| Level | 57+ |
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| Start | Slade (The Hermit's Cabin) |
| Complete with | Dark Lord (Thieves' Hideout) |
| Requires | What It Takes |
Can Slade at The Hermit's Cabin really decipher Encrypted Document?
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Collect Deciphered Document | 1 |
- Becoming a Citizen of Honor Lv. 57
- A Missing Comrade Lv. 57
- An Unbreakable Code Lv. 57
- What It Takes Lv. 57
- The Weight of Truth this quest Lv. 57
In progress
Slade at The Hermit's Cabin succeeded in deciphering Encrypted Document using Ink of Truth. But the look on Slade's face darkened as he read over the deciphered document... Anyway, I'd better bring this to Dark Lord at Kerning City right away.
Only characters at Level 57 or higher can complete this quest.
Completed
I brought Deciphered Document to Dark Lord at Kerning City. Upon seeing the document, he fell silent for a long moment, having confirmed that Rex, once his comrade and friend, had sacrificed himself for his sake back then... Afterward, he told me I'd carried out the task admirably and handed me a gift. I think every time I look at this Kerning City Earrings, I'll be reminded of Dark Lord and his friend.
Full dialogue
Alright, shall we get to work, then? Sprinkling this Ink of Truth onto the Encrypted Document, little by little... hup... hm? This needs more precision than it looks, so give me a moment.
Accept: Alright. Finally done. Trickier than it looked, but nothing a bit of care and patience couldn't handle. Huh... wait, this is... hmph... I see... it's nothing. Anyway, go on and take Deciphered Document to Dark Lord. And I'd appreciate it if you kept quiet about me being out here, even after this. That's all from me.
Decline: Not much patience, have you?
You're back. This Deciphered Document... heh heh. Guess Slade hasn't lost his touch after all. Let me have a look, then. ... This is...
Damn it... Rex, you idiot... I told him to get out safely, no matter what, if he was ever discovered... but he ended up standing his ground against them alone, and in the end... he fell. All for our sake...
The truth is, Rex was never kidnapped. When things started going worse than we'd expected, he volunteered himself as a spy, disguised himself, deliberately approached them, and infiltrated their hideout. He'd judged that hitting them there could turn the whole situation around.
But then they saw through his disguise, and it seems he took them on alone, doing as much damage as he could... before he finally fell. And I'd told him, again and again, to pull out the second things got dangerous. Foolish man...
...But it seems his sacrifice wasn't for nothing. Come to think of it, I always wondered why they'd risked exposing themselves for such a reckless attack... it was because of the damage Rex had dealt to their base, on top of the growing attention on all those disappearances and kidnappings in this city hitting the news. They must've gotten desperate.
Heh heh... it's been a while since I've told an old story at such length. Thanks to you, I finally know what happened to Rex back then. I'm grateful to you for that. Now then, I suppose it's time I gave you the gift I promised. Here, take this Kerning City Earrings.
Consider it a reward for everything you've done for this city, and for carrying out this task so well. And I'll trust you'll keep standing with us going forward. Take care, then.