Shocking! The powerful wild map boss turned out to be an NPC who could communicate? This unexpected discovery made Lin Mu and Yufeng Zhuimeng overjoyed.
What did it mean to meet an NPC they could talk to on such a remote and dangerous map?
Of course, it was a hidden mission!
Hidden missions often meant a large number of generous rewards.
It took a long time to fight the boss to death. The octopus’ defense was also so strong that it was a question of whether they could defeat it. If the boss was snatched away by others in the middle, it would be even more frustrating!
Therefore, in such a dangerous map, it was better to complete hidden missions to get higher rewards.
However, Lin Mu didn’t speak in a hurry since he felt that the octopus of the giant ship was very happy. The tentacles wrapped around him were waving wildly.
If they hadn’t been in their transformed state, they would’ve died.
Lin Mu didn’t know the personality of this octopus monster, so he didn’t speak easily. He planned to wait for the octopus to calm down before testing it again.
This was one of the charms of Starry Sky Age. In this game, it was obviously impossible to encounter an NPC with completely identical personalities and the same modeling.
Subtle differences could be seen even when looking at twins or multiple births.
After nearly two years of exploration, no player was as reckless as when the server first launched. They were more cautious when facing NPCs.
Many players with a strong sense of immersion would treat NPCs as real individuals and as their friends.
One of the most vivid examples of this was probably Grumpy Little Rabbit.
Thinking of the child whose luck attribute was almost off the charts, Lin Mu couldn’t help shaking his head. He was naturally envious, but the little rabbit had other admirable qualities and abilities.
Now the little rabbit had taken on the mission of protecting the merfolk babies. He could attract a lot of traffic just by posting photos of the little merfolk every day. It wasn’t known how many people were envious of him…
Soon, Lin Mu turned his attention back to the giant octopus in front of him.
After an unknown amount of time, the dancing octopus finally regained a bit of rationality and started communicating with Lin Mu again. Still, his voice couldn’t hide his joy.
“Oh, I haven’t met any life form I could communicate with in a long time. I was a bit out of control. Sorry~”
He said words of apology, but his tone and voice were floating up. It could be heard that the octopus had been lonely for a very long time.
Lin Mu also knew that interstellar beasts were different from the native creatures of Escher Star. It was difficult for them to develop intelligence and they were almost unable to communicate.
Therefore, the octopus monster in front of him should be an ancient beast native to Escher Star.
The number of ancient beasts was very small. He heard from the sea elves that it was difficult for marine creatures to develop intelligence. This meant it was really difficult for this octopus monster to survive in such a large trench and encounter another life form that could talk.
But…
“Senior Octopus, can you let us go first?” Lin Mu asked cautiously.
It wasn’t easy to die in dagger form, but he would still lose health when caught like this. The speed at which his physical strength was consumed seemed to have increased.
Once his strength ran out, he would have to transform back into a human and drink potions to replenish it.
The octopus monster, who seemed easy to talk to just now, didn’t do as he wished.
“No no, if you guys run away then I will have no one to talk to.”
The voice of the octopus monster was very young, like a teenager. He also sounded like a naughty child.
Lin Mu could only coax him. “It is hard for us to maintain our transformed state. Once we recover our original body, we might die in this deep sea.”
His words were true, even if he wasn’t afraid of death.
However, the octopus monster obviously became very scared. He said with some concern, “Then I will let you go. Please don’t run away, okay? I won’t hurt you.”
Obviously, he had self-awareness and knew how he appeared in the eyes of humans.
“Yes, don’t worry. We will never run away.” Lin Mu made this promise.
There was such a big hidden mission here. Only a fool would run!
The octopus monster hesitated for a moment before tempting them. “Do you like pearls? If you stay and talk to me, I will give you lots and lots of pearls!”
The moment he finished speaking, Lin Mu and Yufeng Zhuimeng received a system notification.
The mission really came!
They happily accepted the mission and finally persuaded the octopus to let them go.
Seeing that the two humans didn’t leave after being released, the octopus monster laughed happily again.
Then a large shell filled with pearls was rolled out by a tentacle.
Lin Mu and Yufeng Zhuimeng’s eyes lit up. No, they didn’t have eyes now.
The two men put the pearls away, but didn’t immediately cancel the transformation. They felt they should be cautious when facing such a huge octopus.
Seeing the pearl shell disappearing into thin air, the octopus monster felt a bit strange. But he just asked, “Tell me quickly, what is the situation outside now?”
Lin Mu’s heart moved. “You haven’t been out for many years?”
“Yes, it is too dangerous outside. I don’t dare to go out until I am an adult.”
“……”
Lin Mu and Yufeng Zhuimeng looked at the octopus monster, which was as big as the giant ship, and couldn’t help complaining in their hearts.
‘You are so big but you aren’t even an adult?’
If so, how big would he be as an adult?
“Excuse me, how old are you this year?” Yufeng Zhuimeng asked curiously.
“I’m only over 120 years old. I am still in my growth stage~” The octopus monster’s voice sounded really young.
Still, Yufeng Zhuimeng couldn’t help complaining in his heart, ‘Are you trying to say that you are still a baby?’
“Have you been here since you were born?” Lin Mu asked. However, this shouldn’t be the case judging by the octopus monster’s question.
Sure enough, the octopus monster replied, “No no, I sank here with the Yangfan. At that time, I was only the size of a palm.”
It had probably been too long since he talked to anyone. The octopus monster opened up and started talking about his experiences.
He was actually a pet raised by a powerful elementalist. He drifted on the sea with the elementalist and his life was extremely comfortable at that time.
Then one day, the disaster happened without any warning.
“The sea was full of whirlpools, and many sea beasts that had never been seen before emerged from the whirlpools…”
“The master’s magic suddenly failed. He couldn’t even steer the magic ship. In the end, he was forced to abandon the ship and leave.”
“It was too chaotic at that time and he didn’t have time to take me away… When I woke up, the Yangfan had already sunk in this sea trench…”
Having said this, the octopus monster suddenly became agitated.
“You don’t know how terrifying it was outside the trench! There were sea beasts swarming everywhere. If I ran out, I would definitely be torn to pieces!”
“Fortunately, the Yangfan protected me and helped me get through the most painful few years…”
After that, the little octopus hid in the shipwreck and survived by trapping sea beasts for food.
Then without realizing it, he changed from a palm-sized little cutie to what he was now… Well, a big cutie.
Listening to the octopus monster talking to himself, Lin Mu and Yufeng Zhuimeng quickly learned the octopus’ background. They felt that the NPC of this hidden mission was too friendly. He actually took the initiative to share this information.
After the octopus monster finished speaking, Lin Mu asked, “You’ve been the only one staying here for so many years. Don’t you feel uncomfortable?”
“Ouch, it hurts so much!”
The octopus monster actually whimpered. “I was able to contact my master at first. He told me to stay in the boat and not run away, and to wait for him to come back and find me.”
“But he didn’t come in the end?”
“Yes, he is dead.”
Lin Mu originally thought this would be a love and hate plot, but he hadn’t expected it to be such a tragedy.
“My condolences,” was all he could say.
The octopus sighed. “It doesn’t matter. The contract has been broken and I am free now.”
Contract? Lin Mu couldn’t help thinking about it. If he could contract such an octopus monster…
At this time, he heard the octopus monster say excitedly, “By the way, do you know the sea tree?”
“Sea tree? Do you mean the one in the sea elves’ territory?”
“Yes yes, you have her scent on you!”
Lin Mu glanced at the Blessing of the Sea Elves buff on his status bar. Could this be the scent the octopus talked about?
The buff could be used like this?
“That’s right. We came from the territory of the sea elves and are helping them eliminate the sea beasts around their land.”
The octopus monster couldn’t help making a wow sound. Then he realized something. “No wonder the sea trench has seemed much quieter recently. There seemed to be fewer strange beasts.”
“Yes, we killed them all.”
The octopus thought for a moment before asking, “Can you take me to find the sea elves?”
Lin Mu’s heart moved. Bringing such a big octopus monster back? That would be a time bomb!
Of course, the players wouldn’t be afraid of him.
They would even turn him into sashimi?
The octopus monster suddenly felt a chill.
At this time, Lin Mu pretended to be embarrassed. “It is a bit offensive to say this, but the sea elves are relatively vulnerable right now. You are so powerful…”
“I’m sorry, I don’t think the sea elves will agree to your request.”
The octopus monster couldn’t help becoming anxious after hearing his refusal. “I won’t hurt the sea elves. I just want to see the sea tree and have someone talk to me!”
He had never been to the land of the sea elves, but there was some relevant information in his inherited memories that made him particularly yearn for that place.
“Words are not enough. I need some concrete guarantees.”
“Guarantees?”
“Yes, is there any way to restrain and protect each other?”
“Restrain and protect… um, a contract?”
Hearing this, Lin Mu smiled in his heart. It was done!
Yufeng Zhuimeng, who listened to the whole thing, thought, ‘WTF, is this even possible?’
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