is a bit… I left the party because of this.
What.
Quite unexpected?
I was making sure to read 2EE's posts since before.
Because he's the guy who dug into me the most and was quick-witted, so it was troubling.
For a guy like that to take the Affinity Route.
This is rather suspicious.
Maybe he intends to break down my NPC's wariness and approach to capture her?
But my NPC wouldn't know this.
Shouldn't fall for such a shallow trick.
More than that, this guy 2EE… should I dig into him in reverse? Feel like we'll get entangled often in the future.
Need to watch him a bit more.
Click next post.
[A Must-Read for Building Affinity with Nightmare Main NPC.][Poster: Wakyapya]
NPC is a kid barely becoming a middle schooler.
Obviously have to entice and gaslight her right??
First, she wields powerful earth magic, but is vulnerable in close combat enough to be caught by goblins. So she is probably extremely wary of people approaching close.
We must pay attention to this part.
If you look up videos, between approaching close and talking from afar, she runs away much later in the latter case.
Absolutely NO approaching until wariness is lifted.
And investigating further, they say if you save the girl and turn around and disappear first without saying anything, the NPC actually looks at our back.
Just looking at it, affinity was created right?
Therefore.
Acting uninterested probably works quite well.
But then isn't that the end? you ask?
No no absolutely not.
Anyway she's a Main NPC.
Meaning she appears consistently in Nightmare. The point is to melt the wariness little by little each time. Author plans to do so on Floor 7 this time too.
This is a long-term battle. If you have the ability to continue climbing Nightmare, keep your distance consistently.
Thinking she might approach first then.
And there is a rumor someone gave clothes to the NPC and made her wear them, don't believe such tabloids and absolutely never take strange clothes and offer them or anything.
You can see eyes of contempt.
Unless you completely conquered her or are going for Depravity Route from the start, not recommended.
Three line summary.
Keep your distance far away without approaching if possible. Use 'acting uninterested' to make her turn around first. Don't be impatient and go for a long-term battle.
Ok?
Praying everyone can pat-pat her.
OO: Info post upvote OO: What if I don't have the skill to keep climbing Nightmare?
Swish: Gotta go Depravity Route lol Catch the girl in the early stages and finish it. OO: What did you do? Swish: I'm a Normal user… sob. OO: Ah lol hurry up and spec up and come to Hard next season. Swish: Forget it, release some beautiful girl NPCs in Normal too ㅠㅠ Here it's only sweaty old men. Bread-Jjuk: There is a decent female NPC in Normal too. Go conquer Floor 17. (Link to Floor 17 Conquest Recommended Post) Swish: Oh sh*t. Killer? I'm Floor 16, going to conquer immediately tomorrow gg OO: (Con of female character looking contemptuous saying 'Die!')
Must-Read for Affinity Building.
Why do they make things like this too.
Of course, I also played some games in the past so I looked up NPC conquest guides several times but.
Argh… really. No answer.
I'm not something like a game character.
And gaslighting? Pat-pat?? Are these guys really crazy?
Just how do they view me.
These guys are digging in harder than I thought.
Even saying to keep distance to make me look. It's quite plausible so it's scary.
Surely my NPC would also watch thinking 'What is that guy doing'.
An NPC who doesn't know the situation might really fall for it?
Then it's a bit troubling.
Ugh… reading only posts like this makes my heart anxious.
No matter if it's me, being dug into is scary.
Then, brief Dopamine Time.
[Quiet Burp-zwa resurrects like a dog lol][Poster: Bullshit-das]
Burp-zwa did not die.
He was merely waiting for the time.
Ah, our God Burp. Changing our gallery, which was about to be occupied by NPC talk, colorfully.
Bug score appearing again.
As expected it was skill.
That skill that even the System can't do anything about.
Skill hidden in guts no one knows. Indeed what does he want to Burp.
Now I'm getting afraid.
OO: You have no talent for novels.
Bullshit-das: Have you been hit by bullshit? OO: But who is he really? lol Can: Heard the Government is continuously looking too? SteamedBunPecker: No no maybe they say they don't know but are raising him in secret. 2EE: That's not it. Not in the Government. OO: ?? How do you know that???
“Right, this is it.”
Praise post appearing without fail.
NPC talk is scary because it's a problem directly connected to real life, but Burp-zwa talk has no such worry.
Because name, identity, appearance, everything is unknown.
Is that why.
NPC talk gives tension. Burp-zwa talk gives dopamine.
Thrilling pleasure and anxiety.
This thrill is like a drug.
Feel like I can't quit.
“Is this what popularity is. Mmh. Not bad.”
Looking around roughly more, posts saying various large guilds and the government are looking for me were seen often.
My article even appeared on the front page of the newspaper.
Rank 1 Burp-zwa, score difference with Rank 2 is 180,000 points! An article showing the overwhelming gap.
Indeed, it was a truly nonsensical difficulty.
This much score is natural.
Praise me more.
Whew~
Mood heated up again.
The feeling of being wronged by the Administrator's strange notice was recovered by dopamine.
Then Information Gathering Time again.
Examined NPC talk posts.
But at this time, where my mouse stopped.
[I succeeded in training the NPC girl on Floor 5.]
“W-what kind of bullshit is this….”
A somewhat jarring title.
A title that dragged down the dopamine from just now at once and made my heart sink.