However, no matter how helpless he felt, the pace of progress could not stop here. Raven King's previous warning was still in his ears, and the rune on Duran's body was like a beacon in the dark, for shadow creatures that have been in a dark environment for a long time.
, he is as dazzling as the sun - all nearby shadow creatures will flock to him. The longer he stays in one place, the higher the probability that he will encounter a large group of shadow beasts.
"Wisdom and courage?" Duran clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and finally decided to walk to the right corridor.
Rune spells are tempting, but his foundation lies in the assassin profession, and the skills of the shadow thief are an irresistible temptation for him. The corridor on the right is the same as the place Duran has experienced before - two neat rows
The dim candle gave him a certain amount of light, preventing him from getting lost in the darkness, and the shadows that could be seen everywhere in the corridor hid countless vicious and cunning shadow beasts.
Duran took a deep breath, fully prepared for battle, and moved forward quickly.
After a hard fight and fighting all the way, for half an hour, Dulan was attacked by seven shadow creatures. But this time he had enough experience in dealing with shadow creatures, and these guys who like to hide in the dark are also very powerful.
Even at the level of Gray Iron, he was no match for Duran. So along the way, the damage he suffered was much less than at the beginning, and the decline in physical strength was not that severe.
After walking for a while, there was another fork in the road.
As usual, a sign was erected in the middle of the intersection. Dulan had some ominous premonitions in his heart. He subconsciously looked around the wooden sign - this time there were no shadow creatures lurking. So he stepped forward quickly and saw the wooden sign.
The sign clearly says:
[Wisdom is on the left, courage is on the right, please consider carefully when choosing your destiny]
"I have to make a choice again? Haven't I already made a choice?" Dulan was a little puzzled, but his soliloquy did not receive an explanation from Rui Wenjin. The corridor was still unreasonably quiet, as if the whole world was just
He was left alone.
Dulan rubbed his nose, and things seemed to be developing for the worst. He didn't stay long and strode to the right.
There was another bloody storm along the way. This time, the number of shadow creatures blocking him almost doubled. If he hadn't been careful and his visual inspection skills were incredible, he might not have been able to get through. However, when he killed thirteen shadow creatures, he came.
When we reached the next fork in the road, the signs still remained unchanged.
There are still two corridors ahead, one on the left and one on the right. Wisdom is on the left and courage is on the right.
"Is it over?" Dulan couldn't help but mutter. At this time, he had already begun to think about whether this was a trap set by Raven King - to lure himself into spinning in circles? In fact, both the left and right corridors are circular?
In such an environment, Dulan had no reasonable reference point and really couldn't judge whether he had entered the misunderstanding of the maze.
So he carved two marks deeply on the wooden sign and continued moving forward, choosing courage as usual.
When the next intersection appeared, there were already twenty-six shadow beasts dead in Duran's hands on this stretch of road. More than half of his physical strength was used up, and he felt a little light even when he walked.
There are no marks that Duran had carved on the familiar road sign ahead, which shows that Duran is not turning in circles - he is indeed moving along the corridor, but I don't know whether it is the maze that is supposed to look like this or Dulan.
Lan chose the wrong direction.
He couldn't last long like this. Dulan told himself that he sat down in the center of the dim candle and took out a piece of dry food from the little devil's tail. Before he could open his mouth, the candlelight cast a strange shadow on the dry food -
Dulan's eyelids twitched, but thanks to his quick reaction, he immediately threw away the dry food.
The dry food was thrown away instantly, but the shadow did not follow its duty and instead twisted in Dulan's arms and turned into a rat with sharp teeth. Duran grabbed the rat's head without hesitation.
, skillfully tore this little guy into pieces.
The shadow mouse didn't even have time to utter a cry before it was forced to turn into black particles and disappear into the air. Duran sighed, as long as there are shadows, there are shadow creatures. Even if he wants to have a good rest
It's all an extravagant hope. If I can't get out of the maze anymore, I'm afraid I will have to risk my life here.
Thinking of this, Dulan couldn't help but regret. Was he a little too greedy? He thought that he could dominate the world by getting a lot of internal information from the game company. If the Tower of Shadows is so easy to be inherited, then in these thousands of years,
In the future, countless talented people will be born and have already received this huge benefit before Dulan.
I still thought that the answer was too simple. Dulan reflected in his mind that there was a huge difference between the paper information and the actual situation. The idea that finding the Tower of Shadows would inherit ancient wisdom was still playing games.
"This is a real world! If you die, the game is really over." Dulan shook his head and sighed. Although the little devil's tail still contains the twin dolls of Misato's destiny, which can save him from death, but if he can't get out of this maze,
, even Contra’s thirty lives are not enough!
Dulan, who was unable to eat, cheered up and continued to move forward. He did not change his choice and remained courageous all the way to the end.
Countless shadow beasts came one after another, but Duran was beaten until he was weak, and his injuries became more and more serious. But strangely, his mind became clearer and clearer, and his moves became more and more precise. It seemed that he had an instinct originating from the body.
He was slowly awakening from extreme fatigue. A large number of shadow creatures contributed considerable experience. By the time he reached the eighth intersection, Duran's level had been raised to level 15, and his stealth and energy-discharging skills were all fully activated by him.
Level LV5.
After reaching the full level of Stealth, the evaluation is much higher than that of Cutting, and it is a B+ skill. When reaching LV5, this skill has two sub-skills, and the specific attributes are as follows:
【Stealth LV5.max(B+)】
——Sub-skill 1 [Dark Cloak LV1]: Within thirty seconds, a large amount of black mist will appear within a radius of twenty feet centered on you.
——Sub-skill 2 [Dwarf’s Steps LV1]: The chance of being discovered while sneaking is -4%
These four derived sub-skills are all very practical. As for close combat, Duran feels that there is no need to allocate too much experience to it for the time being, because this skill is relatively useless and does not significantly improve combat power. What's more, waiting for him
After accumulating 29 amethysts in the evil land, you can unlock the more powerful melee skill [Feng Yao Nine Swords]. With this close combat swordsmanship, it would be a waste to allocate experience to close combat.
The improvement in strength made it difficult for Duran to be happy, because the current situation was very unfavorable to him. By the time he passed the eighth intersection, he was close to running out of ammunition and food. The contract assistance system showed that he only had
7%, which has already fallen below the 18% warning line. Let alone fighting, even running away is difficult. And the injuries all over his body are even more bleak. The life bar shows: 8/37. Duran probably has a shadow popping up now.
If the beast gives him a claw, he will die. This situation is obviously not suitable for charging forward.
Obviously, there must be something strange about this maze, but Duran hasn't had time to see it yet. The endless shadow creatures have shared his attention and energy, leaving him a little overwhelmed and stretched, and he has no time to think about the maze.
way out.
"No, I have to find a way to catch my breath!" Dulan sat next to the wooden sign and stared straight ahead.
A dark shadow quickly formed, faintly revealing its ferocious minions.
Dulan gritted his teeth and had no choice but to take out the evil contract from the little devil's tail: "Enter the evil place!"
"Are you sure you are entering the evil place?" A long-lost voice sounded.
"OK!" The shadow creature had almost rushed in front of him, and Duran didn't have any time to delay.
As soon as the purple door appeared, he plunged in.
"Poof!" The door closed instantly. The shadow creature was chasing Duran so much that its head got stuck on the light door. A terrifying force immediately came from the purple door, tearing the shadow creature into pieces in the blink of an eye.
…
The familiar and warm campfire appeared in front of Duran again, and this time, the brown wooden box was still lying on Duran's left hand side.
Before Duran could take a breath, the contract assistance system flashed the following text mercilessly:
[Next week’s task: Cleaning up the Bone Burial Village – Circus of Despair (3/19)]
Tip 1: The address of the performance theater where the circus is located is No. 6 and 3 Quarters, No. 3 Street. Please find your own way there.
Tip 2: If the contractor needs to know the mission target information, please pay 1 amethyst.
Tip 3: This mission requires a special trigger prop—an invitation to the circus. This prop has been distributed along with the Supreme Council supplies, so please collect it carefully.
…
The cash-strapped Duran did not choose to pay 1 amethyst to obtain the mission target information. The Little Devil's Tail consumed 5 of his amethysts, another one to maintain the use of the contract auxiliary system in Feinan Continent, and another one.
It was spent on analyzing Xina's Nine Swords of Feng Yao. Therefore, Du Lan's current net worth is very small, with only three amethysts to support the scene.
He obviously couldn't spend a third of these three amethysts just to obtain mission information. He had more important things to buy.
A suet candle selling for an amethyst, as well as a low-level physical recovery potion of the same price, a special package for novice contractors 1 - including a roll of ordinary bandages and three healing ointments. These three items used up all of Duran's savings.
, the stamina potion can restore his physical strength to more than 60%, while the healing ointment and bandage can revive his life and turn him into a mummy full of ancient Egyptian flavor.
After doing all this, Duran opened the supply box of the Supreme Council.
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