The Players and the Protagonist Want to Kill Me – Chapter 667

Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)

Nobody Does Human Things (M) couldn’t make up their mind for a while.

They heard that the Templar Knights had been wiped out by the King of Winter (Xi Wei), but how could they explain the guy in front of them who was so similar to a Templar Knight? Was he a leftover from the Kairid royal family?

This middle-aged Knight seemed like a different person.

His previously slow and stiff movements had become abnormally swift. He wielded his heavy Greatsword with the ferocity of a dagger. Nobody Does Human Things (M) couldn’t find an opportunity to slay the Knight and was beaten back continuously.

“Die, die, die!”

Seeing that he couldn’t do anything to the slippery Nobody Does Human Things (M) for so long, the Great Knight’s emotions became even more agitated. His current state couldn’t last long. The longer it took, the closer the God of Death’s scythe would be to his neck.

He had already dedicated his everything to that Lord.

His children and family had been sent to distant Kairid. There, they would have a small Western-style house with a courtyard, and a Noble named Cleve would protect them, exempting them from taxes. In addition, they would have a hundred Gold Coin fortune. Even if they did nothing, this money would be enough for his wife and children to live a life of ease and security.

“The Lord’s path cannot be blocked!”

“All who seek to approach the core secrets must die!”

The Greatsword slashed down fiercely. The slippery enemy before him dodged again. The middle-aged Knight’s eyes flashed with intense killing intent. The centipede arm on his left hand struck out like a viper. On its sharp mouthparts, the bluish venom reflected in his bloodshot eyes under the dim light of the alley.

After dodging the Greatsword’s strike, Nobody Does Human Things (M) was still in a state of rigidity. The flying centipede arm was too fast. He inwardly cried out, “This is bad!” and immediately took out a Shield from his Backpack.

Under his mental command, the Shield appeared out of thin air in front of Nobody Does Human Things (M), blocking the striking centipede arm. However, the residual force still struck him along with the Shield, sending him flying.

Half of his HP Bar was gone.

Nobody Does Human Things (M) flipped over and stood up.

He caught a glimpse of the Shield on the side out of the corner of his eye.

The front of the Shield had a smooth, cross-shaped cut. The bluish venom on the cut was corroding the metal surface, and wisps of foul-smelling green smoke rose. He quickly covered his mouth and nose.

Fortunately, he had blocked it just in time.

If the centipede arm had grazed him.

He probably would have died right there.

The Temporary Resurrection Crystal was set up at the inn in Pine City. By the time he resurrected and came back here, this mysterious middle-aged Knight might have already left.

“How did you summon a Shield out of nowhere?”

The middle-aged Knight twisted his neck.

His bones made a “crackling” sound.

The cloaked figure hiding their head and face had already surprised him many times. The sudden burst of Qi, considerable Strength, the Dwarven alchemical cannon carried with him, and now the mysterious method of summoning a Shield out of thin air.

He was certain it wasn’t a Space Ring.

Items taken from a Space Ring would appear on the ground, requiring a support surface. But the Shield just now was different. Not only did it lack a support surface, but it even hovered for a moment.

Nobody Does Human Things (M) did not answer the middle-aged Knight’s question. He took out his beloved firearm and began loading it with ammunition, appearing nonchalant.

“Do you know where the lost standard equipment of Pine City is?”

He even began to “interrogate” the middle-aged Knight.

“You are indeed trying to investigate the Lord’s secrets.”

The middle-aged Knight sneered, stomped his foot, and charged at Nobody Does Human Things (M) like lightning. His speed was so fast it was like an afterimage, appearing above Nobody Does Human Things (M) almost instantly.

“You should die!”

He raised his Greatsword high, a sinister grin spreading across his face.

But he did not see the fear in the enemy’s eyes.

Those brown eyes held only the cunning of a cat playing with a mouse.

“Swish!”

A grappling hook suddenly caught the Knight from behind.

Following that, the sound of steel friction echoed.

By the time he realized what was happening.

The middle-aged Knight found that he could no longer move.

Unknowingly.

They had already arrived at the center of the alley.

On the surrounding walls stood a group of human Adventurers in gaudy Equipment. They held the other end of the grappling hook, completely restraining the murderous Knight.

“This is your confidence?”

The middle-aged Knight’s gaze was cold as he swept across the faces of the Players on the high walls.

These were all unfamiliar faces.

He had been in Pine City for eight years, and he could name most of the decent Mercenaries or Adventurers there.

The Lord had said that the arrival of unfamiliar faces must be met with vigilance.

They were likely here for their secrets.

This point had now been fully confirmed.

The King of Winter was indeed not an easy opponent.

Their plan had only been underway for less than a month!

“You cannot stop me, all of you will die!”

Even though he was restrained by the grappling hook, the middle-aged Knight remained fearless.

With that, the skin of his body suddenly began to writhe, and then numerous bloody pits opened up, from which came a rustling sound of crawling. Soon, tentacles emerged.

In an instant, dozens of centipedes poked out half their bodies from these pits.

This scene happened exceptionally quickly.

By the time the Players reacted, these strange centipedes were already crawling towards the Players at an astonishing speed along the grappling hook.

This was the effect of the Five Poisons Daughter’s blood.

Once bitten by these blood centipedes, these people would surely die.

The middle-aged Knight watched it all with cold eyes.

Although his body was riddled with holes, and although he would also die.

“It seems you still don’t understand.”

Nobody Does Human Things (M) aimed his well-loaded firearm at the middle-aged Knight.

“Within five steps, the gun is faster. Beyond five steps, the gun is even faster.”

The middle-aged Knight knew what Nobody Does Human Things (M) meant.

He shrugged his shoulders and let out a perverted, wild laugh:

“Killing me won’t stop anything. My body is now a breeding ground for these centipede monsters. They are not under my control at all; each is an independent entity!”

He paused, and his tone gradually calmed down.

He pronounced with an emotionless voice, akin to a prayer:

“I said, you all will…”

Before he could finish speaking.

A series of explosions sounded around him.

The middle-aged Knight was stunned for a moment, then saw the blood centipedes he had bred falling like rain into the gloomy alley. Most of their heads had been blown apart. A few that weren’t completely dead still writhed on the ground, but with the dropping of several battle axes from above, pinning them down, they finally met their end.

“As I said, beyond five steps, the gun is faster.”

Nobody Does Human Things (M) smiled slightly.

The team members standing on the surrounding walls also chuckled.

Each of them held a firearm, the muzzles still emitting smoke.

“Now then, Sir Knight, please tell us what we want to know. That way, I can at least give you a quick end.”

Nobody Does Human Things (M) pointed the firearm at the Knight’s head in a “Yankee-style Iai,” confident of victory.

“Heh heh…”

The Knight sneered, looked up, and cast a contemptuous glance at Nobody Does Human Things (M).

Then, the blood centipede on his left hand, which had been listless, suddenly became active, opened its bloody maw, and bit the middle-aged Knight’s head to pieces.

After eating, it even burped contentedly.