Chapter Seventy-Six: The First Overworld Mission
After getting the information from Charles, Fang Zheng immediately pulled Fina and John to start discussing. At this moment, the faces of the two are also extremely pale, but it is no wonder, it is like a group of police officers have captured terrorists, originally thought that they were planning to transport a nuclear bomb from abroad to carry out terrorist activities, but they did not expect that this group of terrorists actually planned to build one themselves.........
"It can't be......... That's impossible......... That mage must be lying! ”
John was also panicking at this moment, those dark years were a nightmare for the inhabitants of this continent, and the thought that this group of bastard cultists actually planned to reproduce all this, John couldn't think calmly at the moment.
Seeing that the Templar warrior looked distraught, Fang Zheng didn't bother him anymore, but took Fina by himself and began to ask.
"What do you think, Miss Fina?"
"I, I think?"
"Is it possible for that bald head to come true? I mean, even if it's theoretically possible, as long as it's achievable. ”
Fang Zheng doesn't know magic, Nimfu only understands technology, and when it comes to the magic knowledge of this world, he can only consult the only spellcaster here.
"This, this......... Please let me think about it........."
At this time, Fina also looked a little nervous, and she frowned and muttered under her voice while playing with the scepter in her hand.
“……… The entire Fallen City is covered by the Goddess's enchantment, and it stands to reason that there can be no problems. The surrounding space is also stable, and the seal of the design is also complete. Moreover, the seal is located in the gap between time and space, even if the cultists destroy the seal structure from this side, it is useless........."
"So, how did the people of Summerr manage to open the gates of hell before?"
"Huh?"
Hearing Fang Zheng's inquiry, Fina was stunned for a moment, and then gave an answer.
"They sacrificed their own people, and then at the cost of attracting the Báb, and after making a deal with him, the gates of hell were opened........."
"Wait."
Hearing this, Fang Zheng was suddenly stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't wait to interrupt Fina's narration.
"You mean to say that because Summerer sacrificed a lot of souls, they were able to open the passage?"
"Yes, Mr. Founder."
"Is the goddess's seal only a passage? What if those cultists just contacted the Demon King? Will communication between the two sides also be blocked? ”
"This ..............."
This time, Fina was speechless.
"This ......... I don't know very well......... But generally speaking, places polluted by demons are indeed more likely to attract the attention of demons........."
"I see."
Hearing this, Fang Zheng already had a general understanding of how the world summoned demons. In his opinion, what Summer's citizens did was actually build a communication tower in a place where there was no signal, so that it could "cover" the signal to hell, and then enhance the signal fluctuation through "sacrifice", so as to communicate with the devil of hell. According to Fina, the goddess's seal only sealed the passage of the gate of hell, but did not smash the communication tower, at most it cut off the energy of the communication tower and discarded it. So if someone brings a diesel generator to repair the communication tower, can it be used again?
"So, if that group of cultists contacts the Demon King in Samer and then opens the hell passage outside the range of the goddess's seal, do you think it's possible?"
"This, that's unlikely!"
Hearing this, Fina's whole body trembled.
"It takes a lot of souls to open the gates of hell, not that I said, Mr. Fangzheng, there are definitely not so many people in this area to sacrifice!"
However, Fangzheng's brain circuit is obviously different from what Fina thinks.
"Just need a lot of souls? Does it have to be on our side? Can't the souls on the other side of hell? If this side just determines a coordinate, and then lets the hell side sacrifice the soul, can a new hell door be reopened? ”
"Hell ........."
At this moment, Fina's eyes became as if she was looking at a devil.
"The essence of the gate of hell is only a passage connecting the two worlds, theoretically speaking, there seems to be no problem with sacrificing souls from our side or there, and the seal of the goddess only inhibits the power of hell, and Samer has already been eroded by the power of hell all around, so it is indeed easier to connect to that world......... But why did the devil do this? Why do they kill their own people as sacrifices? ”
"Isn't that what the devil does?"
Fang Zheng was not so entangled, the devil written in the temple book was similar to the one he knew, if this was the case, then what was it to kill his own compatriots and sacrifice?
“…………………”
Faced with Fang Zheng's answer, Fina was dumbfounded, looking like I was speechless when you said it so well.
"So, it's theoretically possible to reopen the gates of hell?"
In the face of Fang Zheng's re-inquiry, Fina couldn't even speak at this time, just nodded vigorously. And after getting Fina's answer, Fang Zheng thought for a moment, and then made a decision.
"So, we ........."
"Ding."
But before Fang Zheng's words were finished, as if to stop his decision, a system prompt quickly sounded in Fang Zheng's ears, and then a line of system information appeared in front of Fang Zheng's eyes.
Overworld Quest Trigger: Hell's Gate]
The darkness of Hell is spreading, and disaster is about to return to this world, and you have sensed the conspiracy hidden in the shadows, and you are determined to stop it (prevent the gates of Hell from opening and destroying the altars.) After the mission is successful, the time ratio between the main world and the dungeon world will be expanded to 1:10, and if the mission fails, the dimensional code system will be closed)]
“……………………”
Looking at the prompt in front of him, Fang Zheng was completely speechless.
I have a meow MMP I don't know if to say it or not!
MMP! Do you hear that? MMP!!
To be honest, Fang Zheng didn't plan to wade into this troubled water, but the psychological shadow left on him by the Lich Lord before was so deep that he planned to stay away from it as soon as he heard the words cultist and ritual. Not to mention that the content is even more terrifying this time, these cultists actually plan to reopen the gates of hell!?
It didn't take much thought to guess that this thing would be more difficult to do than the Lich Lord's ritual of lifting the seal of the Child of Chaos. So after confirming his own inference, he is already planning to make a wave, anyway, the gate of hell is definitely not so easy to open, and there are only more than 20 Templars under his side, plus a parade probationary priest, this little bit of people is estimated to be wiped out by 60 books, what does it mean for you to give me a nightmare mode?
Aren't you afraid of dying fast enough?
To be honest, the reward for this mission is not going to be asked for anything, nothing is as important as his own life, the sky is falling and there is a tall man to support him, he is just a trainee knight, why should he be involved in this kind of thing? He's not from this world! But what made Fang Zheng depressed was that this punishment was too terrible!
The Codex system is down?
System, do you know that I don't want to die, and deliberately force me to go? I'm your dad! Dear Daddy! MD I knew it wasn't a coincidence that I first drew Alsace, and that was you! You're a pit daddy!
"Mr. Founder?"
Seeing that Fang Zheng was stunned and didn't speak, Fina asked curiously, hearing Fina's voice, Fang Zheng barely suppressed the depression in his heart.
“……… In that case, Mr. John, please take the rest of the people back to the temple immediately with this bald head and ask for support, I don't think there is enough strength to help at the Order Fortress at the moment. But I think that if the temple had found out about the situation, they would have sent more people to help. ”
"And what about you, Mr. Founder?"
"Me?"
In the face of Fina's inquiry, Fang Zheng showed a helpless smile. I can't run away, so let me pretend to be a 13.........
"I'll go to the Dark Swamp to track down the cultists, and at the very least, find out if they're daydreaming or if they're really making progress, while I wait for reinforcements......... Don't worry, I'm not stupid enough to die on my own. ”
I don't want to die, but I can't stand the system to send me to death.
Of course, there is no need to say this sentence.
"I'll go with you too!"
And at this moment, Fina also stepped forward.
"I'm a priest, and I think I'll be able to help you, Mr. Founder."
"Of course, Miss Fina, I'm glad you came along."
In fact, Fang Zheng didn't plan to let go of Fina, after all, she was the only spell caster here, and she was the only one who knew the sealing spells of the temple that she knew. Originally, Fang Zheng was still thinking about how to invite the other party, but now that Fina actually took the initiative to speak, then he naturally agreed.
As for John and the other Templars, Fang Zheng didn't stay, and Fina was okay to say that she could take her away if necessary. But these Templars were different, they were not strong enough and there were too many of them. It's a cumbersome thing to bring with them, so it's safer to let them escort the bald mage back to the temple. Anyway, the bald mage has been banned by Nimfu, and he can't release magic at this time, so he doesn't worry about any threat at all.
As for the bald mage, although the other party was very "enthusiastic" and offered to lead the way for Fang Zheng, Fang Zheng didn't believe that he would be so kind, considering that there are not a few protagonists who have been pitted by Erwuzai in various online game animations, plus the bald mage in front of him is an uncle and not a sister, and he has no FLAG, so Fang Zheng decisively rejected Charles's "request" and ordered those Templars to take him back for interrogation and processing. Anyway, the dark swamp is so big, even if you don't know the way, you can do it with Nimfu's humanoid radar search.
Due to the tight schedule, the crowd did not say much, and soon John left with the Templars, knocking Charles unconscious again and taking him away, and it was not long before the camp was once again left with only Fangzheng, Nimfu, and Fina.
"Shall we also hit the road immediately? Mr. Founder? ”
"No, wait a minute."
Looking at the priest girl in front of him, Fang Zheng's heart suddenly moved.
"Miss Fina, there's something I want to ask you."