After killing Clement, the leader of the Snake Raiders, Yahan was like a tiger among sheep. Almost every slash with his heavy sword took away the life of an elite Snake warrior. He was a battlefield harvester.
Bai Xiaowen's eyes twitched when he saw it. Judging from the strength displayed by Yahan, it was comparable to the rare leader level.
Just as Bai Xiaowen deduced, the difficulty of the main mission has been reduced by 50%, which is very simple for the awakened ones. As long as they find the mastermind behind the scenes, they don't even need to actively participate in the battle. Yahan, a powerful NPC, can handle it alone.
What makes Bai Xiaowen feel a little pity is that the snake leader Clemen and other snake warriors did not drop the treasure box, but only gave Bai Xiaowen some psychic points symbolically. As the saying goes, you get what you pay for, Awakened One
Without corresponding combat contribution value, you will certainly not be able to benefit from monster drops.
The only thing that makes Bai Xiaowen feel gratified is that since he fired a shot at each monster, which counts as participating in the killing, the black soul stone can absorb the soul of the dead snake man, which increases the growth rate of the black soul stone.
cut.
Counting several days of hunting in the treasure space of Lake of the Dead, Bai Xiaowen's black soul stone's growth rate has now reached level 5 (475/2000), and he has accumulated 50 points of soul essence.
The entire team of snake raiders who came were destroyed. Ahan walked up to the mayor Hiram with his heavy sword in hand.
Hiram turned pale.
"Tie him up." Yahan was silent for a while and then gave this order to the militiamen.
"Alyosha!"
The sound of horse hooves sounded in the distance, and a woman galloped over on horseback.
Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes and sighed softly: "What should come will always come."
The woman who came was none other than Alexei's wife and Hiram's daughter, Ginny David.
Ginny got off her horse and came to Yahan.
"Alyosha, I beg you one thing, can you let my father go?" Ginny called Yahan's nickname, and all the blood drained from her beautiful face, "You have to believe that if you do such a thing,
This is definitely not my father’s original intention. You know what kind of person he is and his nature is kind!”
Yahan's eyes under his thick eyebrows were fixed on Ginny: "You have known about this for a long time, right?"
Ginny was a little embarrassed by Han's gaze and slowly lowered her head.
Yahan smiled sadly: "It turns out that I have been kept in the dark all this time. Mayor Hiram, can you tell me now why you kidnapped your own residents and gave them to these long-tailed monsters?"
Mayor Hiram murmured: "I don't know why... One day I was fishing on the beach, and the waves washed up a small wooden sculpture. I was deeply fascinated as soon as I saw it... Later, in my heart
, there was a strange voice, constantly whispering in my ear, tempting me to do some irrational things... Later, the snake man appeared, using some of the mistakes I had made before to blackmail me... I
It’s really not intentional!”
Yahan shook his head and said: "This does not become your reason."
Mayor Hiram sighed: "Alexei, this matter is due to my own weak will and has nothing to do with Ginny. After she found out, she also tried to dissuade me many times... but I was only thinking about protecting myself at the time.
Wealth and status can only lead to darkness."
"Then you will have to accept the people's judgment." Yahan said expressionlessly.
Ginny stopped in front of Yahan and said with tears: "Alyosha, I have never begged you since I married you... This is the first time I beg you to give my father another chance, okay?
?”
Mayor Hiram also said: "Alexei, as long as you can keep my reputation, after today's incident, I am willing to step down as mayor and choose you as the next mayor. Your and Ginny's children will be
Become the heir to my title. I have always regarded you as my son, and Ginny is my favorite daughter..."
Yahan remained silent. Bai Xiaowen could clearly see that his big hands were trembling slightly: "Keep your reputation? I don't have the ability."
When Mayor Hiram saw Yahan's silence, he added fire and said: "Yahan, the situation is not irreversible yet. The snake man who came to rescue him is already dead, and these kidnapped residents,
They have been secretly detained and have never seen my face... Just put the blame on these snake people! Your patrol militia is extremely obedient to you. As long as you order to keep quiet, they will never
I won’t reveal the truth.”
Suddenly, Bai Xiaowen received a reminder message about the rules of the spiritual world.
"Main mission: Truth in the Mist, there's a change of pace when missing persons criminal Hiram David attempts to make a deal with Sheriff Alexey Yahan to deceive the public."
"If the truth about the missing persons case cannot be made public, the main mission will fail."
"Please prevent both parties from reaching an agreement."
Li Shuyi's face changed slightly, apparently she had also received the same prompt. She looked at Bai Xiaowen.
Bai Xiaowen waved his hand slightly, signaling Li Shuyi to be calm. Bai Xiaowen had actually been prepared for this situation.
"Mayor Hiram, I'm afraid it's impossible for you to deceive the people." Bai Xiaowen stood up and said.
Hiram glared at Bai Xiaowen: "Who are you? What qualifications do you have to speak like this?"
Yahan said in a deep voice: "The two Skelboom brothers are my right-hand assistants. Without their participation, I still don't know what the truth of the case is. He is qualified enough to speak on this matter.
"
Hiram's eyes were filled with astonishment, resentment and fear. He looked at Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi up and down, and his tone suddenly softened: "You two are friends of Yahan. You should know that if this incident is exposed, it will affect Yahan."
Han's family and his own reputation have been dealt a heavy blow. Residents may no longer trust Yahan, and his position as sheriff will be deprived... For Yahan, please conceal the truth of this incident."
It has to be said that Hiram can become the mayor of Hodge Town, and his IQ is not low. At this time, Bai Xiaowen and the two of them must not threaten them verbally, as that will only have counterproductive effects. And let Yahan talk about it.
The possibility of Bai Xiaowen and Bai Xiaowen shutting up is much higher.
However, it was impossible for Bai Xiaowen to retreat. He shook his head and said: "Unfortunately, it is irreversible now."
"What do you mean?" Hiram's expression changed a little.
"Someone is coming! Many people..." A militiaman from a distance ran over and said panting.
Noisy footsteps and voices sounded. From the west intersection, a long queue of torches could be seen, and hundreds of residents of Hodge Town rushed over.
"Where is the murderer?"
"Severely punish kidnapping criminals!"
"My son...please pray to the Lord of Light to keep him safe and sound!"
Hiram's face turned pale again, this time there was really no blood at all.
Yahan's eyes turned to Bai Xiaowen.
Bai Xiaowen said calmly: "I notified the families of the missing persons. Of course, during the notification process, some residents who were overly curious also followed me. The number was more than I expected. I think the residents have the right to know the truth at least.
The families of the victims have this right."
After a pause, Bai Xiaowen continued:
"If Mr. Mayor can keep all the angry families of the victims silent, then I can only admit that you are powerful and have outstanding acting skills, and I will no longer care about this matter."
Mayor Hiram's face was pale. It was easy to silence a small group of people, but how could it be so easy to silence hundreds of people, especially the families of the victims?
Mayor Hiram suddenly thought of something and stepped forward to grab Yahan's arm: "There is no time. Now is the last chance to announce to these residents that it was these snake men who captured the residents! I...I am
I’m here to help you solve the case!”
Bai Xiaowen shook his head slightly. There was no time left. There were two groups of patrol militiamen here. To conceal the facts, in addition to relying on Yahan's authority to give orders, Mayor Hiram also had to use gold coins to bribe the militiamen, and then unify the caliber and fabricate
A lie that everyone can accept.
In addition, Bai Xiaowen will not sit back and let Mayor Hiram fool him. It is necessary to stand up and expose. The two people's identities are originally residents of Hodge Town, not outsiders, so the credibility of their words is still very high.
This is also the benefit of cutting into identity.
Yahan's big iron-like hands grasped Mayor Hiram's wrist, slowly but firmly moved his hand away, and said word by word: "I will not do this. The people have the right to know the truth.
, you can tell the whole story of how you were bewitched and ask for the people’s forgiveness! Then, give up your noble status to offset your death penalty!”
This is the benefit of the evil feudal system. Crimes committed by nobles are completely different from crimes committed by civilians. Small crimes can be redeemed with money. Even major crimes such as serial kidnapping can be redeemed by depriving nobles of their status. But for nobles, this
It's almost the same as killing him.
Mayor Hiram slumped to the ground and murmured: "No, you can't do this... The David family cannot fall into my hands, Ginny, Ginny!"
Ginny's face was full of tears and she hugged Mayor Hiram: "Father, this is your best choice. In order to no longer suffer the torment of conscience, it is acceptable to give up your noble status."
Next, the family members of the victims arrived at the dock. Yahan dispatched his militiamen to tell the residents the whole story of the missing persons case. Some were angry and some were shocked, but most people expressed
Fortunately, the lives of their kidnapped family members were not in danger, which is a good thing.
Yahan did not take any credit and credited Bai Xiaowen's "brother and sister" for solving the case.
Bai Xiaowen watched this scene in silence, and suddenly said to Li Shuyi: "Let's go. In the spiritual world, I am not used to being surrounded by so many people to thank me."
When the residents followed Yahan's explanation and prepared to thank the two brothers and sisters for their bravery, they could not find them. Yahan could not be found either, and the expression on his face was very complicated. He now really said Bai Xiaowen "
"Brother and sister" regarded them as upright people who did not seek fame or fortune, but only sought justice, and were ashamed of their previous hesitations.
"The main mission: The Truth in the Mist has been completed. Do you want to submit it?"
"submit."
"You completed the main mission within three days. You obtained a special item: an invitation to the Abyss Party."
"In the next 7 days, 5 hours, 23 minutes and 05 seconds, you can freely explore and leave the spirit world at any time, and the power points, equipment, props and other benefits you have obtained in the Kuroshio plane world will not disappear.
.”
"Abyss party...invitation?"
Bai Xiaowen's first thought was of the tainted milk powder game from the AD era, and the voice of a certain blonde girl:
O man of trial, I hope you can drive away evil with your perseverance like this cross!
In another time and space, Bai Xiaowen was addicted to tainted milk powder and lost weight day by day while he was in college. The reason why he finally escaped from the trap was... he no longer had the money to protect Arad. Well, that's probably it. It's hard to look back on the past.
After letting his thoughts wander for a tenth of a second, Bai Xiaowen looked at the instructions on the invitation to the abyss party.
[Abyss Party Invitation: An invitation containing mysterious power, which can only be used in the Black Tide plane world. Using this item will trigger a new main quest. The new main quest will bring you the same length of stay as your first main quest.
The stay time brought by the mission does not conflict with each other.】
[Warning: The mysterious power on this invitation is quickly dissipating, please choose whether to use it as soon as possible.]
[Warning: The difficulty of the triggered task may not match your awakener level.]
On a slightly old parchment scroll, there is a line of words written in ancient Latin:
"He who gazes into the abyss, the abyss gazes back into you."
At the end of the parchment roll, a spark ignited, and then spread at a speed visible to the naked eye. Judging from the speed of the spread of the sparks, within a minute, the invitation would completely self-immolate. This was probably the first warning: "The invitation is
The mysterious power is quickly dissipating".
The two looked at each other.
Li Shuyi responded quickly and said decisively: "You make the decision, don't be burdened."
Bai Xiaowen smiled and nodded: "I choose... to use it!"
Bai Xiaowen has already checked with the rules of the spirit world. The second main task and the stay time in the spirit plane brought by the previous main task are independent of each other and do not conflict with each other. In other words, Bai Xiaowen is taking on the second main task.
After the first main mission, the mission period obtained will not affect the remaining 7 days of free exploration time for the first main mission.
If Bai Xiaowen accepts the second main task and gets 0 days to complete it, but completes it on the eighth day in advance, then the two additional free exploration time will be superimposed with the free exploration time of the first main task, and finally he will get
More than nine days of free time to explore.
And if the deadline comes and Bai Xiaowen fails to complete the second main mission, then his newly acquired power points, equipment, props and other benefits during these ten days will be invalid, but the benefits from the first main mission and the subsequent seven days will be invalid.
The free exploration time still exists, and you will not suffer any loss.