Is there no happy ending in Chapter 334?
Over Irithyll in the Frost Valley, someone's heartfelt cry echoed.
"No!"
Snow flutters, the north wind blows, and the world is vast~
Now all Fingri has to do to achieve perfection is to call out Qiuya again.
"Brother, what's wrong?" Tus was obviously at a loss, and looked at Matilda and Alayya for help.
"Oh, this guy." Matilda covered her forehead helplessly. It looked a bit silly to make this movement with her huge body made of steel armor.
She knew her captain's character, or should we say his personality, very well. Fingerly was the kind of person who could easily get into the role.
Take watching a drama as an example. Although he will not get so into the play that he goes on stage to beat up the actor playing the villain, he will cry sincerely for the tragedy, and sometimes his crying makes people feel inexplicable.
But in daily life, Fingerly seems very rational and normal. At most, he does things a little weird and off-line, which makes it impossible to tell that he is a sentimental person.
Fingerley once explained this:
"My parents used to be drama actors. They told me that whether I'm watching a drama or enjoying other stories, I should put my heart and soul into it. This is both a respect for the creators and worth the money I spent on the ticket."
It seems that the last sentence is the key point, but it doesn’t matter. In short, Fingerly can immerse himself in any story in a second.
He is also a fan of happy endings. He believes that life is bitter enough, so the story should at least be a little sweeter.
So he should be regretting his wrong decision that killed the little boy now, right?
Matilda has extensive experience in dealing with this situation.
She pushed Alayya, who nodded, took out a seed of unknown effect, tiptoed towards Fingri, and was about to stuff it into his ear at lightning speed!
“Swoosh—”
Fingri suddenly disappeared. When she turned around, she saw him appear behind Alayya, holding the seed in his hand.
He looked regretful and angry. He clenched his teeth, crushed the seeds and said:
"Don't plant the calming vines for me. I don't need them this time! I must have not done well enough just now. I must ensure the child's survival tomorrow!"
"The place where he died just now is not far from the church. He can get in just a few steps. He was killed because of that guy who is neither dog nor crocodile!"
"And I was the one who let that monster go. I must take full responsibility!"
"Well, big brother," Tus felt that what Fingri said was a bit too serious. It was just an afterimage.
Maybe this little episode was just a way for Sion to place some rewards and mess with people's mentality? Maybe there is no perfect ending at all?
Matilda held his shoulders and said helplessly:
"It's too late. He has already made up his mind."
As if to convince herself, Matilda said to herself:
"Maybe there will be extra rewards if we can help the child survive. This is in line with our adventurer's thinking, so I can go crazy with the captain."
It was the first time that Tus saw someone speak out his inner thoughts. He looked at Alayya again, who never cared and would just follow her teammates.
"I can probably guess what we're going to do in the next few days."
Tus scratched his beard and suddenly became interested in whether the little boy could survive.
What would happen if he survived?
Not long after, midnight arrived quietly, and Master Sean, who had been busy all day, was ready to get off work.
Fingri walked towards the inn near the portal with his hands in his pockets, the expression on his face showing that he was lost in thought.
Originally, the portal of the Eagle Capital Underground City was suddenly opened on a plain some distance away from the Light Eagle Group's base. There were only stones and grass around it, and the road built by the Royal City did not pass through this place. However, as the popularity of the Sean Underground City gradually increased, the location of the portal naturally attracted everyone's attention, so under the organization of some nobles and merchants, infrastructure construction began.
The main materials are rock giants and slime tentacle monsters who have no experience with the opposite sex within fifty years. The builders are senior civil engineering magicians who are over forty years old and still "virgin". Bald or bald people are preferred.
Find a few security managers who are under ten years old and have earth and wood magic talents to sign the project documents. This way, even if they are sentenced to decades in prison, they can learn both civil and wood magic knowledge in there. After they come out, they can be senior civil magicians. When they start working, we can find a new security manager.
This is the perfect cycle!
With the efforts of many people, a small town was quickly built around the portal, and construction and expansion are still going on today. Work will only stop when the dungeon is closed, that is, from midnight to three in the morning, because adventurers also need to rest during this time period.
Building an inn nearby is a sure-win business. Adventurers can choose to live in Lienia of the Lake, but only a few specific bonfires can teleport to each other. Many people cannot reach Lienia of the Lake when the dungeon is closed, so they can only live outside.
Moreover, it is not just adventurers who live in this area. Merchants looking for business opportunities, idle people who come to watch the fun, and other people with various purposes are also a stable source of customers for the inn.
"You can't give a child armor, or he'll turn into a monster. If you give him two sets of monster armor, he'll become a monster that combines the characteristics of two monsters. So what if you only give him one set? What kind of monster will he turn into? What if you mess it up a bit and equip three Pontiff Knights with a set of Pyre Witch gear?"
"Wait what the hell am I thinking!?"
When he realized that what he was thinking was a little too hellish, Fingerly scratched his head madly and quickly corrected his thoughts.
"The little boy died because of the monster. I let the monster run away, so as long as I kill that guy in advance, can the little boy survive?"
"That must be the case. I will go and kill the monster in advance tomorrow!"
Just as he was thinking this, Fingri ran into Leon and his group head-on. The atmosphere in their team didn't seem to be very good at the moment, and he knew why without asking.
Leon saw Fingri, who also looked unhappy, and immediately guessed something and asked:
"You failed too?"
"Um"
"Do you want to review it?"
"good."
The next day, Fingri, with dark circles under his eyes from staying up late but looking quite excited, bumped fists with Leon and clapped hands with Malu.
After a night of review, they have written off all the "grudges" of the past and will work hard today to save the little boy!
The exploration progress can be put on hold, but the little boy’s ending must be perfect!
The troops split into two groups. Fingerly and his team tried to find a way to get the little boy to the church safely, while Leon and his team tried to give the little boy different armors. What if giving him a whole set of the same armor could prevent him from turning into a monster?
Fingri took the lead in entering the dungeon with his companions, while Leon went to the market to buy sets of the Pope Knight, the Fire Witch and even the Battle Knight.
"We meet again."
On the bridge of Irithyll, when the Crocodile King appeared, Fingri remembered what he saw yesterday. He could not hold back and killed him swiftly without mercy.
After that, they used flying skills to jump from the bridge into the lake. This little "skipping" was nothing and would not cause Sean's disgust or sanctions.
They had not had time to explore this area of the lake properly. Just by standing there, they could see several spots of light and corners that made them want to explore, but this was not their focus today.
"Where are the other two crocodile monsters?"
They walked around the lake and saw nothing but the humanoid centipede, not to mention the two larger crocodile kings.
"No way," a bad idea popped up in Fingri's mind, "If we kill the monster on the bridge in advance, the other two will not appear in the lake?"
Does this “will not appear” mean that the monster no longer exists, or is it hiding in some corner that they have not discovered?
If it's the former, that's fine, but if it's the latter.
"It should be nearby. It won't be too far away."
Fingri circled around the lake, looking for any corner where monsters might be hiding, and even dived in to see if there were any ambushing monsters underwater.
But there was no result.
On the other hand, Leon was looking for the monster set of the Frost Valley in the market, but so far, there were very few adventurers who could enter Irithyll, let alone get the equipment.
He and his companions scattered and wandered around in circles, searching from dusk to dawn, and by noon, they only bought the Pope's Knight Armor from one team.
At this time, a familiar voice appeared.
"Leon? Are you looking for something at the market?"
The person who spoke was Berto from the Skyrim Raiders Group. Leon did not hide anything and told him about the little boy's afterimage.
"So there is such a thing? Captain Luluwo is currently exploring the Irithyll underground prison and has neglected the exploration of the cities above ground. We haven't discovered this yet."
Berto suddenly said, "Since you are researching this, do you want to cooperate? I happen to have the equipment you need, and I will provide it to you for free. You just need to tell us the final result."
"Yes, it's a pleasure to work with you."
After dark, Leon entered the Senn dungeon with a full set of Papal Knight equipment and found the little boy.
On the other side, Fingri searched for the Crocodile King in the lake to no avail, and finally had to bite the bullet and find the little boy and tell him the location of the church.
The little boys from both worlds said at the same time: "Thank you, big brother!"
Leon couldn't laugh, and he and his friends took a rest at the nearest kitchen bonfire with a nervous mood.
Because they found that as long as the adventurers were nearby, the little boy would not take any action. Only when they were far enough away would something happen.
"Let's go."
He patted Malu's head, and everyone deliberately slowed down their pace towards the little boy's residence, as if they didn't want to see the scene there too early.
But even though they had slowed down their pace, they still heard the wild beast-like growl.
A short papal knight holding a scythe stood in front of the little boy's door.
"Damn it, failed again!"
On the other side, Fingerly and his men ran on the west avenue leading to the church, praying that everything would go well this time.
However, when he saw the Crocodile King reappear and gnaw on something with his back to him, his expression could not be restrained after all.
"Asshole, I'll kill you!"
Late at night, near the portal, the returning Fingri and Leon met again.
Just by exchanging glances, they knew that the other had suffered a miserable defeat.
Without saying much, we reviewed the situation together and will continue our action tomorrow.
on Monday
Fingri used the monster on the bridge to lure out the other two, killing a total of three Crocodile Kings. As a result, the little boy was stabbed in the neck by the Pope's Knight on the way to the church.
Leon gave the little boy the Fire Witch suit, and the latter turned into a Fire Witch.
“Why?”
Tuesday
Fingri cleared the monsters on the west avenue, but the little boy was killed by a knight in the cemetery who was suspected to be his brother on his way to the church.
Leon gave the little boy a war knight suit, and the little boy lost his mind and turned into a war knight. He fought with Dolbo who was chasing Leon, and was finally killed.
“Damn it!”
Wednesday
Fingri completely cleared the West Avenue and the cemetery of monsters. The little boy was killed by a monster that came from other places on business.
Leon had no other suits to experiment with, so he tried to break in, but the little boy behind the door simply disappeared.
"Where did this monster come from?!"
Thursday
Fingri vowed to clear all the monsters from Irithyll, but he failed until the dungeon was closed.
Leon gave the little boy the [Irithyll Jailer] suit given by Berto as a gift of friendship, but the little boy was drained of his vitality by the jailer he turned into, and was finally stabbed to death by a branding iron shaped like a toilet plunger.
"I, you bastard!"
Friday
Fingerly and Leon sat back to back in endless silence.
"well"
"Why do monsters always appear from corners and nooks?"
"Why does my vitality get sucked away just by being looked at by the jailer?"
They both sighed at the same time, their eyes filled with fatigue.
"Is there no way to achieve a good ending?" Fingerly said sadly.
"I didn't find a good ending, but I did drop a lot of good equipment," Leon said helplessly.
He discovered these days that any equipment worn by the little boy has a chance of being strengthened and gaining special effects, such as the Pope Knight's equipment being attached with cold air, and the Pyre Witch's equipment being attached with flames and so on.
He could foresee that in the future someone would use the little boy's characteristics to make better equipment.
It's even more hellish when I think about it this way.
"There are still too few of us to test everything we can think of."
Fingri suddenly thought of something, clapped his hands, and said:
"We need to bring more people into Irithyll!"
Saturday
The Hassawi team and the Raiders team jointly launched an event.
"The experienced adventurer will take you into Irithyll to talk to the beautiful goddess Gwyndolin!"
The reward is a good ending if you cooperate with them in finding the possible afterimage of the little boy.
(End of this chapter)
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