The Unexpected NPC

Chapter 28 Hidden Boss (3)

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Seeing the blazing fire before my eyes, my silent memories suddenly rose up.

The horrifying images of my previous life's death once again filled my mind. It was very similar to the situation right now. Huge flames were burning everywhere, engulfing everything.

My body trembled involuntarily. My vision started to blur a little and my mind went blank. The only thing that existed in my mind was the image of my previous life.

"..."

"Da..."

What was that sound?

"Dan..."

Who was saying that?

"Danny!!!"

*Slap*

'Huh?'

What just happened?

"Liz?". I raised my head to look in the direction of the sound, Liz's figure immediately entered my eyes.

She looked at my current state with great concern.

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As soon as she got away from the bear, the fire immediately flared up fiercely. Livy couldn't help but be amazed by Danz's erudition once again. She wondered how he could know the bear's next move.

Danz said that he read these things in books, but she didn't believe it. Danz's expression itself clearly proved that he was hiding something from her. It was just that she knew that everyone had secrets, and if Danz didn't want to tell her, she wouldn't force him.

As soon as she stood firmly, she turned towards Danz. She immediately realized that something was wrong with him.

His expression at this moment was extremely strange. His body was trembling, his skin was pale, and his gaze was blank. It was as if he was experiencing something extremely terrifying.

'Danny is afraid of fire? No, that's not very likely'. She thought and shook her head.

His expression at this moment seemed like he was recalling some more terrible memories. Maybe the big fire was related and had triggered that memory.

Livy didn't know, but her intuition told her that her judgment was correct.

But now was not the time for Danz to be absent-minded, she needed to help Danz get out of this state.

She kept calling him but he still didn't wake up. She had no choice but to slap Danz, hoping that he could wake up.

And not disappointing her expectations, he really regained his consciousness, breaking out of that daze.

"Liz?"

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"Are you okay?" Liz asked me worriedly.

After I came back to my senses, I realized what I had just done. I couldn't help but feel guilty for worrying Liz.

"Um, I'm fine. Thank you, Liz." I smiled reassuringly.

"Don't lie to me, you don't look fine at all!" Liz glared at me angrily.

She really couldn't be fooled. I really didn't feel good at all.

That fire reminded me of some terrible things. Even though Liz had pulled me back to reality, the scene before my eyes couldn't calm me down, the trauma from my previous life was hard to erase.

But I couldn't tell Liz that I had burned to death. I didn't want to make her worry any more.

"I'm really fine. I was just a little panicked because the fire was bigger than expected." I said with a slightly trembling voice.

Looking at her face, I knew she didn't believe me...but what could I do now?

"You don't need to worry about me. I'll get back up soon. You should focus on the bear, it's not easy to deal with." I pointed at the center of the fire, where the bear was standing. I tried to distract her.

I'm not afraid of fire, but those images are hard to leave my mind for a short time.

I shook my head vigorously, straightening myself out. My body was shaking a little, but my mind was much calmer. It was all thanks to Liz.

"I know you're hiding something from me, I won't ask too much. But if you need to share anything, I'm always ready to listen! Don't keep it all to yourself. Telling others will help you feel much better!" Liz said seriously.

"I know. I'll tell you everything when the time comes." I smiled wryly.

"Roar!" The bear roared again.

"Be careful, it's about to summon a fireball to attack! Shoot an arrow into the center of the fire." I shouted.

"Okay!"

Then, a huge fireball began to form. But it disappeared immediately after Liz shot her arrow at the bear.

This skill required the bear to stand still to summon the giant fireball, if it moved, the skill would disappear. And as I expected, it dodged Liz's arrow and canceled the summon.

"I'll go first, you stay behind and cover me." I shouted.

I urged my trembling legs to move forward. I needed to break through the wall of fire to attack the bear. Right now was when it was at its weakest because it was injured after canceling the summoning of the fireball. The consequences of canceling the summoning were quite painful.

I charged straight towards the bear, Liz behind me continuously shot wind-attribute arrows and blew away the flames, opening a path for me.

I smoothly approached the bear with minimal injuries. I only had minor burns in a few places, nothing serious.

The huge figure of the bear began to appear before my eyes. Its body was covered in flames and looked extremely ferocious. But at this moment it was falling to the ground and continuously vomiting fresh blood. It looked extremely miserable.

If not now, then when? I had to attack it right now.

I activated the Sharp Gaze skill, my eyes immediately lit up a bit and I saw the bear's body full of openings, weak points. That's right, right now it was in its weakest state, it would be strange if it wasn't full of openings.

With the number and size of the current weak points, I could definitely hit it.

Suddenly, a light flashed before my eyes, it came from the bear's heart. I was lucky enough to activate the chance to find the bear's fatal weak point of the Sharp Gaze skill.

'Convergence'

Without hesitation, I aimed at the bear's heart and activated the first sword form of the Andrea Sword Technique, stabbing the sword straight at an extremely fast speed.

*Shup*

The sound of flesh piercing rang out right after I successfully activated Convergence. Successfully using the sword form enhanced my attack, increasing the damage dealt to the bear. My sword smoothly pierced its heart, killing it in one hit.

I pulled out my sword, and the bear fell down on the ground, stopping breathing.

"I did it!!" I shouted happily.

There were many other factors that helped me successfully activate the effect of Convergence. But success is success, I was really happy because this was the first time I activated it. Before, I couldn't even stab accurately at one point, let alone use Convergence. But once I had the first time, there would be a second time, a third time,... and gradually I would be able to use it freely.

Taking down this hidden boss wasn't supposed to be this simple. But thanks to my knowledge of its vulnerabilities and attack patterns, combined with Liz's support, we pulled it off.

"You killed it. That's so awesome!!"

At this moment, Liz also came to my side, she saw the bear's corpse and exclaimed in surprise.

It was only natural that she was surprised, an F- rank like me had killed an E- rank monster. Although this bear's defense was weak, it wasn't something that someone like me could penetrate.

That's for normal people, but for someone who uses a Diamond-ranked sword skill like me, the power must be different. It would be strange if I couldn't kill it when I used Andrea sword technique on its vital point.

[Hidden Boss has been killed. The virtual world will end in 5 seconds. Countdown starts: 5...]

Ah, that's right. Killing the boss means the end of the class.

[4...]

Wait, did I just take away something that should have belonged to the main characters??

[3...]

I just took Liz away from the main characters' team and took their points?! Really???

[2...]

Oh my god, what the hell did I do???

[1...]

I scratched my head in panic at the thought of how many things would go off track because of my actions today. I knew I was going to alter the plot anyway, but I didn't want to deviate too far from the original storyline. Who knows what kind of chaos my actions might unleash in the future? I just hope it's not so different that I can't control it anymore...

[0!]

As soon as the countdown reached zero, the world around me turned into many small particles of light and disappeared. My consciousness was also pulled away. When I opened my eyes again, I was back in the capsule.

I took off my helmet and stepped out of the capsule. My mind was a little dizzy from not being able to adapt, but it quickly returned to normal.

At this time, everyone gradually woke up and left the capsule.

A small figure also quickly appeared in my sight.

Liz quickly glided to my side and shoulder-butted me hard.

'Ouch. That hurt.'

"What are you doing, Liz?" I asked with a bitter smile.

To be honest, I knew exactly why she did this.

"Humph. Who told you to make me worry like that!" She puffed her cheeks like an angry little squirrel.

"Haha, I'll pay attention next time." I tried to calm the little squirrel in front of me.

"There can't be a next time!"

"Um, um, there won't be a next time."

Just as Liz opened her mouth to say something, Teacher Britton's voice rang out.

"The virtual world ended earlier than scheduled, it seems like some of you have defeated the hidden boss, huh?" He smiled.

"Let's not beat around the bush. I know you're all curious about the rankings, so I'll show them on the screen." Britton used his left hand to push up his glasses and started to show the rankings on the big screen.

'I wonder what rank I'll get?' I wondered.

The practice ended earlier than expected, so I wasn't too sure about the results. But I knew Karen was definitely number one. Second place went to Briar. Third place, as expected, was Zheng Kai. I wasn't sure about Ellie because she didn't focus on combat but on crafting. She could still fight but compared to the others in the group, she really wasn't that outstanding.

As for Liz...I don't know. Her rank in the previous life was 4th, in this life she wasn't with Karen's group but split up to find me. Too many things had changed, leading to me not being able to predict the outcome.

Well, why think too much? I can't change what happened anyway. Just go with the flow.

I looked up and saw the rankings being shown on the big screen.

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1st - Karen Alethea - 314 points

2nd - Briar Sharron - 291 points

3rd - Zheng Kai - 285 points

4th - Danz Grayson - 250 points

5th - Livy Hadley - 237 points

6th - Ellie Shell - 218 points

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"...Huh?"

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