Who told you I am an NPC

Chapter : 37

After dealing with a few more waves of demonic beasts along the way, Yan Yunqing followed Henry and leeched a few waves of experience packs, directly leveling up to twenty-one.

This leveling speed...

Yan Yunqing kind of wanted Henry to take him to farm all the demonic beasts in the entire instance. After a few more runs, he might be able to level up to twenty-five painlessly.

But thinking about it, it was impossible. Instances always gave generous experience on the first run. After leveling up, they would become stingy.

As they continued deeper into the forest, after turning at a crossroads, Yan Yunqing keenly noticed that the surrounding environment had undergone subtle changes.

The gradually increasing number of demonic beasts had disappeared at some point, and the sound of birdsong in the forest had completely vanished.

After crossing a small hill and parting the bushes blocking their way, the view in front of them suddenly opened up.

An ancient giant tree rose from the ground.

Thick vines and branches intertwined and spiraled upwards.

The huge, lush canopy blotted out the sky and sun.

Sunlight could only filter through the gaps between the leaves and vines, like floating specks of starlight.

The gnarled roots held onto the soil, embracing this piece of land.

Yan Yunqing was momentarily speechless at the breathtaking scene before him.

Lilian was even more astonished.

As an elf, her perception of the wood element was more distinct.

The vibrant scene before her carried an undeniable aura of death.

This giant tree possessed both life and death at the same time?

Half-dead? What a strange characteristic.

It couldn't be that it was living towards death, right?

"We're here." Henry's voice broke the trance of both Yan Yunqing and Lilian.

His gaze fell on the top of the tree canopy.

Yan Yunqing followed his line of sight and saw a ball of tangled vines there.

"What do we do next?" Yan Yunqing asked.

Henry smiled and pointed to the tree canopy, "I'm going to climb up and remove that tumor—only I can do this.

You can't get close to that tree."

"Hmm, can you wait for me under the tree for a while?"

"That place..." Lilian looked in the direction Henry was pointing and frowned.

"Such a strong aura of death."

If the giant tree itself contained both life and death, then that "tumor" formed by the tangled vines was the place with the strongest aura of death in the entire tree.

Yan Yunqing then asked, "Why can't we approach that tree?"

Henry scratched his hair and said embarrassedly, "This... I'm not sure either, but I don't think you can get close to it."

"So, besides you, has no one else been to this place?"

Yan Yunqing was thoughtful. "Is it your job to remove the 'tumor' on the giant tree?"

A look of confusion appeared on Henry's face, "Y-yes? It's very dangerous here, very few people come this way... Removing the tumor is my job, and also my responsibility."

"Although I don't know why, the tumor on the giant tree gives birth to demonic beasts.

If it's not removed in time, the demonic beasts will endanger the village," Henry said.

"I am the village's guard, so this should be my responsibility."

"Do you have to come every day?"

"Of course."

Yan Yunqing took a step back and nodded at Henry, "Then you go ahead.

We'll be down here to support you at any time."

Henry gave a grateful smile, "Thank you so much.

After I'm done removing the tumor, I'll treat you to roasted Lulu pork!"

Yan Yunqing nodded, thinking to himself: It seems the skill of roasting Lulu pork is a family tradition of Old Jason's.

He watched as Henry walked towards the giant tree and began to try to climb up the vines wrapped around it.

Lilian was very uneasy, "What does Henry mean?

That tumor gives birth to demonic beasts? But aren't all demonic beasts born from the bones of gods?

Could it be that that tree was transformed from the bones of a god?"

Yan Yunqing shook his head lightly, "I'm not sure, but I have a guess..."

With that, Yan Yunqing took two steps forward. Lilian was startled and quickly followed, "What are you doing?"

"To see if this tree really won't let me get close," Yan Yunqing said, trying to walk towards the giant tree.

However, unlike Henry who smoothly approached the giant tree and began to climb, when Yan Yunqing got within about ten meters of the giant tree, it was as if he had encountered an invisible wall. He couldn't move forward even half a step.

Yan Yunqing reached out, trying to feel the invisible wall in front of him, but felt nothing.

Lilian also tried to fly in, but was blocked as well.

"What is this... could there be a magic formation?"

Lilian looked around but found no trace of any magic formation.

Yan Yunqing was somewhat lost in thought, his head bowed in contemplation.

He only heard Lilian exclaim beside him, "Be careful!"

Yan Yunqing looked up and saw a demonic beast, a [Corrupting Venomous Python], appear beside Henry, attacking him.

In order to avoid the [Corrupting Venomous Python]'s attack, Henry accidentally missed a step and fell backward.

Yan Yunqing:!!!

Yan Yunqing subconsciously wanted to have Lilian cast a Levitation Spell on Henry.

The next second, the falling Henry reached out and grabbed a dangling vine.

With a twist of his waist, he swung back onto the giant tree in an incredible posture.

Tar-Tarzan?

As if sensing Yan Yunqing's worry, Henry glanced in their direction, waved his hand, and shouted, "Don't worry about me, I'm already very skilled at climbing this!"

With that, he drew his refined iron sword and slashed fiercely at the [Corrupting Venomous Python].

The demonic beasts on this tree seemed very fragile.

Henry cut off its head in just a few strokes. It fell down, landing among the roots and soil, and turned into specks of starlight.

It was clear that he was indeed extremely skilled at this job.

Henry continued to climb upwards. Yan Yunqing retracted his gaze and focused again on the invisible wall in front of him.

He thought for a moment and took out the [Henry's Longsword] from his backpack.

He had kept this sword in his backpack ever since he entered the instance and met Henry, never taking it out.

It wasn't that Yan Yunqing wanted to keep it for himself, but that Henry's current state was clearly that of an undead who didn't know he was dead.

Even his wounds would bleed like a normal living person.

And the thing that made the undead wander here, repeating the same task every day, must be very important to him.

Yan Yunqing wanted to find out the meaning of this matter without alarming the undead.

After all, once an undead remembers that he is dead, it is very likely to become uncontrollable.

No matter how strong their will was in life, the undead after death might not be able to face their own death calmly.

As for now, Yan Yunqing took out this sword because of his guess—

Sure enough, after Yan Yunqing took out the longsword, the invisible wall that had been blocking him disappeared.

He could once again walk freely towards the giant tree.

Lilian was still trapped in place.

Seeing that Yan Yunqing could already walk in, she became anxious and spun around in circles, "Wait, how did you get in?

What about me! Are you going to leave me behind again?"

Yan Yunqing paused, turned back helplessly, grabbed Lilian, and stuffed her into his pocket, "What do you mean 'leave you behind again'?

When have I ever left you behind?"

Lilian stuck out her tongue, obediently lying on the edge of the pocket with her little head peeking out, "I was just anxious for a moment! Don't mind it!"

Yan Yunqing ignored Lilian and, clutching the longsword, walked towards the giant tree.

This time, with the longsword clearing the path, Yan Yunqing and Lilian successfully crossed the ten-meter distance and arrived at the foot of the giant tree.

Looking up, the tree was even more enormous.

Countless branches and vines were intertwined, crisscrossing each other, with no end in sight.

Lilian commented, "It's not as good as our elven race's Mother Tree.

Next time I'll take you to see the Mother Tree in our elven lands.

It's much more breathtaking than this, and it's full of life, with no trace of death at all!"

Yan Yunqing was speechless, "Isn't your elven Mother Tree in the holy land?

Is that a place open to outsiders?"

The Elven Mother Tree was the most important place for the elves to pass on their lineage.

Normally, even elves were not allowed to enter at will.

Only the current Elf King, the elven elders, and the instructors of the newborn elves were qualified to enter and exit.

Lilian looked innocent, "But you're not a bad person."

Yan Yunqing was at a loss for words.

"Be more careful, don't get tricked into a broken bottle at an auction house again."

Lilian snorted a couple of times and quieted down.

She watched as Yan Yunqing also began to try to climb, and suddenly said again, "Really, come back to the elven lands with me later.

I'll take you to see the branch I was born from.

It's the most beautiful branch on the Mother Tree!"

Yan Yunqing turned a deaf ear to this.

He was not curious about the elven lands at all. After all, when he first started playing "Demon King," he was in the elven lands.

Let alone the branches where ordinary elves were born, he had even made a comb out of the branch where Silf was born and used it to comb his hair every day.

Although the one combing the hair was the main character in the game, not him now.

Yan Yunqing climbed very quickly.

The attention of all the demonic beasts was on Henry, who was closer to the tumor, and they ignored Yan Yunqing below.

Therefore, while Henry was fighting a bloody battle, Yan Yunqing easily climbed to a position below him.

Seeing a [Corpse-eating Bird] pecking fiercely at Henry, Yan Yunqing slashed and cut down the not-so-small decaying bird.

"Eh?" Only then did Henry notice Yan Yunqing, who was close by.

"H-how did you get up here?"

Seeing that he hadn't noticed the sword in his hand for the time being, Yan Yunqing simply slung the sword behind his back, "Just like that. Maybe I saw you were injured and rushed in in a hurry."

Henry: Hmm?? Is this something you can just rush into because you're in a hurry?

Henry's thoughts were in a mess for a moment, but since the vine tumor was right in front of him, he didn't say much.

"Alright, then follow me closely.

You'll get seriously injured if you fall from up here."

Yan Yunqing nodded silently.

The two of them worked together to kill all the besieging demonic beasts.

Perhaps sensing that danger was approaching, these demonic beasts attacked more and more recklessly, rushing forward like moths to a flame.

Yan Yunqing took out his magic wand, cast a shield on both himself and Henry, and, hanging on the tree, directly sniped from a high altitude with his Fireball Spell.

His aim was very good, knocking the demonic beasts back with one fireball each, making them cry out in pain.

Meanwhile, Henry was already close to the vine tumor that was emitting an aura of death.

He took out a dagger and began to cut along the edge.

A few sizzling sounds were heard.

Yan Yunqing turned his head and saw that the dark green liquid sprayed from the vine tumor Henry was cutting was corrosive.

It landed on Henry's clothes and exposed arms, emitting puffs of white smoke.