Chapter 37: A Crisis of Confidence
The dwarf reacted extremely quickly, and at the same time as the black shadow pounced, he suddenly squatted down, and at the same time struck out with his right fist towards the sky.
He was already short, this squatting, the black shadow immediately threw himself into the air, the short man's punch to the sky had hit the black shadow, the force was fierce, he jumped up and hit the black shadow straight to the ceiling, the scene was as wonderful as the dragon fist in the street fighter, and he turned around gorgeously in the air before falling.
At the same time, with a stroke of Cang Li's right hand, a black blue wolf king had appeared in the air, pounced on the black shadow, bit the black shadow in one bite, and fought viciously with the black shadow.
This is the Two-Headed Monster, a common monster found in the DOOM Slayer.
As soon as the black blue wolf king appeared, he bit down on one of the heads of the two-headed monster, and actually bit off one of the heads of this guy. At the same time, Cang Li's right hand drew a semicircle, and lightning flashed out, hitting the two-headed monster fiercely.
Although this two-headed monster is fast, its attack and defense capabilities are average, and it was fatally killed by Cang Li's blow, and he fell to death in a pool of blood.
Killing this two-headed monster didn't get any benefits, Cang Lizhi didn't care, just loosened his wrist, and said casually: "It's not a difficult thing to deal with, it seems that this mission is really not very difficult." ”
At the same time as he said this, the rescued female staff suddenly shouted, pointing at Cang Li and retreating again and again, her face full of horror: "You...... You're not human...... You must be infected......!"
Cang Li was stunned for a moment, only to hear the blood coats of three people sounding at the same time:
"Showing more than a human being is supposed to be in front of the rescued, and being suspected of being infected, your trust in the human race decreases. No. E1588, the trust level decreased by 300 points, and the negative value was 200 points. No. E2479, the trust level drops by one hundred points, and the trust level is zero. No. E4528, the trust level is down 50 points, and the remaining trust level is 50 points. ”
All three were startled at the same time.
What's going on?
I saw that the female staff member had already pulled out her legs and ran away.
Cang Li glanced down, and his face suddenly turned pale: "I lost my qualification to protect her!"
Apparently he is number E1588. Because he hit the heaviest, he even used the most incredible summoning skill in the eyes of ordinary people, so he directly reduced his trust by three hundred points. The female staff member had already decided that he was infected by the demon of hell.
As for the dwarf, although that punch to the sky was quite amazing, it was not as conspicuous as Cang Li's unborn summoning, but because of this, it also reduced the trust level by a hundred points, and it was directly returned to zero.
Even King Kong, who didn't make a move, lowered his trust by fifty points, and it is estimated that he was affected because he was with them, and the female staff became suspicious of him, which was really a disaster.
That's not all, just as the female staff member fled, the blood coat of arms sounded again:
"Warning! Warning!"
"Number E1588 Negative Trust. During the negative period, you will not be able to protect anyone to be saved, and you will not receive any rewards for killing monsters. ”
"Number E2479 has zero trust, the target you protect during the zero value will be easily taken away by other adventurers, and you will not get any reward for killing monsters. ”
"Number E4528 trust is below the standard value, and until it is restored to the standard value, you will not be able to accept any additional tasks, and the reward for killing monsters will be halved. ”
"Hell!" all three scolded at the same time.
No one expected that there would be trust in this mission.
Cang Li was even more frightened, and his face turned pale.
Not being able to protect others means that it is impossible to complete the main quest one even if you kill him. However, the consequence of the failure of this mission is to be directly obliterated.
He was in such a dangerous situation that he almost fainted, and only then did he really understand the meaning of the words that the city had prompted earlier.
"How so?" cried out Cang Li.
Fortunately, at this time, King Kong also shouted: "City, how can we restore trust!"
The Blood Emblem actually gave the answer:
"Communicating with a protection target increases mutual trust, and the higher the level of trust, the more likely it is that the hidden mission will be opened. ”
"I don't want a hidden mission!" Cang Li yelled.
Heraldic unhurried:
"Recovery method 1: Pay the blood points, and spend ten blood points for each point of trust. ”
"Recovery method 2: Eliminate the ability to make the other person suspicious, and when the ability does not exist, the doubt that arises due to that ability will also be removed. ”
This answer made Cang Li suddenly change color.
He used two skills to kill the two-headed monster just now, a blue wolf king summoning, and a double C-level attack skill. According to the meaning of the Blood Embarrhea, if he wants to restore his trust to a hundred, he must erase both skills, which is too costly.
Of course, he can also choose to pay three thousand points to restore trust, and the loss will be much smaller, the problem is that he simply does not have so many blood points in his hands.
The dwarf's face is not good-looking, he wants to restore a hundred full trust points, or pay a thousand blood points, or reduce the strength and agility attributes by 5 points each, and he doesn't want either of these options.
Only King Kong immediately said: "Pay 500 points to restore trust!"
"The request was accepted, and the trust level was restored to 100 points. ”
King Kong glanced at Cang Li and the dwarf, and sighed: "I'll go find the woman first." ”
As he spoke, he quickly rushed out, rushed to the female staff and shouted, "Hey, hey, don't be afraid, I'm not infected, I'm here to save you." ”
When the female staff member saw King Kong, she no longer doubted him, and threw herself into his arms and cried loudly.
King Kong took a long breath.
The heraldic asks again: "Is the target included in the scope of protection?"
King Kong thought about it, and didn't accept it immediately, but first let the woman stand outside, and went back to the room to look at Cang Li and the dwarf: "People are outside, if you want the dwarf, I can give it to you first." ”
The dwarf's face turned pale for a while, and finally nodded: "Pay five hundred points, restore trust fifty points." ”
He only has 500 points in his hand, so he can only try to get people into his hands first. As for the hidden quest that can't be opened and the monster is only half rewarded, he can't care about it anymore.
According to the hint of the Blood Emblem, after the target is included in the scope of protection, you can still increase the trust level through communication, but it is estimated that this trust improvement is not easy, and the dwarf can only strive for it.
Fifty points of trust were restored, and the dwarf took the woman under protection. Perhaps due to the lack of trust, women have always had some scruples about the dwarf, not as close as they are with King Kong, and even have some resentment against King Kong for refusing to protect her personally.
But when Cang Li came out, the woman immediately screamed in fright and ran.
The dwarf hurriedly grabbed her and kept comforting her. At first, he advised: "Don't be afraid, he won't hurt you." As a result, the trust level of the 50 points dropped by 5 points again, and in desperation, he quickly changed his words and said, "I will protect you." ”
As for continuing to defend Cang Li, he didn't even dare to think about it.
Cang Li wanted to cry even more without tears, but he didn't expect that not only would he no longer be able to protect any target, but even the targets that had already been protected would treat him like a snake and scorpion.
King Kong hurriedly contacted: "Now you can be sure that you guessed correctly, we can't use our abilities in front of ordinary people, otherwise we will be regarded as infected......"
He gave a general account of what had just happened.
"Is it unusable, or can't it be seen by ordinary people?" Shen Yi asked.
King Kong was stunned at first, but then he realized: "You're right, it's not that you can't use it, it's that you can't use those abilities that have obviously non-human characteristics. Cang Li was unlucky because he used summoning skills, so like summoning transformation and long-range skills, once they are used, they will definitely attract suspicion. However, melee skills don't necessarily attract suspicion, especially the bloody frenzy of the Flood Wave. ”
Hong Lang listened happily and laughed.
It was Shen Yi who interrupted his excitement: "Hong Lang, don't be too happy, if you want to say that there is no problem, it may not be, too high attack performance is also not the ability that humans should have, of course, it is estimated that it will not be as ruthless as Cang Li, but you also need to be careful." In any case, with ordinary people watching the battle, everyone has to express themselves leisurely. ”
"I'm afraid it's not just skills. King Kong's voice suddenly became depressed: "I was deducted ten points of trust again. ”
Shen Yi was stunned: "What's wrong?"
"Because the woman saw that I wasn't using my phone and was talking to you!" King Kong replied viciously.
Shen Yi was dumbfounded.
Obviously, the decline in trust is not limited to ability, and any behavior or language that is outside the current human cognitive background will lead to a decline in trust.
Shen Yi immediately said: "Everyone, listen, stop talking about the city, skills, attributes, etc. in front of any rescued people, don't show that we are different from them, prepare to use guns to fight, we must act like a special soldier instead of an adventurer." ”
Fortunately, Shen Yi was originally good at using guns, so he was far less restricted than anyone else.
Thinking of this, Shen Yi added: "By the way, if you encounter other adventurers, you don't need to rush to compete with them for the time being...... I don't mind making more people wrong, understand?"
"Understood!"
"Understood!"
Everyone agreed, and at the same time laughed evilly.
There is no doubt that adventurers in other places are destined to encounter the same situation as Cangli without being reminded.
And the more people are unlucky, the less competitive the Broken Blades face.
"What about my side?" King Kong asked Shen Yi.
"If you know each other, just pull them along. Shen Yi replied.
"I know what to do. King Kong quickly cut off contact, he didn't want to be deducted ten more points of trust.
Turning his head to look at Cang Li, King Kong walked up to him and whispered:
"If you want to restore trust, I can give you a chance. ”
Cang Li looked at King Kong in a daze, and King Kong smiled: "I can lend you three thousand points to help you restore your trust." But condition one: you two have to listen to me on this mission. Two: After meeting the basic conditions, I will take half of the excess goals, and half of the two of you, and the priority distribution is mine. ”