Chapter 018 The Card Fallen Master and the Snow Mountain Murder Case
Lin Xiao heard the prompt: "Am I... in debt?"
"Hidden mission rewards will increase, but the difficulty will also skyrocket, and the probability of death will increase significantly."
Qiao Linna held her forehead: "I really don't know whether I should praise you for being lucky or saying that you are unlucky."
To be fair, Lin Xiao considers himself to be relatively lucky, but opportunities often come with risks.
"Only those with courage can receive gifts from fate." Lin Xiao clenched his hand armor, "We have accepted this mission!"
Jolina complained: "If you don't accept it, you have to accept it. If we don't complete the hidden task, we won't be able to get out the dungeon... There is only one clue. Let's take a look at the diary in your hand first."
She stood up and walked over, sat down next to Lin Xiao, and the two of them read the notes together.
'Can the source world even simulate the sense of smell?' Lin Xiao thought to herself, 'The perfume used by the first lady on the list actually smells pretty good.'
"July 16, altitude 4,500 meters, C2 camp."
"Today my brother and I had a heated argument. Harrow wanted to turn the 'snowman corpse' into a card. I couldn't understand it."
"Snowy mountains are majestic and sacred, and the creatures born from them should also be buried in ice and snow."
"Harrow thinks that the 'snowman corpse' is an excellent card-making material. The 'snow monster' made from it is easy to control, has no fear of pain, and can carry us to climb the snow-capped mountains."
"None of us can convince anyone. I told him that if mother knew that you were desecrating the snowy mountains like this, she would be furious."
"Hallo told me that my mother had only one child from beginning to end, and then she climbed to the summit alone in the dark."
"I can't understand what he means."
"We are brothers and the best mountaineering partners. We have promised to conquer every snow mountain together."
"But what did he really think?"
"The diary ends here." Lin Xiao said, "Judging from the prompts, there should be two other diaries."
Jolina didn't answer, she frowned and whispered: "Make the 'snowman corpse' into a card..."
"Is there any problem?" Lin Xiao didn't object.
After all, in his eyes, the snowman is just a humanoid monster in the game, and the player is free to choose how to play the game.
But if it were in reality... Well, Lin Xiao couldn't accept it. Maybe this is the "double standard" of human nature.
Qiao Linna shook her head slightly and said: "I guess the brothers in the diary are not fictional, but correspond to a murder case in the Hidden Dragon Snow Mountain in reality."
Lin Xiao was a little surprised. Qiao Linna thought carefully and said slowly:
"In order to prepare for this map, I checked a lot of information about snow mountains and found that a murder had occurred in Hidden Dragon Snow Mountain."
"A pair of traveling card brothers had a quarrel on the way to the mountain. The younger brother was resentful. When he climbed to the top of the snow-capped mountain and his physical strength and resentment reached the limit, he pushed his older brother off the top of the mountain."
"Afterwards, the younger brother, who was a mountaineering adventurer, was arrested in the name of a 'card trapper' and was sentenced to life imprisonment due to lack of evidence. He committed suicide in prison."
Lin Xiao asked: "The Card Faller?"
""The Fallen Card Master" comes from the fallen angels in "Genesis" and "The Book of Titans". It refers to the card masters who violate the card master's guidelines and rules. They are usually regarded as evil, mastering viciousness, taboos, and are not for the world.
Licensed card or card-making art.”
Jolina said: "It is the necessary duty of every card master to eliminate the "card faller" because it represents the most basic justice, bottom line and conscience of a card master."
The snowy owl named 'Vivian' nestled in Jolina's arms, narrowing her yellow eyes sleepily. Lin Xiao carefully reached out to touch its round head and said:
"So, in this diary, Harrow, who plans to use the 'Snowman Corpse' to make cards, is the card faller in the 'Snowy Mountain Tragedy'?"
"I don't know." Jolina stood up, "Aren't there two other diaries? Camp C1 is the snow-rock mixed zone we just came to, and camp C3 is the top of the mountain. I think the remaining two diaries are there. Let's go back to camp C1 to look for them first.
Let’s look for it.”
The two left the tent, walked through the snow in the howling wind and snow, and returned to the mixed snow-rock zone along the ridge of the vast sea of clouds.
After searching carefully, I found the first diary entry.
"July 15th, altitude 4,000 meters, C1 camp."
"July is the most suitable season for conquering snow-capped mountains. The sun is brilliant and shines on the snow-capped rock formations, reflecting beautiful golden light."
"The haze caused by my mother's funeral gradually eased in front of the beautiful snow-capped mountains."
"She is a great mother and a great card maker, but she is not understood by the world."
"Hallo and I will climb Hidden Dragon Snow Mountain to commemorate this."
"Atum, please pray for sunshine and clear weather."
The diary ends, and the clue progress in the system prompt jumps to (2/3).
"This is the first diary entry." Lin Xiao, carrying a dark heavy sword on his back, folded his arms and said, "You can't tell anything from this,"
"No." Jolina's red eyes flashed, looking at the prismatic snow-capped mountains outside the tent, with the howling wind and snow, and a hint of regret in her voice, "I probably understand what happened...but I still need one last diary entry to verify my guess."
"Anyway, you still need to push the map to fight monsters." Lin Xiao shouldered the sword, "I'm good at this, let's go up the mountain!"
*
boom!
The Snow Monster King "Baoshan" fell backwards, stirring up several feet of snowflakes. In front of it stood a pair of men and women with strange postures.
A blond girl puts her hands on her hips, one knee forward, and one arm hanging down.
A heavily armored man shouldered a pitch-black sword, raised his arm armor, and proudly stood on his arm a snowy owl with a contemptuous look and a round head.
Immediately, the snow owl fluttered its wings, deliberately slapped the heavy sword man's helmet with its wings, picked up the material card exploded by the snow monster king "Baoshan", and flew back to Qiaolina.
'I thought it was getting close to me, but it turned out to be intentional.' Lin Xiao held his helmet steady and gritted his teeth and thought, 'How can a snow owl be such a dog!'
Jolina glanced at the cards and said: "The finished cards have been revealed, and some of them are "upgradeable". Let's divide the spoils later. It's important to solve the hidden tasks first."
Originally, this level 4 map could be cleared by solving the Yeti King. However, because the heavy sword man triggered a hidden mission, he had to find all the clues to unlock the teleportation aperture and leave the dungeon.
Even though it was him who caused the trouble, Jolina glanced at the epee man and still felt a sense of wonder in her heart.
Even the guarding boss ‘Baoshan’ did not cause him the slightest trouble, and he was not even seen using ‘armed combat skills’…
In addition to the Card Brigade's high source power, this card that provides "Armed Possession" is also of extremely high quality.
"I saw the third diary entry." Lin Xiao said, "It's in the card revealed by the Snow Monster King."
Jolina nodded and browsed the last diary entry.
"July 17, altitude 5,000 meters, C3 camp."
"I caught up with my brother last night and after saying nice words, he finally agreed to go up the mountain with me to have a look, and then..."
"We defeated the Yeti King!"
"Harrow offered to make the Snowman King into a card, so that our trip would be worthwhile."
"My stupid brother doesn't understand the true value of Hidden Dragon Snow Mountain."
"I understand my mother."
"The most glorious moment for a card maker is not the moment when he becomes a seventh-level card maker, nor is it the moment when he creates a golden legend."
"But make a dragon, a real dragon."
"In the glacial lake at the highest point of the Hidden Dragon Snow Mountain, there are buried the bones of a seventh-order dragon. Each dragon bone is an extremely precious card-making material."
"But what if, instead of breaking down the dragon bones, we resurrect this giant dragon?"
"Hello will understand my mother and me."
"The Yeti and the Frost Elementals will be buried gloriously by the roar of the dragon and the avalanche."
"Witnessing the awakening of the dragon is the final glory of this snow mountain."
"The card-making ceremony around the ice lake will be over in five minutes."
"Wait a minute, Haro is calling me. I'm going to open the tent and invite him to enjoy the masterpiece together."
"I named it, 'Skeleton Frost Dragon'."
[Diary clue: 3/3 (completed)]
[The target of the copy has been changed to the hidden leader (blood red): Skeleton Frost Dragon ‘Norns’!!]
Lin Xiao and Qiao Linna looked at each other, and saw a trace of solemnity in her deep ruby-like eyes.
"So." Lin Xiao swallowed, "This brother and mother are the card fallers."
"They planned to resurrect the dragon's bones, even if they might destroy the snowy mountains and cause a tragedy. The younger brother kept telling the older brother to stop as soon as there was a 'snowman corpse'. Then he found that it was useless, so..."
Qiao Linna took over the conversation and whispered: "He killed his brother in a night showdown, causing the 'Snow Mountain Murder Case'. Afterwards, he was arrested as a 'card trapper' and committed suicide in prison."
Lin Xiao was speechless for a moment.
He felt Harrow's painful choice between justice and family affection, as well as his guidance as a Card Traveler facing the Card Fallen Master.
"Hoooo!" The snowy owl suddenly opened its yellow eyes, flapped its wings, and pulled Jolina's sleeves.
The entire snow peak rumbled and trembled. The glacial lake in front covered a huge ice surface, cracks opened and then collapsed. A terrifying white bone claw rested on the ice, amidst the screams of the snow mountain.
A bone dragon was poked out, and two clusters of cold flames were burning in the hollows of the skull's eye sockets!
Lin Xiao was wearing pitch-black armor and carrying a big sword. He raised his steel helmet and looked up at the huge and terrifying skeletal frost dragon, slightly in a trance.
'Cut this skull dragon... I think you can get a lot of salary increase.'
Amid the roar and shock of the Skeleton Frost Dragon's appearance, Qiao Linna grabbed Lin Xiao and said: