The NPC Got A System

15. Calm Before Storm

“We can’t defeat that thing!”

A depressive scream came out from a middle-aged man covered in bad bruises because of getting attacked, he even had to use a speak that stuck on the floor to support himself.

His voice reached all the remaining group members that also share the same thought as him after trying to attack the monsters lied the third floor. After succeeding cleared the second floor with a small sacrifice, most of them thought that the next floor would also be easy to handle.

However, their petty thought was scattered into pieces after watching the mass slaughter in front of their eyes.

“Please, spare me! I’ll do anything you want! No! NOOOOOOOO!”

CRASH—!

He closed his eyelids strongly when the only monster in this room, a Gargoyle Guardian, crushed a poor woman's skull mercilessly using a giant stone mace.

With that corpse, more than half group members had been killed brutally by that monster. The Gargoyle Guardian was a huge statue monster guarding the door leading to the peak floor. At first, the Gargoyle was not moved at all, making them think that it was not live.

But, when someone tried to get close within a radius of 20 meters, the Gargoyle Guardian would awake and attack whoever entered the dangerous area.

“GRAAAAAAA!”

“I don’t want to do this anymore, I don’t wanna die!”

The middle-aged man came to his conclusion, stood up, and walked away toward the door that lead to the second floor. The other group members, including Siegrid who was now resting on the side, watched that desperate-looking man and created a soft murmuring sound.

DUGH! DUGH! DUGH!

“OPEN THE DOOR! I QUIT THIS RAID! I WANNA GO BACK TO MY HOME! TO MY WIFE!”

“Quit it, Theodore. The door would not be open again except this tower finished or all of us died here.” An old wise looking woman spoke up with an annoyed expression because Theodore was just created a noisy sound by banging that closed door.

“Shut up, old hag. I’ll not spend another second in this place to be killed. If you wanna be killed that bad, just do it, and don’t bother me!” Theodore threw a tantrum and kicked the door.

“OUCH!”

“What a fool,” scoffed Siegrid shortly before trying to get back to his nap. However, he could not sleep again when suddenly his shirt was pulled off. He opened his eyes again in annoyance and looked down. “What?”

“I-I’m hungry,” squeaked the little fox girl, she looked very thin and Siegrid could hear her stomach growling from hunger. “Can I ask for bread … please?”

Her hands even trembled when asking for a portion of food that she deserved to have due to her big sacrifice on the second floor. That was right, she played a big role on that floor. The monsters on the second floor were weak to fire and almost all of her power had been sucked up to extinguish all the monsters there.

However, Siegrid did not think the same as she does. He thought that it was only natural for her to do that because she was a mere tool for him to reach his goal. So, he looked at her with a cold gaze before answering, “You want food, huh?”

“Y-yes,” squeaked the little girl again, trying to hide other new bruises under her ragged clothes.

Siegrid threw a hard-rock bread to her. “Eat that and make yourself useful again.”

“Thank you,” answered her, before picking up the bread fast and going to the corner while eating it like some hungry animal.

“What a filthy creature.” Siegrid was clapping his hand as if cleaning it from the dust before suddenly a loud noise came from the entrance door.

DUAGGGGGHHHH!