Who told you I am an NPC

Chapter : 2

I couldn't have actually transmigrated as the game's protagonist, could I...

Yan Yunqing covered his face.

Before I transmigrated, I was in bed, not on a toilet, right?

How could I enter another world like this?

Am I going to be offed by my rioting subjects because of the mess I left behind when I quit the game, right after transmigrating to this other world?

Thinking about his current situation, Yan Yunqing felt even more like crying but had no tears.

I'm still 'cargo' at an auction! I might be bought by some pervert from another world and then done this way and that way before my rioting subjects can even find me!

My life! My chastity! In danger!

Yan Yunqing took a deep breath, trying his best to calm down, and rummaged through his game inventory.

In 'Demon King', I had already established an empire, so I had a lot of good stuff, especially the set of divine equipment worn by the protagonist.

Its stats were ridiculously overpowered; it was a set I had spent 800 dungeon runs completing.

Even a dog equipped with it could instantly kill an elite monster.

Yan Yunqing clicked on the equipment full of hope, only to receive a cold notification from the game panel.

【Equipment level requirement not met. Please level up and try again.】

...

I can't even be a dog!

Yan Yunqing really wanted to spit at the game system.

A pile of divine-grade equipment was right in front of him, and all he could do was stare at it, completely helpless.

Most of the items in his inventory were unusable for him right now.

It was useless to talk about anything without the required level.

A small portion was useless for the current situation.

After searching for a long time, Yan Yunqing finally found a few seemingly useful items.

A pocket watch.

[Merlin's Pocket Watch]: An old pocket watch left behind by the great legendary magician Merlin, inscribed with mysterious magic patterns.

When worn, it can reduce the wearer's presence.

When the wearer says,

"Oh Creator God, I'm going to be late," they will receive a 300% movement speed bonus for 30s, with a ten-minute cooldown.

『Merlin is great, no more need be said!』

A dagger that looked very ordinary.

[Nameless Blade]: A nameless blade.

It was once given as a gift to someone, and it was that person's most cherished treasure.

50% chance to ignore defense and deal true damage.

A necklace that looked more like a decorative item than equipment.

[White Feather]: A necklace adorned with a feather.

The wearer will be equipped with the title 『The Eternal Song Played by the White Bird』.

However, this necklace did have a very rare title bonus.

Yan Yunqing took the necklace out of his inventory and brought it closer to study the title description on it.

【The Eternal Song Played by the White Bird】: You gave them a reason to exist at the hour of dusk.

The moment you stepped onto the throne, the white birds played an eternal song for you and offered you their eternal loyalty.

Until death comes, you, who are blessed, are fortunate or unfortunate, it is unknown.

(Wearing this title will grant [Angel's Blessing].

Health cannot drop below 1, and the God of Death cannot hold you, unless the angel who made the vow dies.)

This title necklace, which was basically a health-lock cheat, was presented by the Angel race after the Demon King established his empire.

However, by that time, the war was basically over, and there were no more battles that required the Demon King to fight in person, so this necklace was just a decorative item thrown into the inventory to collect dust.

But for him now, it was simply a life-saving tool, especially since it had no level restrictions!

Grateful to the angel who gave him the necklace.

Yan Yunqing equipped the necklace and the title, feeling that his life was a little more secure.

"Huh?"

Lilian, who had just been amusing herself in the bottle, seemed to sense something and looked in Yan Yunqing's direction.

Her gaze was immediately drawn to the necklace in Yan Yunqing's hand.

Lilian let out a questioning sound, and after confirming what it was, she curiously sized up Yan Yunqing, "An angel's feather... I remember those guys went into seclusion a long time ago.

Most of the angels have hidden themselves on the floating islands. How did you get their feather?"

Upon closer inspection, Lilian was even more surprised: "It's even a feather blessed by an angel?"

Lilian had a strange look on her face: "Those arrogant guys... no way?"

She blinked a couple of times and muttered, "I thought you were just an ordinary cat person, but it turns out you're not at all.

No wonder you were assigned to the rare cargo warehouse."

Rare cargo and all that.

Yan Yunqing wiped his face, feeling like a fish on a chopping block.

However, if he wanted to verify whether he had transmigrated as the protagonist or to another world with a game panel, he had an opportunity right now.

"Um... Lilian?" Yan Yunqing called out, "Is it okay if I call you that?"

"Of course." Lilian was finally tired of flying and landed at the bottom of the bottle, lying sprawled out like a mischievous child. "Little kitten, how did you get trafficked here?

Do your clansmen know you've been trafficked?"

He really didn't know about that.

This damn other world didn't even show him an opening cutscene, throwing him straight into the auction house dungeon with the identity of cargo locked in a cage.

"I don't remember." Yan Yunqing used an all-purpose answer template. "What about you?"

"Me?" Lilian sighed.

"I snuck out to play without telling the elders.

On the way, I met a group of mercenaries who were injured by magical beasts.

I kindly saved them, but they captured me and sold me to the auction house."

"No wonder the teachers in the clan always say humans are the most cunning," Lilian muttered. "I should have listened to them earlier."

This is a classic case of the farmer and the snake!

"But as an elf, how could you be captured by humans so easily?"

Yan Yunqing felt that this elf was a bit useless.

The Elf race in 'Demon King' was indeed not very good at combat, but that didn't mean they couldn't fight.

They had endless means of self-preservation.

Moreover, elves were naturally attuned to the wood element, making them natural magicians, and they were also very good with bows.

he Demon King even had an archer unit composed of elves under his command!

"I'm still in my juvenile stage!"

Lilian felt like she was being looked down upon.

"It hasn't been long since I was born from the Mother Tree! Is it so strange that I was careless and got caught by humans!"

Yan Yunqing understood.

This was the story of a newly born little cub who snuck out of the elven territory to see the world, only to be deceived by cunning humans.

"It's all the human race's fault!"

"Yes, yes, it's all the human race's fault."

Yan Yunqing agreed.

Anyway, he didn't look like a pure-blooded human now, so what was wrong with bad-mouthing humans a bit?

Maybe he was also captured by humans.

"Lilian, your king... um, what's his name?"

Yan Yunqing thought that since the pleasantries were over, it shouldn't be strange to ask a few questions, right?

"King?" Lilian, who was still complaining about the human race, paused and looked at Yan Yunqing again.

"Why are you asking that?"

"Just curious..."

Oops, could it be that the Elf King is very famous and everyone knows their name?

"Hmm... you're really a bit strange, huh?"

Lilian fiddled with the ends of her hair.

"The king returned to the embrace of the Mother Tree a long time ago.

I thought everyone outside knew about this."

Returned to the embrace of the Mother Tree?

Yan Yunqing recalled the settings in 'Demon King'. Returning to the embrace of the Mother Tree seemed to mean that the souls of elves returned to the Elven Mother Tree after death.

"Ah, sorry, I didn't know."

Yan Yunqing made an excuse.

"I come from a very remote beastman tribe that has been reclusive for a long time, so my information is not up to date."

"It's fine, it makes sense when I think about it. You also look like a juvenile cub."

Lilian's head drooped.

"If the king hadn't returned to the Mother Tree, the human race wouldn't dare to be so audacious as to hunt and auction elves."

"I should have listened to the elders and waited until I reached adulthood before leaving the forest."

Yan Yunqing chatted with Lilian for a bit and gathered a lot of information.

The settings of this world were roughly the same as those in 'Demon King'.

As expected, he had indeed transmigrated into the game.

Speaking of which, he seemed to have heard before that 'Demon King' was going to release a multiplayer version.

He didn't know if the world he transmigrated to was the single-player version he used to play, or the yet-to-be-released multiplayer version.

But the Elf King was already dead, and the single-player version didn't have this plot point, so it was most likely the later multiplayer version.

In that case, the plots shouldn't be connected, right?

Then he probably wouldn't be hunted down by his retainers and subjects... right?

Yan Yunqing shook his head, temporarily shaking those worries out of his mind.

Now was not the time to consider this. He had to first think about how to escape this auction house!

According to Lilian, this auction should be starting soon. He had spent some time getting information from Lilian, so he probably didn't have much time left.

Yan Yunqing took out the dagger. Its base attack power was a pitiful +5, with only a gambler-like 50% defense-piercing special ability to look at.

He had no idea how such a garbage weapon ended up in his inventory.

It was a good thing he hadn't cleared out his inventory back then, or he wouldn't even have a single weapon he could equip right now.

Holding the dagger, Yan Yunqing began to try to hack at the sturdy iron lock.

The clanging sound attracted Lilian, who was still wallowing in self-pity.

She pressed herself against the glass.

"Are you trying to break the lock with that dagger?"

Before Yan Yunqing could answer, Lilian continued on her own: "It's useless.

That's a lock with magic patterns on it.

An ordinary dagger can't break it."

Magic patterns?

Yan Yunqing stuck his fingers out of the cage and fiddled with it, only then did he see the complex, dark patterns flowing on the lock.

[Intermediate Magic Lock]: Imprinted with an intermediate magic circle, Defense +500.

"This magic lock can withstand the attacks of an intermediate magician.

Those humans actually used this thing to lock you up.

" Lilian was curious. "Could it be that you're very strong, little kitten?"

She sized up Yan Yunqing carefully, then denied her own speculation.

"No, you look really weak. A newly born elven cub could beat you down.

The humans have no need to be afraid of you!"

Yan Yunqing thought of his all-1s panel and felt as if an arrow had been shot right through his knee.

So what if I can't carry anything or lift anything! I just finished the college entrance exams, my IQ is at its human peak!

Lilian continued to speculate:

"You have a blessed angel's feather.

Those arrogant guys who never show themselves won't easily give away their blessed feathers.

Your identity must not be that simple—could you be royalty of the beastman race?"

"But I haven't heard that the current Beastman King married a cat-person wife!"

Wrong guess, I'm actually the Demon King.

Yan Yunqing said silently in his heart.

The movements in his hands hadn't stopped.

He had no other choice.

At least this dagger had a 50% chance of piercing defense, so it should be effective against the magic lock.

Yan Yunqing had no time to pay attention to Lilian.

Lilian was quite enjoying talking to herself, her small mouth chattering away in a soft voice.

She was clearly a chatterbox.

Yan Yunqing's head was buzzing from the noise.

He clearly remembered that the elves in 'Demon King' were all aloof and indifferent, each one of them looking as if they had 'asexual' written on their faces.

How did a little chatterbox elf like Lilian come about?

Could it be a genetic mutation?

Yan Yunqing grumbled internally.

Encountering a talkative flying creature in the newbie village... crap, why does this setup seem so familiar?

Honestly, Lilian, you have another name, don't you?

It's white emergency food, right?