very good.

Ren Suo didn't expect that the battle scene of the second level would be inside a famous scenic building, which was a great advantage for him - it would be even better if the enemy was a literary Frenchman.

Through the experience of the first level, Ren Suo knew that the seeker was not completely bewitched by the Gate of Truth. He could use words to arouse the seeker's rationality, such as using Ren Han's gossip to reduce Yun Wangshu's will to fight.

Those who seek knowledge are not enemies who cannot control themselves, they still have a certain level of rationality.

However, Notre Dame de Paris, a building with unparalleled historical value, a large collection of works of art, and a national symbol, is likely to make those seeking knowledge hesitate or even give up the fight here.

Although he appeared in a crowded area this time, Notre Dame de Paris could help him isolate some potential enemies.

The extraordinary people in France would never dare to attack Notre Dame de Paris from outside - they would be sprayed to death.

Ren Suo didn't care about it. Anyway, he was wearing the vest of the gatekeeper. No matter what happened, he could say "I didn't mean to do it" or "I was just defending myself" - in fact, he just needed to buy time, and fighting was not what he wanted.

As the saying goes, he who strikes first is the cheapest, so the economic losses caused should be compensated by the one who strikes first.

Therefore, in this place, Ren Suo has a great advantage. From the perspective of any bystander, the gatekeeper's desire to attack is very low, and the bystander cannot understand the impulse of the seeker, so the responsibility of the battle will naturally belong to the seeker who takes action first.

However, when Ren Suo saw seekers of knowledge appearing in the arcade connecting the main hall to the side hall under the tranquil red light of the setting sun, he immediately realized that things were not simple.

Notre Dame de Paris is not the only one that has the geographical advantage.

Ren Suo currently sees six seekers of knowledge this time.

a white-bearded man wearing goggles and holding a cello case;

a pretty dark-haired girl wearing a black trench coat and carrying a violin case;

A girl in a white dress holding a kitten and carrying a large guitar bag;

A blond girl with red hair and green clothes holding two briefcases in her hands;

a sturdy man carrying a duffel bag;

A bearded man with a backpack slung across his body.

Among these six people, Ren Suo only recognized two.

The white-bearded man wearing goggles is named Kader, a fourth-level warrior of the Wizard Council. His awakening spell is suspected to be of the enhancement type, which can enhance the power and range of bullets. He once used a pistol to produce the effect of an anti-material sniper rifle.

The internal network's information describes him as an "ultra-long-range assassination weapon," a special combat-capable person, and a dangerous element who needs to be monitored as soon as he enters the country.

And he is tone-deaf and has no musical talent

Therefore, there was definitely no cello in the cello case in Carder's hand.

By analogy, most of the instrument bags held by other people do not contain any musical instruments.

The other person Ren Suo recognized was the girl in the white dress.

Ren Suo seemed to have seen her before on the dark side of the moon, but he didn't know her details. She should be a moonlight transcendent.

Ren Suo temporarily quit the game and went to the intranet to look up the information of the extraordinary people in the Wizard Council. After he had a rough idea in his mind, he went back to the game and took the initiative to speak in English (he only knew this foreign language):

"Kader, is this the hunter team you formed?"

Kader looked at the Gate of Truth behind Ren Suo and nodded slowly: "It was just a pleasant trip on public funds, but I didn't expect to hunt such a great prey."

"I have no intention of fighting, Kader." Ren Suo said calmly: "Although your history is not worth mentioning to me, do you choose to fight me in this place?"

Kader walked to the main entrance of the church, took out his pistol and shot at the dome of the main hall of the church!

"All outsiders, leave immediately." He said lightly, and the tourists and believers in the church immediately scattered in fear.

A staff member ran out of the side hall and said something loudly to Kader in French. Kader shook his head and opened the cello case with a snap, revealing a fantasy heavy sniper rifle that looked like a fire unicorn in a domestic gunfight online game.

"Compared to the secrets of life and death, this church is nothing." Kader picked up the sniper rifle, stared at the Gate of Truth and said, "Gatekeeper, do you know what it feels like to die?"

“I have never learned about it specifically.”

"I know," Kader said, "that is the endless nothingness, the sound in the vacuum, the ice in the sun, the water in the water... the end of all life, all memory, all longing."

“You’ve really moved me.” Ren Suo said with a smile.

"Then do you know why I know what it feels like to die?" Kader took off his goggles and said calmly, "I have died before."

"I know this very clearly. I have died before. Maybe this is just my delusion, because I have never encountered a fatal crisis, and I have never been seriously injured. Now I am standing here well... But I did die, but I have completely forgotten about it."

"Actually, I don't really care whether I'm dead or not. But I care about who I am."

Kader raised his sniper rifle and aimed at Ren Suo: "Am I Kader who has returned from the dead, or another soul with Kader's memories?"

"Let this bullet tell me the answer."

The battle begins!

"Guard the door to truth and defeat all seekers of knowledge until the second essence is ignited!"

"If the protection is successful, the gatekeeper will be rewarded and his authority over the truth will be further enhanced!"

"Estimated battle time: 12 minutes!"

The battle time required for the second level is shorter than that for the first level. But according to the principle of gradually increasing the difficulty of the battle, it means... the difficulty of this battle is much higher than that of the first level!

Ren Suo activated "Time Travel" and combined it with "The Magician's Feather of Immortality", and directly turned into a flowing shadow and rushed towards Kader, passing through the energy bullet he shot at his forehead!

Five fire beads triggered!

Ren Suo raised his hand and slashed twice in a row, slashing out two cross-shaped edges at Kader!

"Eternal Life Cross Slash"!

At this moment, a storm of bullets like a barrage swept past, directly breaking the edge of the Eternal Life Cross Slash!

Suddenly, a huge golden exclamation mark appeared above Ren Suo's head!

Ren Suo suddenly felt goosebumps all over his body. The sense of crisis in the game even affected his real body!

Gunshots like thunder rang out from the right, and Ren Suo, who had no time to resist, found that he had triggered the passive effect of "Time Travel", becoming invincible for one second, and immediately activated the Feather of Teleport to retreat.

However, just as he exited the time wandering state, he found that the ground below him was cracking, and the marble tiles suddenly condensed into a huge mouth of the abyss that bit him. At the same time, a starlight arrow descended from above and locked onto his head!

Two rotating axes flew over from the left and right sides!

There is murderous intent everywhere!

In an instant, Ren Suo had no way to escape!

Ren Suo didn't hesitate at all and directly used the "A World Away" teleportation to avoid the siege.

The cooldown time of "A World Away" is too long to be used as a common combat skill. Ren Suo naturally would not pin his hopes on teleportation that can only be used once a day, so he chose to use this ability in reconnaissance.

Being reluctant to use skill items like the Scoia'tael is a strange disease.

Ren Suo had this problem before. He rarely used "A World Away" normally in the game. Instead, he looked forward to using this skill to turn the tide. However, at the moment when he needed to turn the tide, he often couldn't remember this skill.

Ren Suo has now changed his approach, and he will try his best to maximize the value of his skills and props. In the exploration, every second Ren Suo persists, he can obtain more information and reduce unnecessary repeated challenges, which is very worthwhile.

Ren Suo hid behind a church pillar, the huge golden exclamation mark still floating above his head, extremely dazzling and eye-catching.

He turned his head to observe Kader and the other six, and activated the "Arrogant Modesty": "Is this the power of the Hunter Squad? As a theatrical juggler, you do have something to be proud of."

"Come to think of it, we haven't introduced ourselves to the gatekeeper of the Gate of Truth yet."

The black-haired girl took out an automatic rifle from her violin case and smiled softly, "I'm Trishis, codename 'Ranger'."

The red-haired girl in green pulled out two submachine guns from two file bags, pointed them at the column where Ren Suo was, and said, "I'm Lai Ruilei, codenamed 'Wind Walker'. Please give me your guidance."

The girl in a white dress took out a large wooden bow from her guitar case and touched the little cat on her shoulder. She had no arrow in her hand, but when her fingertips touched the bowstring, starlight gathered: "'Moon Priest' Mirana, I offer my warm greetings to the World Tree."

The burly man with a backpack sat directly on the ground, pressed his hands on the ground, and said in a muffled voice: "Levi, 'Tide'."

The bearded man who caught the two whirlwind glass axes laughed loudly: "Remember this name that will surely resound throughout the world, 'Ape King' Karlock!"

"And me, 'Sniper' Kader!"

Kader raised his sniper rifle, aimed at the column where Ren Suo was, and said proudly: "We are not those earth spirits. After countless training and battles, we are a hunter team that has never failed, and the trump card of the Wizard Council!"

"The exclamation mark above your head is a spell cast by the six of us. As long as one of us observes you, you will become our common target!"

"Gatekeeper, I won't make it difficult for you. Just stay there and don't force us to make a few holes in your body."

They do have reason to be proud.

After the previous round of attack and defense, Ren Suo had already roughly figured out their specific abilities.

Needless to say, Kader has super long-range and super powerful shooting;

The Wind Walker holding a submachine gun can shoot spiritual bullets, directly destroying the "Eternal Life Cross Slash" that Ren Suo just released;

A ranger armed with an automatic rifle that can perform high-speed, recoilless headlock shots;

The starlight arrows shot by the Moon Priest will automatically lock onto the enemy and shoot down from above;

The ability of the tide is to control the earth, and to control and kill enemies from the ground without defense;

The Ape King can control two flying axes that are powerful enough to destroy the spiritual barrier and can attack from directions that the enemy cannot see.

Kader named his team appropriately enough - Hunters.

They are professionals in hunting humans.

These six people were defeated by the extraordinary people with high burst and high output. Unless Ren Suo could subdue more than half of the enemies in an instant, as long as Ren Suo paused for a moment, he would be greeted by the kind of all-round locking attack that was without loopholes just now.

And because of the structural problems of Notre Dame de Paris, the six of them could easily find a place to hide. In this environment, the six of them had an advantage over Ren Suo over long-range attackers!

Ren Suo hid behind a column, and when Kader approached the Gate of Truth, he rushed over and grabbed his throat and broke his bones. However, just as he was letting Kader experience death as he wished, the attacks from the other hunters instantly tore his body into pieces.

"Ignition of Essence failed."

Returning to the familiar pure white space, Ren Suo pondered for a moment, and soon thought of the correct strategy for this level -

Defensive ability or mobility ability.

As long as the defense is strong enough, there is nothing to be afraid of these six hunters. Ren Suo can kill them one by one without any problem.

Or maybe his mobility is sufficient. If Ren Suo can subdue more than three people in an instant, he can then slowly deal with them.

If his skin was tough enough, he could beat them with a golden exclamation mark.

If he was fast enough, the golden exclamation mark wouldn't be able to catch up with him.

Ren Suo pondered for a moment and opened the redemption menu.

"The gatekeeper's trading authority has been upgraded!"

"Increase the gatekeeper's relationship value by 20%!"

"The Gatekeeper's purchasable spells have been further expanded, refined, and expanded!"

"Um……"

The content of the upgrade of trading permissions was basically the same as what Ren Suo had imagined.

Ren Suo glanced at the relationship list. The only two relationships with five-digit values ​​were still his parents. Although the truth point values ​​of Dong Chengling and the others were still less than five digits, they had all increased by more than a thousand, so they had great potential for appreciation.

Opening the spell exchange list, Ren Suo discovered that there were many spells with high cost-effectiveness.

Most importantly, each spell has two prices!

"Spell Card - Bright's Heroic Spell: Fully master Bright's hero abilities, price is 20,000 truth points.

Holy Hero Transformation: When the Five Winds Beads are triggered, the gatekeeper gains a Heroic Enhancement, and all abilities reach their peak within 60 seconds. The price is 8,000 Truth Points.

Now each spell has a beggar version. This beggar version is at least half the price of the original version, the effect is slightly weakened, and it is basically linked to the bead system. Ren Suo must turn the beads to trigger these abilities.

But it’s really cheap!

Spells like these that cost tens of thousands of truth points would cost thousands more if they were half the price!

It doesn't matter if it is linked to the bead system. As long as Ren Suo is willing, he can distract himself to control the bead matrix to trigger the spell he wants when necessary.

The biggest problem is that the four beads of earth, water, wind and fire can only equip one skill. For example, if Ren Suo is equipped with "Eternal Cross Slash", he cannot equip "Adding Fuel to the Fire", which also works by triggering the five fire beads.

Ren Suo secretly remembered the name Bright. Although he didn't know the specific function of the ability "Brave Law", it was worth 20,000 truth points, so it must be a powerful ability. Bright must be a powerful person with great potential. If there is a chance, he can make friends with him.

Ren Suo continued to browse the spell list, and soon found a powerful spell that could perfectly pass the second level -

"Spell Card: Absolute Blade Armor: Completely master the Black Coffin Demon King's Absolute Blade Armor, the price is 12,000 truth points.

Blade Armor: When the Five Earth Beads are triggered, the gatekeeper gains the protection of Blade Armor, which will rebound all damage within 5 seconds (the gatekeeper will also be injured). The price is 4800 truth points.

"The Black Coffin Demon King actually has such powerful abilities?" Ren Suo was a little surprised.

"However, 4800 truth points..."

Ren Suo pondered for a moment and opened the relationship exchange list again.