Chapter 39: Departure and Redemption
Everything on the street is the same as when he first came, Zhou Lie, who had been teasing outside twice and couldn't get out, returned to the hotel in disgrace, and asked the boss to open a room again, and then Zhou Lie sorted out his emotions in the room and prepared to go to Layla.
But, after all, I just quarreled with the other party not long ago and broke up unhappily, and I ran shamelessly in front of the other party, and I was too shameless from time to time?
He patted his cheek hard to calm his hot head, and now the priority is to get out of here, since Frem is useless, then he can only rely on himself.
Anyway, where is Layla's room?
Instead of seeing Layla in the lobby of the hotel, or the group of people who were teaming up with her, she found Guildford, who was drinking and bragging with others.
"Hey. Zhou Lie went up and patted Guildford on the shoulder.
"Yo, man, would you like a drink?" Guildford said warmly when he saw that it was Zhou Lie.
Zhou Lie took the wine glass, drank it all, and asked, "I'm looking for Layla, have you seen her?"
"That little magician, I saw her go upstairs alone not long ago, and then she left again, and I don't know where she went. ”
"Is it suitable for his companions?"
"No, it seems like she's alone, what's wrong little brother?" Guildford asked.
Zhou Lie thought about it for a while and decided to tell Juerfu the truth, and it was up to him whether he believed it or not.
After listening to Zhou Lie's narration, the experienced adventurer did not show any unbelievable expression, but calmly patted Zhou Lie's shoulder and said, "It turns out that this is such a serious matter." When the letter is hot, you must know that in my adventurer life, there are many strange things encountered, hehe. ”
"Huh. The other party readily accepted what he said, but Zhou Lie didn't expect it, "Then do you have any clue?"
Guildford shook his head, "It's easy to convince us adventurers of this kind of thing, but it's really hard to convince those merchants and people in the town, I'll try to help you find some helpers, you just go to Miss Layla, after all, this kind of magic-related matter, in the end, only Layla can solve it, who told us that she is the only magician in our team." ”
Zhou Lie nodded, said goodbye, and left the hotel.
Although the town is small, it is still a problem to find someone, but luckily Layla's characteristics are obvious, and you can get an answer just by asking if anyone has ever seen a blue-haired girl.
However, what made Zhou Lie feel congested was that he would always be one step later than Layla, and in the end, he went around and around, and it was only after returning to the hotel that he met Layla who was about to go upstairs.
Walking up the stairs quickly, Zhou Lie, who was panting, grabbed Layla, didn't even bother to speak, and leaned against the wall to gasp.
"Have you figured it out and want to come over and help me?" Layla saw Zhou Lie's appearance, and a glimmer of hope appeared on her tired face.
"The space is enclosed. Zhou Lie gasped and said important information.
"What do you mean. Layla asked.
"I left in the morning, with the people, and no matter how I went, I had to return to the gates of the town, and the adventurer Guildford and my companions would try to convince the caravan of this fact, but you were the only one to solve the problem. Zhou Lie said.
"Even the space is closed, this is a miracle-level magic, who the hell cast this spell on this town!" Layla frowned.
"Is there a way to get out?"
"Generally, this kind of big magic, either the caster continues to maintain the magic, or relies on the magic array to maintain it, I walked through the town today, and I didn't feel the breath of the two at all. Layla replied with a sad face, "It's out of my knowledge, unless it's a genius who uses some other method, so I didn't notice it, but this possibility, hey." ”
"Don't give up, no matter how delicate it is, as long as it can be made, there is a way to dismantle it, I believe that my magic is almost the same, and you see, aren't you and I just two people who have not been affected by the time loop?" Zhou Lie patted Layla's shoulder and encouraged. "Don't give up, let's go search the city tomorrow and see if you miss something from time to time. ”
"Hmm," Layla nodded.
For Randy, convincing a person is a very simple thing, no matter how unbelievable this thing is, because man is a herd creature, as long as most people believe it, then the rest of the small rubbing people will also believe that the first thing he is looking for is the adventurers, these warriors who have seen all kinds of magic and monsters, are the most able to accept this fact.
And to his surprise, the man named Guildford actually knew about it, and the two worked together, and most of the adventurers believed that the town was stuck in a loop, and could not get out, and the remaining half-believing people, taking advantage of the darkness of the night, wanted to verify that when these people returned, they became one of Randy's solid lobbyists.
After getting the adventurers, the next thing was the merchants, especially those from the East, it took a long time to convince them, the different cultural and linguistic differences made the negotiations between the two parties look like a quarrel, but in the end, after the adventurers themselves took them around outside, the merchants also mostly believed in the current situation.
But for them, the easiest way to break the current situation is to convince the lord.
But where did the lord live?
Normally, these nobles will live in castles, most of which are in the center of the town, and some are set up on the outskirts of the town, but in any case, just ask the guards, the locals, or find the eye-catching castle, and it is equivalent to finding the lord.
But where are the guards? Where is the castle?
No one had thought about it before, so no one was aware of it, but when they decided to ask for help, they found that there was not a single guard in the town, and when they asked where the townsfolk lord lived, they all shook their heads and said they didn't know.
That's weird.
Randy told Zhou Lie about it, and Zhou Lie was full of doubts. "On the last day of the Bull Running Festival, I saw the lord appear. It's a big fat man, and he's late, are you sure you can't find the lord here?"
Randy nodded, "The adventurers turned the town through and there wasn't a single guard. There was no sign of the castle outside the town, and if you think about it, the lord would not be the only one with such a small town, he should live in a big city. ”
"You mean, the lord's mansion here is not shrouded?" Zhou Lie asked, "Then do you know who should govern this area? ”
"This is also the problem, after we found out that we did not find the lord, I went back and looked at the map carefully, and found that the nobles in this area have been wiped out, and at this moment there should be no lord in this town, and it should be completely controlled by the empire. ”
"Yet the people here still believe in a lord. Suddenly, something crossed Zhou Lie's mind, and that trace of thought flashed away, and he broke out in a cold sweat.
Frem said that this space has become a special point, just like a pom-pom on clothes, it is a superfluous thing, and combined with these anomalies found now, Zhou Lie's ominous premonition in his heart has become more and more violent.
"It doesn't matter if you don't have a lord, you go ahead and check the story of this town, the information that the people here know, and more importantly, the current time, the Running of the Bulls Festival is a festival that only takes place in the spring, and we arrived in the city in the spring. Speaking of this, Zhou Lie's heart became more and more uneasy.
Randy seemed to grasp the meaning, nodded his head, and left to continue his work.
Even if you could convince everyone in the caravan, you wouldn't be able to convince the townsfolk that no one believed that their time was always looping, and no one was willing to walk around with the adventurers to verify the fact that this was a closed place.
The streets were full of the sound of arguments, and Zhou Lie accompanied Leila all over the town, but even then, they didn't find any place to go.
"Frem, don't you feel anything?" Zhou Lie returned to the spirit world that night, asking Frem if there was a way.
"In the past two days, I really didn't find anything special, because this space reveals the same strangeness everywhere. "It's the same everywhere, so there's nothing special." ”
"What's that like?"
"It's a very familiar feeling, as if the whole space is a living thing, and I've seen the feeling of this living creature before, how to put it, like the feeling you felt when you once rode a horse and then covered your eyes and nose and threw you on top of a blanket made entirely of horse skin. ”
What a metaphor this is. Zhou Lie couldn't complain, "But in short, there are things here that you are familiar with?"
"Yes. ”
"Why wouldn't Layla and I be affected. ”
"You're because of me, I don't know about that little girl, maybe it's born with some blessing or protection, after all, the memory reset caused by time rewind, not that you can resist it with how strong your magic is, because the level of power is different. ”
"Then can we be a breakthrough? ”
"How do I know. Frem rolled his eyes, "And even if you keep your memory, you can't break through this distorted space, this place is already isolated from the normal world, just like in a blister, if you don't pop the blister, how can you get out?"
"Damn. What the hell is causing this?"
"It's better to think about what it is and how to do it, than to think about why it's doing it. Frem said lightly, "The same phenomenon, for magicians, there can be many ways to achieve it, but the motivation is always the first, knowing the motivation, maybe it is the breakthrough." ”
"Instead of thinking about how to do it, thinking about why you did it, well, it doesn't make a difference. As he said teasing words, Zhou Lie's brain began to spin rapidly.
"Looks like you're already thinking a little bit about it. ”
"It's just speculation, and it's too big. Zhou Lie sighed, "I need to know more information." ”