However, no matter how helpless I feel in my heart, the pace of progress cannot be stopped. Ravenkin's warning was still in his ears, and the rune on Duran's body was like a lighthouse in the darkness, and he was as dazzling as the sun to the shadow creatures who had been in the dark environment for a long time - all the shadow creatures in the vicinity would flock to it, and the longer he stayed in one place, the higher the probability that he would encounter a large group of shadow beasts.

"Wisdom and courage?" Duran clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and finally decided to walk towards the right sidewalk.

Rune spells are tempting, but his roots lie in the Assassin profession, and the skills of the Shadow Thief are irresistible temptations for him. The corridor on the right is the same as the place that Duran had experienced before - two neat rows of shimmering candles give him a certain amount of light so that he will not get lost in the darkness, and the shadows that can be seen everywhere in the corridor are buried with unknown number of fierce and cunning shadow beasts.

Duran took a deep breath, fully prepared for battle, and walked briskly.

After a hard battle, fighting all the way, in half an hour, Duran was attacked by seven shadow creatures. However, this time he has enough experience in dealing with shadow creatures, and these guys who like to hide in the shadows are about the gray iron rank in their own strength, and they are not Duran's opponents at all. So along the way, he suffered a lot less damage than at the beginning, and the decline in physical strength was not so great.

After a section of walking, it is another forked intersection.

There was a sign in the center of the intersection as usual, and Duran had some ominous premonitions in his heart, and his eyes subconsciously looked around the wooden sign - this time there were no shadow creatures lurking. So he hurried forward, and saw that the wooden sign read:

[Wisdom is on the left, courage is on the right, please consider carefully about the choice of fate]

"And you have to choose? Haven't I already made a choice? Duran was a little puzzled, but his self-talk was not exchanged for Ravenjin's explanation, and the corridor was still quiet, as if he was the only one left in the whole world.

Duran touched his nose, and things seemed to be going for the worst. He didn't stop long, and strode to the right.

Along the way, there was another bloody rain, and this time the shadow creatures blocking him had almost doubled, and if it weren't for his caution and visual skills that were enough to defy the sky, I am afraid that he would not have been able to break through at all. However, when he took out the thirteen shadow creatures and came to the next fork in the road, the signs remained the same.

There are still two roads ahead, one left and one right, wisdom on the left and courage on the right.

"Is there an end?" Duran couldn't help but mutter, at this time he had already begun to wonder if this was a trap set by Rivenkin - to lure himself into spinning in circles? In fact, the left and right corridors are circular?

In such an environment, Duran has no reasonable references, and he really can't judge whether he has gone into the misunderstanding of the maze.

So he carved two marks deeply on the wooden plaque, and went on, choosing courage as usual.

By the time the next intersection appeared, there were already twenty-six shadow beasts that had died in Duran's hands along the road. His physical strength was more than half exerted, and he even walked a little lightly.

The familiar signs ahead did not have the marks that Duran had carved before, which indicated that Duran was not going in circles - he was indeed following the path, but it was not known if the maze was supposed to be like this, or if Duran had chosen the wrong direction.

It won't last long. Duran told himself that he sat down in the center of the shimmering candle and took out a piece of dry food from the little devil's tail, but before he could speak, the candlelight reflected a strange shadow on the dry food - Duran's eyelids jumped, and he reacted quickly and immediately threw the dry food away.

The dry food was thrown away in an instant, but instead of following in obedience, the shadow writhed in Duran's arms and turned into a rat with sharp teeth. Without hesitation, Duran grabbed the rat's head and skillfully dismantled the little fellow.

The shadow rat didn't even have time to scream before it was forced to disappear into the air as black particles. Duran sighed, wherever there are shadows, there are shadow creatures. Even if I want to take a good rest, it's a luxury, if I can't get out of the labyrinth, I'm afraid I really have to put my life here.

Thinking of this, Duran couldn't help but regret a little, was he too greedy? I thought that I could get a lot of internal information from the game company and run rampant in this world, if the Tower of Shadows was so easy to inherit, then these countless talents born over the thousands of years would have already gotten this great benefit one step ahead of Duran.

I still think too simply. Duran reflected in his mind that there was a world of difference between the information on paper and the actual situation, and the idea that finding the Tower of Shadows would inherit the ancient wisdom was still the work of playing games.

"It's a real world! If you hang up, you're really done playing. Duran shook his head and sighed, although the little devil's tail still contains the fate twin dolls of the Mizo people, which can avoid dying once, but if you can't get out of this labyrinth, even if you have Contra's thirty lives, it won't be enough!

Duran, who couldn't eat, shook his spirits and continued to move forward, he didn't change his choice, he still had the courage to go all the way to the end.

Countless shadow beasts came forward one after another, and Duran was soft-handed, and the injuries on his body became more and more serious. But the strange thing is that his mind is getting clearer and clearer, and his moves are becoming more and more precise, as if there is an instinct from his body that is slowly awakening from extreme fatigue. A large number of shadow creatures have contributed considerable experience, and by the time he reached the eighth intersection, Duran's level had been raised to level 15, and his stealth and unloading skills had been reached by him to full level lv5.

After the full level of stealth, the evaluation is much higher than that of cutting, which belongs to B+ skills. At the time of arrival at lv5, there are two sub-skills of this skill, which are as follows:

【Stealth lv5.max (B+)】

- Sub-skill 1 [Cloak of Darkness Lv1]: A large amount of black mist appears within a radius of twenty feet around you within 30 seconds

- Sub-skill 2 [Gnome's Pace Lv1]: -4% chance of stealth being detected

【Parry Technique - Unloading ilv5.max (B-)】

- Sub-skill 1 [Basic Footwork Lv1]: Parry Dodge +3%

- Sub-skill 2 [Wrist Strength Lv1]: Slightly increased wrist strength (2%)

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These four derivative sub-skills are very useful, and as for melee combat, Duran feels that there is no need to allocate too much experience to it for the time being, because this skill is relatively weak, and the improvement of combat power is not obvious. What's more, after he accumulates 29 amethysts in the Evil Land, he can completely unlock the more powerful melee skill [Fengyao Nine Swords], and with this melee combat swordsmanship, it would be a bit wasteful to allocate experience to melee combat.

The improvement in strength made it difficult for Duran to be happy, because the current situation was very unfavorable for him. By the time he passed the eighth intersection, he was close to running out of ammunition. The contract assistance system shows that his physical strength is only 7%, and he has already fallen below the 18% cordon, let alone fighting, even running away is enough to choke. And the injuries of one body are even more bleak, and the life bar shows: 8/37.Duran estimates that if a shadow beast pops up casually and gives him a claw, he will have to die, and this situation is obviously not suitable for rushing forward.

Obviously, there must be something strange about this labyrinth, but Duran hasn't had time to see it yet. The endless stream of shadow creatures distracted his attention and energy, leaving him a little overstretched and overstretched, and he didn't have time to think about a way out of the labyrinth.

"No, I've got to find a way to breathe!" Duran sat next to the wooden plaque, staring deadly ahead.

A dark shadow quickly formed, revealing hideous minions.

Duran gritted his teeth, and in desperation, he could only take out the evil contract from the little demon's tail: "Enter the evil land!" ”

"Are you sure you're going to the Evil Lands?" The voice sounded after a long absence.

"Sure!" The shadow creatures had almost rushed in front of them, and Duran didn't have any time to drag.

As soon as the purple door appeared, he rushed in.

"Poof!" The door closed instantly, and the shadow creature got its head stuck on the light door in pursuit of Duran, and a terrifying force immediately came from the purple door, tearing the shadow creature to pieces in the blink of an eye.

……

The familiar and warm campfire appeared in front of Duran's eyes again, and this time, the brown wooden box was still lying on Duran's left-hand side.

Duran, who had escaped the catastrophe, didn't have time to catch his breath, and the contract assistance system flashed the following text mercilessly:

[Next Week's Mission: Clean Up the Village of Bones - Circus of Despair (3/19)]

Tip 1: The address of the performance theater where the circus is located is at 6 and 3/4 of 3rd Street, so please find your own way.

Tip 2: To know the mission objective, the contractor must pay 1 amethyst

Tip 3: This quest requires a special trigger item, the Circus Invitation, which has been distributed with the Supreme Council supplies, so keep it safe.

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Duran, who was shy in his pocket, did not choose to pay 1 amethyst to obtain mission target information, the little devil tail consumed 5 amethysts for him, and the use of the contract support system in the Fernan continent cost another one, and another was consumed on the Nine Swords of Wind Yao that analyzed Xena. Therefore, the current Duran's net worth is thin, and he only has three amethysts to support the scene.

He obviously couldn't spend a third of these three amethysts just to get mission information, he had more important things to buy.

A mutton fat candle for an amethyst, as well as a low-level stamina recovery potion for the same price, and a special package for the Novice Contractor 1 that includes a regular bandage and three healing ointments. The three things cost Duran all of his savings, the Stamina Potion can restore his stamina to more than 60%, and the healing ointment and bandages can make him regain his life and turn him into a Mr. Mummy full of ancient Egyptian flavor.

With all this done, Duran opened the High Council's supply chest.

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