Chapter 19: The World of Oil Painting (Ask for Votes!) )
The headless maiden Valissa.
This name, Marven suddenly had an impression.
In his previous life, when he was playing games, he often found time to visit game post bars and forums. At one point, he saw an anonymous Id post a picture.
Pictured here is an accessory that resembles a bellflower flower.
The accessory was a shimmer item, but the effect was amazing. Marven still remembers its attributes:
【Valissa's Gift】
Quality: Shimmer
Effect: Gain +1o Fear Resistance
Request: Help the Headless Maiden fulfill her wish.
……
There is no doubt that this is a quest reward item.
The purpose of that guy's equipment was probably to show off, and most people probably forgot about it after seeing it. It's also thanks to Marven's good memory, and he can still recall the attributes of that thing.
Probably there are too few items in this world that can increase fear resistance. The few pieces, in Marven's memory, are very difficult to get hold of.
This gift of Valissa was originally clueless.
But now he suddenly figured it out. The anonymous player posted it exactly one week after the Crimson Abbey quest was opened.
That guy was one of the first players to enter the Crimson Monastery, and then touched the Headless Maiden's quest.
Valissa...... Why can't I look at you? ”
After thinking clearly about the cause and effect, Marven's mind couldn't help but become active.
He could feel that the girl didn't seem to have any ill intentions.
"Because I'm horrible right now. Every normal human being who sees me is cursed with fear, and you can go crazy. ”
Valissa explained, "So, don't turn around to look at me, okay?" ”
Marven nodded.
The headless girl's body is probably attached to something like [Powerful Fear Technique], and anyone who sees her true body will face a fear test.
Although Marven thinks that his soul is tough, if this body can't bear it, it will be over if he fails the test. He'd better not take any chances.
"Why are you showing up?" He said tentatively.
"My head was stolen by a despicable man, can you help me get it back?" Valissa said quietly.
In the silent room, the girl's voice seemed a little frightening.
Marven glanced down at the shadow on the ground.
In the light of the moon, a vague outline appeared on the ground.
"Damn, I really don't have a head!"
Marven scolded secretly in his heart, she was really a [headless girl].
He laughed dryly: "I'm just an ordinary human, why do you think I can help you?" ”
"I can feel that you're strong-willed. And your martial arts are very high. Valissa whispered, "You can steal my head with ease, and you can easily steal my head without being discovered by that despicable fellow." ”
"I need more detailed information to decide whether or not to meddle in your affairs." Marven spread his hands: "I don't want to lose my life." ”
……
Ten minutes later, a sneaky shadow returned to the ghost hallway.
He approached the last painting. Headless girl.
At Valissa's plea, he weighed it up and accepted the task.
Items that increase fear resistance are not to be sought. In addition, this mission should not be hands-on, just stealing, he is still very experienced.
After he agreed to the headless girl's plea, Marven's taskbar suddenly added a task.
Marven has long understood the content of the task, and the reward is a series of question marks.
This kind of random task has always been a gamble on character, but fortunately, Marven already knows what the task reward is.
He followed Valissa's instructions and gently pressed his hands against the painting.
"Take it easy, take it easy."
Valissa's gentle voice rang out in his ears.
"Close your eyes."
"Now, take a step forward."
Marven did so.
Crunch! A door was pushed open by him, and he took two steps forward with his eyes closed, and his surroundings suddenly changed from silence to noise.
The birds were chirping in the branches, and he seemed to have come to a wood.
In the next second, Marven opened his eyes and found that he was indeed in a small forest!
【You have appeared in the mysterious place - Bokenning】
【Your Knowledge-Persona +5】
[Knowledge-Strange Stories-Bokenning World]: This is a distorted space composed of oil paintings, located between Fernanda 6 and the world of evil spirits. It may seem like a normal farm, but the evil spirit-bringer Morris rules every inch of the land. The Patrol Raven and the Black Knight are the two major forces under his command. Here, all good things are false.
[You have entered the world of oil painting - Bokenning ......]
The birds all around are fragrant and vibrant.
Behind him, an old locust tree, which he remembered and where it looked like, was the path he had taken when he returned.
The soul of the Headless Maiden cannot enter the world of oil painting with him, and he must act alone.
His goal was a castle on a hill in Bokenin. The castle belonged to the local lord, and the old man named Maurice was said to be an evil emissary from the lower planes, who specialized in extracting people's souls and sealing them in his own oil painting world.
You have to be careful when acting in such a place. Otherwise, if you don't pay attention, you will stay in this terrifying world of oil painting forever.
Valissa's head is hidden in Maurice's bedroom in the castle, and Marvin must infiltrate it, steal the head, and give it to Valissa herself.
In this way, Valissa's soul can be liberated. Marven's task was accomplished.
"If it's a high-level evil spirit messenger, it shouldn't even be able to subdue the soul of a girl with strong willpower."
"That Maurice, presumably an ordinary evil emissary. It should be a second-order sorcerer or something. ”
"It's a pity that the concentration of holy water sold by the Church of the Silver God is too low, if you can get the No. 13 holy water, maybe there will be a chance to kill Morris."
Ghost bringers are different from corpse robbers, although they may both be sorcerers by profession, but they are of different races. The demons of the lower planes are very evil, powerful, and not human, like the corpse robbers, who possess lethal hazards.
……
Marven tiptoed out of the forest and came to a small hill.
Looking out from the hill, in the distance is a field, large fields of wheat are thriving, and some figures haunt the wheat field.
That's a farmer plowing.
It's a real world.
"It's amazing......" Marven amazed.
At the end of the wheat field, there is a hill with a castle on it. Marvin crossed the wheat field without alarming anyone.
His stealth skills are perfect, and although he is limited by skill level, he is still very effective.
Soon, he was under the castle.
Outside the castle, there is only a single-plank bridge. The remaining three directions are steep cliffs.
At the other end of the bridge, a small group of guards guarded it.
"It's a little tricky."
Marven didn't dare to sneak in under the noses of these guards, that would undoubtedly be looking for death.
Stealth is not stealth, besides, it's broad daylight, and the effect of stealth will be very weak.
It seems that we will have to wait until the evening to do it.
He found a shelter to rest.
……
In the evening, an ox cart came out of a farm at the foot of the hill and made its way slowly towards the castle.
Marven's eyes, who were hiding in the shadows, lit up.
"Huh? The ox cart is loaded with greens and fruits? And potatoes? ”
"The farmer is going into the castle!"
"There's a way!"
He ran as fast as he could.
……
The farmer in the ox cart waved his long whip leisurely, and the old ox staggered forward step by step on the path.
Turning a small corner, a flash of silver suddenly flashed in the farmer's afterglow!
"Huh!?"
He immediately stopped the car and jumped off at once.
That's a piece of silver!
Something like broken silver, everywhere, is hard currency! This is true even at Bokenen.
The farmer looked around with a smile on his face, and hid the broken silver with him before he got back into the car and continued his march towards the castle.
The farmer who was moving slowly did not appear, and under his ox cart there was an extra person.
Marven's limbs were spread apart, just stuck in the depression of the floor beneath the cart.
Fortunately, he is only 14 years old this year, and his body is so small that he can barely hide here.
He had a similar experience when he was on a mission before, but at that time, he used the Assassin's [Bone Shrinking Technique] to change his body.
Five minutes later, the ox cart arrived at the gate of the castle.
After a brief check, the guards let them go.
Marven at the bottom of the car was so tired that his limbs were weak, but he still gritted his teeth and insisted. This is the safest way to enter the castle.
The ox cart slowly moved through the castle, probably to the kitchen or storehouse.
Marven carefully poked his head out, and when he saw that there was no one around, he suddenly let go and lay on the ground silently.
The ox cart drove by leisurely, and the driver did not notice it.
Marven looked around, started stealth, and slipped into the main hall of the castle.
……
The lord's bedroom was easy to find, in the highest room of the castle.
Generally speaking, only people with a sick brain will set a trap or something in their bedroom.
Marven waited until the evening, and after the conversation between the servants of Tong Guò confirmed that the city lord Morris was going to spend the night in the real yàn room tonight, he decisively sneaked into the gloomy room.
He fumbled around the room for a while, and found something messy—the claws of bats, the skulls of people, the bones of the little devil's hands...... In short, some materials for casting spells.
Finally, he found a package from a pile of debris.
The package was wrapped in a dark cloth and nailed with special nails on the outside, and there were some quirky patterns on the nails.
It's exactly the same as Valissa's description.
"The transformation spell of the minions of the demons?"
Marven recognized these patterns, and it turned out that the evil spirit messenger had transformed Valissa as an evil spirit servant. No wonder she was reluctant to destroy her soul all at once.
He hid the package in the Void Conch. I was about to leave.
Who knew that at this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the bedroom.
Marven's heart tightened, rolled over, and hid under the bed.
In the next second, the fire lit up, and a pair of feet wearing cloth shoes appeared in his field of vision.
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