Popular NPC in a Gender-Reversed Game

Chapter 46

Shock spread throughout the area.

“!”

The orange-haired guy's eyes widened in disbelief. He never expected a comrade would die in an instant. This is why one must never let their guard down; you never know when a blade might strike.

The sudden act of killing startled our teammate Chae-rin just as much.

“Whoa!”

I couldn’t help but let out a wry smile internally. After all, it was my first time killing someone in front of others. Of course, the guy had tried to eat me first, so in this barbaric world, that was a good enough reason for death.@@@@

However, even if my reasoning was sound, I couldn’t fully grasp her psychology. Chae-rin was a modern person, and witnessing such an instinctive act of murder might leave her feeling uneasy.

“Wow... as expected, Yor, your skills are amazing.”

... Or was it not? After all, from her perspective, this was just a game. Maybe she was okay with it.

Predicting the psychology of otherworlders is always tricky. They can seem just like regular people one moment and then view the world from a distance the next. There’s an odd sense of disconnect.

‘... Forget about it.’

But just as that thought crossed my mind, I shifted my focus back to the situation at hand. It wasn’t the time for reflection; my opponent was slowly recovering from shock and readying for battle.

“You bastard...!”

With a small curse, the orange-haired girl lunged at me. I raised my spear to block her short sword.

Clang-!

Her attack was heavier than I expected. Given how easily I had taken down the red-haired guy, this was surprisingly strong.

‘So she’s got some skill.’

Well, that explains why she had seemed so relaxed in the group before.

“How dare you! How did you get such underlings...!”

It seemed her skills were superior to the one I had just killed. In fact, there was not a trace of fear on her face. Even after demonstrating her prowess by dispatching her comrade with a single dagger throw, she showed no sign of being intimidated.

She then took a step back and unleashed a flurry of attacks. At that moment, I couldn’t help but be surprised.

A blue aura surrounded her short sword.

In other words, it was a sword aura.

Questions began to flood my mind.

‘What kind of group is the Lemegeton?’

There was that guy Rian I had encountered before. It seemed there were an unexpectedly high number of powerful individuals among this criminal organization.

Using a sword aura typically indicated that a person was at least an A-rank adventurer. So why were these types of people popping up one after another?

Could it be that the requirements for being A-rank are lower than I thought?

I wasn’t sure. I had no experience as an adventurer. Regardless, this was not good news.

‘A sword aura... this could be tough.’

Of course, I knew how to use a sword aura. But as I mentioned before, I was still somewhat inexperienced with it.

After all, with the demon’s blood at my disposal, why would I bother using a sword aura?

But now, I might have to use that troublesome ability.

After all, there was a spectator nearby. They wanted me to use only a sword aura for a no-hit clear. Although I liked to use all my strength in the past, I found it quite frustrating to restrict myself now.

‘... Wait a minute.’

But just as I entertained that thought, a better idea came to me. If the spectator was bothersome, couldn’t I just get rid of her?

So, I hesitantly asked her.

“Chae-rin, can you die right now?”

“Uh, wh-what?”

She looked at me with a bewildered expression, as if asking what kind of nonsense I was saying. Damn it, it wasn’t going to work. Eliminating the witness had failed.

Then, suddenly, I thought of another option.

After all, otherworlders have ways to avoid death beyond just dying, don’t they? I had been so focused on murder that my brain momentarily froze.

I tossed aside the twisted sword and stepped toward him. The blood that had coated the blade was collected again.

Bright red droplets gathered in the air and floated.

If only I didn’t go Berserk, this would be a very useful ability.

“Yikes, don’t come any closer...!”

He shouted with a voice tainted by fear.

The bravado he had shown earlier when he attempted to attack me had vanished.

Fortunately for him, I had no interest in tormenting someone about to die.

So I intended to send him off with a single blow.

I began to shape the blood.

What I wanted was a simple stab.

The blood that had been floating in the air began to move and took the form of a spear that flew toward him.

In a panic, he quickly raised his round shield.

However, it would be useless. I had just crumpled steel; how could a mere round shield withstand this?

Regardless, this would be the end of it.

“Guh!”

With a short gasp, a hole was pierced through his neck. The peaceful scenery of the forest could be seen through the hole in his neck.

Since he seemed to care for his underlings, I sent him off in the same manner.

Thud!

As he collapsed to the ground, I found myself pondering for a moment.

“Hmm...”

Now, how should I deal with the rest of them?

Chae-rin logged out and stepped out of her capsule.

As she waited to reconnect, anxiety coursed through her.

“What should I do...?”

Of course, she was well aware of Yor’s strength. He had shown remarkable prowess time and time again, and he was a human who could face a demon in combat and emerge unscathed.

But looking at the situation, it was just one ‘man’ and a criminal left alone together. If anything went wrong, there would be no one to help.

Though she did request him to ‘log out,’ she couldn’t help but wonder why he suddenly asked for that.

He looked a bit anxious, and she had followed along without thinking, but the waiting period felt agonizing.

To log back into Demons Saga, you had to wait about 20 minutes after logging out.

This was to prevent players from logging out during battle and engaging in cheap tactics. Of course, logging out wouldn’t grant any invincibility, but it could at least confuse the monsters.

Regardless, that meant Chae-rin was stuck waiting for 20 minutes with nothing to do.

After the agonizing wait, when the 20 minutes had finally passed, she quickly logged back into the game.

“Yor!”

As the strange feeling of floating disappeared, she looked around.

And then she saw him.

There, in the corner of the floor, was a crumpled piece of metal and Yor, who was diligently digging into the ground to bury two corpses.

“Oh, you’re here?”

He looked at Chae-rin and said.

“Sorry, it’s getting dark, and I have to finish digging here. You can walk out alone, right?”

Seeing her NPC friend hiding the corpses made her worries melt away.

However, she seriously pondered within herself.

No matter that this was just a game and her opponent was a criminal...

Should she really just stand by and watch this crime scene unfold...?