"Looking for a woman?" Fang Yuan was stunned for a moment, a little unsure: "We just noticed someone peeping in the dark, but we are not sure who the other person is."
"What a coincidence," the man said, "So are we, but we can see each other clearly." He made a gesture on his head with his hand. "She's a Lotao woman with ears on her head."
Fang Yu was slightly startled, and a beautiful image flashed subconsciously in his heart. But he thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "One question, when did you discover each other?"
"About a few minutes ago."
"Ha, it's a coincidence that we are the same," the Papalar man blurted out. But as soon as he finished speaking, he realized that there was something wrong with what he said. He turned back and looked at the others, who all had strange expressions on their faces.
Fang Yu then asked: "Then where did you find each other?"
The man also realized that something was wrong and said with some hesitation: "We met that woman near Ms. Fujiye's Hotel. What about you?"
"We're at Fisherman's Crossing."
Dickert replied calmly from behind.
There is a long distance between Fisherman's Crossing and Vineleaf and Lady's Inn. Those people couldn't help but look at each other in confusion after hearing this.
"Ha, what did I say?" Only Parker said proudly, "It's probably the non-existent lady. Some people still don't believe it."
Tian Lan was so angry that she kicked him from behind.
The Papalar man got up from the ground in disgrace and said angrily: "What are you doing!"
The little French girl looked up at the sky and replied seriously: "Of course the non-existent lady kicked you."
It caused everyone to laugh lowly.
This episode eased the atmosphere between the two sides. The leader of the other side asked the archers on his side to put down their weapons. Then he came over and stretched out his hand to Fang Plover, showing a smile that he thought was friendly and said: "My name is Hansen. The leader of this adventure group, the fourteenth-level iron guard, are you here for Dolifen’s three things?”
Only then did Fang Yu have time to look at this person.
Iron Guard is a second-level title for warriors with more than 200,000 experience points. This title will be obtained when more experience is invested in protective skills than offensive skills. This profession is often the backbone of the team, so naturally it cannot be too weak, and this person also meets this standard - he has a strong back and a strong waist, he can even be said to be a little fat, wearing an ordinary chainmail, a middle-aged man in his forties, Wei Wei is a little bald.
Fang Yu shook hands with him, it was strong and rough, and he looked weather-beaten. As for the other party's question, he didn't refute and just nodded.
"Then I think we can cooperate. Are you a combat craftsman?" Hansen immediately hit the snake and followed the stick, asking while looking at Fang Plover's fortress-like walker.
"Cooperation?" Fang Plover looked at this guy suspiciously. "What kind of cooperation method?"
"Let me tell you." At this time, a tall man wearing a long cloak came out from behind Hansen and said, "I hired this adventure group. I just came to study Dollifen." It’s a phenomenon, and I have no interest in the magic weapon itself.”
Fang Yu raised his head and looked at the man. The man covered his face with the hood of his cloak and couldn't see his appearance clearly, but from the sound of his voice, he sounded mature and experienced, and he didn't look too young. Most of these people are not chosen ones.
But it’s not certain, it’s possible they were tourists. Fang Yu looked at the man up and down, and found that the man did not appear to be wearing magic furnace equipment, and asked: "Are you a scholar?"
"So," the man replied noncommittally.
"Then what you mean is that we do the task, you help us, and we are responsible for picking up the things after we finish the task?"
"You can say that."
Fang Yu thought for a moment and replied: "I need to discuss it with my companions."
"Please." The man made a gesture to indicate to Fang Piao that he could help himself. Fang Plover pulled the others aside and asked if they needed to go through this process - after all, they didn't come here for any equipment, they also came to this place for the Dragon Worshipers.
"Of course," the Papalar people replied matter-of-factly: "If we don't get the things and the Dragon Worshipers don't meet them, then wouldn't our trip be in vain? For the Papalar people, it would be a waste of time. It’s shameful.”
"You are the least qualified to say this." Tian Lan hit him mercilessly.
Jita hesitated and replied: "Brother Ed, we have no other clues at the moment. Generally speaking, Dolifen's three objects are the only valuable main line in this abandoned town, and they are also the ones with the highest probability of encountering them. A possibility, isn’t that what we thought before?”
"That's what I say, but are these people reliable?" Fang Pliong looked at Attila and Sylvide.
"Do you still remember how long we left Elpaxin?" Sylvide asked simply.
"I'll do the math," Parker immediately started counting on his fingers. "One, two, three, four, one, two, three, almost three days."
"After today, it will be the sixth day." Fang Plover understood what the noble girl meant. On the seventh day, the boat arranged by Princess Brianne for them would arrive at Short Bay, but it was impossible for them to leave Dolifen until then.
In other words, they actually only have one day, but Dolifen's three objects will only appear once in a day.
Etila taught him her experience: "It's normal for adventurers to cooperate on missions, but you can't let your guard down too much."
Fang Plover looked at Dict again.
The older knight seemed a little indifferent. "I am here to investigate the undead tide, so naturally I have to stay here for a while." The implication is to obey the arrangement.
After unifying their opinions, Fang Yu found the man, but he did not directly agree to the other party's request, but made his own suggestions. It means that since it is cooperation, for the sake of fairness, the spoils should be distributed based on contribution during the task process.
This suggestion made the man look at him in surprise, but he didn't object. On the other hand, the leader of the adventure group, Hansen, looked quite happy. Since the settlement was based on contribution, they could get one of the three pieces of equipment, which was undoubtedly an unexpected surprise.
Fang Yu carefully observed the reactions of the two people and understood that there should be no problem here. Hansen's performance was within his expectations, and if the opponent showed neither joy nor sadness, that would be a problem.
After confirming this, he continued to ask: "But I have a question, can you answer me?"
The man glanced at him. Although his expression couldn't be clearly seen, he was probably frowning. His tone was a little impatient, and he said lightly: "Generally speaking, I don't answer questions easily, but as a collaborator, you can ask. If I can answer, I will naturally answer, but if not, just ask. It’s no use asking because I don’t have time to make up some lies.”
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, thinking that this person's tone was really loud. He asked: "Mr. Scholar, I heard before that Dolifen was occupied by a group of people. How did you enter here?"
"This question is redundant. How did you get in here? Of course we did too."
"But we didn't see those people, so we were a little confused——"
"Doubts are your business. As I said, I will only answer one question - how did you get in here? Naturally, so do we."
Fang Yu could only sigh when he heard what he said. There is nothing wrong with what the other party said. After all, they may not have met those people, and not everyone came in to investigate the Dragon Worship Cult.
But after he came back, Sylvester told him with a smile that he had used the wrong method. "Used the wrong method?" Fang Yu was still a little confused.
So the noble girl analyzed it for him. "This person looks very alert. You should not ask him about such a person, captain. Such a person is conservative and cautious. Even if the information has little to do with him, he will not reveal it easily. If you ask him directly, it will make you angry. People are suspicious.”
Fang Yu suddenly realized: "You mean I should ask that Hansen."
Sylvide nodded. "Yes, although that person looks smart, he has the disadvantage of being greedy for petty gains. If you give him some bait, he will not hesitate to betray information that has little to do with him."
"Miss Sylvide, it seems to be true. I really didn't think so deeply!" Fang Yu couldn't help but admired, but he suddenly thought of something and couldn't help asking: "Miss Sylvide, you, you didn't think so Deal with me?"
The noble girl smiled slightly. "How could that be? I'm your team member."
Fang Yu nodded with deep understanding: "I think so. It's not like I can't even see this."
Sylvester couldn't help but turned around and covered her mouth, her eyes turning into crescent moons with a smile.
Of course, Fang Yu didn't notice that much. After agreeing to cooperate with the other party, the two sides joined forces and searched for traces of the 'woman' nearby for a while, but of course they still found nothing.
Parker babbled on about what they saw as the 'non-existent lady' to the point where everyone nodded. At this time, Hansen proposed to go to Ms. Fujiye's Inn, and Fang Pliance had no intention of continuing to waste things here, so he nodded in agreement.
However, he originally thought that he could start the task directly, but he did not expect that this was not the case.
Hansen told him that the mission had a fixed start time, and usually the brooch would appear at midnight; and throughout the day, the Lady Vineleaf Hotel was no different from other places in the ruins, a lifeless place.
Of course, if you have to say there are differences, there are indeed some——
When everyone arrived there, Fang Plover noticed this immediately - the hotel was four stories high, with a rock foundation and lobby, and a wooden superstructure. It was a common architectural style in the Rainbow Bay area, but here But it seems a bit outstanding.
It stands out because the hotel looks too 'new' among the surrounding ruins.
It is obviously in this abandoned town, on a street overgrown with weeds, but the hotel seems to be well maintained. Although the exterior wall is a little faded, it does not appear to be in disrepair. There are some ivy leaves on it. , lush. Against the backdrop of green leaves, every piece of glass in the windows below is in perfect condition, clean and bright, and there are flower beds on the windowsills - if it were anywhere else, there would have been thorns inside, but there are purple flowers growing in an orderly manner inside. Delphinium flowers and orange peacock grass.
Fang Yu couldn't help but be a little stunned when he saw this place.
Hansen turned around and said to them: "How about it? This is your first time here. I was almost the same as you when I first came here."
"Isn't this your first time here?" Fang Yu couldn't help but ask.
"I don't know, Mr. Employer, but it is indeed not our first time here. I have been to this wonderful place several times, and I also got a Blade of False Victory." He pointed at the hotel and said: "It is not just The outside is like this, and the inside is well maintained. Although it is deserted, it is still a good place to stay even without this quest line. In fact, people discovered this place precisely for this reason. As for how many Riffen’s three things will all happen later.”
"Are the adventurers maintaining this hotel on weekdays?"
"Of course not, and there was a fire in the hotel seven years ago, which almost destroyed the entire fourth floor, but it didn't take long for it to return to its original state."
"That's really magical." Tian Lan couldn't help but sigh.
Hansen took a few steps up the steps, pushed open the door, and made a heart-wrenching sound. Fang Plover looked inside and saw a hall behind the door. It was dark and deserted as Hansen said, but it was orderly. Apart from being covered in dust, there were no signs of dilapidation.
They stepped on the dusty carpet and entered the somewhat spooky hall. Both Tianlan and Jita looked a little nervous, especially the latter, who was holding Tianlan's clothes tightly.
However, Hansen looked like a seasoned driver and said with a smile: "It's still early, let's go say hello to the unlucky guy."
"Unlucky guy?"
"The unlucky ghost Fergie, during the day, he is the only 'creature' in this hotel. I don't know if it is appropriate to say it is a creature, because he is actually a ghost. He usually wanders on the second floor. Anyone who wants to enter this Everyone in the mission line has to deal with him.”
"Why?" Parker asked.
"He's responsible for allocating rooms."
"Assign a room?" Fang Yu was stunned for a moment.
But he soon understood what Hansen meant.
Ms. Fujiye's Hotel is not big, that is, it is the size of a medium-sized hotel, with only a few dozen rooms on the four floors. The group of people didn't search for long on the second floor before they found the ghost Forgery at the corner of the stairwell at the other end of the corridor.
In Fang Yu's view, the other party was a typical ghost image - a translucent spirit body, glowing on the walkway, with a bluish tint all over its body, its eyes were dull, and it walked staggeringly.
However, the image of this ghost is a bit ragged, holding a wine bottle in one hand, and looks like an alcoholic on the street.
And when everyone encountered it, the ghost's eyes were empty, as if it couldn't see anyone, and it slowly passed by them. Until the employer of Hansen and his party, the scholar, suddenly said: "Jeffrey, where is room 3007?"
The ghost seemed to hear this question from the void, stopped, and slowly raised his head. When Hansen saw this, he turned around and explained to Fang Plover in a low voice: "That's the room where the brooch is."
"Then why don't we just go there?" Tian Lan asked curiously.
"It's very simple, Sister Fuli," Jita tugged at the corner of her clothes from behind and reminded in a low voice: "Look around."
Everyone looked around and were a little surprised to find that all the doors in this hotel had no house numbers and were completely empty. This is too strange. Everywhere they go in the Yunzhihai area, except for those small hotels in the countryside, there is no hotel without a house number.
Hansen then explained: "Not only does it not have a house number, but without Jeffrey to guide you, you will never enter the real room 3007. The rooms behind these doors are different every time you open them. I am Saw it with my own eyes.”
Parker couldn't help but be very curious after hearing this. "This is so interesting. Is there such a legend? For example, after a guest enters a certain room, he can never find a way out. He opens one door after another, but the ones behind are always different. s room?"
Tianlan's face turned pale with fright. She made up her mind not to enter any room, and said tremblingly: "Sister Aitila, look at Parker, he almost scared Jita to tears!"
"I, I didn't!" Jita said with a blushing face, even though she was really scared.
At this time, the ghost finally reacted slowly. He seemingly raised his eyelids heavily and glanced at the scholar with an empty look.
Then he slowly stretched out his hand, opened his palm, and found five six-sided dice in his palm.
Then the ghost looked at everyone with dull eyes.
"What is this?" Fang Yu asked puzzledly.
"Here comes the drama," Hansen looked a little excited. "It is said that this guy was a gambler during his lifetime. After his death, he turned into a ghost and wandered here forever in order to find someone to lift the curse on him."
"curse?"
"I don't know exactly," Hansen replied: "Because no one has done it, because it is said that the way to lift his curse is to let him win a dice game."
"Winning once, wouldn't that be easy?" Jita asked tremblingly.
"Simple?" Hansen touched his bald forehead and smiled mysteriously: "Do you know why he is called the unlucky guy?"
Fang Yu and others soon found out.
Because they saw the scholar grab those dice - although the translucent dice looked obviously not solid, he could easily pick them up and throw them down - the dice turned into smoke and then solidified in mid-air again. .
The number of points can't be said to be large, four threes, one two, and one five, for a total of nineteen points. But Jeffrey slowly picked up the dice and rolled them down. A miracle happened. Tianlan, Jita and Parker were stunned to see that the opponent rolled out six ones.
"Ah, your luck can't be so bad, right?" Tian Lan couldn't help blurting out: "How come the six youngest ones just happened to be thrown out."
"Just right?" Hansen shook his head. "It's not perfect at all, he throws so much every time."
"Every time, how can that win?"
Hansen shrugged and replied: "That's why he will always be here. I remember that about three years ago, an adventure group managed to get a bottle of very rare curse potion, which can bring bad luck to people. That drink The adventurer who had taken the potion and Jeffrey threw seventeen rounds of minimum points in a row to draw a tie, but in the end they came up short and lost with a slight advantage in the eighteenth round."
While he was answering, other members of the adventure group also came up to gamble with Jeffrey, but as he said, everyone was quickly 'defeated'.
"Does everyone want to throw?" Fang Yu asked.
"Everyone who wants to enter the quest line must do so, and this result is related to the room assigned to you by the unlucky guy."
"Are there any differences in the rooms?"
"Yes," Hansen's face looked a little ugly, as if he had recalled some unbearable memory. "The mission of Mark of the Martyrs of the Faithful will begin at midnight, and those who want to join this mission must stay in the rooms assigned to them by Jeffrey before then. These rooms-"
He paused and then said: "Everyone will see something in their room, some are clues related to the mission, and some are scenes of unknown meaning, but it is said that no two people have seen the same thing so far. s things."
"Did Mr. Hansen see anything?" Fang Pliong looked at the other person's face and couldn't help but asked curiously.
Unexpectedly, the bald man's face changed, and he replied with a pale face: "Forget it, let's not mention it. Anyway, I'll give you a piece of advice, don't throw the dice too high, otherwise you will definitely have a profound memory. of."
Attila then interjected for the first time: "Is there any danger?"
"It's dangerous," Hansen shook his head. "It's not that bad, it's just... well, it's hard to put into words."
While they were talking, two more people were defeated. At this moment, Tianlan finally couldn't stand it any longer, and couldn't help but stepped forward in an upright voice and said loudly: "It's up to me to pretend to be a ghost!"
As she spoke, the little French girl waved her hand proudly, grabbed all the dice and threw them into the air.
"Sister Fuli has such a good character," Jita couldn't help but say after seeing this scene: "She has never failed in throwing dice with others at Traveler's Rest before."
Fang Yu suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the other party was so impulsive - it turned out that this was to safeguard the dignity of Europeans.
As a result, before he finished speaking, he saw the dice making a certain number in mid-air. When everyone saw it, they couldn't help but let out an incredible exclamation. I saw that all the dice were all facing up at six o'clock, without exception.
Exactly thirty-six o'clock, no less -
Everyone looked at the little French girl strangely, "Ah -" Tian Lan screamed when she saw this, and almost fainted with her eyes rolled.
Only Parker laughed loudly: "Hahaha, did you see it? This is the spear of salted fish, the sanction for seals - justice is never absent, but occasionally it is late!"
The French girl was so angry at these words that she kicked the guy out. The Papalar man obviously didn't learn the lesson from before and was caught off guard and flew out with a scream.
Good or bad, when the little fat man was waving his hands randomly, he just hit the dice in mid-air.
I saw all the dice scattered in mid-air, and then condensed again.
And Parker fell to the ground with a bang like a bag of potatoes, turned over, and looked up at this scene. Then he couldn't help but let out a scream that was exactly the same as Tianlan's: "Ah——"
Because he saw six points on six sides, all of which were also facing him.
It was just a burst of uniform exclamation that made him slightly stunned. He raised his head and realized that he was lying on the ground, with six o'clock on the six sides of the dice facing him. Didn't all the o'clock point up?
"Ha!" This unexpected discovery immediately made Papalar feel proud again, and he was about to get up and say something to Tianlan. But at this moment, the ghost Jeffrey slowly stretched out his hand, grabbed the dice and rolled it.
When the dust settles.
Everyone present could not help but look at the little fat man lying on the ground with a ghostly expression, and each of them cursed secretly in his heart. This short syllable translated into the language of the earth has almost the same meaning. ——
"Fuck!"
In mid-air——
Five ones, one two.
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