Who told you I am an NPC Chapter 88 : Chapter 88

Chapter : 88

The first thing that entered Yan Yunqing's vision was a head of long hair like a blazing fire, cascading down and moving without wind.

The newcor was dressed in black leather that hugged her impressive figure. Her face was stunning, with a touch of red at the corner of her eyes, exuding an aura of superiority over everyone else.

To put this aura in simple terms, it was the aura of a supre ruler.

Yan Yunqing's mind drifted for a second. This adjective popped into his head, and he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

Yan Yunqing had thought many tis about eting his retainers again. Each of his retainers was more difficult to deal with than the last. Yan Yunqing had once thought that if they were to et, he would just pretend not to know them.

Anyway, the main character Demon King's appearance was completely different from his current appearance. The only similarity was the black hair and red eyes.

When entering the ga, one could customize their face. Yan Yunqing had even seen a photo import function, but he found it troubleso and just randomized it with one click, using an ordinary system face. It would probably take so ti to find him in a crowd.

And his current appearance was sowhat similar to his original appearance. Not to boast, but if he hadn't been so good-looking, he wouldn't have encountered so many perverts growing up.

After, his looks seed to have been enhanced.

So now, he and the Demon King's appearance basically had no common points, except for both having black hair and red eyes. If he encountered a particularly perverted retainer, he could completely avoid disaster by pretending not to know them.

Unless he t an intuitive one. However, this one in front of him...

"What are you spacing out for?" The red-haired woman, wearing knee-high boots, walked up to Yan Yunqing and looked down at him.

"That chain has a soul-devouring effect. If you use a healing potion, the chain will instead harm her soul."

Isabelle Alves.

From the Radiant Dragon clan, she was the most prestigious next-in-line Dragon King of the clan. Her twin brother was that dragon prince who had been beaten up by Yan Yunqing several tis and was suspected of having Stockholm Syndro.

Yan Yunqing looked at Nana in his arms, then at Isabelle, his mind racing.

Isabelle, actually, couldn't be considered Yan Yunqing's retainer. They had initially t as friends.

The Demon King's journey had started with a bound healer support, Silf. But Silf wasn't by his side the whole ti, because Silf herself had left the forest for the sake of the few elves whose souls were imprisoned by the Necromancer. So Silf's goal had always been clear: to find the souls of those few elves.

In the middle of this, the Demon King and Silf had been separated for a while. It was not the most intense period of the war, and various forces were very active.

The Demon King, due to an accident, t the rcenary Isabelle, known as the Fla Rose, and rlin, who claid to be from a small noble family in the Light Empire and was out for adventure after coming of age.

Because of that accident, the three of them traveled together and beca close friends.

Yan Yunqing knew the personalities of these two friends best: Isabelle was decisive, brave, and resolute. At the sa ti, she was very rational and did not have the impulsiveness and recklessness of ordinary dragons.

rlin was of noble birth and had so minor flaws in his personality, but he was also sincere, knowledgeable, and full of wisdom.

Yan Yunqing was actually not worried about his identity being discovered by these two friends. The main trouble was Isabelle's twin brother, that slightly unhinged Divik.

Yan Yunqing looked at Nana, who was on the verge of death, and made a decision, "Isabelle, where's rlin?"

Hearing this, Isabelle frowned. Her gaze moved from the blood-stained girl to the chestnut-haired man holding her.

He was wearing a mask, so his specific appearance was unclear. In Isabelle's mory, she did not know such a person.

"You know ? Who are you?" Isabelle sized up Yan Yunqing.

Isabelle was just out for a stroll at night when two auras suddenly appeared in the ruins.

Out of curiosity, she ca to take a look and saw this masked, chestnut-haired man holding a girl imprisoned by a Soul Lock Chain, trying to save the girl's life with a healing potion.

Because Isabelle hadn't seen a Soul Lock Chain for a long ti, she spoke up out of curiosity to remind him. She didn't expect this person to be able to call out her na, and even know rlin.

The na she was currently using was not Isabelle.

This person did have the scent of a dragon on him, but Isabelle was sure that this person was definitely not of the sa clan. Wait a minute... this scent was a bit like...

Isabelle moved closer. Just as she was about to carefully sniff what this familiar scent on this person was, her arms suddenly felt heavy.

The blood-stained girl was shoved into her arms. Isabelle was stunned and reached out to catch her, "What are you doing?"

"Take her for treatnt, please, Isabelle," Yan Yunqing said quickly. "Even if she's treated, don't let her out. Wait for to find you."

After saying that, Yan Yunqing quickly ran towards the direction of Free City.

He had originally wanted to say a few more words to Isabelle, at least to give so instructions for Nana's follow-up arrangents. However, a ssage from Rocco popped up on the private chat system.

[Rocco (Private)]: The black-robed people are here to search. When can you co back?

Yan Yunqing cursed inwardly. His portable anchor point teleportation was one-way. To get back after teleporting out, he could only rely on the substitute doll's active skill.

However, the location of the portable anchor point was installed by him outside the city. It would take so ti to rush back. Yan Yunqing simply didn't have ti to say a few more words to Isabelle.

There was no other way. He could only hope that Isabelle, seeing that Nana was about to die, would just save her without asking too many questions.

He had to hurry back, otherwise Rocco would be in danger.

[Ri'an (Private)]: Coming back right away.

Yan Yunqing rushed to the ground of Mandiper at almost the fastest speed. He walked near the duel arena of Mandiper, and the substitute doll's active skill lit up, indicating that Yan Yunqing had entered the skill range of the substitute doll.

Finding a corner, Yan Yunqing took out his magic staff and used the Cleaning Spell on himself twice in a row, then switched back to his original persona and used the doll's position swap.

In the blink of an eye, Yan Yunqing was back in the washroom of the primary area.

He casually put on another bracelet that Rocco had stolen. This bracelet did not have an identity recognition function. Its biggest function was positioning.

It was probably because Mandiper had not considered that a guest would steal another's bracelet to use, as this bracelet was very difficult to take off without being damaged.

Yan Yunqing walked out of the washroom. No one was suspicious of his appearance. The primary area was still as lively as ever. No one noticed that Mandiper had been bombed tonight.

If nothing else, the soundproofing of the Mandiper venue was quite good.

Yan Yunqing directly used the bracelet that Rocco had stolen to swipe open the door of the magic compartnt and returned to the floor where he had been staying these past few days. His expression was calm, as if he had nothing to do with all the bad things.

[Ri'an (Private)]: I'm almost on this floor. Have they searched our room yet?

Two seconds later, Rocco's ssage ca.

[Rocco (Private)]: The next room is ours.

Imdiately, the compartnt door opened. Yan Yunqing saw many black-robed people standing on the floor where he lived, checking room by room. It was simply a dream for him to return to his room without being noticed.

Yan Yunqing clicked his tongue inwardly, directly threw a few more Fire Emblems in the opposite direction, closed the compartnt door, and detonated them at the sa ti.

As expected, the explosion attracted the attention of the black-robed people on this floor. Yan Yunqing watched a group of red nas run past on the minimap.

After the last red na passed the compartnt door, Yan Yunqing reopened the compartnt door, activated his roleplay, turned into a black cat, and rushed towards his room.

The speed was very fast. The black-robed person at the back only saw a black shadow flash by. He turned around sharply but saw nothing.

Yan Yunqing took this opportunity to deactivate his roleplay, and slipped sideways into the small gap in the door that Rocco had secretly left for him.

Arrived safely!

But this was not enough. Yan Yunqing had already put the stolen bracelet back into his backpack. Rocco returned his original bracelet to him. Yan Yunqing put it on, rushed into the washroom, and started to run hot water.

After a short while, there was a knock on his door.

Yan Yunqing stripped himself naked, confird that there were no wounds on his body, rinsed himself with scalding hot water for another two minutes, wrapped a bathrobe around himself, and opened the door impatiently, "Who is it? What's with all the knocking?"

As soon as the door opened, several black-robed people stood outside.

The black-robed people saw Yan Yunqing, who looked like he had just gotten out of the bathtub, steaming with heat, his cheeks flushed from the steam. Their suspicion lessened a bit.

"Sir, there was an attack in Mandiper just now. We need you to show your bracelet. We need to confirm if you were involved in this attack."

Yan Yunqing leaned against the doorfra, his arms crossed, sizing up these black-robed people, with a very impatient posture, "An attack? You're not suspecting , are you? I just beca a Midas Touch. Is this your attitude towards a Midas Touch?"

The black-robed people looked at each other, sowhat surprised that a Midas Touch was still living on this floor. One of them said, half-believing, half-doubting: "It's just a routine check, sir. We are not suspecting you of participating in the attack."

Yan Yunqing clicked his tongue, but still extended the hand with the bracelet.

Seeing his cooperation, the black-robed man imdiately checked the bracelet's positioning, confirming that Yan Yunqing's bracelet's positioning had not left this floor during the ti of the incident.

And he was indeed a newly promoted Midas Touch.

The black-robed man took a step back and bowed his head respectfully, "I'm very sorry, but a villain has broken into Mandiper. Please be careful."

After dismissing the black-robed people and closing the door, Yan Yunqing turned around and saw Rocco looking at him nervously.

Yan Yunqing reached out and ruffled his head, whispering to him: "Don't worry, I've already sent Nana out. She was seriously injured. I've asked a friend to take her for treatnt."

Hearing this, Rocco finally breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that Yan Yunqing had gone to save Nana this ti. Since Yan Yunqing hadn't returned for a long ti, he had been in a state of constant tension, worried that soone would co to check Yan Yunqing's location at any ti.

Fortunately, the plan succeeded.

Hearing that Nana was injured, Rocco couldn't help but worry again: "Is it serious? Why don't we have Nika take Nana to Mr. Paul for treatnt!"

Yan Yunqing shook his head: "Nana is not in a position to appear in front of outsiders right now. Don't worry, my friend is very reliable. If even he can't do anything, then no one else can save Nana either."

"I see..." Rocco murmured.

Yan Yunqing walked back to the washroom. There was still a wooden tub full of hot water. Although he had used the Cleaning Spell, he still felt like he slled of blood. He might as well take another bath.

Also, that cold and gloomy feeling had not dissipated. There were no negative debuffs on his status bar, so Yan Yunqing could only attribute it to his own illusion.

He casually asked, "I always hear you guys talking about Mr. Paul. Is he a physician in Free City?"

Rocco followed behind him. Hearing Yan Yunqing's question, he said, "No, Mr. Paul is the bishop of the Church of Light stationed in Free City. He is a good person and often treats us poor people for a small fee."

Yan Yunqing's footsteps paused,stunned : "The Church has people stationed in Free City?"

Rocco nodded: "Yes, is that strange?"

Yan Yunqing: "...Not just a little strange."

Yan Yunqing walked behind the screen in the washroom, threw off his bathrobe, and stepped into the wooden tub. The scalding hot water instantly enveloped his entire body.

Rocco also ca in, but he didn't go behind the screen. Instead, he squatted at the entrance of the washroom, "Do you think Mr. Paul is a bad person? But he's really a nice person."

"I didn't say that Paul is a bad person."

Yan Yunqing said: "It's just that the people from the Church... forget it, you guys should not trust the people from the Church too much either."

In his mind, the Church of Light was a potential villain. Those believers were crazier than the last. Yan Yunqing didn't think that the new Church of Light that erged after the death of the God of Light would be any better.

What's more... this Church would actually send people to be stationed in Free City?

What kind of place was Free City? This was the forr site of the Eternal Empire. Free City was built on the ruins of the Eternal Empire.

More than half of the people living here were descendants of the Demon King's subjects.

How was the previous Church of Light destroyed? It was after the Demon King killed the God of Light that the people who had been oppressed by the Church for a long ti turned around and wiped out the Church.

It could be said that the Church and the Demon King had an irreconcilable conflict. They were mortal enemies.

And now the new Church had sent people to be stationed in Free City, and even treated the descendants of the Demon King's subjects for their illnesses and injuries?

How could this sound so fantastical? Unless this new Church had no connection whatsoever with the old Church.

Otherwise, with the character of those fanatics, it would be good enough if they didn't kick them when they were down. To treat their illnesses and injuries and help the poor?

Even the resurrected God of Light would think this was a ridiculous joke.

Yan Yunqing, the Demon King himself, found it even more ridiculous.

Rocco fell silent. Yan Yunqing didn't mind. He closed his eyes and soaked quietly in the water. His quest panel had not reminded him of a quest failure, so Isabelle should have already taken Nana for treatnt. With rlin and Isabelle around, Yan Yunqing could also relax a little.

Today's high-intensity money-winning, followed by a tense and exciting rescue operation, had consud too much of Yan Yunqing's energy.

Now that he finally had a mont to rest, a wave of drowsiness washed over him.

There was a rustling sound from behind the screen. Yan Yunqing forced himself to stay awake so as not to fall asleep in the wooden tub, but he was still made drowsy by the steaming hot air.

Rocco's low voice ca from behind the screen: "Now that you ntion it, I think I suddenly rembered sothing."

Yan Yunqing casually replied, "Hmm?"

"Actually, before, Mandiper had approached and Nika, wanting us to also work in Mandiper."

Yan Yunqing opened his eyes, forcing himself to be a little more awake. Hearing this, he felt a little strange: "You and Nika?"

Neither Rocco nor Nika could be said to be outstanding in appearance. In fact, due to malnutrition, both of them were thin and scrawny, not even as cute as an ordinary chubby child.

Looking at Mandiper's selection criteria, all the children selected from the children's group were not exceptionally beautiful, but they were all pleasant-looking.

Even the most ordinary Xiao Ai was better-looking than an ordinary person.

With Rocco and Nika's conditions, it was impossible for them to be selected into Mandiper.

"I rember that at that ti, it was when Nika and I had just awakened our talent skills," Rocco said. "Jeff didn't know much about this, so he took us to see Mr. Paul."

"Mr. Paul gave us a physical examination and said there was no problem, so we left. A few days later, the people from Mandiper ca and said they wanted to choose children to enter Mandiper. At that ti, there was another very pretty little sister in the children's group, but that person chose and Nika."

"Actually, at that ti, I really wanted to go to Mandiper, and so did Nika. Although we would lose our freedom if we went to Mandiper, we could eat well, wear warm clothes, and have money for treatnt."

"Nika and I both really wanted to go, but just as we were about to make the final decision, we were stopped by Nana. Later, Nana said sothing to Jeff, and Jeff wouldn't let and Nika go to Mandiper." Rocco was a little embarrassed, "I was a little angry with Nana at that ti..."

Now it seed that Mandiper was indeed not a good place.

Yan Yunqing's drowsiness was briefly dispelled. He sat up straight and asked seriously: "Are you sure? At that ti, who knew about you awakening your talent skills?"

"Besides the people in the children's group, the only person in Free City who knew that Nika and I had talent skills was Mr. Paul."

Yan Yunqing stood up. The water in the wooden tub sloshed out. He casually wiped himself a couple of tis, put on his clothes directly, and walked out from behind the screen.

He was still buttoning up his clothes as he walked, and water dripped from his wet black hair.

"Tell in detail, you suspect Paul?"

Rocco turned his head away uncomfortably, "It's not suspicion... didn't you tell not to trust him too much? So I just recalled things about him."

Actually, Mr. Paul had always given him a rather ordinary impression. For so reason, Rocco had always disliked that man who always had a gentle expression.

Rocco had thought before that it was because Nika liked that Mr. Paul very much that he disliked that person. Now that he thought about it, it was indeed that Mr. Paul who had a problem!

"After this incident, did anything else happen to you?"

Rocco recalled: "After refusing Mandiper... one ti when we were stealing money, we were caught. Fudi almost had his leg broken.

When we went to Mr. Paul for treatnt, he asked us why we didn't want to go to Mandiper. Does that count?"

"Of course it counts."

Yan Yunqing was sure that this Mr. Paul was definitely related to Mandiper.

"How did you answer?"

"Nika said she didn't want to leave Jeff, so she didn't go to Mandiper." Rocco thought for a mont, "I was still a little unhappy at that ti, so I said that Nana didn't let go."

Yan Yunqing did a tactical lean back, "Wait, this matter you're talking about, how long ago was it?"

Rocco: "...Hmm? About a year ago? I can't rember clearly."

Yan Yunqing: ...Could it be that Jeff and Nana were retaliated against for this? Probably not, right?

It's been a year. If Mandiper wanted to cause trouble for these two, would they have to wait a year?

Yan Yunqing shook his dripping hair. He fell into deep thought.

This Mandiper was obviously not right. What kind of casino had a dark dungeon? That strange magic circle that could absorb his mana was also strange.

And Nana was hung up on it with chains... wait, thinking about this scene carefully, it was particularly similar to the plots of so novels and movies about sacrifices and summoning demons?

Although he didn't know the specific function of that magic circle, Yan Yunqing estimated that the truth was not far from his speculation.

Not long after Rocco and Nika awakened their talent skills, they were approached by people from Mandiper.

Besides the mbers of the children's group, only Paul knew about this... was there a connection between that Mr. Paul and Mandiper, or was it simply a cooperative relationship?

As for where the connection was...

Yan Yunqing's thoughts raced. In an instant, many details flashed through his mind, and finally, they stopped on the large relief mural he had seen when he first arrived at Mandiper.

If he rembered correctly, on that relief mural, the one overlooking all living beings in the very center was precisely that newly born Goddess of Light.

Yan Yunqing rembered that he had even complained in his heart at that ti: If the God of Light could be resurrected, he would definitely be angered to death again by this mural.

Now, looking at it, even the God of Light, the head of the gods back then, had been tampered with by the master of Mandiper to beco the Goddess of Light. From this point alone, it could be seen that Mandiper and the new Church were definitely related.

Even, the Church was very likely the power behind Mandiper.

So the bishop stationed in Free City by the Church would cooperate with Mandiper, perhaps for the talent skills of Nika and Rocco... but their talent skills were not so precious that Mandiper would need to resort to any ans to obtain them?

Yan Yunqing pressed his temples. He had originally thought that he wouldn't have to confront the Church so soon. But as a result of doing an examination quest, how did he suddenly run into a force related to the new Church?

***

Isabelle returned to Free City with Nana. She avoided the roads where she might be discovered, hid in the shadows, and ca to the front of a secluded shop.

Before she could knock, the wooden door of the shop creaked open, and a ssy-bearded old man opened the door.

"It's the middle of the night, and you still want to go for a walk," the old man grumbled. His gaze fell on Nana in Isabelle's arms. "It's one thing for you to go for a walk, but why did you pick soone up and bring them back?"

Isabelle raised an eyebrow at the old man: "Do you have a problem?"

The old man shrank his neck, "I wouldn't dare."

Isabelle placed Nana on the sofa at the entrance. The old man yelled from behind: "Don't put her there! She's covered in blood, it's not easy to clean!"

"Naggy," Isabelle glared at him again. "She's all yours, heal her."

The old man, or rather, rlin, peeked out from behind Isabelle and said in surprise, "Eh? A Soul Lock Chain?"

He took a few steps forward, walked to Nana's side, picked up one end of the chain, and studied it carefully, "It really is a Soul Lock Chain... You suddenly brought her back, is it because she's related to the matter you've been investigating recently?"

Isabelle went to pour herself a glass of water and gulped down a few mouthfuls, "I don't know."

rlin: ?

"You don't know?" he muttered. "You must be fooling again. I'm telling you, I'm not easy to fool..."

He muttered, and his voice finally disappeared under Isabelle's raised fist. He complained weakly, "Violence can't solve problems."

Isabelle snorted with a laugh: "But violence can solve you."

rlin: ...

rlin was weak, pitiful, and helpless. He didn't dare to really taste Isabelle's fist. Her terrifying fist had really broken his leg before.

He could only take out his magic staff, rummaged through his potion rack, found what he could use, and started to remove the Soul Lock Chain from Nana.

Isabelle pulled a chair and sat down next to him, supervising while saying: "I t a man outside the city just now."

"A man?!" rlin was on alert. "What man?"

Isabelle rolled her eyes: "That's not the point. Shut up and let finish."

rlin: "...Oh."

"I t a man. He suddenly appeared in the ruins, holding this girl in his arms." Isabelle pointed at Nana on the sofa.

"He wanted to use a healing potion on this child. I saw the Soul Lock Chain on her and stopped him."

"As a result, he turned back, looked at , called out my na, shoved this girl into my arms, told to bring her back to you for treatnt, and then ran away."

Hearing this, rlin didn't pay much attention: "It's not surprising that he knows your na. You've been quite famous in Free City recently. It's not strange for people who follow you to know ."

Isabelle's eyes flickered: "No, the na I'm talking about is not Chris."

rlin's hand that was treating Nana's wound paused for a mont, "...You an?"

"It's Isabelle," Isabelle said. "He even called out your na, rlin."

"He knows , and he also knows that you are not dead."

Although rlin was the greatest magician in history, he was not a long-lived species. With the short lifespan of the human race, it was impossible for him to live for two thousand years.

Even if rlin had broken through the realm of a Saint Magus, it would be impossible, unless he beca a god in a human body, then he could have a long life.

Of course, rlin did not beco a god. The reason why he was still alive was because of so special reasons.

This reason was not easy to make public, so after rlin realized that he would not die a normal death, he had consciously disappeared.

Until now, many people believed that the great magician rlin had died in an unknown corner of the Ailman Continent.

rlin was puzzled: "He knows ?"

Not many people knew that he was not dead. Even few of his forr friends knew. They could basically be counted on one hand.

Isabelle hesitated: "I think I slled Divik's scent on him."

rlin sensed the key elent: "Soone from Divik? But you don't know him—"

Wait, how could Isabelle not know soone from Divik's side, unless it was an identity that was not good for Isabelle to know—

rlin's pupils quaked.

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Could it be—

Isabelle slamd her fist on rlin's back, "Shut your mind."

rlin's hand didn't even tremble and he continued to treat Nana's wound. He was a little depressed: "I haven't said anything yet!"

Isabelle had a cold face: "Do you expect not to see your exaggerated expression?"