Time slowly passed as Nie Yan repeatedly turned in the quest. His Influence was gradually rising.

After turning in the quest 300 times, the items Katherine requested became more and more expensive, including materials like Dark Runic Cloth and Blackwater Crystal. The value of these items were over several thousand gold, and she would ask for multiple at a time. Yet there was no indication that the rewards would increase. It was no wonder that the person in the rumours had given up after turning in the quest 300 times. Even Nie Yan started to feel his wallet hurt.

Nie Yan wondered if he should give up. If he continued on with this quest, the amount of gold he would have to spend for a point of Influence simply wasn’t worth it.

Weighing his options, Nie Yan decided to go up to 390 times. If nothing happened by then, he would give up.

So far, Nie Yan had gained 132 Influence. This was roughly equal to completing three S-rank quests.

After handing over five Blackwater Crystals, a crisp notification jingle rang out.