CHAPTER 1
The mountain was covered with trees
The grass was rich with life
Hidden in the expanse of a forest, was a stronghold made out of wood.
This was an area covered by trees, birds chipped happily and wildlife flourished.
"Sigh" Nie Yan sat on a tree branch looking down the mountain peak into a town not far from the forest below.
He wore dark leather armor and leather shoes, and had a dagger attached to his waist.
He looked like a hunter looking for game in the forest, but in all honesty he was a thief.
To be more accurate he was an NPC thief.
Name: Nie yan
Level 5 (0/2000)
Class: Thief(main)
Affiliation: Mountain bandit group
HP: 20
Mp: 15
Defense: 15
Attack power: 22
Strength: 6
Agility: 13
Dexterity: 7
Stealth: 4
Constitution: 4
Intelligence: 3
Wisdom: 1
Charisma: 2
Luck: 1
Stat points: 0
Equipments:
Black leather armor top(common): Defense +15
Black leather armor trousers(common): agility+5
Common dagger(common): Attack power +10
Skills:
Sneak: Makes the user harder to spot, increasing his stealth by 5. Released once in combat.
Backstab: Increases attack power when used with sneak active by 10
This was Nie Yan's attribute current window.
He thought he had transmigrated into another world. However after some days he realized he had become an NPC in a game.
How it happened, he wasn't really sure.
At the bottom right of his attribute window, there was a timer that was constantly counting down.
"So I have one day, two hours and twenty three minutes until the players enter this world"
"Sigh" Nie Yan let out a sigh as he read that.
The players were coming.
No matter how he looked at his situation, his current status was that of a fodder NPC stationed near a starter village.
His existence now was to give players experience. To be killed over and over again.
He remembered scenes of him playing games in the past. Back then he hadn't felt anything for the NPC, but now he couldn't help but sympathize with them.
Wait a moment!
NPC were made as NPC. But what about me who entered the body of an NPC.
If they kill me, what's going to happen to my soul?. The body was originally that of an NPC so it was surely going to revive, but who says that his soul is going to revive with the body.
When he deeply thought about the matter, he suddenly had a sense of urgency.
He deftly scaled down the tree and walked into an area packed with trees
'This won't do!'
'If I really can't revive, I'll be in big trouble."
He looked at the timer and couldn't help but feel like a terminally ill patient being told his day of death.
He had obtained a new life. Even if it was to live as an Npc, he was going to live this life well.
"Even if I am an Npc, I swear that I won't be a fodder NPC!"
Nie Yan silently made a goal for himself.
If the players wanted to harvest his life, they would have to fight for it. The first thing on his mind was to increase his pitiful level.
Since he was an NPC, he didn't know if he could still level up like a player, but still it was a game. He should be able to level up by killing Npc's and monsters.
He walked towards a nearby bandit, who was dressed similar to him albeit a little different.
At the same time, the attributes of that bandit appeared in his mind.
Name: Wang wei
Level 5
Class: mountain bandit
Affiliation: Mountain bandit group
Aside from their name, class and physical appearance, everything else was the same.
During the little time he had stayed in this world, he noticed the subtle difference between the Npc's in his group.
First was the classes. The mountain group his body was part of had three different class distinction.
There where the thieves like him, the bandit's like Wang wei and the scout's.
Second was the hierarchy in the mountain group. Npc's like Nie Yan were at the bottom of the food chain, having their levels at 5. Above the Nie Yan's group were the patrol captains at level 8. After them where the right and left hands of the boss, with both of them being level 10, and then there was the boss at level 12.
Nie Yan didn't know if it was a game mechanic or because he belonged to the same faction as the bandit's, but as long as he thought about it, he would always be able to see the part of the other parties attributes.
Even though the attributes he saw were not complete, he could get the general idea.
The mountain bandit stared blankly in his original position when he suddenly heard footsteps. Turning around, he saw a thief from his faction and no threat, so he turned back and stared blankly into the distance.
Nie Yan had tried interacting with bandit's of the same rank as he was, but apart from him, no one else seemed to have intelligence.
It was only the Npc's of higher ranks that seemed to show intelligence.
"Brother" Nie Yan patted the other parties shoulder
Wang wei turned back to glance at Nie Yan, then rotated his head back to his original position
"Mmph mmph"
A hand covered Wang Wei's mouth, then forcefully tossed him to a tree behind him.
Wang wei struggled instinctively when his mouth and nose was covered. Confusion filed his once blank gaze as he looked straight at Nie Yan's merciless gaze.
A dagger found its way from Nie Yan's waist into the bandit's neck.
-15(critical damage)
Because it was a sneak attack, Nie Yan was able to deal critical damage. But even with that, the bandit was still alive.
Nie Yan hurriedly pulled his dagger out before plunging it again, taking Wang Wei's life with it.
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exp +200
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It was only after the system sent an exp notification that Nie Yan was able to relax.
thump!
Nie Yan's legs turned limp as he staggered and fell to the ground. It was after the battle that he noticed there was blood everywhere.
Because he was an a native of this world, everything he did was akin to him doing it in real life. So when he stabbed Wang wei, he felt the sickening crunching of bones and the sounds of muscles being pierced.
With a ghastly pale face, Nie Yan looked at Wang Wei's dead body and the blade that was dyed red with his blood.
'If I make a mistake, this could be me in the nearest future!"
Although this scene was gory and nerve wracking, Nie Yan had to do whatever he could to survive, even if it meant killing.
Nie Yan cleaned himself up, before setting out to find another bandit. coincidentally, another mountain bandit was approaching the area.
Nie Yan walked up to the other party, and just like Wang wei, the bandit had no caution towards Nie Yan and simply walked last him.
With his back facing him, Nie Yan covered the bandit's mouth and nose with one hand, and stabbed the neck with the other.
Just like Wang wei, the bandit died after two attacks. Nie Yan repeated the same process of ambushing bandit's until he leveled up
LEVEL UP
Name: Nie yan
Level 5 (0/2000)
Class: Thief(main)
Affiliation: Mountain bandit group
HP: 20
Mp: 15
Defense: 15
Attack power: 22
Strength: 6
Agility: 13
Dexterity: 7
Stealth: 4
Constitution: 4
Intelligence: 3
Wisdom: 1
Charisma: 2
Luck: 1
Stat points: 10
Equipments:
Black leather armor top(common): Defense +15
Black leather armor trousers(common): agility+5
Common dagger(common): Attack power +10
Skills:
Sneak: Makes the user harder to spot, increasing his stealth by 5. Released once in combat.
Backstab: Increases attack power when used with sneak active by 10
(Authors note:
Strength is a representation of how much attack power a player can dish out. 1 point in strength is equal to 2 attack damage.
Agility refers to a players movement speed and attack speed
dexterity refers to a players use of hands. it is mostly used by agile classes. it can also affect aim with a bow or crossbow.
Stealth is a Class attribute gotten from thieves, rogues, assassin's and other sneaky classes.
Constitution is a representation of how much hp a character has. 1 point In constitution is equal to 5hp.
Intelligence and wisdom are used by spell casting classes or for opening magical scrolls.
Charisma shows how much Npc's can trust in a player. mostly used by leaders or general class.
luck is luck.
A level 1 players total attribute is 15 and it increases by 10 for every subsequent level. equipment stat don't count )