"sorry for disturbance."
Amidst the constant low moans and vague gazes from countless injured people, Duan Qing walked through the courtyard of the temporary hospital and walked to the old house. After a period of deliberation, he knocked on the door.
The wooden door in front of him rang. A vague response sounded from behind the wooden door. At the same time, there were footsteps of someone walking towards here. A pair of old hands then appeared between the gaps in the door.
Slowly push the old door open.
Then, he saw what the guest who was meeting with the village chief and the best example Claire said looked like.
"..."
Looking steadily at the figure wearing a black cloak sitting in the center of the room in front of him, and the white armor vaguely exposed under the black cloak, Duan Qing involuntarily slowed down the pace of the door he just wanted to enter, and finally stayed with him.
The stunned eyes stagnated in mid-air, and they also found the figure who knocked on the door and broke in, and then turned back to look here, but his eyebrows wrinkled slightly, and Duan Qing, who had looked at him for a long time, then
He cast his eyes on the village chief sitting opposite the female warrior, then turned and left without hesitation: "...I'm sorry."
"I went to the wrong door."
"..."
His eyes stayed on the departing figure for a long time. Xue Ling Huan Bing suppressed the inexplicable restlessness gradually rising in his heart, and then returned to the posture of sitting upright in front of him, and returned his inquiring eyes.
On the old man who had been talking to him for a long time: "Just now..."
"What did you see just now?"
Speaking the question on behalf of the other party, the old village chief named Fabregas pointed to the gate where Duan Qing had just left: "Don't worry, tell me everything you saw."
"I...I saw a Minotaur." Seemingly after hesitating for a long time, Xueling Huanbing said in a low voice, "A Minotaur that I had seen in my dream."
"...Yes, this is also an illusion set for you by the person who used the Emerald Star."
Pointing to the emerald green light gradually emerging from the chest of the woman in black robe opposite him, Fabregas replied slowly in an old voice: "Including those strange figures you mentioned that have been walking all the way recently... that
The people you see should also be under the influence of illusion. Judging from what you described before, the illusion simulated by the Emerald Heart will also distort the sounds you hear and the sounds you smell.
Smell, and then distort your cognition and emotions, everything you come into contact with, the conflict between you and the surrounding environment will gradually expand with the expansion of misunderstandings, and finally gradually turn you into a monster in the eyes of everyone, and you will
The combined stone will also gain the power to continue to grow, and finally...become a nightmare that you are unable to resist."
"Among the examples I have seen, this kind of situation is very common." The old man's face was still slender and kind, but his words were as cold as the winter outside: "There used to be some strong men who went out of their way to obtain powerful things.
He took risks to gain strength, but in the end... he was all lost in that weird curse."
"You..." Xueling Huanbing, who pursed her lips, was silent for a long time, and then asked again: "In my eyes... why are you normal?"
"Because my power is strong enough." The old village chief stroked his gray beard: "Also because... I know enough about everything that happened to you."
"...I also inquired for a while, and then I learned that people like you and your wife exist." Xue Ling Huan Bing said in a low voice: "That's why I came here specifically, hoping to let professionals like you solve the problem.
The problem that happened to me..."
"Don't worry, the curse on you hasn't reached that level yet."
Standing up with his hands behind his back, Fabregas moved to the corner of the room with a slow pace: "But... the stone embedded in your body has been fused with your body, and the curse spreads
It’s irreversible.”
"...Isn't there a solution?"
"Why, you are not obsessed with this powerful power?" The old man's voice brought a slight smile: "Your current strength...should be enough to rival the Great Mage, right?"
"...Because of something like this, I am now one of the wanted criminals of the Mages Council." Xueling Huanbing's voice dropped a little lower again: "And...and..."
"I'm very sorry for what has happened."
Looking at the snowflakes falling gradually outside the window in front of him, Fabregas replied calmly: "And... unfortunately, my wife and I don't have any good solutions for you now."
"..."
"The emerald star on your body is not the original emerald star."
Looking at the woman with her hair and hood hanging down, Fabregas explained in a slow voice: "The emerald star that is combined with you seems to be a product created by someone for a certain purpose. That
It contains a part of mutation power that I have never seen before, and its function is beyond what I can understand now. Perhaps it is precisely because of the existence of this mutation that your soul, which should not have been too confused, has already interacted with you.
This stone is tightly tied together, and if we take it out without permission, it may... lead to irreversible consequences."
"In the worst case scenario... destroying that stone will cause serious damage to your soul." Fabregas' voice was a bit serious: "You are willing to give up this powerful power.
Your own life, adventurer?"
"I……"
After all, there was still some hesitation. Xue Ling Huan Bing's expression became eager to speak but then stopped. Looking at that expression, Fabregas also shook his head and turned his back again with a smile: "
You go."
"..."
"I can't lift the curse on you, and I have no intention of stopping you from realizing your destiny."
Faced with the woman's silence, the old village chief's voice became much calmer: "The Emerald Star is a product formed by gathering the energy of all elements. It is the most brilliant crystallization at the end of the ancient magic empire. It throws away the irresistible erosion.
In addition, the power it possesses is enough to make any ordinary person become the strongest king on the continent. And now that it is in a dormant state, you still have enough time to adapt to the world that has not turned into a nightmare. Maybe...
...In the future, you will be able to adapt to the greatest masterpiece under Mestrada's hands and become the first person to be able to use this power normally."
“…what are the chances of success?”
"You know the answer."
The old man with his back to her replied without looking back, but his plain words gradually revealed a heavy atmosphere: "Don't believe everything in front of you easily, don't believe anyone easily, your future will be filled with emeralds."
The lies brought to you by the star, and... the false world woven by its curse. If your luck is bad enough, you may also meet the owner who made this stone, and then... you will
They will become each other's puppets and then gradually die in a lonely world without mercy."
"do you understand?"
"……I see."
Under the kind gaze of the old woman who was constantly shaking her body, Xueling Huanbing, who stood up, bowed slightly to Fabregas, who had his back turned to him, and then with an extremely suppressed silence, slowly
After leaving this place, the surrounding scene began to become distorted as she stepped into the street again, showing the ugly monster images transformed by countless players and passers-by in front of her, and she seemed to be extremely overwhelmed by this scene.
Being familiar with her, she ignored the faint howls and provocations from those "monsters" and walked towards the end of Xifengjun Street: "...Sigh."
"Such a situation... Even if you have a powerful force, I'm afraid it won't be able to be used."
Sighing slightly, Xue Ling Huan Bing said to herself. The hand stretched out from under the cloak followed her gradually slowing pace, and placed it on the sight that became as ferocious as an abyss.
On the wall: "With such a powerful permanent negative status, how did the alliance allow it to pass through and be applied to players safely? It's not a big deal to destroy the number. What if it causes mental illness... Well."
Seemingly remembering the state she was in when she walked out of the game cabin after the battle a few days ago, she covered her chest and her eyes gradually became silent: "It seems... the battle that day was really...
The result after I was affected by that stone, that is to say, the man who gave me the stone at that time... No, that's not right."
"Since all the monsters we see now are friendly creatures, then the Duan Qing we saw at that time should be the enemy. That person...and other monsters, their words and actions should also be false.
." She panted slightly, and the cloak and armor all over her body began to rise and fall with her emotions: "And the Minotaur..."
"That Minotaur...huh?"
"Minotaur...this kind of thing...I seem to..."
"I've never seen him again."
The figure that turned away after pushing open the door flashed through his mind. Xue Ling Huan Bing's eyes suddenly dilated a lot, and then his motionless body suddenly started again and began to run along the street towards the surroundings of the town.
The increasingly clear howls of monsters then began to fill the constant sound of breaking through the air in her ears. Accompanied by the sight of more and more twisted monsters appearing in front of her, she ignored the images of those strange monsters.
He didn't stop scanning it again and again, trying hard to find the target he wanted to find: "You haven't left yet... You haven't left yet..."
"you……"
Her steps suddenly stopped, and at the same time, she looked at the corner of a certain street: "You are..."
"Moshang Qingshan?"
It seemed that it had been waiting there for a long time. The Minotaur, with its strong arms folded on its chest, turned around and walked out of the corner formed by the dark wall. Its red eyes, which were burning with blazing fire, followed with the breath coming out of its nose.
The ferocious aura slowly fell on Xue Ling Huan Bing: "..."
"I...I can't see your name now!"
Looking at the face of the minotaur that didn't make any answer, Xue Ling Huan Bing said urgently again: "Answer me quickly!"
"..."
"You, why did you leave? Why didn't you respond to my message?"
"..."
"Where are you now?"
"..."
A strange confrontation scene began to appear in the corner of this street as one question after another appeared. The questions belonging to the woman's side also became more and more urgent with the silent reaction of the other party without any movement. Yu Impression
The Minotaur who claimed to be King Croma Wuyi still maintained an indifferent expression, and seemed to have no sympathy for the anxious look of the woman in front of him, until the other party gave up questioning and hung his head while panting.
, he turned around and walked deeper into the streets behind him: "I'll let you go today..."
"Poor adventurer."
Right, right...
Suddenly she understood something in her heart. Xue Ling Huan Bing's eyes then fell on the chest that was emitting a gleaming green light. Her trembling body then slowly knelt down on the ground, letting her painful sighs ring in her ears.
The provocation from the monster floated into the cold wind covered with snow.
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"That person...escaped?"
At the same moment, in a high-rise building in Cerulean City in the real world, a middle-aged man standing in front of a huge floor-to-ceiling window let go of a woman with a hot figure who had been tired of being beside him, and turned around to look at the woman half-kneeling in front of him.
Two of his subordinates: "Before you get there?"
"...Yes, Master." One of the subordinates in black replied in a low voice: "I'm sorry, but..."
"Needless to say, failure is failure." The middle-aged man frowned and waved his hand: "I thought Yanning would bring some good news... Humph! Go get the family law, and don't come to see me again in the future.
"
"Family, Master of the Family!" Another subordinate in black stood up hurriedly: "No, I am very sorry for not completing the mission given by the Master of the Family! But this matter was originally a temporary message brought by General Manager Duan, and we are only executing it.
Order, I didn’t expect that the other party would have noticed it long ago..."
"...Immediate news?"
"No, that's right!"
As if grasping the last life-saving straw, the man in black stood up in a panic: "On that day, when the Lou family was making trouble in District D, the manager and his people were behind to arrest them.
There were a few soldiers living there, and then I found a man named Brother Donghuang..."
"I don't like trouble, so you'd better keep the story short." The middle-aged man, whose brows were frowning more and more, raised his hand to interrupt the other party: "What's the result?"
"I, we can't tell clearly."
Another subordinate in black who was half kneeling on the ground quickly stood up and at the same time revealed the figure of a young man blocking the hall behind him: "So..."
"This guy named Xu Liangyu claimed that he could explain all this, so we brought him here."
This chapter has been completed!