Chapter 6: The Salmon of Fate

"We don't want to play any games." Mi'er bluntly refused.

"Huh." The black-robed man chuckled.

Mi'er suddenly reacted, she and Mia were still lying in the game cabin, saying that she didn't want to play games or anything, it was not too fake, so she hurriedly remedied it and said:

“…… Especially with someone of unknown origin like you. ”

"So be it." The black-robed man chuckled and said, "I can understand your caution, so let's add a reward." ”

"As long as you clear my game, you can get rewards, how about it?"

"What reward?" Mia asked.

"Hehe, Mia, you're still Lv.9, right?" The black-robed man looked up at her, but Mia could only see darkness from under his hood, "One last bottle of 'Shadow IV' missing?" Asker has gathered the main ingredient for you, but the recipe and auxiliary ingredients are missing, right? ”

"How do you know?" Mia asked.

Without answering her question, the black-robed man continued, "How about I can give you the formula and auxiliary materials so that you can be successfully promoted to Lv.10 and condense the bloodline of the Shadow Dancer?" ”

Mia didn't speak, thought for a while, and then asked:

"What about Mi'er's reward?"

The black-robed man smiled and said, "As for Mi'er, you have been promoted to Lv.10 and are still looking for a law suitable for condensation, right?" ”

"Pretty much." Mi'er said vaguely.

"That's not right." The black-robed man said leisurely, "You should have sensed the Law Ritual Quest, I guess...... It's 'fate,' right? ”

Mi'er's face remained unchanged, but her heart was secretly flooded with turbulent waves! How did he know? This thing...... I haven't spoken to anyone! Even Asker doesn't know!

"You want to know why I know?" The black-robed man said in a moment's time, "Because the ritual mission requires you to pursue the 'opportunity to change your fate'......"

“…… Right here I am. ”

Mier: !!

"What is fate? It is a cluster of divergent worldlines, and at each 'now' point in time, countless possibilities are radiated forward. The black-robed man said slowly, "A beautiful 'future' seems that everything is possible, but in fact it will be bound by the 'present', that is, the constraints of the world line. ”

"For most people, the future is predestined. Like schools of salmon migrating in the Atlanta Ocean, although their will is dictated by where they swim, the vast majority of salmon will only instinctively follow the school, moving along a fixed route every year, from birth, reproduction, to death. ”

"Only a small number of salmon, in the course of their unchanging fate, can suddenly be disturbed by an outsider. For example, a sudden ocean current, an occasional illness, or the accidental intrusion of a catfish that forces them to leave their original school. This change can be fortunate or unfortunate......"

"I don't understand what you're saying." Mia interrupted him.

"Oh, but Mi'er understands, am I right?" The black-robed man's tone was full of interest, as if he was carving a piece of jade of perfect quality, "At the moment when you condense your bloodline, you should have already understood the brief picture you saw, right?" ”

He suddenly opened his hands and said in a loud voice, "We, the vast majority of people in this world. ”

"It's just a salmon in the torrent of fate."

"According to the original trajectory, there will be no Azure Sword mercenary group in the world at all. At this point in time, according to the bound world line, Mia should stay in the wet and cold rat tunnels beneath the Oreshiye Principality of Kyiv, stay with the thieves' guild of Mastro, and struggle every day to make a living for tomorrow's rations. ”

"In the future, Mastro will hand over to you the Shadow Master of the Thieves' Guild, and you will become the uncrowned king of the underground city of Olehiye, but only a remote city of a remote principality."

"As for Mi'er, you should be dead at this point in time. The deceased's 'superego' was salvaged from the underworld by the seljuk's necromancer and restrained to embalmed corpses, tirelessly killing for him as a banshee. ”

"In the future, when you arrive in Cairo, you finally break free from his shackles, kill your master with your backhand, and then wander along the northern shore of the southern continent, from Cairo all the way to Tunisia, and eventually become a banshee lord under the Hafs dynasty, and then rebel...... Until the eternal kingdom of darkness is established in Mauritania, all the undead praise your name as the immortal Banshee King, Minerva. ”

"Huh? What are you talking about? Mia was completely puzzled to hear it. What's the deal with the Uncrowned King? What is Mi'er supposed to die? What is Minerva, the Banshee King?

"That's right." Mi'er suddenly said aloud, "But that's just the original trajectory of fate. Just like the catfish you said, Asker accidentally broke into my world and saved me from my original tragic fate. ”

"So he's my lifesaver, and I'm incredibly grateful to him."

"Is it just gratitude?" The black-robed man laughed teasingly.

Mia:!!!

What do you mean! She looked at Mi'er's delicate side face, are you ......

"All in all, it's a lot better than the original world line, but you definitely won't just stop there." The black-robed man smiled and said, "After clearing this puzzle game of mine, I can give you that 'opportunity to change my fate' as a reward, how about it?" ”

"Wait!" Mia suddenly said, "You can help Mia master the law, but the reward for me is just a bottle of potion, is this too stingy?" I don't do it! ”

Man in the Black Robe: ..................

He had already prepared the other party's promise or refusal, but he didn't expect that the other party would think that the reward was too little......

How so? Should it be said that it was brought out by that man himself, and he has been contaminated with an extremely utilitarian mercenary atmosphere?

(In fact, it is the habit of players to "can't afford to be early" if they don't make a profit)

"That's right." The black-robed man smiled and said, "How about adding another reward to you, Miya?" ”

"For example, the legendary swordsmanship taught to Lancelot by the fairy of the lake, the sword of the lake?"

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The elevator doors opened.

Back on the 36th floor, Asker reclined down in his rocking chair again.

I didn't expect Nola's sister Capracillin to be such a troublesome and strong character, what "will do anything to achieve the desired result for her sister"......

You just say that you are a super sister control, and you can't see your sister suffer a little grievance.

Nola, they are still out shopping, while Mia and Mia are playing holographic games in the game pod. For Asker, shopping must be completely unwanted, and he doesn't have the heart to play games, and staying in this world is not much different from playing A Song of Iron and Fire.

So, nothing to do?

Then let's get some sleep, just be lazy.

Picking up a bottle of wine from the wine cabinet and pouring himself a glass, Asker sat comfortably back in his rocking chair and finished his drink slowly.

Then he fell asleep again in a slightly drunken and long drunkenness.