Emergency Quest

Hearing his whisper, Black and Jianye cast questioning glances.

Yanar looked up, met their gazes, and saw through their thoughts.

He took the initiative to speak with a smile.

“Are you wondering why I let him go?”

Black hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Yanar spread his hands.

“Because I’ve already confirmed who the mastermind is. That’s enough.”

“As for how to deal with it later, that’s not something I can arbitrarily interfere with.”

His words were vague, but the meaning was clear.

The identity of the mastermind was special and involved significant matters.

Even a five-star Dragon-Slaying Guard like him couldn’t overstep his bounds to investigate deeply.

Black grew thoughtful. He looked at Yanar and asked respectfully.

“Sir Yanar, may I ask a question?”

Yanar had already anticipated this, his smile unchanging.

“I know what you want to ask. Why did I happen to appear in this remote alley?”

“And why did I save you, right?”

Black nodded.

This was indeed the biggest question in his mind.

He had never met this five-star Dragon-Slaying Guard before.

At most, the other party knew of him through rumors.

On what grounds would he so “coincidentally” appear to save him during an attack?

Yanar didn’t keep him in suspense and gave him the answer directly.

“It was the master’s will.”

“The master? First Chair Noa?”

Black was stunned.

“That’s right.”

Yanar confirmed.

“The master recently noticed that someone was secretly investigating information about you, and their intentions were likely unfavorable to you.”

“Therefore, she ordered me to secretly follow and protect you these past few days.”

He paused and added meaningfully.

“Of course, as a qualified subordinate, I won’t look at things I’m not supposed to see.”

After speaking, he coughed awkwardly.

“Uh, I hope you don’t blame me for not intervening at the beginning.”

“I just wanted to see what you could do against an Over-Tier archer whose strength far surpassed your own.”

“Once a truly fatal crisis arose, I would have definitely intervened. For example, the final arrow of the Four-Star Consecutive Shot just now. I was already prepared to show myself, but I didn’t expect…”

Speaking of this.

Yanar’s gaze turned to the silent Jianye at the side.

His eyes held unconcealed admiration.

“I was preempted by another young lady of extraordinary skill.”

He didn’t know Jianye.

But during the battle just now, the “Elemental Torrent: Trio” spell that this young sorceress had cast.

That exquisite use of multiple elemental powers was far beyond what he had imagined from a Mid-Tier sorcerer.

He had never seen such elemental affinity in his life.

Yanar even felt that if not for the large level gap.

This young woman could have easily wiped the floor with that archer.

After Yanar said this.

Black turned his questioning gaze to Jianye.

This was something he understood even less.

Given Jianye’s cold attitude towards him in the past, when she saw him being attacked.

Shouldn’t she have been happy to see it happen, clapping her hands on the side?

Why would she take such a huge risk to save him?

Thinking back to how she had come to visit him with Irena last time.

Black felt that this protagonist’s behavior was becoming more and more unpredictable.

Facing the gazes of Black and Yanar.

Jianye turned her face away unnaturally, avoiding their eyes.

She tried her best to maintain her usual calm expression.

Her voice was cold.

“…I just happened to be walking this way. I heard the sound of fighting over here, so I came to take a look.”

Hearing this, Black’s brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.

He remembered very clearly that Jianye’s home was not in this direction at all.

How could she possibly be walking this way?

Even if she saw it, she didn’t have to help, right?

Shouldn’t a normal Mid-Tier sorcerer run for their life upon encountering a fight between an Over-Tier archer?

Feeling his suspicious gaze, Jianye felt her cheeks getting hot, and she was extremely embarrassed.

She coughed dryly and forced an explanation.

“It’s Irena. She… she’s very worried about you.”

“She’s my best friend. I don’t want to see her get sad because of… certain things.”

The moment these words came out, Jianye wanted to find a hole to crawl into.

This motive was just too lame!

Even she didn’t believe it.

After all, her previous attitude towards Black could in no way be called friendly.

But this was the only motive she could come up with.

It was all the fault of that damn system.

Jianye sighed in her heart.

Not long ago, after the banquet ended, just as she had walked out of the grand hall.

The system, which had been silent for a while, had popped up a quest without any warning.

[Emergency Quest: Follow and assist Black in dealing with a sudden crisis.]
[Quest Reward: Random S-rank item ×3]
[Quest Penalty: None]

At that time, Jianye’s first reaction was whether this broken system had been infected with a virus.

When she had first transmigrated.

The quests issued by the system were difficult, but at least they were logical.

But ever since the Sea Dragon King incident ended, especially after returning to Servia.

This system had been acting up, and the quests it issued were becoming more and more bizarre.

Recently, it had gotten even worse, with several quests revolving around this person, Black.

And this time, it actually wanted her to follow Black?

Jianye had a million objections in her heart.

Since there was no penalty for failure, she would have to be crazy to do something like stalking a man.

But.

The reward was just too good!

Three S-rank magic potions!

For Jianye, who was in urgent need of improving her strength and trump cards, this temptation was too great.

So, after a fierce internal struggle.

Jianye found that her feet had a mind of their own.

And then, she witnessed Black being attacked.

And then, at the critical moment, she had to bite the bullet and intervene, ultimately ending up in this awkward situation.

She could only find such a lame reason.

Jianye was in despair, just wanting to end this conversation as soon as possible.

Sure enough, after Black heard Jianye’s explanation.

An even more obvious question mark appeared on his face.

‘????’

‘Was Jianye always someone who valued friendship so much?’

‘And when did her relationship with Irena get this good?!’

‘How come I didn’t notice it at all?’

Seeing his surprised reaction, Jianye felt that her expression was about to break.

“Since it’s nothing, I’ll be leaving now.”

After speaking, without waiting for Black’s response, she practically fled, her figure disappearing in the other direction of the alley.

Watching Jianye’s hasty departure, Yanar grew thoughtful.

He turned to Black, his tone returning to a serious one.

“Although I’m not entirely clear on the specific reasons, Black, the master truly values you. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have sent me.”

“I will report the details of this attack to the master.”

“Rest assured, now that we’ve identified the mastermind, the master will naturally take countermeasures. Such incidents will not happen again.”

He paused and continued.

“My mission is also complete. I will no longer be following you in secret. Take care.”

After speaking, Yanar gave Black a slight nod.

Then his figure flickered and merged into the night.

In the alley, only Black was left.

He stood there, mulling over Yanar’s words. His doubts, instead of diminishing, had only deepened.

‘Noa.’

‘Why would this great personage look upon him with such favor?’

‘And even dispatch a five-star Dragon-Slaying Guard to act as a temporary bodyguard?’

‘This has already gone beyond the ordinary.’