The NPC Got A System

4. System Appeared

“No—this couldn’t happen.”

Nash stood frozen while seeing all the horrendous scenes with his own eyes.

“MONSTER! THERE ARE MONSTERS EVERYWHERE!”

“EVERYONE PLEASE RUN!”

“WHAAAAAA!”

“MAMA!”

Nash did not even move from his standing place when seeing the village getting attacked by monsters. His feet were glued on the ground when the ugly monsters destroyed house after house, eating people mercilessly, snapping their flesh, and making their blood scattered everywhere.

“M-m-m-m-monster! Monster! The monster has come and they’ll kill us! They’ll kill us!” Pierre, the little brat that lived beside Mr. Jenkins’ house, now cried like a madman, passing through in front of Chi and Gressida’s house and running toward the forest.

His mind went blank when seeing all those nightmarish scenes. The village drowned in fire, and people ran back and forth to escape from the monster attack, kids cried because their parents died, and Nash still stood like a statue watching all of that. He remembered this scene from his long nightmare.

Everything happened just like his dream.

So, it was not a nightmare?

“AAAAAAH!”

A loud scream came over Gressida’s house, which made Nash turned his head fast and saw a monster walked over there. The monster was two feet tall with a sharp fang, and its two long arms dragged on the ground. Gressida and Chisato hugged each other while hiding behind the window.

(I must save them, I must save them!)

Nash left foot moved forward, his strong will defeated the fear inside him, and Nash sprinted toward Gressida’s house. He picked up a stone on the ground and threw it fast at the monster. The rock smacked the monster’s head and made it growl from anger. It turned to Nash, who stood alone without a weapon or defense, which was just him and himself alone.

He later regretted his decision to flame the monster's anger but was too late to do that now. The monster changed its direction and now chased Nash with a bloodshed expression.

(Screw it.)

Nash hurried to his house. He might find something useful there to fight that thing.

“HOWRAAAAA! GWRAAA!”

The monster slammed its long arm into Nash’s house roof. Nash was inside the basement, looking for a useful weapon when the ground suddenly shook from the monster's attack. “Shit, shit, shit.”

He darted his gaze around the basement while holding onto the wall and found something there. A wide grin appeared on Nash's face as he moved forward to reach that thing. “That’s it. That will do.”

It was a crossbow. His father crossbow. Nash once saw how his father hunted in the forest using this crossbow. He picked up the crossbow and a pack of its arrow before going outside using the back door because that monster was in front of his house. He filled the crossbow with an arrow and put on a vigilant step when he was walking outside the door.

CRASH!

Nash rolled on the ground quickly when the roof suddenly collapsed due to the monster arm attack, and half of Nash’s house crumbled instantly.

(Mom! Dad!)

All their memories also shattered along with the house ruins. Nash bit his lips hard, he would never forgive that monster for killing the last memories of his parents. He crouched down and prepared to shoot the monster using the crossbow with his father's method.

(Lock the target—done.)

Nash aimed for the monster's eyes. He did not know where the monster's weak spot was, but he knew that eyes had always been the softest spot to be shot by an arrow.

(Put the crossbow below the chin—done.)

(And, shoot!)

The arrow on Nash’s crossbow flew fast toward the long-arm monster, and it pierced precisely into its eyes. The monster bawled in pain and tumbled on the ground while covering its face. Fuming with rage, the monster got up and dashed toward Nash with only one eye open.

“GHWAAAA! WHAAAAH!”

Nash did not miss that golden opportunity and put another arrow inside the crossbow. He aimed for another eye and made that ugly monster went blind.

“WHAAAAAAAAA!” The monster could not see anything and ran wild whenever its instinct led.

“Yes!” He was pleased with his own crossbow skill and throwing a fist. But, it was just temporary happiness when that monster ran toward Gressida’s house at full speed.

“No! No!” Nash threw over the crossbow and ran as fast as he could to get ahead of that monster. He arrived there first and opened the door fast.

“Chi! Grandma!” shouted Nash out loud, he did not have much time before the monster arrived. He needed to ensure both of them were safe and help them get out of this place.

“Nash!” Chisato, who was still hiding under a table, heard Nash’s voice and approached him fast. She held her grandmother’s hand tightly. “Nash, how did you get here—”

“There’s no time to talk! Just follow me! C’mon!” Nash pulled Chisato’s hand and dragged her toward the front door.

“Nash! I’m scared!” Chisato burst into panic while trying to hold Nash's hand with her right hand, she forgot that she was holding a ring, so the ring fell and rolled on the ground. Nash stopped to pick it up for a while, but he did not return it to Chisato because they were busy running.

“GWRAAA!” Nash looked back and saw the monster behind him, trying to reach him using its long arm. Even though he would not make it alive, he did not regret it as long as those women were alive.

He pushed Gressida and Chisato forward, which made them almost stumbled to the ground. “Go! Run fast and never look back!”

When Chisato looked back to protest, she streaked with a horrific scene where a giant hand grabbed Nash from behind and pulled him backward. What made it worse was Nash’s expression which told her that he was scared, but he tried to hide it with a wide smile as he pulled behind. “Go! Now!”

CRASH!

Gressida’s house smashed flat when another giant monster flew from the sky and fell on her house, burying the long-arm monster and Nash underneath it.

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Chisato screamed in horror when seeing deep red fluid start flowing out under her house ruins. She wanted to get Nash back, but the giant monster tried to get up, making her not have options other than running from that place. She ran fast while holding her grandmother’s hand tightly in her arms, tried to escape from that place, and found a safe shelter. Chisato had no idea that Nash was left behind and buried alive under the ruins.

If it were not Nash, they would die underneath that place. Nash saved them and wanted them to make it out alive. So, she would do it just as he asked. Tears started to flow out from her eyes, and she wiped them quickly.

“I’m sorry, Nash. I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”

Back to the place where Nash was buried alive, things that remained there were the corpse of the long-arm monster and Nash dying. Two-thirds of his body was beneath the ruin of walls, while his head was still safe. But it was useless because he could feel one of his broken ribs piercing his heart and blood flowing out from his mouth. He just lay there alone, waiting for his death to come.

While waiting for his death, Nash remembered this scene was inside his dream. Did he predict his death using a dream? Or God just tried to show how he would die?

(Well, whatever. It’ll be good if I could die fast.)

Nash started to shut his eyes slowly. His face was white as a sheet, proof that blood had left his body. Even though Nash could not achieve his dream of having a house in the suburbs or married with his dream girl, he did not regret that. Instead, he was excited to meet with his parents again in the afterlife.

(Mom, Dad, I’m coming.)

[Warning: The host has found.]

(Huh?)

[You have completed all the requirements of the hidden quest ‘Courage Of The Unseen’]

[Welcome, Player Nash Ledger.]

(Huhhhhhhhh?)