Chapter Seventy-Three: The Old Chess Game XI

Seeing this little girl's disappointed look, Hansen couldn't help but laugh and said with a smile: "Ha, but you don't have to be depressed. The only possibility that people haven't tried at the moment is to solve Geoffrey's curse, and at the moment we're lucky enough that tonight might be different. ”

Sky Blue was visibly more pleased with the answer, and she looked closely into the hall as if to find any signs of the difference—though our little French girl had never been to this place before.

Fang Yu couldn't help but shake his head when he saw her like this. However, Tianlan's inference is somewhat consistent with him.

Attila whispered to the aristocratic maiden. Sylvide listened and nodded with a smile before she walked over and interjected to ask if there was anything to keep an eye on in the upcoming mission.

In any area of Kaurin-Ishurian, even in the salons of the nobility, you will hardly see a beauty of the level of the noble lady, let alone adventurers.

Her inquiry apparently caused quite a stir. And beautiful ladies are always treated preferentially, and Hansen is no exception, this sophisticated adventurer in his forties, who prides himself on being experienced, and at this moment he can't help but take off his hat and salute her crookedly.

Then in the gossip of the others, he carefully explained the precautions of the task to Fang Yu and the others. In fact, it is easy to say, and it can be simply summed up in one sentence - follow other people.

"But it's no joke, the mission is not difficult, there may be battles, but the key is to keep up with the others. You must not enter the mist in the mirage, and there have been cases where people have been unable to get out after entering, and your Electors are no exception. Hansen said with some seriousness.

His words startled Azure and Kita.

Sylvid also patted his chest, turned around, deliberately bit Fang Yuan's ear, and exhaled like a fairy, "Then you have to protect me later, captain." ”

When the boys in Hansen's team saw this scene, they all showed a look of amazement or envy and hatred, and they wanted to come up and stab this damn guy to death with a sword, so that they could replace him.

Fortunately, the deterrent power of the combat craftsmen still exists, and no one dares to take action and come up to provoke. But Fang Yu couldn't hear the aristocratic lady's ridicule, and smiled helplessly: "Of course it's no problem, Miss Sylvide." ”

Sylvid smiled lightly, and took a step back to stand behind Attila.

While they were talking, the man Hansen had sent upstairs before he had returned with Parker, but the scholar had arrived late during the day, and was still unsociably alone, watching coldly.

Fang Yu glanced at this person, and faintly felt that this person's temperament was somewhat similar to that of Mr. Knight in their team. The old knight Dickett was also alone, and he rarely participated in their conversation unless he took the initiative to ask.

It was as if he had really come to investigate the place, and his eyes never left the inn, and he was constantly looking at the furnishings inside the place. However, Fang Yu was a little curious, is such an investigation really meaningful?

And he was suspicious, when the door of the inn was suddenly pushed open, and a person came in from the outside.

At first, everyone thought it was a ghost guest and didn't pay much attention to it, but after the other party walked in quickly and saw them, they couldn't help but stop, and their expressions were a little surprised.

The others looked over and realized that this man was an adventurer—but they had never seen such a down-and-out adventurer, and it was polite to say that he was in rags, but he looked like a beggar. The robe was dusty, and it was rubbed with green moss in several places, and it was almost impossible to see what it was originally like, and even the pants underneath were worn out, revealing bare knees.

The other party was unkempt, covered with black and gray, and only a pair of eyes could still see some color. He pursed his mouth tightly, and with some stubble on his chin, he looked as if he hadn't slept well for days and nights, and he looked mentally exhausted.

But Fang Yu recognized this person at a glance: "Hu Di? ”

The man was even more stunned for a moment, he looked over, only to see Fang Yu and Attila in the crowd, his face couldn't help showing an embarrassed look, and he subconsciously turned sideways.

"Hudi!" But Tianlan didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, and he didn't feel dirty, so he ran over and grabbed Hu Di's dirty sleeve: "Wow, let me find you, how can you lie to us!?" ”

Hu Di was startled, then he turned around and stammered a little: "Miss Tian, Miss Tianlan, hello, how did I lie to you?" ”

"Not yet," Sky Blue said angrily, "You said you and Miss Spoon were staying in Elpahim, and Kita and I went to look for it for an afternoon!" She raised her hand and gestured exaggeratedly. One afternoon, you know, the old guy said we were not in our right minds, and that we were too nasty. ”

Hu Di breathed a sigh of relief and was considering how to answer.

But at this time, Fang Yu came over and couldn't help asking, "Hu Di, what's wrong with you, how did you do this?" He glanced up and down, a little puzzled. Speaking of which, it had only been two weeks since they had parted at the Traveler's Rest, and it seemed as if a century had passed since the other party's countenance.

It's just that I went to participate in a world war and saved the world, and I won't come back like this, right?

"Hey," Hu Di looked at the other party's concerned look underneath, and couldn't help but be a little apologetic, and sighed. He was silent for a moment before replying, "Ed, it's a long story. Actually, Miss Spoon is gone, and I'm looking for her. ”

"What!" Before Fang Yu could speak, Tianlan made a voice that was more than ten decibels higher, making him can't help but rub his ears: "Miss Spoon is gone, how can this be, is she in this place?" ”

Hu Di hesitated for a moment before nodding. "It's all my fault, I shouldn't have brought her here."

As he spoke, the big man's eyes suddenly turned red, and tears actually fell. "It's all my fault, I knew she had the heart to say goodbye to the life of an adventurer, why did I force her to come to this place, I, I'm really the number one fool in the sky."

Everyone saw that he was sincere, and couldn't help but be silent for a while. Especially Tianlan, she always knew that Hu Di had a good relationship with his cat, but she didn't expect the relationship to be so good.

Although this little French girl has a fast mouth, she has a soft heart, and she no longer cares about the previous things, and hurriedly comforts her: "Forget it, aren't we all here, let's help you find her." It's a big place, but there's nothing the slow undead can do with a cat, and Miss Spoon will always be fine. ”

Hu Di wiped away his tears, and then he cheered up a little, and he didn't know if Tianlan's words played a role. He shook his head and said, "Thank you, no need, I'll look here slowly by myself." Azure was right, Miss Spoon she...... She'll always be fine. ”

Fang Yuan felt that the logic of his words was a little strange, and at this time, Han Sen also walked up, looked at the pocket watch and said to the others: "It's already past twelve o'clock, and the mark should have appeared, are you ready?" ”

Originally, this conversation was normal, but I didn't expect Hu Di's face to change when he heard this, as if he remembered something, and blurted out: "Wait, you are here for the mission of Dorifen's three things?" ”

His surprise startled everyone, and everyone couldn't help but look back at him. Hansen, in particular, looked at the beggar with a frown and said, "Who are you, does it have anything to do with you what tasks we carry out?" ”

Hu Di looked a little inexplicable, he grabbed his hair anxiously, and suddenly said to Fang Ou: "Ed, do you believe me?" ”

Fang Yu couldn't help but think back to the time when the traveler was resting, he met Hu Di at the craftsman's competition, he was ignorant and didn't understand anything, and although the other party was a little exaggerated, he was still a good person on the whole.

So he nodded.

Hu Di immediately grabbed his hand and said to him a little nervously: "Then let me tell you, this mission is a little different from the past, you should leave this place quickly, especially with Tianlan and Jita, the two trainees." ”

"Trainee?" Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, and Hu Di specifically mentioned the trainees, which must be something related to the danger of life. For in Aitalia most people can be resurrected in the temple, but trainees are an exception.

But he was still a little surprised, there were obviously no outsiders in Jeffrey's affairs at that time, how did Hu Di know? I couldn't help asking, "Hu Di, how do you know that the mission here is different, how do you know about Jeffrey's affairs?" ”

"Jeffrey?" Hu Di was stunned: "What Jeffrey?" ”

Before he could finish speaking, Hansen saw his men rushing down the stairs with the Paparal. As he ran, the man shouted at them:

"Boss, something is wrong!"

Hansen raised his eyebrows and asked loudly, "What's going on?" ”

"That's right, the brooch wasn't found in room 3007." The man ran over and replied breathlessly.

Parker still looked like he hadn't woken up, staring at Fang Yu and the others in a daze, as if he hadn't figured out where he was.

Hansen was stunned: "I didn't find the brooch, what does that mean?" ”

"I just don't have a brooch, boss, I've searched inside and out. You know, it was very conspicuous, it was on the cabinet to the left of the bed, but no, I opened it in the drawer, and there was nothing. ”

"What about time, have you seen the time? Or was it someone who got the first step? ”

"Absolutely not, I can pack the ticket I was the first to go in, and when I went in, Mr. Parker was still asleep."

"What a big sleep, how can you say that about a Paparal gentleman, I'm just taking a nap, a nap." When Parker heard this, he immediately became energetic. "What's more, I haven't eaten since I woke up, and I haven't had snacks all afternoon, and the service of this hotel is really poor."

It's a pity that no one paid attention to him, and Hansen was still a little suspicious that this little man had taken something, but when he said this, he was also suspicious. What's more, the other party really doesn't have to do this, even if he secretly takes the Mark of the Loyal One, the remaining two pieces of equipment will be divided equally if nothing else, and this is an extra move.

Just as he was puzzled, he suddenly heard a low cry from his subordinates. Hansen subconsciously turned his head, and then saw the most incredible scene.

When his men said that, all the 'people' in the hall stopped—all the ghost guests, ghost attendants, and even the ghost dwarfs stopped all of them.

Then he looked at them in an eerie manner.

It is strange because the ghost guests who turned their backs to them did not turn around, but turned their heads one hundred and eighty degrees around their necks, and looked at them with intent.

The scene was so creepy that Kita screamed in fright.

The hall was becoming silent—

Fang Yu was the first to react, he grabbed Ji Ta and retreated, and the walkers around him immediately started to operate, blocking in front of everyone. Then he turned back to Hansen and asked in a low voice, "This is also part of the mission, Mr. Hansen?" ”

"How is this possible?" Hansen was also dumbfounded, he hadn't come here once or twice to do this mission, although not all of them could get Dorifin's three things back. But there is no need to protect yourself during the mission, and to be honest, adventurers agree that this mission is actually not very dangerous.

But he had never been in such a situation.

However, he is still a veteran, and he is surprised in his heart, but at the same time, he is also alert. Without saying a word, he pulled out his long sword with a bang. His movements were like a chain reaction trigger, causing the ghost guest in the shape of a tall, thin man who was closest to them to suddenly let out a terrifying scream and pounced.

The shrill whistling sound made everyone can't help but cover their ears.

Fang Yu clearly saw that the ghost's nails became sharp and long in midair, like claws, and he subconsciously wanted to let the walker attack. However, the ordinary-looking adventurer uncle in his forties reacted extremely quickly, raising his shield to block the ghost's claws.

Then he stabbed the ghost in the chest with a backhand.

Supposedly, the ghosts of Aitalia were supposed to be spirit creatures, and physical attacks had limited effect on them, but Hansen's sword seemed to stab the entity, causing the ghost guest to let out a terrible scream. Fang Yu even saw it staggering backwards, bleeding from a narrow wound on its chest.

"This ......" Fang Yu was stunned when he saw this scene, which was completely beyond his knowledge of the undead - not to mention ghosts, even skeletons, zombies and vampires, and they would not bleed when they were injured.

"Don't be in a daze," Hansen turned back to them and said, "There is a problem with this mission, the people covering you should exit first, the inn is full of enemies." ”

"But these—"

"These are not the real undead, these are phantoms, and they are the real 'living people' in the vision." Hansen replied with great skill, "But be careful, dying in this illusion will also kill you, so now we must find a way to get out of this place." ”

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly heard someone shouting behind him: "Watch the back!" ”

And then I just heard a loud 'bang' -

Everyone couldn't help but subconsciously turn their heads, only to see that the door of the inn was cracking open from the outside in. In the smoke and dust, the fragments of the wooden door fell one after another, and after the collapsed gate, a group of people appeared that Fang Yu had never expected.

The cloak is red, covered in armor, and the relatively large size of the 'Flamingo' Type 17 AKM-type magic furnace on the back waist is particularly eye-catching. The men wore full-face helmets that covered their faces with barely a pair of eyes, and the weapons in their hands were standard imperial spears.

In Aitalia, there is only one type of person who will be dressed like this.

"Knight of the Dawn!?" Fang Yu was shocked, wasn't that the Guardsmen of Kaorin-Ishurian, one of the strongest forces on the ground in the kingdom, and usually only members of the royal family and local governors could mobilize them.

And the other party seems to have bad intentions.

"Be careful," Attila, as a follower of Ameya, sniffed out something was wrong for the first time, "This is also a ghost." ”

"Wait, this is a ghost too?"

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