Chapter 45: I want to play a game
Beckford spread his hands slightly, and more figures appeared above his figure one after another. It's just that compared to Beckford's real-life illusion, this time it is obvious that it is a projection.
Dense figures kept shifting in the air above Beckford, and for Brent, who had summoned the adventurers to come with him, he could recognize most of them.
"It's a terrible situation. ”
As Brent identified the men, Ethan focused on something else.
"These people don't seem to be being held together, they seem to be being held in completely different places. ”
Beckford withdrew his outstretched hands, and the visions above him vanished. Then he personally confirmed that Ethan's speculation was correct: "They are all locked up in various parts of the castle, and if you attack any part of the castle, you risk causing innocent casualties." ”
Ethan pouted, he knew that Beckford was doing this, and it was obvious that this guy just didn't want Ethan to destroy the castle with one shot, but let them in.
"What the hell do you want to do?"
Beckford suddenly smiled, and for the first time since he appeared, it was a very kind smile, but everyone felt chills when they saw this smile.
"I want to play a game. ”
“......”
Ethan was suddenly speechless, this line was so bad that he didn't want to answer at all.
It's just that it's not just Ethan standing here, not to mention that it's not Ethan who really cares about the lives of those adventurers, but Brent, who brought everyone here.
He felt that he had brought everyone here, so he had an obligation and responsibility to bring them back safely.
"What a game. ”
"The game is simple, you rescue all the people, find the heart of the island, and you win. ”
Beckford didn't say how he won, because that's the obvious thing.
The fate of the defeat was not asked, Brent and Brad already knew what Beckford was doing in private, and if they failed, they would also be trapped in that castle, and the final outcome would be nothing more than turning into undead creatures or dying.
Considering that becoming an undead creature would have to be manipulated and enslaved by Beckford, perhaps it would be better to die directly.
"Why do you want to do something like this game?"
Ethan wondered why Beckford did this, what game was he playing all of a sudden?
If Beckford felt that he and the others were a threat, why didn't he just show up and eliminate them? Could it be that he wasn't on this island?
"Because I want to. Beckford nodded at Ethan, "That's all." ”
After saying this, Beckford's illusion disappeared directly, and he had already made his attitude clear: come and play this game. If you win, the imprisoned adventurers will be rescued, the island's heart will be found, and no matter what means are used to dispose of it or destroy it outright, the huge island that blocked the entire route will disappear and the route will return to normal.
If you fail...... Everyone doesn't have to think about that, and everyone knows the fate of failure.
"I'll go in. ”
Brent was the first to speak.
"I went in alone, and it's my responsibility to get them all out. But I can't ask you to join me in this dangerous place. ”
Ethan was tempted to say that Brent made a lot of sense, but the question now was that if he didn't go in, did Beckford really just let everyone go?
"Do you want to distract us?"
It's not that there is no such possibility, it is always easier to deal with the concentration of power than to disperse it, not to mention that Ethan can't just let Brent go in alone.
If Brent was to fall into the castle because of this, Beckford would throw him out again and ask him if he could save him? What was he going to do? Would he give up this place and go back?
Although Ethan felt that his moral standard was not very high, he could not do such a thing.
"I know it's a trap, but I won't let you in alone. Ethan looked at Brent and Brad: "Only when everyone gets together can we play to the fullest, and even if we really encounter a trap, I believe our ability is enough to solve it." ”
But if you spread it out......
Everyone understands the truth, but many people do not make this choice when faced with danger.
Ethan is different because he has enough hole cards and retreats, and it's nothing to break through together.
"Since he's going to play a game, let's play with him once. ”
Brad may have some doubts, but when Ethan and Brent are both determined to enter the castle, he doesn't seem to have much room for objection.
Glancing at Liz beside him, Brad could see that Liz was glaring at him very obviously, but Brad hesitated and decided to act with everyone.
As Ethan said, what if they were deliberately trying to keep them apart? After Ethan and Brent had entered the castle, Liz was the only one left, and he didn't think it would be safer to stay outside the castle.
"Let's see, let's see what's so special about this castle, the madman seems to think that if we enter the castle, he'll win. ”
The crowd began to move forward again, this time all of them looking cautious and having already taken their weapons.
Logan was still at the forefront, even distancing himself from everyone a little, just to give everyone time to react when they found out about the situation.
But he went all the way to the castle wall, and stood in front of the open gate, without any trouble.
Coupled with the clouds in the sky and some raindrops, it looks like a dilapidated castle on an ordinary desolate island.
"This castle would be pretty good if it weren't for the wandering undead creatures. ”
Having lived on a ship for a long time, Ethan wanted a home on land, and in his spare time he considered many options, and the castle was naturally one of them.
But forget about this in front of him, looking at the zombies who had noticed him and began to approach his people, Ethan didn't want the place where he lived to be full of traces of the existence of this kind of thing.
"Get rid of these zombies first. ”
Under normal circumstances, it must be a quick break through the blockade of the zombies, and then go directly to the interior of the castle. Anyway, once the door is closed, these things can't get in. Judging from their actions, these low-level undead creatures have no intelligence, so naturally they can't know how to open doors.
However, Ethan considered that these things were wandering outside, and they were likely to block the door, and they were here to save people, and it would be embarrassing for a group of people to come out when they couldn't get out.
Accustomed to getting rid of possible threats ahead of time, Ethan doesn't care if it seems like a waste of time.
"We also have to consider that we have a lot of people to save this time, maybe there are still those who don't want to act with us and want to leave directly and return to the beach, we can't bother to rescue people, and as soon as we go out, they will be attacked and killed by zombies blocking the gate, right?
When everyone thought of that picture, it was really speechless, it was better to clean it up, and it wouldn't waste much effort anyway.
After making sure that the vestibule was safe, everyone pushed open the gate of the castle and entered the castle one after another.
At the end of the moment when George finally walked into the castle, the open door closed instantly, and when George turned around and tried to open the door, he found that the door was as closed as the wall.
"Not at all. ”
Only Ethan never looked back, he was not surprised that this would happen, and he was now looking at the structure of the castle.
There is no complicated structure in front of me, there is a staircase in front of me, there is a platform on the upper section, and then it extends diagonally upwards to both sides, as for what the end of the stairs looks like, I can't see it from this place.
Where he was standing now, there were also several doors on either side, and it was not clear what was behind them.
"This castle is huge, and it may not be easy to find the adventurers scattered all over the castle. ”
"It's nothing. Brad, who had been silent, suddenly interrupted Brent and Ethan: "I tried it just now, and I found that the effect of the combat suit has dropped a lot, and the magic stone weapon can't play its due ability. ”
In order to prove his words, Brad deliberately waved his long sword: "My long sword produces a very sharp transparent blade when it is chopped, which makes my attack range much longer, but now it is no different from an ordinary long sword." ”
Hearing this, Brent immediately drew his greatsword, and then swung it fiercely with the dazzling fire that appeared in the previous battle, and there was not a single thing.
"What's going on?"
Brent had never encountered such a situation, and he had never heard of it, so he could only focus on Brad, hoping that the adventurer from the Sea of Wonders would answer his questions.
"I don't know, but I've heard some rumors that there are islands in the Sea of Miracles that can disable magic stone equipment, but I've never come across it...... Maybe Beckford figured out and got hold of the secret, and then used it against us?"
The magic stone equipment was restricted, and the combat power of several people was almost cut to the bottom, and at this time, they were still in the castle carefully prepared by Beckford, no matter how you look at it, they are in big trouble.
In this case, Brent found that Ethan and his companions were calm, as if they did not care about the situation.
Ethan of course didn't care, none of them were mixed up with magic stone equipment, and this strange ban was of no use to them at all.