Volume 10: Pride and Prejudice in the City-State Chapter 19 Invitation from a Mysterious Organization
The mysterious NPC was very cautious, moving through the crooked alleys, changing his body shape from time to time to check the surrounding conditions. If it weren't for Li Lin's knight status and his own entry into the extraordinary realm, he might have been fooled by this person. But under the effect of the magic warning, Li Lin could recognize that person even if he changed his skin. He easily and happily blocked the NPC in a dark alley with no one around.
It should be said that he was brought to this lonely place on purpose. In Li Lin's magical perception, there was no one within a radius of dozens of meters. There were only Li Lin, Alice, and this mysterious NPC. Although Alice had an expression of "this routine is really annoying again", for Li Lin, who had never had an adventure mission, this was a very novel experience - he had never gone through the normal game process with other players. From the beginning to the end, it was either killing or fighting, or simply blowing up the map, and he had never played anything seriously. So when he saw such a mysterious NPC slowly taking off his hood, Li Lin did not disturb the atmosphere and watched quietly.
"There shouldn't be any surveillance here. Those undead monsters will always be watching me..."
After taking off the hood, the mysterious NPC revealed his true face.
As expected, it was a skinny blond man with a pale face. He seemed to have not eaten or drunk well for a long time, and his huge body looked a little shriveled. Standing in the alley, he looked like a large skeleton soldier, totally unimpressive.
However, this skinny and weak man had a gleam in his eyes at this moment, and his spirit was different from those numb NPCs outside. It seemed that he was carrying some lofty mission and great responsibility. Although he was already panting and powerless, he tried to stand up straight and looked at Alice with a simple face, almost completely ignoring Li Lin with a radiant face.
"I knew at first sight that you must be the one I'm waiting for."
The miserable NPC gave a miserable smile and grinned at Alice.
"I used to be a peripheral staff of a great organization, responsible for conducting conversations and collating information here. The treacherous players eventually betrayed us, killed our allies, defeated the alliance team, and finally occupied the entire city, claiming to protest against everyone."
"I look like this now, but it's actually because I was cursed. I was originally a strong warrior, and my body was even close to awakening, but I was cursed by a demigod and became like this. I don't know how those undead monsters got some strange things, a curse that was a joke from a demigod. It doesn't have any killing power, but it can make the body age and decay over time."
"My strong body has been torn into pieces, and my spirit has been tortured. Our former glory has also been trampled by these players. Look at everything around here, how can it be like the world of normal people? I must report everything here to my superiors. But now I have no way to escape from this curse. Since you have come here, I believe you also know the difficulty of this kind of thing. Under this city, there is an extremely secret small underground palace. There used to be a very special existence in it. Recently, someone fought a mythical battle and gained divine power from it."
"And the information about that battle is in this city. Someone used part of the information to create a terrifying and magnificent underground building complex. There is flowing holy water outside. The water containing sacred magic can cleanse the mark in my soul, so that we can proceed to the next step—"
"Okay, you've been talking too much nonsense, I'll just do it."
Looking at the NPC who was giving a long speech or even a lecture, Li Lin frowned, waved his hand, and walked directly up to the NPC.
"Don't think about it, young man."
Looking at Li Lin, who was beautiful but did not show the essence of a white knight, the miserable NPC showed a look of disapproval.
"The curse on me is a vicious spell cast by a demigod. His horrible will and mark are entangled with my soul. If you don't sneak into the underground palace and find the holy water that can wash away the curse, then the vicious spell with him will never be erased. That is from the demigod—"
"What the hell is presence? It's just a sign..."
A demigod? I can kill any piece of junk.
Li Lin didn't even look at the chattering NPC, he just went up and slapped him.
The mark on the palm and the fluctuation of Sally's power flashed by and instantly swallowed up the mental imprint on the demigod curse.
Then there was a ding sound and a flash of golden light. The sharp sword of light was the natural enemy of all filth and disaster. The curse wrapped around the soul was almost dissolved in an instant, just like snowflakes encountering the morning sun. Alice, who was standing by, didn't know what happened. The NPC swelled up as if it had been inflated.
His muscles turned from shrunken to shiny and glossy, and he became unusually energetic. His angular face was full of determination and strong confidence in the future, and he looked just like the protagonist . However, the protagonist was looking at Li Lin, who retracted his hand as if it was effortless, with a look of doubt on his face, and couldn't help but reveal a slightly confused and painful expression, as if he hadn't woken up today.
Finally, after he slapped himself hard in the face and almost slapped himself into the wall, the man showed an expression of realization.
"...Okay, well, you've completed the mission, I'm going to go back and report. If you have any questions, you can use this invitation letter to meet with my great organization. Your companion is a very strong person, I hope you can trust your companion, he can bring you victory."
The NPC, who had transformed back to his original appearance, had a swollen face and explained to the bewildered female anchor in a vague manner, then took out a map and a poem from his pocket and stuffed them into Alice's pocket, claiming that if she could uncover the secrets inside, she would be able to become a subject of investigation by the great organization and even have the opportunity to become a formal employee of the great organization. She must work hard to leave a good impression on everyone .
After saying this, the strange NPC disappeared without a trace like a mouse seeing a cat, leaving the two people standing there in a daze.
