Alantina Online: The Greatest Sword Mage Reborn As A Weak NPC

"Phantasmal Forest Treant Sproutgoon!? Is it dangerous?" Alice asked. She figured with such a great name, it must be a powerful monster.

"Nah. It's level 8." Vance replied with a wide grin causing him to get hit.

"Why did you make it sound like some amazing monster!?" Alice felt indigent. She really thought they were going to be in for a tough battle!

"It would have been if we were still around level ten as unique monsters have special skills they use that other monsters of the same species can not. I just do not know if it will spawn or not." Vance replied.

"Vance, you keep saying spawn. What does that mean?" Sally was still confused about this.

"Spawn means when a monster appears again after being defeated. Think of it as the same as how players spawn. But to be honest, I am not sure if this is the right word for it anymore." The more he grows accustomed to his new life as an NPC he keeps feeling that something doesn't seem right. Why would a world that is full of life with people doing things as they always would be just a game? He had no way of proving either way which kind of irked him, but he had to admit his current life was something he was enjoying.

"Hmm… This is strange because I have never seen a monster spawn before. I have seen them giving birth." And this was why Vance did not know what to make of this world. It ran parallel to the game he knew so much about, and there were players appearing here, but Sally's words just now showed that monsters do not spawn, they were born just like humans were born as well. But if that were the case wouldn't monsters go extinct? Why were so many slimegoons present in front of the capital?

"For now, let's make camp in the hut," Vance said as he walked into the hut. He used his foot to wipe away some of the dust and sat down, leaning against the back wall. The reason he still chose to fight this unique monster was to confirm some things. First was that unique monsters were still spawning, and second that they would drop gear like they were supposed to.

The three spent the evening chatting away until the moon rose high in the sky. "Shhh!" Vance pressed his finger to his lips as he stared outside the door. He knew the Phantasmal Forest Treant Sproutgoon would not enter the hut even if the door was open, so he could easily see outside.

"Teegeee!" A strange sound was heard just outside while shuffling could be heard as something moved around in the underbrush.

Vance's eyes lit up as he whispered: "It's here. You girls watch. I want to play with it and test a few things."

Both girls nodded. They were not afraid of Vance losing to a level eight. Vance drew his sword and walked to the entrance of the hut to see a purple treant sproutgoon pacing back and forth in a mechanical fashion. "So, is it not part of this world?"

Vance did not understand why this thing was the way it was. Unlike other monsters that moved naturally, this thing seemed to be set to a random wander within a certain range. Thinking for a bit, Vance decided not to attack it. He turned towards the girls and said: "Get some sleep, I need to see something, so I will wait until tomorrow to kill it."

The girls tilted their heads in confusion and looked at each other before nodding and them cuddling up next to each other and closing their eyes. As for Vance, he sat at the opening of the hut and watched the Phantasmal Forest Treant Sproutgoon pace back and forth. It would even come right up to the door he was in, seemingly looking at him, but did nothing because Vance was not past the threshold of the door.

At least, this was Vance's theory. Vance watched it all night. And the entire night, it was just as mechanical as before, with no change in its actions. Just roaming from one point to the next as any NPC monster would. It was getting close to dawn, and this was the moment Vance was waiting for. He watched as the sun slowly rose up, and as soon as the light began to shine down through the treetops, the Phantasmal Forest Treant Sproutgoon suddenly turned into balls of light and disappeared.

"So many questions!" Vance mumbled to himself as he yawned, walked over and squeezed in between the two girls, and used Sally's big pillows on her chest as a place to rest his head.

When Alice woke up and looked at Vance sleeping between them, she smiled until she saw how he was face first in between Sally's breasts. She looked down at her pitiful chest and snorted before getting up, wanting to kick him, but she stopped. Sally was looking down at Vance with warm eyes as she played with his hair which made Alice slightly jealous, so she sat back down and started doing it too.

When Vance woke, the girls were already cooking some food on a fire pit they made outside. Vance, who was now lying on the hardwood floor, sat up and scratched his head. He looked down to see his pants were not fully on and shook his head. His wives molested him! He stood up and fixed his pants before walking outside. "You girls really know how to take advantage of me!"

"It's your fault! I do not know what you were dreaming about, but you sprouted a tent, so Sally and I handled it. You should be thanking us!" Alice snorted. She was still feeling a bit angered over how he used Sally's chest for a pillow and not hers!

"Then I thank you for that." Vance smiled and gave both girls a kiss before sitting down next to the fire.

"So, how was it? Did you figure anything out?" Sally asked.

"Yes and no…. I will confirm the last thing tonight. But I am sure now that the monster from last night was not the same as the other treant sproutgoons. How should I say it? Think about how the receptionist at the guild acted when I wanted to set up a quest."