Chapter 28: Nowhere to Go - Rest Area
Xiaoxue didn't understand why Nanhuan's attitude changed so quickly.
After all, Nanhuan didn't seem to be seeking temporary protection just because of the fragments.
Because she looked very happy and looking forward to it.
But this is a win-win situation after all. If Nan Huan really joins their guild, he can not only get shelter, but the guild should also be able to get some information about the new totem fragments.
After all, the other party didn't avoid her and Li Shuai just now.
"So what's the situation now? Has the owner of the castle been conquered by you?"
Compared to what happens after the game is released, Li Shuai obviously cares more about the current status of the three people.
Although he and Xiaoxue didn't know what method Nan Huan used, they had just watched the owner of such a big castle get into Nan Huan's arms.
Nan Huan noticed that both of them focused their eyes on his arms. Although they didn't say it explicitly, it was clear that their gazes were a little nervous, as if they were afraid that the other would run out again in the next second.
Nan Huan was communicating with the system in his mind about the use of skills and props. Xiaoxue and Li Shuai couldn't hear it, so the scene must have looked a little strange to them.
But Nan Huan did not explain to the two of them his skills, the Book of Infernal Affairs, or even the fact that Hel had become his messenger of God.
Just as she was thinking about how to explain this matter to the two of them, the system that had disappeared for a while finally reappeared.
【bite--
Congratulations to the player for completing the special side quest - helping the maid fulfill her last wish.
Mission Reward: Maid's Long Hair*1
(Hint: The maid's long hair is part of her body. Players can explore how to use this item by themselves.)
The blood pool that was deceived and imprisoned by the witch finally found his lost heart and soul.
She chose to give someone a taste of their own medicine.
The witch disappeared into the blood moon with a shrill cry.
The maid gave you her long hair as a gift to thank you for your help. 】
The corners of Nan Huan's mouth twitched unnaturally, as if he had thought of something, and a wave of nausea rose from his throat.
To be honest, she doesn't really like things that are too personal.
And I don’t know if it’s her problem or the game’s problem.
Why are the rewards I received so vague?
She was very dissatisfied with this.
The system pretended not to hear Nan Huan's true feelings and fulfilled its reporting obligations conscientiously.
【bite--
Congratulations to the player for completing the main quest - restoring peace to the castle.
Mission Reward: 2 hidden ID cards of "Perfect Company" (not activated yet)
The vampire Hell broke free from the scepter of hell and became the messenger of the player's eldest lady.
Although the sleeping monster awakened, it was subdued by the distinguished guest.
The source of the monster disappeared, and the shadow found his heart and was able to rest in peace.
The maid fulfilled her last wish and took the witch's soul into eternal darkness.
In another sense, the player has restored peace to the castle. 】
The words "in another sense" were emphasized by the system, especially Nan Huan, who seemed to hear the system's resentment and slight dissatisfaction from these words.
The system seemed surprised by Nan Huan's choice, but because Hull had indeed disappeared from the castle, it had no choice but to regard the other party as having completed the task.
【bite--
The copy settlement is about to be carried out.
Players will receive 500 points for completing special side quests.
Players who complete the main upgrade mission will receive a 1.5 times points reward, totaling 1,500 points.
If you explore the castle map 100%, you will get 2 times the reward, a total of 3,000 points. 】
Nan Huan did not listen carefully to the scoring rules, he only paid attention to the final total.
Then she couldn't stay calm anymore.
Not to mention the summoning conditions and points required for the messenger of God, which have not yet been settled, Nan Huan cannot be sure how much it will cost to summon Hel.
You can simply look at the gifting skills of the eldest lady.
A single use of the blood-colored silk requires five thousand points, not to mention that as the number of uses increases, activating other effects will only cost more points.
Nan Huan worked so hard and nearly lost his life in this copy, but only got 3,000 points.
It’s not even enough for her to use her gift skill once.
Nan Huan once again felt his own poverty in this game, as well as the oppression of players as a capital-based game.
Do you think you are speaking human language?
Oh, sorry, I forgot you are not human.
Please don't mind me, I just mean this literally.
Nan Huan spoke sarcastically to the system in a calm tone in his heart.
It would have been fine if she didn't explain. Once she explained, it seemed even stranger, but the system couldn't refute it.
【bite--
Warning, warning, the important NPC of copy 35894 has been summoned, the copy is about to collapse, and the remaining players are forced to log out. 】
The sudden warning left Nan Huan no time to argue with the system.
As the voice rang out, the three of them felt the dilapidated castle beneath their feet begin to shake violently.
The blood moon that had been hanging outside the window finally began to dissipate.
The blood-red moonlight was gradually cleansed, revealing its original bright appearance.
Nan Huan paused for a moment on the word "summoned" used by the system, and then seemed to hear some sound coming from outside the window.
She blinked and made a request to the system before her vision blurred.
Then, before she could react, she felt something extra in her arms.
The next second, Nan Huan's vision became blurred.
——
Copy No. 35894 is on the exit.
Not long ago, just as the system announced three times in a row, a player named "Miss" obtained the fragment of the Faith Totem.
The game hall, which was never quiet on weekdays, was silent for three seconds.
Afterwards, all the players fell into an atmosphere of excitement, surprise, panic and doubt.
Many players in the crowd who were responsible for gathering information and had quick minds had already started to act, not to mention the spies of the major guilds, who had already smelled something.
In addition, the weirdness of the "Blood Moon Night" copy attracted attention not long ago.
Therefore, less than five minutes after the system announcement, the log-in exit of copy No. 35894 became the hot spot in the game hall and was packed with people.
Most of the players were crowded here to watch the fun out of curiosity.
They all stood some distance away from the exit.
After all, they don't have the support of a big guild behind them. They are standing here just to see who the young lady is and what she looks like. If they run into her in a game copy in the future, they can at least curry favor with her.
Secondly, the area near the exit had already been occupied by people from several large guilds. Even if they wanted to get closer, they didn't have the courage to do so.
In particular, some veteran players with good abilities have already spotted the few people closest to them. They are all big shots who are enough to scare most players with just one glance.
Among them, only two people looked calm, some even a little bored.
Standing on the left is an extremely thin man. He is so thin that his sleeves and trouser legs, which are not spacious to begin with, appear somewhat empty.
His pale face looked as if he was sick, without a trace of blood.
But the other party's eyes were not cloudy at all, and he didn't even look weak. Instead, he looked sharp like a hawk seeing its prey.
His hand, which had been hanging on the right side of his body, was playing with a scalpel as thin as a cicada's wing.
The scalpel was incredibly flexible in his hand. The thin blade flew up and down along his fingers, but it never brought out a trace of blood.
His eyes were never on his hands, nor on the exit, but were just vaguely cast at the crowd, as if he was distracted.
Standing on the right is a strange woman.
This woman wore very heavy makeup, which was slightly different from that of ordinary women.
Only focus on the eye area, use white eyeliner to apply a wide line on the upper eyelid and lower eyelid, and artificially enlarge the white part of the eye.
She also wore black contact lenses to increase the size of her pupils and long false eyelashes.
It seems that the entire eye has been enlarged to twice its size. If you look closely, it's quite scary.
She was wearing a yellow floral dress which was a bit short. Both the color and style were not suitable for her slightly mature age.
Her straight black hair reached her shoulders, and with the way she was dressed and dressed, she looked like a somewhat dull doll.
Ever since she appeared in the crowd, she has been looking down at the pattern on her nails, seeming to admire it very much. When her eyes touched the bare little finger nail, some unhappiness flashed across her face.
"Vice President..."
"Vice President..."
Until two almost low-key calls, one on the left and one on the right, simultaneously drew back their careless attention.
Behind the two of them, an inconspicuous player came at the same time and was about to report something.
The man and the woman, who were wary of each other, tacitly took two steps back to ensure that the other party would not play any tricks and hear important news from each other's guild.
"Vice President, I have already inquired about it. There is no relevant information about the 'young lady'. Whether it is the guild, her skills, or even the various rankings, I can't find her title..."
The person reporting on the left paused for a moment, with an expression of embarrassment and fear on his face. "It seems like the other party suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and even the time he entered the game was different from the other players..."
The scalpel finally stopped spinning at his fingertips, and the man's eyes finally showed a hint of curiosity. "No news? Could it be a new player?"
He spoke in a low voice, and he wasn't talking to the person reporting to him. It was more like he was talking to himself. "This is quite interesting. A new player, just after entering the game, has accomplished something that so many people have wanted to do for so long but haven't been able to do."
There was a hint of sadness and determination in his eyes, just like the cold light emitted by a scalpel.
The person reporting the situation did not respond to the man's speculation, but only asked dutifully, "Although Liang Yu and Bai Wei are capable, they may be able to deal with Cui Zhongming even if they join forces. However, the copy shows that only three people are still alive..."
The man waved his hand impatiently, interrupting the other person. "I'm not here to care whether those two idiots are alive or dead. Identify the newcomer based on the player information you got and take him away directly. Why are you talking so much?"
The vice-chairman of the Order of No Order, whose nickname was 'Death Scalpel', was obviously displeased.
As a player without order, the reporter did not dare to say another word. He stood behind the other party honestly and contacted several people who were waiting outside the hall.
After all, judging from the situation today, this person shouldn't be that easy to lead.
The report that the woman on the left heard was actually similar, but they did not have the manpower and resources to investigate the background of the player with the title of "Miss".
The woman focused on other things. "Cui Zhongming went in with the news, but was beaten to it by someone else. He is really useless. Let's see how he will explain to the president when he returns."
A hint of ruthlessness flashed across the woman's palm-sized face. "Divide your people into two groups. One group will try to bring that 'young lady' back, and the other group will deal with the third person besides Cui Zhongming and the young lady, and make him stop talking."
Information about the Totem of Faith fragments, or even any information about this dungeon, is best kept in the hands of your own guild.
The two people who were talking about this point had a very good understanding of each other.
The person who reported the matter did not refute the news that Vice President Yangwa had tacitly agreed that Cui Zhongming would be able to return safely.
After all, based on the information he had learned about several players, Cui Zhongming was the strongest.
And because players were not allowed to kill each other in the rest area, the people listening naturally understood what "solve" meant. After all, there were many ways to prevent a person from speaking or delivering messages.
This makes it a little more convenient for the players of the Secret of Witchcraft.
However, the reporter raised his eyes and looked at the other side, "Vice President, I think the people of the Orderless Order will snatch people from us..."
"What are you afraid of? Give me the scalpel and you can handle the rest by yourselves."
The woman touched her nails and ended the conversation nonchalantly.
There was a sudden commotion at the back of the crowd, as if someone was coming.
Soon, the players who were crowded together moved aside tacitly after seeing the person coming, leaving a passage for one person to pass through.
A woman in a suit and skirt walked out of the crowd.
The black high heels stepped on the ground without making a loud sound, but it frightened the people on both sides and made them step back.
Even though the other person has a good figure, mature and charming, no one dares to stare at her.
"People from the number one guild are here too? Don't they usually stay away from joining in on the fun?"
"This is a fragment of a totem of faith. It's impossible not to join in the fun, right?"
"I heard that there are two of their players in this instance. With the situation today, we should definitely come and take a look, right?"
…
As the woman emerged from the crowd with two people, the whispering became louder.
This movement naturally attracted the attention of Death Scalpel and Doll. When they saw the person coming, they were stunned for a moment, then thought of something, and then their expressions returned to normal.
"Why did the nineteenth vice president come here in person? Is he here to snatch someone as well?"
Death Scalpel spoke first, wanting to find out the other party's purpose of coming.
He already knew the two players from the Servant Under the Skirt Guild, and their skills were far inferior to Bai Wei's, so he had concluded that the two players had just entered the dungeon randomly and would definitely not survive.
Thinking that she was the servant under his skirt, at most he would send an inconspicuous person to go through the motions, but now that Nineteen was here, he felt a little worried.
The woman called Nineteen seemed to have expected to see the two people in front here, and pretended not to understand what the other person meant.
"There are two players from our guild inside as well. We have to deal with this situation."
The woman smiled and gestured to the doll while speaking, "Besides, there are so many people here today. It would be bad if there was any conflict. I brought some people here just in case."
The last sentence was raised lightly and then dropped heavily, as if warning the two of them.
Neither the Death Scalpel nor the Doll responded, but they looked at each other as if they were considering to what extent the woman in front of them, or the person behind her, would be forced to do under the order given.
Was it to surrender on the spot?
Or ensure the safety of that young lady?
Or protecting him secretly?
Before the two of them could think about it carefully, the exit that had been commented on for a long time finally showed some reaction.
The red light flashed rapidly, and finally turned green, and a figure finally appeared at the door.
Although Nan Huan was prepared, when she came to her senses after a dizzy spell, she still felt that she could hardly breathe because of the crowded environment.
In addition, she was badly injured just now. Although her health points have recovered to 0.1 of its original value, her physical discomfort has worsened after she left the game.
And at the last second, she didn't even see clearly what was stuffed in her arms.
Now she just felt it was a little soft and heavy. She didn't have time to pay attention to the eyes around her and lowered her head to look.
Woof woof...
The hunting dog that had asked the system if it could be taken away was now being held in Nan Huan's arms.
When the system warned that the copy would collapse, Nan Huan heard a dog barking outside the castle and suddenly remembered the hound left in the garden.
He had said that he would go back to play with it, but now all the living things in the castle had disappeared, and even the copy had collapsed. Nan Huan didn't think it was a good thing to just leave it here.
So in desperation, she asked the system a question.
In the end, I didn't hear what the system said, and I felt that this thing had already slipped into my arms.
The black and shiny eyes saw that he lowered his head, called out twice obediently, and then nudged Nanhuan's neck with his head.
Before Nan Huan was surprised that he could actually bring it out, he was pushed by the opponent and couldn't stand steadily and fell backwards.
Fortunately, Xiaoxue was right behind her and quickly gave her a hand.
However, she and Li Shuai were quite surprised to see that there was suddenly a dog in the other person's arms.
They were waiting noisily to see who this young lady was, but when they saw Nan Huan and the big hunting dog in her arms, they all fell silent for a few seconds.
After all, the woman who suddenly appeared was so beautiful that she instantly caught everyone's attention, especially because she was wearing a beige Gothic long skirt.
The classic and elegant beauty, and the big hound in her arms, are really eye-catching.
After all, in a dungeon game, players are not allowed to bring anything out except props, let alone a living thing.
And under normal circumstances, after players enter the game, their costumes will be changed due to their characters, but after leaving the copy, they will become the same as when they entered.
For example, Xiaoxue and Li Shuai's clothes are of normal style, but Nanhuan's clothes still have a strong medieval style.
This makes the players even more confused, even though it is beautiful.
But in fact, other people didn’t know that Nan Huan entered the game wearing a pajamas.
The system seemed to have anticipated the situation outside, and that the bathrobe was too unsightly, but it seemed that this long skirt was not much better.
Nan Huan finally stood up straight, but the unbearable weight in her arms was too much for her weak body.
But she didn't want to put the dog on the ground, worried that there were too many people and the hound might get lost if someone wasn't paying attention. So she turned around and threw the hound to Li Shuai, "Help me hold it for a while, it's a little heavy."
As she spoke, she also touched the hound's head, signaling it to be good.
"Where is the person who is picking you up?"
Although Nan Huan didn't mind the eyes on her, she didn't have the habit of being treated like a monkey by others. Besides, her health was not very good and she needed to rest. She turned her head and asked Xiaoxue.
Nineteen, like everyone else, was stunned for a moment by Nan Huan's appearance.
But she was not attracted by the strangeness of Nan Huan, but just by the face he had, which she had seen on the desk in the president's office.
Although she had only seen it once, she probably wasn't mistaken.
When she heard Nan Huan talking to Xiao Xue, her expression returned to normal and she hurried over to greet him.
"Xiaoxue, Li Shuai." After all, Nineteen was not far from the exit, so he called out to the two of them.
"Vice President,"
Xiaoxue and Li Shuai heard two surprised calls. It was obvious that they did not expect anyone to come to pick them up, let alone the vice president to come in person.
Xiaoxue supported Nanhuan, Li Shuai held the hunting dog, and the three of them and the dog were soon included in the protection area at the signal of Nineteen.
Although Nan Huan was very weak, he noticed the vice president's gaze on him.
This look is different from the looks others give me. Other looks are full of inquiry, curiosity, and even a little surprise and disbelief.
But this vice president named Nineteen seemed to be confirming something, with a look of caution and doubt between his brows.
Especially since the other party hadn't even started asking about his specific situation, he had already taken him into the protection circle without any preparation.
Nan Huan had an idea in her mind. Her pale face had not yet recovered, and she did not allow Xiaoxue to talk to the other party in detail about joining the club.
There is no time to let the other party stand here and question me in detail.
Moreover, she also wanted to confirm some things from the other party as soon as possible before she could let down her guard.
So she decided to solve all the problems with one sentence.
When Xiaoxue saw the vice president, she was delighted at first, and then she thought of Nanhuan's matter, which she had to explain as soon as possible. But before she could open her mouth, Nanhuan, who had been supported, could not hold back anymore.
It can be seen that the other party is very capable, plus there are only three of them.
The other party just gave a slight gesture, and the remaining two people had already stood in the most suitable position, forming a protective circle to block out anyone who wanted to peek or eavesdrop.
But Nan Huan still took a step forward and unexpectedly ordered in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Where is Bei Xi? I want to see her, right now, right now."
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