NPC Code: Red Riding Hood

"Freeze! Put your hands in the air where I could see them!"

The classic line from the police resounded behind me, ordering me what to do. I slowly turned around and did what the voice said, hoping these soldiers wouldn't shoot me at point-blank range.

"I won't do that if I were you," I exclaimed, and vanished from the ground.

Despite using my smurf account, I disappeared in front of the soldiers and knocked them out cold. I already knew that I had limited powers. But that did not stop me from showing off my skills to these vulgar soldiers.

I took a hundred of them within mere seconds. Those soldiers did not stand a chance against the might of my class. All those players chose knights, mages, and other trending types.

I took a different route and made it my own trademark.

Since Lycanthrope was not that famous, no player wanted to try the class out in the game. If I had to be honest with myself, being a Lycan granted me nothing but the three forms and a pet wolf. And although my speed and strength increased, mages and knights could have done the same.

However, those players did not know the trick to maximise the powers of a Lycan.

As soon as the soldiers fell on the ground, I regrouped with Ryoshi and Snow White. However, things had gotten out of control on their side.

The two of them fought against those soldiers when I left them. Ryoshi and Snow White were doing a great job distracting the other side. But the numbers of these soldiers refused to decrease.

It was as if humans could revive the dead...

"There's no end to them!" Ryoshi voiced his thoughts, while hitting three soldiers with a dull arrow.

Those darts did magic to our enemies, putting them asleep without causing them pain. Ryoshi evaded all the vital organs of our opponents and hit the soldiers in their veins.

The sensation acted like needles raining down like acupuncture. Although Ryoshi was no doctor, he knew where to hit them. I did not know that plan became possible.

However, upon witnessing the scene first-hand, I knew those rumours turned out to be true.

Snow White had a more painful way of dealing with the situation. Thanks to her peculiar sword and muscular arms, that dwarf slammed her palms into every soldier she saw. Those unfortunate guards couldn't do anything but stare at their demise, wondering if the slap would leave a mark.

And those slaps left a mark on the puny soldiers. It was all written on their faces as soon as I arrived on the battlefield. I stood right beside my goofball of a friend.

"Took you long enough!" Ryoshi said, without even looking at his side.

He then fired another set of arrows in the opposite direction, hitting countless enemies in front of us. Ryoshi could really make the most out of the situation from afar. If someone would hand him a knife, the game would probably be over.

"I've done my part. What's your situation here?" I asked, while looking in every direction.

Snow White kept charging straight at the enemies without a care in the world world. Those bullets did not do a damn thing to her muscles. And even if it did, I could barely see any scratches on her skin.

It was as tough as my mother when she was still alive.

"We're doing okay for now… but that general is our priority problem."

Ryoshi pointed his forefinger at the campsite's heart. A man stood near the lagoon, looking at us with such an antagonising stare. Those two orbs alone sent heebie-jeebies inside of me, screaming to run away.

But I was the legendary Fenrir, for fuck's sake. If I beat half-awake within five minutes, how hard could this fight possibly become? He was just a person, unlike those terrifying monsters that had tentacles for their hands.

"Once we take him out, you should fill our containers and run away," Ryoshi continued, while preparing another bow from his strings.

But before Ryoshi could even fire that dart, my instincts told me to shove him away. I listened to my guts and pushed Ryoshi to the sides, hoping that I made it in time. A gust of wind flew behind me, with a bullet racing through our figures. It was a good thing that my reaction time remained superb. Or else we would instantly die from that assault.

"What the fuck was that?" Ryoshi cursed, while huffing every air stored inside his lungs. "I thought I died… Thanks for saving my back."

I did not give my remarks to him and went ahead to the battlefield. If that man had frightening power, Snow White would die right before our eyes. I only had a few seconds to react and save Snow White out from this battlefield.

The yells of my friend followed behind, asking for me to stay in the safer area. However, I paid him no concern and continued dashing straight up the road. I did not want to risk Snow White's life and ran away like a goddamn coward.

I brought Snow into this place and planned to save her, too. If there was one thing I learned throughout my experience in life, lending a hand to someone would always come in handy.

The worst came to me as the general raised his arm again and aimed his pistol in Snow White's direction. I knew that mad man saw my figure, but he still chose Snow White as his target.

"Snow White, behind you!" I shouted, but the girl never heard my voice.

As soon as I touched Snow White's hand, the bullet escaped from the gun. There was no other choice but to push the limits of my first form. If I wanted to save this girl, I needed more speed than what I currently had.

"You fool…."

A voice called out for me, with a tingling sensation coursing through my veins. I did not know where the sound came from, but I knew the results turned out good. It did not look like it, but the tone felt like an old friend calling in touch with me.

"No… it can't be," I murmured to myself, but briefly brushed off all those thoughts from my head.

The most important thing right now was to stay alive on this battlefield. We also needed to take the enchanting water from the lagoon. But that goal could wait until later.

"We need to go, Snow!" I ordered, and dragged her to safety.

The raining bullets coming from the other guards dealt with no damage at all. I could hardly even feel anything but a tickle from those barrages. Snow White also told me she felt someone massaging her backs after taking the entire ammo. Since she had a muscular body, I doubt those bullets would do a thing to her.

However, it would become a different story if that soldier blasted us with his peculiar gun. I did not have any chance to observe the weapon up close. But I knew that the bullet inside would pack up a punch.

As soon as we arrived at our rendezvous, the three of us temporarily withdrew from the battle. But I swore to return to the campsite again, since the lagoon would help us on our trip. We had to drink that water.

And besides, all of us could die on the road from heatstroke.

Within a few minutes, we made it out alive without an injury. The soldiers also refused to pursue us any further. Since this place was an uncharted road for the guards, following us here would only mean suicide to their squad.

That time allowed us to reshape our scheme to breach the lagoon once again.

"So, what are we going to do now?" Snow White asked.

That girl loved asking questions about our current condition.

"Of course, we would fight them again. We just need the perfect strategy," I answered, with a smirk carved on my face.

"But now that the soldiers knew our aim, they would guard the lagoon with more guards. It would be a drag if we have to fight them with that general hanging around," Ryoshi explained, while scribbling the ground using a stick.

"What are you doing?" I queried a question.

"Making a make-shift map. Well, if you memorised the place and showed it to us, I wouldn't do this," Ryoshi retorted, with a fierce smile painted on his face. I could only guess that was his smug look, telling me he won this round.

"Alright."

"I do the layout, you do the plan," Ryoshi exclaimed, giving me the stick to my waiting hands. "You're the leader, after all. I'm just the brains of this place, not the one who orders people around."

I gave Ryoshi a nod and continued where we left from the conversation. All we needed to do right now was infiltrate the base once more and deal with the annoying general.