Magic, Evil Gods, and the Fourth Calamity

Then the player who took the photo was tagged by a group of people.

"Damn, you guys ran into the main villain from the 0.2 closed beta promotional CG! He's one of those three villains who beat our mascot to a pulp, and who the God of Light finally took care of!"

"what?"

The player who was tagged looked confused, but quickly remembered the promotional CG.

Then, as he casually raised his hand, he suddenly noticed that the sky, which had been covered in dark clouds, had instantly become a clear blue.

The NPC who had only appeared in the promotional CG had also pulled out the greatsword stuck in front of him and looked over with a hostile expression.

He realized for the first time that a body as large as a mountain could be so agile, appearing before him in the blink of an eye.

Before he could even see the other person's movements clearly, everything went black and four large characters appeared before his eyes.

【You are dead】

"..."

"grass!"

Many players died in that instant; at least a thousand players logged off at the same time.

By the time the other players rushed to the scene, the NPC who only existed in the cutscenes had already disappeared.

Players are also having a heated discussion about the existence of this strange NPC on the forums.

Everyone is speculating about the story behind this NPC, the reason for his appearance, and his current strength.

However, the players didn't come to a conclusion because they knew very little about this NPC; 99.9% of them had only seen him in the promotional CG on the game's official website.

Until, the remaining 0.01% volunteered.

The moment Zhu Kou Shang Shang Feng saw the NPC, he recognized him as the official character that Hua Kai Fu Gui had controlled during the closed beta 0.1, and instantly realized the huge opportunity that lay within.

He quickly found the game recording he had almost forgotten and made a video in no time, ready to ride the wave of popularity.

[First-person perspective to understand the mysterious NPC]

This is a first-person gameplay recording made by the user of Pig Mouth's Wind during the closed beta 0.1, using their own device. However, there were only three people in the closed beta at that time, and they were all pulled in through a backdoor provided by Internet Explorer.

Fearing it would cause trouble for "IE", the wind from the pig's mouth sealed the video away.

It wasn't until today, when he saw the official character come to life, that he remembered this incident and decided to use it to create a short video.

To this end, the wind in pig's mouth even went to find Hua Kai Fugui to inquire about his experience controlling the character. Combining the plot development at the time with his own combat experience, he deduced a lot of seemingly useful information.

For example, those three guys might be related to the Gluttonous Dragon, or that big guy's strength is at least Gold, or those three guys and the player are definitely in a hostile state.

The prediction made by the wind above the pig's mouth was pretty accurate, and Ai Yi herself was playing the role according to these three rules.

While players were discussing the new boss, Ai continued to venture further east into the Orc Empire.

He's going to cause trouble in the Orc Empire and add more obstacles to the War Hall.

June 15, 1034 in the new calendar.

Three days after leaving Kolster, Ai encountered the first human village he had visited since venturing deep into the orcish empire.

While it may be called a village, it would be more accurate to describe it as a gathering point.

This is a silver mine under construction in the Orc Empire. Scattered, dilapidated shacks sit at the foot of the mountain, housing more than a thousand humans.

There are men and women, old and young.

When Ai arrived near the gathering point, it was around the time the gathering point was serving dinner.

Compared to the emaciated humans in Kolster who were kept as slaves by the orcs, the humans in this settlement were stronger.

After all, this was a mining area, and the orcs provided these human miners with plenty of food, even ensuring they had meat at every meal.

As for how they were fed and where the meat came from, these human miners didn't want to delve into it at all.

"Sir, please spare this child! He's still too young, he's still too young! Once he's a little older, he'll definitely be able to go down into the mine to dig, he'll definitely be able to go down into the mine to dig..."

The woman clung tightly to the orc overseer's leg, crying and begging him to spare her child, her first child, the only thing her dead husband could leave behind.

But when faced with the woman's pleas, a hint of disgust appeared on the orc's ferocious face.

The orc kicked her hard, sending the woman flying high into the air before she crashed into a nearby wooden shed and was buried by the collapsing structure.

"Tsk, I saw you guys were working hard mining, so I decided to give you an extra meal, but she wasn't happy about it. Don't you think she's being selfish?"

As the orc spoke, he held up a baby less than a month old who was wailing loudly, and looked at the numb human miners around him with a sinister grin.

The human miners didn't react; they just stared blankly at the dirty iron pot boiling on the campfire in front of the orc, swallowing hard.

It was a pot of paste-like substance of unknown origin, sticky and strange, exuding an irresistible aroma.

Seeing the humans' reactions, the beastman nodded with great satisfaction, and then prepared to put the infant in his arms into the boiling iron pot.

But just as he was about to do so, he suddenly noticed that all the human miners were turning their gazes toward him.

To be precise, it means looking behind you.

A chill ran down his spine for no apparent reason, but before he could turn around, he saw the spinning world, his own headless corpse, and the human man who had snatched the baby from his hands.

He had never seen such a strong human before, with a massive body like a small mountain, almost approaching the size of an adult orc.

Then, he fell into the boiling pot and lost consciousness while enveloped in the scalding paste.

Ai took the baby from the headless body that was about to fall, only to discover that the small creature was born missing an arm.

As Ai looked at the deformed baby, the baby suddenly stopped crying and looked at Ai curiously.

Her eyes were as clear as lake water, as if she had completely forgotten her fate of almost becoming food.

But then again, what could such a young child possibly know?

Ai turned her gaze away from the baby and looked at the woman who had been flung away by the orc.

She was already dead, hidden under the wooden shed, but no one cared about her.

The moment the orc was killed by Ai, the remaining humans, as if they had lost their minds, frantically surrounded the iron pot and snatched the "food" inside, not caring at all even though their hands were covered in blisters from the scalding hot paste.

A few were even more insane, scooping up the orc heads from the pot and gnawing on them like wild beasts that hadn't eaten for months.

After a large pot of strange, pasty substance was completely looted, and even the residue on the pot's walls was scraped away, most of the frenzied humans finally quieted down.

They looked at the dead orc on the ground with astonishment, fear, or helplessness, and then all looked at Aiyi, who was standing quietly to the side, as if waiting for Aiyi to say something.