Who hid My Corpse! - Light Novels

Chapter 18: Sixteen, you think this finger of yours can kill me?

Bai Wei wasn’t speaking recklessly.

“Biter Roger”, in the game, was the first mini-boss players had to face, effectively serving as the Newbie Village boss. Defeating him meant mastering the basic controls of “Desecration”, so overall, he was relatively simple.

Among the players, there was a saying, “You’ve beaten Biter Roger? Great, you’ve mastered this game, now let’s see you kill a god”.

Although Bai Wei wasn’t an absolute pro, he was still considered somewhat of a “big shot” among the players. He could defeat over half of the bosses in “Desecration” without taking damage, and his familiarity with various attack skills was impeccable, naturally preventing him from stumbling on Biter Roger.

Of course, the game turning into reality was somewhat different from before. In the game, Biter Roger looked a bit dumb, hence also being called a silly dog. But here, he looked quite terrifying, especially since he could transform parts of his body into wolf heads. After the transformation, he could perceive things that weren’t felt in the game, such as… bad breath.

Indeed, when he was a player, Bai Wei wasn’t afraid of Biter Roger and he still wasn’t, for his soul had evolved from an ordinary nerd into the legendary figure Visas from “Desecration”.

It seemed like he had forgotten how to fear. Seeing Biter Roger bearing his teeth and claws only excited him more.

“Don’t get too cocky!”

Roger didn’t understand what Bai Wei meant by “I don’t know how many times I’ve flawlessly beaten you”, but he took it literally, believing Bai Wei meant he couldn’t be hurt, and with a roaring bellow, he charged at Bai Wei.

This time, a red light flashed in his eyes and both hands transformed into wolf heads.

This was the entrance into the Second Stage.

Bai Wei was slightly surprised, since in the game, bosses needed to have their health halved before entering the Second Stage, but this time it happened immediately. Bai Wei’s previous kick clearly couldn’t have dealt such high damage; it was even questionable whether it had caused any damage at all, so Roger entering the Second Stage immediately could only mean one thing–he was provoked.

Of course, there was nothing to fear about the Second Stage. Biter Roger’s main weakness was his speed. Although he could transform his limbs into wolf heads, that’s all he could do–they couldn’t transform into wolf limbs. This meant that no matter how he maneuvered, he could only move using human legs, and his upper body turning into a wolf head only added weight, making it impossible for him to run.

Thus, his most common attack was merely lunging, attempting to lunge again and again.

This meant his attack methods were too singular and unchanging, making it easy for someone familiar with him to manipulate him, just like now.

After another failed attack, the furiously enraged Roger launched a triple strike at Bai Wei: bite from the left hand, bite from the right hand, and finally clasping both hands together for a ferocious double bite.

This was his strongest move. If even one strike wasn’t dodged, it would cause severe injury or even death.

Initially, Roger wanted to keep Bai Wei alive to find out just who he was that understood him so well. But now he realized, unless he aimed to kill Bai Wei, he couldn’t possibly defeat him.

So, he lunged at Bai Wei again.

The first bite.

“Crack.”

Missed.

The second bite.

“Crack.”

Missed again.

But Roger wasn’t in a hurry; these bites were just to numb Bai Wei. Seeing the mocking smile on Bai Wei’s face, he felt Bai Wei had taken the bait. He slightly leaned forward, preparing to lunge, and in the moment he fiercely kicked his legs, he canceled the transformation of his upper body back to human form.

This greatly reduced the weight of his upper body, significantly enhancing his explosive power.

Previously, Bai Wei had always maintained a teasing distance with Roger, always dodging by skirting close to Roger’s wolf head. Roger didn’t know if this was Bai Wei’s arrogance or if it was all he could manage.

But it didn’t matter, as long as he maintained that distance.

Because Roger was going to make him pay.

After reducing his upper body weight, Roger’s lunging distance significantly increased. Almost instantly, he appeared right in front of Bai Wei, then reached out both hands, about to envelop Bai Wei in his arms.

At this distance, there was no way Bai Wei could escape.

Roger revealed a fierce smile, and both hands transformed into wolf heads.

With two wolves circling, where could you possibly run?

Roger felt as if he already saw half of Bai Wei’s body being ravaged by his two wolf heads.

But at that moment, he saw Bai Wei casually raise his left hand.

Then, he flipped him the middle finger.

Roger was slightly taken aback.

What did this mean?

Was this guy mocking me?

But soon, he realized something was wrong.

Bai Wei’s middle finger wasn’t just raised; it was pointed straight at him.

And it targeted his throat, like a dagger.

Roger’s cold sweat broke out instantly.

This guy had actually seen through the greatest weakness of my move!

The strongest part of Roger was the areas transformed into wolf heads, and naturally, the most vulnerable areas were those not transformed, like… the throat.

Luckily for Roger, all Bai Wei had raised was a finger, not a dagger; otherwise, Roger might have been finished right there.

It was just a finger after all, no way it could kill him directly. And if he missed this chance, he might never be able to defeat Bai Wei again.

So Roger didn’t stop; instead, he intensified his attack.

Bring it on!

Given the distance between them, it should have been Bai Wei’s middle finger that hit his throat first, so he would be injured first. But it didn’t matter. To trade a severe injury of his own for Bai Wei’s life was worth it.

Furthermore, it was only a finger. Perhaps it wouldn’t even hurt him, since his neck, though not fortified, was still harder than that of an ordinary person.

What, you think you can kill me with that finger?

So Roger made his decision.

Yet at the last moment, he still had some doubts.

Why a finger?

Then…

With a “pu-chi” sound.

Roger’s eyes widened as he stared blankly at the unscathed Bai Wei standing before him, smiling at him.

His attack hadn’t worked because, for some reason, he had untransformed his hands from their wolf forms.

Why had they untransformed?

Roger couldn’t understand.

Then he felt a sharp pain, and when he looked down, he saw that middle finger had pierced through his throat.

He blinked, trying to say something, but he couldn’t speak.