The Survival Rules of NPCs

Chapter 11: The Corpse Collector Advances!

"Mrs. Eliza doesn't look too good. Is it because her dance partner is gone?" A tall, elegant lady in a blue dress covered her mouth and chuckled as she looked at Eliza's obviously unpleasant expression.

She had seen it at the ball earlier. The woman and the puppy danced and skipped to a corner. After the puppy left, she noticed thick white liquid at the corner of Eliza's mouth. Getting closer, she recognized the familiar scent. She was startled. She considered herself quite outspoken and daring in aristocratic circles, but this woman from the North was even more outrageous. It was a ball with so many people present, and these two dared to...

"It's a real shame, we haven't had enough of it yet," Eliza said with a cold laugh.

The wealthy woman choked on her words; this woman...

"The body collector has arrived."

The Wood family's butler was sweating profusely. He had gone to great lengths to find this guy. He really didn't know what that guy was doing loitering around the west gate. Luckily, someone said they saw him heading towards the west gate, otherwise, this corpse would probably have been displayed at the young lady's banquet all night!

"Now that the body collectors have arrived, can we move the body now?" Allen said with a grim expression. "Gina's coming-of-age ceremony can't be all about watching a corpse, can it?"

"I'm so sorry..." Lady bowed apologetically, "If the body collectors don't find anything, I will personally come to apologize."

Allen chuckled. He dared not let the other party supervise the corpse collector alone. After all, this was a lowly profession, and who knew what they might do under the coercion of the prosecutor? Besides... if the letters were found, he would have to retrieve them immediately. Even if the secrets in the letters were exposed, he couldn't let Lady keep the letters alone!

"Commander," Allen said directly to Orland, "I'll need your help as a witness, since the prosecutor suspects not only me, but all the sheriffs!"

Lady remained expressionless and unconcerned. Having worked together for many years, he knew Allen was a formidable opponent; otherwise, he wouldn't have been unable to gain any advantage after all these years. But it didn't matter. He was certain that the assassin had stolen Allen's letter. As long as the letter was found, even if a notary couldn't frame him, it would still expose Allen's secret of delivering the letter, which was ultimately not a bad thing.

With Martin's fate now unknown, he and Allen have the best chance of becoming the city lord of Holy Stone City. He has the Imperial Court of Justice and the Ministry of Justice as his backers, and he can also find out who is behind Allen from that letter!

Orland would naturally not refuse the invitation. Lady was too domineering. If Martin really got into trouble, he would have to choose between the two as the city lord. He would prefer Allen. If Lady became the city lord, the judicial department would definitely suppress them, the knights of the old nobles. The position of sheriff might even be replaced, which would not be a good thing.

And so the banquet continued, while the three most influential people accompanied the body collector who had been brought in to the next room to dissect the corpse.

At this point, Bright felt incredibly frustrated, as he had already hidden himself at the west gate, yet he still managed to get caught up in the mess.

However, upon hearing that they were to search for some letters from Dog Egg's corpse, Bright immediately perked up.

After figuring out the reason, he immediately understood Dog Egg's original plan.

Players have a special storage space, a unique perk. Any quest item in a player's possession is practically safe in their best vault. Dog Egg's move is ruthless; he's trading his life for quest items to escape safely. But that's understandable; for players, their biggest advantage is that their lives are practically worthless...

After figuring things out, Brett gradually relaxed. He went to the next room, where the Wood family's resident doctor helped with disinfection, and then he dissected Dog Egg's body again.

Brett completely cut out anything the other person wanted to see, including the throat, the stomach, and even the hidden genitals.

The three old men's endurance was clearly superior to that of the previous samurai; they remained unfazed throughout the entire process.

"There are no signs of infection, no magical marks, and no letters as you mentioned." After a complete autopsy, Bright naturally gave his conclusion.

Lady frowned. He was sure he hadn't misread it. The female assassin had indeed stolen the letter from Allen. It was impossible for her to have delivered the letter while he was running away. But where did the letter go?

Allen secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It was best that they hadn't found it. Although he didn't understand how the female assassin had done it, it was the best outcome for him. Otherwise, even with Knight Commander Orland as a witness, the contents of the letter would have been exposed. He didn't want to expose the power behind him unless absolutely necessary.

Orland glanced at the corpse, then looked at Ryder: "Is there anything else you'd like to examine, Prosecutor?"

Lady sighed. Although she didn't know what was going on, she was helpless at the moment and could only say apologetically, "I'm very sorry. Perhaps I really misread it just now. Please forgive my rudeness, Lord Allen."

"It's alright, Prosecutor is just being cautious." Allen relaxed, but another layer of doubt arose in his mind. The letter couldn't have disappeared into thin air. No matter what method the female assassin used, the letter most likely ended up in the hands of the person behind her. Although he had escaped Lady's clutches, it was another matter what the person behind the female assassin was planning. At this critical juncture, he had to be extremely vigilant.

"Um... cough, what are you going to do with the body?" Bright asked cautiously.

"Since there's no problem, just take it and burn it." Lady waved her hand dismissively.

Allen didn't want this thing to stay with him, especially since there was a banquet going on next door, which was considered quite unlucky.

"Who will pay for the cremation?"

Allen immediately had the butler give Bright two silver dollars: "Thank you for making this trip."

"It's not hard work, it's just my job." After receiving the money, Bly bowed and scraped. "But I came in a hurry and didn't bring a body bag. If you don't have any either, I'll have to go back to the North District to get one."

"I'll have my servants transport it for you in a carriage," Allen said gently.

"That's really troublesome..." Bright quickly thanked him again, feeling a bit of goodwill towards the Minister of the Interior. No wonder the man had such a high reputation among the people; he was so polite to someone of such a lowly profession as himself, a stark contrast to the two arrogant people next to him who didn't even want to speak to him.

A quarter of an hour later, Wood's servants brought leather bags and helped to put Dog Egg's body parts into them, then used a carriage to transport them to the north of the city.

Inside the carriage, Bright was alone with the corpse, while the servant driving the carriage wished he could sit on the horse's neck, afraid of catching even a trace of the corpse's stench. From the servant's perspective, it was clear how unpopular the profession of corpse collector was.

But now Brett faces a choice: whether or not to continue betting on this lowly profession!

Inside the carriage, Bright looked at his panel with mixed feelings!

Yes, the panel. After dissecting Dog Egg's corpse again, he heard the system's voice and almost instinctively knew how to open his attribute panel.

At this point, your profession and attributes are displayed on the panel.

Bright (no surname), race: human, occupation: corpse collector, level: 10!

Power: 3

Agility: 2

Physical condition: 2

Intelligence: 3

Mental Power: 10

It's obvious that leveling up as a corpse collector is most beneficial to one's mental strength. As for why he suddenly leveled up to level ten, Bright had some guesses in his mind, but it was most likely... related to the dissection king, Gou Dan.

Wang Gou Dan is a level 13 assassin. He dissected her twice, which is why he reached level 10 so quickly, surpassing the level that Old John never reached in his entire life. It seems that the level of a corpse collector is improved by dissecting the corpses of higher-level species.

Furthermore, there have been new updates to the intelligence!

Intelligence 1: Corpse collectors are an ancient profession with multiple paths to advancement. Many seemingly insignificant professions in this world have extraordinary paths to advancement after reaching level ten!

Information 2: Once any class reaches level 10, it will have free attribute points. The number of free attribute points varies from class to class. Attribute points are precious, so please use them carefully.

Intelligence 3: You possess two extraordinary traits, corresponding to two paths for the Corpse Collector. Using the Shadow extraordinary trait, you can advance to the Corpse Whisperer; using the Blood extraordinary trait, you can advance to the Corpse Raiser!

Intelligence 4: Corpse Whisperers can obtain information from corpses and can communicate with recently deceased corpses using death language.

Intelligence 5: Corpse breeders can seal the spirit of a recently deceased corpse and nourish it with special secret medicines and purified high-quality blood. Unlike ordinary resurrected corpses, the zombies raised by corpse breeders have extraordinary combat power.

Seeing this information, many of Bright's doubts were resolved, but even more doubts arose.

It seems that most professions in this world can probably be upgraded, including farmers, doctors, and even lawyers. Perhaps after reaching level ten, they can all move towards the extraordinary realm.

Then there's empowerment. It seems that many extraordinary professions require the empowerment of extraordinary traits, so overall, extraordinary professions should still be rare.

What's puzzling is that the advanced function of the Corpse Collector sounds so much like the legendary necromancer.

As a corpse collector, my basic job is to dispose of corpses and prevent them from being used by necromancers of some cults. But now it seems that the path of advancement for corpse collectors is very similar to that of necromancers. Especially that corpse breeder, whose ability to create zombies is clearly that of a half-necromancer.

Are many extraordinary professions in this world actually advanced from ordinary professions?

Another issue is the direction. Different traits can lead to different extraordinary professions. Once you choose, can you not go back on your choice? If you choose the Corpse Whisperer path, what direction will you take next?

Finally, there's the question of choice: should I waste my resources developing in this direction?

To be honest, deep down he didn't want to become a strange thing like a necromancer. It's fine when playing games, but in real life, who wouldn't want a more normal path?

But if you give up, it would be such a waste to have a level 10 corpse collector. The key is that with the presence of players, there might actually be a lot of room for improvement in the corpse collector's level.

After all, players are naturally fearless of death. The more players they attract, the faster they can level up just by collecting their corpses. What other class has this advantage?

My head hurts...

Let's deal with the immediate problem first. Wang Gou Dan will probably be coming back to his corpse soon. Next, if Gou Dan can successfully get enough rewards from the Minister of Internal Affairs and the City Lord's wife, what should I do?

Should they just take the money and run, or wait and see?