◎As long as he takes her body back to see Saye◎

By the time Collins reached the blacksmith Bruce's house, the tragedy had already happened.

The yard was in a mess, with tables, chairs and benches chopped into pieces and scattered on the ground. It was obvious that Bruce had a fierce fight with someone and was seriously injured.

Why do I say that? Because he found a pool of green blood under a large withered banyan tree in the yard.

Green. Only goblin blood is green.

It was not until then that Collins realized that the blacksmith Bruce was actually a goblin!

He squatted beside the bloodstain, stretched out his hand, twisted the blood with his fingertips, and then put it under his nose and sniffed it.

Still fresh.

This means the fight just happened not long ago.

Collins rushed out of the yard and walked around the house, but found nothing, no green blood, and no one fighting with Bruce.

There is a saying among humans: if someone is alive, you must see him; if he is dead, you must see his body. Since he can't find Bruce, he will assume that he is temporarily hiding somewhere. As long as he has patience, he will definitely wait until Bruce shows up.

The royal city was still very dangerous for him. It was full of humans who hated the demon race. He had to find a safe corner to hide first.

Collins took a fancy to the only intact large vat in the yard, walked over and lifted the lid.

A strong and pungent smell of alcohol rushed out.

There was actually a jar of wine soaking in it.

Collins, who had no habit of drinking, felt dizzy from the smell of alcohol, so he held his breath and used a small stone to knock a small hole in the side of the jar. The wine poured out of the hole, and soon the wine was all over the floor, and the jar was emptied.

Collins jumped in contentedly, covered himself with the lid, curled up, and fell asleep quietly.

There were a few slight noises in the yard. His pointed ears twitched a few times and he wanted to open his eyes, but he found that his eyelids were extremely heavy and his head was dizzy. He had no energy at all.

I was drunk...

Collins curled up in the tank, thinking with tears in his eyes, and soon fell asleep again.

The next day, Collins, who had been soaked in alcohol all night, woke up from his sleepiness. His consciousness was still a little fuzzy, but fortunately it was not as bad as it was halfway through last night. At least he could control himself now.

Several humans came into the yard. Collins moved gently, put his face close to the small hole, and looked out through the hole to observe.

"Look! There's blood under the tree!" A cutely dressed girl stood not far from the banyan tree and exclaimed, pointing at the pool of blood under the tree.

After she shouted like that, several other humans came over, all with shocked expressions on their faces.

"…This blood is green? Is Bruce not human?!"

"Nonsense! Have you ever seen a human bleed green blood? Wait, let me check the forum... Which race has green blood... Got it!"

"What is it?" The person next to him couldn't help but urge.

"Gnome! Bruce is a goblin!"

After learning that Bruce was a goblin, the people around him let out a long "Ah!", as if to say, "No wonder he is so good at repairing equipment." Then they covered their hearts in grief, with expressions that showed they were in extreme pain.

The royal city finally had a goblin living there who could enhance their durability, but this morning, he was nowhere to be found! Not only that, but the bloodstains on the ground clearly spelled bad news.

Everyone just watched, and after a while, some people still didn't believe it, so they raised their hands and manipulated something in the air. Collins couldn't understand it, he thought the other party was probably performing human magic or something.

Soon, the human who cast the spell had a dark expression on his face and started cursing, "Who the hell is so wicked! To actually attack the blacksmith!"

The cute girl blinked in disbelief: "Did you find anything?"

"I just checked, Bruce's name has been moved to the list of dead NPCs." The magic human gritted his teeth and said word by word.

What is NPC? Collins didn't quite understand, but he understood the word "dead".

So is Bruce the Goblin really dead? What happens to his portrait?

Collins couldn't help but frown and continued to look at the group of people outside.

The girl lowered her head and groaned, looking extremely frustrated: "What should I do? I asked Bruce to strengthen my armor..."

"You only have one set, but I have the whole set!" The magical human clenched his fist angrily and punched the courtyard wall. "Damn it, who did this to Bruce?"

This remark awakened everyone from their dream, and everyone fell silent.

Yes, given how important Blacksmith Bruce is to players, how could anyone possibly want to go after him? And what good would it do to go after Bruce? Who would he turn to when his equipment ran out of durability? That would be courting disaster.

I can't figure it out no matter how hard I try.

suddenly.

"Look what this is?"

The magical human was circling the banyan tree angrily. He wanted to vent his dissatisfaction, but suddenly he found something on the ground and stared at the ground.

Collins couldn't see what was on the ground over there due to his limited vision, but he had checked around the banyan tree yesterday and didn't find anything noteworthy on the ground.

But it was obvious that the man had discovered something.

His companions rushed over upon hearing this. Seeing the object on the ground, they all opened their mouths in disbelief. "No way...why would she do this? What's her intention?"

"Did you receive any assassination mission?"

The magician's face darkened. "I don't care about assassinations or open murders. All I know now is that all the players in the server have lost the most powerful blacksmith in the royal city! I want to spread this news now!"

So the world channel exploded early in the morning.

Only after the group of people left the yard in frustration did Collins jump out of the wine barrel.

What did they discover just now? And they said a word he didn't understand, player?

Collins frowned and ran to where the group of humans had just stood. A bloody word on the ground caught his eye: Pear.

Pear? Pear tree? Pear blossom?

Wait, summer pear blossoms?

Collins stared at the word in surprise. It was impossible. It was impossible for her to have done something to Bruce!

He checked it himself last night. The demons have very good night vision. There is no reason why they didn't notice such a big and crooked word yesterday!

He stared at the words on the ground, and for a moment he felt his head buzzing, as if something bad had happened to him.

It was very strange. The other party was obviously a human being, and a disciple of Morgan, the biggest enemy of their demon clan. Logically, he should be happy to hear such news, because as long as he brought her body back to see Saya, Saya would definitely forgive his previous mistakes, and he would continue to survive well among the demon clan.

But what was going on now? He was actually worried about the other person?

[Please confirm whether to open the adventure scroll? ]

【yes】

[You have obtained a 10-person private copy - Scarlet Monastery (Difficulty: Hard)]

Wow, another difficult level dungeon, and it’s the Scarlet Monastery.

In her previous life, she had played a dungeon of this difficulty with her friends. There were many mechanisms and traps in it, and players needed to use some skills to pass it.

Xia Li rubbed her hands together and asked her companions standing in front of her with pretended anticipation, "Is it open?"

The crowd was completely unaware of this and shouted, "Open!"

So they clicked on the copy and pressed the "Enter" button. The copy immediately turned into a light blue halo in front of them, and the 10-person team headed by Xia Li walked in one after another.

Unlike the public dungeon, the aperture position of the public dungeon is fixed in advance. For example, the aperture of Valikiro is only at the entrance of an abandoned dungeon outside the city. You can only enter the dungeon through the dungeon. The same is true for the linked dungeon of Yakao Village. Only by entering from the aperture on the seashore can you advance all the way to the ship to fight monsters.

However, this is not the case with private copies. Players can open them anytime and anywhere. Just press a button and an aperture will automatically pop up in front of the player. Entry within half an hour will be valid, and entry beyond the time limit will be considered a failure.

"Pear God, can I stand next to you?" After entering the copy, Dawn came up to her and asked a question that surprised her.

It didn't matter who stood next to her. After all, when the fight started, everyone would be busy with their own affairs, so who would have the energy to stare at others? So she nodded: "Okay."

Ever since Tang Poxiao's mother passed away, Poxiao's mood has been off. First, he deleted people and quit the guild, then he went to the tavern market to drink to relieve his sorrow, and finally he participated in a treasure hunt event in a daze.

Although Yue Se and Ling Du finally carried her back to do some ideological work, Xia Li always felt that the dawn at this moment was different from usual.

She couldn't quite put her finger on what was different, so she thought for a moment and asked, "What's the matter?"

Dawn: "Nothing, I just want to learn from you."

For the first time ever, the usually timid and stubborn Poxiao actually took the initiative to ask to learn from her? Xia Li was a little surprised. She glanced at him for a moment, but in the end, she said nothing. She just smiled and said, "Okay, then you have to catch up."

After saying this, he flew out and killed all the small monsters and undead spirits surrounding the left side of the monastery, while those on the right side were cleared out by Zi Teng, Big Windmill, Bai Guo and others.

The entrance to the monastery suddenly became quiet. Under normal circumstances, they might have enjoyed the tranquility, but this was a dungeon, and the environment inside the dungeon was mostly dark and gloomy. In addition, the sky background of the monastery was the same as its name, filled with a creepy blood-red color, which made people feel more nervous and oppressive.

Everyone stood at the gate of the towering monastery with bated breath, praying silently that the gate would open quickly so that they could go in and fight Lao Yi.

But after waiting for a long time, the gate with intricate carvings did not move at all.

Steamed Fish exclaimed, went up to push the door, but found that he needed the key, so he had to retreat with a bitter face.

Baili Xi turned around and asked Xia Li, "Do you have any ideas?"

Yes, of course there is. Not only do I have ideas, but I also have a complete set of dungeon clearance techniques. Xia Li was thinking about this in her heart, but she couldn't say it directly, so she shrugged and said, "I'm not sure. How about we look around first?"

Since they couldn't get into the monastery, it was obvious that the key was somewhere outside the monastery.

Baili Xi affirmed her suggestion. In order to speed up the efficiency, he divided the 10-person team into two small teams. He, Xia Li, Dafengche, and Poxiao formed a team and went in from the path on the left side of the monastery, while the remaining 6 people took the right path.

Whoever finds the key first will speak in the team channel.

The path on the left continued to extend inward, and the group walked along, so they just started chatting.

Dafengche heard about Poxiao's recent in-game antics and started picking on him. Surprisingly, Poxiao wasn't angry at all, nor did he try to explain himself like he usually did. Instead, he just smiled and admitted that he had caused trouble for everyone during this period.

Big Windmill exclaimed, "Brother Xiao, it seems you have grown up."

Dawn smiled bitterly: "Yeah, if I don't grow, how can I protect the people and things I cherish?"

After a pause, he continued, "I will work hard to train myself and try not to be a drag on everyone."

Poxiao's seriousness made Dafengche's face pause. The latter obviously didn't expect him to be so serious, so he smacked his lips a few times, laughed and put his hand on his shoulder: "Hey, Brother Xiao, I just said it casually, why are you taking it so seriously!"

"You are just saying it casually, I am serious." Poxiao still had a serious expression on his face, which made Dafengche feel embarrassed. For a moment, he didn't know whether to put his hand on his shoulder or not.

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

At this time, Baili Xi suddenly spoke up: "We are all from the same guild. If you have any difficulties in the future, please tell us and we will definitely help if we can."

Poxiao looked at Bailixi, bit his lower lip, and said, "I want to... improve my ranking..."

Xia Li, who was walking in front, paused slightly, but she quickly adjusted herself so that the three people didn't notice.

Few people in Miracles knew that only the top ten in the individual strength rankings were eligible for the pass. She and Feixue had learned about it by accident in the woods, and beyond that, she had never seen any information about the pass on any public platform.

In other words, what Long Yan said to his men at the time was a secret, and for some unknown reason, it is a secret that cannot be made public until now.

Therefore, except for players who are very eager to win a ranking, most players in Miracle choose to let nature take its course and upgrade slowly.

Based on her understanding of Poxiao, he was obviously not someone who was interested in rankings, so why would he suddenly want to rush for rankings?

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