After Playing a Doomed NPC, I Turned the Instance Upside Down

Mo Lu's job is to become the souls in endless-instance scenarios who are doomed to meet a tragic end.

The System says: Play your role well. They're just fuel for the scenario's plot.

But what Mo Lu sees are hands reaching out from despair, touches that always fall just short, and tears frozen in an endless cycle.

Blackthorn Manor: He is Ling Yi, the red-haired butler. He watches his "younger brother" Hale blow himself up for him again and again, their fingertips forever out of reach. This time, he burns through all his points and, amid the flames of destruction, grasps that bloodied hand tightly. "Hale... This time... I reached you!"

Darktone Academy: He is a gentle teacher who personally pushes his half-human, half-ghost "child" into the abyss. When the child's eyes hold nothing but deathly stillness, he takes that cold hand and leaps down with them. "Don't be afraid. Your teacher is here with you."

Eternal Night Castle: He is a transformed blood thrall, watching his hunter friend fire a silver arrow through the air. He steps forward, presses the last piece of "virus" into his friend's trembling palm, and throws himself onto the arrowhead. "Do it!"

Desolate Village Altar: He is the sacrificial boy's only surviving "older brother." When the boy becomes a vengeful, all-powerful Boss and maintains a false peace, he climbs onto the altar, embraces that desperate, fire-wreathed figure, and ignites the final line of code. "Little brother, look... The firelight is so warm. This time... Big brother is taking you home."

Mo Lu has had enough of the despairing cycles these NPCs are trapped in.

As it happens, a mysterious player with the codename A takes his hand. "How about we destroy this hellhole and let them rest in peace?"

"That's exactly what I had in mind."

(New writer, working hard to revise. Updates may be slower, along with the spin-off.)

Theme: Be the master of your own life