"Stealing?" The tavern owner looked at the waiter.
"He did run away from Miss Hunter's room." The man replied.
The tavern owner showed disgust on his face and waved his hand: "Sell this unruly guy to the sewers."
No customers expressed their opinions, and the waiter dragged the unconscious man out of the tavern as calmly as if he had done it many times before.
The tables were raised, the overturned plates and wine bottles were cleared, and the tavern returned to bustle.
The tavern owner shouted to the huntress: "Stinger, someone wants to know what happened to the convoy."
"who?"
Catalina picked up the trophies and dagger and walked to the counter.
No longer needing an introduction from the tavern owner, Catalina was pleasantly surprised to see Lu Li looking at her from the counter.
"You're actually still alive!"
Everyone can see Catalina's excitement.
"I want to ask that too." Lu Li remained calm.
It's strange that Katarina is still alive, unreasonably as if she's still in the Emerald Dream, but the Emerald Dream won't lay out such obvious loopholes.
"Some price..." Catalina's excitement faded a lot. She realized something and looked at Lu Li with a distrustful look: "But how can I be sure... this is not my Emerald Dream, or it is not your dream...
"
Catalina is worried about the same problem.
"I got a cursed title after leaving the Emerald Dream." Lu Li said in a voice that only Catalina could hear. "Lighthouse."
All the information about the lighthouse came to Katarina's mind.
"You actually faced the Emerald Dream..." Katarina doubted the authenticity of the world even more, but soon, she realized that it was meaningless.
This was not a good place to talk. Catalina said to the tavern owner, "You won't get your commission," and led Lu Li towards the stairs.
"There's always a chance."
The tavern owner behind him replied, as if he didn't care at all.
Back upstairs, Catalina closed the door and hung the latch, then leaned next to Lu Li and whispered: "Are you still... pure?"
Catalina, who was very close, had ambiguities in her words. Catalina deliberately created misunderstandings. This was not the town of Tangge, she was only here.
"It should be." Lu Li said.
The several uses of the lighthouse in the Emerald Dream did not reduce humanity, and remained at two and a half points of humanity after the increase. The sanity value cannot be quantified, but it is still above the full value.
"Very good, our agreement is still valid..."
Catalina hooked her fingers on Lu Li's collar and whispered.
She is not good at acting. No matter her stiff voice or stiff movements, this scene has nothing to do with her charm.
But if the partition walls have ears, these are enough.
Catalina was excited about the lost "wealth", but worried that all this was just an Emerald Dream illusion made her worry about gain and loss.
The same goes for Lu Li. Even though he was given the cursed title by the Emerald Dream, there is still a slight possibility that this place is still a dream.
Maybe it's time to confirm.
Lu Li thought about getting Catalina's dagger: "Pull up the curtains."
Catalina closed the curtains, and when she turned around, she saw him holding the dagger to his chest: "What are you going to do!"
"confirm."
The sharp dagger pierced the skin, and blood beads emerged on the edge of the sinking, but the glory of humanity did not bloom.
At this time, a sharp, frightened scream sounded.
"What are you doing!"
A puppet stood next to the fluorite lamp, pointing at Lu Li and screaming.
But compared to Catalina's nervousness, it was more like she was shouting loudly in a mischievous manner, hoping to scare Lu Li and make him open his chest with trembling hands.
"It's the rules of Ghost Town." Catalina reminded, being frightened.
The puppet villain who failed in his prank ran behind the curtain. Catalina opened the curtain, and the puppet villain had already disappeared without a trace.
Isn’t that the real way to activate a lighthouse…
Lu Li handed the dagger to Catalina, but he was sure that he had escaped from the Emerald Dream.
"The Emerald Dream is not that simple. Self-mutilation cannot make you wake up." Katarina put away the dagger and reminded.
"Just testing other things."
Lu Li replied, asking what happened after the convoy was attacked.
"The eternal night lasted for eleven days." Catalina recalled slowly.
This time the eternal night was extraordinarily long. After paying some price, Catalina fled to the ghost town and told the ghost master about the attack on the convoy. Until the eternal night receded, the light thief returned to the sky, and those who went to investigate brought back the news.
A piece of wreckage remains, with no survivors.
Caterina's last hope failed, so she came to the Cape of Good Hope Tavern.
"Fortunately, you are alive... help me go to the count to testify."
"What are you testifying to?" Lu Li sat down at the table. The sky outside the window was shrouded in clouds. He didn't know whether it was the rock wall and lava, or a different sky.
"The Earl has lost a whole truckload of goods. They don't completely believe what I say. Although they haven't imprisoned me, they are not allowed to leave Ghost Town. Otherwise, I would have gone back to Tangge Town to stay away from the nasty people here."
dong dong
Lu Li tapped the dining table to remind Catalina.
"Running out to scare people, you know what I'm talking about."
A vague sound of annoyance sounded vaguely from the corner of the room.
"Your title can explain everything. The earl will believe that the convoy was indeed attacked by the Emerald Dream and let us leave. Maybe he will also be interested in your... identity."
Neither Lu Li nor Catalina needed to rest, so they went straight back downstairs to check out the room.
Lu Li glanced at the guests in the tavern and suddenly heard a sharp cry for help.
"Help! I'm drowning!"
A small clay figure was fluttering and struggling in the wine glass, with half of its body melted.
The guest who was talking to his companion exclaimed and wanted to fish out the clay man, but the clay man climbed up on his own. Ignoring his eyes sliding to the corner of his mouth and his missing left foot, he pointed at the guest and mocked: "You lose, leave us."
Home!"
The guest realized something and turned to look around. The guests in the tavern were looking at him with pity.
He just shouted out. According to the rules of Ghost Town, he will be expelled from Ghost Town and will not be allowed to step into it.
The distraught guest left the tavern.
"Another guest is missing." The tavern owner who wiped the wine glass sighed helplessly.
This was just an interlude. After leaving the Cape of Good Hope Tavern, Lu Li and Catalina headed to the Earl's manor.
The manor house was similar to the Emerald Dream. After entering, the butler received them. During the conversation, Lu Li learned that the earl was not a ghost, but an ordinary human being.
After Lu Li showed the cursed title, the housekeeper believed their words and no longer restricted Catalina from leaving the town, and invited Lu Li to be the guard captain.
As expected, Lu Li declined this high-paying job. Catalina was somewhat interested, but the housekeeper didn't like her.
Catalina hesitated, and ultimately did not ask the count if he was interested in purebred humans.