Chapter 35: Confidence From The Curse! External Aid?
The pendant truly brought a response!
It was seen.
The icon on the status bar had changed.
The name of the icon had also changed.
This was of course only a response from that Big Shot; the Death Knight had clearly taken action, changing the identity granted to Ian from Death Knight’s Kin to Death Knight’s Follower.
Although it seemed like a small difference, within it… did it not make much of a difference?
With great anticipation, Ian looked at the icon, and the expression on his face froze. The Death Knight’s Follower identity icon still did not display any status buffs.
It simply appeared on Ian’s status bar.
Like a transparent nobody.
Just like the previous Death Knight’s Kin.
“Uh, where’s my immortality?” Ian was somewhat unwilling, picking up the pendant again. “Godfather, if it’s really not possible, even a monthly subscription to immortality would be fine.”
He had already made his request with sufficient emotion.
But the pendant remained still.
Ian’s haggling also failed to receive any response.
“At least give me a negative status effect to prove you’ve been here!” he lowered his standards again, yet there was still no response from the pendant.
The Death Knight was too aloof.
Of course.
Ian wasn’t sure if the Big Shot didn’t want to give it or couldn’t. If his memory served him correctly, the Death Knight was in a state of being imprisoned by God?
The world was a chaotic mix.
This made Ian unsure if that background was still applicable. Just as Ian was sighing, exclaiming that his mood was like a roller coaster, his emotions cruelly toyed with.
“What exactly are you…” Female Grim Reaper Tessa’s tone carried a hint of terror, not only because Ian could harm them, but because she suddenly felt a suffocating pressure.
Perhaps Ian’s status bar had only changed to an icon with a different name. However, for Female Grim Reaper Tessa, she clearly perceived that Ian was starting to make her tremble.
She definitely hadn’t felt this way before!
Now, Female Grim Reaper Tessa realized she couldn’t even bear to look directly into Ian’s eyes! Such a terrifying situation made Female Grim Reaper Tessa feel that she might have encountered some great horror.
Everything before.
was merely the other party playing with them.
And this also explained why he could see Grim Reapers—this boy was likely not human at all! Thinking of this, Female Grim Reaper Tessa’s expression became increasingly astonished and uncertain.
“This! You can’t recognize it?” Ian frowned, once again pulling out the pendant and shaking it. He had intended to use the two Grim Reapers to understand what it was. However, it was very unfortunate, as Grim Reaper Andrew, who was rolling on the ground, was still curled up like a shrimp, clutching his vital areas and struggling with the pain of his broken eggs.
As for Female Grim Reaper Tessa, who had pressed herself against the corner wall and suddenly appeared fragile, she stared at Ian’s pendant for a long time, and only confusion and bewilderment appeared on her forcedly calm face.
“No wonder you’ve been Grim Reapers for who knows how many years and are still here! You’re clearly not striving for progress! Not yearning for improvement!” Ian first sighed with a tone of lament.
Then, he adjusted his expression and continued speaking.
“Look at me, learn from me. At only fourteen years old, I am already deeply loved by my Godfather. Oh, right, in case you don’t understand, my Godfather is actually your old…” Ian originally wanted to use his Godfather’s name to show off and solidify the identity he had shamelessly obtained.
However.
The Will of the Great Universe probably thought this was not a pretense suitable for an ordinary NPC.
Distant, chaotic footsteps suddenly echoed.
“Over there!”
A nurse’s sharp voice pierced the corridor.
“That boy talking to the air! Poor child, he must have a mental illness!” The nurse’s voice carried pity, as well as a hint of tension.
Ian turned his head.
He was immediately stunned.
He saw five people in white coats rushing over with a restraint bed. The doctor in the lead was holding a tranquilizer. The Black nurse leading them ran with her arms open, shouting at him reassuringly.
“Don’t be scared, child! We’ll help you contact your parents!” Her voice was very gentle. If she hadn’t also been holding ropes for restraint, Ian might have truly thought she was a good nurse.
“Damn it!”
Ian saw the group of doctors and nurses getting closer and closer, and he truly missed Tessa’s time-stopping ability. If he were caught by these doctors and nurses, what good would come of it?
“I don’t have a mental… I only have a little bit of mental illness!” Ian didn’t think he could convince these doctors and nurses, so he chose to turn and run without hesitation.
Seeing this situation.
The two Grim Reapers, invisible to normal people, both breathed a sigh of relief. Tessa helped her slightly recovered companion, and only then did she realize she had missed the time to escort souls.
Inside the hospital room.
The few doctors and nurses were completely unable to pay attention to what was happening outside.
…
He ran.
They chased.
Thanks to his Strength of 5.8 and Constitution of 4.7, his physical condition was more than five times that of a normal person, allowing Ian to ultimately avoid a fate from which there was no escape.
How to put it.
The doctors and nurses might have truly needed wings to catch up to him. Because Ian ran towards the window instead of the stairs, he directly leaped out from the sixth floor.
A blessing.
No, a curse was upon him. Jumping from a building was nothing to fear for Ian. However, ordinary people like the doctors and nurses clearly wouldn’t know this.
“That child committed suicide!”
“Oh! No! This is the sixth floor!”
“It’s over! That handsome young man’s face is definitely going to be smashed! I remember him! He’s Stan Lee from Bruce High School! A campus reporter from Bruce High School!”
Seeing Ian decisively leap out of the window, the nurses and doctors cried out in panic. Among them, the nurse who had previously communicated with Ian recognized Ian’s false identity.
“Quick! Hurry down! Maybe he can still be saved! At least… some organs can be saved?” Amidst the chaotic exclamations, the doctors made the most optimistic assumption. Thus, a group of people immediately rushed towards the elevator. For some reason, their speed was even faster than when they had intended to help Ian.
At this moment, with a thud, Ian landed on the ground, backside first, which was considered a stable landing. He gasped in pain, and the negative status effects at the bottom of his vision began to increase.
The accumulation of rage also reached half its capacity.
Severe physical disfigurement, Experience Points +5
Ian’s pelvis was shattered.
His thigh bone and several ribs were also broken.
Fortunately, his physical quality was strong enough that he didn’t end up a bloody mess, otherwise Ian would have had to find a way to lick up his own blood. It wasn’t that he truly couldn’t bear the slight loss of nutrients.
Rather, he didn’t want to leave any opportunity for anyone who might try to collect his DNA. As an ordinary NPC in this world, Ian felt he should be so cautious.
Just like he had found the clue of the Sewage Plant, he hadn’t intended to put himself in danger. Regarding external help, Ian had already figured out who to find the night before.
There was someone.
Very strong, very powerful. Compared to other superheroes, that person would absolutely, from the bottom of their heart, sincerely help himself… or rather, help Superman, whose lifespan was less than seven days.
