The man was looking a bit curiously at Dustin, as he had expected a system interface to pop up before him, but to his surprise nothing of the sort happened. He must have imdiately tried to do sothing else that was interesting enough to cause him to smile. 'We just t, but he is already so much of a mystery. I wonder what else...'
Dustin noticed the change in expression of the man before him and imdiately knew why it was. Normally, every other person who ca from earth into Na'ash had a system, and theirs would appear visible for others to see, just that one couldn't read the other's information. Of course, the systems were very different in many ways, and in comparison to Dustin's system, others could be considered cave systems, but the fact that the person who most likeably controls these systems can't see it is sothing to be worried about. Surprisingly however, the ssenger just sat down without any further talk, like that was how things were supposed to go.
Dustin let him move passed him without any complaint and even take a seat. Seeing that the ssenger had made a fuss over the system thing, for now at least, Dustin beca quite interested in why the ssenger was there to begin with.
"What's the deal, why have you co here?" He asked. Dustin was not looking for this to beco so friend building mont, so he was going to get to the point. There was no way he could trust a god, nothing in history has ever shown that these beings actually ca to help when they approach a human. Overall, Dustin was very sceptical about the whole thing.
The ssenger who had taken a seat directly facing the one Dustin sat on at the mont seed to hesitate a bit, but then spoke. "Are you familiar with divine energy?" The man asked, curiosity etched into his voice a little.
Dustin, realizing that the little amount of divine energy within him might have been found out already made so ntal preparations in case he had to fight at that mont. Even with all this, it was quite the awkward sight in the room as there was no tension at all.
Dustin just leaned into his chair more before responding to the question, "Is that the reason you are here?" He asked with his normal calm voice.
The ssenger stared at him right in the eyes for so seconds before breaking the eye contact and looking around the room. "Your house seems a bit ssy. Perhaps I didn't co at the right ti?" He asked.
"Get to the point already." Dustin responded. It was quite rude of him to be like this, but he was sure that if the ssenger wanted to harm him, he could easily do so. With that, Dustin was sure that sothing was needed from him, but what it was he didn't know. 'Perhaps he wants to know about the divine energy?' Dustin thought to himself.
He rembered sothing about the gods not allowed to interfere with the people that were brought to Na'ash, so it was understandable why the ssenger would be so curious to even pay a visit.
"You are an impatient one aren't you?"
"..."
"Fair enough. I have a request, i want you to save so people for . They are a very important group, and they have been stranded sowhere for too long now, and might die if nothing is done. I want you to go help bring them back safely." The ssenger said.
"And what do I get from this?" Dustin asked, still calm. Both of them were calm.
"An increase in the chance of saving humanity?"
"Then I reject."
"5000 points."
"I reject."
"..." The ssenger paused for a while before continuing. "It's rare to see soone contain such a level of dark energy, that is if there are any out there of course." The ssenger said. Dustin didn't respond to this either, so the ssenger just went on. "I can get you to et with the being of death from the underworld. Since you have such level of dark energy, I'm sure it will help."
Hearing this offer, Dustin was very intrigued by it. He wasn't sure what benefits eting with a being from the underworld would bring him, but he was sure that it wouldn't be a bad experience. The thing was what kind of being was the ssenger talking about. For all he knew, the ssenger could an a maggot.
They talked for a bit more, and after guaranteeing that he wasn't about to be scamd, Dustin just had another question he need an answer to.
"Why didn't you go save them yourself? You could always disguise as a normal person and do that right?" Dustin asked the question that had been on his mind ever since the ssenger told him about the reason he was there.
"I might be able to co here, but that doesn't an it's allowed."
"So you are breaking a rule right now?"
"Yes. Since it's a small rule, soone like can get away with breaking it if I manoeuvre well, but sothing like direct interference, the rules are stricter and the penalties are imdiate and harsh. Not sothing I can handle." The ssenger explained.
"But you can at least shorten my journey there by teleporting closer to the spot right? That shouldn't be too difficult." Dustin said.
'Nope, it is. Really, if only she were here, this would have been easy.' The ssenger thought to himself.
"Well.." Before he continued, Dustin interrupted.
"Fine, at least provide with a suitable transport." Dustin said, and the ssenger smiled back at him in approval.
They spent so ti discussing about the details of the quest he had just received, as it was really a quest. From what was discussed, Dustin got to find out that the place the ssenger requested him to go to was actually close to one of the places he wanted to visit himself. It wasn't exactly close by, but it was in the sa region, so for him it was like killing two birds with one stone, and even getting a good reward in return. Dustin still made the ssenger take an oath as he couldn't really trust gods. With that, the ssenger left, and with Dustin's appetite gone, he just focused on the things he was going to be taking with him.
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