The gray-haired man, wearing a golden mask, remained motionless, like a puppet. If he hadn't been convinced that he had been speaking before, Fang Yu almost thought that such a person would not have spoken on such an occasion.

"Captain!" Momiji looked at Nighthawk standing beside the man with some surprise.

Nighthawk smiled slightly, lifted his hood, and below it was a young man's face. He looked at Fang Ou, looking casual and kind: "We should have met in Grey Oak Square before, and Momiji has talked about you a few times since he returned from Traveler's Rest. Sure enough, it's very powerful, the average battle craftsman doesn't react that fast, and your clockwork goblin is well controlled. ”

He asked again, "If it weren't for the unexpected situation in the square, would your clockwork goblin still be able to keep up with me?" ”

Fang Yu was a little embarrassed to be praised, but he still nodded matter-of-factly.

"Awesome—"

The young man smiled, and then walked in with the man.

Fang Yu noticed that the man's gaze under the mask never left his side, but he didn't say a word. The young man saw his gaze and said with a smile: "We listened to your conversation earlier, please forgive me, not intentionally to eavesdrop, but I was able to hear it outside the door for a while." Because your reasoning is wonderful, eight or nine are not far from ten. It's just that I'm still curious, you say that we can get to the other end of the chessboard before those dragon worshippers? ”

Fang Yu couldn't help but look at Momiji, who nodded to him. "This is the person in charge of this operation, and everyone in the first and second regiments must listen to him, including me, Ed."

But the young man didn't take the initiative to stretch out his hand to him because of his higher level: "Your name is Ed, right, my ID is memory, I'm a few years older than you, if you're in a good mood, you can call me big brother, if you don't want to, it doesn't matter, because maybe I can look younger." ”

The young man said, equally surprised at the sight of a beauty like Sylvid, though he quickly politely looked away.

His words were playful, dispelling the other people's embarrassment, but Fang Yuan's gaze still fell behind the masked man, who was still silent, as if he didn't intend to introduce himself.

When Fang Yu met his eyes, he asked lightly, "What are you going to do, young man?" ”

"Your Excellency?"

The masked man replied, "I am their employer, the initiator of this mission. ”

"Ahh Even Momiji screamed in surprise, apparently she had never seen this employer before.

Fang Yu was also a little surprised, he didn't expect that the mysterious employer would come to the illusion in person, and he didn't know if he was here early in the morning or just arrived.

Memories added to the former: "Ed, your idea is very interesting, although Mr. Employer is the initiator of this mission, he has no clue about this illusion. We'd like to hear your views on how you think we should break the current situation. ”

Fang Yu listened to his words, found the train of thought that had been interrupted before, and nodded: "Then back to the topic, the key to breaking the illusion is still the three things of Dorifin." ”

"Dorifin's three things?" Momiji looked a little surprised: "We still have to snatch them back from the Dragon Worshippers?" ”

Fang Yu shook his head: "That's not the case, I'm going to say another thing. ”

"Another thing?"

"We all know that the three apparitions corresponding to Dorifin's three objects should be the most important episodes of the disaster that happened in Doriphon more than thirty years ago. But have you tried to sort them out in order? ”

"Order?" Memories frowned: "There are quite a few people who have tried to sort it out, but the order is really confusing, and the result is not a clue." ”

Fang Yu replied, "That's because other people don't know much about the root of everything behind this. But we are different, and we can deduce the process from the results, because we all now know what happened to Dorimin thirty years ago - the dark dragon Nicol Bolas was resurrected here, but for some reason he didn't do it all, and finally lost the dragon's golden pupil here. ”

"That's true." Everyone nodded abruptly.

"Then let's take a look at the events in the three apparitions, the key item in the first phantom is the seal of martyrdom of the loyalist, and the mission scene is to escort a lady out of the Lady Fujiba Hotel to the fisherman's fork; The key item in the second Phantom is the Blade of Illusory Victory, and the mission scenario is to defeat the Shadow of the Past - which is actually Nicol Bolas's Shadow; The key item in the third Phantom is the Scepter of Arrogance of the Ignorant, and the quest is set to defeat the undead boss here. Fang Yu pointed to the dry bones next to the planetary instrument and said.

Everyone was somewhat silent, as if lost in thought.

Fang Yu continued: "As we all know, on the other side of the fisherman's fork is the avenue leading to the ruins, of course, it may not have been called that before, but one thing cannot be changed, that is that the road is the road out of the city. That is, if we follow the usual order of Doriphon's trio missions, we can conclude that everything that happened thirty years ago was like this-"

"First, we escorted a lady out of Dorifin. Then, there was a fierce fight in Grey Oak Square. At the end, we came to the town hall, where we killed a man. ”

"To elaborate on the details, let's assume that after escorting that lady away, we went to the gray oak square to prevent Nicol Bolas's resurrection, but the witnesses of thirty years ago ended up being one step late, so we had to fight Nicol Bolas's Shadow."

"Quite possibly, but what's wrong with that?" Recall asked.

Fang Plover replied: "The problem is that the process does not correspond to the result, the disaster that happened in Doriffin thirty years ago is actually the resurrection of the dark dragon Nicol Bolas, the first scene clue is too little for us to ignore, what prompted the witnesses of that day to go to the town hall to kill another person after the battle with Nicol Bolas?" It doesn't make logical sense. ”

Momiji frowned and asked, "Maybe they have their reasons, there is too much missing information between scenes, and your inferences may not be accurate." ”

But Fang Yu shook his head slightly: "Before I left Grey Oak Square, I was not sure about this in my heart. Until I found another side of the evidence that confirmed my thoughts. ”

"Side evidence?" Momiji was a little puzzled.

"You may wish to think carefully about the scenes of the three missions. There are some things that I haven't experienced firsthand, but I can see the problem based on other people's descriptions. ”

Kita was the first to react, recalling what she had seen and heard in Grey Oak Square, and couldn't help but exclaim, "That's right, celebration! ”

The others looked at the two men with some confusion.

And Fang Yu had already cast a approving look at the little girl. "Yes, before the Battle of Grey Oak Square, Dorifin was clearly preparing for a grand celebration. But this is not the case with the illusion of Lady Fujiba's inn, do you remember the sea of fire you saw in your dreams? ”

As he said this, the fire on the horizon was actually reflected on his face, as solemn as a prophet.

"Therefore, it can be confirmed that the scene of the Lady Fujiba Hotel must have been later than the battle of Gray Oak Square. The dislocation of time and space is the key clue behind all these puzzles—"

Only then did everyone look suddenly realized.

Especially recalling, the young man looked at Fang Yu with a little surprise: "You even noticed this." ””

"And what about here?" Tianlan couldn't help but ask at this time.

I don't know why, when this question was mentioned, the first thing that came to Fang Yuan's mind was the shadow of the girl named Heath.

He sighed and said, "Actually, there is already an answer, isn't it?" ”

"Wait, what's the answer?" Sky Blue still looks ignorant.

"The fire will only go downtown—"

"So the scene at the town hall predates Grey Oak Square." Momiji replied with a solemn expression.

Tian Lan froze for a moment before reacting: "So, the order is actually reversed?" ”

Memories also nodded: "That makes sense, although I don't know what happened at the town hall yet." But after the battle with Nicol Bolas, who failed to stop the dark dragon from resurrecting, Doriphon was caught in flames, and the lady they escorted away must have some key secret. ”

Tianlan couldn't help but feel a little annoyed after hearing this, "Oh my God, Brother Ed, how did you notice this?" It didn't occur to me that I wasn't really fit for adventure. ”

Fang Yu shook his head: "Don't think like that, Tianlan. Everybody's expertise is different, and I just focus more on these things. The experiences of those missions described in the community also gave me a lot of tips. ”

The little French girl was relieved when she heard this.

Hongye frowned and said, "In other words, the task of the Dragon Worship Sect believers is to complete this reverse process in order before they can liberate the dragon's golden pupils?" And what we have to do is find the real order and activate the tasks? ”

Fang Yu nodded.

"But there's a problem, Brother Ed," Kita asked, "The normal process of the past illusion has been done countless times, and if our judgment is correct, Nicol Bolas should have been resurrected long ago, right?" ”

Memories also adds: "That's true. And there are many people who have tried to trigger the quest from the town hall, but nothing has happened. It seems that the quest here must be triggered after the Blade of False Victory has been obtained, just as the scene in Grey Oak Square must not be revealed until the Mark of Martyrdom of the Loyal has been taken. ”

But Fang Yu shook his head.

Momiji looked at him a little strangely.

"Do you know the chessboard?" Fang Yu said slowly: "The soldiers on the chessboard, after each other reach the bottom line, will become the 'queen' who is enough to control the chess game, and in terminology, people call it ascension. ”

"And we are soldiers in this chess game, like this, and the reason why people have never been able to complete this endgame that has lasted for 30 years is because they have never found the true bottom line of the chessboard."

Fang Yu said this, and deliberately paused for a moment.

He seemed to be sorting out his thoughts, and he seemed to be thinking about where the key in the fog was.

Then he replied softly, "So in Dorifin's illusion, there are actually four scenes. And not the three, as people think. ”

"—So, the name of this illusion should be Dorifin's Four Things, not Three Things."

"What?" His words took everyone by surprise.

Memories also asked with some uncertainty, "Ed, is there any basis for what you say?" ”

Fang Yu nodded: "The basis actually comes from a simple logic. ”

"Simple logic?"

"If Dorifin's illusion was generated by the Dragon's Golden Pupil, then why did it trap itself here in this fog? Whether it is to test the loyalty of the followers of the Worship of the Dragon Cult to themselves does not make sense. ”

"But the reverse is also true, if this illusion was born to seal the dragon's golden pupil, then why should it set up a route that would allow the dragon's golden pupil to escape? And this fog also seems a bit redundant. Fang Yu asked simply.

Then he continued: "The so-called chessboard is the battlefield of the game between two chess players, so there must be the power of two sides to compete on this chessboard. We can venture to guess that for thirty years, the Golden Pupil of the Dragon has been trying to escape from the predicament, while the players on the other side have tried to prevent this, and the two sides have dismantled each other in the illusion, leaving behind a situation that seems so chaotic and bizarre to us. ”

This sounds simply unbelievable, although it seems somewhat reasonable, but it is more like Fang Yuan's personal rhapsody. Momiji couldn't help but ask, "But what about the evidence?" ”

"There are two points." Fang Yu raised two fingers and replied confidently, as if he had already completed the whole picture of the illusion in his heart: "First, you carefully recall the names of Dorifin's three things. ”

"The mark of martyrdom of the faithful, the sword of vain victory, the scepter of arrogance of the ignorant?" Momiji asked, "Is there anything wrong with that?" ”

"Of course there is." Sylvid opened her mouth at this time: "Actually, I was also curious from the beginning, among the three things of Dorifin, the meaning of the last two things is obviously negative, isn't it?" ”

Her bright gaze looked at the others: "How can the blade of false victory make people achieve real victory?" The arrogant scepter of the ignorant, and how to make people reveal the true truth, has an obvious metaphorical meaning behind the name. ”

Fang Yu also nodded and took out an item: "If you still have questions, you can take a look at this thing." ”

Sky Blue looked at the brooch in his hand with some surprise: "The mark of sacrifice of the fanatic? , this brooch...... Brother Ed, how did you get here? ”

Fang Yu replied differently: "In fact, it was this brooch that told me this answer." If we follow the rule that a pair of things imprints a scene, then there may be a fourth scene in this illusion - the final bottom line of the chessboard that is hidden under the fog in the competition between the two sides. ”

He saw what Momiji was still trying to say, and interrupted her, "This is just one of them, Miss Momiji, do you remember the question I asked you before?" ”

Hongye paused for a moment, Fang Yu had asked so many questions before, she really didn't know which one she was talking about?

Fang Yu seemed to know this as well, and continued, "I asked you before, you said that the undead in the illusion only appeared today, right? ”

"Yes," Momiji replied in the same way as before, "Is there anything wrong with that?" ”

"It's a big problem." Fang Yu replied, "Did you know that the night before we entered Dorifin, a wave of undead broke out on the outskirts of Dorifin? And even if you don't know this, you should know that even outside the phantom realm, Doriphin is a ruin occupied by the undead, right? ”

"Of course." Momiji nodded.

"As far as I know, the number of undead is increasing, and the outbreak of the undead wave is all indicative of this, do you know what that means?"

Momiji frowned slightly, always feeling as if he had grasped the crux of the matter, but it was vaguely unclear for a while. In the end, she had to look at Fang Yu with a plea gaze.

Fang Yu nodded, and then continued: "This shows a problem, that is, the power of the dragon's golden pupil has long penetrated outside the illusion realm, and its influence is gradually increasing. In other words, she has actually gained the upper hand in the chess game. ”

He shook his head again: "The situation in the illusion just speaks for itself. He picked up the Fever Mark in his hand and replied, "I suspect that the scene of the positive and negative symbols represents the realm that Nicol Bolas and the other chess player have mastered, and that Nicol Bolas is clearly in the driver's seat except for the one that is hidden—"

"And although Dorifin's illusion claims to be thirty years old, it hasn't been that long since it was discovered—and this is logical, if the illusion is only to seal the dragon's golden pupil, then it should tend to cover itself up and make as few people notice the existence of this seal as possible."

But it appeared in front of the world with great fanfare, no doubt after the dragon golden pupil took the initiative in the chess game, and began to seek help from the outside world—that is, as you know, the power of worshipping the dragon cult. Therefore, today's situation has actually taken shape little by little in the past decade or so. ”

Fang Yu said this, and only then ended his discussion.

The space was a little quiet for a while.

But as if to prove his words, suddenly something seemed to have happened in the city of Dorifin. Everyone felt the floor on the second floor of the town hall sway, and the feeble Miss Naturalist who was standing by nearly fell to the ground unsteadily, if it weren't for Atira's hand to hold her.

The sudden change surprised everyone, and Fang Yu also turned around and opened the curtains, only to see that the golden net that shrouded the city was disappearing.

It's not completely gone, but the internet has faded.

Nicol Bolas, the dark dragon, was flying and falling in mid-air, crashing into it again and again, and the ground shook for exactly that.

And it was at this moment that a knight ran in from outside in a panic and shouted at everyone: "City Hall...... It seems that the barrier of the town hall is disappearing, and the undead outside have entered the first level below! ”

Everyone's eyes subconsciously looked at Fang Yuan.

Including the masked man, he spoke at this time: "Wonderful inference, then the key question is, where is the fourth scene in your mouth?" ”

Fang Yu looked at the golden net in the sky, and replied without looking back: "I really didn't have a clue before I came here, but now it's not at all. ”

After saying this, he turned back to the little French girl and asked, "Tianlan, do you remember the scene you saw in your dreams?" ”

Tianlan sighed and nodded a little palely.

"I'm sorry, I didn't want you to recall those not-so-good memories," Fang Yu said softly, "but try to recall what you saw and heard at the time. ”

"I don't remember exactly, but I can remember what the altar looked like," Sky Blue shook her head, "Ah, yes." And the vault, very high, very large vaulted dome, religious-style columns, the space is very high......"

She seemed to be remembering more. "And the niches, some statues ......"

"Wait," Meress interrupted at this point, "I seem to know that place." ”

And at the same time as he spoke.

Fang Plover also replied with him, "Hostings Cathedral." ”

"How do you know?" Memories looked at him with some surprise.

Fang replied, "Because thirty years ago, it was briefly used as a school building for Hollitt College. ”

……