"Can I take your answer as agreeing to cooperate?"

"Of course, but please forgive me for not being a gentleman to shake your hand, that female companion of yours almost made me a waste forever"

It's impossible to say that they don't care, whoever is shot three times will be furious, and Hughes is talking to them so calmly just because both sides have what they want, each takes what they need, and there is some use value.

"Where do you want to start?"

"Let's start with the strange things on the island"

An Yizhi thought for a moment and said.

"Hey, I thought you'd ask me directly who you're looking for"

Hughes tilted his head, and instead of looking at Ann, he looked out of the bars, and Ann knew he was paying attention to the police outside.

"Well, since you want to know, I'll start here"

After a pause, Hughes continued:

"There is an incomprehensible and indescribable being on the island"

Really!

Although there had been speculation for a long time, I couldn't help but have a headache when I heard Hughes say this. Mommy really has to face the old dominators?

"This is not a legend or a myth, Mr. An, believe it or not, there are things in the dark that humans cannot understand"

Thinking that Ann's silence was due to disbelief, Hughes explained.

"I believe"

"Hehe, it looks like you've encountered it before"

Tsk, this guy is really hard to deal with.

Hughes sensed from just three words of his answer that Ann Yizhi had experienced these things, after all, the first reaction of this incident to any ordinary person with normal three views was 'you are kidding me'.

"I can save my story for later, please continue"

An Yizhi urged.

"There's still time, so we have to start from the beginning"

Time? Is there any time limit that cannot be reached?

Doubts arose in his heart, and he heard Hughes continue:

"When he appeared, I don't know, but I do know that he has been around longer than any history. Four ancient civilizations? Hey, not even a babbling toddler in front of him. The history of mankind is a flash in the pan in his eyes, and has no meaning."

Thinking of the vision he had seen not long ago, Ann pointed to determine that the thing that looked like a huge mass of slime was Ubo. Salas, the first of the Old Rulers to descend on Earth, was a volcanic 'fireball'.

But Ubo wasn't the only ruler of the old days who came back then. Salas is a many-old ruler with or without a name, most notably the Living Flame, Ketugua.

Could it be that the troublemakers on the island were one of the old rulers who came to Earth at that time?

If it's true, then this dungeon is too difficult!

Frontal anal old days, systemDo you think we're Super Saiyans?

An Yizhi couldn't help but extend his most cordial greetings to the whole family of the system, and Hughes continued:

"Such a great and incomprehensible being was entrenched on the island, and he remained dormant until the sixteenth century, when my ancestors were shipwrecked on this deserted island"

"I read this from the library"

"Don't say it so absolutely, the book says how we got to this island, but it doesn't say why we didn't leave. Mr. An, please tell me considerably whether this island is worth living."

"No, it's totally worthless"

This is not nonsense, it is a conclusion based on what Yasuchi heard and saw after he went to the island.

The only river on the island is a small stream, and there are no wells in the town, which shows how scarce fresh water resources are. In addition, most of the island is saline, and it is not possible to grow food at all. There are also not many fishing boats docked at the pier, indicating that there are few fish in the vicinity, and there are no fish at all.

Food and fresh water, which is one of the prerequisites for human settlement, although in modern times people can make up for this by sophisticated means of transportation, but the inhabitants who settled on the island have been here since the 16th century, and the island has no natural resources worth mentioning, and it is difficult to even eat and drink, why would they rely on it?

Hughes was about to answer that question.

"Because my ancestors were controlled by him, huh...... Or maybe it's more appropriate to be hypnotized."

"What is his purpose?"

"Purpose...... Mr. Ahn, do you know the existence of magic? ”

This NPC knows too much, right?

An Yizhi nodded. The latter continued:

"He's very weak and he's been asleep because his strength is almost gone, and he needs to regain his strength."

"Could it be that the way he replenishes his strength is the crystals that everyone carries?"

It's no wonder that An Yizhi feels like he's being sucked up magic all the time.

"Yes, that's how he draws strength. The blessing of the ancestors? Oh, my poor ignorant compatriot should believe such a thing. ”

"Yes...... If he draws magic through crystals, why don't he let the people on the island take them out? ”

Compared to the more than 300 people on the island, there are significantly more people from the outside world.

"He can't do it"

Hughes shook his head:

"I don't know why, as long as the crystal leaves the island, it will lose its power forever and turn to stone."

"Yet it didn't turn to stone"

Anyway, it has been seen by Hughes, and Ann pointed to the crystal under his neck generously:

"It came from Papa Locke's pocket watch, and I opened it, and that's it."

"Oh? There is no line, Mr. An, it seems that your magic power is very high, I rarely see this situation, no, don't ask me how to take it off, I don't know, and don't try to use any violent means, you will regret it"

Hughes thought that the crystal that Ann was carrying was hung with a transparent fishing line, and then he noticed that it was embedded in the flesh.

The player's mana value is very high, even if the mysterious power attribute is only 1, it is much higher than the NPCs of these temporary dungeons, after all, the player's ** belongs to the magic world, which is what we often call the high magic plane.

"As for why the crystal in the pocket watch didn't turn to stone, it's because Daddy Locke invented a way to temporarily seal the crystal's power and not invalidate it. It's just that it needs to be placed in a closed environment, and you are smart but you are smart and mistaken, so you will be tricked if you open it rashly."

An Yizhi didn't bother to pay attention to his teasing, anyway, it didn't hurt or itch, he said:

"Who the hell is Daddy Locke? And why do you know this? ”

"That's exactly what I'm going to say next"

Hughes seemed to remember, and waited for a moment before saying:

"The people of the island are under his hypnotic control, and they will ignore everything that seems unreasonable to the outside world, and regard attracting more people to live on the island as a matter of life, although in their own eyes, they just want to make the town prosperous, but in fact they are helping a being to obtain sacrifices. However, there is a small group of people who are either gifted, or perhaps deliberately left by him, who have not been hypnotized, who have come into contact with that being, who have been impressed by the indescribable greatness, who are willing to serve him while retaining their consciousness, who call themselves priests, and Papa Locke is the last priest on the island, who knows a great deal of forbidden knowledge, which has been bestowed by his master."

With a self-deprecating smile, Hughes added:

"As for me? My father too, his talent has been passed on to me, I know all this, but I don't want to continue to serve him, I want to escape, run as far away as possible. But a month ago, Daddy Locke approached me and said that I was one of the candidates for the priesthood and that I had to return to the island to fulfill my duties."

"So you did it all?"

"Is this hard to understand?"

Hughes asked rhetorically.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand that comparing the heart to the heart, replacing An Yizhi may do more than him. So An Yizhi decided to skip the topic and asked:

"Last night we saw the townspeople and some ...... Uh, something like a ghost is on the street......"

"That's when he is absorbing magic, the so-called ghost is just some fragments of poor people who have been sucked dry by him and even exist, he is asleep most of the time, and the magic absorbed by the crystal is very limited, but when the planet is in the right position, it will wake up once in about 10~8 years, which is the origin of the return period. And every year in March, he will wake up for a short time, and at this time he will absorb magic in a very efficient way, why would anyone on the island commit suicide? Because of this, magic is actually a kind of spiritual power, and if it is excessively absorbed or even completely drained, it will lead to a mental breakdown."

It is clear why the people on the island would commit suicide inexplicably, and Ann thought of a strange thing again, before he planned to return the pocket watch to Locke's father's daughter, but the latter was horrified and said that his father never brought a pocket watch.

He spoke the matter, and Hughes replied:

"Daddy Locke's daughter is also an insider, but she hasn't inherited much talent for resisting hypnosis, but instinctively knows that she can't touch more crystals."

"Why?"

"Because a crystal can be seen as a pump, everyone only has a little magic, and if they come into contact with more crystals, they will be quickly drained, which will lead to a mental breakdown. I don't think she knew about the bends, just instinctively."

A series of doubts since entering the dungeon have been answered by Hughes, but there is one more problem.

"Do crystals really have the ability to grant wishes?"

"Not at all, his so-called wish fulfillment is actually only using hypnotism to provide a little help. For example, if you want to gain the heart of a certain girl, Crystal will make you the type that the girl likes by hypnotizing you. That's all, and once this ability is used, that person's will will be crushed little by little as if they were thrown into a millstone, and the soul, the will, the magic, everything will be absorbed by the Great Being"

No wonder Mallory's father committed suicide due to mental disorder, saying that he can hold on for 20 years, is this willpower too strong.

"You said that crystals would turn to stone when they left the island, and the Mallory I'm looking for, his father may have used this power, and it's outside the island."

Hughes panicked when he heard Ann say this:

"This shows that his strength has recovered a lot...... Not good! You've got to get me out right now! ”

"You haven't said the most important thing yet......"

"I know where you're looking for, that guy is probably the only priest besides me, but I won't say it until I get out of this damn cage!"

Hughes wasn't stupid, he knew that if he said it, he wouldn't be able to do anything about it.

And Ann Yizhi can't explain the existence of the 'side quest', and besides, they will get Hughes out now, how can they save Mallory in case of a big fuss?