Chapter 46
After my vision was restored, I found myself being teleported to a strange place. I didn't move. I wanted to try to figure out my exact location first, but I soon discovered that not only the map bar couldn't be opened, but even the various voice channels couldn't be used. Finally, I let the pigeon go with a try-and-see attitude, but I didn't expect that the fat guy actually started to circle around me very hard after he came out. Hmm, interesting, this ghost place turned out to be a fully shielded space. So the strange severed hand should obviously be a prop for some new task. But I'm a little surprised, why didn't this disgusting thing react in the hand of the beautiful fruit? Damn! The fox's things really can't be taken carelessly! Although there are many questions, anyway, this task has been triggered, and since it's here, I'll just make the best of it. Now I can only continue to do it. Haha, I have good teeth and a good appetite, so Yan Moumou will be the first to taste this "crab".
I calmed down and looked around carefully. This is a European-style hall with many ancient Greek stone pillars against the walls. I am standing in a corner of this hall. It looks like the area here should be quite large. Unfortunately, the light is too dim and I can't see the whole picture. However, this atmosphere is perfect for shooting a suspenseful ghost movie.
I carefully began to move along the wall. This kind of mission usually has an explanation and an NPC who will take the next step. As long as I find it, I will know how to play next. Sure enough, after walking a dozen steps, a "human-shaped" object with cloth strips all over its body stood next to an indoor fountain.
"Young people, you are the motherland..." As soon as I approached, the NPC in bandages began to mutter in a profound tone.
I didn't say anything, but quickly stuffed the "General's Hand" into its hand. As an old player, I know these NPCs very well. The quest system in "Magic Flag" almost has a perverted mode. All quest NPCs have a dialogue system that lasts almost ten minutes. If you don't hand over the quest props to it quickly after it is triggered, it will talk to you about all sorts of things. The terrible thing is that you can't refuse to listen. The NPC will force you to listen to it in a secret language system, and the content of the dialogue is all kinds of strange, from weather forecast to maternal and child health care, from fashion to product advertisements. The most ridiculous time I even heard an NPC tell me Marxist philosophy seriously. God knows what the designer was thinking at the time. Now, the players who have been "poisoned" stay away from those quest NPCs when they have nothing to do.
"Oh, this is General Gulu's left hand, warrior wandering in the shadows, you have proved your courage and wisdom. Now, you will face the final test." The NPC held the severed hand and looked at it for a long time before muttering, "There is a bloodthirsty man trapped in the room behind me. Kill him! You will inherit the ancient technology! Complete your final trial!"
I looked behind it and vaguely saw a door. OK, just go in and kill another NPC? The core of those nonsense words was "hiring a killer". After sorting out his items and equipment, the "killer" strode towards the door.
I pushed open the door and saw a short corridor. After passing through the corridor, a large room similar to the hall outside appeared in front of me. The huge chandelier on the ceiling and the torches on the stone pillars around illuminated the whole room. In the middle of the room, a "large can" with "beautiful packaging" was sitting cross-legged on the ground. As soon as I stepped into the room, the NPC jumped up.
It can be seen that this NPC knight is very "generous". When I approached, he didn't say a word, aimed at my head, and swung the huge axe as big as a door panel in his hand to hit me hard. Well, this NPC has personality, I like it.
I did a few backflips and jumped far away to avoid the first attack. But the knight didn't chase me when he saw me far away. He just stood there with his axe in a cool pose. What does that mean? I used the poison spell in confusion and took the initiative to attack. I swung left and right, got close, and chopped! I dodged the exaggerated axe and chopped the knight's thigh with the dragon tooth blade. At the same time, a bomb was successfully stuck on its butt. There was no way. The NPC stood straight for more than three meters. I ducked to avoid its flying kick and my arms could only reach there.
After I installed the bomb, before I could feel happy, an axe handle as thick as my forearm reached under my ribs. Then, a huge force came, and the sound of wind rang in my ears. Boom! Bang! At the same time as the bomb exploded, I was also picked out by the knight's axe handle and hit a stone pillar by the wall. Fortunately, I was prepared to be beaten. I had adjusted the sensitivity of the sensory system to the lowest before entering the door, otherwise I would have been knocked unconscious by that blow. I looked up at the "can" and almost vomited three liters of blood. Maybe it was related to the task. The damage value was displayed in the form of numbers on my head. I chopped and blew up, but only a 2 popped out on the NPC's head, while its axe handle picked me up and a 44. Damn it! 1 number represents one life. No matter how I look at it, I don't have as much blood as that guy. How can I fight this battle? Leaning against the stone pillar, I couldn't help but stare at the knight who didn't chase and posed again.
"Damn it, are you trying to be cool? Is it a can? Why don't you come over?" I couldn't think of a solution, staring at the NPC and muttering angrily. Suddenly, I thought of a strange place, "Huh? Don't come over? Could it be."
I stood up and slowly approached the knight until I was three meters away from him. Then the scary axe came towards me with a whoosh. I immediately took a step back. As expected, after the knight chopped me down with his axe, he went back to pose and had no intention of moving forward at all.
"Haha, is that so? After all this fuss, all you can do is just chop people on the spot? Hehehehe..." Now that I already knew what was going on, I naturally switched from dagger to crossbow. While humming a tune, I opened the assassination crossbow, put on the steel arrow, and started shooting at fixed targets.
Bang, bang, bang, one after another crossbow arrow flew towards the knight NPC. Although it changed its position after being hit, it didn't move a step towards me until I emptied two quivers. "Hehe, I have more than 10,000 arrows. Even if it takes one drop of blood at a time, I can kill you..." Looking at the NPC whose body was nailed like a cactus, I was secretly proud.
I originally thought that this mission would end like this, especially when I saw it throw away the giant axe, but I never expected that after throwing the axe, this guy stretched out his hand, and with a bang, I was once again unlucky and knocked out.
"Damn it! It's so unfair. What a perverted mission design? When did the NPC equipment become so advanced?" I couldn't help but complain loudly while hiding behind a stone pillar.
Although the thing that knocked me away just now looked a little strange, I was basically sure that it was an old-fashioned musket. Damn it, I thought the knight was going to die, but after all the fuss, he replaced it with a weapon that could reach me. This time, as long as it showed its head, it would be a lead bullet the size of an olive. The NPC of this task is too "beastly", isn't it? How can I play if it uses that thing?
Complaints aside, my curiosity about the new mission still drives me to complete it as much as possible. Judging from the current situation, this mission should not be completed by just charging and fighting. With such a perverted NPC guarding the gate, even a boss may not be able to defeat it. It seems that there must be some key that I haven't discovered.
After several attempts and three shots in a row, I finally figured out a weakness of the musket that was not really a weakness. The weapon did have a good killing effect, but the interval between shots was a bit long. With the help of the stone pillars in the room and the fast movement, I could not get hurt at all if I mastered the timing. But not getting shot was good enough, but I was helpless with the "musketeer". Looking at the NPC who was fighting with stone chips flying everywhere, I jumped around and greeted the eighteen generations of ancestors of the task designer.
I just circled the room like a rabbit for half a circle, but there was nothing I could do. Just as I was about to continue "rabbiting", an accident happened that I didn't know whether it was life-threatening or life-saving.
After firing back an arrow, I naturally jumped behind a large bookshelf that I had chosen. Because the light there was dim, I didn't notice that there was something strange on the ground. As a result, something like a rope tripped me up. Naturally, the thief, who was half exposed, immediately became an excellent target for the musketeer. Ping! It was a very accurate shot. When it hit me, the strong inertia almost made me fly up. It hurt so much! In a panic, my right hand subconsciously grabbed, but I didn't expect to grab the rope that tripped me. Swish! After falling to the ground, I found that something seemed to be pulled off. With a sharp creaking sound, the NPC and I both discovered a problem: the iron chandelier was really damn dangerous.
Because I accidentally broke a fixing rope, the huge chandelier in the middle of the ceiling of the room, which was full of candles, was photographed straight down with swaying flames. And right below the chandelier, a very imposing knight was waiting there stupidly.
It turns out that the key to killing the knight is this chandelier! No wonder no matter how I attack, the "can" only loses one health bar, damn! Who would have thought that this task is not done by hitting, but by "smashing"? It's really abnormal!
After taking a bottle of medicine, I limped out of the room. Because the knight was smashed into pieces by the chandelier, I had to drag out the "murder weapon" with the barrel bent at 45 degrees. God knows if the NPC next to the pool will ask me for evidence of killing the knight? I remember that the people who hired killers in novels were all very perverted, and they often asked the hired killers to bring back "local specialties" such as the target's ears and fingers to settle accounts.
Fortunately, this NPC, who was wrapped like a mummy, didn't seem to be that "traditional". He didn't ask me for any messy "proof". He just patted my head and started to chant "Oh, there are successors to my generation, young man, you must remember" and other lines. Seeing its "kind" appearance, in order to complete this task, I had to listen obediently. The first time, I listened attentively, the second time, I understood seriously, the third time, I recited it by heart, the fourth time, I waited for five minutes with facial cramps, and the "bandage" seemed to be addicted to patting, repeating the same few sentences over and over again. Damn, my head feels so good? It never stops patting? Tell me what to do next? When it started to chant for the eighteenth time, I couldn't help it. I was furious and kicked the NPC hard, making him spin twice and dive into the fountain behind him.
"Oh, there will be successors to our generation. Young man, you must remember to have keen observation skills..." Looking at the NPC climbing out of the pool, a feeling of powerlessness came over me. That coquettish "idiot" was actually taking pictures of the spraying mermaid statue while continuing the conversation that drove me crazy.
"Oh my god, who did I offend today? I spent so much time on this perverted bug mission. Can that beautiful lady tell me what's going on?" I squatted by the pool and started to assemble the bomb while muttering. "Damn, such an idiotic NPC, I'll just blow him up."
"What are you going to do?" Just as I was happily tying bombs to the NPC, a cold voice came from behind me.
"Hmm? Hmm!" I immediately turned around in surprise. Oh! Oh! Oh! What a spectacle! Three men and four women, seven GMs, stood in a row. Except for the cold-faced beauty who spoke, everyone else was staring at me with a smile. "Oh, that? Just practicing skills, hehe..." I played dumb. I had been playing for so long, but this was the first time I saw so many silver-shining "gods".
"Hmph!" The cold-faced beauty ignored me, whispered something, and snapped her fingers casually. Soon, I found that the NPC who was taking pictures of the statue in the pool disappeared, but the bomb on its back miraculously hung on me.
"Hey, hey! You have to give me an explanation, right?" I quickly canceled the timers of the bombs and shouted to the scattered GMs.
"Sorry, serious player, due to technical reasons, your career advancement cannot continue. We are deeply sorry." A female GM with a round face and a sweet smile walked up to me and bowed. Only then did I notice that except for the number plate 077 on her chest, other GMs did not have it. "Please wait a moment, we will solve the problem soon."
"Professional advancement? So I completed the job change task? Does that mean I can change my job now?" After working for a long time, I finally found out what it was for. The second job change, the legendary second job change...
"Yes, we have already thought that you might be the first person to complete the task. After all, you are the only one who has reached level 60." GM077 smiled at me. It seems that she came to "deal with" me. The other six people seemed to have different responsibilities. "I'm sorry that there was a little mistake, but don't worry, it won't affect your normal game."
"It doesn't matter if it doesn't affect my job transfer..." Looking at the busy people, I asked GM077 curiously. "Aren't they GMs?"
“Those are from the technical department.” 077 was obviously relieved to see that I didn’t complain. Haha, so this 077 should be from the customer service department. Well, customer service staff are more “human”.
I chatted with 077, watching the technicians "transform" in front of me. For example, a male GM twisted his body a few times and a knight who looked exactly like a "can" I killed was born. Finally, when the NPC with bandages appeared again, the six GMs in charge of technology also stood in a circle around the pool.
"Would you please have a mission conversation?" 077 seemed to have heard something and made a "please" gesture with his left hand.
Haha, it's a wonderful feeling to change jobs under the watchful eyes of seven GMs. It's a pity that I can't capture the picture here, otherwise it would definitely make a sensation. Following 077's instructions, I stood in front of the NPC again, "Damn, that idiot designed a move, is it fun to hit someone on the head?" I couldn't help but curse in a low voice when I felt that hand coming to my head again. Along with the familiar lines, a cold snort also came into my ears. I glanced at it from the corner of my eyes. Hey, it's still that "iceberg". Why do cold beauties like to hum now?
"I'm old, so I can only teach you the art of stealth. You have to learn other skills on your own." This time the NPC didn't repeat the nonsense a second time. I was flashing with colorful light, and a stealth skill was added to my skill column. Two scrolls appeared in my space belt, and two lines of subtitles appeared in the corners of my eyes:
"System announcement: The notary who inherits darkness, the messenger who reaps life, was born in the shadows and wanders in the darkness. Congratulations to player 'Serious' for successfully advancing to the next level!"
"System prompt: The assassin profession has been successfully advanced! Strength increased by 15, physique increased by 5, agility increased by 20, skills increased by 15, wisdom increased by 5, and the assassin skill - stealth has been mastered."
"Why is there a system announcement? Oh my god, this is really troublesome!" I couldn't help but groan inwardly when I saw the flashing font on the first line. If I remember correctly, all system announcements are broadcasted by the entire "Devil Flag". It can be imagined that everyone outside probably knows that a guy named Yanzheng has made a second transformation. The first second transformation sounds very awesome, but a household name assassin is not a good thing.
"As long as you exit the game and re-enter, you will leave this place." The "iceberg" suddenly said coolly.
"Hey! Don't you have any rewards for the first second-level person? Besides, my journey was quite bumpy." The thief's nature of taking advantage of others took over, and I quickly grabbed the sleeve of "Iceberg", using the stealing technique crazily while crying out in "grievance".
"Oh, sorry, we..." GM077 was about to say something when he was stopped by "Iceberg" .
"Reward? Yes, let me, an idiot designer, take you there." As soon as she finished speaking, she started teleporting without caring whether I agreed or not.
"This? Where is this?" A blue light flashed, and I looked at the scenery around me curiously. There were plants I had never seen before everywhere.
"Look! Your reward is over there!" "Iceberg" did not answer my question, but pointed to a big mantis in the distance.
"Oh? A praying mantis? What does that mean?" It's just a big praying mantis. I really can't see anything surprising about it. If I have to pick on something, it's probably that it looks too "normal". Except for its big arms, thighs and head, its appearance is really no different from a normal praying mantis. This kind of appearance design is rare in the monster design of "Magic Flag".
"This mantis has all kinds of good stuff on it. Others won't encounter it. You'll know after you kill it." This cold beauty said it seriously, but I seemed to see a hint of cunning in her eyes. Was it an illusion? "Take your time to play. I'm leaving now." After saying that, she disappeared.
The more I thought about it, the more I felt something was wrong. She called herself an idiot designer, and it was obvious that she was targeting me. And no matter how I looked at this beautiful woman, she didn't look like the type to complain. Could it be that there was something wrong with the mantis? Turning around and staring at the "insect" that was gradually approaching, I cast an identification spell, and after a quick glance at the information I got, I turned around and ran away. Women are really the most vicious! No wonder she said that this "mantis" was full of treasures! I should have known it earlier! How could something full of treasures be a mantis!
Damn it! This is Newt! This is the second-ranked Phantom Newt among the six bosses!
