Otherworldly Skeleton Evolution

“Skeleton Big Brother, we finished the quest, but I didn’t receive the quest rewards?” A Silly Cutie asked, staring blankly at Jiang Cheng.

“Did you see the child?”

“Uh… no.”

“When you return to the tavern, you will.”

Jiang Cheng’s skeletal jaw clicked.

“Oh… so that’s how it is.” A Silly Cutie pouted, looking quite embarrassed.

“Your brother, is he alright?” Jiang Cheng suddenly asked probingly.

The boss of the final level didn’t pose much difficulty anymore. Its HP was merely doubled. After everyone became familiar with Jiang Cheng’s tactics, fighting it required hardly any effort.

As long as Blood Dancer didn’t make mistakes, Jiang Cheng only needed to link Explosive Flames with the Dharma Demon.

So while fighting the boss, he inquired about what concerned him most.

“My brother…” Upon mentioning this, A Silly Cutie suddenly froze.

She gazed fixedly at Jiang Cheng swinging his magic staff, feeling both sentimental and slightly doubtful.

Why would Skeleton Big Brother ask about my brother?

Could it be… that he knows her brother?

But shouldn’t he be an AI or a game employee role-playing?

Who exactly is he?

“He died,” A Silly Cutie said, her tone quite emotional.

Jiang Cheng was also stunned.

“My brother was very good to me. He loved playing games… His greatest idol was the Supreme God. His biggest dream in life was to become a pro player and, through hard work, eventually become a disciple of the Supreme God.”

“He had always been striving towards this, but half a year ago, he was diagnosed with late-stage stomach cancer. With only half a year left to live, his dream was directly crushed.”

“One time, when he happened to go out for some fresh air, he pushed away someone who was about to be hit by a car. He died on the spot…”

Zhang Mengmeng paused for a moment, her eyes suddenly brimming with tears.

After a long while, she glanced at Jiang Cheng and asked, “Skeleton Big Brother, do you still want to hear more?”

Jiang Cheng stepped forward, his back to her, and nodded. His magic staff continued to swing ceaselessly.

Zhang Mengmeng could only wipe away her tears and strive to regain her composure before continuing,

“Actually… if he knew that the person he saved was his idol, he would probably be very happy in heaven.”

A Silly Cutie’s expression once again turned melancholic as she went on,

“I used to hate him so much. I hated him for abandoning me for someone else, leaving me alone in this world.”

“Later, when I went to the hospital to see the person my brother saved from the car accident and happened to learn his identity, I suddenly felt that this might be fate.”

“Perhaps the heavens wanted him to live on in my brother’s place.”

“But why? Why… did he die too, and exactly half a year later?”

“Is this really fate?”

Zhang Mengmeng’s eyes reddened. “Actually, I used to really hate gam…”

Glancing at Jiang Cheng’s back and seeing no reaction from him, she continued,

“Maybe it really is fate. If I weren’t poor and didn’t want to fulfill my brother’s dream of becoming a pro player, I wouldn’t have come here. I wouldn’t have met Skeleton Big Brother or made so many friends.”

Zhang Mengmeng was indeed an optimistic and positive person. After saying those last words, her mood gradually settled, which Jiang Cheng greatly admired.

*Boom!*

With the final Explosive Flame, the Calamity Demoness exploded with a bang!

Seven purple lights, intermingled with four green glows, quietly scattered beneath the Calamity Demoness’s corpse.

And in an instant, a pink radiance attracted everyone’s gaze!

[Congratulations on killing the level 40 Calamity Demoness. Obtained 5.6 million experience, 5.6 million evolution points, and 4,600 enhancement points.]

Jiang Cheng suddenly stepped back and said to A Silly Cutie, whose eyes were shining as she gazed at the equipment,

“From now on, you are my disciple.”