Chapter 44: A huge fire

Chapter 44: A huge fire

Hansen was carried down by a "kind-hearted person" and sent to the medical tent.

Philip looked at his brother Joseph guiltily. It really wasn't him who did it. No, he did it, but he didn't mean to do it. He couldn't be blamed for it.

Eh? Wait, what is he feeling guilty about?

Didn’t his competitor who was competing with him for this damn mission clamor for a showdown on stage?

Now that he is on drugs, it is a good time for him to have a fair fight.

Philip looked at the contestants' booth provocatively: "Brother, you've never shown your skills before, come up and compete with me?"

The audience, knowing that they are brothers, began to dance and whistle, and couldn't wait to see the two princes of the Kingdom of Qiqite fight each other. It doesn't matter if they don't kill each other, they will perform for everyone. Who is stronger? Everyone is curious about this question.

Philip, who is not even 18 years old, is almost invincible in the arena. Then, is the eldest prince Joseph, who is already 20 years old, even stronger?

Facing Philip's invitation, Joseph remained calm. Perhaps he saw Hansen being knocked down by some strange force that did not belong to Philip, and he also noticed that his brother was using props?

The props in the game that increase attack speed and strength are not permanent. Most of them have a very short validity period. No matter what he chooses, he doesn't need to choose this time to fight Philip.

Give someone a head as a gift.

Joseph said from the stage: "Are we going to compete now? There are still more than 8,000 contestants in the contest. With our strength, we will definitely be the last one to win, right? Are we so impatient now? Are you going to go home? Or am I going to go home?"

Philip: Go back to your great-grandmother’s house.

Joseph refused, and Philip naturally had no choice.

He said provocatively, "You don't dare to compete now? Just go home and go back to the castle to live your comfortable life as the eldest prince."

After saying this, Philip was stunned. Theirs was a life-and-death battle. The losing side would fail in their mission and be wiped out by the system. It wasn't like in the fairy tale world where they could go home after losing.

Never mind. Let's let him live a few more days as a token of our gratitude for his hard work in marking the forest for the team.

Chu Chengan was almost dazzled by his new skill. His ability of seeing through people allowed him to see their skeletons if they wore less clothes, and his ability of seeing through people's underwear if they wore more clothes...

Just like the competition scene just now where Joseph was solemnly invited to the stage, his clairvoyance allowed him to only look at Joseph. He didn't look at him, so was he looking down at him with his nose? Was there a need to add an unnecessary layer of ridicule and attack?

He saw that Joseph was wearing the same color and style of underwear as him (:D). It was no wonder, since they were both born to the same mother, and she didn't favor one over the other in preparing underwear for him. This made Philip feel an indescribable wonderful feeling.

It was like a modern private couple outfit, unique, there were only two of them on the field, and the more he didn't want to care about it, the more he couldn't help but care...

Get Joseph out of his sight and don't let him see him anymore...

Later, Philip unexpectedly gave up pestering his elder brother, and the audience thought, is he still not confident? Not sure of winning?

I thought so, but then I saw Philip knock down several opponents who were forced to draw lots and go on stage. Those people grabbed their arms and howled, saying that Prince Philip was so strong, so amazing.

Then they could only stop speculating about whether they had confidence or not. They thought that there was probably a layer of kinship between the two royal brothers, although this was very luxurious for the royal family.

At the end of the competition that night, the referee said there were 8,334 players left.

Chu Chengan thought, it seemed like there were 8,700 people before? They can't be eliminated that many in a day. Fighting in a ring can only consume 200 to 300 people a day. This S-level game world is really long. It is estimated that they really have to spend the winter and the New Year here.

Hansen has been eliminated. Logically, he should go home now, but he decides to stay. His good friend Chu Chengan is here. Where else can he go? Return to the neighboring Qiqi Kingdom to run the illusory sewing machine caravan?

Wang Anyuan, who had no business experience, was not interested in that thread at all.

He had not checked out of the hotel yet, so he could sleep there for one more night. He would have to move out tomorrow and live in a farm hotel far away from the other contestants.

Hansen was not in a hurry. This character did not give him any other skills, but he had an endless supply of money. He could write bills to mark his own caravan, and his father would pay for him.

…

After dinner.

"Woo woo, good brother, you didn't abandon me!"

Hansen dodged Philip's bear hug. If he was hugged like that again, he would be able to perform a flying jump on the spot.

He glanced at Prince Joseph who stood up and went to the bathroom again.

"Are you still sleeping with him tonight?"

"Do I have a choice? Although I didn't sleep well last night, I seem to be energetic after drinking that wine. Moreover, I am very motivated now and I am thinking about rescuing the princess as soon as possible. The princess is my partner in real life. My king, let me tell you..."

Chu Chengan talked a lot about how he and Lu Zhenqiu met in the game and what happened between them in real life.

Fortunately, most of the people who were having dinner around them had dispersed and no one noticed them.

Wang Anyuan was also filled with envy after hearing this, but jealousy was envy, and his jealousy was not as strong as Lu Zhenqiu's.

"By the way, what is that wine you mentioned earlier? Where did it come from? I'll drink some next time I have insomnia."

"It's a game prop. It's given to you in the previous level. Oh, by the way, this is your first level. It's normal that you don't know about props. Just think of it as a reward from the system every time you complete a game."

"Actually, I..."

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, this is my first level..."

Chu Cheng'an looked at his friend suspiciously. He remembered that the player Yan Qing he met before told him that her first level was the Candy House. Then Chu Cheng'an thought that his first level was also the Candy House, so he naturally thought that the Candy House was a fixed novice tutorial level that every player would encounter. This was their first level, which meant that every player would have the system's initial props.

And Wang Anyuan actually said that he had never experienced that?

For a moment, the words that the rabbit had said came back to his mind: "The mission your companion told you about may not be his real mission. There are too many players in this game who like to cheat."

“…”

Finally, Chu Cheng'an chose to trust his good friend. He and the king had known each other for more than a day or two in real life, and he had a general understanding of each other's temperament and character.

Maybe it was the dead rabbit's conspiracy to deliberately alienate these players.

In the old days, its behavior would have been punished by being put in a pig cage, and sooner or later, it would be made into a spicy rabbit head by the rebellious players.

…

After Prince Joseph came back, the three of them unanimously decided to go to the guest room to rest early.

Philip still didn't dare to close his eyes that night. He saw Joseph sleeping soundly, and he was so jealous...

Why can't he learn from others and launch a sneak attack at night?

Maybe 10% of it comes from his saintly heart, and 90% is constrained by the moral rules learned in modern education. He can't be like a bad guy or a villain in a story who casually takes human life. Even if this person is his opponent and their tasks in the game conflict, and only one person is destined to survive, he can only wait for the system to declare that person's task failed and wait for the system to wipe him out.

In fact, people like him always suffer in this world...

Chu Cheng'an had dark circles under his eyes from practicing Taoism, and he couldn't sleep during the long night.

…

In the second half of the night, Chu Chengan was the first to notice something was wrong.

I always feel that the air is a bit stuffy. It has been autumn for a long time now, and it is impossible to have the feeling of a summer night.

Speaking of summer, life in the Middle Ages was really hard for people without air conditioning...

At first it was just stuffy and hot, but then he saw smoke coming out of the window.

Wait? Smoke?

Chu Chengan quickly jumped up from the bed, and the huge shock also woke up the man next to him.

Chu Chengan leaned out and looked downstairs. He was shocked to see a raging fire below.

Chu Chengan was very familiar with escaping from a fire. Even though he had no chance to use what he had learned in school in real life, the previous level of the game still allowed him to put it into practice.

Compared to the man next to him who frowned when he saw the fire, he had already rushed to the bed to get the sheets to soak in water.

Joseph also chatted at this time: "It seems that some players think the progress is too slow, and they have started to set fire to burn other players to death."

“How many players can a level accommodate?”

"I don't know. The number of players I've played in the games I've played has never exceeded 7."

Chu Chengan thought, there are more than 7 of them? Now he looked at every NPC with personality as a player, and even looked at that kid who sneaked into the competition as a turtle looking like a green bean.

Just as he was distracted, the fire was completely started.

The flames reached their window directly, and even Philip, who was holding the bed sheet calmly, had to speed up the soaking.

They lived on the third floor, so the previous sniper didn't break his leg while escaping.

Since the fire has spread to the third floor, does that mean the first and second floors have all collapsed?

"Where is your old room?" He was asking Joseph, where is Hansen?

Philip had only been there once, so he couldn't remember it clearly, but Joseph was different. He had lived there before, and with his ability to mark places in the forest, he would definitely not forget it.

Joseph named a house number.

Philip hurried out wrapped in the wet sheet.

Fortunately, Hansen lived one floor higher than them.

The road to rescue was extremely difficult. The murderer was determined to burn everyone in the hotel to death. He set the entire area outside the hotel on fire, and the air around him became thinner and thinner.