Who told you I am an NPC

Chapter : 40

As soon as Yan Yunqing returned to the village, he saw the old village chief standing at the entrance, a huge and incredibly conspicuous exclamation mark above his head.

There's a quest!

Yan Yunqing, who was on his way back to the blacksmith's shop, changed his course and ran directly to the old village chief. "Has something happened?"

When the old village chief saw Yan Yunqing, his face showed hesitation. He wavered for two seconds before speaking: "Sigh... Lane hasn't come back."

Hearing this name, Yan Yunqing took a moment to recall before remembering. Lane was the one from the patrol team who had spoken to him when he first discovered the demonic beast. Later, when the old village chief heard about the demonic beast, he had sent Lane to the capital for help.

For the past two days, Yan Yunqing had been focused on the main quest, going through the plot almost without a break, and even completed an instance. He had almost forgotten that the demonic beast crisis in the old village chief's village had not yet been resolved.

Strictly speaking, the appearance of this demonic beast was actually a little related to Yan Yunqing...

After all, with the village protected by Kalenna, plus Henry cleaning up those demonic beasts not under Kalenna's control every day, there shouldn't have been any demonic beasts in the village.

It was just that Yan Yunqing had appeared. He was an outsider and a mage, like a red-crowned crane placed in a chicken coop. The owner of the chicken coop subconsciously rejected this red-crowned crane, and those demonic beasts influenced by Kalenna's consciousness came looking for trouble with him.

Otherwise, how come the patrol team was fine running around the forest every day, but he was chased and bitten by a Ghost-faced Earthworm just for hunting a Lulu Pig?

It's all because Kalenna has double standards!

But now Kalenna, along with that giant tree, had been burned. It was unknown where that piece of God's Bones had gone, but it was certain that no more demonic beasts would be born around here.

Unless Feu was secretly plotting again.

As for Lane, who had gone to the capital for help... he was probably captured by the Fifth Prince or the people from Augreer.

Yan Yunqing looked around, "Village Chief, let's find a quiet place to talk."

The old village chief was taken aback for a moment, then agreed.

Yan Yunqing told the old village chief the entire main storyline, including the origin of the curse on Sunset Village.

After hearing the whole story, the old village chief fell into a long silence.

"So that's the truth." After a long while, the old village chief finally let out a long sigh. "They were all good children, but fate never favors the good."

"I understand. Esteemed Lord Mage, may I ask you to go to the capital to check on Lane's situation?" The old village chief's face was weary. "If I had known these things earlier, I wouldn't have let Lane go to the capital for help... Now, I can only pray that those nobles will spare him, considering that Lane knows nothing."

Yan Yunqing thought to himself that this would be difficult.

Selling demonic beasts, smuggling demonic beasts—this kind of ethically questionable, gray industry that could even threaten the lives of many people. The black-hearted merchants who dared to do such business would definitely not be kind enough to let go of an ordinary person who might spill the beans.

What's more, these merchants themselves held great power and status.

If they waited any longer, Lane would probably be completely cold.

The old village chief's quest request popped up.

Anyway, he would have to deal with that Fifth Prince sooner or later. In that case, he might as well save Lane along the way.

"Don't worry, I will do my best to bring Uncle Lane back." Yan Yunqing chose to accept the quest.

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This time, Yan Yunqing planned to enter the city openly. After leaving Sunset Village, he changed into an appearance that would be unnoticeable in a crowd and spent twenty-five silver coins at a post station to take a horned-horse carriage.

This horned-horse carriage was expensive for a reason. The carriage was very spacious inside, with thick cushions for comfort. On the small table in front, there was a set of cups for boiling water, free for the guests to use.

If the person renting the carriage didn't bring their own servants, the post station also provided a dedicated person to drive the horned-horse carriage, striving to make all wealthy customers feel comfortable.

With countless gold coins in his backpack, Yan Yunqing didn't care about these few silver coins at all. He paid for the rental without blinking an eye and had the post station staff take him to the capital, saving him from running on his own two legs.

Most importantly, for a horned-horse carriage like this entering the capital, the guards' inspections would be much less strict than for ordinary commoners, which would save a lot of trouble. Yan Yunqing didn't mind spending a little more money.

Of course, renting the most expensive pegasus carriage was out of the question; that would only attract unnecessary attention to him.

On the horned-horse carriage, Yan Yunqing organized his game backpack. The Sunset Village instance not only gave him enough experience to level up nine times, but it also dropped a lot of good stuff.

Especially a blueprint [Blueprint·Fire Emblem (Blue)].

During his time in Sunset Village, Yan Yunqing had already gotten a good understanding of the item settings in this world. Similar to a game, all items were divided into six tiers: [Gray/Dilapidated], [White/Common], [Green/Exquisite], [Blue/Excellent], [Purple/Rare], and [Orange/Epic]. The higher the tier, the rarer the item.

Of course, there was also a gold-tier equipment, which was the legendary level, and almost no one in this world had been fortunate enough to see one.

In Yan Yunqing's backpack lay a gold-quality greatsword he had forged while playing "Demon King."

And this [Blueprint·Fire Emblem (Blue)] that Yan Yunqing got couldn't be judged by the rarity of the item itself. Because blueprints were rarer than items. After learning a blue-quality blueprint, the items produced would be at least green-quality.

This showed its rarity.

Yan Yunqing didn't expect to get a blue blueprint in a novice instance. He had Lilian set up a soundproofing spell in the carriage to prevent anyone from eavesdropping, and then he took out the blueprint to study it.

[Blueprint·Fire Emblem (Blue)]

Can craft [Fire Emblem] after learning.

[Fire Emblem]

A button-sized emblem containing a giant wave of fire capable of engulfing everything. 'Activate using a mana imprint. It will explode after 5s, quickly igniting into flames. The resulting purple flames are difficult to extinguish with ordinary water sources.'

Just looking at this description, one couldn't see how powerful this item was. It felt similar to Lilian's prank spell...?

However, this item could be mass-produced and triggered at any time.

If Lilian's prank spell was a 'firecracker', then this Fire Emblem was more like a 'Molotov cocktail'.

However, this blueprint did satisfy Yan Yunqing greatly. After all, which person who had played Left 4 Dead 2 wouldn't be obsessed with Molotov cocktails? Even if throwing a Molotov cocktail was very likely to burn oneself to death along with it (.).

Not to mention this button-sized Molotov cocktail. It was simply a genius weapon of heavy firepower, a tiny piece that could burn up an entire area!

Not bad. Yan Yunqing learned the blueprint right away.

In his player system, alchemy and forging were both part of the same life skill. He had already unlocked this skill with Old Jason at the blacksmith's shop, so now he didn't need to specifically go to the capital to find an alchemist to unlock the life skill to learn the blueprint.

So Yan Yunqing's choice to live in the blacksmith's shop was truly farsighted. He both unlocked a life skill and obtained one of the key items for the instance. Killing two birds with one stone!

Besides this blueprint, the instance also dropped many other useful items. Unfortunately, that [Henry's Longsword] was not returned to him. Instead, it was annihilated along with Henry and Kalenna in that raging fire.

What a pity, it was a blue weapon after all.

But on second thought, it made sense. It had two love tokens that Kalenna had given to Henry. How could Henry bear to leave this sword to him.

What a petty Henry, a match made in heaven with the double-standard Kalenna.

The horned-horse carriage swayed along, arriving at the capital of Bartovita before the sun set.

It didn't feel fast at all sitting in the carriage, but compared to the speed of running on one's own two legs, this speed was already very fast.

With the horned-horse carriage, Yan Yunqing encountered few inspections when entering the capital, much faster than when he left the city last time. After settling the payment for the carriage, Yan Yunqing immediately found an inn to stay in.

Inns that could operate in the capital basically had the support of nobles behind them. The inn Yan Yunqing chose happened to be one opened by the Augreer family.

Yan Yunqing stood at the entrance of the inn and memorized the Augreer family crest on the inn's sign.

An eagle with its wings spread in flight, its lines were carved so vividly it seemed as if a real, fierce eagle was flying in this direction.

What a sharp totem. If I remember correctly, the totem of the neighboring Romunik Empire is a griffin, right? This eagle actually bears some resemblance to the totem of the neighboring empire. It shows the great ambition.

Looking at this eagle, Yan Yunqing sighed in his heart: As expected of a great family that dares to trade in demonic beasts.

Walking into the inn, the entire place was lavishly decorated. From the entrance, the floor was covered with a thick carpet, making no sound as one stepped on it. A faint fragrance filled the air. In the corner, a large magic gramophone was currently playing gentle music.

Several attendants stood smiling at the door to welcome guests. Every one of them was very pleasing to the eye, all handsome men and beautiful women.

The other half of the hall was furnished with many chairs. Some people dressed as merchants were sitting on long benches covered in beast hides, discussing in low voices, while mercenaries in tight-fitting attire sat at the bar, briskly raising their large mugs of wine and talking loudly.

This scene looked a little awkward.

Yan Yunqing thought about it for a moment, then it dawned on him: this inn was clearly in the high-end category. It was normal for merchants to appear, but how did mercenaries end up here?

Could it be that being a mercenary was so profitable these days?

Should he consider getting a mercenary identity after this quest was done?

It wasn't that he was greedy for the money, but mainly that it seemed more convenient for mercenaries to accept quests.

Yan Yunqing's gaze swept across the hall. With the respectful service of an attendant, he went to the front desk and booked a room for two nights.

He also chose a medium-grade room, not too high-profile, but the quality of accommodation wouldn't be too bad either.

However, it cost Yan Yunqing twenty gold coins.

Yan Yunqing gasped inwardly. What kind of room costs ten gold coins a night? At this price, how much would the highest-grade room cost? A hundred gold?

You have to know, when he lived in Old Jason's blacksmith shop, he only had to pay 3 silver coins a day, which was already considered a very expensive accommodation fee in Sunset Village.

Truly worthy of being the Augreer family, the best at 'sucking gold'!

Yan Yunqing took out a small bag of gold coins from his sleeve and placed it on the front desk. A few crisp clinks of gold coins were heard from inside. He requested in a low voice: "I want a quiet room, without any loud mercenaries around."

As he spoke, his eyes glanced at the people dressed as mercenaries sitting over there. Mercenaries who lived on the edge of a knife usually had sharp ears and eyes. Staying in a room near mercenaries would be inconvenient for him to go out and do things at night.

Yan Yunqing's current disguise was that of an unremarkable-looking youth, but he wore a black mage's robe that didn't show his level. Therefore, his entry into this inn did not attract too much attention.

It was common knowledge that mages were very rich. A mage without money could hardly move an inch.

And a small, harmless request from a mage would generally not be refused.

"Of course, we will arrange a very quiet environment for you."

The attendant at the front desk took the money bag with a full smile. Without even counting it, he directly put it into the drawer, then took out a key and placed it on the table, gently pushing it in front of Yan Yunqing with his fingertips.

"Honorable Mr. Mage, this is your room key." The attendant said respectfully, "Next, Xiao Ai will lead you to your room. I wish you a pleasant stay."

As soon as his voice fell, another lovely young girl dressed as an attendant came up, "Honorable Mr. Mage, I am Xiao Ai. I will lead the way for you next."

Yan Yunqing lowered his head slightly, letting the fringe of his hair cover his eyes. He nodded silently, playing the role of a reticent, gloomy, and solitary mage.

This was how the mage community was. No matter what kind of personality, it was not strange in the mage community. It seemed that after learning magic to the end, one's personality would undergo a certain mutation.

Xiao Ai received no response, but she didn't feel awkward at all. She still wore a standard smile on her face and led Yan Yunqing in front.

The room he booked was on the fifth floor. This inn also had a lift that operated on mana. They took the magic compartment to the fifth floor.

It was indeed very quiet here, just as the front desk had said.

Yan Yunqing observed the minimap. None of the rooms on this floor were fully occupied, no wonder it was so quiet.

"Honorable Mr. Mage, this is it." Xiao Ai stepped aside. "You can use your room key to open this door. If you have any needs, you can contact us for service through the button on the table."

Yan Yunqing waved his hand, and Xiao Ai very consciously stepped back and left.

Yan Yunqing used the key to open the room door. The furnishings inside did not disappoint the price of ten gold coins a night. It was also covered with a thick woolen carpet. After entering, a screen carved from ebony wood blocked the view of the room from the entrance.

Walking further inside, the decorations were even more magnificent. The bed alone was a full three meters wide, with a mattress filled with cashmere, soft yet resilient. It was hard to imagine how comfortable it would be to sleep on such a bed.

Yan Yunqing didn't rush to pounce on the bed. He first cast [Probe] on the surrounding environment. This was a skill he unlocked after reaching level twenty-five, which could detect mana fluctuations not exceeding his character's level.

Nothing unusual.

At the same time, confirming that there were no other dots on the minimap, Yan Yunqing breathed a sigh of relief and opened the tightly closed pocket, "Come out, it's safe for now."

Lilian flew out. Seeing the room's furnishings, her eyes lit up: "Wow, you're actually willing to stay in such a good room!"

Yan Yunqing was helpless: "You make it sound like I'm very stingy... When have I ever mistreated you?"

Lilian completely ignored Yan Yunqing's accusation, flew around the room in a circle, and confirmed, "No scrying magic, safe!"

After speaking, she dove down, and the entire elf smashed into the soft bed, even bouncing up a little from the resilient mattress.

Lilian lay on the bed with her limbs spread out like a star, letting out a long, comfortable sigh, "It's like being wrapped in cotton, so happy =v=~"

She rolled over on the bed, "This bed is so big, we can even fight on it!"

Yan Yunqing stopped her astonishing words: "Be careful with your words, you can't just say things like that. Who wants to fight with you on the bed!"

Lilian snorted and rolled over again, "You always hit the elf randomly when you're asleep. I've been sleeping soundly several times and got sent flying by you!"

Yan Yunqing felt guilty: "...Cough, I'll be more careful next time."

His sleeping posture had been terrible since he was a child. He had been complained about before. His uncle's son even said that he practiced boxing in his sleep at night and kicked him off the bed with one foot.

The problem was, even after kicking someone off the bed, Yan Yunqing could still sleep soundly, completely unaffected.

That cousin could only hug his pillow and go sleep with his uncle in the middle of the night.

Letting Lilian roll around on the bed, Yan Yunqing walked to the window, pulled open a corner of the curtain, and observed outside. This inn was located on the most prosperous street in the capital, and opposite it was the place where Yan Yunqing first arrived in this other world—that evil auction house.

Before he left last time, Yan Yunqing had turned into a cat and taken a look from afar. After a night of fighting, the exterior of the auction house was riddled with holes from explosions, and several large holes were broken in the walls. Yan Yunqing, Lilian, and Cornelia had run out from one of those large holes.

And now, in less than a month's time, this auction house had been rebuilt. From the outside, you couldn't tell at all that it had once been bombed to smithereens.

"Speaking of which, I thought you would find an inconspicuous inn to stay in." Lilian had had enough fun and quieted down. "Why did you choose an inn of the Augreer family? What if something is discovered? Wouldn't we be like a lamb entering a tiger's den?"

Yan Yunqing shook his head, "For us who need to keep our identities secret, an expensive inn is actually more suitable."

"In an inn like this, those who can afford the price are basically either rich or noble. And my disguise is that of a mage of unknown level. With the respect people have for mages, no one will come to disturb us unless necessary, and they will even provide us with some convenience."

"Just like here, a sufficiently luxurious and very quiet living environment."

"On the contrary, if we stayed in a cheap inn, those places are a mixed bag. It would indeed be more convenient to gather information, but I'm alone and look easy to bully. Maybe there would be dozens of thieves and robbers coming to try their luck in one night. It wouldn't be good if you were discovered then."

Elves were still too rare in human cities.

"As for why I chose an Augreer inn... it was just a coincidence. This inn just happened to be more pleasing to the eye?"

"Besides," Yan Yunqing shrugged, "we are staying in an Augreer inn. If something happens to their forces, who would think that the culprit is a mage who, on the surface, has never left his room in their inn?"

"Sometimes, hiding in plain sight is a very good strategy."

Just like the last time he escaped from the auction house's warehouse, he changed his clothes and directly pretended to be a nobleman and went to a private box on the third floor, and even participated in the auction. Who would have thought?

Yan Yunqing looked at the sky, "I'll order some dinner, and then we'll go out to gather information."

Lilian immediately flew over, raising her hand: "I want to eat meat! Grilled steak!"

Yan Yunqing: ... still not quite used to the habit of elves eating meat instead of being vegetarian.

Following Lilian's request, Yan Yunqing pressed the button on the table. Soon, an attendant came to knock on the door. Yan Yunqing took the menu placed in the room and ordered all the meat dishes and desserts from top to bottom.

The attendant recorded the dishes Yan Yunqing ordered, and the smile on his face stiffened a little. He was somewhat in disbelief that such a small person like Yan Yunqing could eat so much.

But the room service was included in the ten gold coins, so the attendant couldn't refuse to provide the meal just because Yan Yunqing ordered a lot.

It was really strange. The person registered to stay in this room should only be this thin Mr. Mage in front of him, right? Could such a mage eat so much?

Having written down almost all the dishes on the menu, the attendant's hand was even trembling a little, "Alright, we will prepare these things for you right away. Do you need anything else?"

Yan Yunqing shook his head and casually took out a few more gold coins and threw them to the attendant, "After delivering the meal, don't come and disturb me. I need to rest."

The attendant's eyes lit up upon receiving the gold coins. He quickly pocketed them, and his attitude became much more eager: "Understood, understood! I will immediately go and have someone prepare your meal."

The honorable Mr. Mage must have his reasons for ordering so many things. Even if he can't finish them, just looking at them is a kind of sentiment! How it shows his wealth! Those noble masters also eat about this many dishes in one meal, taking one bite of each dish is considered finishing it.

Elegant, simply too elegant!

Closing the door, Yan Yunqing had no idea that the attendant had already imagined him to be a mage from a noble family who had come out for training.

Of course, ordering so much wasn't because he and Lilian could eat that much, but because the food made in such a large inn was generally very delicious. His backpack was in stasis, so it was super convenient to put it in and take it out when needed.

After giving a tip, the attendant's service attitude soared, and the food was delivered very quickly. Before long, all the dishes Yan Yunqing had ordered were brought up.

One plate after another, they completely filled three food carts.

The three attendants who pushed the food carts in looked at Yan Yunqing with a hint of admiration in their eyes.

This guy can really eat!

As usual, Yan Yunqing gave each attendant who came over a small tip. This time it wasn't gold coins, but silver coins, but they were still very happy.

After sending away the overjoyed attendants, Yan Yunqing took out a few plates of dishes Lilian had specifically requested and placed them on the dining table. He then picked two that he wanted to eat, and stuffed the rest into his backpack.

He even took the plates with him. Anyway, he had already paid more than enough compensation.

After eating, Yan Yunqing deactivated his roleplay state and studied his original appearance in the mirror.

He had already killed Dean once. If he killed the Fifth Prince this time, he would really become famous.

Instead of letting others give him a messy nickname, it was better for him to create a special identity himself. In the future, whenever he needed to do something bad, he would use this identity.

Yan Yunqing was very sure that he hadn't transmigrated into this other world in his own body, because this body's appearance was at most seventy percent similar to his original self. His original appearance was more sunny and handsome, while this current face had a hint of evilness to it.

It wasn't that he had a villain's face, but his facial structure was more delicate, and at the same time, a pair of dark red eyes added a lot of dangerous aura to his entire temperament.

When he wasn't smiling, the aura on his body was very intimidating.

This was also something Yan Yunqing had just discovered.

Strange, how come he didn't remember this dangerous aura being so heavy when he first transmigrated? Could it be that he had used the [Advent of the Demon King] skill too much and had been assimilated?

Yan Yunqing stroked his chin, looking at himself in the mirror, and decided to base his other identity on his original appearance.

Sunny and cute, with two canine teeth. His hair would definitely be gold to differentiate it from black hair, and his eyes... probably the same color as his hair!

Yan Yunqing, who was happily creating a new face, discovered that the person in the mirror couldn't be said to be exactly the same as his past self, only that they were completely unrelated!

Hmm... is that you? Kurapika?

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