Chapter 8: Night of the Blood Moon (VIII)
Three minutes is neither long nor short.
Nan Huan felt that as soon as he finished speaking, his whole body was lifted up lightly.
At first she was worried that those shadows didn't know how to take things seriously, and if they accidentally made her fall, it would be a waste of time.
And the top of this wine cellar is quite high.
However, when she was floating in the air, she tried to give the black shadow a few more orders to test the limit of the other party's ability.
In the end, it was discovered that except for the fact that they were currently no match for the hair and could not stop the movement in the pool, they obeyed other commands quite well.
Nanhuan found the most comfortable place in a short while.
Sitting on the swing built by the group of dark shadows, swinging back and forth, looking at the pool below that had completely sunk.
Bai Wei had been dragged completely to the center of the pool, and her jet-black hair, like flowing water, had already surrounded her entire body.
Nan Huan discovered with his sharp eyes that the hairs seemed to have life, and there seemed to be some kind of small suction cups growing at the ends of the hair.
Once it sticks to the skin, it will penetrate directly into the body, firmly grasping the flesh and blood, making it impossible to break free.
By the time everyone was dragged into the pool, the hair seemed to have finally returned to its own psychological safety zone, ready to be feasted upon.
I don’t know whether it already had prey or the altitude limit prevented it from reaching Nanhuan.
After catching Bai Wei, it didn't pay any attention to the other person watching the fun in the room.
Bai Wei's clothes were quickly taken off, and her dark hair wrapped her tightly, with only a piece of skin on her lower back exposed.
But what surprised Nan Huan was that the exposed skin was not human skin, but was covered with long gray hair, like some kind of animal skin.
Before Nan Huan could take a closer look, Bai Wei's entire body seemed to be squeezed dry in an instant, and began to shrink at an odd speed.
The hair surrounding each other's body seemed to have finally received some kind of nutrients, becoming increasingly smooth and black.
Only the area covered with animal skin remained intact.
If a living person disappeared in such an instant, any other new player would probably be scared.
After all, a living person lost his life in front of him.
No matter how mentally prepared one was, knowing that Bai Wei had killed many people, a player was thrown into the pool in this way yesterday.
But it is actually quite difficult to accept it.
After all, most people were just ordinary people before entering the game and had never seen such bloodiness in person.
But Nanhuan's heart was not disturbed.
Because she knew that if the person who entered the pool was not Bai Wei, it would be herself.
And once the pool is awakened with blood, there will definitely be blood involved, otherwise Bai Wei would not have been ready to slip away after cutting her finger.
Time passed by bit by bit, and Bai Wei's figure was completely buried in the pile of hair.
In order to prevent the hair from not having enough to eat, with three minutes left, Nan Huan ordered the black shadow to send himself out from the crack of the door.
He also reminded them to close the door to prevent the thing from running out.
Just when the door of the wine cellar was completely closed, Nan Huan caught a glimpse of the knight in armor who had been standing at the door, and suddenly moved.
It walked towards the pond, and when it walked forward with its back to Nan Huan, Nan Huan seemed to see a long crack on the armor on the back of its neck from a distance.
Then the arch blocked out all movement from inside the door.
Nan Huan did not leave immediately. She stood outside the door, paying close attention to what was happening inside.
It seems that my charm value adds much more to monsters than normal humans.
Nan Huan was sure that the thing inside the door could not escape, so he simply stood outside the door and thought about it.
Without any action bonus, Xiaoxue and Li Shuai's trust in themselves is around 10, which is the level at which they can use their skills.
And when I kindly reminded them not to eat the meat at the dinner, their trust level increased by five points.
But last night I made an example of them and threatened them to help me by using my ability to absorb shadows.
In this case, Black Shadow's trust in himself reached thirty.
Nan Huan hasn't figured out the key to this yet.
I'm not sure if it has anything to do with my ability to absorb shadows.
But one thing is certain, that is, as her trust increases, the points she needs to consume to use her skills will be appropriately reduced.
Of course, she suspected that this might be related to the skills of the target, and whether the target was a human or a monster.
In short, the attempt just now gave Nan Huan a preliminary understanding of his own skills.
If I have enough points, or can make more powerful monsters trust me, it might be able to play a big role.
For example, the hair monster in the pool, and the armored monster?
Speaking of points, Nan Huan thought of his solo side quest. There will definitely be rewards for completing the quest.
Although Nan Huan's family was not wealthy, she had to admit that according to the standards of the game, she was quite poor at the moment.
Just now, Nanhuan spent 30 points in one go.
I don’t know what dangerous tasks there will be later in this game, so I have to prepare early.
After thinking it through, she quickly turned her attention back to the identity of the shadow.
The tip said that the chef thought he was the thief who came every night. The dark shadows entered the kitchen and circled around the smelly pot of soup. It was obvious that what they wanted was inside.
Thinking back to last night, she saw a glimpse of bloody bones on the woodpile in the kitchen.
It was hard for her not to suspect that the meat in the soup pot was not normal meat.
What is the identity of the black shadow?
Just now in the wine cellar, she was not just watching the fun, but also discovered that the number of those dark shadows was too numerous to count.
It was such a dark crowd, and it was obvious that they were not the people who originally lived in the castle.
Then I thought of what the doctor said when he treated them in the morning.
Past guests...
The quality this time...
There was also the mutated skin on Bai Wei's lower back, and the smelly meat with hair on it on the dining table.
The smell of blood at the door of the wine cellar was getting stronger and stronger. Nan Huan was already feeling uncomfortable from the smell, and now thinking about it again, he covered his mouth and nose, hunched over in discomfort, and felt like vomiting.
Those dark shadows might be the previous guests.
The first group of guests mutated in the castle for some reason.
All their blood was sucked out by the blood pool, and the mutated parts of their bodies were taken to the kitchen and cooked by the chef, and then served to the next group of guests as venison.
Guests who eat the mutated parts will also mutate.
The blood pool continued to absorb blood, and the kitchen had a constant supply of fresh "venison".
All of this has become a vicious cycle, which is why there are so many dark shadows in the castle.
And those groups of dead guests would return to the kitchen every night.
They are not thieves who want to steal something, but just want to take back a part of their body.
Nan Huan squatted on the ground uncomfortably, her face a little pale.
I dare not imagine how many of the guests of this game copy are players, nor do I dare to imagine how long this copy has existed.
After about ten minutes, there was no more movement in the wine cellar.
Nan Huan stood up tremblingly and was about to go into the room to find a dark shadow to confirm.
Because of the urgency of the situation, she had no time to ask about the side quest, but as soon as her hand touched the arch, the prompt sounded.
【bite--
Congratulations to the player for completing the single-player side quest.
Mission Reward: One mink cape*1 (Note: It is artificial leather. After all, protecting animals is everyone's responsibility. No buying and selling, no killing. However, even if it is artificial leather, it can resist one rule damage at a critical moment.)]
I don’t know if there was any movement in the blood pool in the wine cellar just now. Nan Huan was standing at the door.
I just felt that the fishy and bloody smell in the air seemed to be a little stronger than before.
In this environment, the saying "no trade, no killing" sounds extremely harsh.
Although the system's prompts confirmed that Nan Huan's guess was almost correct.
But she pushed open the tightly closed arched door anyway.
Everything in the wine cellar has been restored to its original state.
The knight in armor on the right side still stood motionless, with even the movements being exactly the same.
If Nan Huan hadn't seen it move with his own eyes just now, he would have thought it had always been like this.
The sunken pool has returned to its original state, and there is no trace of it left around it.
If it weren't for the gullies on the open space, which had absorbed the blood and became brighter than before, Nan Huan would have felt that everything that had just happened was just her imagination.
Even the dark shadows that appeared just now disappeared into nowhere.
From Bai Wei’s actions just now, it is not difficult to see that the rule of death here is triggered by blood.
Nan Huan was not worried about any danger when she came in again now. She searched the space here carefully, as if trying to find other clues.
However, the densely packed wine barrel racks didn’t seem to have anything special.
Besides being a bit cramped and narrow, you can only move sideways to move through it.
Nan Huan also shook the wine barrel and found that there was liquid inside. Besides wine, she had a bad association.
But because she was still in the room, she didn't dare to break open the wine barrel to verify.
After turning around, it returned to the gully in the open space.
When he looked up again, Nan Huan discovered that there seemed to be something extra in the corner of the wall opposite the door.
She slowed down her pace and approached cautiously, only to find a piece of emerald green silk-like thing thrown there, but it was very short.
This thing is only two fingers wide and not long enough to be made into a belt, and it has patterns on it.
It's a headband.
Thinking of the pool full of hair just now, Nan Huan guessed the purpose of this thing, and she was not unfamiliar with the pattern.
【bite--
Congratulations to the player for triggering the special side quest - helping the owner of the headband fulfill his last wish.
Note: Players can choose whether to accept special side quest 1. Special side quests do not affect the release of general side quests and main quests. They can be completed before clearing this copy.
The greater the risk, the greater the reward, which is an eternal truth.
This is a task reminder for novice players. This is the only time. Please choose whether to accept the special side quest within 10 seconds. 】
As soon as Nan Huan touched the headband, the system notification sounded.
10, 9, 8, 7...
accept.
Nan Huan didn't hesitate at all and gave a positive answer before the countdown was even halfway through.
【bite--
The special mission of this copy has been activated, and the difficulty of the copy has been upgraded from the original D level to C level.
Good luck to all players! 】
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