Chapter 36 The Lost Ancient Country (3)

After returning to the palace, a maid immediately took Gu Qiufeng to the place where Akana was having dinner.

By the time he entered the room, Akana had already started eating.

Gu Qiufeng had no choice but to say, "I'm sorry, Your Majesty. I'm late."

Akana said, "You are here for work, and I am breaking the convention to come and have dinner with you."

Gu Qiufeng sat down, and the maid beside him immediately began to serve him food.

He asked, "Your Majesty, you suddenly invited me to dinner. Do you want me to recite scriptures for you after dinner?"

Akana took a cloth from the side and slowly wiped his mouth before saying, "How was the investigation today?"

"Hmm. I wonder if your Majesty knows that your Prime Minister was also attacked by vampires?" Gu Qiufeng said, "Since she is a survivor who witnessed the dark creatures committing a crime, I think we should be able to find some clues from her."

Akana said calmly, "I was wondering why she didn't come to see me these few days. It turns out it's not because she's sick."

Gu Qiufeng smiled and said, "The vampires have been rampant recently, and it is natural for Lady Gloria to be so cautious after being attacked. Your Majesty, please be cautious as well, although I don't think your Majesty is afraid of the invasion of dark creatures."

Arcana looked up at him: "What are you testing?"

Gu Qiufeng's smile faded: "No. I am just a subject who cares about Your Majesty."

"As the people of the God of Light, we should not be afraid of dirty bugs, but try our best to eradicate them." Akana said, sighed softly, and gently pushed a plate of barbecue towards Gu Qiufeng with his fingers, "I'm full. The Holy Son has been busy recently, so eat more."

As she spoke, Shi Ran stood up, slowly stretched out his only right hand to the side, and left the room with the help of the maid.

Gu Qiufeng ate a few bites and then stood up.

Another maid came up and asked, "Son, you always eat so little. Is it because it doesn't suit your appetite?"

Gu Qiufeng shook his head: "No."

But what he was thinking was, if you eat every day for a boss who will give you tasks at any time, you will lose your appetite.

"Oh, I suddenly forgot where the place with the most books in our palace is?" Gu Qiufeng said, "I want to go find some books to read when I have free time."

The maid said, "Son, leave the bedroom and turn right a few corridors to reach the library."

After finishing the meal, Gu Qiufeng was led back to the bedroom by the maid.

He had no entertainment activities now, and couldn't even chat with Feng He. Gu Qiufeng flipped through the Son of Heaven's diary again and went to bed.

Although he was sleeping, he was actually still somewhat awake and thinking.

This copy seemed very peaceful, and it seemed that he only had to complete the identity card mission, but Gu Qiufeng felt something was wrong.

When I first entered the dungeon, the palace deliberately concealed the turmoil.

Arcana had a slightly subtle attitude towards him.

The female knight who looked somewhat similar to him.

And the circus that is almost parading through the streets with the name of "dark creatures" clearly written on its face.

There are too many doubts. The current peaceful surface seems to be brewing for a storm.

The night darkened little by little.

Gu Qiufeng also slowly felt sleepiness creeping into his mind.

Just when he fell completely asleep, he felt a few faint breezes passing by his side.

Is the window not closed tightly?

Gu Qiufeng hadn't even woken up completely yet, and a chilling breath penetrated deep into his bones.

Almost instinctively, he exerted force on his waist and rolled off the bed, pulling up the sheets.

The bed behind him collapsed with a loud bang.

Gu Qiufeng quickly looked towards the bed.

A huge crescent sickle was chopped right down on the spot where he had just been lying!

Gu Qiufeng took a deep breath, his heart almost bursting through his chest.

If he had reacted a little slower just now, he would have been broken into two halves!

Gu Qiufeng did not relax, but held his breath and looked along the sickle that was flashing with cold silver light.

The moonlight outside the window cast a layer of illusory smoke-like filter over the house.

Although it seemed that his crisis was resolved now, Gu Qiufeng still did not let down his guard.

Who attacked this? Where did that person go?

After playing two copies, Gu Qiufeng found that this game basically follows a certain logic and it is easy to think about the direction.

For example, "players cannot kill each other", otherwise they will suffer the consequences.

Of course, there are many loopholes behind this rule.

The core logic chain of the game regarding death is:

Only when you trigger a certain death condition will you truly die.

Gu Qiufeng quickly reviewed what had happened today, trying to find where he might have violated the conditions.

As he pondered, he bent over and walked to the window.

Glass production probably had not yet begun at that time, so the windows all looked like iron bars, and the moonlight shone into the house through the gaps between the bars.

His intuition told him that if he escaped death, the murderer would not let it go.

Perhaps the other party is hiding in some dark corner of the room, observing his every move, so as to find a loophole and make the final move.

And escaping to the corridor at this time would be the most unwise thing to do.

He was unfamiliar with the terrain and had little physical strength, so he would definitely lose if he played a chase game with the murderer.

Rather than going around the corridor, it is better to go to the garden outside the larger bedroom.

The terrain is wide and convenient for hiding.

Gu Qiufeng took out the prop "a knife that can cut iron like mud" that he had bought before entering the game, and gently cut the fence with the blade, and the fence was neatly broken into two pieces.

After separating the streets with several fences, Gu Qiufeng leaned against the window with one hand and flipped out sideways. However, he did not stand firmly when landing, and his center of gravity shifted, and he rolled into the lush rose bushes next to him.

The dense thorns of the flowers left pain on his body, but Gu Qiufeng gritted his teeth and said nothing.

Because he fell behind the flowers, the Son of God's keen hearing allowed Gu Qiufeng to hear the footsteps approaching in the distance.

The footsteps sounded unhurried, and even gave off a feeling of leisurely strolling in a garden under the moonlight.

Gu Qiufeng simply lay down in the rose bushes. The thorns of the roses hung strands of his hair. Gu Qiufeng turned his face to the side to prevent it from being scratched.

But scratches are actually okay, since he has to wear a mask when he goes out anyway.

The footsteps seemed to be getting closer.

Gu Qiufeng felt that the other person might be standing next to the rose, looking for him who had escaped.

He remained silent, letting the intricately growing sea of roses completely obscure his figure.

It was like a corpse buried under roses that I had heard from a vendor in the market.

Gu Qiufeng laughed slightly at the hellish joke he had imagined in his mind.

Fortunately, the man just stood under the roses and wandered for a while, and when he realized that he couldn't find me, he gradually left.

Only after he was completely sure that the footsteps had left did Gu Qiufeng sigh, crawl out of the bushes, and return to the window in a disheveled state.

The scythe that split his bed has disappeared, and it can be confirmed that the person strolling in the garden just now should be closely related to the murderer.

Gu Qiufeng did not return to the room. He rubbed his sore neck and his eyes suddenly stopped at the rose bush where he had just hidden.

He walked over a few steps and squatted down.

The bright moonlight illuminated a vast bush of crimson roses.

Gu Qiufeng reached out his hand and gently pulled off the cloth hanging on the thorns with his fingertips.

This fabric feels very good, and even emits a natural fluorescence under the bright moon at night.

You can tell at a glance that the clothes belong to someone who owns them. They're quite expensive.

But Gu Qiufeng felt that the fabric looked particularly familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before today.

He replayed today's events in front of his eyes again and traced them back one by one.

In the end, Gu Qiufeng froze his memory at the moment he first met Akana.

This fabric is from Arcana!

Was it Arcana who attacked him?

Gu Qiufeng suddenly felt something was wrong, and before he could react he had already pounced to the side reflexively.

In an instant, the sharp wind swept by the sickle brushed across his face and cloth.

Gu Qiufeng looked back and met Akana's expressionless face.

Arcana had a broken arm, but despite her frail figure, she had amazing strength and was able to easily lift the huge and terrifying sickle with just one hand.

Seeing that her first strike failed, she didn't say anything and swung the sickle towards Gu Qiufeng again.

Gu Qiufeng simply lay on the ground and kicked his feet to avoid the attack.

A bloody smell suddenly spread on the cheek.

Just by being scratched by the edge of the sickle, a long and narrow cut appeared on Gu Qiufeng's face.

He felt his heart beating violently in his chest - not from fear, but from the intense exercise.

After Gu Qiufeng had lost half of his strength, he was basically a weakling who couldn't even lift anything with his hands or shoulders.

Arcana was about to attack again, and Gu Qiufeng no longer had the strength to dodge.

The chest cavity was filled with the pain of excessive compression on the lungs, and the extremities of the limbs felt weak and numb.

Gu Qiufeng moved his fingertips and picked out a blank card.

He suddenly remembered that the banned skill was "card drawing". Gu Qiufeng naturally thought that all the cards could not be drawn, until now he was desperate and used the "storage" ability.

The "storage" ability does not allow Gu Qiufeng to obtain any skill buffs. He can only take away an item "belonging to him" from the copy.

Gu Qiufeng went through two copies in total. The one he took away from the first copy was a wooden man who seemed to have the ability to attract ghosts.

I don’t know if it was due to a bug, but the second copy accidentally stored Xiaoyu’s skills.

Gu Qiufeng thought about it and decided to let the ragdoll cat out.

When the little white cat suddenly appeared, its big round eyes were still wide open and it meowed blankly.

However, when Arcana raised the sickle and chopped over, the little white cat suddenly widened its eyes and screamed in anger.

Its body rapidly expanded into the big white lion that Gu Qiufeng had seen before. It leaped in front of Gu Qiufeng and bit down on the sickle that Akana was chopping at it.

Gu Qiufeng said from behind: "Don't fight, take me and run."

The big lion turned around decisively, picked up Gu Qiufeng in one bite and threw him on its back.

Gu Qiufeng lay on his stomach, keeping an eye on whether Akana was catching up from behind, and at the same time reminding the lion to follow his route and run out of the palace without disturbing anyone.

Fortunately, Gu Qiufeng had prepared to escape in advance and took out a silver mask from his arms and put it on his face.

Arcana kept chasing after him with a sickle in his hand. The huge, sharp sickle made a terrifying sound as it slid on the ground.

She seemed to be tireless and like an experienced hunter, she kept her eyes fixed on Gu Qiufeng.

Gu Qiufeng couldn't help but sigh: "No one else in the palace can hear it at all."

Arcana tried to swing his sickle to attack several times, but the big lion quickly sped up and distanced himself from him.

Gradually, the distance between them grew larger.

The big lion followed Gu Qiufeng's instructions and took him out of the city wall.

Arcana behind him did not chase after him.

Gu Qiufeng rubbed the lion's head and said, "Excuse me, I will lead the way for you and take me to the entrance of the Starlight Circus."

The wound under the mask was still aching slightly, so Gu Qiufeng couldn't help but take a deep breath after he finished speaking.

He raised his eyes to the horizon and saw a faint light emerging in the distance.

Dawn is coming.

Gu Qiufeng thought to himself, he didn’t expect that Akana’s murderous intent could be so easily aroused.

It seems we need to hurry up.

When they arrived at the entrance of the market, Gu Qiufeng put the white lion back into the card because it was too conspicuous.

He patted the big guy's head and said, "You've worked hard. Go back to your master. He summoned you suddenly."

After taking back the puppet, Gu Qiufeng slowly walked towards the circus.

But before he even stepped into the market, he heard Guan Ciying's familiar voice -

"Are you being reasonable?"

Gu Qiufeng raised his eyebrows in surprise.

The trio, are they being picked on again?

The author has something to say:

Private Marseille TVT: I was not feeling well the past two days and have not updated. I have been busy recently. I will take the CET-4 and the final exam soon, as well as the thesis... I will try my best to stabilize the 3,000 first to ensure quality!

After the final exam, we will have a great time during the winter vacation!

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