Chapter 69: The Old Chess Game VII
"Looking for a woman?" Fang Yu paused for a moment, a little unsure: "We just noticed that someone was peeping in the dark, and we can't be sure who the other party is." ”
"Coincidentally," said the man, "so do we, but we see each other clearly." He gestured with his hand over his head. It's a Rota'o woman, with ears on her head. ”
Fang Yu was slightly stunned, and a shadow flashed in his heart subconsciously. But he thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "There is a question, when did you find each other?" ”
"About a few minutes ago."
"Ha, we're coincidental, and so are we." The Paparal man blurted out. But as soon as he finished speaking, he realized that something was wrong with this, and he looked back at the others, and all of them had a strange face.
Fang Yu asked again, "Then where did you find each other?" ”
The man also realized that something was wrong, and said with some hesitation: "We met that woman near Ms. Fujiba's inn, what about you?" ”
"We're at the fisherman's fork."
Dickett replied faintly from behind.
The fisherman's fork and the vine leaves were a long distance away from the ladies' inn, and those people couldn't help but look at each other a little when they heard it.
"Hah, what am I talking about," only Parker said triumphantly, "most likely the lady who doesn't exist, and some people don't believe it yet." ”
Tianlan was so angry that she raised her foot in the back and kicked him in the heel.
The Paparal man got up from the ground in disgrace and exclaimed angrily, "What are you doing! ”
The little French girl looked up at the sky and replied solemnly: "Naturally, the lady who doesn't exist kicked you." ”
There was a low laugh from everyone.
This little episode eased the atmosphere between the two sides, and the leader of the other side asked the archers on one side to lay down their weapons, and then he walked over and stretched out his hand to Fang Yuan, showing a self-righteous smile and said: "My name is Hansen, the leader of this adventure group, the fourteenth level iron guard, are you here for Dorifin's three things?" ”
Fang Yu only then had time to look at this person.
Iron Guardian is a second-order title for warriors with more than 200,000 experience, and is awarded when you invest more experience in your protective skills than in offensive skills. This profession is often the backbone of the team, naturally not too weak to help the wind, and this person also meets this standard - a tiger's back, can even be said to be a little fat, wearing an ordinary chain mail, a middle-aged man in his forties, slightly bowed.
Fang Yu shook hands with him, powerful and rough, and looked weather-beaten. As for the other party's question, he didn't refute it, only nodded.
"Then I think we can work together, Your Excellency is a combat craftsman, right?" Hansen immediately hit the snake with the stick, and asked as he kept looking at the fortress-like walker of the square plover.
"Cooperation?" Fang Yu looked at this guy suspiciously. "What kind of cooperation is it?"
"I'll tell you." At this moment, a man with a long cloak walked out from behind Hansen and said, "This party is hired by me, I am only here to study the phenomenon here in Dorifin, and I have no interest in the magic guide itself. ”
Fang Yu looked up at this person, the other party covered his face with the hood of the cloak, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but listening to the voice, he was mature and vicissitudes, and he didn't look too young. Most of these people are not the Electors.
However, it is not absolute, and it may be a tourist. Fang Yu looked the other party up and down, and found that this man did not look like he was wearing magic furnace equipment, and asked, "Are you a scholar?" ”
"Sort of." The man replied noncommittally.
"So you mean, we do the task, you help, and when we're done, we're in charge of getting the stuff?"
"So to speak."
Fang Yu thought for a moment and replied, "I need to discuss it with my companions. ”
"Please." The man made a gesture for Fang Yu to take care of himself. Fang Yu pulled the others aside and asked if they needed to go through this process—after all, they didn't come here for any equipment, they also came to this place for the sake of the Dragon Worshippers.
"Of course," replied the Paparals, "if we don't get the things, and the Ryonists don't meet them, then we won't come in vain, and it's a shame for the Paparals to waste their time." ”
"You're the least qualified to say that." Sky Blue hit him mercilessly.
Kita hesitated and replied: "Brother Ed, we don't have any other clues at the moment, in general, Dorifin's three things are still the only valuable main line in this abandoned town, and it is also the possibility with the highest probability of meeting those people, didn't we think so before?" ”
"That being said, but are these people reliable?" Fang Plover looked at Attila and Sylvid.
"Do you remember how long we left Elpahim?" Sylvide asked simply.
"I'll count," Parker immediately counted on his fingers. "One-two-three-four, one-two-three, it's almost three days."
"It's the sixth day today." Fang Yu understood what the noble maidens meant, and on the seventh day, the boat arranged for them by Princess Brian would arrive in Short Bay, but it was impossible for them to leave Dorifinn by that time.
In other words, they only have a day to be horizontal, but Dorifin's three things will only appear once a day.
Attila taught him: "It's normal for adventurers to cooperate with each other on missions, but don't let your guard down too much. ”
Fang Yu looked at Dickett again.
The older knights seemed a little indifferent. "I'm here to investigate the tide of the undead, so naturally I'm going to stay here for a while." The implication is to follow the arrangement.
After unifying their opinions, Fang Yu found the man, but he did not directly agree to the other party's request, but put forward his own suggestions. Indicates that since it is cooperation, for the sake of fairness, the spoils should be distributed according to the contribution during the mission.
The man gave him a surprised look, but he didn't object. However, the leader of the adventure group, Hansen looked quite happy, since it was settled by contribution, how could they get one of the three pieces of equipment, this was undoubtedly a surprise.
Fang Yu paid attention to the reactions of these two people, and understood that there should be no problem here. Hansen's performance was expected by him, and if the other party behaved in a way that was neither happy nor sad, then there was a problem.
After confirming this, he continued: "But I have a question, can you answer me?" ”
The man glanced at him, and although he couldn't see his expression, he was probably frowning. His tone was a little impatient, and he said lightly: "Generally speaking, I don't answer questions easily, but as a collaborator, you can ask, and if I can answer, I will naturally answer, but if not, it's useless to ask, because I don't have the time to make up some lies." ”
Fang Yu paused for a moment, thinking that this person's tone was really big. He asked, "Mr. Scholar, I heard that Dolipin was occupied by a group of people, how did you get here?" ”
"It's a redundant question, how did you get here, and so do we."
"But we didn't see those people, so that's why we're a little confused—"
"Doubts are your business, I said it, and I'll only answer one question - how did you get here, and so do we."
Fang Yu could only sigh when he heard him say this. It is understandable for the other party to say this, after all, they may not have met those people, and not everyone came in to investigate the Dragon Worship Sect.
But when he returned, Sylved smiled and told him that he had done the wrong thing. "Wrong way?" Fang Yu was still a little puzzled.
So the aristocratic girl gave him an analysis. "This man seems to be very alert, you shouldn't ask such a person, Captain. Such a person is conservative and cautious, even if the information has little to do with him, he will not easily show his tone, and you will arouse suspicion if you ask him directly. ”
Fang Yu suddenly realized: "You mean I should ask that Hansen." ”
Sylvade nodded. "Yes, although the man seems shrewd, he has the disadvantage of being greedy for small things. If you give him a little bait, he will not hesitate to sell information that has little to do with him. ”
"Miss Sylvide, it seems that this is the case, I really didn't think so deeply!" Fang Yu couldn't help but be a little admired, but he suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but ask, "Miss Sylvide, you—you didn't deal with me like this, did you?" ”
The aristocratic girl smiled slightly. "Why, I'm one of your team."
Fang Yu nodded thoughtfully: "I think so, I don't even can't see this." ”
Sylvade couldn't help but turn her head and hide her mouth, her eyes smiling like a crescent moon.
Of course, Fang Yu didn't notice so much, and after agreeing to cooperate with the other party, the two sides joined forces all the way, looking for the trace of the 'woman' nearby for a while, of course, there was still no gain.
Parker babbled on and on about what they were seeing the 'non-existent lady', so much so that everyone was a little big. At this time, Han Sen proposed to go to the Lady Fujiba Hotel, and Fang Yu didn't have the heart to continue wasting events here, so he nodded in agreement.
However, he originally thought that he could start the mission directly, but he didn't expect it to be otherwise.
Hansen told him that the mission had a fixed start time, usually at midnight, when the brooch would appear; And throughout the day, the Lady Fujiba Hotel was no different from the rest of the ruins, a lifeless place.
Of course, if you have to say that it is different, there are indeed some-
When everyone arrived, Fang Yu immediately noticed this - the inn was a four-story building, with a rocky foundation and hall, and a wooden superstructure, which is a common architectural style in the Rainbow Bay area, but it seems to stand out from the crowd here.
It stands out from the crowd because the inn looks too 'new' among the surrounding ruins.
Apparently in the middle of this abandoned town, on an overgrown street, the inn seems to be well maintained, the façade is a little faded, but it does not look like it is in disrepair, and there are some creeper leaves crawling on it, lush. Under the green leaves, every piece of glass in the windows below is very clean and bright, and there are flower beds on the windowsills—if it were any other place, it must have been full of thorns, but inside there are purple delphinium and orange peacock grass growing in order.
Fang Yu couldn't help but be a little stunned when he saw this place.
Hansen then turned around and said to them, "Well, this is your first time here, and I was similar to you when I first came here." ”
"Isn't this your first time here?" Fang Yu couldn't help asking.
"I don't know, Mr. Employer, but it's true that this is not the first time we've been here, I've been to this good place several times, and I've also gotten a Blade of False Victory." He pointed to the inn and said, "It's not just the outside, it's also very well maintained inside, and although it's empty, even if it doesn't have this quest line, it's a good place to stay." In fact, it was precisely for this reason that people discovered this place back then, and as for Dorifin's three things, it was all later. ”
"Could it be that the adventurers are maintaining this inn on weekdays?"
"Of course not, and the inn had a fire seven years ago that destroyed almost the entire fourth floor, but it didn't take long for it to be back to its original state."
"That's amazing." Tianlan couldn't help but sigh.
Hansen took a few steps up the stairs and pushed the door open, making a gut-wrenching sound. Fang Yu looked inward, and behind the gate was a hall, which was empty and empty, as Hansen had said, but it was in good order, and there was no sign of decay except for the dust.
They stepped on the dusty carpet into the somewhat secluded hall, and both Sky Blue and Kita looked a little nervous, especially the latter, who was tugging at the corners of Sky Blue's clothes.
However, Hansen was familiar with the appearance of an old driver, and said with a smile: "It's still early, let's go say hello to the unlucky ghost next." ”
"Unlucky?"
"The unfortunate Ferjery, during the day, is the only 'creature' in this inn, and I don't know if it's appropriate to say it's a creature, because he's actually a ghost. He usually wanders around the second floor, and anyone who wants to enter this quest line will have to deal with him. ”
"Why?" Parker asked.
"He's in charge of allocating rooms."
"Assign a room?" Fang Yu paused for a moment.
But he soon understood what Hansen meant.
The Lady Fujiba Hotel is not large, that is, the size of a medium-sized hostel, with only a few dozen rooms on the upper and lower four floors. The group didn't search long on the second floor before they found the ghost Ferjery around the corner of the stairwell at the other end of the hallway.
In Fang Yuan's view, the other party is a typical ghost image - a translucent spirit body, glowing on the aisle, with a little blue hue throughout, his eyes are blank, and he walks hobbly.
However, the image of this ghost is a bit ragged, with a wine bottle twisted in one hand, and looks like an alcoholic on the street.
And when everyone touched it, the ghost slowly staggered past them with its hollow eyes, as if it couldn't see anyone. Until the scholar who was Hansen's employer, suddenly said, "Jeffrey, where is room 3007?" ”
The ghost seemed to hear the inquiry from the void, paused, and slowly raised its head. Seeing this, Hansen turned around and whispered to Fang Ou, "That's the room where the brooch is." ”
"Then why don't we just go over?" Azure asked a little curiously.
"It's easy, Sister Furi," Kita reminded in a whisper, tugging at the corner of her coat from behind, "Look around." ”
Everyone looked around, and then they were a little surprised to find that all the doors in this inn had no house numbers, and they were empty. It's also so strange that they don't have a house number anywhere in the Cloud Sea area, except for the small inns in the countryside.
Hansen then explained: "Not only is there no house number, but if Jeffrey hadn't shown you the way, you would never have entered the real room 3007." The room behind these doors, every time it opens, is different, I have seen it with my own eyes. ”
Parker couldn't help but be very curious when he heard this. "It's so interesting, is there a legend that a guest enters a room and never finds a way out. He opens door after door, but behind him there is always a different room? ”
Sky Blue's face turned white with fright, she made up her mind not to enter any room, and said tremblingly: "Sister Attila, look at Parker, he made Kita almost cry!" ”
"I—I didn't!" Kita said embarrassedly with a red face, although she was also really scared.
It was only then that the ghost finally reacted slowly, and he raised his eyelids as if heavily, and glanced at the scholar with empty eyes.
Then he slowly stretched out his hand, and he spread out his palm, and there were five six-sided dice in his palm.
And then the ghost just stared at everyone with blank eyes.
"What is this?" Fang Yu asked puzzled.
"The meat is here," Hansen looked a little excited. "It is said that this guy was a gambler when he was alive, and after his death, he turned into a ghost and wandered here forever, so that he could find someone to lift the curse on him."
"Cursed?"
"I don't know," replied Hansen, "because no one has done it, for it is said that the way to lift his curse is to let him win once in a dice roll." ”
"Win once, then, isn't that easy?" Kita asked tremblingly.
"Simple?" Hansen touched his bald head and smiled a little mysteriously, "Do you know why he is called the unlucky ghost?" ”
And Fang Yu and the others soon knew.
Because they saw the scholar grab the dice—the translucent dice that he could easily pick up and roll down, even though they didn't look solid—turned into clouds of smoke and froze again in mid-air.
The number of points is not big, four threes, one two, one five, a total of nineteen points. But Jeffrey slowly picked up the dice and rolled them down, and a miracle happened, and Sky Blue, Kita, and Parker were stunned to see that the other rolled six ones.
"Ah, it can't be that bad, right?" Tianlan couldn't help but blurt out: "Why did you just throw out the six youngest." ”
"Just right?" Hansen shook his head. "It's not just that at all, it's so much every time he rolls."
"Every time, how can you win?"
Hansen shrugged and replied, "That's why he's always here, I remember it seems like three years ago, there was an adventuring party who managed to get a very rare bottle of curse potion, which can make people unlucky, and the adventurer who drank the potion and Jeffrey threw seventeen rounds in a row to draw the lowest point, and finally fell short of chess, and lost in the eighteenth round by a little more advantage." ”
As he spoke, the rest of the party went up to fight Jeffrey, but as he said, everyone quickly 'lost'.
"Does everybody have to roll?" Fang Yu asked.
"Everyone who wants to enter the quest line must have it, and this outcome is related to the room that the unlucky ghost allocates to you."
"Is there a difference in the room?"
"Yes," Hansen looked a little ugly, as if he was recalling some unbearable memory. "The Mark of the Martyrs mission of the Faithful begins at midnight, and those who wish to join the mission must stay in the rooms assigned to them by Jeffrey, which—"
He paused before he said, "Everyone will see something in their room, some are clues related to the mission, some are scenes of unknown meaning, but it is said that no two people have seen the same thing so far." ”
"Did Mr. Hansen see anything?" Fang Yu looked at the other party's face and couldn't help but ask a little curiously.
Unexpectedly, the bald man's face changed, and he replied with a little pale: "Forget it, don't mention it." In short, I would like to give you a piece of advice, don't throw the dice too high, otherwise you will definitely have a deep memory. ”
For the first time, Attila interjected, "Is there any danger?" ”
"Dangerous," Hansen shook his head. "Not really, it's just ...... Hey, it's hard to put into words. ”
And between the words, two more people were defeated, and then Tianlan finally couldn't stand it anymore, and couldn't help but step forward with a full of righteousness, and said loudly: "Pretend to be a ghost, look at me!" ”
As she spoke, the little French girl waved her hand proudly, grabbed all the dice and threw them into the air.
"Sister Furi's character is good," Kita couldn't help but say when she saw this scene, "She has never failed in the Traveler's Rest and Human Contests before. ”
Fang Yu suddenly realized this, no wonder the other party was so impulsive - it turned out that this was to maintain the dignity of Europeans.
As a result, before the words fell, I saw that the dice were in mid-air, and everyone couldn't help but let out an incredible exclamation when they saw it. I saw that all the dice were all six points up, with no exception.
Thirty-six o'clock, a little bit no less—
Everyone looked at the little French girl strangely, "Ahhh
Only Parker laughed: "Hahaha, do you see, this is the spear of the salted fish, the sanction of the seal - justice is never absent, only occasionally late!" ”
This was so angry that the little French girl kicked the guy out, and the Paparal, apparently not learning the previous lesson, was caught off guard, and flew out screaming.
It's good to die, when this little Humpty Dumpty waved his hands around, he just touched the dice in mid-air.
I saw all the dice scatter in mid-air, and then recondense.
And Parker slammed to the ground like a bag of potatoes, rolled over, and looked up at the scene. Then he couldn't help but let out a scream that was exactly the same as Sky Blue: "Ahhh
Because he saw six sides and six points, and the same was facing him at all and no less.
It was only a uniform exclamation that made him slightly stunned, raised his head, and reacted - he was lying on the ground, and the dice were facing him on all sides, wasn't that all one point up?
"Hah!" This unexpected discovery immediately made the Paparal man proud again, and he was about to get up and say something to Sky Blue. But it was at this moment that the ghost Jeffrey slowly reached out, grabbed the dice and threw them.
When the dust settles.
Everyone present couldn't help but look at the little fat man lying on the ground with a ghostly look, and each of them let out a secret curse in their hearts, this short syllable translated into the language of the earth, almost the same meaning-
"it!"
In the middle of the air—
Five one, one two.
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