"But the silver shoes have been taken away by Theodora." Ma Yun couldn't help but interrupt.
"As long as you promise to return the silver shoes to me when things are done, I might as well trust you for once." Istna said lightly.
Ma Yun was able to win the trust of this suspicious little hag and offered to help her fight first and then settle the bill, thanks to the fight they had just fought side by side in the ruins.
Xiao Ma hesitated for a moment and tried to bargain.
"Without the silver shoes, I will never be able to return home. As for your mother's magic book, I can return it to you."
Evanora's spell book only records level 0~3 spells. Ma Yun has learned them all and transcribed them into her own spell book, so there is no loss in returning them to Istna.
Istna looked hesitant.
At this time, Gao Fei, Jiang Feng and Ma Yun received system prompts at the same time, asking one of them to make a DC18 "Lobbying" or "Deception" check.
By successfully passing the check, you can convince the Hag's daughter to work together to deal with the Witch of the West.
Choosing "lobbying" means negotiating according to the conditions set by Ma Yun.
Choosing "deception" means pretending to promise to return both the spell book and the silver shoes to Istna, and then, after the deed is accomplished, they will burn bridges and turn their backs on her.
These two attitudes actually correspond to two plot branches.
No matter which one you choose, the difficulty of the test is the same and depends entirely on the player's preferences and skill configuration.
"First of all, eliminate 'deception'!" Jiang Feng said in the chat channel, "The little hag is not too bad. She helped us a lot in the Yaling ruins just now. I can't bear to deceive her!"
"I think so too, but Sister Feng, the Templar you are currently playing happens to be proficient in the 'deception' skill, and you don't like to lie. Will you lack a sense of immersion in playing this role?"
Ma Yun joked with a smile.
"That's not true!" Jiang Feng replied confidently, "Of course I can also lie and act, but these tricks that are not fair enough will only be used to deal with real bad guys!"
"I understand, I am the bad guy." Gao Fei said quietly.
"Ha! You are quite self-aware!"
Jiang Feng gave her boyfriend a cute look.
"Big bad guy, you and Xiaoyun are both proficient in the 'lobbying' skill. Which one of you will convince Istna?"
"Let Brother Fei do it. He is more charming than me, and I messed up once before. I feel like my luck is not good today."
Thinking of the failed test in the alchemy laboratory, Xiao Ma was still frightened.
"Okay, let me give it a try."
Gao Fei first applied "Eagle Majesty" to himself, raising the charm attribute to 26 points. Counting 3 proficiency modifications, the total skill modifications were 11.
A twenty-sided die must be rolled at least 7 points to succeed in the "Lobbying" test, and the success rate is about 70%.
In fact, regardless of whether Istna joins or not, Gao Fei and the three of them are very confident in killing the old witch Theodora, and there is no psychological burden during the test.
There seems to be some kind of pattern. For any test like this that does not affect the overall situation, the player's luck will usually be better.
Gao Fei was pretty lucky today. He cast 15 points and successfully persuaded Istna to join the team.
The little ghost woman thought about it for a moment, happily accepted Ma Yun's offer, and got into the cabin.
Ma Yun activated the mechanical corner stone and returned to the original route.
Today's adventure comes to an end.
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The next day was Sunday. Early in the morning, Gao Fei, Jiang Feng and Ma Yun met online to continue exploring Chapter 8 of "The Wizard of Oz".
In fact, after going offline yesterday, Xiaoma still had more to say.
Before going to bed at night, I went back online alone and sold my belongings.
She packed up all the gold, silver and jewelry she had obtained in the game over the past six months and sold them to the system store, in exchange for a total of 20,000 gold coins.
This money is far from enough to make the sand golem, but it is enough to modify the mechanical horn stone.
Before leaving the Yaling ruins yesterday, classmate Xiao Ma hunted rabbits, returned to the alchemy laboratory, commanded the flesh golem to work as a coolie, dismantled the blower that she had never forgotten, packed it up and carried it out, and stuffed it into the locker of the mechanical corner stone.
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Returning to the game today, Xiao Ma couldn't wait to play with the blower.
Gao Fei watched her busy and couldn't help but ask: "If you go out for an adventure and bring back a blower, will the old witch Theodora be satisfied?"
"No matter whether she is satisfied or not, this blower is not for her anyway!" Ma Yun said without looking back.
"You're not even willing to give her a blower, how can you do this?"
"Why do we still have to pay? If we go back this time, we can just kill the old witch!" Ma Yun said confidently.
"Is this idea a little too radical?" Jiang Feng also raised concerns, "You know, our opponent is not just Theodora, but also the many tengu and warg servants around her, as well as the group of flying ones.
Monkey...I'm afraid we can't handle it with just the strength of the three of us."
"Xiaoyun, don't forget, the enemy is not only outnumbered, but also has three hostages in his hands!" Jiang Feng then raised the worst possibility, "If we openly fall out with the old witch, she will
The hostages are forcing you to surrender, what are you going to do?"
"Comrade Xiao Jiang is very considerate."
Gao Fei fully agreed with his girlfriend's concerns.
"It's too risky to fall out with the old witch directly."
"Why don't you go back to the castle first, hand over some of the loot you got from this trip, say a few compliments, make the old witch happy, and take advantage of her to relax her guard against you, kill the old witch by surprise, and rescue the Lion, Scarecrow and Tin Woodman.
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"Once the old witch dies, her gang of followers will naturally fall apart."
"Brother Fei, the plan you proposed is not bad, but it is too troublesome. I have endured it for too long and I don't want to tolerate that ugly old witch anymore!"
Gao Fei saw that Xiao Ma had already made up her mind, so he stopped forcing her to accept his idea.
"Rich man, what are you going to do?"
"I need to make some preparations first. When I'm ready, I'll send out a signal and call for the little hag Istna to help me fight."
"Istna and I drove the mechanical corner stone to storm the Sands Castle from the main entrance and cause a scene!"
Ma Yun's face was filled with excitement and she was gearing up.
"Where are you and me, Brother Fei?" Jiang Feng asked.
"You two use the 'invisibility spell' to hide first. When I make things big and attract the old witch and her guards, you and Fei Ge will take the opportunity to sneak into the castle tower and rescue the old witch who turned into a hamster.
Dimitri."
Ma Yun continued:
"After successfully rescuing the hostages, you two will come back to join the battle, assist Istna and I, and attack the old witch from both sides!"
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It's almost the end of the month, please give me a monthly pass, thank you all.
