Chapter 42: The Bottle
While Qingyi was struggling in the Sala Monroe Underground Palace, there were also things happening on the east side of the White Bone Ocean and the "first iron gate on the mainland" Isinger.
The president of the "Demon King Palace", known as the first necromantic player guild, and Hu Pai Zimo, who has now turned into a corpse witch, is squatting in front of a stall, happily selecting goods. Weapons with skills, powerful one-time items, and indispensable building materials...... How many goodies are here, wow! The system opened its eyes and actually sent such a businessman over!
You know, although Ezingri has some resources, he is not rich. The appearance of this foreign businessman made Hu Pai, who was worried about the construction of the guild, feel to death - he just has money and nowhere to spend it, and now he can spend money, isn't the guild snowballing strong? Taking advantage of the fact that the players did not return to the mainland and developed vigorously, it is not just around the corner to become the first guild of the "gospel"?
When Hu was looking at himself and was about to buy all the goods at once, an NPC herald ran up to him, and without looking at him, he said to the merchant who was setting up the stall, "Are you Mr. Schroeder Bray?" Your Excellency Shogun, please. β
"There is a Laotong pass." The merchant smiled, wiped his hand, and quickly put all the goods back into his bag, stood up and stretched, and was about to leave with the herald.
But Hu Pai was in a hurry, pulled the merchant's sleeve, and shouted: "I haven't finished buying it yet?!" β
"It's okay, honorable guildmaster. I'll come back to set up a stall in a while, so please don't be impatient. The merchant took off his old wide-brimmed hat and winked at the hand with a smile: "You are a big customer, and I always try my best to meet the requirements of a big customer." β
Winning a self-draw is much more comfortable. Which NPC here takes him seriously? Even a herald didn't bother to look at him, which made him feel so aggrieved. But this businessman called Shi Hede is different, he understands proportions and knows the general situation, which is like words!
Schroeder Bray then followed the herald away, and at the same time covertly dusted off the place on his clothes that had been touched by the winning card. Walk through the houses, and then through the defensive line formed by the horse and deer barracks, and enter the heavily guarded barracks. After a while, he came to the military office of Isenger, and the guards here were all level 30 shield armor warriors, dressed in heavy full-body armor, with a huge tower shield in their hands, their eyes did not squint, and their backs were straight, and they felt reliable at a glance.
"Tsk, that's really majestic." Schroeder Bray laughed and stepped through the door, shouting, "General Zeno, here comes your good friend!" β
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I don't know how many years passed, and the torches in the cloister were almost burned, so that it took a dozen steps to appear before a torch could be lit. Most of the cloister was still in darkness, one black and one orange, like colored patches of venomous snakes.
In the corridor, there are still some gluttonous spiders that bite painlessly, but it is very troublesome, especially when Qingyi does not have a single summoned brother by his side. He is frozen by arachnifs with every step he takes, and then gets a few bites and engages in hand-to-hand combat. The reason why he hasn't died until now is because after the little brother summoned by [Soul Call] died, all the attributes that were temporarily missing came back. Of course, he would rather have fewer attributes of his own and more helpers.
Qingyi also took a sneak look at the necromantic player rankings, he had just fallen to the tenth place, and he would definitely fall if he continued like this. But it can't be helped! All five summons have dissipated and will not be able to be re-summoned until 24 hours of gameplay...... During this time, even self-protection has become a problem, so how can we talk about upgrading? It was only at this time that Qingyi realized that he had always relied too much on summons, completely neglected his own development, and did not even have a better equipment.
Or...... Die back once?
Qingyi just had this idea come to mind, and quickly shook his head again, and continued to honestly fight gluttonous spiders. He still couldn't figure out where his resurrection point would be, and if he was resurrected in Isengard, it would certainly not be a good thing. Besides, your experience points are not easy to come by, and if you die, I'm afraid you will lose a lot.
What to do?
Qingyi killed the gluttonous spider beside him, and didn't dare to take a step forward for the time being. He roared, "Damn, what should I do!" β
"Hey, boy, look here."
Qing Yi suddenly looked up and saw a black bottle hanging from the dome of the cloister behind him, which was almost invisible in such light, and the voice came from there: "Yes, yes, I'm here." I've been watching you for a while, but I'm not a voyeur, so don't get me wrong. β
Even if you say so, you can't escape the suspicion of voyeurism. Qingyi sneered, cautiously walked under the bottle, and asked, "What are you?" Can a bottle also become a Warcraft? The demon clan of 'Huaxia'? β
"Demon Clan? I didn't think you knew a lot more! The other party avoided talking about it, and shook himself with a grin. You're an adventurer, and you're a necromantic creature, which is pretty good. β
"Thank you for the compliment. What the hell are you? What's the intention of stopping me? Qingyi observed repeatedly, and felt that this bottle was not dangerous, so he sat on the side (sitting down can restore blood and demons, which is common to both living and necromantic players), and raised his head and asked.
"Well, I'm not going to tell you my identity! Hahaha, I just stopped you to help you, I don't have any intentions, don't get me wrong. β
Ghosts believe you, no, ghosts don't believe what you say! You definitely have intentions! Qingyi snorted: "Do I need your help?" β
"Of course! Look, the evil lady outside is still guarding, and there are a lot of gluttonous spiders here, you can't get out alone, but with the help of Uncle Ben, hehe, it's easy to let you out! The voice burst out laughing, as if it were the best at it.
"......" Okay, just a few words, I call myself "Uncle Ben", won't I become my own Lao Tzu or even my grandfather after chatting for a while? Qingyi sighed, got up and patted his buttocks: "Why do I want your help?" If nothing else, the necromantic creature will neither starve to death, nor die of thirst, nor will it die of old age, so maybe that wicked woman will die sooner than me? I don't have any good points, but I have more patience than I can share with you. Then again, these gluttonous spiders aren't a problem, and when I can summon the necromantic creatures and have them help in the battleβyes! I'm so stupid! Hell, let that old immortal instill a fixed mind and forget the usage of [Soul Call]! β
He opened one hand to the corpse of the gluttonous spider that had not yet been refreshed, and chanted, "Open your eyes, the world will change dramatically." Everything became yesterday, but the wish did not come true. I still want to see my parents, and I want to walk on the beach; I still want to see that person again, and there is still a question left in my heart. Come back, I don't believe things have changed! β
On the corpse, the pale blue soul fire was violently ignited! The zombie spider staggered to its feet and danced its forelimbs towards Qingyi as a sign of allegiance, its eight small eyes like eight blue fire diamonds!
Qingyi spread his hands at the bottle stall and said with a smile: "Look, don't I have a helper?" You don't need your own bones to summon the little brother infinitely, as long as there is a corpse. Although the name of the necromantic creature is not very good, it has to be said that some skills of the necromantic creature are still very useful, and you can summon five of them at once. β
The bottle shook violently, and his voice was flustered: "Hey, wait, how can you pass through the cobweb hall with these few little spiders!" β
"Who said I was going through the halls of the web?" Qingyi pulled out the map and smiled: "The previous manager Jont gave me this map, which marked all the roads in great detail. As long as you walk along this corridor, you can successfully leave the dungeon no matter which side. I don't need someone to lead the way, it's not to reject someone's kindness, don't get me wrong, hahaha! β
If the bottle can also blush, this bottle brother will definitely look like a ripe hairy crab. He shouted, "I, I'm just for your good!" Do you know where the left and right sides of the cloister lead? β
Qingyi glanced at the map: "The left leads to the collection room, and the right leads to the library, what?" β
"Hmph, let me tell you, these two paths are dead ends!" The bottle shouted rudely: "The one in the collection room is the high-level NPC guard captain St. Augustine, and his strength is above that of the Gluttonous Queen, killing you is no different from killing a caterpillar; The library collapsed on the day of the 'Doomsday Confrontation' and was buried by boulders, so that even rats could not get out! No matter how you go, you don't have a way to live! β
Captain of the Guard, St. Augustine?
Qingyi tapped his forehead, as if he had heard the name in a conversation with Jonte. It's a pity that Jont's understanding of the second half of the dungeon is limited to the building structure, and what monsters will be encountered, even Jont doesn't know, after all, people are just life occupation NPCs.
"So, how can you help me? Everyone understands people, let's be clear, do you want to come out of this bottle? Too lazy to fight with the bottle, Qingyi asked unceremoniously.
The bottle shook again: "How do you know that Uncle Ben wants to come out of the bottle?" β
Qingyi almost fell. Come on! Why do you seem cunning at one moment, and idiotic at the other?! Even a pig can see that you're trapped in a bottle and scream for me to escape!
"Hmm...... You're smart, nice, nice. I'm not complimenting you, don't get me wrong. The bottle calmed down and said in a rational tone: "Let's make a deal: you, open the bottle; I'll help you leave. β
Qingyi patted his palms: "Deal!" β
The bottle was stunned: "You...... Don't you ask me what I am or why I'm locked up? β
"Does it make sense to ask that, you won't be telling the truth anyway." Qingyi stood on tiptoe very indifferently, swept with a sword, cut the rope that tied the bottle, and then connected it steadily. To tell the truth, he spoke refreshedly, and his heart was nervous to death. He solemnly pinched the lid, weighed it in his heart for a few seconds, and opened it suddenly!
A circle of magic runes burst out from the mouth of the bottle, blowing through Qingyi's face like a strong wind, blowing the soul fire endlessly!
Empty.
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Qingyi's soul fire erupted from his eyesβwhy was it an empty bottle!! Could it be that this guy is playing a trick on himself?!
"Oh, praise be to you, Cylens the Silencer! Praise be to you, too, Daknis, the dark god of the other world! Uncle Ben is finally free! β
Daknis is the dark god of the "gospel", but who is Cylens the Silencer? Qing Yi suddenly realized that this voice was sounding from under his feet...... He even had the illusion that it was his own shadow talking! Why is this happening?!
[Dark Parasite].
System Prompt: You are parasitized by Xerdor, an otherworldly creature and a shadow walker.
"What a sharp senses, you boy! Let Uncle Ben receive your body! As a reward for letting me out, I will definitely fulfill my promise and control your body to leave! I, Xue Duo, have always been true to my word, and I will return your body to you as soon as I use it, hahahaha, don't get me wrong!! β
The shadow under him shook, rushing upwards like liquid, wrapping the unprepared Qingyi!