This villain, please exercise some restraint.

"Helping?"

Perhaps these four words were too funny, and the temper that had become a little angry because of the world's actions was slightly neutralized by an emotion called "ridiculous".

Even the words he spoke were laced with a smile.

He turned around and glanced at the thing in the white wolf-tailed boy's hand.

"what is this?"

he asked a little curiously.

"This is... an experience counter. It's only available to us as 'players'."

"As long as there are enough experience points stored in it, you can get almost anything in the world."

Akun explained in detail.

He even handed the experience counter in his hand to the NPC in front of him.

Almost all NPCs in this world have defaulted to the existence of experience value counters - but the person in front of me, who was able to plan the big drama just now, acted very unfamiliar with it.

His always keen intuition told him that the NPC in front of him might be a little different from other NPCs.

The "gift" he received when he entered the game was [Deception - Proof of Friendship]. Although the name sounds fancy, the skill is quite practical for him.

In the game world, he can gain experience points by making friends. At this time, the "God-given" determination will be triggered. Once his "friend" status is recognized, he can gain a small amount of experience points.

But the experience gained in this way is quite small or even negligible when the opponent is a player.

Only when the opponent is an NPC, the experience value will be slightly more, which can barely catch his eye.

Although the NPCs in this world are quite agile, most of them have simple logic in nature. As long as you understand the logic of their actions, it is easy to be an ordinary friend.

Therefore, he has never suffered a loss in this judgment.

It can be said that the first round of judgment can be judged even with eyes closed.

In his opinion, the essence of this skill lies in the word "deception".

He can choose to unilaterally terminate a certain friendship at any time. At this time, the "God-given" judgment will be triggered. If the opponent values ​​this friendship more than he does, then all the experience points the opponent has will belong to him.

Of course, vice versa.

To this day, he still remembers the small theater where the lines below the skill introduction appeared one after another when he first entered the game world and received this "gift from heaven", and then quickly disappeared.

[A: Hi, my friend, want to have a bet? Bet all of our experience points to see who will win in this game of friendship. 】

[A: As for the loser’s experience value, just think of it as “proof of friendship”! Maybe when I use it, I will still remember the... friendship between us. 】

[B: What? When I treat you as a friend, don't you get enough experience points? 】

[A: Of course not enough. Is the meat on mosquito legs also called meat? There will be a heavy bleeding today, I may be... you——】

[A: Wait! Why do you want to scan the experience points directly to me? ! I don't want this! ! ! 】

He guessed that the official intention of setting up this small theater was to show the highest level of deception, but this level...he couldn't do it.

Just by looking at the dialogue, you can imagine that this will take a lot of energy and time.

With this energy, he might as well hollow out a few more simple-minded players.

After all, the one who chooses to approach with a purpose in the first place will always have the upper hand in the balance of friendship.

He never failed to do so.

In other words, he never failed until he encountered moderation.

He never thought that one day he would fail in the first round of "God-given" judgment.

And until today, he didn't know that the penalty for failing the first round was equivalent to the second round.

It can be said that it is quite a serious punishment for him.

Before the experience points he had stored in the experience value counter were completely consumed, they disappeared out of thin air due to his momentary curiosity and...negligence.

That's a huge amount of money... from the "Dark Night" and "Flutterlight" families.

God knows how long he had to deal with these two waves of people before he got it. Now the "Dark Night" is in pieces, and even the clan leader is missing.

But some people in the "Flutterlight" family hated him so much that they even raised experience points and hired DD's thugs.

In the past few days, before entering the Ten Thousand Gu Tower, he had fought with that thug several times. With his strength, he actually fought back and forth with that thug.

It was impossible for him not to be surprised.

And according to the hitter himself - he is only the fourth-ranked hitter.

He couldn't imagine the level of the top three.

Originally, he had a huge amount of experience points in his hands, and there was still room for improvement in his strength, but now, he is penniless.

As long as he leaves the Ten Thousand Gu Tower and is located by the thug, once his weapons are severely worn in the battle, it can be said that his combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

When the time comes, it will be—people are the swordsmen, and I are the fish and meat.

and so--

The experience counter in his hand was taken away by a pale hand stretched out from the black cloak.

The moment his fingertips touched, Akun's pupils shrank.

Temperance's hand...so cold.

It's not at all the temperature that ordinary people should have.

It was inexplicably similar to the feeling this person gave him.

"You can get almost everything in the world... Hehe, you 'players' always have privileges of one kind or another. In your eyes, am I also a so-called NPC?"

Temperance sneered and glanced at the experience counter in his hand. Thinking of what he had done before, he didn't know what to think.

He felt that he should be angry, sad, and hysterical, but these extreme emotions appeared for a moment and could no longer touch him.

At this moment, he felt extremely calm inside, so calm that...it made him want to show some emotion that he should have shown.

"In the eyes of players, you are indeed an NPC and an aborigine of this world. This is already determined from the first moment they see you."

Akun paused and quickly gave the answer.

Temperance nodded and returned the experience counter in his hand to the boy in front of him.

"I remember, you just said you wanted to be friends with me?"

The boy with the white wolf tail was stunned for a moment, then hesitated for a moment, and then nodded.

His hand subconsciously touched the position of his heart, and Akun could feel his inexplicably accelerated heartbeat.

Are you afraid of losing something again? he does not know.

But judging from the performance of temperance and "miao" just now, these two are not good at all.

It was strange. He had clearly seen Temperance's calculations and cruelty, but he still chose to nod after losing experience points.

After all, he was unwilling to give in.

He was not willing to lose his experience points in vain. He wanted to get the experience points back from Temperance through the judgment of "God-given".

Anyway, he has nothing to lose, right?

Along the way, he has been betting on invisible "friendship", but this time, facing the NPC Temperance, why not?

What he lost from Jiejie must be regained through his own means.

"I'm not a good person." Temperance said suddenly.

"What a coincidence, neither am I."

With his lips slightly raised, Akun looked at Jiejie, whose whole body was covered by a black cloak, and smiled brightly.

Temperance flashed by such a smile.

"And, to be honest, the reason I'm friends with you is because I'm being hunted by someone right now. Having more friends means more help, right?"

"I see that the people under your command are quite strong, such as that Mian, such as that Ah Qiao. Following you, I feel quite - a sense of security."

Akun simply didn't hide it. He wanted to follow the restraint for this reason.

"If you have a reason why those three guys must die, maybe I, Akun, can give you unexpected help."

The wolf-tailed boy stared at the face that was mostly hidden in black, smiling quite confidently.

From his angle, he could see the delicate chin and pale lips of John. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the corners of John's lips curl up.

It was a smile without any malice, as if it was just a simple smile.

"In the end, what you need is shelter."

Temperance concluded thoughtfully.

"However, since the goal we are pursuing has lost its meaning, then——"

Temperance's hand reached into his pocket and took out a strength card.