Chapter 663: The Truth
If the curse was really caused by Isagorus, the curse could be lifted by wiping the murder weapon "Golden Magic Cube" and enshrined in front of the tomb? What kind of weird brain circuit is this? Isn't that a blatant mockery?
Even if he has seen a lot of strange things, Ling Ze still feels that he can't understand a little, this kind of brain circuit is too weird, right?
"How did you lose that golden magic cube? Was it stolen by anyone? It's not like you're running away, right? ”
Asuna continued to ask questions, but the answer to this question was obvious, the people who stole the "Golden Magic Cube" were among the people they had already met before.
"Is that really the case? You said before that the boss of this layer is a magic cube with long hands and feet, so it can't be the golden magic cube that becomes a monster, right?! ”
Asuna's brain is open, don't say it, she is quite reasonable, and it is really reasonable to say this.
"Unfortunately, that's not the case, we've already met the people who took the cubes, but I didn't say it."
Kirito's answer was obviously a validation of Ling Ze's thoughts, and he had been keenly aware that there was something wrong with an NPC before.
"Does this mean that among the butlers, maids, gardeners, cooks, two disciples, and wine merchants who entered and exited the mansion ten years ago, someone secretly hid the golden magic cube?"
At this time, even Klein understood what was going on, of course, he still didn't know who hid or stole it, but at least he had a rough range.
"The wine merchant who was not present can be ruled out, and the two disciples were not present at the first time, and the gardener only helped dig the pit and bury the body, so the person who stole could only be one of the butlers, maids, and cooks, am I guessing right?"
Asuna lifted her chin as if my reasoning was flawless, and Kirito applauded in cooperation.
"It's a maid."
Ling Ze directly said the answer, which made Kirito look at him in surprise, and it was obvious that Ling Ze had guessed the right answer.
"That's amazing! Brother Ling Ze! How did you guess?! ”
Kirito was surprised, he really didn't expect that someone would guess the answer to the riddle, because the key clues were in the later tasks, and now they have no clues.
"Because that maid, when we mentioned Mr. Sailon and Mr. Pai Isagulus, the reaction was the strongest, and it can be seen that her relationship with these two people is different from the others, it is not a simple maid and employer relationship, and such an NPC obviously does not exist in vain."
Ling Ze opened his mouth to explain, which made everyone's faces full of surprise.
"Indeed, just as Brother Ling Ze said, the one who took the golden magic cube from the scene of Pai Isagorus's murder and hid it under this mansion is the former maid Saiano we just questioned.
In fact, she is a genius who plays puzzle games, and Pai Isa Gulus is preparing to make her the heir of the Puzzle King, and Miss Saiano did not immediately report him after seeing Mr. Seron kill Mr. Pai Isagorus, but hid the murder weapon because Mr. Seron and Miss Sajaro are actually a couple. ”
Kirito said in amazement, that maid, Miss Saiano, did have an unusual relationship with Mr. Sailong and Mr. Pai Isagulus, and even that she was actually the inducement that led Mr. Sailong to kill Mr. Pai Sagulus.
It was because of her genius that she caused Mr. Piei Sagulus to change his heir, and this directly angered Mr. Sailong, causing him to kill Mr. Piei Sargulus in a fit of rage, causing everything to happen.
Of course, the matter must be the fault of the murderer Sailong, and there is nothing wrong with the excellence of the maid, Miss Saiano.
"Ten years ago, Mr. Sairon was thirty years old, and Miss Saiano was about twenty-five years old, and she couldn't bear to denounce her lover as a murderer, but she couldn't pretend that it didn't happen, so Miss Saianor sealed the golden magic cube in the underground of the lord's mansion, and then put the key to enter it in a secret villa in another city, Sribas, in the hope that Sailong would atone for his sins."
Kirito then spoke, and after he stopped, Asuna urged him to continue, I wonder if all the girls were particularly interested in this kind of story, Asuna was obviously a little fascinated.
"What the hell is going on? Why hide the keys in a secret villa in another city? What does this have to do with atonement? ”
Klein also urged, but he was more concerned about the reason, what is the meaning of sealing the "Golden Magic Cube" under this city, and then sealing the key in the villa of another city?
"Yes, there are a lot of extremely difficult puzzle games in the labyrinth of the Lord's Mansion, and you can't get to the deepest part without a hint of a book in the study of the secret villa.
Miss Sayano has been waiting for Mr. Seron to confess his sins to her and ask for help for the past ten years.
At that time, she plans to tell about the existence of the Secret Villa, and in order to retrieve the Golden Magic Cube, Mr. Sailong must study the books in the Secret Villa diligently, and then break through the underground labyrinth, which was actually a test prepared to inherit the status of the puzzle game king and lord. ”
Kirito then told the follow-up story, and at this time Asuna had already begun to draw inferences and began to be able to follow the later plots.
"As a result, Mr. Sailon... But he never challenged the test himself, but just hired others to ......"
Asuna was a little speechless, from this point of view, this Mr. Sailong's operation is really enough to make people's blood pressure soar.
"Not only that, but he will paralyze the players he hired and kidnap them directly, and then lock them in the labyrinth of the lord's mansion for the players to help recover the golden magic cubes, and Miss Saiano, who knows of his intentions, will use the secret passage of Stakion to help the player."
Kirito's words obviously made Asuna even more speechless, this "Lord of Staquion" Mr. Seron is really enough "crumbs", he really deserves to be cursed!
"That's the way it is, let's get it done."
Kirito spread his hands, obviously helpless about this, this series of tasks, can be said to be the most bloody task below the entire tenth floor, the most blood pressure soaring task.
"Let's go."
Ling Ze nodded, and then the group simply set off.
The second city on the sixth floor, "Sri Basi", is a beautiful city that looks like a certain southern European style, and the large river that flows through the center of the city is reminiscent of the main block "Lobia" on the fourth floor, but unfortunately there are no gondolas to be seen on the river.
But the scenery here is still very beautiful, the black water surface reflects countless shining orange street lights, which is a unique beauty that can only be found in the fantasy world, and when they first entered the city, Ling Ze and they also stopped for a long time.
The "Secret Villa" of Mr. Pai Isagorus, located on the edge of the southern street of "Sribasi".
The river that runs through the "Sribas" begins with a waterfall spewed out by a large pillar that towers over the northern end of the Irons, and ends in a lake in the center of the level.
The slender streets on both sides of the river, connected by numerous bridges, and several of which are topped by roofed buildings, are the characteristic "Home Bridge" of "Sri Bas", and the "Secret Villa" of Mr. Pai Isagorus is one such building called "Home Bridge".
Located on the bridge, the villa of Pai Sagulus looks very beautiful from the outside, but the interior has been completely turned into ruins, and in the completely ruined villa of Pai Sagulus, there are still "soul system" monsters, and you must always fight them until you find the next clues, which is obviously not very friendly to Asuna.
However, with the encouragement of her companions, Asuna came in with her, and the first floor of the "Secret Villa" was a general bridge, with railings rising high on both sides, forming countless arches to support the living part of the second floor. If you are accustomed to seeing the "Staquion", which is a "building block house" from beginning to end, you will indeed find it quite beautiful.
The road to the second floor was only a small staircase, and everyone walked quickly up the stairs and stood in front of an ancient gate.
It is a wooden door that looks quite sturdy, and the surface of the door is set up with six metal number turntables, each engraved with a number from 0 to 9, which is a combination lock that can often be seen in the real world.
"There must be a million kinds of permutations and combinations, right? Even if you don't sleep and guess one by one, it will take days. ”
Asuna fiddled with it a few times, then quickly gave up, and everyone looked at the "closed beta player" Kirito.
"The process of obtaining this password is very troublesome, and I hope that the password has not been changed after SAO starts official operation."
Kirito lived up to expectations, and he decisively stepped forward to prepare to open the lock, but he wasn't particularly sure.
"Click!"
A clear unlocking sound sounded, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, obviously everyone didn't want to run around in trouble, and it was great to be able to open the door directly.
The door of the "Ruined Villa" was opened, and it was dark inside, and the cold and damp air flowed out with the opening of the door, and this atmosphere immediately made Asuna tremble.
"Click."
After Ling Ze and the others entered the villa, the door behind them automatically closed, which was really a classic scene.
"Turn on the lights."
Asuna whispered, this is not an excessive request, because this villa is indeed very dark inside.
Kirito lit the oil lamp, which was specially prepared, and it felt strange to break into someone's house with a torch.
So Ling Ze, who was "not bad for money", directly changed the oil lamp, and as the oil lamp was turned on, the orange light expanded to illuminate the surroundings, and it was much more comfortable after having the light.
The villa is quite spacious, worthy of the villa of the previous lord of "Staquinon", all kinds of furniture are expensive, but the corners of the ceiling are covered with spider silk, and the floor is also littered with broken props, apparently it has been abandoned for a long time.
"That's too miserable, isn't it?!"
Looking at the miserable appearance of this villa, Asuna couldn't help but marvel.
The luxurious sofa set, the huge stove, and all kinds of furniture have all collapsed one by one in the past ten years, and even the carpet on the floor has been bitten by insects.
This is the living room.,Everyone rummaged through it.,There's no useful information.,This kind of map is not the same as the closed beta period.,A lot of information has changed the location randomly.,Even if there is a Kiritoro, it's not used this time.。
Next to the living room is a spacious dining room, with a huge dining table and chairs still alive, with empty plates and Western-style cutlery for about 10 people neatly placed on the table, wine bottles and candlesticks that have turned gray due to dust, and the crystal lamps on the ceiling have cobwebs drooping, a decaying scene.
But before Ling Ze could scavenge them, with the howling sound of the cold wind, a hazy blue-white light appeared under the table, and then five soul-based monsters appeared through the somewhat dirty tablecloths, which were five ghosts with slender bodies and tattered white dresses.
Human-type soul monsters can be divided into male, female, and genderless types, but most of the ghosts are female, but this annoying ghost has nothing to do with beauty at all, the arms stretched out from the tattered white dress are as thin as bones, and the face is seventy percent bones, and it is no wonder that Asuna is frightened when she grows into this dignity.
The ghosts' eye sockets burned with blue ghost fire, they screamed, rushed to this side, trying to catch people with sharp nails, everyone flexibly dodged its attack, and then launched a counterattack, but unfortunately the effect was not obvious, the place where the ghost was cut down, only flew out of white smoke-like gas, and the HP dropped very little.
The entities of the "soul" monsters are very light, so it is difficult for weapons to give them effective damage, and it stands to reason that "magic" should be used to deal with these ghosts at this time, but unfortunately, Ayn Grant has no magic, so they can only find a way to use weapons to "physical exorcism".
In fact, the most convenient way to fight ghosts is to go to church and spend money to buy a "blessing" buff, this "blessing" buff is very restrained by the monsters of the "soul system", in addition to the "fire", the monsters of the "soul system" are generally weak "light", weak "fire", and carrying a torch in your hand is better than a sword.
Ling Ze and they are not short of torches, and they haven't used up what they have done before, but wielding torches in this kind of wooden house is much more terrifying than fighting these ghosts, so in the final analysis, they can only physically exorcise demons.
"Hit these ghosts right in the middle of their chests, that's their weak point, no matter what kind of weapon you have, as long as you can hit it, you can do a lot of good damage."
Ling Ze proposed a new method, and everyone did not doubt it, because Ling Ze had already hacked a ghost to death with a single sword.