In the original book, killing any of the three would open the quest "Join the Dark Brotherhood". And once this is done, Astrid will upgrade to an "immortal state" as a guide, that is, even if someone is beaten to the point of empty blood, he will only fall to the ground instead of dying. Therefore, if a player is accustomed to being a lone wolf, or who is disgusted by the Dark Brotherhood's ways of doing things and wants to 'do the right thing for heaven', then he must kill Astrid, which is more difficult to kill.

And Wang Yifan, as a veteran player of "Ancient 5", obviously knew this for a long time. However, unlike in the game, after he killed Astrid, the system did not give him any hints related to the subsequent missions.

What should I do?

After releasing the three captives, Wang Yifan thought of a solution. Isn't there just no prompt, then I'll take this news to the whole world. When the people who know about the Dark Brotherhood hear it, then even if they stand still, I believe they will take the initiative to come to the door. As for the reason, there may be a sentence that can explain it: since ancient times, good and evil have not been separated!

In this way, Wang Yifan traveled along the "route he chose when playing the game before" while spreading the news that "he killed Astrid".

Until one day, he came out of a private house in [Dragon Bridge] and saw two soldiers with eye-shaped insignia on their chests

"You are" He looked a little surprised, but in fact he was secretly rejoicing: It's finally here, Hawkeye!

The two soldiers were wearing black and red leather armor and had a standard imperial broadsword hanging from their waists, and as soon as they saw Wang Yifan appear, they hurriedly pushed him into the house and said, "Longqiao Town Guard!" Sorry, routine check-up! ”

"Eh, you guys"

The actions of the two made Wang Yifan a little confused, didn't these people come to me to inquire about 'Astrid'? Why didn't you even say hello when you met, and just forcibly broke in?

The two soldiers were one mile and one away, and the inside closed the door as soon as they entered, while the outside turned silently and stood at the door, making sure that the conversation between the two was not eavesdropped.

The door was closed, and the imperial soldier who pushed Wang Yifan into the house was anxious to introduce himself: "Hello! I'm Imperial Commander Marlowe! ”

Seeing the change in the other party's attitude, Wang Yifan suddenly felt in his heart and said secretly: Ha~ Understood! This guy doesn't want to be outside discussing!

Thinking of this, he immediately cleaned up his mood, put on an innocent appearance again, and said, "It turned out to be Lord Commander, hello!" But can you explain what you are doing when you break into my mansion without permission? ”

Marlowe snorted, "Don't pretend! A few days ago, someone spread the word 'I killed Astrid of the Dark Brotherhood', and that person is you, right?! ”

Wang Yifan nodded and honestly admitted: "That's right, it's me!" ”

Marlowe said: "That's okay, since it's you, then please come up with relevant evidence!" If what you say is true, I will report it to His Majesty the Emperor and ask for a generous reward for you. On the other hand, if you are just talking nonsense, then I will ask you to visit the Stone Tower Prison in Dugu City! ”

Wang Yifan glanced at him lightly, then went into the bedroom inside, took out a piece of clothing, and said, "This is what I took off from Astrid's corpse, if you have eyesight, you should be able to tell if what I said is true or false, right?" ”

After taking the clothes, Marlowe first glanced at Wang Yifan suspiciously, and then began his own verification work. However, this period of time is not too long, because he has only gone through the two steps of "seeing" and "touching", and he has already determined: this cloth armor from the Dark Brotherhood is indeed the top one.

After the inspection, he changed his hands with one hand, returned his clothes and said, "My friend, you have completed something that no one in the entire Skyrim can do, and you have changed the Skyrim Province!" Now, please make your request, and I will truthfully inform His Majesty the Emperor of your merits, and then try to satisfy you as best I can! ”

Wang Yifan took his clothes, a slight smile appeared on his face, and said, "Doesn't the commander, know my purpose of spreading the news?" ”

Marlowe hesitated: "I've thought about it, but I'm not sure." After all, the idea is crazy! ”

Wang Yifan shook his head and said: "Crazy or not, you have to try to know." At least, I've killed one now, and I've killed the leader of the Dark Brotherhood. ”

Marlowe thought for a moment and said, "Alright then, our Eagle Eye can provide the most accurate location of the Dark Brotherhood. But it's a human hand."

Seeing that his face was embarrassed, Wang Yifan couldn't help muttering in his heart: Tut! It is also said to be for the benefit of the citizens of Skyrim Province! Now when I hear that I want to fight hard, I am cowardly and become turtles one by one. Thinking of this, he was somewhat disappointed in the other party, and said forcefully: "It's okay, I'm already very satisfied with getting the exact location." Besides, I have my own way of dealing with the Dark Brotherhood, and I don't need so many people. ”

Feeling the emotions in his words, Marlowe couldn't help but flash a trace of shame on his face, and said, "Sure enough, it's still terrifying!" Forget it, in order to make up for the risk you have taken, when you successfully destroy the Dark Brotherhood, I will personally make up another bounty of the highest level, how about it? ”

Wang Yifan said in his heart: Not good! Isn't it 3,000 gold coins, look at what you said you don't know, you thought you were going to send a gold mountain! He said politely: "You think too highly of me, I was only lucky to be able to kill Astrid, and it was only one-on-one at the time." But now, I'm dealing with all the members of the Dark Brotherhood, so I don't even know when I'll be done! ”

Marlowe smiled dryly: "Ha! Don't worry, don't worry, our Imperial Army has been monitoring the Dark Brotherhood for so many years, isn't it" Before he finished speaking, he suddenly found that he had lost his words, and hurriedly changed his words: "Uh! There was one thing I almost forgot! Recently, there have been a lot of unfamiliar faces in Longqiao Town, and when you travel, you'd better be more careful and try not to go to remote and uncrowded places. Otherwise, our soldiers may not notice. ”

"That's it" Wang Yifan nodded thoughtfully and thanked him.

After that, Marlowe returned to the Hawkeye Regiment and sent someone to deliver the complete "Dark Brotherhood Stronghold Map" to Wang Yifan's residence. As soon as Wang Yifan got the map, he disappeared into Longqiao Town.

No one knows how he disappeared, but according to the town guards, he had seen a little boy jumping across the bridge at noon and never returned. See him come back