Quest:To Protect the Innocent

To Protect the Innocent is a level 4 story quest part of the Stepstone Isle quest chain. It is preceded by and followed by.

Objectives

 * 1) Enter the village and assess the situation
 * 2) Talk to Jalka, the injured guardian.
 * 3) Argon Sentry <0/1> Argon Striker <0/1> Help the guardians drive off the argon forces
 * 4) Talk to Emun
 * 5) Argon Predator <0/1> Battle with the Argon Predator
 * 6) Talk to Walgrey

Script
[player name]! Good...you've got Anya with you.

It's bad out there. Those argons creatures just came out of nowhere. Everyone scattered, but I saw some people get... well, I don't think everyone made it.

I'm going to head back out there in a minute... try to organize the defense. I just... I'm hurt pretty badly. It's hard to catch my breath...

(I'll go. You keep Anya safe!)

I can't let you-!

No, you're right. I won't make it... but I can keep Anya safe, even if it costs me my life.

(Thank you.)

I think... I think that's all of them.

We need to check on everyone, make sure they're safe. There are probably a lot of injured people, maybe some people still trapped in buildings.

Wait... [player name], did you see Jalka? Did he find you and Anya?

(They're in the storehouse. They're safe.)

Good... good. But we don't know where all the other children are. Search every building for survivors...but those children are your priority, [player name]! Understood?

(Okay)

[player name]! You survived your encounter with that thing, after all!

I can't tell you how relieved I am. That was a very brave thing you did!

(What happened? Who was that man?)

I couldn't say. When that thing appeared, everyone took cover. You were the only one to stand your ground! If there was a strange man out there, you're the only one who saw him. I do know that the argons all left, soon after you fell... and they did even more damage on the way out! They were looking for something... or someone.

(The children, maybe? Wait...where's Anya?)

Calm down, Anya's safe...she stayed in the storehouse with her Uncle Jalka, like you told her to.

But some of the other gifted children are unaccounted for.

(I'll go find them right away.)

Summary Upon Completion
[player name] fought past the clusters of invading monsters called argons to bring Anya to the exit of the storehouse. There, they met Jalka, one of the village guardians, who had been injured in the argon attack. Leaving Anya with Jalka, [player name] rushed outside to help organize the village's defense.

But after driving off the smaller argons,[player name] came face to face with a huge Argon Predator, and fought it in single combat. Victory seemed close, until the beast stunned [player name] with an argon spike device, then slammed [player name] with a mighty claw.

As [player name] struggled to remain conscious, a mysterious man appeared... seemingly the leader of the argons.

Rewards

 * 7,892 XP
 * 7,892 XP