As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 774 Ninja God Turtle

The clock tower's hands slowly pointed to the approaching night, and the full moon emerged from the clouds, enveloping the entire city in a sickly halo.

At this moment, everything in Yanan changed dramatically.

The city was eerily quiet.

A low groan, a dark alleyway, the cracking of bones twisting, the throbbing of muscles—finally, a beastly roar that shattered the silence of the night erupted, spreading like a plague to every corner of the city.

The city's citizens have been transformed into beasts, their bodies infused with the blood of the ancient gods. The curse of the ancient gods has descended, and the beastification has begun.

And in some dark corners.

The humans who had been sleeping through the night of the hunt opened their eyes, and they appeared amidst the flickering of lamplight.

These people wore tattered black overcoats, with cold eyes peeking out from under their hat brims, and the "transformed weapons" in their hands craved the nourishment of blood.

On the filthy streets, beast-like citizens are shredded by hunters' meat saws under the moonlight.

The sewer area of ​​Yanan.

A hunter stepped through a pool of blood, his shoes stained with steaming intestines. His trench coat was soaked in blood. He heard footsteps in the distance, looked over, tightened his grip, and walked over with his butcher's knife.

He raised his blade at the person who came in through the sewer entrance!
boom!
Miaham punched him in the head and smashed it open.

"Scared me!"

"One-Punch Man..."

Xiao Wu, who followed her in, squinted and made a sarcastic remark.

Li Nuo and the others were behind them.

Throughout this journey, the most dangerous person was Miss Miaham, who possessed superhuman strength and tore hunters and monsters apart with her bare hands—in a physical sense.

Derby, whose mouth had been restored, whispered to Amuro.

“Miaham is more interested in academics, but her talent is more than enough to make her the best hunter…”

Amuro nodded politely, his eyes darting absently to Lino, who was dissecting a hunter.

Not long ago, Li Nuo told them about the vampires and the Healing Church that he had been monitoring.

To prevent the vampire queen Mariana from overhearing their conversation through the paintings, Lino used sign language, the universal language, to outline the general situation, while Amuro only needed to describe the general circumstances, and the details were elaborated on by Xiaowu in 1888.

and so……

January 2, 1888, courtroom.

Li Nuo brought his consciousness back to the present and explained Fenrir and the other girls' information clearly.

Fenrir?

Upon hearing this name, Sister Hei and the others froze.

"That guy is the lord of a city."

Blackie found Fenrir's information on the computer.

“Melson Fenrir, Lord of Waterdeep…”

Li Nuo + Xiao Wu: "What city!?"

Blackie: "It's a name given by a 'player' from some other world, just like you. What's wrong with Deepwater City? Why are you all so scared when you hear it?"

If it really is "Waterdeep," then the two of them will have to consider whether they should behave themselves. After all, "Waterdeep" is a Baldur's Gate thing. As long as Baldur's Gate doesn't exist, that world is definitely much more hardcore than Bloodborne.

Back to topic.

Fenrir is the lord of Waterdeep. He used to be an ordinary merchant with no bad records.

A businessman with no bad record is the worst record imaginable.

The vampire queen referred to Fenrir as a member of the "Church of Healing," but this cannot be considered evidence. Besides, the Church of Healing is not breaking the law. Although they used blood healing to wreak havoc on an era, that incident did have some effect on scientific progress, at least letting people know that "believing in science is worse than believing in God."

"Fenrir is going to hold a maze exploration event on January 5th, which is related to the Ashina Kingdom overseas."

It's worth mentioning that Ashina is based on the world of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

Li Nuo and Xiao Wu were already used to it; let them sew it, whatever.

The headquarters of the Bulma Trading Company is in Ashina, where Sauron is most likely also. The two did not want to delay Sauron's "important business," so they let the matter pass by.

"The Great Labyrinth is said to be a kind of celebration, for the past when the world rose to prominence, and also an archaeological performance. The participants are all the kind who don't care about their lives, because people really do die. At least that's what the propaganda says. We at Bayer Kinworth don't care about such things. This continent has its own rules. The city lord is similar to a lord. As long as his citizens don't object, there are no other problems."

The continent of Sumeru is now a colony.

There are indeed states, but they are all nominally autonomous prefectures.

Li Nuo cares about the date January 5th, which is just three days from now.

“If you think Fenrir is a big problem, we can kill him now, but only by assassination.”

It was Lenny who spoke.

"Then kill him."

Li Nuo agreed very, very readily.

"I'd like to say that... but it's probably impossible. Can you even get out of here?"

Blackie's ability to contact the outside world is limited to the fish-men guarding the gate; the signal cannot leave this house. Even if someone goes out, they will return to this place on their own. The courtroom is the stage for the story, with an unknown mastermind behind the scenes, though no one knows who that mastermind is.

Li Nuo shrugged.

"No rush, we can kill him after we've finished telling all the stories."

The problem is now clear.

Fenrir is likely the mastermind behind the main quest, there's something fishy about the Great Labyrinth competition, the Healing Church is stirring things up in the shadows, Fenrir's dark eyes are probably related to the Elden Ring, and the main story involves three eras.

In other words, this script runs through the entire Souls of the Three Kingdoms game trilogy.

To avoid making a mess of things by taking too big a step, Li Nuo chose to do things honestly first.

Before he could continue, Sister Hei made a request.

"Please don't harm the residents of Yharnam, okay...?"

"Row."

For Li Nuo, Yharnam City was practically non-existent; it would be easier to simply destroy Yharnam with high-tech weapons.

But first and foremost, he is a good person now.

Secondly, it wasn't just Blackie who made a similar request.

Amro had asked him for help long ago.

"Mr. Li Nuo, you haven't forgotten our agreement, have you?"

The scene shifts back to the night of the hunt in 1887, where Amro speaks softly to Lino.

Li Nuo stared with dead fish eyes: "I'll remember that. I'll try my best not to tear this place down..."

The beastmen who roam the Night of the Hunt are all people abducted by Cain. They are forced to undergo blood healing, and once the dream ends, they will most likely be able to return to the real world.

Their current goal is to find the answer to Cain.

A cemetery located in the sewers.

On the way, Mr. Derby was distracted. He wanted to go out and see if he could help some of the citizens who had not turned into beasts and were hiding in their houses.

He thought the same thing on the last night of the hunt, and he did it, but he ended up being so scared that he ran into the sewers.

Mr. Derby, still vaguely remembering the night of the hunt, chose to remain calm and followed the group of oversized individuals. They soon arrived at the cemetery.

It's located on the edge of the forest at the sewer outlet.

Yharnam is vast, encompassing the forest area. This area is considered the outskirts of the city, dilapidated and filthy, with houses and no shortage of wretched people turned into beasts. However, hunters are not nearby, perhaps even the group of sleeping, already crazed hunters feel that the outskirts are not worth their attention.

Mr. Derby took out the parchment and translated it again.

"After nightfall... in the cemetery..."

"Okay, no need to say more."

Li Nuo interrupted him.

The task panel has been updated, so Mr. Derby's translation is no longer needed.

[Main quest updated: The Secrets of Cainhurst]

[Mission Details: Find the corpse in the sewer cemetery that knows the location of "The Helmet of the Sun Knight"]

"one two three……"

Xiao Wu blinked her big eyes as she counted.

"Sixty-five tombstones in total, tsk, Li Nuo, can you handle that?"

"It's not like it's a continuous barrage, what can't it withstand?" Li Nuo's tone was very disdainful. He could even withstand Cha Bai, so why couldn't he withstand sixty-five corpses?

The innocent Miaham covered her face: "Mr. Li, you shouldn't say such things in front of a girl!"

She was a virgin, just like Xiao Wu.

Immediately afterwards, Li Nuo randomly picked a tombstone with a name he didn't like, dug up the grave, and unearthed a dilapidated coffin.

"A coffin made of rotten wood... how dilapidated," Amuro remarked, glancing at the weapon case on Li Nuo's back. "That's a proper coffin."

"So what are you going to do?" Derby asked from the side.

"Just watch, it's just temporarily reviving a corpse."

Li Nuo rolled up his sleeves, looking as if he was about to fight a corpse. He had an ability that he had never had a chance to use because his overly powerful perception made it unnecessary to communicate with corpses.

So... let's bring out a skill that's been out of the meta for ages.

【The Mark of Aden (Crystal Edition)】

[Type: Skill]

【Effect 1: Creates a small trap, causing ethereal creatures to materialize and slowing down solid creatures (slightly). Cooldown: 2 minutes】

[Effect 2: When applied to a spirit, it can directly inflict physical damage upon it]

That said, Li Nuo didn't know if this trick would work.

If that fails, there are three backup plans: bring in Cha Bai (Cha Bai has a Taoist robe in her wardrobe, which was used to deliver the souls of the dead during the "World War"), or take these corpses out and let Marge's "Steel Soul" followers figure it out, or at the very least, go outside and capture a couple of players who know "Necromancer" to come in.

There are always more ways than difficulties.

Li Nuo clasped his hands together.

The purple curse mark appeared on the ground, allowing the soul of the corpse to materialize, which was the way to pry open the corpse's mouth.

"what--!"

The mummified corpse in the coffin suddenly sat up and roared at Li Nuo and the others.

Successful.

But the corpse didn't seem to be in the right place; the spirit inside it might think it was a ghost and needed to scare the living.

Li Nuo picked up a stone and swung it at the corpse's head, causing fluids to splatter everywhere.

Mr. Derby recalled the scene where Li Nuo hit him on the head with a brick: "Why does he like hitting people on the head with building materials so much..."

Amro stopped Lino from smashing the body to death.

"Li Nuo, don't forget the important matter."

"Don't stop me, I'm training the dog."

"No, stop hitting him!" The corpse clutched its head, trembling. "I... I shouldn't feel pain!"

Because Li Nuo's attacks have a critical hit bonus against spirits, he was holding back his strength.

"I'm asking you, do you know what 'The Helmet of the Sun Knight' means?"

"Ah...I don't know..."

Before the corpse could finish speaking, it was purified by Li Nuo using [Cross Holy Radiance].

Miaham and Mr. Derby were dumbfounded; Li Nuo was too decisive.

"Dig up all the bodies."

At Li Nuo's command, Xiao Wu licked her lips and went to help dig the grave.

They knew the vampire queen might be spying on them from inside the castle, so they deliberately arranged the sixty-odd corpses into the shape of "SB".

After letting them dry for a few minutes, they figured the Queen must have seen them, so they gathered the corpses together into a small hill to make it easier to cast their spells.

Miaham seemed to have opened the door to a new world, tapped Amuro on the shoulder, and asked in a low voice.

Why does your friend like playing with corpses so much?

Amuro didn't know how to answer. In fact, he wasn't familiar with Li Nuo, and this was his first time working with Xiao Wu. But in "The End," the corpse had its own value.

"It's alright, I have a friend who really likes using toilets made from corpses..."

At this moment, both Miaham and Mr. Derby believed that they might have already begun to be influenced by the Old God.

The two even experienced auditory hallucinations, hearing people walking underground.

At this moment, Li Nuo glanced at Amuro.

"Please take care of this."

There was indeed something beneath the ground; it wasn't a hallucination. The three players had already discovered it. Amuro nodded and placed his palm on the damp soil, activating [Celestial Magic].

— "Gravity flip".

Amuro used gravity to pull the objects underground together, and then his magic flipped that inch of land upside down.

……

Cain Hearst.

The vampire queen stared at the scene in the painting, cold sweat beading on her hairline.

"Where did this monster come from...?"

……

Li Nuo, Xiao Wu, and Amuro stared at the creature emerging from the ground.

Cold sweat broke out on the heads of the three men.

Li Nuo opened his mouth wide.

"Super Ninja Turtle?"

(End of this chapter)