458 The King and the Empire (1/2)
Dragonborn walked out of the small house towards the forest. He had to explore the environment if he wanted to trigger a Plot.
The hunter had left the place as it wasn't his home. This place was only his temporary dwelling.
As a rare legendary NPC, it was normal for him to have such behavior. It made him more believable to the gamers.
Just like before, Dragonborn didn't find any living creatures after walking around.
It might be due to the Wyvern building its nest nearby.
Dragonborn was feeling hopeless since he couldn't trigger any new Plots.
He could only depend on the hunter.
He returned to the hunter's dwelling and saw the hunter waiting for him with his Forest Wolves.
”I told you before not to wander around unnecessarily. This isn't a safe playground.”
The hunter said sternly, ”Though I saved you, I won't be responsible for your safety. I'm curious about what happened between you and the Wyvern, which was why I saved you. Please don't be mistaken.”
Just as Dragonborn expected, the fugitive hunter was a cold hermit, and he spoke mercilessly.
The hunter must have stayed alone for a long time, so he was unsociable.
”Apologies, I'm taking a stroll because it's not beneficial for me to lie on the bed for a long time,” Dragonborn quickly explained.
The hunter didn't respond, but he wasn't hostile either. He brought Dragonborn back to the small house and took out some pieces of jerky.
”This place is desolate, so there are no proper meals. Have some pieces of jerky. I'll bring some food to give you energy and nutrients later,” the hunter said as he tore a piece of jerky for the Forest Wolves behind him.
The two Forest Wolves were disciplined. They ate half a piece of jerky each.
”Is it convenient for you to divulge your name? You saved my life. It's impolite for me not to address you properly.”
Dragonborn took the pieces of jerky from the hunter and ate them.
He wasn't feeling hungry.
”You don't have to know my name. You'll leave once you recover. We won't have much interaction.”
Dragonborn hesitated, and the hunter said, ”I wanted to ask if you've recovered. You have multiple wounds and many broken bones, but you aren't in pain.”
Dragonborn deactivated his sense of pain, so he didn't feel any pain.
For NPCs who knew Dragonborn, they didn't feel that he was strange. However, it was the first time the hunter encountered a gamer from the otherworld. The hunter noticed that Dragonborn was full of injuries but wasn't in pain. That was out of the hunter's expectations.
The hunter thought Dragonborn was trying to deceive him with fake injuries. Logically, Dragonborn should be complaining of the pain.
If Dragonborn was acting, then his behavior was disgusting.
Dragonborn looked at his body. One of his arms was broken, and several of his hip bones were broken. He didn't have any sensation of pain, and he only learned about the fractures from the hunter.
Besides the fractures, he had other superficial injuries.
It was a miracle that he survived with these injuries after falling from the tall cliff.
After becoming conscious, Dragonborn forgot about his immersive role. When he didn't show any sensation of pain, it appeared illogical to the hunter.
Dragonborn wanted to explain, but he kept his wits and became very grave.
”I'm cursed. I don't feel anything, just like a zombie,” Dragonborn said solemnly.
The hunter frowned and looked at Dragonborn, not believing his words.
Dragonborn wasn't affected. He said, ”I know it sounds incredible, but I can prove it to you.”
Dragonborn extended his hand that was fractured and used his other hand to grab his palm and twist his fractured arm in an impossible angle. Since his arm was broken, he was able to achieve such an incredible feat. Even the broken bone could be seen protruding from the skin.
Dragonborn's action made the hunter's fixing of his fractured bone ineffective.
Dragonborn was emotionless while twisting his arm. There wasn't even a bead of sweat on his face.
”Take a look. No matter how serious my injury is, even if my belly is slit, I won't feel any pain. I don't even have other sensations.”
Dragonborn said gravely, ”Like what you've witnessed, I'm cursed.”
”Who did this to you? Only a God's curse could have such an effect. Even a Great Magician is unable to inflict such a curse.”
Gods and Great Magicians were characters created in a game, but on the official website, there was no mention of them. Therefore, Dragonborn had to make guesses based on his experience reading online novels.
”Yes, you're right. But if it was that man, he could inflict such a curse.”
Dragonborn said bitterly, ”The despicable ruler, King Potato II of the Godly Kingdom, inflicted the evil curse on me.”
The hunter was shocked.
Dragonborn was secretly happy. He had guessed correctly. If the hunter was made a fugitive by King Potato II, then he must have a grudge against King Potato II.
”But he's not a man,” the hunter said.
”Ah?”
Dragonborn was dumbfounded. His heartbeat raced, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He had considered everything except for King Potato not being a man!
He pondered for a while. Normally, a person wasn't called Potato.
He was in danger of being caught, and he didn't know what to do. Dragonborn panicked.
”Such a coward isn't fit to be a man. He'll only scheme against you behind your back,” the hunter said.
Dragonborn secretly heaved a sigh of relief as the hunter recalled his past. The hunter looked at the ceiling and said, ”My name is…”
…
”Trash, you're all trash. You can't find the fugitive Tomato even after so many years!”
A tall man stood by a throne and smashed a glass ornament and a grape wine bottle on the ground. The grape wine scattered on the floor, and its scent pervaded the air. However, the servants who knelt by the side trembled. None of them dared to clean up the mess.