Chapter 19 Blood Moon Night (XIX)
Nan Huan typed in "igniter" and "protective clothing" in the mall's search bar and found what he needed in a short while.
Although it is just an igniter, it can be divided into eight categories and nine varieties due to different lasting effects.
Nan Huan still couldn't help but sigh that the ways of making money in this dog game are really endless.
This may be the first time in Nanhuan that I can’t buy things as I please.
After all, her points are really embarrassing.
In the end, she chose the most common igniter, several large barrels of gasoline for combustion, and a set of medium-functional protective clothing.
These things cost a total of 25 points.
Although it’s not cheap, Nanhuanhua’s is quite convenient.
After all, she had already thought about it. If the reward for this mission was not good, she would buy some gasoline and set the entire castle on fire.
It's good to vent your anger even if you don't have money.
First the use of courtesy, then force. When the countdown ended, Nan Huan lit the fire without even blinking.
I have to say that the quality of the things in the mall is still very guaranteed.
With the help of gasoline and books, the flames of the wooden bookshelves quickly spread to several bookshelves and burned very quickly.
Nan Huan was wearing protective clothing and did not move far away. He stood in front of the fire, paying attention to the movements in the dark.
The flames climbed up along the bookshelf, and just before they touched those unknown black books, the purple-black shadow seemed to feel the heat and was forced to come out.
I couldn't win in the first place, and now I can't hide any more.
The purple-black shadows gathered into a ball and rushed towards the fire.
It seemed as if he was preparing to put out the fire with his own body.
But before it got close to the fire, it was absorbed by Nanhuan.
The protective suit was a bit heavy for her, and Nan Huan had difficulty wearing it, so she had to lean on the bookshelf on the side for support.
But under the mask, her eyes were very sharp.
The fire crackled behind him. Nan Huan didn't even turn his head, blocking the flames behind him and absorbing the several purple-black shadows that wanted to approach.
The protective suit was a bit thick, and the fire in the library was getting bigger and bigger. Nan Huan's palms hidden in the protective suit were already slightly wet.
Not far across from her, a dense crowd of dark shadows had gathered.
They couldn't stand the high temperature and ran out of the book. They tried to put out the flames with their bodies, but were frightened by Nanhuan again.
For a moment, they did not dare to act rashly, so they could only huddle together and stare at Nanhuan with a fierce look.
Seeing that it was almost time, Nan Huan spoke again.
"Now that the fire has been lit, you can choose for yourself. Do you want to continue to help the witch guard the book, or do you want to watch your own shelter burn down?"
Nan Huan had no patience and spoke in a nonchalant tone, "Anyway, the worst that can happen is that I won't be able to complete the mission, but I'm sure that before that, the library will be burned down to nothing, so you better think about it."
The courtesy had already been shown before, so Nan Huan was not polite at all when speaking this time.
Even with a mask, it still couldn't block her sharp gaze.
The purple-black shadow that was confronting Nan Huan naturally understood what she said.
They clearly had no facial features and no expression on their face, but Nan Huan could still see their movements of retreating and slowing down; their attitudes seemed to be loosening.
She had said almost everything she needed to say, and she didn't say anything else, seeming to be very generous and give the other person time to think.
The fire behind him burned more and more fiercely, and the flames crossed the top of the bookshelf and meandered forward like a fire dragon.
More and more purple-black shadows were driven out of the book.
A huge group of shadows on the opposite side were crowding around, seemingly very anxious, but no one dared to cross the line and rush to Nanhuan.
Two minutes later, the restlessness in the shadow suddenly disappeared.
They all retreated to the left and right, as if they were making way for something.
With a click.
The moment Nan Huan lowered his head, a wooden box was thrown at his feet.
The purple-black shadows on the opposite side returned to their original team, as if they had made some kind of choice, and stared at Nan Huan's movements together.
Nan Huan bent down and picked up the wooden box.
【bite--
Congratulations to the player for completing the third single-player side quest and finding the witch's most treasured book.
Mission reward: 200 points.
Hint: In addition to the witch's treasured witch book, you accidentally obtained two other collections of books. 】
Before Nan Huan opened the wooden box, the task completion notification sounded.
Tch, after working so hard for so long, I only got 200 points.
The labor and results are obviously not proportional, and I even lost 25 points.
Nan Huan felt that this deal was a bit of a loss and he immediately lost interest in opening the wooden box.
System: In order to balance fairness, the rewards for this round of side quests have been readjusted.
I don’t know whether the system heard the voice in Nan Huan’s heart, or it came forward to explain because of the rules of the game.
Seeing Nanhuan's lack of interest, it had to add another sentence.
System: Please continue to actively explore the game content.
Nan Huan ignored the latter sentence, but she did notice the previous sentence the system said.
In order to balance fairness, adjustments were made, which means that we have already gained benefits from other areas.
She also noticed that there was a hint following the reward for this mission.
Nan Huan looked down at the wooden box in his hand, but caught a glimpse of a purple-black shadow beside him.
They seemed unsure whether Nan Huan was satisfied with what he received, and did not dare to move forward rashly. However, they became increasingly anxious as they saw the fire behind them getting bigger and bigger.
"What are you still standing there for? Put out the fire first, or we'll all be done for later."
What a joke! Do I have to buy some fire extinguishers in the mall and put out the fire myself?
He refused to listen to a word I said just now and started to make things difficult for himself.
Now it's time to put out the fire, but he just stood there in a daze.
Nan Huan raised his chin in an unpleasant manner and gestured to the other party.
The next second, the purple-black shadows looked at Nan Huan and saw that he didn't seem to have any intention of making things difficult for them, so they rushed over and threw themselves on the fire.
Not long after, the fire that was burning just now was immediately extinguished.
Only the burnt areas were still emitting black smoke and the residual temperature was still very high.
Nan Huan was just about to find a quiet place to open the box to see what was inside, his golden house and beautiful wife.
Then she realized that she had been hearing the knocking sounds since she entered the library.
It was as if he realized that she had already solved these problems and there would be no more danger, so he stopped reminding her.
His brows, hidden by the mask, frowned unconsciously.
She first put away the box, then took off her heavy and wet protective clothing, pulled off her mask, and walked to the back of the library.
The source of the sound just now seemed to have come from the back of the library.
Nan Huan planned to check it out first. Besides, she had not forgotten that this library was originally supposed to be the housekeeper's room.
Walking past the densely packed bookshelves, the burn marks in the front were no longer visible.
However, the deeper you go, the quieter it feels here than before, and the more purple-black shadows there are in the air.
Having learned from the previous experience, no one dared to attack rashly again.
They are afraid of Nanhuan and want to hide away, but for some reason they have to stay here.
The further back you go, the thicker the black fog in the air becomes.
Nan Huan could no longer see the situation ahead clearly and was alone in the layers of black fog until she seemed to bump into something.
With a thud.
Nan Huan reached out and touched it. It seemed that she had reached the end of the library and bumped into a wall.
But the touch of the wall was strange. It didn't feel like the exterior wall in the corridor, nor like the stone wall in the basement.
It is more like a kind of wood, soft, smooth and very comfortable to touch.
Dongdong——
Nan Huan clenched two fingers and tapped the wall twice.
The sound was almost identical to the one she had just heard, except that it sounded a little further away.
Just like——
It was like it was coming from the other side of the wall.
Nan Huan took two steps back and looked up to see the wall clearly.
But I don’t know if it was because of her actions just now, those purple-black shadows that were originally floating in the air seemed to have heard some signal to return home.
They all seemed to retreat and stick to the wall, making Nan Huan unable to see anything.
At the same time, Nan Huan heard a slight knocking sound coming from the wall.
Dongdong——
As the knocking sounded, the entire wall lit up.
Nan Huan then saw clearly that the original appearance of the wall had been blocked by dense purple-black shadows. Some of the shadows condensed into chains, surrounding the entire wall tightly, as if afraid that something would run out.
Nan Huan had just seen this kind of thing on his housekeeper not long ago.
Someone on the other side of the wall was responding to her, and this realization made Nan Huan's heart skip a beat.
She knocked twice more quickly, "Is that you?"
The black fog had no substance and could not stop Nan Huan's actions. Although she did not mention the name of the person, she was sure that the other party would understand. "If it is, knock once. If it is not, knock twice."
Nan Huan didn't have to wait too long.
A thud came from the other side of the wall.
Although the sound weakened, it was indeed only a firm sound.
Nan Huan had an idea in mind, and walked back and forth along one side of the wall, trying to see if there were any other clues or passages. He did not stop and continued to ask questions.
"Are you trapped by the witch as well?"
Boom boom boom.
One click is affirmative, two clicks are negative, and what does three clicks mean?
Nan Huan was puzzled, and she found that as the two were talking, more black mist came out of the book and stuck to the wall in all directions, and the knocking sound became weaker and weaker.
"I have a way to rescue you, just wait."
Knock knock.
This was not a question, but the other side of the wall still gave a firm answer.
Nan Huan carefully searched one side of the wall but did not find any kind of passage.
Seeing that the black fog was getting thicker and thicker, and the last two knocks were so faint that they were inaudible, she lost her patience and simply reached out to hook the black fog.
She originally wanted to follow the previous method and absorb a few purple-black shadows first to intimidate them. Maybe the others would be scared away, and it would be easier for her to rescue people.
But unexpectedly, when Nan Huan swallowed those dark shadows into his body, more dark shadows appeared.
Moreover, the wall seemed to have some special abilities. Once the dark shadows touched it, they could not leave it at all. They could only watch themselves being absorbed into Nan Huan's body.
But these black mists, just like the black mists on the butler's body, are endless, like a bottomless pit.
Nan Huan was not used to anything entering his body, and after absorbing it for a while, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
When I looked up again, I saw those dark shadows struggling on the wall, unable to move away but also unable to hide.
Once a layer is absorbed into Nanhuan's body, another layer will be continuously added.
The wall remained the same as before, but was covered by shadows and nothing could be seen clearly. The knocking sounds from the opposite side did not come again.
"Are you still there? Are you okay?"
"Can you hear me?"
…
While absorbing the black shadow, Nan Huan asked several questions again. There was no more movement from the other side, or maybe there was, but the sound was covered by the black shadow.
Nan Huan was gradually running out of strength, and absorbing the black shadow was not easy.
Especially when Nan Huan noticed these dark shadows, he would not be intimidated by his behavior, or he was determined to stop him from rescuing the housekeeper.
She really had released the restrictions and was ready to absorb all the forces that were hindering her.
In fact, although the day Nan Huan entered the game seemed very dangerous, most of the time, she felt confident.
This was the first time she slightly lost control, and Nan Huan couldn't explain why.
But when she heard the knocking sound that could confirm the identity of the person on the other side of the wall, she seemed to be out of control.
This feeling was a bit subtle. Nan Huan had only experienced this with one person in the past. But this time, he unexpectedly lost control towards an NPC with whom he had barely spoken a few words in the game.
Her face was gloomy, facing the high wall.
The snow-white skin was surrounded by purple-black shadows, but there was always an indescribable determination in the eyes.
The purple-black shadow sank into the pale fingertips, followed the warm flesh and blood, and seeped into Nanhuan's internal organs.
She could feel her body temperature dropping little by little.
More purple-black shadows floated out of the book. They had terrified looks on their faces, but they had no choice but to stick to the strange wooden wall and were absorbed into Nan Huan's body.
She gradually became exhausted, and the purple-black shadows continued to come one after another.
A drop of cold sweat ran down Nan Huan's forehead and sank into the ground the moment it appeared.
A strong light burst out from the center of the wooden wall, like a familiar pattern, so bright that Nan Huan couldn't open his eyes.
As the light became more and more intense, when it reached a climax, it shook off Nan Huan's fingertips and cut off her path to absorb the purple-black shadow.
She was knocked back two steps and fell to the ground on one leg.
Now she could see clearly that the pattern on the wall, the pattern of petals formed by flowing water, was just like—
Nan Huan seemed to have thought of something, he let out a sigh and looked down at his arm.
It was discovered that the strange vine that had appeared and disappeared before seemed to have received some kind of summons and appeared at this time.
On the pink vines, the petal patterns formed by flowing water had tiny flashes of light.
It echoes the pattern in the center of the wall.
After just a few seconds, the pattern and vines on the wooden wall and the arm disappeared.
Nanhuan's body temperature gradually returned to normal.
Her sanity finally returned.
She had absorbed too many dark shadows just now, and Nan Huan felt as if her body was being torn apart. She checked her panel attributes.
As a result, I unexpectedly discovered that my health value has increased from the original 0.1 to the current 0.11.
What's going on?
She had absorbed several shadows before, but her health points did not change at that time. Why was there an increase of 0.01 this time?
Is it because the number was too small before, or is there something special about the black shadow this time?
Nan Huan had no idea for the moment, so he turned his gaze to the wooden wall again.
After what happened just now, the purple-black shadow circling above saw the fickle person in front of him and didn't know what he wanted to do. He could only try to shrink his body as much as possible to avoid being noticed.
Although he looked trembling, he was imprisoned and unable to break free, so he could only lie on the wall and pretend to be dead.
Nan Huan slowly stood up straight, the discomfort he felt after absorbing the black shadow had not yet dissipated.
She moved her body and found that the increase of 0.01 health points did not seem to make any obvious difference to her, so she had to put this question aside for the time being.
"Wait for me, I'll find another way to get you out."
Nan Huan was no longer as impulsive as before. Instead, he reached out and knocked on the wall twice, then said something softly.
She knew the other party should be able to hear it.
She had just asked if the witch had imprisoned the other party here. The other party knocked three times, neither confirming nor denying, but Nan Huan knew it must be related to this game copy.
It seems that it is not feasible to pass the level by brute force. If the fundamental problem is not solved, these purple-black shadows will probably not be swallowed up even if you starve yourself to death.
It took Nan Huan less than two minutes to figure out what needed to be done.
Now the only way to find a way to release the butler is to follow the original intention of the game settings and continue to explore the plot.
She calmed herself down, withdrew her inquiring eyes from the wooden wall, ignored the purple-black shadows, sat down against the wall, and took out the wooden box that the shadows had just thrown to her from her arms.
The box was not big, had no strange patterns on it, had no lock, and was a bit heavy.
Nan Huan opened it and saw three books as expected.
The first one was a parchment-like book, and the pattern on the cover was exactly the same as the emerald pattern on the first maid's headband.
And rather than calling it a book, it is more like a diary or some casual record.
Anyway, you can tell from the cover that it is written in a disorganized style.
The cover of the second book is completely black, just like the books on the bookshelf.
But the cover was no longer as weird as the ones before, which made Nan Huan unable to understand.
Instead, there were two big blood-red characters written on it - 'Witch Book'.
It is very simple and crude, as if the author is afraid that others don't know that this is not a very serious book.
The last book is the most exquisite of the three. It has a golden metal frame and corner covers with intricate patterns. It looks more like a work of art than a book.
Nan Huan leaned against the wooden wall, surrounded by purple-black shadows.
But she was completely unaware of it and didn't think there was anything strange. She prepared to look through the three books carefully in order.
As soon as her hand touched the cover of the first diary, the system prompt sounded.
【bite--
Congratulations to the player for obtaining the first maid's diary.
This is a long-forgotten diary, which contains a story of the castle's past. 】
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