Aiwass's eyes seemed to be covered with a thin layer of white gauze. When he saw the world clearly again, the surrounding environment suddenly became dim and he could not see anything clearly.
But he could clearly feel that he had been tied up.
It was not a method of suppressing prisoners with handcuffs, shackles and other torture instruments, but a tough rope thicker than an adult's arm, wrapped around it starting from the shoulders, going down in a circle to the ankles. The person was directly tied into a
Got rice dumplings.
Aiwass felt that his body was filled with powerful power. This body was far stronger than his own. But corresponding to this power, he was very hungry at the moment and felt weak.
He needs food.
But Aiwass tried it, but found that he could not break the rope with brute force - it seemed to have some special elasticity, so that the force of its outward expansion was removed.
At this moment, a low, hoarse, magnetic and charming voice sounded in Aiwass's mind.
He quickly stopped trying and listened intently to the dungeon introduction that would only appear once:
"You woke up with a headache, only to find that you had forgotten your name. But that's not important. You have few remaining memories and still remember why you came here.
"This is already the second day since you were imprisoned here. The nine of you are not familiar with each other. They all fell into a trap in search of the holy spear and were captured by the giant Pancoad and his wife for winter food.
The only thing you have in common is that you are both strong warriors.
"The giant couple will separate the nine of you into three storage rooms. After an hour, they will go to one of the storage rooms and select one person as their food.
"The selection of ingredients is completely random. But if the giants find that someone has died, they will cook and preserve all the dead humans.
"There is a powerful holy spear sealed in the giant's collection display cabinet, which is the trophy they obtained after killing an apostle who devoted himself to the path; they also have a magic cauldron rewarded by the Supreme Heaven, which can make the dead ingredients in the
The pot regenerates and grows larger. Therefore, even if humans are small to them, one human can eat them for a day.
"Although you are both strong, it is impossible to fight against the giant. The giant couple are protected by the supreme heaven and cannot be harmed by any means other than the holy spear here.
"But the giant is very afraid of the cold, so unless it is disturbed, the giant will just stay on the bed. But if the giant hears a sound, he will go to investigate.
"That's all you know. You don't know if you can get out, but you at least want to survive today."
The next moment, the task of this ceremony appeared in front of Aiwass’ eyes:
[Necessary tasks——]
【Stay alive (Points: None)】
[Extra tasks——]
[Unnecessary killing: kill other people (points: 300 per person)]
[Escape from the crisis: Leave the storage room where you are (points: 500)]
[Stay hidden: not discovered by the giant until the end (Points: 500)]
[I am a saint!: Hold a holy spear (points: 50 per minute)]
[I can also be a saint: kill the person holding the holy spear and obtain the holy spear (points: 500)]
[Feeding Machine: Let the giant finally choose to cook the people you kill (points: 1000)]
[The nature of the transcendent: Actively attack the giant and cause effective damage (points: 1000)]
[Successful Escape: Find the key and escape from Pancod Temple (Points: 2000)]
[The Supreme Heaven no longer exists: use the holy spear to crush the magic cauldron without being discovered (Points: 1000)]
[The courage to defeat the strong with the weak: Use the Holy Spear to kill a giant (points: 3000)]
Aiwass narrowed his eyes slightly and fell into thinking.
Obviously, this is a mission specifically released for Beyond the Road.
It is completely different from the mission style Aiwass used when he was promoted before.
...Of course, it may also be because this task was given by the Snake Father, so it is different from the one issued by the Lord of Scales and Feathers during the last promotion ceremony.
Necessary tasks must be completed. If you don't complete them, you will be eliminated. And everyone's necessary tasks are the same, so there are no points at all.
And in the remaining missions...the murderous intent is very strong.
The other tasks are unclear, but the three tasks [Escape from Crisis], [Keep Hidden], and [Escape Successfully] should be common to everyone. The text style of the task name is obviously different from other tasks.
From this perspective, cooperation is actually possible in this ceremony, because no matter how many people escape, only one key is needed to open the door.
In other words... without counting the special victory, three people can escape together after finding the key.
Nine people are divided into three storage rooms. There are exactly three people in one storage room, which are natural allies. If one person is missing, the efficiency will be lower than other teams.
The style of this ceremony is obviously different from the previous full moon ceremony of Aiwass... If the last one was mainly about the plot, then this time it is mainly about a game. The plot is even blurred, Aiwass even himself
I don’t know the name of the body I’m using, and there’s absolutely no need to play it.
The only thing Aiwass knows now is that this place is called "Pancaud Temple".
And all they have to do is be careful not to make any noise, and find a way to leave while staying quiet...
……wrong.
Aiwass suddenly reacted - this time it was not a full moon ceremony, but a competing new moon ceremony.
If everyone escapes, it means that no one escapes. The amount of points itself is meaningless, and it is the ranking that determines promotion.
This ceremony can only promote three people, but it comes with two special victory conditions. Therefore, only the person ranked first in points can definitely be promoted... The second and third places may be squeezed out.
Unless the people who have completed the two victory conditions happen to be first and second in points. In this case, they can be postponed to third place.
Therefore, it is actually unsafe to earn points together in a group of three.
No one knows the contents of other people's tasks, and there is no published standings that are updated in real time. Even if the three of them always act together, the points must be high or low.
I see.
——No wonder the first mission is called "Unnecessary Killing".
There is no need to kill other people in this ceremony... It is not a life-and-death scenario like the Colosseum. It even requires a certain degree of cooperation. But because the current points and all tasks of the temporary teammates are not known, so
On the contrary, they will kill each other out of suspicion.
Because of the existence of those two special victory conditions, a team of three is inherently unstable, and one or two spots may be squeezed out at any time.
Because of this, the more sincere and efficient the cooperation between each other is, the more necessary it is to kill each other in the end - because they complete more tasks together, the teammates' points may be higher.
This is a ritual about cooperation and betrayal.
——Help me, Shadow Demon.
Aiwass called out from the bottom of his heart.
The thick shadow seeped out silently from his body, corroding the rope easily. He broke the rope with a strong effort, turned over and sat up. He didn't have many clothes on him, only a clean unbuttoned shirt.
Linen.
From the positioning of the ingredients, it is better to call it a diaper than a robe...
There was still no light source around, and Aiwass couldn't see anything.
But at this moment, a light blue light suddenly lit up in the darkness. That light attracted Aiwass's attention.
He quickly saw clearly that it should be a dense phoenix-shaped tattoo on someone's body.
The next moment, blazing flames burst out from the tattoo, burning all the ropes on his body, but did not burn the linen on his body. And through the firelight gushing out of the human-shaped torch, Aiwass also guessed
Find out who that person is.
This should be the monk who was always silent and said nothing.
Although the body he is using now has hair and clothes, his silent temperament still allowed Aiwass to recognize his identity.
The monk looked at Aiwass, who broke free from the rope without a sound, and nodded slightly.
Then he slowly raised his right hand, and the flames rising from his body flowed along the surface of his body like liquid and gathered in his palm. In this way, he turned into a lamp, illuminating the storage room with no light source.
Aiwass's eyes gradually adapted to the darkness, and he took the opportunity to look around.
I feel so small - the huge bronze door is about thirty meters high. From this perspective, it is estimated that the giant should be at least twenty meters tall.
——About as tall as half Ultraman.
Isn’t this too huge? Then this one is indeed invincible to the soldiers...
To the giants, a human wrapped in linen is about the same size as a pancake. How big can this magic cauldron make a human become enough to feed a pair of giants of this size for a day?
The other person in the room saw that the other two had broken free, and quickly shouted: "I am Hong, help me!"
Aiwass turned around, only to find that the body Ms. Red was using at the moment was not a female body - but a young male warrior who was just like them, with muscles all over his body.
Hong was being tied into a rice dumpling at the moment, but she didn't look in a hurry. But unlike Aiwass and the monk, she didn't have the ability to break free from the rope...or maybe she wanted to retain her magic power and didn't want to use her extraordinary powers.
ability to escape.
Aiwass prefers the latter.
Do you want to hide your strength at the beginning?
——Then you might as well die here.
"Okay, Ms. Red."
Aiwass narrowed his eyes slightly, walked over slowly, and said in his own voice, not the voice of Shadow Demon: "I am Aleister..."
But just before Aiwass got closer, the monk suddenly stretched out his other hand to block him.