17. Head-to-head
Lin Ziyue took the 60 gold coins she had won from Tom and Jerry, and followed behind the three thousand troubled winds with a smile, and the sneaking shadow dance was walking side by side with her.
"How did you get involved with this demon king?" a voice came from the air on the right, a little depressed.
"Fellow inmates. "Lin Ziyue will talk to the souls that Sanqian saw in prison and the deal he made with Sanqian.
The shadow didn't make a sound, and the three of them walked quietly all the way out of the city, and when they reached the gate of the city, Sanqian suddenly stopped, aimed his scimitar at the empty air on Lin Ziyue's right side, and said, "Wanted walker, okay, very good, what's the matter, don't you plan to come out and divide the victory and defeat just now? Or are you afraid of losing face in front of the forest?"
A sneer came from the air: "Heh, you actually found anti-stealth props for me, you are really careful, what is going on in the forest, I just don't want to do useless work." ”
Sanqian also replied with a sneer: "Hmph, you have been chasing you for so long, which time has my life been in your hands, and I am not fighting in the city, but it is because those buildings are in the way......"
"You're just afraid that the safe zone will double the murderous spirit. The shadow interrupted him.
There was a moment of silence between the two.
"Okay, Shadow, Sanqian, you both join the group, Baozi is waiting for us in the White Tiger Plain halfway. ”
Shadow and Sanqian were both stunned, and then shouted at Lin Ziyue in unison: "When did you group someone else ?!?"
Lin Ziyue innocently spread her hands and said: "It's not because you two are grinding and chirping, I shouted buns on the road just now, and her upgrade is boring, so I agreed." ”
The shadow appeared and entered the group with three thousand, and Baozi said hello in the team, so Lin Ziyue briefly introduced:
Moon Shadow in the Forest: This is the Shadow Dance, Assassin...... It's three thousand troubles, the killer I knew in prison, and now I'm a part-time bodyguard
A cage of meat buns: Eh, three thousand troubles...... That Yungui City's No. 1 Murderous Maniac!!Shadow Dance is also the famous wanted madman in Yunguicheng!!
Lin Zhongyue Shadow looked up at Sanqian and Shadow with embarrassed faces, and showed a somewhat narrow smile: "The two of you are still big celebrities in Yungui City, should I ask for an autograph or something?"
When passing through a large white wheat field, Baozi got out of a pile of wheat on the edge of the ridge and pounced on Lin Ziyue, which frightened Lin Ziyue into an exclamation, and was looked at by Sanqian with contempt, Baozi laughed and pulled Lin Ziyue, and the two fell crookedly together in the pile of wheat, and there was a speechless lament in the air.
In the entanglement and frolic of Lin Ziyue and Baozi, in the eyes of three thousand disdain, and in the sighs that came from time to time in the air, the group arrived at the safety point in front of the Butterfly Pond, Lepari Valley, although this side is a leveling area of more than forty to more than fifty levels, but because of the unusual scenery, it often becomes a play point for many men and women, and today is no exception, Lin Ziyue and others alarmed two pairs of players to step on three pairs of men and women when they passed through the valley, which opened the eyes of Lin Ziyue, who had never seen such a scene, and in addition to her buns, it seemed to be commonplace, Shadow expressed disdain for this behavior, and Sanqian expressed his regret of being a single dog, as a result, was ridiculed by the shadow for a while, and finally turned into a mutual bite between two single dogs who like to kill.
"I said, are they in a good relationship?" asked Baozi in a low voice in Lin Ziyue's ear.
Lin Ziyue shrugged, I'm afraid that these two people are already familiar with each other when they are opponents, these two people probably have a lot of similarities, stubbornness and persistence, so even if they feel ashamed of each other's behavior, they resonate, and it is also a very complicated relationship.
"You have to be careful when you go in here, there will basically be a strange sense of domain consciousness ahead. Baozi muttered, and everyone cheered up and cautiously continued to move forward.
Lin Ziyue put down the lens of the truth single lens, looked around, and didn't see any clues for the time being, but the shadow lifted the sneak, walked to her side and looked at her lens curiously, and asked, "What the hell is this?"
Lin Ziyue replied absentmindedly: "Curious ghost." ”
The shadow "sighed", stretched out his hand in front of him, drew a circle on Lin Ziyue's head, and then nodded and said: "Yes, the function of the truth single mirror is quite useful, but now it is hindered too much in the field, but it can probably be of great help in the dungeon, and it can be a help in all aspects." ”
Lin Ziyue stared at him in surprise: "You have insight skills?"
The shadow nodded, didn't explain in detail, Lin Ziyue didn't bother to ask, everyone passed through the valley, and after entering the woods around the butterfly pond, due to too many roadblocks, the travel speed was obviously slowed down a lot, in the woods where the bushes and roots and branches were intertwined, several people were moving forward while clearing the obstacles in front of them with the weapons in their hands, and Baozi also explained a few words to Lin Ziyue: "The usual leveling area is because there are many people, and everyone clears it out as soon as they rush up, unlike this kind of wild advanced area where no one has set foot, it is like a primeval forest." ”
Sanqian suddenly retorted to her: "The primeval forest is not like this, don't talk nonsense." ”
Baozi was in a trance and replied, "I'll just make an analogy." ”
When she was halfway there, Lin Ziyue stopped first, and there was a small point of light in her vision on the other side of the forest, so she led the others to move in that direction little by little.
When they arrived at the place, they found that there was a small wooden house in the dense forest, which seemed to be inhabited by someone, and there was still only half-burned firewood in the stove, and the house was very tidy, there was not much dust on the furniture, and even a few cloaks hung on the wall.
"You say, is it a woman who lives here?" Lin Ziyue stood in front of the cloak, watching the shadow feel around on top of the cloak.
"Ah, possibly, after all, I don't think any man would wear a burgundy like this, or that pink-purple cloak on the side. Of course, if it's some bad taste, it's not for sure, after all, it's possible in the fantasy world, and the infinite possibilities of NPCs don't have to be much lower than the player. The shadow touched the mezzanine of the cloak one by one, and when he touched the pink and purple cloak, a gentle smile appeared on his face, which made Lin Ziyue feel a chill, and this guy's laughter always made her feel like there was a conspiracy and a shady scene.
"Found it, come here. The shadow shouted at Sanqian and Baozi, and Baozi immediately jumped over, but Sanqian was still groping for something in the firewood pile by the stove.
"Murderer?" the shadow raised her voice, and the smile on her face was a little softer.
"It's coming. Sanqian seemed to have finally found what he was looking for, and his face leaked a look of satisfaction, and then he shook his palm, and then everyone noticed that he was holding a small glass bottle in his hand.
The shadow said impatiently, "Tsk tsk, just one bottle has made you so complacent, your thing is definitely not as important as the clues on my side." After that, he spread out his palms, and the others gathered over, and they saw a small piece of paper, Lin Ziyue picked up the piece of paper and read it:
"Three days later, the city lord traveled through the Butterfly Pond, your rare opportunity for revenge...... That's just one sentence, but we can know that it must have been written by someone who knows the castle lord's schedule well. ”
"The inner ...... of the City Lord's Mansion" Baozi frowned and thought, "Eh, this alone can't tell if it's anyone, the City Lord's Mansion just can get close to the City Lord's miscellaneous servants and guards, etc., there are hundreds of people in total, we can't let everyone come over and write these words once, and then compare the handwriting, right?"
It was the three thousand hippies who had to come over, pressed the glass vial on the piece of paper in Lin Ziyue's hand, and then looked at the shadow with a smug face. Everyone looked at the item information:
Warlock's Poison (quest item)
A highly toxic poison that takes effect when it enters the bloodstream. Who made it?
No bindings
The only two clues were obtained in the wooden house, and several people continued to move towards the lake, just when the three thousand and the shadow were mocking each other because of the different clues they found, a sobbing came into Lin Ziyue's ears, she looked around in confusion, the shadow noticed Lin Ziyue's actions, and walked over after a "sigh" at the three thousand, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Lin Ziyue hesitated and said, "I seem to hear ...... The sound of someone crying. ”
Sanqian continued: "I'd rather listen to the ghost cry than listen to the ghost laugh." Baozi suddenly looked at Sanqian with a somewhat frightened expression, and Sanqian waved his hand and said, "Don't be afraid, this is a game, you can't die." ”
Baozi snorted, forced to calm down, and his face turned a little red: "Who is afraid! Don't be afraid if you die! Moon Shadow will resurrect the old lady!"
Moon Shadow in the forest didn't bother with the two people's tricks, because the crying voice was getting closer and closer, and she suddenly thought that there should be wild monsters by this lake?Why didn't everyone meet any opponents after entering the forest, and didn't trigger any battles along the way......
"Shadow, this is indeed a level fifty leveling area...... That's right, Baozi and Sanqian both told me that, but now," Lin Ziyue paused and looked around, "We haven't seen anything strange along the way?
"You say that......" everyone frowned.
"Why...... What about hurting everyone?" the cry seemed to sound in the bushes a few paces away, with a fierce resentment and anger.
Lin Ziyue took a step in that direction and said, "Excuse me...... Is something going on here?"
The voice stopped instantly, and then a transparent ball of light glowing with green light came out of the bushes and floated around Lin Ziyue, with a look of memory leaking on the shadow's face, as if he was recalling the information related to this ball of light, Baozi made a fuss and flashed behind Sanqian, and looked at the ball of light with a pale face and asked Sanqian: "This, this, this, this...... Is that what the hell you're talking about?"
Sanqian glanced at Baozi's reaction with disdain, and dragged her out from behind: "I'm afraid of Mao, you can't eat such a small thing." ”
Lin Ziyue stretched out her hand and touched the ball of light, a burst of green light rippled out from above, and the three of them were surprised to see that layer of green light slowly spreading, just surrounding Lin Ziyue, and then made a soft sound of "poof", and the green light disappeared with Lin Ziyue.
For a while, only the forest remained
"Moon Shadow has been eaten, ahh , The shadow was shocked from the bottom of his heart, this was clearly a reply from the system when the player entered the dungeon map and could not be contacted, and the message between the three of them and Lin Ziyue was completely cut off.
"Let's wait in place for a while, if it really doesn't work, contact the online GM, she should be fine, this may be what plot was triggered by Moon Shadow, she has psychic skills, the reputation of friendship in the Six Realms, it's not strange that NPC souls will have some special reactions to her, and she told me that this quest was also triggered by her, right?" Shadow looked at Baozi.
Baozi nodded and said, "Yes, I shared the task with her at the time, since you said so, let's wait for a while." ”
The shadow turned to the three thousand: "This noisy woman will be handed over to you, I will go to the surrounding guard, and by the way, I will look for other clues, her level is still lower, it is convenient for you to stay here, if the moon shadow appears, let her contact me immediately, it is enough for her to have my friend." ”
Sanqian raised his eyebrows, didn't make a sound, sat down on the bun that was shouting to beat the shadow, and shook his hand at the shadow.
The shadow had that gentle smile on his face again, and whispered to himself, "If I had known what had happened to my research subject, I would swear I would dig a hole out of the newsroom." ”
After Lin Ziyue was swept up in the green light, what appeared in front of her was a forest that was even more lush than just now, and several little girls with butterfly wings behind her were clustering around her, pulling her deeper into the forest, Lin Ziyue struggled a few times, and the little girls directly lifted her in the air, laughing and flying into the forest, Lin Ziyue shouted in a panic to stop, but the little girls just tugged at the corners of her clothes, touched her hair, and completely ignored her resistance.
"I, I just came here, so what about the people around me?" Lin Ziyue tried to communicate with the group of butterfly girls, and one of the oldest girls answered her question: "Our guests are only you, please come to our village for a while." After speaking, the girl took off the flower bracelet in her hand and put it on Lin Ziyue's wrist, "This is your guide, I hope that the power of the Butterfly Elf King can protect you forever." ”
Lin Ziyue looked at her puzzled: "Who are you, or what?"
The girl instigated butterfly wings, thin yellow pollen fluttering around her, her long pink hair was braided into a long braid, and almost all of the girls wore all kinds of brightly colored flowers pinned to their heads, and they were also dressed in clothes made of green leaves.
"I'm Dori! Dear Inquisitor!" the girl grabbed a handful of pollen from her wings and wiped it on Lin Ziyue's face, happily telling her, "Welcome to the village of butterfly elves!"
Lin Ziyue felt that pollen had fallen into her mouth, so she had to close her mouth and stop talking, and the girl's words could be regarded as explaining her doubts, this is probably the butterfly demon in the mouth of the Butterfly Pond player...... Maybe it's because he has a friendly reputation in the Six Realms and has the identity of a judge, so he hasn't been attacked by them?
Through the shade of the trees, a sparkling lake appeared in front of Lin Ziyue's eyes, the sunlight actually refracted colorful beams of light on it, the water waves floating on the entire lake were rainbow colors, there were many tree houses by the lake, girls and boys with butterfly wings behind them were busy coming and going, their faces were full of joyful smiles, some butterfly elves saw Lin Ziyue being carried in, they would touch a hand of pollen on their wings and rub it on Lin Ziyue, this seemed to be their way of showing friendship.
Lin Ziyue swept over the faces full of innocent smiles, looked at Duo Li and asked, "Butterfly elves...... Are there only small children?"
Duo Li nodded, while introducing Lin Ziyue to the butterfly elves who came to watch: "Everyone, this is the Inquisitor's visit to our village!" Then she lowered her head and told Lin Ziyue about the situation of the butterfly elves," The elves will not grow up, will not grow old, because age will make the beauty disappear, so most of the elves will maintain the appearance of children, maintain a pure and beautiful sound and appearance, this is also because of the blessing of the butterfly elf king, we can maintain the way we want, you came at the right time today, we are about to hold a banquet to worship the elf king, and when the full moon comes tonight, the elf king will show miracles with us. ”
Lin Ziyue looked at the happy smile on Duo Li's face, and couldn't help but be infected with that cheerful mood, and also showed a smile, anyway, it's the plot of the game, let's read it first, maybe there will be some clues. With this in mind, she asked the elves to put themselves down, and followed Dori to visit the village, listening to Dori's introduction, the elves have lived by this lake for thousands of years, and they are dependent on nature, they have the ability to communicate with all things, every year in the last full moon before the cold wind of winter arrives at the lake, the elves will hold a ceremony to offer sacrifices, celebrate the gift of life given to them by the elf king, and then hold a grand banquet as a farewell to the harvest season, and then begin to prepare for the winter, although there is a warm barrier by the lake, but the elves still have to store enough food。
"I'm glad that Lord Inquisitor is here in our little village...... Most elves live their lives without desires, but I've always wanted to go out and see what the outside world is like. "So I'm very happy, really happy, to welcome the Inquisitor to our village......
"Dori......" Lin Ziyue saw Dori's lost expression, patted her head lightly, took out a piece of candy from her pocket, and handed it to Dori, "This is human food, you shouldn't have tasted it, right?" ”
Duo Li took the apple-flavored fruit candy, opened the wrapping paper and put it in her mouth, with a fascinated expression on her face, and kept exclaiming, Lin Ziyue saw her reaction, took out all the remaining sugar in the bag, and distributed it to the noisy elves, seeing that the elves smashed the candy and smashed a small piece of sugar for each person, and was reluctant to eat it, Lin Ziyue secretly made up her mind that when she came to the village in the future, she must bring a backpack of sugar and distribute it to these kind-hearted elves.