What if the Terrans really are saving the world?

Chapter 52 Paintball Guns, NPCs, Enemies

Wendy: "Huh? Kill him? Mr. Terra, what are you talking about?"

The painter heard this, and he immediately knelt down before the cube-shaped figure, repeatedly shouting, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

But the blocky man didn't say a word; instead, a smiley face bubble floated out from above his head and looked at him.

No, this blocky person is a monster! We can't communicate with him at all!

Thinking of this, the painter gritted his teeth, turned around and rushed towards the wooden window facing the street in the room, pushed it open, and jumped in.

This is the third floor, and the painter was prepared to break a leg or an arm.

As long as I can get away from this weird guy! I absolutely must get away from him!

The street in front of me gradually drew closer to my face.

The painter instinctively closed his eyes and put his arms in front of him, preparing to meet the impact.

However, moments later, the painter did not experience excruciating bone-cracking pain in the darkness.

Instead.

I felt almost nothing.

His only two sensations were the coldness of the solid ground passing through his stomach and the very weak impact force.

What's going on?

But that doesn't matter anymore. Just take it as the healing goddess he believes in protecting him!

Where to go now? Oh right, there are two guards patrolling on the street corner, let's go there!

He started running quickly, the scenery in front of him blurring, tears streaming down his face along with snot.

How could I be so unlucky!

Soon, he saw the sunlight reflecting off the soldier's plate armor.

The light shone on his chest, warm and comforting.

Just get there!

Just get there!

The painter thought this way.

Terra stood in the room on the other side, looking at the new version of the painter NPC with great interest through the building's wall.

interesting.

But I still want to get him back to his room.

Terra opened the house search function and removed the red flag with the painter's portrait on the wall of this room.

Redistribute once.

The sunlight on the painter disappeared again, and he returned to the cold room where the blocky figure was.

Wendy covered her mouth in surprise. She hadn't seen Terra make any move before the painter suddenly teleported over.

Is this a magician?

To prevent the NPC from escaping again, Terra quickly took out a dirt block from her backpack and sealed the painter in a small, enclosed space with a square hole at the top through which the light from a torch shone out.

The painter screamed desperately inside, using all four limbs to try and grab the seemingly soft mud wall to climb out through the square opening.

However, the hole was located very high, and the surrounding mud walls, though seemingly soft, were so weak that you couldn't even leave a dent by kicking them; there was absolutely no foothold.

Andrea 2 couldn't help but shudder at the sight.

She remembered being killed by Terra in the forest in this way.

She was also a little worried that Terra might really want to kill the painter, but Andrea 2 thought about it for a moment.

In her memory, Terra only killed twice on her own initiative, and the first time was when she killed herself.

The second time was when I first went to the Adventurers' Guild, with that adventurer thief.

The methods were different. She was killed by smashing her with blocks that looked like sand, while the thief was killed by simply hitting him with a pickaxe.

She was resurrected, but the thief was not.

No, that's not right, it actually resurrected.

Andrea 2 recalled the encounter they had on their way to the ruins, where among the hostile monsters was a creature that looked exactly like the adventurer thief.

But the thief seemed to have lost his sense of self, only making a couple of noises before running towards them.

Moreover, the adventurer thief at that time had the same characteristics as the young slime girls she had seen before: their bodies were unharmed, and their bodily functions remained in perfect condition until the moment of their death. Being touched by the flesh of these monsters was equivalent to being attacked.

The scantily clad female zombies, crows, and that eerie floating eyeball that spawned in the town earlier all share these characteristics.

In other words… Andrea 2 rested her chin on her hand and continued to think. Although to these ordinary people, everyone seemed the same, to Terra, a higher being from another universe, we, Andrea 2 and humans, seemed to be different.

Among Terra's strange pronouncements, two words often come up: one is "enemy monster," and the other is "Empish."

Andrea 2 reasonably suspects that Terra is viewing everyone in the world through a dichotomy.

If it were Empishi, Terra could resurrect him after killing him, just like himself. However, his memories after resurrection would be distorted. The person who was killed might not even realize that he had died once, but the pain would still remain.

If Terra considers it an enemy, it seems to revive after being killed.

But it looks like it will turn into a mindless monster that only attacks people.

What criteria does Terra use to categorize them?

Thinking about this, Andrea 2 felt that she was just one step away from knowing some secret about Terra, this higher being, but she was stuck at the last step, which made her a little irritated.

However, at least based on Terra's current behavior, Andrea 2 judges that Terra treats this painter as a so-called "Empish," meaning that the painter will not die.

Although it may cause some panic, people will eventually just think of it as some kind of magic from Terra.

Raven bubbles appeared above Terra's head. That's the trouble with killing NPCs. You can't use weapons, and there's no lava right now. In the early game, you can only use sand to smash them.

Wendy's hand trembled as she gripped her staff: "While I do hate this guy, I don't think the painter's crimes are so heinous that he deserves to be killed, do I?"

Andrea 2 stood silently to the side.

Terra noticed that Wendy hadn't picked up the sand and torch he'd left on the ground, and a smiley face bubble popped up above her head: "You really are a newbie, huh? Didn't you know? This painter NPC's drops are pretty good stuff."

Wendy's body was trembling.

Terra: "So you didn't know how to do it? Let me demonstrate for you."

Andrea 2 immediately covered Wendy's ears.

Soon, the painter's pleas for mercy ceased, and Terra dug away the mud blocks surrounding the painter.

Andrea 2 discovers a silver-white handgun that looks like a nail gun on the painter's body.

"So lucky? You got a paintball gun on your first try?" Terra smiled and picked up the painter's dropped item.

Paintball guns

Base damage: 12 (ranged)

[Repelled: 1.25]

Critical Hit Rate: 11%

Projectile velocity: 10

Price: 20 silver coins