Chapter 390: The Guardian
The owl-type creature that called itself "Lanchester" was not a species that Xu Jia was familiar with, but Xu Jia could still clearly see that the strength level of this creature was not too high.
Similar to Xu Jia's original prediction, this should be an otherworldly creature with a strength of around the fifth order.
And since it is not a humanoid creature, of course, it cannot be a warrior, so the combat power of this owl is basically not too strong, and it belongs to the auxiliary class of creatures.
Xu Jia only glanced at Lanchester, the "owl", and his eyes were completely attracted by the portal that did not disappear behind him, and he could clearly sense that an inexplicable connection was being pulled out of it.
This was a feeling that he had never felt before, perhaps because Xu Jia's spiritual attributes had reached a certain standard, and the quantitative change had caused a qualitative change, allowing him to grasp the more subtle abnormalities.
And Lanchester also seemed to be puzzled by Xu Jia's actions, it couldn't help but turn around, looked at the scene behind him, and then couldn't help but be stunned.
It's not the first time Lanchester has accepted the call of the Otherworld, although his rank is not too high, but because of his special ability, he doesn't need to fight head-on, so his safety can still be guaranteed.
Again, it must be emphasized that the summoning ritual has never been a forced contractual relationship, and there is no such thing as sending summoned creatures to death and summoned creatures must also accept them.
Conversely, if the summoned creature finds an action particularly dangerous, it can simply refuse to accept it, end the contract and return to its own plane.
Of course, if you choose to do so, the summoned creature usually doesn't get paid, or only gets a portion of it.
Lanchester also does this kind of thing, and as soon as he realizes that something is wrong, the cunning owl will immediately abandon his "employer" and choose to flee for his life alone.
It's just that with its rich experience in being summoned, it has never seen such a strange situation at the moment.
I have obviously come to this world and communicated with my employer, why hasn't the advent portal disappeared?
Could it be that there are some big people who follow behind him, have curiosity about the world in front of him, and want to follow him to see it?
Lanchester's originally somewhat wooden face suddenly turned green, it had never experienced such a thing firsthand, but it had heard some of its collaborators talk about it.
If you really encounter a power that has the ability to forcibly descend through the summoning channel, then both sides of the ritual can basically only resign themselves to fate, and they are powerless to fight against characters of this level.
Xu Jia's face was as usual, because he already vaguely knew what was going to happen next.
Sure enough, under the guidance of a special force, some kind of fluctuation was gradually connecting with Xu Jia, and the boosting space in his mind was activated again.
This is probably the first time that Xu Jia has "seen" the activation method of the boosting space with his own eyes, and his consciousness quickly sank into his mind, and sure enough, he saw a new boosting task on it.
"Boosting Mission: Guardians. ”
"Mission: Protect the target character Anya and arrive at the Earth Star Fortress within seven days. ”
"Quest reward: Depends on the completion of the quest. ”
"Mission time limit: seven days. ”
Xu Jia quickly examined this task and couldn't help frowning slightly.
This is the first time that he has received a task reward with a non-fixed task among so many tasks in the boosting space, and it depends on the completion of the task.
This description is actually very common in games, many missions are designed like this, and Xu Jia, as a mission expert, also has a lot of experience in dealing with this type of mission.
But the question is, why is the mission description of the boosting space so similar to the game, and what is its relationship with the games of the previous life?
Such a thought flashed in Xu Jia's mind, and then he suppressed it again, because he found a strange phenomenon again.
This time, after he received the task, his consciousness was not directly sent to the other world, but remained in the ontology.
Is it because of his high mental strength and the opportunity to choose, or because the summoning ritual is special and the portal is still maintained?
Xu Jia didn't can't wait to accept a task because he finally saw it, but the more he came to this time, the more calm he was able to treat it.
In particular, he knew one thing very well, that is, the appearance of the boosting task in front of him must be related to the summoning ceremony.
In this case, even if this mission is abandoned, it will inevitably be possible to obtain a new mission in the future, and it is completely acceptable to use this mission for an experiment.
On the other hand, if you can't get another mission after this time, then just this mission is not worth cherishing.
As his spiritual attributes get higher and higher, Xu Jia is no longer short of a single mission, and he is more willing to use the current time to find a way to steadily receive the boosting task.
So he glanced at Lanchester and said to him, "You go back." ”
"What?" Mr. Owl was visibly stunned, even though it clearly understood what Xu Jia meant from the mental fluctuations, but this intention really made it a little stunned.
Xu Jia didn't speak again, just pointed to the portal behind Lanchester.
Mr. Owl understood this time, and he looked at Xu Jia with a glance of "Are you sick", and then walked back in three steps.
In good conscience, Lanchester would have liked to have this kind of hire that would have been paid every day by going out shopping, but the fact was so strange that it felt like there was some conspiracy involved.
Until he walked to the portal, Mr. Owl couldn't help but look back: "Don't you really need me to do anything? Actually, I have a lot of abilities, I ......"
Before its words fell, it suddenly felt a murderous aura attack, and Xu Jia's right hand was already on the hilt of the sword at his waist.
Mr. Owl's face twitched suddenly, and without saying a word, he plunged into the portal, and his figure disappeared in an instant.
And Lanchester's return means that the summoning ceremony is over, and the portal is slowly closed.
Although Lanchester did not do anything, it fulfilled Xu Jia's "entrustment", so the law of the plane will determine that it meets the basic conditions and give the most basic reward.
Xu Jia had been watching all this calmly, until the portal was completely closed and the ritual was officially over, he was clear about the traces of the ritual, and then observed the boosting space in his mind.
The "Guardian" quest was still on the task panel, but its color had turned gray, and when Xu Jia's consciousness stayed on it, a message could be clearly perceived, that is, "The quest is temporarily unacceptable".
At the same time, there is also an extra piece of information in the mission content.
"Location: Oran World. ”
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