"Looks like there's a celebration going on here, Brother Ed." Kita glanced across the plaza and replied softly.

In the center of the square, a statue on horseback holds a flag, and the marble face is solemn and polished. A shelf was erected underneath the statue, and it seems that a stage was once set up here before people left.

It's just that under the cold moonlight, the stage is also empty.

Colorful curtains were erected around the empty square, long tables were displayed, and tablecloths were laid out, on which were piled with round barrels. It seems that as soon as you unscrew the tap, a rich wine gushes out, filling the wooden cup and overflowing with the aroma of the wine.

But the drinkers had long since left, and the square was silent at night.

Some low sighs echoed in the square, and Fang Yu turned his head with a feeling in his heart. There seemed to be a variety of eyes coveting the buildings around him, but there was a deep-seated thought that told him that it was all an illusion.

"Miss Tata, can you feel anything?" He asked in his mind.

"You're nervous, Mr. Knight." Miss Leprechaun replied calmly. "The magicians of the Tarot school are the best at illusion, and they believe that illusions are used to manipulate people's minds, so you must first overcome your fears."

"I'm not afraid, just a little confused, Miss Tata." Fang Yu frowned and looked at everything around him, anyone would feel confused and uneasy in such a paradoxical environment—Dorifin's illusion was already difficult to explain, and tonight's encounter was even more bizarre.

"Confusion makes you hesitate."

"But ......"

"When people move forward, they can see more scenery, and if they hesitate in place, they will not help in their predicament." Miss Fairy's voice was very calm. "Self-doubt is useless, Mr. Knight."

Fang Yu couldn't help but be cheerful when he heard this, Miss Fairy's composure seemed to infect him, he let go of Ji Ta and walked slowly towards the square.

"Brother Ed?" Kita tugged at his sleeve a little nervously.

Fang Yu patted her hand and motioned for her to wait here. "Don't worry."

He looked up at the front and sighed, "This should be the scene before Dorifin's disaster, but what is the purpose of the haunting illusion here that makes people see these fragments repeatedly?" ”

Kita was not very relieved, and chased after her glasses. She whispered as she chased after Fang Yuan, "Before the disaster you saw in your dreams, Dolipin was holding this celebration?" Could it be something that happened at the celebration, Brother Ed? ”

"It's very likely."

Fang Yu walked over to a long table, as in all regional celebrations, full of wine and food, and a chest of fruits of all kinds underneath.

He stretched out his hand and touched it on a black plum, the cold touch on the smooth skin seemed to be a real thing. At this time, a short, fat hand had reached out from the side, picked up the plum, and wiped it on his clothes.

Then I took a bite with a 'pop' and a mouthful of full juice. Parker held the black plum he had bitten in one hand, puffed out his cheeks and looked at him while chewing, and picked up another black plum and handed it over. "It's delicious, can you try it?"

"It's undead stuff!" Kita was startled and hurriedly slapped the plum off Parker's hand with her hand.

Parker watched with some pity as the plum that had taken a bite rolled twice on the ground, covered in dust. "But it's pretty tasty, I haven't eaten anything from the undead before."

Fang Yu looked at the guy who only knew how to eat without dying.

He saw Parker secretly stuffing the remaining plum into his backpack, and seeing that the other party didn't look like he was going to be poisoned and died, he shook his head and didn't care about this guy.

At this time, the others in the back also followed.

"Did you find anything, Brother Eddard?" Hansen asked.

Fang Yu shook his head and did not answer. He looked at the statue not far away and walked forward, when a strange sight happened.

It seemed that in an instant, phantoms appeared on the square, pale and hazy, and the figures were longing. Fang Yu couldn't help but stop and watch these shadows move between the long tables, talking to each other and whispering.

Everyone looked at this scene with some unease, and what happened to Ms. Fujiba's inn was still in front of them.

Fang Yu raised his head, and a slender figure emerged from the statue. And before that, he had already felt the gaze from the statue.

The figure seemed to be watching them.

But its gaze didn't linger too much on them. Faintly, Fang Yu seemed to hear the other party sigh lowly, it was a female voice, low and a little complaining.

It was somewhat similar to the voice he had seen in his dream, but it was not exactly the same, and there seemed to be three or four voices mixed in.

One is determined, one is sad, one is innocent, and there is one hidden behind many voices, but it is not audible.

"Do you ever regret it?"

"Regrets?" Fang Yu couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard the low sigh and the words that lingered in his ear.

The figure approached him, and he subconsciously raised his head to see it walking forward through him. "Wait, ma'am." Fang Yu turned around, only to see its back disappear into the phantom.

Everyone else looked at him with some confusion.

"Brother Ed, what's wrong?"

"Don't you see?" Fang Yu looked at the others in equally surprise.

People shook their heads.

At this time, Fang Yu felt a gaze fall on him again, he was slightly stunned to look in that direction, and between the intertwined figures, he saw the figure again. It stood there fixedly, as if waiting for him.

"There, can you see it?" Fang Yu pointed over and asked the others. "The figure, it seems to be looking at us."

"But we can't see anything, we have to talk about shadows, there are people everywhere here. But Brother Ed, which one are you talking about? Sky Blue looked in that direction in confusion.

"Take us there." Sylvide whispered.

Fang Yu nodded.

Attila reminded, "Be careful, Eddard. ”

The empty phantom stood in place, waiting for Fang Yu to approach before letting out a hollow sigh.

“…… False reincarnation is not necessarily a bad thing sometimes. ”

"False? What do you say, ma'am? ”

The tone of the voice began to change, and gradually became mature. "Watch out for the people around you."

Fang Yu was stunned: "The people around you? ”

The voice was further shrill and thin: "Because those who pretend to love you will deceive you, and false expectations will one day turn into a vicious curse, come and help me, we are one kind of people." ”

Fang Yu frowned, what kind of nonsense is this. He reached out and pointed, and the clockwork elf flew off the slide of the magic furnace, 'buzzing' through the shadow.

The Phantom was smashed to pieces.

"Calm down, Ed." Attila walked up and grabbed his hand, "What's wrong?" ”

Fang Yu described what he saw.

Sylvade couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.

She turned her head, her blue eyes reflecting the silver glow of the moonlight, and asked softly, "Do you believe its words?" ”

Fang Yu scoffed: "How could I believe such nonsense." ”

"But it doesn't have to be unreasonable—"

"Miss Sylvide?"

The aristocratic girl smiled mysteriously. "Forget, I didn't tell the truth."

"Is Miss Sylvede going to hurt us?"

She was slightly stunned when she heard this, raised her head, and looked at Fang Yuan's eyes with some surprise. But the young man's serious face made Sylvede flicker a little, and then laughed dumbly.

Fang Yu only replied lightly: "I didn't tell the truth either, did I?" ”

As for the second half of the sentence, there is no need to say it again, it is a common secret within this team. The aristocratic girl tilted her head slightly, smiled shallowly, and her eyes were sincere and bright.

Behind Hansen, the scholar listened to the conversation between the two and rarely took the initiative to speak: "Deception is just a sign of distrust. Little guy, where is there love for no reason in this world, those who pretend to love you are often plotting behind your back to kill you. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Fang Yu glanced at this guy coldly and asked.

From the beginning until before, he had always felt that something was wrong with this guy, and if it weren't for the fact that the other party was Hansen's employer, he would have planned to part ways with this guy.

The scholar smiled mysteriously: "One day, you will wake up." ”

"That's why you're always suspicious, and people like you are annoying." Azure wrinkled her nose and replied unceremoniously.

"Little girl." The scholar looked at her and disdained to argue with her.

Straight and angry, he rolled his eyes.

"Brother Ed, look there!" Kita suddenly grabbed his hand and said.

Fang Yu was distracted at this time, and subconsciously turned his head.

Suddenly, the apparition in the square changed again. The figures were in a commotion, as if something indescribable had been encountered in the distance, and people scattered and fled. Screams, shrill cries like claws scratching glass, piercing.

The crowd stood among the chaotic figures, surrounded by a rushing river.

The feeling before the catastrophe seemed to come back to him. Some strange voices lingered in Fang Yuan's ears, and the cries seemed to converge into a vicious curse—

"Kill it."

"Kill this vicious woman."

However, the figures parted into an open space, and the illusion ahead changed.

In the clearing, there stood three vague shadows, the slender shadow not long ago, standing next to the two tall figures, and there seemed to be a fierce argument between the three of them.

But their mouths opened and closed, their voices were fragmented, and the square plover could only hear some fragments of information.

“…… That's a conspiracy, my brother. ”

“…… I'm almost sure. ”

“…… Someone is hiding it...... Key ......"

“…… It's the data of that time......"

“…… Also, the missing key person, I will definitely find him. ”

After the slender figure said this, he turned around and staggered past the two, and walked towards Fang Yu. Everyone couldn't move, they could only watch her pass through everyone as if she were invisible.

She finally stopped beside Fang Yu and left a word. "Why don't you take it with you?"

"It?" Fang Yu was stunned.

She opened her mouth and said, "...... Get out of here. ”

Fang Yu wanted to say something, but the figure had already passed through his body and disappeared.

Ahead, the two tall figures were also disappearing.

But when Fang Yu saw it, one of them suddenly raised his head and said, "Father......"

"Let her go—" replied the clumsy figure.

The two turned around, like the curtain call of the stage, and disappeared.

The phantom in the square finally dispersed, and in the darkness ahead, it seemed that some behemoth was approaching.

Heavy steps pressed on everyone's hearts.

"Get out of here......" the voice shouted again.

Everyone hesitated for a moment, and there were many illusions in front of them.

It was a figure.

A young girl, standing silently not far away, stared at Fang Yuan. Although I can't see it clearly, I can feel the sadness and anger in the girl's heart, as if I can empathize. She raised her hand and threw something far away at Fang Yuan's feet.

"Take it, I'll never trust anyone again."

At some point, Fang Yu found that the scholar had already walked to his side, and he also watched this scene quietly. "Wait," Fang Yu looked at him with some confusion, "Mr. Scholar, can you move?" ”

At this moment, the girl's figure turned into a cloud and dissipated into the night sky.

And Fang Yu subconsciously looked down, and there was nothing on the ground.

The scholar did not answer his question, but walked forward, revealing another vision behind him—a multitude of people, surrounding an altar. When Tianlan saw this scene, she couldn't help but scream and took two steps back in fright.

Only then did everyone realize that they had regained their ability to move.

And there was no sound in that scene, and it disappeared in a blink of an eye, turning into that slender figure again, appearing in front of everyone.

She looked at everyone silently.

"Don't believe in false victories."

Then the figure grew shorter, and its voice became innocent.

"Hold on to hope, and don't be afraid of the darkness—"

The form continued to change, becoming uncertain, and the voice was mysterious and unpredictable.

"Get out of this place."

Before Fang Yu could react, the old knight behind him suddenly stepped forward and said with a righteous attitude: "Demons and monsters, retreat for me!" ”

He raised his hand, and from the magic furnace to the palm of his hand, a golden light appeared, and shot into the smoke, and suddenly the distorted shadow came with a scream, and then disappeared into nothingness.

The scholar turned his head and looked at the latter fixedly, but he only looked at the old knight for a moment, then turned and walked on. Walk through the rows of long tables and walk again to the statue in the center of the square.

Fang Yu turned back to the older knight and asked, "Mr. Dicht, do you feel that the last voice has malice?" ”

He knew that paladins were always sensitive to bad intentions.

Dickett nodded.

He suddenly took the greatsword from behind him and held it in his hand: "It's not just it. ”

After the longing apparition parted, the scholar had already walked under the statue.

The statue of the knight does not know when it cracked.

And on the pedestal is a bright sword.

When Hansen saw the sword, he couldn't help but be taken aback: "Blade of False Victory! ”

When Fang Yu heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned - he had obviously carefully observed the statue before, and there was nothing on it at all. But on the other hand, does the Blade of Illusory Victory also reveal the end of this strange scene of the night? Does it mean that things are back to normal?

He's thinking about it.

And the scholar stretched out his hand.

Until a voice stopped him. "Wait a minute." The person who spoke was Attila, and the elven girl looked at each other vigilantly and asked, "Do you believe that by picking up that sword, we can leave this place?" ”

"Of course not," Hansen quickly explained, "With that sword, we still have to defeat the Shadow of the Past, then go to the town hall, and then ......"

But the scholar didn't let him finish, and interrupted him coldly. "Nothing will happen without picking up this sword."

"But as you said, what happens isn't necessarily a good thing." This time it was Kita who spoke.

Attila guarded the little girl in front of her, so that everyone could understand that the elf girl was just speaking on her behalf.

Ji Ta rarely fought-for-tat, she had a somewhat stern attitude, which startled Tianlan, and couldn't help but whisper the corner of her clothes: "Ji Ta ......"

"Don't talk, Sky Blue." Fang Plover saw something and pulled the little French girl back. He reached behind him with one hand, where his magic furnace and other things were placed......

The scholar gave Kita a faint look, he didn't speak at first, as if listening to something—in fact, everyone could hear the heavy sound on the periphery of the square, getting closer and closer.

The scholar turned his gaze back and said, "But it's not necessarily a bad thing. ”

"No, I'm almost sure it must be bad." Kita replied earnestly.

"Why, little girl?"

"Do you remember what the voice told us to say - not to believe in false victories?"

The scholar sneered. "Do you believe it, we're the collaborators."

"We don't believe in it, but we don't believe in you either." Attila stood in front of Kita and took the spear.

"I don't know." The scholar shook his head.

With that, he reached for the sword, but before his fingers could reach the hilt, a crossbow bolt flew from a distance and hit the stele. The scholar withdrew his hand and looked at them coldly.

"It's not funny." He spoke.

"According to the rules, this trophy is ours." Parker said to him, holding the heavy crossbow.

"Hansen." The scholar shouted gloomily.

"Sir, they're right, it's a good deal......," Hansen said with a little helplessness.

"Don't forget that I'm your employer, your team's reputation record is not good, if I go back to the Adventurer's Guild to complain, you should know the end." The scholar replied.

"Shit-" Hansen rolled his eyes and looked back at Attila with a wry smile, "ma'am." ”

"Mr. Hansen, don't let him pick up that sword, we're all going to die here." Kita replied.

The scholar paused for a moment, and then snorted coldly: "I don't know if you took the wrong medicine, look around, Dorifin's past time is scattering and fleeing, don't you feel it?" The shadow of the past is descending, and only by picking up this sword can we defeat it-"

"You know everything, Mr. Scholar." Kita looked at him solemnly: "Then why are you hiding it, tell me, what is the premise of all this?" ”

"Prerequisites?"

"If there is the mark of martyrdom of the faithful," replied Kita, "you know this, the blade of false victory is the 'sword' and the mark of martyrdom of the loyal is the 'shield', and both are indispensable to defeat the shadow of the past, so why do you pretend not to know and try to pull out that sword?" ”

After she said that, she turned back to the other plover and Attila and said: "Brother Ed, Sister Attila, the official process of the mission is like this, the adventurer must get the Martyrdom Mark of the Loyalist, and then go to the Grey Oak Square to get the Blade of False Victory, and the final Scepter of Arrogance, Dorifin's three things are indispensable - but without getting the Mark of the Loyalist, it is not uncommon in the past, for example, the escort mission failed. But in that case, the blade of false victory must not be drawn. ”

"For it is only by pulling out the blade of vanity victory that we need to face the shadow of the past in its entirety, and if we do not pull it out, we will only need to defeat a delusional illusion and leave this place. It's just that in that case, you won't be rewarded with Dorifin's three things. ”

She looked at Hansen and asked, "Mr. Hansen, am I right?" ”

Hansen was slightly stunned, and nodded subconsciously: "That's what you said......"

He's still struggling with his employer's business.

But the scholar had already turned around once more and reached for the sword.

There was a few soft clicks, and Hansen's men suddenly raised their guns and aimed them at him.

Their head is still hesitating, but it doesn't mean that these young people will also hesitate, after all, it is a matter of life and death, and no one dares to be careless. And Hansen was startled when he saw this, and hurriedly came out and said to the mud: "Wait, wait." ”

But at this moment, when he heard a soft sound, the scholar suddenly snorted, turned into a black smoke and retreated, and when he turned into human form again, the others clearly saw that the scholar was clutching a bloody crossbow bolt on his arm in anger.

"Who is it?" Hansen yelled angrily - attacking his employer, did he not want him to live?

But when he looked back, all his own people were clearly motionless. Fang Plover also subconsciously looked at Parker, but the Paparal looked at them innocently, and gestured to indicate that his crossbow was still on the crossbow.

Outsiders?

A terrifying thought suddenly flashed in Fang Yuan's heart, but no sooner had this thought risen than he saw a figure rushing out of the crowd and heading straight for the statue.

Fang Yu couldn't help but be surprised when he saw who it was:

"Hudi!?"

……