I can't be an NPC

Chapter 206 A Maverick Illithid

Miss Mage, who suddenly heard Li Wen's voice, paused and stopped abruptly. She should have carried out Bobby's mission with kite tactics while hanging the octopus head far away under this intricate terrain. What is she doing now?
Anna stopped, turned around and prepared to cast a spell. The moment the black robe appeared around the corner, a freezing ray shot out instantly.

Frost instantly bloomed a sky-blue flower at the place where it was hit, as if a substantial cold enveloped the small space on the ground, and this cold also spread to the black robe.

Evocation Trait 6th-Level Trait—Power Cantrip: Starting at 6th level, a cantrip you deal damage can affect creatures that would otherwise be immune to the effects of a cantrip.On a successful saving throw against your cantrip, the creature still takes half damage (if any), but remains unaffected by the cantrip's other effects.

Even if the save is successful, it will be affected by the aftermath of the spell, thus taking half the damage.

At the same time, the freezing ray spell itself can leave a frosty terrain where it hits, slowing the movement speed of creatures in it by 10 feet.

The power of a mage lies not only in spells, but also in their flexible brains.

It's a pity that the octopus head just looked down at the frost under its feet, and then it didn't slow down again... even speeding up and drifting towards Miss Mage.

In the dark corridor, the head of an octopus flying over like a soul eater quickly approached, and the corners of the black robe trembled violently in the air current.

It will definitely cover its face with its disgusting and slippery tentacles, and inject some kind of milky liquid into the strong suffocation...

"what!"

A ring of spells - oil on the soles of the feet, Anna turned around and ran again.

An endless chase.

The illithid disappeared from Li Wen's sight several times, and when it reappeared, it appeared from a completely opposite direction, so that Miss Mage had to turn around several times.

"Oops~"

When there is no more strangeness for the first time, the magical power in her body is surging again, and the mage seems to enjoy this kind of chasing game endlessly, until her strength is exhausted, and she is stumbled by a fateful stone.

According to the occupation and physical attributes, the fighting time that each professional can last in the battle is different.

Warriors can wrestle all day with tall-ass opponents.

A mage might only be able to last two hours in a fight that required him to stay in motion.

The gravel on the ground caused several wounds on the knees of Bai Nen, the mage lady who fell heavily on the ground. Facing the octopus head that followed, she used her last bit of energy to smash out a flaming arrow.

This is Miss Mage's last attitude.

After hanging and attacking it so many times, it should be possible to complete Lord Poppy's task, right?

Anna closed her eyes, waiting for the strong suffocation to cover her body...

Ok?
itchy... numb...

Like some ants dancing in their... there.

Anna opened her eyes, and saw a pale green light converging from the hand of the octopus head, as well as the smooth gray head that was close at hand but slowly moving away...and the pair of big gray eyes.

Looks cute up close?If you ignore those four tentacles...

Anna moved her gaze down to the place where she felt the numbness just now—her knees... okay?
There is no such healing ability in the magic table of the mage. Is this octopus head still a priest?
Facing Miss Mage's puzzled eyes, the octopus tilted its head, and two of the tentacles on its chin curved toward both sides.

╰~╯

"boom!"

The crystal staff hit the octopus head lightly, and it was knocked aside with a Q bomb.

It was quiet.

After a little stagnation, the octopus head quickly raised his hands to block the front, and took two steps back at the same time.

Under Miss Mage's puzzled eyes, one of the tentacles on the octopus's chin was stuffed into its own mouth, and then some kind of weird buzzing sound was emitted from the mouth of the octopus.

???

Ms. Mage was at a loss, and Li Wen was equally puzzled.

From a grammatical point of view, the voice of this illithid is like the common language used by elves and dwarves on the continent of Mad Moon.

But... because the pronunciation is too non-standard, and accompanied by some strange noises, even Li Wen, who has learned the common language of the Crazy Moon Continent, can't prepare to hear its meaning clearly.

Just vaguely heard a few possible vague words - such as "save", "protect", "bad", "you", etc.

The vague words, as well as the previous behavior, let Li Wen roughly confirm his guess——

Sure enough, this illithid has been secretly protecting this reckless mage lady.

There are also monsters in the illithids?

Ms. Mage, who is the person involved, also has her own judgment. Looking at the movements of the octopus head in front of her, she probably guessed that the other party didn't want to attack her.

but……

"Then why did you set up so many traps to harm me?"

These words made the illithid's three tentacles slightly stiff, and then began to fly around excitedly, and the rapid syllables came out of his mouth wrapped around one of the tentacles.

Li Wen could vaguely hear the words "no", "yes", "I", "they" and so on.

Ms. Mage watched the "performance" of the illithid, suddenly realized and nodded to determine the meaning for the other party, "So you wanted to use traps to harm me, but I saw through them witty and cracked them, so now you admire me?"

"..."

"..."

One sentence silences two people... or one person and one strange.

Li Wen knew that he could no longer watch the show, so he sent out a short message and began to remotely control Miss Mage.

Anna, who suddenly heard Li Wen's voice, looked around in surprise. She knew the existence of the SMS spell, but the existence of the five-ring spell—detection—was a secret to her.

But when she thought of Lord Poppy watching her by her side at all times, boundless courage was born out of thin air.

She followed Li Wen's instructions to ask questions.

"I heard that spirit suckers like to enslave other beings, why didn't you catch me?"

The illithid made that weird pronunciation again, and Li Wen heard a few words in it - "alone", "mastermind", "outside".

"Oh~ so it's Jiang Zi?"

Ms. Mage nodded without knowing anything.

Seeing that this confused human finally understood what he meant, the spirit sucker was left with three tentacles flying around in joy.

The whole body is also slightly moved together again.

"boom!"

"Bah~ahah~"

"Bah~ahah~"

The four looked at each other and blinked each other.

why!Hit me again!
Miss Mage held the crystal staff and smiled shyly, "Nervous."

Under the guidance of the illithid, a clean place was found for Miss Mage to rest for a while, so that she could leave the Underdark after recovering her strength.

However, before leaving, Li Wen used all his spell slots and asked some questions he cared about through the mouth of the Mage.

In the dark tunnel, weird tentacles danced recklessly in the shadows, as if a human girl who hadn't noticed it was sitting beside it with a smile and talking, and what she answered was a buzzing syllable with incomprehensible meaning.

Sometimes it is mixed with crystal sticks to gently wake up the sleeping soul...

……

"Liar! They are all liars! The Magic Heart Mine is useless at all! The octopus head I encountered even opened me up."

"Exactly! He also robbed my Demon Heart Mine!"

"Going deep, there are a lot of octopus heads... I didn't die, but now they have converted me into their camp, which brother came to save me?"

"Brother upstairs, where are you? Me too...they still have a lot of murlocs here! It's slippery, so comfortable to touch."

"???"

"???"

The previous conversation between Li Wen and Ms. Mage did not prevent other players from overhearing. After learning about Ms. Mage's whereabouts... especially after Ms. Mage got a quest and even received a quest reward in advance, another group of players Boldly step into the Underdark.

Under the premise that each of them carried a magic heart mine, some people even went far, far away.

……

Li Wen received Miss Mage who had returned safely under the escort of the illithid.

He was able to walk in and out safely in the two exploration operations before and after, and he was safe even in the first half without the escort of the illithid. Perhaps he could be called... the Chosen One?
In her battle record, Li Wen saw a series of thoughts of the spirit sucker——

[? ? ? (Inner voice): Why is it her again? 】

[? ? ? (heart voice): Be careful not to jump! 】

[? ? ? (Inner voice): Don't run over there!Inverted!Inverted!That's not your way home. 】

[? ? ? (Inner Voice): Don't go there!Don't go there!Why!Can't go there!That worm has a bad temper. 】

[? ? ? (Inner voice): Hehehe~ She should understand now. ? ? ?Why did you hit me again? 】

[? ? ? (Voice): Those traps are not set by me, I am saving you!save you! 】

[? ? ? (Inner voice): I live outside alone, not controlled by the main brain.I don't like eating your brains either. 】

[? ? ? (Voice): Mastermind?Mastermind is Mastermind?He is our king, and normal clansmen need to obey his orders, but I've been out alone for a long time, and it seems... I don't want to go back. 】

[? ? ? (Voice): You want to attack our mastermind?That's not going to work!You can't beat it, our mastermind is a demigod, every mastermind is a demigod, you can't beat it. 】

[? ? ? (Inner voice): This is called the Demon Heart Mine?It has the smell of "blood curse". Most of the creatures here may regard you as the same kind. As long as you don't take the initiative to provoke, they will generally not take the initiative to attack you.Of course, this time it is more the effect of the belt on your body, its effect is stronger. 】

[? ? ? (Voice of heart): You are talking about the newborns of our race... Ordinary people, after a period of incubation, the creatures that we planted as "tadpoles" will become our new race members from the inside out.But you seem to be different from those ordinary people?You don't know what will happen if you plant it on your body. 】

[? ? ? (voice): try?Can't try!Can't try!I can't touch you!That belt on you repells me, and I'm not "tadpole" (shy). 】

[? ? ? (Voice): Be careful~ Don't come back here again, it's very dangerous here, my people will eat your brain if they catch you... Oh yes, you don't have a brain. 】

……

Judging from the information collected by Ms. Mage, some of the racial habits of the illithids have been slightly exposed.

They cannot produce the next generation by themselves, they need to rely on enslaving other intelligent life forms to continue the development of their race, and their food must also be the brains of other intelligent life forms.

This leads to a point-the illithid group is the natural enemy of every group of intelligent creatures.

Another important piece of information is that this solitary illithid is a special one. It is not controlled by the so-called "Master Brain". As for its clansmen, they all act under the control of the so-called "Master Brain". .

And... the main brain is a demigod!

Every mastermind is!
What is a demigod?
The strongest under the gods, the existence of a personality beyond the high legend.

The three known combat power ceilings on the Gaia continent are just high-level legends!

Of course... the demigod only surpasses the high-level legend in terms of personality. If the two really fight, it still depends on their respective abilities and performances.

A demigod must be a high-level legend, and a high-level legend is not necessarily a demigod. The difference is only whether there is a certain qualification to become a god.

No wonder I heard from Helen that illithids are the overlords who rule the entire multiverse. If they have many masterminds, and each mastermind is a demigod, then the overall strength is indeed stronger than the three races on the Gaia continent Too much too much.

This information is only part of what satisfies Li Wen's curiosity. If it is really useful news, it may be the function of the belt made of the magic heart mine.

The pure magic heart mine only has a certain confusing effect on some monsters in the dark area that are also mutated by the blood curse. The belt made of magic heart mine has a more powerful confusing effect on them and can also help Intelligent life resists the implanted "tadpoles" of illithids.

If one day, there might be a confrontation between humans and illithids, then the magic heart mine on the half moon is an important strategic material instead?

"Is that... mission completed?"

Miss Mage was still waiting in front of Li Wen. Hearing her voice, Li Wen nodded, "It's ok, thank you for your help."

The moment Li Wen confirmed it, Ms. Mage saw the task completion message popping up on her panel.

"Great!"

Ms. Mage turned around and left without any regrets. After completing the task, the belt really belonged to her.

She can't wait to embark on another adventure in the Underdark!

After the player obtained some information from the maverick spirit sucker, Li Wen directly opened a portal and returned to his home in Gaia.

There are no signs of attacking the spirit suckers in the Underdark region, and these information will not be useful for the time being, but you can first entrust those dwarves to help you create some magic heart mine equipment in case you need it.

Hmm... Or ask Helen if there are any craftsmen who can make equipment?

The craftsmanship of the dwarves is indeed unparalleled in the world, and it is difficult for ordinary human craftsmen to compare, but it may not require such a clever technique to create equipment with the magic heart mine, at least in the opinion of Li Wen, who has studied "The Great Melting Pot" for a few days.

And the dwarves are not as close as Helen after all... They must pay some handling fees to build them.

Li Wen hesitated slightly, and decided to ask Helen first.

Upon opening the door, a guard in silver armor appeared to be about to knock.

Four eyes facing each other.

Before he could speak, Li Wen stretched out his hand, "Go ahead."

(End of this chapter)