Chapter 74: Colorful City 3 This game tests handicrafts? What the hell is going on...
"Welcome to the Holy Light Castle. Papa has been waiting for you in the reception room for a long time." The priest standing next to the tall iron gate bowed to everyone. His words were very polite, and his whole body exuded an indescribable elegance. However, because of his rainbow-colored robe, people felt that he was solemn but a little funny.
Fourteen players followed the priest to the castle. The iron gate of the castle was not far from the main gate of the castle. There was no unique scenery in the exquisite castle courtyard, just some gravel and rubble, which formed a huge contrast with the exquisite brightness presented to everyone by the entire colorful city.
"Excuse me, what should I call you?" Lan Lingling asked.
"Oh," the priest seemed startled by this sudden approach, but his expression quickly returned to normal and he answered respectfully, "I don't have a name. We are all Papa's children. It is because of Papa's kindness and tolerance that we can live in this great city. If you must recognize me, you can call me Monday."
Oh, what an unlucky name.
"Monday? What about Tuesday and Wednesday?" Seeing the embarrassment of the NPC little priest, Lan Lingling began to let herself go.
"Yes, but the Castle of Holy Light is very special. From Monday to Saturday, we are usually responsible for the internal affairs of the Vatican, and other people are responsible for the affairs in the castle. Today, Papa asked me to lead everyone to pay homage to him. It is my supreme honor!" When he said this, Monday was obviously a little excited, and even the black cross that he had been holding tightly in his hand was shaking.
That cross was very special. There was a black snake wrapped around the pitch-black cross. It was another black snake!
"Excuse me," An Rao leaned forward and said, "Since the Colorful City advocates color, and Papa is the supreme guardian of the Colorful City, why are Papa's Holy Light Castle, Papa's sculptures, and the holy cross all black?"
"Oh, you outsiders don't know that the citizens of the Colorful City like seven colors, but when the seven colors are mixed together, they eventually converge into black. So black is the culmination of the seven colors and the most noble color. Only Papa and the Vatican in the whole city can enjoy black." Monday still answered everyone's questions politely and appropriately.
"Then doesn't our hair look noble?" Su Ming tugged at his short black hair.
"The citizens of the Colorful City are born with colorful hair. If someone's hair is not colorful, or the color becomes dull, they are not worthy of being a citizen of the Colorful City. No one is exempt from this."
Su Ming: “Oh…”
"Brother Monday, may I ask what kind of person Papa is? I have never seen such a big shot before. I am so scared!" Shao Yun came again.
"No one is allowed to talk about Papa behind his back, please forgive me." After saying that, Monday walked to the front door and knocked gently.
The pitch-black and towering gate of the Black Holy Light Castle slowly opened inward, and the players were shocked beyond words by what they saw. In stark contrast to the dark and heavy exterior, the interior of the castle was astonishingly magnificent.
The golden hall slowly unfolded along the scarlet thick carpet. The black chandelier with countless candles hung from the high ceiling of the hall. Under each candle was a crystal clear crystal, which refracted the original orange candlelight into a dreamy rainbow color. The walls of the golden hall were covered with various oil paintings. Most of the themes of the paintings were scenes of this great and noble Papa doing good deeds or bravely fighting tentacle monsters. It seemed that this Papa was not a person who was far away from worldly desires.
The wall opposite the main entrance of the hall is composed of an entire wall of organ. Golden pipes of different sizes and lengths are arranged in an orderly manner on the wall. A beautiful Y-shaped escalator follows the smooth lines of the organ and leads to the second floors on both sides of the hall.
At the bottom of the stairs, which is right in the center of the hall, there stand fourteen empty tubes that should be made of crystal. The tubes are crystal clear and spotless, but there is nothing inside. Both ends of the empty tubes are fixed and decorated with gold with intricate hollow patterns, which looks extremely luxurious. However, no one knows what these empty tubes are used for. Although they seem to be useless, they are placed in the most prominent position in the hall.
In addition to the luxurious organ, oil paintings, crystal chandeliers, gold-leaf walls and precious crystal air tubes whose purpose is hard to guess, there is also a very special thing in the hall: dolls.
In the hall, there is a knight puppet armed with full medieval iron armor every ten meters, and the entire organ wall is decorated with various angel puppets. The whole hall is luxurious and dreamy, forming an absolutely strong contrast with the gravel field outside the gate that can't even be called a yard.
"This Papa is so split..." Shi Yirou sighed, "His aesthetic is too intermittent."
"I hope this boss isn't a lunatic," Yirou said as a player approached, trying to strike up a conversation, "Geniuses and lunatics are both the most difficult bosses to figure out. Their brain circuits are different from ours."
"We still have to fight. Are we going to just admit defeat?" Shi Yirou gave the player a strange look, then turned and walked to An Rao's side.
"Welcome everyone to the Holy Light Castle." A superior voice sounded at the top of the escalator, and a man in gorgeous black clothes appeared in everyone's sight. It was difficult to describe his appearance. He looked like the old-fashioned gentleman that can often be seen in oil paintings, tall and thin, solemn, with a solemn compassion. It was just that the black clothes and his colorful hair were somewhat incongruous.
"Why does this person look familiar..." An Rao narrowed his eyes.
"Yeah." Baichuan also nodded, "I seem to have seen it somewhere."
"Welcome everyone to the Holy Light Castle. From today on, you will officially become apprentices of the Holy Light Castle." Papa walked down the escalator holding a cane, his posture elegant and calm. "Since you are apprentices of the Holy Light Castle, I believe you are very clear about what you need to learn to make next."
What to make? Everyone looked at each other, no one knew what to make next, and no one told them that they entered the game to be apprentices of the Holy Light Castle.
Since it has to be in the castle, Su Ming's idea will most likely be rejected.
The fourteen people exchanged glances for a while, and finally turned their hostile and suspicious eyes to the five people including An Rao who were the first to arrive at the Colorful City. Yes, no one knew the previous situation. If there was any important information, it must have been hidden by the five people who entered the game first.
Instantly, hatred and hostility spread among the players like a plague.
An Rao shrugged, indicating that he was powerless about the current situation and had no energy to deal with it. An Rao's health was already poor, and after a night of struggling for survival and fear, he was now extremely exhausted. He involuntarily took a small step back, and then his waist was immediately supported by a large palm.
"Don't let them see that you are tired." Baichuan's light and gentle voice floated into his ears.
Papa didn't seem to mind the little fights between the players. He walked slowly and in a good temper from the second floor of the castle to everyone standing in the hall on the first floor. He had a decent smile on his face, and his gray eyes made it impossible to guess his thoughts. His colorful semi-long hair was meticulously combed behind his head and tied with a black velvet ribbon. All ten fingers of his hands, which were leaning on a cane, were adorned with various precious gem rings, and the top of that cane, that cane of unknown material, was inlaid with a huge diamond. He looked elegant and noble, with a kind of divinity that was not approachable by the world.
"What? Don't you remember why you came here to be apprentices?" Papa's expression seemed a little unhappy. Just a slight tightening of the corners of his mouth made the players extremely nervous. Even if this Papa was not the boss of the Colorful City, he must be a very important NPC. No one dared to make an important NPC in the game angry.
Papa calmly looked at the fourteen "apprentices" in front of him, his mouth slightly curved, and his voice became kind: "Don't be nervous, it doesn't matter if you don't remember, you are my apprentices, of course I have to love you."
Papa paused for a moment, taking in the expressions on everyone's faces, and then continued, "You are here at the Holy Light Castle to learn how to make dolls. Dolls are the most important companions for every citizen in the Colorful City. Every citizen of the Colorful City will receive a doll from the Holy See after birth. It is the citizen's patron saint and comfort. This is your next mission."
So simple? It’s not about killing monsters or catching ghosts, but about learning handicrafts in a luxurious castle?
The expressions on everyone's faces were varied, some were relieved for surviving the disaster, some were ecstatic as if they had found a bargain, and most of them were filled with disbelief and suspicion.
An Rao felt very uncomfortable, very, very uncomfortable. As a lawyer, a lawyer who had barely grown up in all kinds of hardships, it was his absolute instinct to read people's expressions, and it was his basic professional practice to control the emotional trend at the negotiation table.
This seemingly amiable Papa was also observing everyone's expressions and was even deliberately creating, brewing and controlling everyone's emotions. For a moment, An Rao and Papa had a very brief eye contact, and he saw the shadow of a similar person in Papa's eyes.
So, it's really just learning how to make dolls? This game tests handicrafts? You must be kidding!
"Before we learn how to make dolls, I need to check each of you. Based on your characteristics, I will give each of you a welcome gift on behalf of the Colorful City." Papa stretched out a hand and made a "please" gesture, indicating that everyone should follow him.
Walking out of the hall and through a long corridor covered with murals and puppets, everyone followed Papa and stopped in front of a tall, narrow, black carved double door at the end of the corridor.
Papa, who was walking in the front, turned around, his cold grey eyes swept over the faces of the fourteen people in front of him one by one, and said politely: "Next, I need you to go in with me one by one to be examined. Who wants to be the first?"
The fourteen people looked at each other again. No one knew what they would face behind the door. The game was unpredictable like that. It might be sunny one minute and a ghost might appear in broad daylight the next. No one knew whether the gentleman in front of them would turn into a monster after closing the door.
An Rao was in high spirits. Papa's eyes confirmed that they were of the same kind, which inexplicably aroused his desire to compete with him: "Let me do it."
The player standing by rolled his eyes and said, "Why do you have to come? I'll do it!"
"Okay then." An Rao had no intention of fighting for it. He had a bad feeling that this Papa seemed to want to stir up something among the players.
"Then you go first." Seeing An Rao retreat so quickly, the player who originally thought it was a trick and wanted to grab it finally backed down in an instant.
"Ahem," Papa coughed and clenched his fist, "You don't have to fight for it. Everyone needs to be checked by me."
Papa motioned for An Rao to follow him, then turned to face the other thirteen players and said calmly, "After I finish checking him, I don't want to see such disorder again. Please keep this in mind."
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