The owner of the voice, Roque is no stranger.

Patch, a very meaningful character in the Souls-based game.

He'll always stand on the edge of a suspicious cliff and tell you there's treasure down there, tell you clumsy lies, and when you really look at it with curiosity, this guy will unsurprisingly fly up and kick you off the cliff.

Because Patchy always likes to play tricks on those who are greedy for treasure and ignore danger.

Even in the Mengliu Cave, he played such a trick.

Put the treasure chest in front of you to attract attention, and then rush up from behind and shoot two shots-

"Bang!"

The bald head holding the shield suddenly jumped off the rock wall behind the four people!

"The shameless thief deserves to be damned!" The bald head shouted: "Leave all the valuable things behind, get out!" ”

A blood note about [Patch] suddenly appeared in front of the four of them!

'Patch...... Is that the name of this NPC? ’

Kirito drew his weapon and began to be on guard, and the weapons on his left and right have been replaced by two "Monarch Army Straight Swords" from the initial scimitar at the beginning, both of which were exploded by the Greck soldiers during this time.

Pache descended from the sky, still holding the spear and shield that were dominant in cold weapons.

Kirito had to be cautious.

And Roque, who had expected it, also pulled out the [King's Army Great Sword] behind his back and clenched the hilt of the sword in his hand.

Patch's side quest is as special as his cunning personality.

Unlike other NPCs, Patch comes up in the form of an enemy with a bright health bar.

In this crossroads of per capita madmen, players can distinguish between NPCs and monsters in addition to their appearance, and almost all they have left is to meet each other and not to light up the blood bar.

If you have a bright blood bar, then kill!

If it's not lit, it's as if nothing happened.

But Patch is different, he's like a bright.

If you are weaker than him, then be taught harshly. You're stronger than him, and halfway through the fight, he'll want to surrender.

But in this game of life and death, there are a few faders who will really trust the surrender of the enemy. What's more, the creeps in the cave are also a group of robbers and thieves, once the trap bell in the cave is triggered, a large group of robbers will slash at you, giving a bad first impression.

Roque and his party knew the information and carefully passed the trap to avoid these senseless consumptions.

And...... Patch isn't strong, but it's not that weak either.

It's not his opponent who is weaker than Pacch, and whoever is stronger than Pache may not be able to stop when he fights him.

And once Patch dies, missing a shortcut to the Fog Forest is a trivial matter, and not being able to open the Patch Store is a real problem.

After all, Patchy still has a limited item here.

So in order to prevent accidents, Roque had no choice but to personally confront Patch with the Great Sword of the King's Army.

"Pyroxene Monster!" Asuna uses magic as a ranged cover.

And Roque quickly rushed forward, holding the big sword in both hands, and quickly used his combat skills-

Arrow step up and slash!

Talent "Vegetative Speech" blessing!

The attack power of combat skills has been greatly increased!

"Bell—"

The heavy blow slashed and sparked on the shield, making a piercing sound of metal grinding, and it was only a sword that broke through Patch's shield!

"Huh!" Patch was shocked to the point that his hands were numb, slightly unbalanced, and his health bar was lowered even more.

Then, with a twist of his wrist and a left slash of his greatsword, he picked out Patch's spear again, and the blade swept inward against the long pole with sparks.

The target lunged into Patch's neck.

It's about to be separated!

"Wait! Wait a minute! ”

The boss's health bar didn't disappear, but Patch suddenly became much more intelligent in Roque's eyes.

"I surrender! Surrender! He cried out to his knees.

Roque stopped, and the sword was around Patch's neck.

It's better to deal with cunning people than to wait a while.

Sure enough, after waiting for a while, the boss blood bar in Roque's eyes slowly disappeared, and at this moment, Patch's eyes were much more divine than just now.

“…… Phew, finally listened to the words, thank goodness. Patch swallowed, carefully removing the blade from his neck.

[Learn the special action 'begging for mercy' and learn the special action 'kneeling'.] 】

A hint appeared in front of Roque.

As if feeling that his crisis had not been completely resolved, Patch silently took out another golden rune and offered it with both hands.

"I actually knew from the beginning that you were a reasonable person. Hey, hey, hey......" He smiled awkwardly as he handed the rune in his hand to Roque.

"New Acquisition: Golden Rune [1]"

If you crush it, you will get 200 runs.

"Ah—look closely, aren't you also a fader? Oops, I was completely mistaken and I thought you were a monster like a subhuman...... It turned out to be wrong! Patch began to babble, "All in all, this kind of unfortunate misunderstanding is actually a common occurrence. ”

Roque took Lune and looked at the bald head in front of him: "Maybe it's really a misunderstanding......

"Ahem, now that the words are all spoken, let everyone's grievances go with it. How about taking care of it after that? Patch rubbed her hands slyly.

Two options appeared in front of Roque.

[I assume it did not happen]

[I don't forgive you]

After the second option is chosen, you will completely lose Patch's quest line, Patch is not only the line of teleportation fog forest, although he is a despicable guy, but the things on this bald head are quite good.

"Of course, it's all a misunderstanding." Roque thrust the King's Army sword back into his back.

Seeing the sword put away, Patch immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "My name is Patch, Crazy Patch. ”

"Like you, you're a fader, a wanderer who travels everywhere. Ahem... Now I'm a fellow traveler with the bandit group that the down-and-out soldier turned......"

"Fellow travelers?" Klein on the side asked curiously.

"Uh, anyway, I'm covering them......"

Before Klein could continue to ask, Patch immediately said, "But! The banditry is not a small risk, and I am already planning to wash my hands in gold! After that, I plan to open a store and do business. ”

"I'm looking forward to your arrival and taking care of you then."

"Can I take a look at your merchandise now?" Roark suddenly said that he wanted to test the intelligence level of the NPC.

"Oh uh...... I'm not ready right now—" Patch suddenly looked at the sword behind Roque's back, and immediately changed his words again, "Oh, uh, of course! I mean, welcome to the Patch Store! ”

"I'll bring the goods right away!" Patch immediately climbed back to the rock wall where he had jumped.

He threw down a lot of debris from it, which seemed to be looted from his former time as a robber.

"These are all I robbed... Collect treasures and buy them for you! He exclaimed.

Festering Blood Fingers, Stone Sword Keys, Pickled Golden Bird Claws......

It's really a very valuable prop, Kirito looks at these things and weighs the value of this thing.

Suddenly, something else appeared in front of him—Malkit's Prison Gear.

[Item Utility]: Can temporarily suppress the previously imprisoned Malkit to the ground.

This is?

Kirito's instincts tell him that this is a limited item.

And "Malkit", what a familiar name.

Kirito began to wonder where he had seen it, and he must have been very impressed.

But he just couldn't remember......

"It's Malkitt." Roque's voice rang out from Kirito's ears.

"It turned out to be an evil omen demon...... Kirito breathed a sigh of relief, and then he was startled: "Evil omen demon ghost?!! ”

Kirito looked horrified, and he remembered why he hadn't remembered the name of Evil Omen-sensei.

Because it was a painful time......

He subconsciously ignored the painful memory.

The internal test time is short.,Kiritoto almost didn't practice and ran to fight the evil omen demon.,At that time, it can be said that he was taught a lesson by the evil omen teacher.。

Even Kirito learned those few combat skills in the internal test, thanks to the training of the evil omen teacher......

"Is this what it is?!" Kirito looked at Roque in disbelief.

Roque nodded: "Well, an exclusive item for the boss Omen Demon." ”

"It's also one of the purposes of coming to Patch this time, just by the way, after all, we also saved a lot of rune."

Kirito's face suddenly became loveless.

If there was such a thing, why did he suffer at that time?

He felt like he was in a hurry to get on the tuba, but when he got to the toilet, he found that the toilet paper here had run out, so he could only sacrifice his pants in pain, wipe his butt with his pants, and then walk out with his bare buttocks.

As a result, I waited until my pants were used up, and when I walked out, I found that there was a bag of toilet paper in my trouser pocket......

He covered his face, no longer bothering to look at Roque's deal with Patch.

……

Roque was very interested and began to shop, he felt that Patch was quite clever now, and it was a good time to empty the store.

Merchant NPCs have different names depending on the number or amount of purchases.

For example, Galleon, like Patch in front of you.

"Pickled Golden Bird's Claw, and that note and stone sword key...... I want them all! ”

"Oh~ You've bought so much from me, thank you so much, my guest." Patch immediately changed his title flatteringly.

Roque raised an eyebrow and began to try to ask, "Patch, you're also a fader, right?" ”

"Of course, if it's fake."

"Do you know where to get the Holy Grail?" Roque inquired.

There are a lot of faders in the game, and many of them have a chalice bottle, and when they fight, they will also drink medicine to restore health.

So there's definitely a source for this thing.

"Hey...... You're right, I know the Finger Witch, I can try to get your hands on it if you need it, and you can come to the Patch Shop......"

Patch glanced at the sword behind Roque's back, and immediately added, "Of course! Believe me! I really don't have ...... right now."

Roque got up silently, even if Patch really had it, it was for him to use, and he would definitely not sell it.

It seems that this matter is still in a hurry, but the blessing of Mengliu Cave has been lit up, and if there is something strange in the future, you can teleport over and ask Patch directly if there is a way.

After confirming that the Grail Vial could only be put on hold for the time being, Roque looked at the new treasure chest that lay aside - that was the main purpose of his visit.

"Did you notice that treasure chest? That's a special gift for guests like you. Patch feigned surprise.

When Asuna, who was looking at the goods, heard this, she looked up and realized that Patch had moved a treasure chest from nowhere.

"It's rare that you can buy so many things from me!"

"I've decided—"

"Great guest! This treasure chest is for you! Patch said 'hard'.

Roque turned to look at Patch, "Are you really willing to give it to us?" ”

Patch wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead: "...... Reluctantly, to be honest, I can't bear it, but my manly Patch is a word, and the horse is hard to chase! ”

"Since I have already said that it will be given to you, it will be given to you!"

The acting is quite similar, but Roque knows that there is no treasure in this treasure chest at all, it is just a trap treasure chest leading to the fog forest.

In Patch's habit, he likes to use treasures to seduce the curiosity of others and make them ignore the hidden dangers.

It's also a bad taste, and the graveyard in the ring is the same, if you go to pick up a certain item, there is a high probability that there are traps or hidden monsters around the item.

But it doesn't matter, this time, Roque wants a trap chest.

"Kirito, Asuna, Klein, come here, get ready to take a shortcut to the fog forest." Roque waved at his companion.

Patch's eyes widened when he heard this.

"Ahem... Wait, it's just a misunderstanding......" Patch tried to explain.

"Well, okay, I got it." With a few perfunctory words, Roque opened the trap chest in front of Patch.

"Bang!"

A silver-white mist seeped out of the treasure chest, instantly enveloping the four Roque standing in front of the treasure chest.

……

Fog Forest.

As the name suggests, the forest is surrounded by mist, making the already lush and unreciprocal forest even more mysterious.

The figures of the four of them quietly appeared here.

"Hoo ......"

As soon as Roque appeared, he felt a thick, savage gasp blow in his face.

Roque opened his eyes, and the huge rune bear was not cutting down the trees, but was looking at the four of them in confusion.

Soon, the bewildered look of the eye became aggressive.

"Roar—"

A loud roar resounded through the forest, sending the heads of the four Roques dizzy.

The huge rune bear, which should have been motionless and quietly cutting trees in the minds of Roque and the others, suddenly moved at this moment!

"Run—"

The four of them fled frantically towards the south.

……

Grass in the ruins of a foggy forest.

The four of them hid here quietly.

The ruins of the Fog Forest were bigger than they thought, and Roark had wanted to run here with the help of the Wolf Howl NPC's power.

As a result, the NPC was not found, and another huge rune bear sprang out of the ruins!

Now roaming around the ruins of the grass are two huge rune bears, perhaps monogamous.

The two giant bears were supposed to be one planing a tree and the other sleeping, but at this time, they were looking for the figures of Roque and the others in the ruins.

Two giant monsters, chasing their prey......

"It's long overdue." Kirito whispered to himself: "The two bears will be smarter in the open beta, they will have their own life schedules, and they may not be able to cut trees and sleep quietly like during the beta, this time we made an empirical mistake, Roque." ”

"Not necessarily, it's possible that something attracted them to make them move." Roque added. "For example, I was impressed by my charm."

"Don't tell bad jokes." Asuna blackened her face on the side.

"What's Asuna number two......" Klein chuckled as he sidelined.

"Whew~" Rune Bear exhaled above Roque's head.

As he breathed, a drop of saliva from the corner of his mouth fell on the top of Roque's head.

Roque's face changed, and while putting his hand on the hilt of the sword, he trash reminded his teammates:

"Asuna, don't drool over me when you hear this joke, take the ......"

When he looked up, the bear's huge teeth were already in Roque's eye.

I'm a little lazy in the past two days of the New Year, starting tomorrow, I'm going to work hard to code words!!

(End of chapter)