bayedsolid Chapter 56 Just an NPC
Chapter 56 Just an NPC
Zheng Lu didn't expect that the NPC Mo Xizheng would risk his life to save her, but seeing Mo Xizheng's back as he went back to help Ji Xingyi, she chose to ignore it and continued to flee for her life, dragging her injured foot.
If Ji Xingyi can defeat them, all the better; if not, it will be enough to buy her some time.
After struggling down the stairs, Zheng Lu escaped to the first floor of the west wing of the castle. Suddenly, she felt a pang of fear and looked up at the next room, only to find it was the church she had visited before.
Zheng Lu's expression changed slightly. She thought of Zheng Zhaonan and hurriedly rushed to the nearest restroom, where she found Zheng Zhaonan's body.
Her stupid, useless brother was eaten away until only his skeleton remained.
Zheng Lu opened her mouth, as if to say something, but tears blurred her vision first. Her body slumped limply against the doorframe, and the woman knelt on the ground, screaming silently.
Do you need help?
An aged voice suddenly appeared, and Zheng Lu turned around in alarm. The old butler had appeared behind her at some point, gracefully bending down and handing her a handkerchief.
Zheng Lu frantically crawled backward, trying to escape through the window, but was stopped by the other person's words.
“Miss Zheng, Earl Greenshire is willing to assist you.”
Zheng Lu turned her head in shock. What did that mean? Wasn't Bernard here to kill her? Wait, the old man in front of her was actually speaking Mandarin?
“I don’t speak Mandarin. It is thanks to the Earl’s power that I can communicate with you fluently,” Bernard said with a friendly smile, his eyes seemingly able to see through Zheng Lu’s thoughts. “The Earl has the power to create miracles.”
Zheng Lu was completely confused when Bernard continued.
"She knows your pain, understands your regret, and is willing to undo your regrets and work miracles for you."
"Miracle?"
“Yes, for example,” Bernard gestured slightly towards the corpse on the ground, “the dead come back to life!”
Zheng Lu tried hard to suppress her surging emotions, repeatedly telling herself that she could not trust the NPCs!
“It seems you don’t believe me? The Earl will make you believe me.” Bernard flicked his finger, and the previously stiff skeleton suddenly moved.
Under Zheng Lu's horrified gaze, it regained its flesh and blood as if time had reversed.
The man's empty eyes gradually regained their light: "Sister?"
The old man's lips curled up: "Because this is a miracle!"
Zheng Lu, limping, rushed into Zheng Zhaonan's arms, checking his younger brother's body in disbelief: "Zhaonan! Are you alright?"
The two siblings embraced and wept. Zheng Lu wanted to leave immediately with her mentally challenged brother, but Bernard raised his hand to stop her.
"Although Mr. Zheng has been resurrected, he cannot leave this place, which is what you call the inner world."
"What do you mean?" Zheng Lu couldn't help but roar.
“You misunderstand.” Bernard shook his head and sighed, “Even someone as powerful as the Earl has to pay a heavy price to perform a miracle. If you want Mr. Zheng to return to the world of the living, you will need to sacrifice a true soul.”
The world of the surface.
Xu Enxi fell into a coma, and Wu Hu went to Bernard's housekeeper to contact an outside medical team. Yang Hua's face was gloomy. She wanted to discuss things with Ding Xuehui, but in the blink of an eye, Ding Xuehui had also disappeared.
Unsure if the girl had re-entered the Inner Century, she could only continue waiting in the lobby until Zheng Lu returned around 9 o'clock.
Seeing Zheng Lu limping, Yang Hua quickly helped her to an empty restaurant to check her injuries.
"It's alright, just a sprain, no broken bones." Yang Hua wanted to ask Zheng Lu what had happened in the Otherworld in the past hour, but saw the woman with her head down, as if she had suffered a huge blow. Not knowing what to say, Yang Hua could only pat Zheng Lu's back reassuringly.
Zheng Lu looked up, her face pale and sallow. Slightly nervous, she adjusted her black-rimmed glasses and looked at Yang Hua: "Sister Yang, I'm an accountant in real life, and Zhao Nan is just an ordinary person. We're both ordinary people, and neither of us wants to participate in this damned game. Zhao Nan is my brother, after all. If there's a chance, I still want to save him. Please help me, okay?"
Zheng Lu was somewhat incoherent, and Yang Hua looked confused: "What exactly happened?"
“The witch can help me revive Zhao Nan…” Zheng Lu briefly described his deal with Bernat.
Startled, Yang Hua grabbed Zheng Lu's arm and reminded the thin woman whose eyes were hidden by her black bangs: "Zheng Lu, wake up! They are the BOSS! Dungeon BOSSes will not help players!"
"Sister Yang, just kill one NPC for me!" Zheng Lu pleaded, crying. "Even if Bernard lies to me, we won't lose anything! It's just an NPC dying! Let's try it, what if Zhao Nan really comes back to life?"
"This..." Yang Hua couldn't bear to refuse, and finally gritted her teeth and agreed.
Three minutes later, Yang Hua made up an excuse to call Xiao Sheng over. Yang Hua hugged Xiao Sheng from behind, and Zheng Lu immediately stabbed him with a fruit knife.
Both women were first-time killers and lacked experience; their first stabs weren't enough to kill their victims. Fortunately, Yang Hua struck Xiao Sheng on the back of the head with a chair, rendering him unconscious, which gave Zheng Lu the opportunity to finish him off with multiple stabs!
The two were in a sorry state. Yang Hua was trembling all over. Even though she was an NPC, her body felt just like a real human. The blood splattered on her face was warm.
"Zheng Lu, can Zheng Zhaonan really be brought back to life?"
Time passed slowly, and Zheng Lu, her face covered in blood, gradually showed a bewildered expression. Bernard told her that as long as she killed the person, she could see Zheng Zhaonan immediately. However, Xiao Sheng had been dead for several minutes. Why hadn't Zheng Zhaonan appeared in the real world yet?
"If you want Mr. Zheng to return to the world of the living, you will need to offer up a true soul."
Bernard's voice echoed in Zheng Lu's mind again, and Zheng Lu gradually opened her eyes wide.
The true, soul...
The woman clenched her fists and looked to her side: "Sister Yang, my foot hurts a little, could you help me up?"
The instant Yang Hua reached out and grabbed his arm, Zheng Lu plunged the fruit knife in his hand into Yang Hua's heart without hesitation.
The second murder was indeed more skillful.
Yang Hua couldn't believe it. As blood rapidly drained from his body, his fingertips left only a scratch on Zheng Lu's arm, barely breaking the skin.
The fourth player has died in "Tears of the Witch".
After calming down, Zheng Lu looked at Yang Hua's corpse and belatedly revealed a horrified expression. She fearfully dropped the murder weapon in her hand and muttered to herself nervously.
"Just an NPC...just a player...it's all the same, the same!"