Volume 1 May Chapter 15 The Lord of Greed
"First of all, according to the background story of the hidden mission and the fact that the NPC pretends to be Li Hua, there is a price to be paid for making a wish, that is, the principle of barter, based on which further inferences can be made and equivalent exchanges. Fathers need wealth to turn their lives around, and if they go bankrupt the whole family will starve to death, so the wealth he wishes for must be worth his life. Li Hua made a wish to have the power to match the ghost, aside from his deliberate guidance, the essence of praying for this power is to save his life, so the price of making a wish is still his life, which is the reason why the four newcomers in your team died. Qi Ming was the first to speak.
The self-portrait of the hostess, the portrait of the woman in front of the safe house, and the two hand-painted paintings seem to allude to the relationship between the woman and the wish. Regarding these two hand-painted paintings, I guess the order is that the painting discovered by Chen Yao comes first, and the one in the study comes last. The reason is simple and can be explained in two ways. Judging from the fact that Li Hua hid this painting, when we saw the book, it was turned from right to left, which is different from the order in which we usually turn the book. If this painting is the second one, it must be on the left. Recall that as a sequence, the two of us happened to sit very close to him on his left, and if he wanted to tear the painting, he would only tear it with his unaccustomed left hand, which could easily arouse suspicion. Even if his left hand tears the painting silently, he can't hide it. But if this painting is first, it is on the right, he can completely tear the painting off smoothly by turning the book, and sitting on his right is Chen Yao, who has been banned, and it is not easy to be found. I remember the painting in the study, the whole grass outside the house is very dark, but this painting is dark except for the area where the boy is kneeling, and the grass behind him is bright and green. ”
Jun Yao nodded, and then noticed that Ren Yao and Qi Ming both seemed to be looking at her.
What do you want to see me do? Hey, is this a university class? Do the panelists also have to speak in turn to brainstorm? Jun Yao had no choice but to speak hard, although she felt that she was now dancing a big knife in front of Guan Gong, but there was no way!
"You've said everything I can think of. It's just that I think this painting is a little scary. Could this arm at Avarice's feet be the arm of the teenager? If so, then why was the boy's arm taken away and he left happily? The boy bows down to Avarice reverently in this painting, and maybe he is also making a wish? ”
Qi Ming and Ren Yao were silent, and the point raised by Jun Yao was indeed very confusing.
"Ahh I found it! It's also a hand-painted painting! Yin Weiyu found a somewhat yellowed piece of paper from the corner of the attic, and she ran downstairs to hand it to Qi Ming.
This is a small cartoon with a four-square grid. The first panel depicts the boy knocking on Avarice's door, the second panel depicts the boy giving Avarice a bouquet of flowers, the third panel shows Avarice taking out a knife, the boy smiling happily and holding a huge diamond in his hand, and the fourth panel shows Avarice chopping off the boy's arm.
The hand-drawn painting is clearly at the forefront, but there are no other clues other than the fact that Avarice cut off the boy's arm in exchange for a diamond.
"There's another one here." Yi An pulled out another piece of paper under the carpet under the cabinet and handed it to Jun Yao.
Avarice closed the door and smiled softly in the direction of the table, and there was an extra wooden doll on the table next to the chair she had been sitting on.
This wooden doll looks too familiar, right? Dressed exactly like the boy who made a wish before?
Wait, if this wooden doll is the teenager......
Shen Junyao recalled what Avarice said in the living room.
"Welcome to my Wishing House, fellow Dream Travelers. When you enter this wishing house, everything here belongs to me. ”
"You can only take one thing with you if you make a wish."
Shen Junyao suddenly laughed, she stood up and took out the ghost doll that belonged to Aisha from the inventory.
"O Lord Almighty—I make a wish to you."
Shen Junyao's actions shocked everyone, and a gust of wind suddenly rolled up in the room, a white skirt broke into sight, and the black-haired woman smiled happily, wearing a crown on her head, and holding a golden scepter inlaid with rubies in her hand. When the wind cleared, she was already standing in front of Jun Yao, looking at her gently.
"Are you making a wish to me? So, what are your wishes? ”
Jun Yao handed the ghost doll out in her hand, the woman tilted her head and glanced at the doll suspiciously, then nodded, "Very cute doll, I took it." What about your wishes, Shen Junyao. ”
Everyone watching this scene was shocked, this woman knew Jun Yao's name? She even knows the Dream Traveler's information?
"It's Li Hua, Li Hua should be her eyes and ears." Qi Ming whispered, "After all, she has been in contact with us for so long, and if she wants to know this information, she will definitely know it." ”
Ren Yao nodded, "It's just that she suddenly wanted to make a wish, did she solve the puzzle?" ”
"If that's really the case, Qi Ming, you've really found a treasure." Jian Yilin smiled, "She's very suitable here." ”
"Even so, Jun Yao is also our person." Chiyo said coldly, "You guys, don't beat her idea." ”
"Don't worry, I don't have that plan, although Shen Junyao is very good, it's just not enough for me to select people." Ren Yao terminated the conversation.
Jun Yao saw that she accepted the ghost doll, and finally smiled, she smiled brightly, and smiled like a cunning, "I want to take something away." ”
"I'm going to take myself—"
The woman's face changed when she maintained just the right smile, she frowned and looked at Shen Junyao carefully, and reached out to grab Shen Junyao, but was blocked by a transparent barrier in the air. She raised the scepter in her hand and slammed it on the ground, as if to vent some kind of anger in what she could call it.
"You can't get close to me, so I'm out of your control, right? It turned out to be a play on words, we stepped into your territory, everything in the territory belongs to you, and we who operate in the territory are no exception. What you call bartering is actually giving us a chance to redeem ourselves. As long as - no greed. Jun Yao took a step forward, and the woman looked at her coldly, with a bit of sharpness in her eyes, and she didn't seem to have given up the idea of killing her, so the two looked at each other like this for a long, long time.
Just when everyone thought that time had stood still, the woman laughed again, she let go of the hand holding the scepter, and the scepter with the weight smashed to the ground, making a muffled sound, she turned her head to look at Qi Ming and the others, "What are you still doing in a daze?" The answer to the puzzle has been revealed, you ...... What are you waiting for? ”
Everyone suddenly realized, and when they took out props to make wishes, the woman looked at Shen Junyao again, and then pointed to the position beside her, "You-come and sit." ”
Jun Yao hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to sit next to the woman, who pointed to the scepter that fell to the ground, "You know, what is that?" ”
God-sama, please don't mess with me, okay! It's your stuff, and I don't know if you ask me!
Jun Yao's heart was very broken, she wanted to refuse to answer this question, but she had a hunch that the next conversation might be a hidden easter egg, related to the achievement of the game?
Shen Junyao, a collector's game house, had no choice but to speak, "That's a scepter." ”
"That's right, a symbol of power. It had been used to rule the night, then to punish the rebels, and now it was gone......" The woman looked at the scepter with a little wistfulness, as if she were thinking of some old man through it.
"You're going to find it in the near future." The woman left a silent word, and the whole room was shrouded in light, and the voice of holiness was slowly heard.
"You are bathed in the sunshine and full of hope for the future, but in an instant, you fall to the bottom. God, please help me—a filthy echo, a myriad of cries. So there was salvation, and I saw the way forward in the blood. The illusory reality, who has ever seen it? Please keep your eyes open and see clearly. O greedy man—don't make a wish. ”
[Hidden Mission: Unlock the Secret of the Wishing House (Completed)]
[Unlock the story related to the ultimate quest: Lord of Greed]
【Mission completed, please confirm to leave】
[Countdown to 5 seconds]
【5、4、3、2、1】
【Mission End】
The heavy door was slowly pushed open, and the woman walked through the European-style garden full of white roses, and came to a room of golden splendor and luxury, the intricate crystal lamps glowed coldly, the high walls cast dark shadows on the soft carpet, and the long red carpet under her feet, and the black-haired woman sitting at the dining table turned her head and looked coldly at the comer, her face unkind.
"Long time no see, Avarice." The blonde woman in the black gown lifted her skirt and saluted, and then sat down directly opposite the main seat, and she looked at the woman in front of her, catching the flash of her face, and smiled even more.
"I didn't seem to invite you to dinner with me, Swindle."
"So what, all I know is that you chose me. Isn't that enough for me to have dinner with you? ”
Avarice sneered, "It's not that I chose you, it's just that I'm tired......"
"I don't want to play this game anymore."
[Dream Traveler Shen Junyao, Completed the Novice Quest]
【Clearing items for this mission】
[A total of 4 items can be obtained in the game, and a total of 2 mission reward items, please check the list of items]
[01 Ghost Doll: A defensive prop, with its own circle center, within a circle with a radius of three meters, if a manifest ghost approaches, the ghost doll will cry. The louder the cry, the higher the ghost level. Duration: 10 minutes, cooldown: 30 minutes. 】
[02 Ma Liangbi: Special props, things drawn on a flat plane can come true, if it is an item, the physical use time is three hours, if it is not an item, the use time is half an hour. Cooldown time 5 hours. (Binding)】
[03 Solomon's Key: (Quest Transformation Item) Special item that can open anything that is locked, with a cooldown of 3 hours. 】
[04 Zhuge Repeater: Attack props, according to the owner's will to shoot arrows in the specified direction, at least three shots at a time and up to five shots, and one attack can be in the same direction. Can be fired three times in a row, with a cooldown of 2 hours]
[05 Bone Flute: A special prop that can play both fast-paced and slow-paced music. Fast-paced music for psionic attacks, slow-tempo music for psychic defenses, duration 15 minutes, cooldown 1 hour (binding)】
[06 Blood Beads: Auxiliary props, the last tears left after the death of the dragon, can heal all wounds. Cooldown time 3 hours】
Shen Junyao returned to the pure white space, the dark red "Revelation Record" floated in front of her, she tentatively stretched out her hand towards the book, and the book turned by itself as if it had been induced by something, and stayed on a certain page.
[Avarice, Lord of Greed.]
01 The god in charge of greed in the Seven Sins Sect, the greedy people made a wish to her, and she did everything, so she gained many believers. 】
"Oh, the style of this greedy lord is really a typical god." Shen Junyao turned the page, and the new page was painted with three figures, Avarice, the greedy lord with black hair and white dress, holding a scepter in her hand, standing on the green grass, the wind blowing white petals, and also lifting the hem of her skirt. Behind her were two children with purple irises, holding hands and playing, with happy smiles on their faces.
Judging from this painting, the relationship between Elsa John and Avarice is not stalemate, but on the contrary, it is very harmonious. But in the game, Elsa clearly hates Avarice, and even wants to burn the self-portrait that hides the power of the gods in the study. Is there really such a possibility? Or maybe Elsa John didn't hate Avarice at all? If you don't hate, why burn the painting, and why did that aggressive scene in the study happen?
“Seeing is not believing. ——Avarice”
At the bottom of the page, there is a sentence written like this. Seeing is not necessarily believing? Jun Yao closed the book with confusion, and just when she didn't know what to do in this space, a bell suddenly rang out.
"Knock-knock-knock-"
Twelve bells echoed in the pure white space, and Jun Yao gradually lost consciousness.