Chapter 33, playing cards out of common sense
Erwin once experimented with a time when he tried to refuse a ghost Moore's mission after entering Moore's Gold Vault.
At that time, Erwin wanted to try to see if there would be a follow-up plot in this way. But it turns out that he was thinking too much, and after he declined the mission request, Ghost Moore simply disappeared, and he himself was kicked out of the gold vault.
This is one of the reasons why Erwin would refuse the ghost mission so simply now, but Erwin didn't expect that after listening to his refusal, Ghost Moore not only did not disappear, but instead asked why he refused.
This development is completely different from the game!
Erwin's expression was calm, but the thoughts in his head were racing.
"Did you touch some hidden plot?"
He muttered to himself in his mind, and then quickly dismissed the possibility.
He was not the only player who refused the ghost quest before, some had the same idea as him, and some refused the quest for various reasons, but every time Moore disappeared very simply, he never continued to pester the player, and he never heard anyone mention that [Moore's Gold Room] would have a follow-up plot, and this place is obviously just a simple mission layout.
Perhaps Elwin had been silent for a long time, and Moore suddenly flew down from the mountain of gold.
Its body is translucent, like a window to Elwin's game system, and emits a faint azure glow, a visual effect created when the non-attribute magic fluctuates violently.
Moore's body streaked a pale blue trail in mid-air, and in the blink of an eye, it flew in front of the two of them.
Susan's face tightened, and she subconsciously took half a step back, her back was already close to Erwin's side, and her eyes were firmly fixed on the ghost in front of her, for fear that it would suddenly strike.
Elwin still maintained a calm expression, but his hand had already touched the hilt of the Iron Slasher, and if the ghost made any hostile move, Elwin would only move faster than Susan.
But he doesn't want to do it now, having a difficult necromancer as an opponent has already made the two of them anxious, and if you add a ghost of unknown rank, this kind of behavior is no longer death, but death.
Moore flew through the air, circling the two men in a circle.
And as the ghost approached, Erwin and Susan obviously felt that the temperature was rapidly decreasing, from a cool autumn to a snowy winter, a chill spread rapidly upward from the soles of their feet, Erwin's body was more outstanding, so it was better, but Susan couldn't help but shiver, and countless fine goosebumps began to appear on the skin on her body.
At the same time, there seemed to be something else mixed in with this chill, and Moore still looked at the two of them with a smile, but those small eyes gave people the feeling of being like sharp and thin steel needles, flashing with a cold edge, which made people shudder.
The sensation made Erwin's body almost tense, and he gripped the hilt of his sword with his backhand, trying his best to not follow his battle instinct and stab the ghost in front of him.
If this sword is pierced, things will undo it.
"Don't continue to silence the young guest, please tell me why, why did you refuse my good-natured offer? Your look reminds me of a poisonous snake that is very dangerous to people. ”
Moore's eyes narrowed, turning into two small, curved slits of eyes, the eyes inside which were completely invisible, but the cold light that shot out of the slits became sharper and more obvious.
Erwin's forehead was already sweating, and although his expression was calm, his heart had begun to shake violently, and he kept hesitating between continuing to endure and quickly striking to seize the opportunity.
Once you make a move, it means that things will fall into an irreparable situation.
But the ghost's feeling for him is getting worse and worse, and if the ghost strikes first, Erwin doesn't know if the two of them can bear it.
He stared at Moore's smiling fat face, and couldn't help but curse in his heart, what is this bastard doing? How to play cards out of common sense.
Wait, common sense?
Erwin was suddenly stunned, and a glimmer of realization flashed through his heart, and this realization was like a key, opening the door to doubt, and he finally understood why Moore's actions were so unreasonable.
In the game, although it is set to be a ghost, in fact Moore is just a bunch of numbers that use his brain to control his behavior, no matter what the player says or does, Moore will only choose according to the behavior patterns set for it by the game script - in other words, he is a non-self-aware npnetbsp; But now that the world has changed from a game to a real one, Moore is no longer an NPC set up in the game, but a real, self-aware, judgmental, and intelligent ghost.
Then the real ghost will not follow the script, as in the game, and simply disappear after Erwin refuses the mission, it will be curious, it will be confused, and it will be angry and angry.
And Erwin finally realizes that Elend is exactly the same as the game, but completely different.
Just like the difference between hardware and software, the people and things that have appeared in the game, countries and religions, wars and exhibitions, all kinds and even everyone, every leaf, are perfectly replicated in Elend, if there is no human interference, then history will continue to follow the trajectory of the game.
And once there is external interference, without the correction of the game system - a real world naturally does not have these things, then history will change in an unpredictable direction.
All the creatures and changes on Elend, from the moment Erwin crossed into this world, completely lost the constraints of the game.
It's lofty, but what first made Erwin aware of this was Moore's anomalous behavior, it wasn't that it didn't act according to common sense, this so-called common sense was the behavior pattern set by the game, and now that there is no game constraints, then Moore naturally does what he wants - it is a ghost, and the ghost itself represents darkness and disorder.
Moreover, Moore was very worried that the soldiers in the Hall would find his vault before his death, and this worry was one of the main negative emotions that formed the ghost after he was hanged, and Moore's concern was also reflected in the tasks given to the players, finding something, or killing a certain monster.
As such, anyone who enters the vault is likely to be the object of Moore's suspicion that the other party is a soldier sent by the Consulate.
Of course, the god-elect had long since disappeared, and it was naturally impossible for the Consulate Hall to rule out the soldiers from searching for Moore's vault, and the ghost should know this, but the apprehension had already merged with it and became something like instinct.
And Erwin finally understood this, when he and Susan first entered the gold vault, Moore did not appear immediately to indicate that it was suspicious of their identities, perhaps more mixed with curiosity, but when Erwin refused Moore's mission and remained silent for too long under his questioning, Moore's doubts began to turn into suspicion.
Moore was now suspecting that Erwin and Susan were soldiers sent by the Lordship, and once it confirmed its suspicions, it was time to strike at them.
With that figured out, then Erwin knew what to do.
"Mr. Moore, we are adventurers from afar." He shook his head and said, "Because I accidentally broke into the fortress, and now I am being chased by the defenders inside the fortress, even if we accept your offer, we really don't have the extra ability to help you deal with trouble, please forgive me." Of course, if you don't welcome us, we can leave right away. ”
Adventurers from afar reveal the identities of the two, and being hunted down by the guardians proves that they have nothing to do with the fortress, and naturally cannot be the soldiers of the ruling hall.
This was the best answer Elwin could think of, and it was impossible for him to directly say that we were not soldiers of the Consule, and if he did, he was afraid that not only would it not dispel Moore's suspicions, but would cause it to be even more suspicious.
Moore still looked at Erwin with a smile, and Erwin looked at it with unflinching eyes.
A person and a ghost looked at each other silently, Susan didn't dare to breathe in the atmosphere next to her, and the gold room was quiet for a while to the point where you could hear a needle dropping.
Moore suddenly smiled, spun around in the air, and slowly flew back to the golden mountain.
"What a dirty and humble profession, you who call yourself adventurers are nothing more than a bunch of lawless criminals, please leave here at once, noble vault, adventurers are not welcome." Moore returned to the position where it appeared before, and said with a haughty expression, that smiling expression has disappeared, it should be said that this arrogant appearance is Moore's true face.
Hearing Moore say this, Erwin breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
It is common in many places for the aristocracy to look down on adventurers and mercenaries, but I didn't expect that the god-elect thousands of years ago would have such boring thoughts.
But for Erwin, it's all inconsequential. What he is most concerned about now is whether the reward of [Moore's Greeting Gift] will be effective.
In the game, the first player to enter Moore's Gold Room can get a greeting gift from Moore, which is not very rich, but it is crucial for Erwin and Susan.
This is related to whether the two of them can escape from the Shadow Mountains, and it is also related to whether the plan that Erwin has been calculating can be carried out smoothly.
If [Moore's Greeting Gift] fails, then Erwin's previous plans will not only be in vain, but also a lot of time wasted here.
You can't be so unlucky again, right?
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