The gray-haired man, wearing a golden mask, remained motionless, like a puppet. If he hadn't been convinced that he was the one who spoke before, Fang Yu almost thought that it would be impossible for such a person to speak on such an occasion.
"Captain!" Hongye looked at Nighthawk standing next to the man in surprise.
Nighthawk smiled slightly, lifted his hood, and underneath was the face of a young man. He looked at Fang Plover, looking casual and friendly: "We must have met in Gray Oak Square before, and the red leaves have been there since Travelers' Rest."
I've been talking about you a few times since I came back. You are indeed very powerful. Ordinary combat craftsmen don't react that quickly. Your clockwork fairy is also very well controlled."
He asked again: "If it hadn't been for the emergency in the square, would your clockwork fairy still be able to keep up with me?"
Fang Plover was a little embarrassed by the praise, but he still nodded matter-of-factly.
"sharp"
The young man smiled and then walked in with the man.
Fang Yu noticed that the man's eyes under the mask never left his side, but he did not say a word. The young man saw his eyes and said with a smile: "We listened to your conversation earlier. Please forgive me. I didn't mean to do anything."
Eavesdropping, I was just confused for a moment outside the door. Because your inference is very brilliant, almost the same. But I am still very curious. You said that we can reach the other end of the chessboard before those Dragon Worshipers.
Do it?"
Fang Yu couldn't help but look at Hongye, who nodded to him. "This is the person in charge of our operation. Everyone in the first and second regiments must obey his arrangements, including me, Ed."
But the young man did not put on airs at all because of his higher level, and took the initiative to reach out to him: "Your name is Ed, right? My ID is Memories. I am several years older than you. If you are in a good mood, you can call me Ed."
I call you big brother, and if you don’t want to, that’s okay, because maybe I can still look younger.”
As the young man spoke, he was also surprised to see such a beauty as Sylvester, but he quickly looked away politely.
What he said was joking, which dispelled the embarrassment of others, but Fang Yu's eyes still fell behind the masked man, who remained silent and didn't seem to intend to introduce himself.
When Fang Plover met his eyes, he asked lightly: "What are you going to do, young man?"
"Who is your Excellency?"
The masked man replied: "I am their employer and the initiator of this mission."
"Ah!" Even Hongye exclaimed in surprise. Apparently she had never seen this employer before.
Fang Yu was also a little surprised. He didn't expect that the mysterious employer would come to the illusion in person. He didn't know if he was here early in the morning or if he just arrived.
The former of the Memories Gang added: "Ed, your idea is very interesting. Although Mr. Employer is the initiator of this mission, he has no clue about this illusion. We want to hear your opinion. What do you think the current situation should be?"
How to break the situation?"
After listening to his words, Fang Yu regained the previously interrupted train of thought and nodded: "Back to the topic, the key to breaking the illusion lies in Dolifen's three objects."
"Dollifen's three things?" Hongye looked a little surprised: "We still have to snatch them back from the Dragon Cult?"
Fang Yu shook his head: "That's not the case. What I want to say is another thing."
"another thing?"
"We all know that the three phantoms corresponding to Dolifen's three objects should be the most important fragments of the disaster that happened in Dolifen more than thirty years ago. But have you ever tried to sort them out?
Order?"
"In order?" Memories frowned: "Many people have tried to sort it out, but the order is really confusing, and no one has a clue."
Fang Yu replied: "That's because other people don't know much about the root of everything behind it. But we are different. We can deduce the process from the results, because we now all know what happened to Dolifen thirty years ago.
The dark dragon Nicol Bolas was resurrected here, but due to some reasons he was not able to complete his work, and eventually lost the Dragon's Golden Eyes here."
"Indeed." Everyone nodded in confusion.
"Then let's take a look at the events in the three phantoms. The key prop in the first phantom is the martyrdom mark of the loyal. The mission scene is to escort a lady to leave Ms. Vineleaf's Inn and leave at the Fisherman's Crossing;
The key item in the two phantoms is the Blade of False Victory, and the mission scene is to defeat the Shadow of the Past, which is actually the shadow of Nicol Bolas; the key item in the third phantom is the Arrogance Scepter of the Ignorant, and the mission
The scene is right here, defeat the leader of the undead here." Fang Plover pointed at the dead bones next to the planetary device and said.
Everyone was a little silent, seemingly lost in thought.
Fang Yu continued: "As we all know, the other side of the Fisherman's Crossing is the road leading to the ruins. Of course, it may not have been called this name before, but one thing cannot be changed, that is, that road is the road out of the city. In other words,
If we follow the usual order of Dolifen's three-object mission, we can conclude that what happened thirty years ago is like this."
"First, we escorted a woman out of Doliphon. Then, there was a fight in Gray Oak Square. And finally, we came to the town hall, where we killed a man."
"To enrich the details, we assume that after escorting the lady away, we headed to the Gray Oak Square to prevent Nicol Bolas from being resurrected. It's just that the person who witnessed it thirty years ago ended up being late, so we had to contact Nicol Bolas.
But the Shadow of Bolas fights."
"It's very possible, but what's the problem with that?" recalls asking.
Fang Yu replied: "The problem is that the process does not correspond to the result. The disaster that happened in Dolifen thirty years ago actually refers to the resurrection of the dark dragon Nicol Bolas. The first scene has too few clues.
Let’s leave it aside, what prompted the witness that day to go to the city hall to kill another person after the battle with Nicol Bolas? This makes no logical sense.”
Hongye frowned and asked, "Maybe they have their reasons. There is too much missing information between scenes, and your inference may not be accurate."
But Fang Yu shook his head slightly: "Before leaving Gray Oak Square, I was not sure about this. Until I found evidence from another side that confirmed my idea."
"Side evidence?" Hongye was a little confused.
"You may wish to carefully recall the scenes of the three missions. Although I have not experienced some of them personally, I can also find the problem based on other people's descriptions."
Jita was the first to react. Recalling what she saw and heard in Gray Oak Square, she couldn't help but exclaimed: "By the way, a celebration!"
Others looked at the two people with some confusion.
And Fang Yu had already cast an approving look at the little girl. "Yes, before the battle in Gray Oak Square, the scene shown was Dolliffin obviously preparing for a grand celebration. But the illusion of Ms. Fujiye's Inn
That's not the case. Do you still remember the sea of fire you saw in your dream?"
When he said these words, the firelight from the sky was actually reflecting on his face, as solemn as a prophet.
"So it can be confirmed that the scene at Ms. Vineleaf's Inn must be later than the battle at Gray Oak Square. The dislocation of time and space is the key clue hidden behind all these mysteries."
Only then did everyone look suddenly enlightened.
Especially when recalling, the young man looked at Fang Plover with a little surprise: "You even noticed this."
"What about here?" Tian Lan couldn't help but ask.
I don't know why, but when this question was mentioned, the first thing that came to Fang Pliover's mind was the shadow of the girl named Xisi.
He sighed and said: "Actually, there is already an answer, isn't it?"
"Wait, what's the answer?" Tian Lan still looked confused.
"The fire will only reach the Lower City"
"So the scene in the city hall was before Gray Oak Square." Hongye replied solemnly.
Tianlan was stunned for a moment before she realized: "So, the order is actually reversed?"
Memories also nodded: "That makes sense. Although I still don't know what happened in the city hall. But after the battle with Nicol Bolas, I failed to prevent the resurrection of the dark dragon, and Dolifen fell into a sea of fire.
The lady they escorted away at the end must have some key secret hidden in her body."
Tian Lan couldn't help but feel a little annoyed after hearing this, "Oh my god, Brother Ed, how did you notice this? Why didn't I think at all, am I not really suitable for taking risks?"
Fang Yu shook his head: "Don't think so, Tianlan. Everyone is good at different fields, I just pay more attention to these things. The experience of the tasks described in the community also gave me a lot of tips.
"
The little French girl breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
Hong Ye frowned and said: "In other words, the task of the followers of the Dragon Worship Cult is to liberate the Dragon's Golden Eyes after completing this reverse process in order? And what we have to do is to find the real order,
And activate the task?"
Fang Plover nodded.
"There is a question, Brother Ed," Jita asked at this time: "The normal process in the illusion has been completed countless times by countless people in the past. If our judgment is accurate, Nicol Bolas should
He has already been resurrected, right?"
The memory also added: "That's true. And many people have tried to trigger the task from the city hall, but with no results. The task here seems to have to be triggered after getting the Blade of False Victory, just like Gray Oak
The scene in the square will only appear the same after the mark of martyrdom of the faithful is taken away."
But Fang Yu shook his head.
Hongye looked at him a little strangely.
"Do you know about the chessboard?" Fang Plover said slowly: "The soldiers on the chessboard, after reaching the bottom line, will become the 'queen' that can influence the chess game. In terminology, people call this promotion."
"And we are like such soldiers in this chess game. The reason why people have never been able to complete this endgame that has lasted for thirty years is because they have never found the real bottom line of the chess board."
When Fang Yu said this, he deliberately stopped for a moment.
He seemed to be sorting out his thoughts, and also seemed to be thinking about where the key in the mist was.
Then he replied softly: "So in Dolifen's illusion, there are actually four scenes. Not three as people think."
"So, the name of this illusion should be Dolifen's Four Things, not Three Things."
"What?" His words surprised everyone.
Memories also asked with some uncertainty: "Ed, do you have any basis for saying that?"
Fang Yu nodded: "The basis actually comes from a simple logic."
"Simple logic?"
"If Dolifen's illusion was generated by the Dragon's Golden Eyes, then why did it set up this layer of fog to trap itself here? Could it be to test the loyalty of the followers of the Dragon Worship Cult to itself? This doesn't make sense."
"But the opposite is also true. If this illusion is created to seal the Dragon's Golden Eyes, then why does it need to set up a route that allows the Dragon's Golden Eyes to escape? Moreover, this layer of fog seems a bit redundant.
"Fang Plover asked simply.
Then he continued: "The so-called chessboard is the battlefield between two chess players, so there must be two parties competing on this chessboard. We can boldly guess that for the past thirty years, the Dragon's Golden Eyes have been trying to win from
The players on the other side are trying to prevent this, and the two sides are trying to break each other down in the illusion, leaving behind a situation that seems to us to be so chaotic and bizarre."
This sounds simply unbelievable. Although it seems reasonable, it is more like Fang Piao's personal fantasy. After hearing this, Hongye couldn't help but ask: "But where is the evidence?"
"There are two points." Fang Plover raised two fingers and replied confidently, as if he had already completed the entire illusion in his mind: "First, please carefully recall the names of Dolifen's three objects."
"The mark of martyrdom for the steadfast, the sword of false victory, the arrogant scepter for the ignorant?" Hongye asked, "Is there any problem with this?"
"Of course there is a problem." Sylvide said at this time: "Actually, I have been curious from the beginning. Among Dolifen's three things, the meaning of the last two things is obviously negative, isn't it?
?”
She looked at the others with bright eyes: "How can the Blade of False Victory allow people to achieve real victory? How can the arrogant scepter of the ignorant allow people to reveal the true truth? There is an obvious metaphor behind the name.
"
Fang Yu also nodded and took out something: "If you still have questions, you can take a look at this thing."
Tian Lan looked at the brooch in his hand with some surprise: "The mark of sacrifice of the fanatic?, this brooch...Brother Ed, how did you get here?"
However, Fang Piao answered the question in a different way: "In fact, it was this brooch that told me the answer. If we follow the rule that one thing corresponds to a scene, then there may be a fourth scene in this illusion, a competition between the two sides.
Hidden under the mist, is the final bottom line of the chessboard."
Seeing what Hongye wanted to say, he interrupted her and said, "This is just one of them. Miss Hongye, do you still remember the question I asked you before?"
Hong Ye was stunned for a moment. Fang Pliance had asked so many questions before, but she really didn’t know which one she was talking about.
Fang Yu seemed to know this, and continued: "I asked you before, you said that the undead in the illusion only appeared today, right?"
"Yes," Hongye's answer was the same as before: "Is there any problem with this?"
"It's a big problem." Fang Yu replied: "Did you know that the night before we entered Dolifen, a wave of undead broke out outside Dolifen? And even if you don't know this, you must be aware that even in the
Outside the fantasy world, Dolifen is also a ruin occupied by the undead, right?"
"Of course." Hongye nodded.
"As far as I know, the number of undead is increasing, and the outbreak of the undead tide also proves this. Do you know what this means?"
Hong Ye frowned slightly, feeling that she had grasped the key to the problem, but it was unclear for a moment. In the end, she had to look at Fang Plover for help.
Fang Yu nodded, and then continued: "This illustrates a problem, that is, the power of the Dragon's Golden Eyes has long penetrated outside the illusion, and its influence has gradually increased. In other words, she is actually already in the chess game.
gained the upper hand."
He shook his head again: "The situation in the illusion exactly illustrates this point." He picked up the Zealot Seal in his hand and replied: "I guess that the scene of positive and negative symbols represents Nicol Bolas.
Each player controls their respective areas, and except for the hidden scene, Nicol Bolas clearly takes the initiative."
"Also, although Dolifen's illusion is said to have a history of thirty years, it has not been that long since it was discovered by people. This is also logical. If the function of the illusion is only to seal the dragon's golden eye, then it
You should tend to cover yourself up and make as little people notice the existence of this seal as possible."
"But it appeared in front of the world with great fanfare. There is no doubt that after Dragon's Golden Eyes took the initiative in the chess game, it began to seek help from the outside world, which is what everyone knows, the power of the Dragon Worship Cult. Therefore, today's situation
, in fact, it has been formed bit by bit over the past ten years.”
Fang Yu ended his discussion only after saying this.
The space was a little quiet for a while.
But as if to prove what he said, something suddenly happened in Dolifen City. Everyone felt that the floor on the second floor of the city hall shook slightly, and the weak naturalist lady standing aside almost lost her footing and fell to the ground.
If Aitila hadn't reached out to hold her on the ground.
The sudden change surprised everyone. Fang Plover also turned around and opened the curtains, only to see that the giant golden net covering the city was disappearing.
Although it has not completely passed away, the Internet has gradually faded away.
The dark dragon Nicol Bolas was flying and falling in mid-air, hitting it again and again. This was the reason why the ground was shaking.
At this time, a knight ran in from outside in a panic and shouted to everyone: "City Hall... The barrier of City Hall seems to be disappearing, and the undead outside have entered the first floor below!"
Everyone's eyes subconsciously turned to Fang Plover.
Including the masked man, who now said: "Wonderful inference, then the key to the question is, where is the fourth scene you mentioned?"
Fang Yu looked at the giant golden net in the sky and replied without looking back: "I really didn't have a clue before coming here, but that's not the case now."
After saying this, he turned back and asked the little French girl: "Tianlan, do you still remember the scene you saw in the dream?"
Tian Lan groaned and nodded with a somewhat pale face.
"I'm sorry, I don't want you to recall those bad memories," Fang Yu said softly, "but try to recall what you saw and heard at that time."
"I can't remember clearly, but I can remember what the altar looked like," Tian Lan shook her head: "Ah, by the way. There are also vaults, very high, very large arched domes, religious-style columns, and a very high space.
…”
She seemed to gradually remember more things. "There are also niches and some statues..."
"Wait," the memory interrupted her at this time: "I seem to know that place."
And when he spoke.
Fang Plover also answered with him: "Hostings Cathedral."
"How do you know?" Memoir looked at him with some surprise.
Fang Plover replied: "Because thirty years ago, it was briefly used as the school building of Hollett College."