Chapter 25 Blood Moon Night (Twenty-Five)
The sudden mission update caught everyone by surprise.
Nan Huan is a new player. He thought that after unlocking the restricted area, the difficulty of the dungeon would increase, but he didn't expect that the main quest would be updated.
Li Shuai and Xiao Xue, although not new players, their level is limited.
The dungeons you enter are all of a fixed level, and you've never seen an S-level dungeon before.
Moreover, with just a few words from the system, a clear line of demarcation was created between them and the owner of the castle who might have originally stood on their side.
Just a few minutes ago, they regarded the owner of the castle as their savior.
What's even stranger is that the owner of this castle looks exactly like the president of their own guild.
Apart from the long silver hair and two small pointed teeth slightly exposed from the lips.
Xiaoxue and Li Shuai have not been in the guild for long and have met the president on several public occasions.
With such outstanding looks, excellent means and abilities, it is hard not to remember him.
However, the scene before them was beyond their comprehension, so much so that they were unable to consider the main task after the upgrade in detail, and all they focused on was the owner of the castle.
Nan Huan has never taken his eyes off the other person's face since the other person's mask fell off.
Three months ago, Bei Xi disappeared from his side quietly without leaving any trace.
Nan Huan used all his strength to search for her all over the world, but found nothing. It was as if there had never been any trace of this person in this world.
But every time in his dreams, Nan Huan could clearly remember the other person's every smile, every moment they spent together, and every word she said.
Bei Xi had never left me for such a long time without saying goodbye.
Nan Huan went from disbelief at the beginning to self-doubt in the end.
She couldn't understand why she still hadn't found him after three months if Bei Xi hadn't left voluntarily and was hiding from her.
It's that person who is always worried about his health. He is afraid that he will be tired if he walks too far, he is afraid that he will have allergies if he eats snacks secretly, and he is even afraid that he will not be used to the new aromatherapy when he goes to bed at night.
Why would such a person leave?
Nan Huan never found the answer until she entered this inexplicable game.
She was shocked and wondered if the other party was also suddenly trapped in this game and unable to return to her.
So after tricking the system and easily getting the information from the other party that Beixi was also in the game, Nan Huan was happy, even though this was a game that could be dangerous at any time.
She even made plans to find someone after she got out of the game copy.
In fact, Nan Huan also had doubts. The housekeeper's behavior before also made her feel familiar.
She didn't even figure out why she had such a special feeling towards the NPCs in the game.
Now that the owner of the castle has revealed his true face, Nan Huan finally understood where that vague sense of familiarity came from.
The appearance of the owner of the castle and Bei Xi can be said to be 100% similar.
But if you look at it a little longer, you will find that it is different. It’s not that the appearance is different, but the feeling is slightly different.
Bei Xi would not look at me with such doubtful and cold eyes, nor would she wear such clothes, and would not listen to me obediently when I asked her to let me go.
But if you insist on saying that the two people are different, Nan Huan can still catch a hint of familiarity from the other's face.
As for the system prompt for the main quest update, Nan Huan had already glanced at it and forgotten about it.
The owner of the castle didn't know why the two players not far away seemed to have changed their attitude towards him in just one minute.
But she heard the name coming out of Nan Huan's mouth.
It was a strange name, a name that had nothing to do with him.
But when I heard that name, a strange feeling surged in my chest.
It felt a little sour and a little bloated and painful. It was hard for her to describe the feeling specifically, she just felt very comfortable.
And Nan Huan in front of him was looking at him, his eyes seemed to be on him, but it seemed as if he was looking at someone through him.
The owner of the castle was confused for a moment.
She only knew that since the moment Nan Huan appeared in this game, she seemed to be a little different.
There is an aura about Nan Huan that is invisible and intangible, but makes people feel at ease.
And his actions towards Nan Huan were like an instinct engraved in his body. He did it without much thought.
Just like now, she stared at Nan Huankan's lips and carefully corrected him, "Heer."
"My name is Hull."
After correcting this, she extended her hand without warning.
Xiaoxue and Li Shuai, who were not far away, thought she was going to attack suddenly and took a step back unconsciously. Then they remembered that Nanhuan was the closest to her at this time.
He hurriedly opened his virtual template, ready to pick a suitable weapon and continue the fight.
Nan Huan, however, did not move at all and was not afraid at all when the opponent suddenly engaged him in close combat.
Then Hull raised his finger slightly, but did not do anything harmful to Nan Huan. He just grabbed in the air, and then a blood-red silk appeared out of nowhere.
Flying in the direction of Hull's finger.
Those purple-black shadows that didn't have time to get away were caught by the silk and vanished with a light pull. The corresponding books in the library also disappeared one by one.
The witch at the door actually wanted to slip away the moment Hull appeared.
But Hull restrained her, and now she could only watch helplessly as the blood-red silk tied her up tightly.
The blood-colored silk seemed to have a spirit, and half of it separated and continued to float out.
The witch's room was pushed open, and the blood-colored silk suddenly turned into a long whip. With one whip, the restrictions of the voodoo dolls were lifted, and the dolls disappeared, leaving behind many beating hearts.
The black shadow that had been imprisoned for a long time seemed to smell the breath of freedom. It climbed into the room along the stairs and found the heart that had been separated from it for a long time.
Suddenly, shouts were heard and the silence of the castle was finally broken.
As the witch was wrapped tightly in silk, the purple-black aura on her body was diluted little by little.
The shiny and smooth skin began to wrinkle, and the dark eyeballs gradually became cloudy.
Those dark shadows who found her heart wanted to crawl onto the witch, gnaw on her body, and absorb her soul.
But because of the blood-colored silk, no one dared to step forward.
A stream of blood floated into the wine cellar, and the blood pool began to shake violently, and streams of purple-black aura spread out from the black hair.
The hair is getting shorter and shorter, and the purple-black aura is getting less and less.
The figure of a maid gradually appeared in the area covered by the hair.
She seemed to sense something and finally left the blood pool where she had been imprisoned for a long time, floating to the third floor.
Nan Huan noticed the emerald green headband at a glance.
In the center of the illusory shadow, there is a beating heart.
Nan Huan seemed to understand something. When she saw that the witch was taking her last breath and was about to be covered by the blood-colored silk, she suddenly spoke.
"Leave the witch to the maid. I promised to help her fulfill her last wish."
Seeing the maids circling around the witch, Nan Huan was worried that they would not dare to move forward due to Hull's power. He suddenly remembered his special side quest.
"good."
Hull agreed promptly, as if the two of them were originally in the same group.
As she finished her words, the blood-colored silk was pulled back all at once and sank into her body.
The maid and the black shadow who were freed from their restraints saw that the force that threatened them had disappeared, so they surrounded the witch in layers.
The black shadows transformed into the shapes of various ferocious beasts, opened their bloody mouths, and bit towards the witch.
The maid transformed into a hand, stabbed the witch's heart, and dug out the heart that had begun to turn black.
A shrill cry was heard, but was quickly covered by the sound of gnawing.
Nan Huan saw that the hearts in the maid and those phantom black shadows were beating slower and slower.
They knew that they didn't have much time left. After the restrictions were lifted, without the witches' magic, they would not have much time to move around.
Someone got his revenge and was shouting, laughing and making a fuss, until he finally turned into a shadow and disappeared into the castle.
The hustle and bustle passed by here briefly and then left again, and the castle returned to tranquility.
The blood-red moon was hanging in the air, indicating that the main mission had not yet ended and the game was still going on.
"you……"
After dealing with all these messy things, Heer turned around and wanted to say something to Nan Huan.
As a result, after he had said just one word, he saw the two people who were originally standing a little far away, pulled Nan Huan away from them at lightning speed.
"Don't be impulsive. You want to..." Xiaoxue was outspoken and ran to question the other party about what he was going to do. But when she saw the other party's face that looked exactly like her own, her tone unconsciously became respectful. "If you have anything to say, you can talk it out. Don't do it for now."
Then he turned around and said to Nan Huan, "What should we do now? The time has been extended. How about we run first?"
Nan Huan staggered a bit, then realized what she meant. He simply dragged the two of them to stop and said, "It's useless. Didn't you hear the mission clearly? On the night of the blood moon, we must root out the monsters. This mission doesn't require us to survive for six hours. Instead, we must kill all the monsters in the castle within a limited time and restore peace to the castle. You can hide for a while, but not forever. Besides, if you can't complete the mission, what's the point of hiding for a few hours? Look at this castle, is there any place to hide?"
Nan Huan's tone was flat, and he seemed to have given up struggling long ago.
The three of them had not walked far when they stopped, and Nan Huan did not avoid Heer when he spoke.
She still held the scepter in her hand. It had just been returned to its original owner, and Hull had not had time to take it back.
A gust of wind blew by, and the library was empty, as if proving that Nan Huan was right.
Xiaoxue and Li Shuai had just witnessed Heer's abilities. She just stood there and didn't move much, but the remaining monsters in the castle were solved.
Now I understand that what Nan Huan said is true.
But when facing death, it is human instinct to struggle, and few people are as calm as Nan Huan.
"Are we just going to stand here and wait to die? This S-level mission is too difficult. The disparity in strength is so huge. How can we have any chance of winning?"
Li Shuai was indignant. After all, he and Xiaoxue had finally survived to the end by relying on Nanhuan, but he found that he could not escape death. It was inevitable that he felt disheartened.
Nan Huan shook his head, "No, I don't think she wants to kill us. What she did just now was just to free the imprisoned black shadow and the maid."
After saying this, Nan Huan ignored the two's dissuasion, held the scepter, and walked back to Hull.
"This is something you lost, and now it is returned to its original owner."
Nan Huan said the same words for the second time. This time, Hull's trust level remained at ninety-nine, without any change.
However, she still did not reach out to take the scepter, but looked at Nan Huan thoughtfully.
"This is your only chance to kill me? Are you sure you want to give up?"
It was not known whether Heer was influenced by Nan Huan, but she remained calm when talking about such things, as if life and death were not very important to her.
Even when she looked at Nan Huan's face, a faint smile appeared on her face, with two pointed teeth, bewitching like a naughty little devil.
"It should tell you how to use it."
The scepter had become different because it had just hit the wooden wall to release Hur.
However, Nan Huan had never thought of using this thing to deal with Heer. Just as she was about to explain, the system prompt sounded.
【bite--
A god-level item has been detected, activating the Book of Infernal Affairs. 】
As the sound rang out, Nan Huan found that the wooden box he had placed in the warehouse was emitting a golden light.
After opening it, she discovered that the book that was like a work of art and could not be opened before finally responded at this time.
【bite--
Congratulations to the player for obtaining the Book of Infernal Affairs.
How to use the Book of Infernal Affairs: Players can ask questions to the Book of Infernal Affairs to learn about god-level items.
This is a book that answers questions, but does not reveal any answers beyond the questions asked by the owner.
Tips: Only after the god-level props are detected, the Book of Infernal Affairs can be activated and players can ask questions. For each god-level prop, only one question can be asked, and each question consumes 100 points. 】
Following the prompt sound, the book that looked like an iron box and could not be opened before slowly opened.
The dark pages seemed to sense something.
It started to tremble slightly, and then under Nan Huan's gaze.
A pattern of a scepter gradually appeared on the pages of the book. From top to bottom, it was exactly the same as the scepter in her hand. It was drawn so vividly that even the arc of the blooming petals on the scepter was exactly the same.
After the scepter completely appeared on the page, another line of words appeared below.
[The Scepter of Infernal Affairs: The Lord of Infernal Affairs used it to trap a monster. 】
These patterns, words and the appearance of the book are all now on Nanhuan's virtual panel.
When she saw the word "monster", she unconsciously shifted her gaze to Hull.
In the eyes of others, Nan Huan seemed to be in a daze for a while, then turned to look at Hull.
But Hull seemed to know what she had seen. "Do you know how to use it? Then do it."
She still looked indifferent, but her slightly tightened lips seemed to reveal a faint sense of helplessness and a wry smile.
There was no fluctuation in her tone, as if she had been prepared from the beginning to put her life in Nan Huan's hands.
Nan Huan understood what she meant, and his expression immediately turned bad. He couldn't stand the other person saying such things to him with that face, and even his solar plexus jumped twice.
"Why? You can easily deal with us without any effort, why give me this opportunity? Do you give opportunities to others in the same way?"
Nan Huan's tone was sharp. She seldom lost her temper. After all, her body did not allow it, and the people around her always went along with her. Not to mention getting angry, even if Nan Huan wanted to find fault, she couldn't.
But now that she saw the other person with such a face and saying such words to her indifferently, she was furious.
Especially when she thought that she would ask other players to do the same, Nan Huan felt a lump in her throat.
The first few sentences sounded quite normal, but the last sentence sounded like a tone of accusation of the other party being unfaithful to Xiaoxue and Li Shuai.
Hull was a little stunned.
The other party was clearly questioning, so why did her tone sound full of grievance?
The area of my chest started to feel wrong again, but it wasn't as swollen and painful as before. It was more like soaking in lemon water and a little astringent.
Even she didn't know why she had to explain, but the words just came out of her mouth.
"I think it's great that you helped me get out of this game. Only if you get rid of me can you get out of this game. I have never said this to anyone else. You are the first person to save me. There is no one else but you."
He explained all three questions from Nan Huan word by word.
But this answer didn't make Nan Huan feel much better.
【bite--
The Book of Infernal Affairs has been activated. For the god-level item Infernal Affairs Scepter, players can spend 100 points to ask a question. Do players use this right to ask? 】
As if realizing that Nan Huan had been delayed for too long, the system urged him.
Nan Huan did not answer immediately, but looked at Heer.
"Death is the relief of the cowardly. I told you to wait for me and get you out. I don't just mean to get you out from behind the wall. Didn't you say that you wanted to go to a farther place if you had the chance? Maybe the chance has come now."
This was beyond Heer's expectation, and she was stunned for the first time.
I want to go somewhere farther and take a look. When did I say this?
Oh, by the way, I think I mentioned this to the first maid when we were chatting.
How did Nanhuan know?
And why does this invitation sound so tempting?
Nan Huan did not expect to get a reply from Heer after she said this. After she finished speaking, she frowned and talked to the system in her heart.
Nanhuan: Use the right to ask questions.
System: OK, 100 points have been spent. Please ask questions. Please note that once a question is asked, it cannot be changed. The Book of Infernal Affairs will answer all questions, but will not reveal answers other than the questions. Please be cautious.
As if the system had sensed what Nan Huan wanted to do, it gave him a few long-winded instructions.
Nan Huan ignored the system and calmed down, asking himself the question seriously.
How can we release this monster trapped by the Lord of Infernal Affairs and give her true liberation?
As her thoughts popped up, a line of words gradually appeared on the page.
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