Chapter 33: Butterflies (3000 words)
At this moment, the vast forest was shrouded in a mist, and it looked like a ghostly domain.
In fact, this is the famous Dark Fog Forest.
Again, it was the location that the original Spring quest needed to reach, as it was located at the edge of the Darkmist Forest..........
Forester!
From Ye Kong's point of view, he saw a thick fog, and he couldn't see the figure of the forest keeper at all, but Ye Kong was equipped with the Yuan Energy Emblem and gained a bonus of inspiration +3, so he 'perceived' the other party's position.
Thanks to this, the forest keeper had not yet noticed Ye Kong, and still stood in place, shaking his body from time to time, as if he was suffering from some illness. If the player takes on the 'Spring Quest', they will definitely know one thing - the strange behavior of the Forester is actually a symptom of 'rheumatism'.
"Found you, Forester of the Horticultural Sect............"
Ye Kong took a deep breath, and then, he stood up decisively, with an upright attitude, and walked towards the other party-
"Hopefully, my judgment is not wrong."
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meanwhile
A tavern in Aoki Castle, where a large group of players gathered, and the entire liquor field was contracted by them, however, everyone's faces were not good-looking, as if there were dead people in the family.
Bang!
Qingtianfang slammed the wine glass on the table angrily.
"A bunch of orphans, I play Nima's chicken game!"
The nearby players were silent for a while, for fear of annoying their own president.........
The people in the entire tavern are all members of the Hundred Ghost Guild, and since the guild system has not yet opened, they can only use the 'self-created channel' and the friend system to contact each other.
Similarly, they don't have a dedicated guild station, so they can only hold collective meetings in the tavern in Aoki City.
(PS: The self-created channel is equivalent to the 'multi-person chat' in QQ, which is just a temporary circle, and the real guild system is the QQ chat group, which has more functions and benefits.) οΌ
There was silence.
At the moment, no one dares to pick up Qingtianfang's words.
Because, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the elder is angry.
Goo!
Qingtianfang drank the liquid in the wine glass in one gulp.
This is a butterbeer sold in the tavern, 1 copper coin per cup.
There are a lot of commercial shops in the cities of the Demon World, and just like in the real world, the shops sell some drinks and food, but everything costs in-game currency, and the price is more expensive than the food in the real world!
The federal government developed the world of Demonland with the intention of creating more jobs, not replacing the 'hedonistic' life in the real world. After all, the real world is the source of human life, and if 'pleasure' is placed in the virtual world, it will cause the collapse of society in the real world, and human beings are not far from extinction.
Therefore, the food in the Demon World is very monotonous, mainly for players to experience the fun of 'role-playing', rather than for them to enjoy the taste of food.
In the future, the Demon World will be fully integrated into human life, and the form of the entire society will also change.
At that time, the 'job' of ordinary people was to go to work during the day - stay in the magic realm and work hard to make money, and after working for seven or eight hours (the time limit of the virtual helmet), exchange the day's harvest for real currency, and start the rest/entertainment activities of the night.
The elites of the upper class have a different life, they log in to the Demon World (the effect of the virtual game pod) in "sleep time", and maintain a normal life during the day, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
To sum up, the life time of upper-class humans is equivalent to twice as much as that of ordinary people.
Therefore, there is also a joke in human society -
"When you're working hard (during the day), people are enjoying life, and when you're tired and falling asleep, they're still enjoying life (at night)."
"The poor don't deserve a 'real life'."
Getting back to the point, the whole bar was finally broken after a moment of silence-
"Qingluhuo, you report to me."
Qingtianfang said in a deep voice: "How is the situation of the guild?" β
A handsome young man next to him stopped stirring the wine glass, and in the face of Qingtianfang's inquiry, the young man looked very indifferent, without anyone else's restlessness.
The handsome young man was the only one who could speak in the whole scene.
After all, he is the vice president of the Hundred Ghost Guild and the younger brother of Qingtianfang.
"The situation in our guild is very bad."
Heron Fire shook his head: "In the 'Invasion of the Night', we have very few survivors, less than 20 people in total, and the rest of the members have died at least once. β
Without waiting for Qingtianfang to get angry, the words that made him even angrier sounded-
"What's even more unfortunate is that some of the elite members have died twice."
"For the next two hours, they don't have to go out of the city, stay in Aoki City, perform some regular tasks (simple errand tasks), and earn a few dozen points of experience."
Bang!
Qingtianfang was so angry that he smashed the table, and couldn't help but burst into foul language-
"Dog Lady Plot Event !!"
"Calm down, we've got to figure it out first, which player is responsible for this?"
Qinglu Huo was calmer than his brother, he didn't rush to get angry, but looked at a certain member-
"Alphabet-kun, you were also there at the time, tell me about the situation in detail."
"Yes, Vice President!"
Alphabet Jun was agitated and immediately stood up: "All of this is done by a player called 'Blank'!" β
"Me and Cream Xiaosheng were originally on a mission to deliver letters. However, the blank did not know what method was used, so he asked Pulitzer to make the spring water himself, and then ........."
"That blank suddenly drew his sword, killing Pulitzer on the spot, and finally triggering the "Invasion of the Night"!"
Qingluhuo knocked on the table and said in a cold tone:
"You mean, that void killed Pulitzer and made the Night Invasion come early?"
"Yes!" Alphabet Jun nodded decisively.
Hearing this, Qingluhuo looked at the chairman of the hundred ghosts: "Brother, have you heard of 'blank' - this game ID?" β
"I've never heard of it."
Qingtianfang shook his head, thought for a while, and made a judgment: "Judging from the situation, the other party must be an internal beta player, and moreover, he is more experienced than us, at least at the 'pressure tester' level (the second test, second only to the initial test player)............"
"The number of stress testers is very small, everyone is familiar with the name, but there is no character named 'blank'."
"It seems that the other party deliberately took a new name and didn't want others to know his identity..........."
Thinking of this, Qingtianfang knocked on the table and said in a cold tone: "Hmph! What if it's a 'stress tester'? Although, I'm just an insider (the third test, commonly known as a real beta player), but I'm the president of the Hundred Ghosts Guild, and I belong to the outer guild of "Mirror Flower Water Moon"! β
"It depends on the owner to beat the dog! With the "Mirror Flowers" to support us, a pressure tester dares to turn the sky upside down?! β
Bang bang bang!!
Qingtianfang took the wine glass, banged on the table, and shouted angrily:
"Check! You all check it for me!! β
"We must find out that 'blank', this grievance, we can't count it like this!!"
The nearby guild members chimed inβ
"That's right! We can't let go of that blank! β
"Whoever wants to find a blank will immediately shout in the channel, and everyone will form a group to slaughter him!"
"Hang his name! Guarding his corpse!! β
The players of the entire guild, when there was a burst of excitement, suddenly, Qingtianfang received a call, because he was not in a good mood, he didn't even look at the other party's name, so he chose to answer-
"Hey! Who are you........ Oh! Onmara Ghost Boss, I didn't know it was you! β
Qingtianfang was taken aback, and immediately changed his flattering attitude-
"I'm Qingtianfang, please let the boss command!"
Immediately afterwards, an order came from the other end of the phone, and Qingtianfang nodded for a while:
"Yes........ Be....... Yes....... What the?! Not...... No problem! β
"Good..... Ok ........."
Hanging up the phone, Qingtianfang seemed to have lost his soul, seeing this, Qingluhuo couldn't help asking: "Brother, what's wrong?" β
"Hey!"
Qingtianfang sighed: "There is an order from above, the 'Demon Hour' will no longer participate in the Luna Lake incident, and intends to compete for other first-kill rewards, as well as prepare the strategy of the 'Dark Night Labyrinth'. β
"Next, about the Luna Lake incident......... We're on our own! β
"When the Demon Meets the Devils" is the superior guild of the Hundred Ghosts Guild, and obeys the direct orders of the "Mirror Flower Water Moon", compared to the periphery like the Hundred Ghost Guild, the "Demon Hour" is considered a real core guild.
In the entire range of the Principality of Stars, the "Demon Hour" can be regarded as a top guild!
However, no matter how powerful the top guild is, there are opponents of the same level, not to mention, there is more than one enemy in the "Mirror Flower", and the strength is also very strong.
As the master's subordinate, the "Demon Hour" must also act according to orders, so when the "Mirror Flower Water Moon" finds that the benefits of a certain event are not enough for his subordinates to do it, of course he has to shift the 'target' - such as the Luna Lake incident.
"What the hell!"
Qingtianfang slammed the table and said angrily-
"Which bastard? Snatched the first reward of the 'Extraordinary Story'?! β
"Okay, okay, don't be angry."
Qingluhuo comforted: "The matter has come to this, and we can only rely on ourselves - fortunately, the key props of the Luna Lake incident, we have arranged in advance!" β
"Indeed." Qingtianfang also nodded and said: "We let the flower teapot go to the Gray Mist Village in advance to pick up that plot event, but it allowed him to escape a catastrophe (referring to the scourge of the invasion of the night), hehe, it's really cheap that kid........."
Qingluhuo smiled: "Yes, if you count the incident, the plot progress of the flower teapot-"
"You're about to meet the 'Forest Keepers', aren't you?"
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meanwhile
In a fog, Ye Kong walked out openly, and came step by step, in front of the Dark Mist Forest Forest Keeper-
"You...... You are ..........."
In front of the other party's surprised expression, Ye Kong waved his hand and said hello with a smile:
"Hello, Mr. Forester."