Oh No, I Can Never Repay This NPC's Kindness!

Li De, an indie game developer, transmigrates to another world alongside countless players from Earth. To make matters even more absurd, this is the pixel game Ashen Oracle, which he has yet to officially release!

In other words, all those terrifying bosses that strike fear into the hearts of esports players were designed by his own hand!

"As the developer, it's only reasonable that I know a few hidden Easter eggs, right?"

So, instead of joining the players in exploring dungeons and hunting monsters, he lay flat in the starting village for five whole years.

In the eyes of the other players, he spent all day running errands for NPCs, bullying slimes by the river, and even playing farmer. He was clearly just slacking off!

But no one knew just how outrageous the [Hidden Classes, Items, Achievements, and Titles] he'd tucked into the game really were.

Five years later, the second batch of players arrived.

Using the [Developer Panel], Li De disguised himself as an NPC, handing out quests, making grand promises, and dishing out rewards. Before long, he had tricked the new players into becoming his own workforce.

Reclaiming farmland, building up their faction, exploring dungeons, taking down bosses...

The players gradually realized that this NPC was unbelievably generous!

He gave quests, handed out equipment, and taught skills. As long as they pledged their loyalty and worked themselves to the bone, they could even get precious hidden classes!

[Without Lord Li De, I wouldn't be where I am today!]

[Meeting this NPC was the luckiest thing that ever happened to me!]

But as time went on, the players gradually realized they were receiving more and more, while the "grind" they owed him became harder and harder to repay.

Until one day, they finally understood:

[Oh no! We'll never be able to repay this NPC's kindness in our entire lives!]