Chapter 3 The Thorn of Sin, the Thorn of Judgment or the Thorn of Guilt

If the cause of death is penetrating, it is useless to continue investigating the rope, so it is necessary to start with the source of the short gun.

The only way to find out the provenance of a weapon is to find a player with identification skills to do it.

In this regard, Asuna said that although she has friends who know, she is very busy now. (Visually Lizz Bet)

However, Ye Chi and Kirito both said that they knew a grocery store owner, even if they smashed the field, it would be no problem......

This person who can be pitted casually is the macho man with African blood who once refuted the Tooth King at the strategy meeting, and the two-handed battle axe makes Achill, as a foreigner who is also trapped here, the two are quite familiar, and now this guy has opened a grocery store and lives a leisurely life as a lifestyle player.

This product is quite a bit of a robbery of the rich and helping the poor, for the upper-level players is a pit I will say it once, for the middle-level players is a child's face without deception, Ye Chi also called him a few times, but I know that he sometimes sells the goods to him if he is not short of money......

After escorting Yuerko back to the hotel, the three of them arrived on the 50th floor, Argot, a street known as chaos.

It wasn't long after the portal opened, but many players' shops opened on the shopping street that had already become lively, one after the other. The reason for this is that the rent required to set up a shop here is surprisingly cheap compared to the lower streets.

Of course, the shops here are very small and dirty, but there are many players who like this Asian style - or rather, there are many players who have a sense of chaos similar to a certain electric street, so it is quite chaotic, but Ye Chi likes the feeling of being like a treasure hunt here - some aboriginal NPC stores do have good goods.

The aroma of food and a slight South American-inspired BGM fill the air (somehow it feels like Rio or Havana...... The three of them stepped into the chaotic streets.

Ye Chi inadvertently passed the suspicious meat skewers that Asuna bought, which looked like an enlarged version of Xinjiang mutton skewers, which made people feel the urge to think of the toilet...... But the unexpected taste is good......

Twisting and turning, he came to Akyl's storefront: "Akyl, trouble has come to the door!" Ye Chi pushed the door and shouted.

"Did you talk like that?" *3

"Really...... I'm sorry, but I'm closing the shop today," Achill, a grocer and axe warrior, greeted the customers in the cramped shop in a low tone that was completely out of proportion to his massive frame and burly countenance.

In the face of the disgruntled customers, Akyll's muscular body bowed his head and apologized, and invited everyone out, choosing to close the store from the store's management menu.

After the chaotic display case automatically retracted and the iron door closed with a bang, Achill finally turned this way.

"I said that Kirito and Levy, the principle of a businessman's life is one is credit, the second is credit, three and four are not, and the fifth is to make a windfall...... But the two of you who are alone will actually get together...... Is Levy planning to make a comeback? ”

"Let's put it on, just as I was about to go out of the mountain, I was picked up by this guy as a coolie......" Ye Chi leaned sideways, revealing Asuna who was blocked.

"......" Achill was momentarily stunned, and there was a tendency to petrify......

Asuna smiled heartily and bowed her head:

"It's been a long time, Mr. Achill. I'm sorry for the rush. But in any case, I would love to borrow your power right away......"

The giant's serious expression instantly disintegrated, and Achill immediately slapped his chest and agreed to help, and even took out the tea.

Men are really a sad race that absolutely cannot resist innate instincts.

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Achill, who had listened to the incident in the room on the second floor, seemed to notice that the matter was very important, and his eyes narrowed under the protruding corners of his eyebrows.

"The HP in the circle becomes zero, right? Are you sure it wasn't a duel? ”

"You think we're not going to think of that? It's been investigated a long time ago, and even the stealth assassination has been considered......" Ye Chi was lying on his back on the chair, his feet on the windowsill, lazily like a salted fish waiting to ferment......

"Still with that kid until then...... Yuerke hangs out together, and it doesn't look like a 'sleep PK'. ”

Dangling the mug on the small round table, Asuna added:

"First, if it's a sudden duel, it's too well prepared. It is more appropriate to think that it is a PK that is planned in advance. Over there...... Found this. ”

Asuna motioned for Ye Chi to show the evidence - is it really good for you to call people children?

He took out the rope noose, "As far as my professional experience goes, there is no problem with this rope, and the cause of death is not this, but I still ask you to take a look at it with an appraisal." ”

The end that was tied to the foot of the table had of course been untied at the time of recovery, but the other end still had the shape of a large ring.

Achill brought the end of the ring to his eyes, snorted in disgust, and tapped his thick fingers.

From the pop-up window that opens, select the Qualification menu.

But if Ye Chi did this, nothing would happen......

“…… Unfortunately, this is not made by the player, it is a generic item sold in the NPC shop. The level is not very high, and the durability is reduced by almost half. ”

"Normally, even if it's a heavy warrior like my steel rope, I'm worried about durability. And the time is only a dozen seconds, which is not enough time to hang a person, if it is me, it will take at least two minutes to hang him. But I wasn't looking forward to the rope too much. What really matters is this. ”

Ye Chi showed out his short gun and carefully handed it to Achill.

It didn't take long for the results to come in.

"It's made by PC." (Player-based)

PC artifacts, i.e., weapons made by players who have learned the "Forging Skill", will always have the player's "inscription" recorded on it. In other words, this gun is probably a unique item specially made. If you ask the player directly, there is a high probability that he will remember who placed the order or who bought it.

"Who made this gun?"

Hearing Asuna's urgent voice, Achill looked at the system window and replied:

"'Grimlock'...... The spelling is 'Grimlock'. I haven't heard of it. At least not a first-class swordsmith. Well, it's not like there are no guys who want to improve their forging skills in order to build their own weapons. ”

Even the forger who is a businessman doesn't know about Achill, and it is even more impossible for Ye Chi, whose equipment is basically based on tasks, to know it, but after all, he has also visited famous masters in order to make weapons, and as for the blank faces of those two, they have already betrayed them......

There was a brief silence in the cramped room again.

Soon, however, Asuna spoke in a stiff voice:

"Still, you should be able to find it. Since he is a level that can make weapons of this level, I don't think he can always be alone. Just ask around the middle streets, and you're sure to find someone who has teamed up with 'Grimlock'. ”

"Indeed, there shouldn't be many people with holes in their brains like the two black ones."

"Sympathy,"

"Enough for the two of you!" *2

After the commotion, Asuna spoke again, "Well...... Seriously, even if I found Mr. Grimlock, I don't think he would be willing to talk about it. ”

Truly...... It was indeed an unknown red player who ordered the gun, not the blacksmith Grimlock, who killed Cainz. Killing someone with a weapon that you have built yourself, that is, recording the "inscription" of the maker, is the same as stabbing someone in the real world with a murder weapon with a name engraved on it. However, as long as you have some level of knowledge and experience, you should be able to deduce what purpose this weapon was designed for.

"Piercing Damage over Time", which has a poor effect on basic monster opponents. Because Mob, which operates according to the algorithm, does not know horror. Even if you are stabbed by a piercing weapon, after the BreakPoint is generated, it will be grabbed and pulled out by the monster. Of course, the weapon will not be kindly returned after that, but will be thrown far away, and it will not be able to be recovered until the end of the battle.

The man deliberately made the guy to kill people......

It's hard to say anything though...... At least he's a guy with fragile moral standards.

"Okay, thank you, I'll give you more goods in the future......" Ye Chi got up and shook off the non-existent dust on his robe, got up and prepared to leave......

"By the way, although it is unlikely that there will be a suspicious situation to tell us......" Ye Chi raised his legs and walked out

"That's right...... What is that weapon called? Ye Chi just asked casually......

"Thorn of sin." Achill put on a very serious expression and uttered the two words word by word.

Ye Chileng paused, waved his hand, and left.

Is the thorn of sin the heart of the offender tormented by guilt, or is the thorn of judgment punishing sin......

"Really...... Excellent irony......" Ye Chi said to himself with a wry smile