Fang Plover nodded. The cold and windy black forest is adjacent to the north of Tais and close to the twists and turns of the coastline to the west of the ancient pagoda. The short summer and the purple flowers covering the mountains and fields are the only memories of that place that the world has.
It is also the burial place of ancient kings. To this day, ancient rumors are still circulating in the forest. The Logosl family is also a branch that came out of the Treasure Stick Coast. The severe winter there has also developed this place.
The strict character of the nobles.
Fang Plover fiddled with the silver snuff bottle in his hand. He also knew a rumor. According to folklore, one of the guardians of the five dragon-slaying swords ended up living in seclusion in the ancient forest. Could it be the Holy Sword of Moya?
The sword bearer?
What does that have to do with the owner of this castle?
Alyssa had very little interest in snuff bottles and did not pay much attention to them. She turned around and described the other trophies that were actually the relics of the undead wizard. They were good things, but they could not be used with magic items. Fang Plover
She wasn't too interested, so she just asked her to clean it up and then distribute and sort it out after she got back.
"By the way, how's it going with Ms. Kuisu?"
"It's hard to describe..." Speaking of this matter, Alyssa's face became solemn: "We found her son's body in a secret passage under the temple. The body was almost frozen. It took at least a week or two for the starlight to be exhausted.
...Luo Yu said that he is somewhat similar to Miss Attila’s younger brother.”
"Does this mean there was still a chance for him to be resurrected before he disappeared?"
"Of course, the child is only fifteen years old and has never had any accidents before. It is the time when the stars shine brightest..."
Fang Plover touched his chin.
Another such incident.
"Where is Ms. Kwesu now?"
"She is still there. I asked Luo Yu to stay with her."
"Let's go meet her."
"Okay." Alyssa nodded lightly.
The two returned to the temple and saw Kuisu. Under the dilapidated hall, there was only a dim bonfire. The lady was sitting on a fallen pillar, while Luo Yu stood aside, feeling a little sleepy.
I saw Fang Plover accidentally and nodded this way.
The lady lowered her head, the firelight reflected her side face, and said nothing.
Fang Yu was about to speak, but she raised her head first, her thin face looked pale, her eyes were swollen, and she said in a hoarse voice: "...Don't worry, you have done what you promised me, and I will
Fulfill the agreement..."
There were several lumberjacks in the hall, gathering around the campfire to keep warm. Kuisu's voice attracted the attention of others, who all looked in this direction uneasily. They collected the corpses of the people in the secret passage, so they naturally knew what was happening below.
What.
A weak flame flickered, no one spoke, and the hall was quiet.
Fang Yu didn't answer. He came here for this task, but he was different from others. He only cared about completing the task.
"Can I see it?"
Kuisu looked at the young man and nodded weakly.
Fang Plover turned his eyes to the side, and saw several corpses covered with white cloths, quietly stopping outside the firelight, in a dark corner of the hall.
He did not actually go over and lift the shroud, but asked softly: "Is there more than one person?"
"There are five people."
"The remaining people are the chosen ones." Alyssa answered him in a low voice.
Fang Plover walked over. He had asked in advance, so he did not directly lift the shroud of Kuisu's son. Instead, it was another corpse. The corpse was cold and stiff, like an ice sculpture, and its expression was frozen in the last moments before death.
moment.
The deceased was not frightened, probably because he thought he could still be resurrected.
Fang Piao covered the shroud again and asked Luo Yu behind him: "Is it the same as then?"
Luo Yu nodded slightly.
"Exactly the same except there's no ice."
"for example?"
"The starlight disappears, but the expression remains peaceful."
"Peace?" Alyssa took a breath, feeling a little strange.
"Whether it can be resurrected or not, people will always be very surprised before they die, unless they have expected it, committed suicide, or did not encounter any pain before death." Fang Pliance replied calmly.
"That's what the big cat man said at the time." Luo Yu nodded.
Fang Yu took one last look at the corpses, then stood up and walked back.
"Who are those chosen ones?" Alyssa asked in a low voice.
Fang Yu shook his head. Of course he didn't know. There were many possibilities, but he couldn't rule them out one by one.
Luo Yu replied from behind the two of them: "Ms. Kuisu thinks it may be the selectors who left the Masonke Creek station with his son at that time..."
"We can't rule out the possibility." Fang Yu turned around and asked, "Were these the only people at that time?"
"It should be more than that."
"What about the others?"
Luo Yu shook his head.
"Can Ms. Kwesu identify those people?"
Luo Yu shook his head again, I'm afraid it would be difficult.
The three of them then walked back to Kuisu. The latter looked a little better. He fiddled with his hair and replied: "You don't need to comfort me. In fact, I had already predicted it before setting off. I just couldn't see it with my own eyes."
Desperate to give up..."
She sighed: "...Now that his body has been found, staying here is not an option. The Blood Thistle Grove is not safe...I suggest leaving this place overnight...and taking a rest at the Masonk Creek Station.
, you can leave for the south.”
Although she said so, Fang Yu could tell that she didn't mean it. How could the pain of losing a child be easily resolved in a few words? Although he couldn't understand the other person's mood, he could still imagine it.
In the final analysis, why did her son die in this place and why did the star disappear? Doesn't she care at all?
I'm afraid not necessarily.
Fang Yu could tell this from the other party's clenched fists and the pale backs of her hands. The emotions in this lady's heart were far from being so calm. If she, the backbone of the group, was not reassured, the team would
There's no point in going south, it's better to find someone locally.
"Ms. Kuisu, do you think the strange shadows that haunt Elmao Castle killed your son?"
"……Is not it?"
"Are you going to stay and look for clues in this abandoned castle?"
Alyssa said softly: "That's too dangerous, Ms. Kuisu."
"I will go south with you first." Kuisu replied calmly.
Fang Yu seemed indifferent and shook his head calmly: "It will be almost two or three months when you come back. What will you find in this castle then...?"
Kuisu clenched his fist and frowned, obviously feeling sorry for this young man who was two times smaller than him.
"What exactly do you want to say, Captain Ed." She asked in a hoarse voice.
"I've encountered that kind of thing underground before."
"That kind of thing?" The lady stared at him closely.
"Strange shadows under the moon, that's what you should call them."
Fang Plover's words caused a burst of uneasy chatter from the lumberjacks not far away, as if just mentioning this name made the surrounding area a bit colder.
"Why didn't you tell me before?" Alyssa turned back at this time, with a little surprise on her face, and asked in a low voice in a voice that only two people could hear.
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, you never asked? And those strange shadows are actually just fragments of the Dragon-Slaying Holy Sword Moa. They are not mysterious things. He still has one of the fragments in his pocket. Of course, it comes from there.
Picked up from the necromancer's relics.
The fairy iron is so strong that the explosive crystal cannot destroy it at all.
"Remember to tell me next time."
"Why?" Fang Yu was puzzled.
Alyssa thought for a moment: "Because Miss Sylvide asked me to take good care of you, Captain."
"I'm not a baby."
"That's pretty much it."
Fang Yu shook her head, turned around, and saw Ms. Kuisu in front of her in a very unstable mood. She let go of her hand, clenched it again, took a gentle breath, and spoke in a nervous manner.
He asked in a tone: "Have you really seen those things, Mr. Captain...?"
"There is no need to be excited, Ms. Kuisu," Fang Yu replied softly: "What I want to say is that they have nothing to do with your son's death."
"……how come?"
"Because those strange shadows don't have the ability to steal people's starlight."
Fang Yu saw the lady looking at him suspiciously.
But he did not panic, and only replied: "The theory of strange shadows is widely circulated in the Tibia River area. Many people have seen them. Many adventurers have been killed by them, but no one has heard of anyone being killed by them.
Capture the starlight..."
"But if it weren't for those strange figures, why did the selectors bring him to this castle?"
"There are many possibilities, but those who were chosen are indeed questionable. Some of them must have survived. It is indeed feasible to investigate from these people." Fang Pliance replied.
"You mean the murderers were the Chosen Ones?"
Fang Yu shook his head.
"It's not this, it's not that," the lady said angrily, obviously upset, "What on earth do you want to say, Mr. Ed?"
"I just said that this matter has something to do with those chosen, but I am sure they are not the murderers."
"Why?"
"Because I know who the murderer is."
Kuisu suddenly raised his head and stared at him. "...Who is it?"
"It has something to do with the Dragon Worship Cult," Fang Yu thought for a moment: "But we are also looking for the real culprit behind the scenes."
"Are you...also there? The real culprit behind the scenes?"
"I'm not saying this to appease you, Ms. Kuisu," Fang Plover replied: "It's just because we have also encountered similar misfortunes. Miss Aitila, you have also seen her. Her brother died in almost the same way.
Among the incidents, they are almost exactly the same as your son..."
Kuisu seemed to have remembered something. She looked at Luo Yu behind Fang Yu: "I heard him talk about something before..." She shook her head again: "...I'm sorry, my mood was too chaotic before, no
Care about this..."
Fang Yu didn't answer, but he could understand it completely.
For the first time, Ms. Kuisu looked confused. She stood up, took two steps, and seemed to be deep in thought.
Fang Yu lifted the opponent's psychological defense bit by bit, and when the time came, he said: "This matter will eventually come to light one day. If you are willing, you can investigate with us. I believe there are two or three victims. Find out
We must not be the only ones who know the truth. The more like-minded people there are, the greater the possibility of success."
His words finally moved the other party.
Ms. Kuisu took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind, turned around and nodded to them: "I understand, my people and I will do our best to help you. You are right, the greater our power, the stronger we are.
It’s harder for the murderer to hide.”
"Thank you, Ms. Kusu."
The latter shook his head and sighed: "I should be the one to say thank you. You have helped me so much, and I am just fulfilling the agreement... By the way, thank you for your enlightenment, little guy."
Fang Yu couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this.
Everyone can call him little guy. Although he is the leader of an adventure group, his age is actually an issue.
"Then do we still need to spend the night in this place?" Kuisu glanced at her men. She knew that although these old men trusted her, it was really frightening for them to stay in such a strange place for the night.
She knew that everyone was actually just waiting for her to make a decision.
Fang Yu shook his head.
At least he agreed with the other party on this point. Although the strange shadows underground may have disappeared together with the lich, but it is also possible that they have not. Who knows what will appear after midnight. It is always better to stay in this place for a while.
of.
"Pack up and prepare to leave." He replied softly.
The lumberjacks were obviously relieved when they heard this. Although they have not encountered any danger so far, they at least heard about the fighting trolls Shankok and the Necromancer outside.
Who knows what they will encounter next in the wilderness. They are lumberjacks, not adventurers.
But as soon as Fang Yu finished speaking, he saw a line of prompts appear in the system in front of him:
‘The mission ‘Ms. Kuisu’s request’ is completed, the mission target is found, the mission target dies, and the completion level is 76%’
‘Cognitive experience settlement begins’
The experience given by the system is not much, less than one-third of the necromancers' kills.
However, Fang Yu felt a little surprised when he saw these lines of text emerging. The mission completion rate was only 76%. Is it because the mission target died? Is there a possibility that this mission can avoid the target's death?
Or is it because the murderer behind the scenes and no more clues have been found?
What he was more curious about was, what were the criteria for system evaluation of a task? He couldn't help but glance at Ms. Kuisu, knowing that although the task was called 'Ms. Kuisu's Request', it was not actually issued by the other party.
.
In fact, the selector can also generate tasks. This has been proven by people for a long time. However, people still don't understand the mechanism of task generation in this information-based world.
It may be an attribute possessed by the dragon knight system and the selector system itself.
But the question is, where does the power and experience given to players by the Dragon Knight and Chosen One systems come from?
When Fang Yu realized that he was thinking about such a question, he couldn't help but burst into laughter and realized that he was thinking too much. This question can even be traced back to the foundation of the existence of the world of Aitaria. What is the world behind the Star Gate like?
a being.
At least until now, this is still an unsolvable problem on Earth.
Countless researchers have put forward various hypotheses, but they cannot justify them or prove their correctness, so what about him?
…
Parker sneezed hard.
Tianlan had told him that if he sneezed, someone must be saying bad things about him behind his back. Although the Papalar people sneered at such nonsense on the surface, they could not help but murmur in their hearts:
Is someone speaking ill of me?
But Papalar also knew deep down that the only person in the team who might say bad things behind his back was probably the giggling crazy girl in front of him.
Tianlan is wrapping the snow in thick gloves, rolling it into a ball, and then throwing it hard this way.
Before throwing, Miss Poet also played a "Hunting Ditty" and offered a lucky silver coin to the hunting lady walking through the forest. The protector of the forest and the elves, Amaya, was blessed by the magic power of the poet and the power of the goddess.
This little snowball drew a beautiful arc and flew through the air.
It hit Parker right on the tip of his nose.
Although Papalar is chubby and has a short nose, almost like a small dot, the blow still made him say "Ouch" and he fell on his back, making a human-shaped dent in the snow.
.
Tian Lan burst out laughing when she saw this, almost bursting into laughter.
Parker waved his hands and feet wildly, and finally wiped off the snow foam on his face. He was so angry that he cursed in his heart that he was out of his mind. How could he agree to this crazy girl and come out to play with her in the snowball fight?
Obviously knowing that the other party will cheat
Oh, by the way. He suddenly remembered that it was because Tianlan promised to treat him to a supper...
After all, Papalar people will never be slaves, except for food and shelter.
Then he hurriedly got up and shouted: "It's almost done, little girl, when will dinner be served... I'm almost out of energy."
Unfortunately, before Papalar could finish his words, he felt himself being pushed to the ground. Tianlan slapped his head into the snow and made him eat a mouthful of mud. Parker was so angry that he struggled and continued
He thought this little girl wanted to default on his debt again, but he heard Tianlan whisper above his head:
"Don't move, I can't hold you down anymore."
"Don't even think about lying to me, so what?"
"Someone is coming."
"Let them come over, it's none of our business."
"But it's an acquaintance."
"acquaintance?"
"Really, if you don't believe it, see for yourself."
Only then did Tian Lan let go of him a little.
Parker raised his head from the snow in disbelief. He was slightly startled and realized that he was indeed an acquaintance. The person walking over from a distance turned out to be the alchemist they had met once before in Lan Wuxin's adventure team.
Fang Plover might not have paid much attention to Tian Lan's description at that time, but Parker was deeply impressed by this person.
"It's him."
"Yeah, he doesn't seem to have noticed us."
"Wait, what do you want to do?" Parker immediately realized that Tianlan's tone was not good.
Tian Lan leaned over and bit his ear in a low voice, and replied mysteriously: "This guy is sneaky, there must be something wrong with him."
The Papalar man's black bean-like eyes stared, a little confused.
Regardless of whether he looked at the other person, he was just passing by, and there were a few people accompanying him, but he couldn't seem to be sneaky. So how did Tian Lan see the statement that "there must be something wrong"?
Isn't this crazy girl trying to take advantage of this opportunity to settle her own debt?