Alantina Online: The Greatest Sword Mage Reborn As A Weak NPC

The next morning Vance woke up to the sounds of glass and ice shattering. And someone yelling out in pain. "Shit! Who puts a trap here!?"

Vance had not forgotten what happened the night before and set up his traps just in case. Luckily the simple hunting trap actually helped quite a bit. This was also why he had the girls wear clothes before sleeping. "I do. To help capture people who wish to do me and my girls' harm." Vance had already drawn his sword and cast fireball on it. With a wave of his sword, he sent out a fireball, shooting directly at the man who was staring at Vance in disbelief.

The man had been caught before he could do a damn thing! He did not plan for this. He planned to crash through the window and then kill everyone as quickly as possible while they were in shock and make an escape. Never did he think the window was double trapped! It was one of the two plans he had come up with. The second plan was not something he wanted to do since he would need to sacrifice himself! But from the looks of it…. The man was in a panic. He was unsure if it would even have an effect or not! If he did use his second plan and he died, but they did not his family was still dead. He could only hopelessly fall to his side onto the floor to dodge the fireball, which flew out the window, before yelling out: "Wait! I had no choice. The prince is holding my family hostage."

[ Life Quest: Bonus Quest]

[The guard in front of you came to assassinate you. You can choose to either end his life now or help him keep his family from harm.]

[Note: Bonus Quests will not affect the main Life Quest unless completed.]

[Reward: ???]

Vance frowned. He hated these parts of life quests. Mainly because the reward was fifty-fifty. The reward was based on choice, not the hardness of the quest. Take, for example, the situation in front of him. The quickest way to get a reward would be to kill the man. The hardest way would be to try to save the man's family. But the rewards could greatly differ. He could get an amazing item or just some low experience. And it was not based on hardness, so he could kill the man now and get the greater rewards or save his family and get little to nothing in return for all his hard work. It was up in the air!

Vance took a deep breath and looked at the man on the ground whose leg was bleeding from the trap and asked: "Why should I believe you?"

"I…." The guard had no answer. He looked at Vance, who was staring back at him coldly, and felt like this was the end. He went to reach for his side to pull his last report, but a sword was thrust between his hand and his hip, blocking him from being able to grab the bomb at his side.

"I did not say I wouldn't help…." Vance caved. At any rate, the man seemed desperate enough. Even if the major reward was in just killing the man here, he could not allow his family to be caught up in the prince's schemes.

The man slightly relaxed as he let his hand drop to the floor. Vance reached down and grabbed the round object at his side, and put it away.

[Acquired: Magic Bomb]

[Deals 1000 damage at the center of contact. Dropping but 100 damage every few inches.]

It was a good item, perfect for a last resort attack. Luckily this would not have killed anyone even if it went off since they all had angel's tears and they all had over 1000 health, which would have wasted such a good item. Vance was very happy to have a small trump card, just in case as well.

"Sally, pass me the cuffs." Vance held his hand behind him, not daring to let the man on the ground out of his sight. Sally quickly took the handcuffs she had in her inventory out and passed them to Vance.

"I will put these on you. And you will go to the Duke's estate. You will be held there. I will do what I can to save your family, but you must testify against the prince. I am not saying your family will be one hundred percent safe. That bastard might have already killed him if he has people watching you and knows you failed. But I will do what I can. If anything, I will return with their bodies so you can give them a proper funeral." Vance was trying to look at things more realistically. This was why he said he could not promise to bring them back alive. But he would definitely bring his family back to him one way or another. This was a promise he could keep.

"Thank you…" The man could only lower his head. He was a loyal guard but got caught up in the Prince's madness. He thought he was trying to better his family's life by siding with the prince, but it seemed his choice was wrong. The princess was the one who he should have sided with….

A few minutes later, a few guards came after Alice sent out a message. They took the man who broke through the window away, leaving the three standing there with a broken window. Vance looked at the window and looked around outside but did not see or sense anyone. He looked at Sally, who shook her head as well. With a small sigh of relief, he clapped his hands and said: "We will have to sit here for a while. Rest up. We will be heading out tonight. The man gave us the address of his family's home. We will see if they are there first. If not…. We will raid the Prince's home!"

"What!? You plan to raid his house!?" Alice's eyes went wide. She never expected that!