Who told you I am an NPC

Chapter : 19

"A person's energy is only so much, how can one be proficient in everything while training in two paths? I advise you to still... watch out!"

Lilian's voice suddenly rose, the sharp end of her tone making Yan Yunqing subconsciously jump to the side.

The piece of land he was originally standing on suddenly split open, and a huge black shadow shot out, sending dust flying for a moment.

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!"

Yan Yunqing was blown off his feet by the gust of wind, rolling twice on the ground to get a little further from the black shadow.

He couldn't open his eyes from the splattering mud and spat out the dirt that got into his mouth, "What is this thing!"

The moment the black shadow appeared, Lilian flew away from the range of the splashing mud, avoiding the undeserved disaster.

She took out her magic wand from her bosom and looked down from the air at the huge black shadow, her voice unexpectedly carrying a hint of schadenfreude, "Good news for you, the demonic beast you were just curious about has appeared."

Yan Yunqing: ???

Yan Yunqing wiped the dirt off his face with his sleeve.

The blurry black shadow in the flying dust gradually became clear.

Yan Yunqing stared in shock at the giant, elongated monster in front of him, which was over three meters, almost four meters tall, and the exaggerated health bar displayed above its head.

The monster was covered in mud and unknown mucus.

Its skin was layered segment by segment, at first glance resembling a stack of skulls.

It had an overall reddish-brown elongated shape with no other limbs. Its entire body trembled slightly as it breathed, and Yan Yunqing could almost see the blood pulsating under the monster's skin.

Moving his gaze upwards, the elongated monster had no eyes on its head, but it did have a terrifying mouthpart, filled with sharp, pointed teeth arranged in circles that could trigger trypophobia. A viscous substance, perhaps saliva, gradually gathered along the teeth and dripped down.

One bite would probably shatter a person directly.

This scene was deeply shocking, worthy of being an indescribable existence from Cthulhu mythology.

Yan Yunqing subconsciously swallowed and took a step back.

The dead branches and rotten leaves under his feet made a crunching sound, and the monster's mouthpart immediately turned towards his position and smashed down fiercely.

Yan Yunqing's scalp tingled, and he quickly rolled to the side again, "What the hell is this thing!"

"A demonic beast, didn't I just say so?"

Lilian cast a lightness spell on Yan Yunqing.

"Looking at its appearance and movement, this should be a Ghost-faced Earthworm."

"It just so happens that it just rained in this forest, which fits the living habits of a Ghost-faced Earthworm."

"Congratulations, weren't you just curious about demonic beasts?

Now you've seen one."

As Lilian's voice fell, the monster's name and level also appeared above its health bar.

[Lv.12 Ghost-faced Earthworm]

Two levels higher than Yan Yunqing's current level.

"Its level isn't high, it's just a newborn demonic beast that hasn't had time to devour others."

Lilian observed while flying in mid-air.

"It's something you can handle.

That's great, I don't have to collect your corpse."

"Do you want to hear what you're saying!"

With the lightness spell Lilian had cast on him, Yan Yunqing wretchedly escaped the Ghost-faced Earthworm's continuous attacks and nimbly climbed up a thick tree. But then, the earthworm unexpectedly launched a whirlwind sweep, breaking the tree in half with a few strikes.

He could only be forced to get down from the tree and run to another spot.

"What the hell, this is an earthworm? Don't those things eat decaying plants?

Why is it chasing me???"

How could an earthworm be this huge!

Yan Yunqing found an opportunity and immediately took out his magic wand from his backpack.

He didn't care if it would cause a forest fire anymore and smashed several fireballs at the Ghost-faced Earthworm, pairing them with wind blades, which made the monster rear its head and let out a long howl.

As everyone knows, fire + wind = diffusion reaction, damage bonus *1.5.

Yan Yunqing watched as the few fireballs landed on the earthworm, making sizzling sounds like roasting meat, and the wind blades also cut a few gashes, sending dark red liquid splashing everywhere.

However, the damage numbers displayed didn't show any damage bonus.

...Alright, it seems this set of elemental reactions doesn't work in this otherworld.

And it seemed to have angered the opponent even more.

Discovering that the earthworm was not only not repelled by his fireballs and wind blades, but its attack frequency had even increased, Yan Yunqing came to a conclusion.

"It's already a demonic beast, so what's wrong with changing its diet?"

Lilian timely cast another buff on Yan Yunqing.

"At least its diet only changed from eating decaying plants to eating decaying plants and the corpses of small, decaying animals."

"That's not too much of a change, is it?"

With Lilian's buff, Yan Yunqing's dodges against the Ghost-faced Earthworm's attacks became smoother.

From time to time, he could even hit it with a few spells, making the monster's body 'tattered and torn', which was utterly sickening.

The Ghost-faced Earthworm's health bar was continuously pushed down by Yan Yunqing, and it was going surprisingly smoothly, if one ignored Yan Yunqing's wretched fleeing appearance.

"It's gone from being a herbivore to an omnivore, and you call that not a big change?!"

Yan Yunqing's hair stood on end.

"And since it eats decaying plants and animals, why is it chasing me?

Am I some kind of decaying corpse? I'm still warm! How rude!"

"You're calling a brainless demonic beast rude..." Lilian rolled her eyes.

"How would I know why it insists on chasing you?

Maybe it wants to change its taste and try a living person?"

That's great, a living person is slightly dead, the corpse is still warm!

Thanks to old bro earthworm for the special follow, please don't follow me next time!

What else could he do? He could only bite the bullet and fight.

Anyway, its health bar was showing, how could Yan Yunqing be scared?

For a player, as long as you dare to show your health bar, they can kill even a god for you to see!

As the Ghost-faced Earthworm's health decreased, Yan Yunqing's mana was also dropping rapidly.

Casting spells was extremely mana-consuming for him.

With the support of a magic wand, it only allowed Yan Yunqing to better control his mana output.

To achieve high magic damage, mana consumption was unavoidable.

Yan Yunqing found a moment to take out a hand-crafted small blue potion and downed it.

The Ghost-faced Earthworm seized the opportunity to smash down violently in Yan Yunqing's direction.

Yan Yunqing shuddered and twisted his body to dodge.

The sharp teeth in its mouthpart grazed his arm and plunged into the ground, taking a fierce bite of mud.

"How can this ghost-thing attack so fast? I don't see any eyes on it!"

Yan Yunqing drew his Refined Iron Sword with a backhand motion and slashed fiercely at the earthworm's body, splattering a splash of hot liquid.

"Don't earthworms not have eyes in the first place?

It should be observing your position through scent."

Lilian condensed a water ball and washed away the earthworm blood that had just stained Yan Yunqing.

"Be careful, this demonic beast's blood is slightly corrosive.

You don't want to be showered in it and have your whole body become pitted, do you?"

Yan Yunqing then discovered that the skin on his exposed arm had turned slightly red, and he felt a slight burning and stinging sensation on his skin's surface.

A [Corrosion] debuff was also hanging on his personal panel.

Because the battle had sent his adrenaline soaring, he hadn't noticed the slight discomfort in his body.

Fortunately, elves were naturally skilled in healing magic. Lilian was an excellent healer at this moment. With a few recovery spells, even the debuff on him was cleared away.

Rubbing the redness on his arm, Yan Yunqing increased the distance between himself and the Ghost-faced Earthworm, quickly chanted a binding spell to immobilize the worm, and swiftly pulled back to a safe distance.

"Would it be useful if I changed my scent?" Yan Yunqing asked.

"Oh? That's a good idea?" Lilian suggested:

"Why don't you roll around in the mud a few times to make yourself smell like mud?

Maybe it won't chase you then."

Yan Yunqing did not recommend Lilian's recommendation.

"Alright, stop talking.

It's just a level twelve common mob, not even an elite mob. Do I need to roll in the mud for that?"

As he said this, Yan Yunqing's body was very honest and retreated to a farther distance.

After the CD reset, he cast another imprisonment spell on the Ghost-faced Earthworm before reciting a lengthy incantation.

『Great...』

This was the bad thing about magic; the prelude was often a long string of lines.

To cast an ultimate, one had to pray for ten seconds first.

In that amount of time, a swordsman would have already landed dozens of strikes.

That's why those delicate, weak, and out-of-shape mages could only hide behind swordsmen, chanting their various praises in incantations.

As expected, he had to get his swordsman skills up to speed as soon as possible, and then research whether magic incantations could be shortened!

While chanting the spell, Yan Yunqing's mind still had room to think about the future.

There was a faint, relaxed feeling, as if he had been dead for a long time.

The moment the incantation ended, flames blazed up, moving without wind, completely enveloping the Ghost-faced Earthworm.

It reared its head, howling and struggling, but it could not escape the fiery encirclement.

The areas scorched by the fire made sizzling sounds, and Yan Yunqing bizarrely smelled the aroma of roasted meat.

Yan Yunqing: ...

It must be because I haven't eaten roasted meat in too long, my brain is hallucinating.

How could such a disgusting earthworm possibly emit the smell of roasted meat?

He shook his head to clear his mind and watched vigilantly as the Ghost-faced Earthworm's HP dropped bit by bit, until it reached zero.

With a loud crash, the Ghost-faced Earthworm's body slammed to the ground, losing all signs of life.

Only then did the flames that surrounded it gradually fade, leaving behind only the scorching hot air and the devastated Sunset Forest.