Chapter 6

System: NPC Alan's favorability towards you has decreased by 50 points, now hostile.

System: NPC Fei Ke's favorability towards you has decreased by 50 points, now hostile.

System: NPC Kato...

System: NPC Dilia...

Apart from a bunch of unknown NPCs reducing their favorability towards you, there are also a series of bright red mission failure notifications.

System: You have killed NPC Iluna.

System: Mission "Dragon Slayer" failed, your level -5, 300,000 gold deducted, 2,000 world reputation points deducted, 10,000 Lancerst region reputation points deducted.

System: Warning! Your Lancerst region reputation is now -10,000 points. All NPCs in the Lancerst Kingdom have decreased their favorability towards you by 15 points, now hostile.

System: Due to your extreme unpopularity in the Lancerst Kingdom, all NPCs in the Lancerst Kingdom will no longer provide you with any services.

System: Due to your being hated by all the people of the Lancerst Kingdom, you have completed the achievement "Cruel Flower Destroyer" and earned the title "Public Enemy."

Well, being hated by the entire nation, it seems there's no need to explain anymore.

Sighing helplessly, Ruan Chi calmly spread his hands as the knights, with their fierce expressions, rushed forward to tear him apart. Although the mission penalty caused his level to drop by 5, Ruan Chi was originally only level 1, so his level did not change.

As expected, he should soon be killed and respawn back in the newbie village...

Just as Ruan Chi made up his mind, a huge black shadow flew over the heads of the knights. Before Ruan Chi could react, he felt himself being lifted into the air.

It turned out that the severely injured black dragon suddenly made a move, taking advantage of the knights' focus on Ruan Chi. It spread its wings and flew low to the ground, successfully breaking through the knights' encirclement and grabbing Ruan Chi, who was about to be killed.

"Don't let them escape, chase them quickly!" Alan, who had just reached the princess's body, saw this and became furious.

The knights chased the black dragon to the entrance of the cave. The black dragon was already flying high in the sky. Alan arrived shortly after, immediately drawing his sword and releasing a deep blue storm of aura from his body.

"Wave Breaker Slash!"

Alan roared, his sword, infused with a large amount of aura, swung towards the black dragon in the sky, sending a wave-like sword aura shooting out.

The sword aura barely caught up with the black dragon, adding a deep, bone-visible wound to its back. However, the black dragon only staggered for a moment before flying away without looking back, quickly disappearing into the horizon.

"Deputy Leader, what do we do now?" A knight approached Alan, his face tense.

"First, don't alarm the king. Also, report the princess's death to the leader." Alan said with a grim face.

...

High in the sky, a large amount of air rushed into Ruan Chi's eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, making him feel short of breath. His hands waved frantically, and just as he thought he was about to die, the collar holding him suddenly loosened, and he began to fall freely.

"Bang!"

Ruan Chi hit the ground, landing on his back. Fortunately, the height had already decreased significantly, and his first death in the game was narrowly avoided, but his health was down to less than 10 points.

The black dragon landed on a nearby rock, its scales flaring out, blood streaming. It did not even look at Ruan Chi, but instead lay there, panting heavily.

Severely injured and having flown such a long distance, even the dragon's incredible stamina could not endure it.

"Damn, what's wrong with this game? Even flying causes motion sickness, ugh..." After flying continuously for over an hour, Ruan Chi vomited as soon as he landed...

"Uh... Where am I?" Shaking and standing up, Ruan Chi was surprised to find himself in an unfamiliar place.

All around were tall trees, with lush branches and leaves, a green expanse that seemed to have no end.

"Hmph, you ungrateful outsider, if it weren't for your help in distracting those knights, do you think I would have saved you?" The black dragon's weak voice came.

"Who asked you to save me? I was just trying to get a free return to the city." Ruan Chi was immediately a bit annoyed.

"Killing that human princess was a big help to me, but don't think you can get away with it, kid." The black dragon snorted.

"Hey, I really didn't mean to kill her." Mentioning the spear that killed the princess he was supposed to rescue, Ruan Chi felt a bit embarrassed.

"Whether you did it intentionally or not, the knights of the Lancerst Kingdom won't tolerate you." The black dragon sneered.

"I know that..." Ruan Chi had already received the system notification, with his Lancerst region reputation directly dropping to -10,000 and gaining the title "Public Enemy."

Ruan Chi originally didn't know what this title meant, but when he opened the map, he understood.

In "Knight's Heart," players have a fixed birth country. Early on, whether leveling up or taking missions, everything is closely tied to this birth country.

When Ruan Chi logged into the game, he chose the human kingdom of Lancerst as his birth country.

Ruan Chi looked at the map and saw that the kingdom's territory was larger than the real-world China, meaning it would be impossible for him to leave the kingdom and go to other maps to level up in the short term.

"Finished, is the game over on the first day?" Realizing the gravity of the situation, Ruan Chi held his head and groaned.

"I'm curious, why would an outsider be mixed in with the human knights?" At this moment, the black dragon's voice came again.

Ruan Chi was taken aback, pointing at himself, "You mean me?"

"Who else?" The black dragon sneered, "When you killed the princess, the lightning power you displayed is the best proof. It's a power unique to the ancient giant god race, the Titans."

Ruan Chi didn't pay attention to the black dragon's words but instead rubbed his chin, thinking. Could this black dragon NPC have a quest for me? It makes sense, since it saved me, there might be a follow-up quest.

Thinking of the quest, Ruan Chi quickly raised his hand and said, "Right, right, I am a Titan. What can you teach me, Miss Black Dragon?"

A glint of surprise flashed in the black dragon's eyes.

In her memory, Titans rarely walked the continent, and even if their identity was exposed, they would usually deny it and hide. Ruan Chi's "honesty" surprised her.

"If there's a quest, please give me a simple one. After all, I'm still a level 1 newbie."

Ruan Chi thought carefully and realized that it was better for quests to start easy and gradually get harder. Otherwise, if he took another S-rank mission, his reputation would never return to normal...

The black dragon didn't understand what Ruan Chi meant by quests or being a level 1 newbie. It frowned and suddenly raised its claw, pointing forward.

"Huh, what does that mean?" Ruan Chi looked up suspiciously and saw a rainbow light shining from the nearby forest.