While Crown and Foxly were escaping the anti-cheat knights through the forest...

  Bonifacius was making his way through what looked like a countryside of farms that stretched into the far horizon.

  The cobblestone road stood a little above the fields as he travelled along with his unlikely companion.

  "{Curstl: Come on! We might as well!}"

  "{Bonenificus: I am not interested in forming a guild with thee!}"

  "{Curstl: It's a new game! Why not?}"

  "{Bonenificus: Curstl, please! Must I really explain this again?}"

  "{Curstl: Are you upset about the guild? I could blackmail them into getting back together if you'd like!}" she offered.

  "{Bonenificus: I would not!}"

  "{Curstl: There's just no pleasing you...}" she sighed.

  "{Lorb: Hey!}" a previously hidden player emerged from the bushes.

  "{Curstl: STAY BACK, BANDIT!}"

  Bonifacius stepped forward.

  "{Bonenificus: Greetings!}"

  Lorb wore a lab coat over sweatpants.

  He had shaggy dirty-blond hair and a tiny bit of a beard on his chin.

  It was an NPC, you could tell this by hovering your mouse over them.

  "{Curstl: Oh, it's just an NPC...}"

  "{Lorb: Umm... yeah!}"

  "{Bonenificus: Why is there no dialogue menu then?}"

  "{Lorb: I... ehh}"

  "{Lorb: Greetings!}" he exclaimed again.

  "{Lorb: I have a quest for you!}"

  "{Curstl: See, I told you!}"

  "{Bonenificus: Huh... I suppose thou are right...}" Bonifacius remarked.

  "{Lorb: Escort me to a player I will choose at random and you will get ten billion XP points!}"

  "{Curstl: ...}"

  "{Bonenificus: Hmm... can we split the XP?}"

  "{Curstl: You can keep it!}"

  "{Lorb: Sure, why not.}"

  Bonifacius played the /cheer animation.

  "{Bonenificus: These NPCs are truly advanced!}"

  "{Lorb: Aw, thanks, man!}"

  "{Curstl: I'm... not sure this is an NPC after all...}"

  "{Bonenificus: Nonsense! Tis clearly an NPC!}"

  "{Lorb: Yeah!}"

  "{Lorb: So, do you accept the quest?}"

  "{Bonenificus: Yes!}"

  "{Lorb: Great! You have to escort me to...}"

  "{Lorb: That son of a bitch, Alex!}"

  "{Bonenificus: Alright! Lead the way!}"

  "{Lorb: Cool, thing is, I can't really figure out where he is... but he is somewhere!}"

  "{Bonenificus: I see...}"

  "{Lorb: I mean, unless you're in the mood to fight off max-level anti-cheat knights?}"

  This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.

  "{Bonenificus: N-no...}"

  "{Lorb: ...}"

  "{Bonenificus: ...}"

  "{Curstl: ...}"

  "{Curstl: Bony, are you sure this is an NPC?}"

  "{Lorb: Yup.}"

  "{Bonenificus: Of course!}"

  "{Lorb: Alright, I checked the map and there's a town west of here, we should go there!}"

  "{Bonenificus: I see! Quite the innovative quest!}"

  "{Bonenificus: What does thou plan to do when we reach thy target?}"

  "{Lorb: Cast the magic spell of good luck and fortune!}" he replied.

  "He'll need both of those when I'm done with his sorry game-stealing ass!" Lorb thought.

  "{Curstl: Your name sounds really familiar, though...}"

  "{Lorb: It was selected at random from a list of game-devs}" he shrugged.

  Curstl looked at him suspiciously.

  "{Lorb: *Npc noises*}"

  "{Curstl: Huh... guess it really is just an NPC...}"

  "{Bonenificus: Indeed! Let's make haste!}"

  Meanwhile...

  Alexander wondered his game, his name now "Alex".

  He played as a warrior.

  "I was waiting for so long to populate my game!" he thought seeing a few players wandering around his starter town.

  The map showed the world was just one big zone, in the centre was a large city serving as the capital, other than that there were four other towns, eight other villages and sixteen settlements.

  "{Revenberry: WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!?}"

  Alex used his admin-view to see the coordinated of the speaker and discovered the player was in the inn.

  Alex entered the town inn and saw a female human t-posing on a chair.

  "{Alex: Greetings!}"

  "{Revenberry: ...}"

  "{Alex: What seems to be the issue?}"

  "{Revenberry: I'm stuck t-posing on a chair!}"

  "{Alex: So that's really a deal-breaker after all, eh?}"

  "{Revenberry: What?}"

  "{Alex: Nothing!}"

  Alex walked over and used the /pickup skill on the human before placing her down in a chair-free zone.

  "{Revenberry: Thanks! I thought that was another character lost!}" she played the /laugh emote.

  "{Alex: Oh, it's not that bad!}"

  "{Revenberry: Yeah, no that's several years of game-time and my entire friend's list gone...}" she replied.

  "{Alex: True... but this game has such a nice world!}"

  "{Revenberry: Yeah, the map is cool... but whoever made it should have like... attached a zone to an existing continent in the game, not scrap the entire thing!}"

  "{Alex: Yeah but that game had weird races!}"

  "{Revenberry: I like the weird races though...}"

  "{Revenberry: I can't play as a harpy here!}"

  "{Alex: Alright... well, I'm going to get going!}"

  He made his way out of the inn and onto the cobblestone town square.

  A few homes and shops stood here and there.

  "{Revenberry: Hold on! Do you know what we're supposed to do in this game?}" she followed him out.

  "{Alex: What do you mean?}"

  "{Revenberry: You seem to know the game well! I'm asking if you know if there are any quests or dungeons or something.}"

  "{Alex: ...}"

  "{Alex: I mean... there's a very in-depth mining system!}"

  "{Revenberry: Oh... neat...}"

  "{Alex: ...}"

  "{Revenberry: ...}"

  "{Revenberry: You're the admin aren't you?}"

  "{Alex: perhaps...}"

  "{Revenberry: WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE TO OUR GAME!?}"

  "{Alex: Woah, Woah! It's not like that!}"

  "{Alex: I just wanted to have everyone try my game! I really think it's better!}"

  "{Revenberry: THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTS!}"

  Alex let out a sigh.

  "Quests this..."

  "Quests that..."

  "Is that all these people care about!?"

  "{Alex: Just give the game a shot! Please!}"

  A human walked out of the inn.

  "{Kevin: Hey, did you guys find any quests by chance?}"

  The man was suddenly struck by lighting as the message "Kevin was banned for: completely by chance" appeared in chat.

  "{Revenberry: You just banned him for nothing!}"

  "{Alex: That wasn't me!}"

  "{Revenberry: IT WAS ABSOLUTELY YOU!}"

  "{Alex: No, I made it so everyone could be banned at random!}"

  "{Revenberry: WHY!?!?}"

  "{Alex: Because it was a unique feature that was easy to implement!}"

  "{Revenberry: BUT WHY!?!?}"

  "{Alex: well...}"

  "{Alex: It was a unique feature that was easy to implement...}"

  "{Revenberry: You are a terrible game-dev...}"

  "{Alex: Jokes on you, I can't be a bad game dev if I can't code!}"

  "{Revenberry: That makes you the WORST game dev!}"

  "{Alex: Why the hostility? Come on! I can spawn you some gold for being the first to discover me!}"

  "{Revenberry: Bring the old game back!}"

  "{Alex: Ugh... what's so great about that game anyway?!}"

  "{Revenberry: Well, for one...}"

  "{Revenberry: IT HAD QUESTS!}"

  "{Alex: ...}"

  "{Alex: There is no need to be so hurtful...}"

  "{Revenberry: Wh- wha- YOU JUST DELETED OUR GAME!}"

  "{Alex: If I burned your house down and gave you the deed to a mansion would you be so upset!?}"

  "{Revenberry: YES BECAUSE MY METAPHORICAL CHILD AND ALL MY FRIENDS WERE IN THAT HOUSE!}"

  "{Alex: I feel you don't appreciate me as a creator!}"

  "{Revenberry: ...I honestly can't tell if your being for real...}"

  "{Alex: I mean, I spent months designing the world, and re-colouring textures, I think you owe it to me to give the game a shot!}"

  "{Revenberry: You should have made your own game!}"

  "{Alex: Yeah... well... coding is mostly maths... and maths is hard...}"

  "{Revenberry: You know what, screw you!}" she stomped off into the distance.

  Alex followed her.

  "{Alex: Oh! You're going to the capital?}"

  "{Alex: You'll love it there!}"

  "{Revenberry: LEAVE ME ALONE!}"

  "{Alex: I'll show you an awesome restaurant I made, the potted plants are just scaled down trees, lol!}"

  "{Revenberry: AHH!}"