"clang--!"
A bell rang, and the originally bright hall suddenly became dark.
Xiao Ai retracted her legs, and several players who were watching the fun fell silent.
Nine golden candlesticks were placed before the people, their flames flickering like ghostly shadows.
The final nine-man lineup really surprised people, and many bets collapsed and went bankrupt.
Not only were the second-tier team members Aini, Flora, Lu Shu, Yamada Machiichi, Luna and others eliminated, but even the highly anticipated first-tier team members Edward, Aland and Alger were not there.
“Tick, tick.”
Steady footsteps suddenly came from above. This ancient castle had four or five floors and covered a very large area. The sound came from the stone stairs.
As the oil lamps were all extinguished, only the faint light from the fireplace and nine candlesticks remained. They could not see the man's appearance clearly, but he should be the one who issued the rules.
"...Looking at its vague shape, isn't it a Boss Rabbit?" Shirley said softly.
Before, it was Boss Rabbit who set the rules for them, but now it seems like someone has changed.
The man walked along the way, neither hurried nor slow, like the last VIP to appear at a ball. He looked very dignified and very impressive.
The nine players in the field, the four guides... and the hundreds of millions of viewers outside the field were all waiting for the person hiding in the darkness to walk under the light.
Suddenly, a blinding halo of light shot out from Su Mingan's wrist and suddenly hit the man's face, causing the man to shrink back suddenly.
"——Good morning, dear An-chan! The Aduko Evolution III artificial intelligence watch tells you the time on time. It is now January 11, 2024, 12 o'clock in the morning! Today I have loaded the folk song "Good Luck" from my hometown for you——"
"Bang!" Su Ming'an turned his wrist and knocked the watch on the table, and it suddenly became quiet.
"I asked you to turn on the light, not to speak," he said.
He just wanted to shine a light, but this watch even called itself "An-chan"... It is clearly an intelligent AI that can learn, but it has learned all kinds of messy things.
Dr. Xu, who made the watch, originally wanted the watch to follow him and let the AI gradually grow and evolve, but in the end the watch learned something called "An-chan".
Su Mingan raised his hand and the strong light shone on the man again, illuminating his entire appearance.
The other players were all stunned - the person who made the rules appeared like this obviously to show off his high-class style, but Su Mingan turned on the light and instantly ruined the style of walking with darkness.
They looked towards the man enveloped in the light and saw that he was wearing a pure black robe.
The man seemed to be dazzled by the bright light, and his pale, slender hands blocked his face, looking a little afraid of the light. He looked like a mouse that had been forcibly dug out of the ground.
"——It's you!" After seeing the appearance of the man in black robe clearly, Joey's eyes widened.
He recognized the man in black robe - wasn't he the guy who deliberately abducted the leader who had lost his mind and drove the cursed black beast to kill people in the dome?
Su Mingan also recognized the man in black robe.
He and the man in black had fought in the cave a few days ago. The man in black captured those guides because he wanted to use them as energy to drive the dangerous monsters.
For some unknown reason, the black-robed man's initial favorability towards him was 95 points.
Being illuminated by Su Mingan, the man in black robe immediately quickened his pace and quickly walked to the fireplace.
He was wearing a dark mask and no one could see his face clearly.
The warm firelight danced on his dark mask, giving it a sharp metallic hue.
"You can put away your light now, outsider, before I get angry." He said to Su Mingan.
Su Mingan turned off his watch.
This watch doesn't have any other functions, but it's really bright, and it almost blinded him when he looked at it from a distance.
He looked at the man in black robe in front of the fireplace and thought to himself.
He could now be sure of two things.
First, this NPC in black robe may not be able to attack the player at the moment.
Second, the black-robed man's favorability towards the character he played was indeed very high, so high that even being teased like this would not reduce his favorability...
"——Welcome everyone to my castle."
The man in black robe suddenly opened his arms, and his voice rumbled in the empty hall.
He stood in front of the fireplace with his back to the light. People could only see his slightly reflective metal mask and the beast patterns on the mask with a silver layer. The patterns seemed to affect people's minds, making them feel as if they were seeing the primitive picture of people and hunting in ancient times, and the knives and fire in the sagebrush forest.
He welcomed the guests from afar with a calm and confident attitude of a host. The fire was dancing behind him, and he opened his arms, like a vertical, dark cross standing in front of the fire.
...However, the follow-up lighting just now made his image drop instantly.
The players looked at him awkwardly. Even the sleepy Bei Wang was awakened by the strong light.
"What was that just now?" He rubbed his eyes: "So bright..."
"——At your age! How can you sleep?" Lu said.
Beiwang looked at him with lifeless eyes. There seemed to be a hazy mist in his eyes, as if he had not woken up yet.
"——Dear guests who have come from afar, welcome to my banquet." The man in black robe ignored the whispers of the group of players and continued:
"——You are all contestants in the festival. You have come here after overcoming all the difficulties. Therefore, I have prepared a grand banquet for you..."
It was the first time that Su Mingan saw such an embarrassing rule introducer.
Players like Lu and Beiwang were talking about their own things below, while the man in black robe was talking about his things above. The two lines seemed to have no connection at all, which reminded him of an open class at university.
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