Today is my birthday, so I am posting an extra chapter.

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He felt a thick, bloody liquid being delivered into his mouth by Nidhogg's tongue.

After a while, they separated. Shiki was a bit dazed; this situation was too sudden and exciting. His first kiss was actually stolen by a game NPC.

"Ding! Obtained the blood of the Black Dragon King. The level of the humanoid creature in human form has been upgraded to SS."

Shiki looked dazed. By drinking the dragon blood, he had directly advanced from D to SS. He felt that his body had become stronger, and a steady flow of power surged out.

Nidhogg blushed, as if she had just been violated. She spoke, "My blood can help the master in human form become stronger..."

Shiki opened the character panel.

A new passive skill appeared under the human form skills: Black Dragon King's Blood.

The Dragon Blood of SS rank can only enhance a D-rank humanoid to A-rank.

But SSS rank Dragon King's Blood directly bypassed four levels and reached SS.

"...Thank you."

It was awkward, a bit awkward. He didn't expect to develop feelings for an NPC. For a moment, he even imagined scenes from falling in love to getting married and having children with Nidhogg in real life. Damn love.

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At the border between The Kessel Duchy and The Stan Duchy, a team of four adventurers was hunting down a group of fleeing goblins. They chased them into a forest.

"Wait!" The young man with brown hair and a shield shouted and stopped the other three. He was the oldest among them.

"What's wrong?" The young man with yellow hair, gripping his sword, was excited and annoyed by the sudden halt.

"The forest is too dangerous for us. If there's an ambush, we'll be in a very disadvantageous position."

The young man with the shield momentarily lost his mind due to the victory. Now, upon careful consideration, it seemed that the goblins were luring them.

"How is that possible? They're just goblins. It's not like they can think like us humans," the young man with yellow hair thought the older man was overthinking.

"We should still be cautious..." The girl with pink hair, holding a staff, believed the older man was right.

"Hurry up! I still need to go back and use the money from the mission to buy new equipment..." The yellow-haired male thief with a headscarf.

In the depths of the forest, hidden goblins were observing the four adventurers.

"It seems that the one with the shield is somewhat clever..." The goblin who spoke was obviously different from the other goblins. His skin was blue, not the usual green, as he was a player.

After reading posts from other goblin players, especially the one who achieved success, he wanted to try it as well.

So, he came up with this plan to lure the enemies deeper.

"We still have some distance to the trap. Continue luring them..."

As a blue goblin, he could command weaker goblins to fight for him—about thirty goblins.

He sent two or three goblins to continue luring the adventurers, leading them into his pre-arranged trap...

The four adventurers remained motionless, suddenly, there was movement in the grass.

"Watch out!" The shield-wielding young man shouted at the thief.

A goblin with a knife jumped out, attempting to ambush the thief.

"Tsk..." The thief easily dodged and then stabbed the goblin in the neck with his dagger.

There were still two more goblins trying to ambush them, but seeing their companion die, they immediately ran away.

"Chase them!"

Without hesitation, the impulsive swordsman with yellow hair went after them, followed by the mage girl and the thief.

The shield-wielding young man sighed, but could only follow.

The four of them chased the goblins deeper into the forest.

Then, they lost track of them.

"We lost them?"

"...Strange."

"There's a problem! Let's retreat!"

The shield-wielding young man realized, but it was already too late. They had already entered the trap set up by the goblins.

A net filled the sky and flew towards them, accompanied by hidden arrows. The yellow-haired swordsman was hit by an arrow and immediately fell to the ground.

The shield-wielding young man shielded the mage girl from the arrows.

"Use fire!"

"Okay!"

The mage girl began to chant, and a fireball spell hit the net, burning a hole through it.

"Quick, run!"At this moment, the remaining goblins jumped out and surrounded the four of them. The yellow-haired swordsman, who had lost combat ability, was the first to be taken care of. The thief was trapped in a net, severely injured by the goblins' attacks. Only the young man with a shield and the young sorceress were able to escape from the siege. They didn't hesitate for a moment.

Although the sorceress wanted to save her comrades, it was more important to protect her own life for now. The goblins didn't pursue the two of them, but a green goblin was waiting at the escaping path. The shield-bearing youth thought he could take the sorceress to safety, but in the next second, he stepped on something.

A cold ice spread towards the two of them, it was an ice trap. Their bodies froze and they couldn't move. The sorceress wanted to chant a fire spell to release them, but her staff was suddenly shot down by an arrow, and the arrow pierced her hand.

"Missed, how unfortunate..." The green goblin player walked out. Both adventurers were shocked that he could speak human language and realized that he had been secretly manipulating everything.

"Well, at least your hand is not completely pierced, you can still use it. As for the other man..." The green goblin raised his axe and struck directly. The sorceress watched helplessly as her companion was killed right in front of her eyes.

"Now, my beautiful miss, let me take you to my residence to rest. You are my first prize. Don't worry, I will enjoy you alone and won't share you with other filthy goblins..." The tone and manner of the green goblin player were surprisingly elegant, but ultimately, he was still a goblin. The sorceress was carried away by him and dragged into the abyss...

In a small town located in the eastern part of The Kessel Duchy,

today, the town welcomed a special guest.

Numerous adventurers on the streets glanced at him, his jet-black armor was too eye-catching.

Black, originally a discreet color, becomes no longer discreet when connected with fashion.

Men are a bit unaccustomed to the attention in public, but fortunately, with the helmet on, only his mouth was revealed.

The door of the adventurers' guild was pushed open. The adventurers inside, who were drinking and laughing, fell silent as soon as they saw his attire.

Clack... clack... clack...

Accompanied by the sound of the armor's collision, he walked step by step into the reception area.

"Hello... How may I assist you?" The receptionist girl could not help but feel awe when she saw the fully armed adventurer in front of her.

Shiki took off his helmet. With the helmet removed, his appearance was revealed to the public.

"...I thought it would be a middle-aged man inside, but it turns out to be a handsome guy?"

"This equipment must have cost a lot of money, right?"

"Damn, so cool, I want a set too!"

"You talk less, if I'm not mistaken, his equipment is probably all Grade A..."

"...All Grade A?"

Upon hearing this, many adventurers turned envious. Having all Grade A weapons and equipment for the whole body would cost a lot of money. Just one piece of Grade A equipment alone would cost around tens of thousands of gold coins, and it's not even guaranteed to be available...