Who told you I am an NPC

Chapter : 39

The process of killing Kalenna was very brief.

Just as Henry had said, when Yan Yunqing held that longsword, Kalenna automatically saw him as Henry and had no resistance to his approach at all.

Then, Yan Yunqing raised the longsword, aimed it at Henry's heart, and at Henry's signal, viciously pierced through their two hearts pressed together.

How could this not be considered Cupid's arrow through the heart in another sense?

Henry had lost his hands and could no longer embrace his beloved girl, but it didn't matter.

This sword that had accompanied him as he grew up now bound them tightly together.

He could use all of his life to embrace this girl.

The magic stone on the sword's hilt emitted a faint light.

The pure magic stone was actually devouring and purifying the black mist on Kalenna's body.

Sensing the rapid loss of its host's life force, the black mist boiled, yet it was powerless, only able to let the magic stone devour it completely.

The black mist dissipated bit by bit, revealing Kalenna's hidden face.

Only then did Yan Yunqing see her true appearance.

She had a beautiful face, her features not possessing the gentleness of a mage, but rather the (sàshuǎng, heroic and dashing) spirit of a female knight—sharp, full of vitality. It was a look that would make many people's hearts flutter.

Placed next to Henry's naturally handsome baby face, it was surprisingly harmonious.

Kalenna's eyes were tightly shut, her face pale, her brows furrowed, as if immersed in that desperate nightmare.

Henry lowered his head tenderly, a gentle kiss landing between her brows.

He had already lost his hands and could no longer smooth her furrowed brow.

“Don't just stand there!” Lilian called Yan Yunqing back from his daze, “The demonic beasts on the tree are already getting restless.

We need to burn the tree as soon as possible.”

To deal with those demonic beasts that had just hatched or were about to hatch!

Yan Yunqing understood.

After one last look at Henry and Kalenna clinging tightly together, he retreated several meters to a safe position and, along with Lilian, cast a fire spell at the sky-blotting tree.

Suddenly, a serpent of fire coiled up from the giant tree's roots, climbing upwards and unleashing a heatwave that devoured everything.

The fiery red light nearly illuminated the entire sky.

Countless wails of demonic beasts rose and fell one after another.

Sinful desires, accompanied by the crackling sound of the flames, were annihilated together in this forest.

Because the fire was too intense, Yan Yunqing had already moved to a sufficiently safe place.

He wouldn't be disturbed by the flames here, but he could only vaguely see the two clinging figures amidst the raging fire.

The flickering firelight reflected on Yan Yunqing's face, landing in his eyes, yet it still couldn't reveal much of his emotions.

He watched this giant tree burn, and it was as if he could hear the tree's sorrowful cry in his ears.

This was a musical movement titled "Guardian," composed by countless lives.

Yan Yunqing's expression was cold, as if he was affected by this mournful cry and had fallen into some memories he didn't want to bring up.

“Hey—Little cat! Are you okay?

Wake up—you haven't been corrupted, have you?”

Lilian called out incessantly beside his ear.

I haven't.

Yan Yunqing responded in his heart, but for some reason, he had no desire to open his mouth and reply at this moment.

His eyes were filled with only the raging inferno.

Suddenly, he saw the branches of the giant tree droop, as if tightly embracing the two figures in the center of the flames, until the flames devoured everything and all vanished completely.

Yan Yunqing opened his mouth, but a prompt popped up before his eyes: [Instance 'Sunset·

The Lingering Shadow of the Curse' has been cleared. Exit?].

Below it was a countdown: 10, 9, 8…

Yan Yunqing blinked, took one last look at the place where the flames soared, and chose to exit the instance.

[You have exited the instance. Instance content has been recorded, auto-generating…]

[Instance 'The Curse of Sunset Village' has been generated. We welcome players to challenge it again.]

***

Henry, having lost both arms, relied on the sword connecting their hearts to inch his body over and sit down at the base of the tree.

Kalenna still leaned against his chest, her eyes tightly closed.

Henry looked up at the sky, reddened by the flames, like a dawning sun, and gently hummed a nursery rhyme from their childhood.

“I want to become a wisp of wind, drifting towards the distance”

“To see the distant trees, the distant streams, and the distant you.”

The feeling of being roasted by flames as an undead was not pleasant, yet Henry wore a smile the entire time, humming cheerfully.

Just as the flames were about to consume them, Kalenna, in Henry's arms, finally opened her tightly shut eyes.

Leaning against Henry, she hummed the second half of the nursery rhyme.

“The smiling you, the crying you, the lovely you”

“I will become a gentle breeze to see you, to embrace you.”

Henry looked down, his eyes filled with a smile: “You're awake.”

Kalenna was the same.

She stretched out her arms and hugged Henry, who could no longer embrace her, just as Henry had hugged her countless times before.

“Mm, I'm awake.” Kalenna hugged Henry tightly, completely ignoring the sword sinking deeper between their hearts. “Is it a little late?”

“No, how could it be?”

Henry chuckled softly, “It's just right.”

Just in time for me to see you one last time, to say I love you once more.

The scalding heatwave submerged all of the past; at this moment, they only had eyes for each other.

—I've always been looking forward to seeing you again.

—Even if there are countless thorns and obstacles ahead, I will cross all barriers and walk towards you with unwavering resolve.

Their noses touched, their breaths mingled, and their love was vented in every leaping flame.

“...Everyone survived. The sun will rise as usual tomorrow.”

“Then, can we rest now?”

“Of course, my dear girl.”

[CG Collected: 'The Sun Never Sets']

“We are reborn in the raging fire, our souls will never wither.”

***

After Yan Yunqing came out of the instance, it took him a long while to finally come back to his senses.

Lilian was about to die from anxiety, holding Yan Yunqing's face and wailing, “Waaah, Little cat! I thought you were really corrupted, I could never bring myself to place righteousness above family like Henry did, waaaah—”

The noisy crying gave Yan Yunqing a headache.

He pressed his temples and covered Lilian's mouth, “Alright, alright, I was just too shaken for a moment and didn't come back to my senses, stop crying.”

That kind of fire, which seemed like it could burn everything, was truly breathtaking to witness in person.

Regarding Henry and Kalenna's touching love story, Yan Yunqing didn't feel much in his heart.

Compared to that passionate love, he was more shaken by their dedication to guardianship.

I've said it before, matters of the heart can't affect his career-oriented heart!

Yan Yunqing checked his game panel and found that all his tasks in Sunset Village were completed. His level had soared, directly reaching level twenty-eight.

Yan Yunqing: ...?

Yan Yunqing rubbed his eyes in disbelief, closed the panel, and opened it again. His level still showed level twenty-eight.

“Hiss!” Yan Yunqing jumped on the spot, suddenly wanting to go back and run the Sunset Village instance again.

He was level nineteen before entering the instance, and now he was level twenty-eight after coming out.

One instance had smashed him with nine levels worth of experience! What kind of concept was that?!

If he lived in this instance for a month, would he be able to reach max level directly?

At that time, if a god blocked him, he'd kill the god; if a Buddha blocked him, he'd kill the Buddha.

He wouldn't have to pay any mind to those pipsqueak alien race dependents who wanted to kill the king!

Yan Yunqing was very tempted.

Although he knew that repeatedly running the same instance wouldn't give the same amount of experience, he still couldn't control his hand, wanting to run this instance again.

When Yan Yunqing exited, the panel had prompted him that the instance content had been recorded and a new instance had been generated!

It was the perfect time to run it again while he was on a roll!

He opened the instance interface and disappointingly found that there was also a cooldown for entering the instance.

It was currently counting down: 23:12:45.

Alright, he had to wait for a one-day cooldown.

As Yan Yunqing was about to exit, he suddenly noticed a 'CG Collection' tab next to the instance panel.

He clicked it open, and the only CG collected inside was one titled 'The Sun Never Sets'.

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This game even has an automatic CG collection function!

As expected of a classic RPG! The game system's features are just too comprehensive!

Opening 'The Sun Never Sets', Yan Yunqing saw a sky burned red, with flames burning fiercely, blurring the horizon.

Within the flames, two embracing figures could be vaguely seen.

Given that Henry had lost his arms, it was already clear who was embracing whom.

So Kalenna did wake up in the end…

Henry must be very happy, right?

To be able to see Kalenna one last time.

Below the CG was a line of small text: 'We are reborn in the raging fire, our souls will never wither.'

“I thought dying for love was just an ancient rumor…”

Yan Yunqing muttered a line from a song under his breath, which Lilian heard completely.

Lilian narrowed her eyes: “What, you care a lot about Henry and Kalenna dying for love?”

Yan Yunqing: “Something like that. I just suddenly realized they were truly in love, and it made me a bit emotional.”

He had always felt that there were no fools in the world who would actually die for love, but today he had truly seen it.

Although both of them were already undead, so it didn't really count as dying for love...

A complex emotion flashed in Lilian's eyes.

She slowly landed on Yan Yunqing's shoulder, “Then… if someone died for love for you, would you be very touched?”

Yan Yunqing: ???

Yan Yunqing looked dumbfounded, not daring to move: “Uh, die for love for me?”

Yan Yunqing touched his nose, considering this possibility, and he felt uncomfortable all over, “Please don't… I would probably just think that person is a psycho and it's better to stay far away.”

Lilian: …???

Yan Yunqing continued to twist the knife:

"And don't you think it's stupid for a person to give up their life for another?

It's either they have a problem with their brain, or they have a problem with their brain. If they can even give up their own life, they're capable of doing even more insane things!"

Lilian: ...

Yan Yunqing still wanted to press on: "So, Lilian, if you ever meet someone in the future who wants you to die for love for them, don't hesitate for a second.

Use accelerate and flash to run.

That's a certified scumbag!

Of course, you yourself should never have such a stupid idea as dying for love. No one is worth you doing that!"

Lilian replied coldly: "...Alright, you don't have to say any more."

Yan Yunqing: Hmm?

Lilian's face was cold, her voice flat and emotionless, "I am now deeply aware that dying for love is a very foolish act."

Yan Yunqing's brows relaxed, "That's great, it seems you think so too."