Age of Arcane

The Kestrel in the cab at the front of the car read a secret word, and the secret technique that Luke arranged here in advance was activated.The door leading to the driver's cab is opened and stretched, and the light curtain is blurred and transparent during the stretch, showing a stage behind.

The lights shine from above, and several puppets appear in the middle of the stage.

Looking at the stage set is a secret room, one of the puppets fell on his back to the ground, with a bloody dagger stuck in his chest, and the other puppets wore different clothes to represent their different identities.

The puppet show in black and white was also started at the same time.

Luke patted the empty space beside him, and said to the sandpaper, "Sit next to me. This secret technique is very dangerous. I must always remind Kestrel what to do. If she makes a wrong move, she and Boiling will die."

Sandpaper immediately sat down beside Luke obediently, and asked, "My lord governor, is the secret technique you arranged not activated?"

"It's activated, listen!"

A musical prelude sounded at this time.

Then Kestrel and Boiling came onto the stage from the backstage, and the puppet show began to read the narration, introducing the process of the murder.The combination of the tune of the music and the narration of the puppet show turned out to be like the BGM specially added for the plot, which can really bring out the artistic conception of the plot.

Sandpaper was a little surprised and asked: "Could it be that the two secret arts are mixed together?"

"It should be..." While the narration of the puppet show was not over, Luke quickly said to the sandpaper: "Now Kestrel and Boiling are detectives and detective assistants in the puppet show. They cannot leave the range of the stage, nor can they cast magic and Combat skills can only be based on the clues found in the plot to infer the guilt of the murderer.

As for the secret technique I arranged... After the prelude to the song, everyone in the secret technique must sing along with the lyrics. Those who can’t sing will be punished, and they will be mentally attacked for 30 seconds. During this period, the body will dance to the music.

After a song ends, the person who has been mentally attacked for the longest time will be severely weakened. "

Sandpaper said with a strange expression: "How can there be such a strange secret technique?"

"Secret techniques are inherently weird, and the people who developed this technique like to compete with others." Luke said with a smile, "I originally wanted you to activate this secret technique, but I didn't expect it to be Kestrel. Listen Listening to Kestrel sing is also good, this kid is usually too serious."

Sandpaper didn't expect that she was almost calculated by Luke, but she could hear the kestrel singing, and she immediately forgave Luke.

But after thinking about it, she couldn't help worrying and said: "If the kestrel can't sing, won't it be troublesome?"

"What's the trouble with this? If you can't sing, you can dance. After a song is over, your strength will be weakened. Isn't there us outside? What I'm worried about is..."

"What are you afraid of?"

"My secret technique and Belga's secret technique have merged. I'm afraid we're going to watch a musical."

"what!"

Facts have proved that Luke's concern is correct. The prelude to the music ends with the narration of the puppet show, the singing part is interrupted, and the plot begins.

Since the dialogue between Luke and the puppet waiter was not connected, the puppet show was randomly assigned to "Kob Toast's Secret Chamber".

The plot is a serial murder case in a manor.In the whole case, seven people were killed successively, the manor owner, the second son of the manor owner, the cook, the groom, the guard, the maid, and the gardener.All the dead died in the secret room. Although the murder methods in the secret room were all deciphered after investigation and reasoning, the murderer was still not found.

Now on the stage is the first act of the puppet show, the manor dies in the closed cellar, and the detective comes on stage to investigate the case.

People caught in the occult should not think about how to find the murderer first, but first think about how to avoid being killed.Although this secret technique has never been cracked by players, it is also a popular competition among players to see who can live the longest.

The puppet show started, and Luke said to the sandpaper: "Let the kestrel talk to the cook first, go to the kitchen to check today's dinner, and you can find a table knife in the kitchen."

Sandpaper told Kestrel about Luke's strategy through the telepathy between the sisters.

Kestrel then went to the cook with a boil and asked to check today's dinner.

The cook promised, and the scenery on the stage became the kitchen.

Kestrel was given a table knife by Luke's instructions.

Then Kestrel brought the cook and Boiling back to the scene of the crime.

At this time, the music suddenly started, and after a short intro, it came to the lyrics.

The name of the song is "Moonlight Song under the Night Wind". It is a song written by a well-known composer Brutov in Raging City. It tells the story of a pair of lovers walking in the night wind.

The melody of the song is extremely beautiful, and the singing degree is very high.

Kestrel learned the secret art rule of "give me time for a song" from the sandpaper's announcement, and immediately hummed along with the lyrics after the prelude ended.

Unexpectedly, Kestrel has an excellent voice, singing the artistic conception in the lyrics along with the melody, making people feel as if they can really see a couple in love walking under the moonlight.

As for the rest...

The puppets would definitely not be able to sing "Moonlight Song Under the Night Wind", they danced to the singing of the kestrel one by one.Even the puppets acting as corpses on the ground danced along, and the soft dance steps seemed to be professional dancers.

Boiling can't sing, just dance along.He walked lightly, and he couldn't tell that it was a heavyweight war machine at all.

In addition to the puppets and boiling, there is an extra dancer on the stage.

He wore a black smock, his face hidden in the shadow of the hood.In the singing, his dance steps were very unnatural, as if he was being held by some kind of force and danced there in resistance.He escaped like turning into black mist several times, but every time he was pulled back and continued to jump, his movements were as stiff as a zombie.

In this way, Luke and Kestrel in the auditorium were drinking tea while admiring the grotesque appearance on the stage.

Between the black and white tones, the horror has a touch of the comic.

A "Moonlight Song Under the Night Wind" ended, and the plot of the puppet show continued.In the strategy provided by Luke, Kestrel obtained another worn-out leather armor from the guards of the manor.With weapons and protective gear, the murderer dare not kill easily, and Kestrel and Boiling can survive until the next scene begins.

Then Luke directed the Kestrel to collect information, and before the end of the first act, he was locked up as the second son of the manor owner with the greatest suspicion.

The second deceased in the serial murder case of "Kobu Toast's Secret Room" was the second son of the manor owner, and the place of death was in the prison of the manor.Give the murderer a head, and he won't kill the detective.

The first act of the puppet show ended, and the music started again during the cutscene.

"The Thousand Nights of Leaving Home" tells the story of a traveler's homesickness that suddenly arises in his heart when he is camping in the mountains.

This song is not as widely sung as "Moonlight under the Night Wind", and the continuous tone shift in the bass part makes it difficult for most people to sing it completely.

As a result, after the prelude ended, the kestrel sang along with the tune again.

The bass inflection was so clear and smooth that Luke couldn't help clapping.He said to the sandpaper: "I didn't expect the kestrel to sing so well! If you follow my plan, singing on it will definitely not have such an effect."

Sandpaper's face darkened: "I will tell Miss Skylight about what you want to play tricks on me, and she will definitely help me out."

"Don't be so narrow-minded." Luke said with a smile: "Actually, your voice is very distinctive and has a unique sense of metal. I think you five sisters can form a band...Think about it."

For Luke's joke, Sandpaper actually considered it very seriously.

On the stage, puppets and boils accompanied the singing of the kestrel, and the hidden third apostle Belgar was dragged out again, performing awkward dance moves and dancing along with him.

At this moment Belgar wanted to die.

He couldn't understand how someone could develop such a perverted secret technique.Because I can't sing, my mind is constantly being attacked, and my body is out of control. I am dragged into various poses like a marionette.

This secret technique is placed in the cab of the train's front.

This is a trap!
The assassination had long been expected by the opponent.

After the train was pulled into the space set up by the abyss mage, the person arranged by the other party in the cab of the train's front immediately started the train, causing the abyss mage who hadn't entered the compartment in time to fall into space turbulence.At the same time, the changing spatial coordinates of the train also prevent the joint secret technique from being developed in a compound way, greatly reducing the power of the secret technique.

The other party guessed that he would come to the cab of the front of the train first to stop the train, and arranged a secret technique here in advance.

Now that one's own secret technique is fused with the opponent's secret technique, a stage of the puppet show will be forced to perform a song and dance.

After dancing, my body will become weak.

One more dance, more feeble.

It's like comparing who will die first in the opponent's secret technique.

At the end of the second song, Belga retreated to the backstage of the stage. Another loss of power made him worry that if he played a few more songs, he would die of exhaustion.

On the contrary, in his own puppet show, the other party looked confident and confident.

Thinking of the man in the auditorium who could stop the puppet show from starting, Belgar lost his previous confidence in the secret technique he designed.

Can he crack this mortal secret?
Thinking of the death of the four abyssal apostles, thinking of the mysterious elf Qingkong, and watching the man in the auditorium drink tea and applaud.

Belgar felt that he was the buffoon of the show.

End the secret technique and escape from here before you lose your strength and die.

Halfway through the second act of the puppet show, when the music sounded again, Belga immediately released the secret technique "Puppet show in black and white tones".

The black and white receded, and the carriage regained its color.

The puppets all turned into dust and disappeared, but the stage remained.And the music stopped abruptly, making Kestrel, who was ready to sing, hold back his breath.

The fusion of two secret techniques, one of which is undone, and the other is also difficult to maintain.

Belga, who was wearing a black robe, appeared on the stage, and then turned into black smoke and flashed behind the kestrel. A black mist-like rope strangled the kestrel's neck.

Belga hid behind the kestrel, poked out half of his head and looked at Luke: "If I'm not wrong, you should be a meteor."

Luke pressed the sandpaper that wanted to fly, sat firmly and replied to Belga: "You guessed it, I am a meteor."

A red light flashed in Baikal's eyes: "Answer my question, and I will let her go."

"go ahead!"

"How do you know my secret technique better than me?"

Luke smiled and replied: "Belga, you like reasoning very much and are very smart. If he hadn't been transformed into an abyss apostle by the influence of the abyss, he would be a very famous detective.

Use your reasoning to analyze, is the life of my follower enough to exchange for this secret? "

Belgar thought for a moment.

This secret has already killed four abyssal apostles, forced the first apostle to leave, and he was deeply ambushed. It is indeed not a follower's life that can be exchanged.

"Okay... Let me change the question. Is there anyone among the apostles who provides information for Qingkong?"

"No!" Luke said truthfully.

But Belga didn't believe it: "Don't lie to me! If there were no apostles to provide you with information, how could you know so many secrets of the Abyss Temple.

Tell me the truth, or I'll literally kill her! "

"Yes!" Since the other party didn't believe the truth, Luke had no choice but to lie: "But I won't say who he is, it's not you anyway."

"Sure enough, someone betrayed us." After getting the answer he wanted, Belga said: "Actually, when Victor left, I guessed who betrayed the temple, and now I am even more sure that it is him.

You said that the Tedgar Hills have officially started the process of being merged into the empire directly because you have controlled the Temple of the Abyss, and the Duke of Celtic thought he controlled the Temple of the Abyss.

You shouldn't be too complacent to tell your plan, let me see the face of a traitor.

Goodbye, Meteor, I'll go find Victor, and we'll retake the Abyss Temple. "

This……

It can only be said that reading comprehension is something that everyone has their own ideas.Moreover, abyssalization will completely change a person, not only the body, Belga also loses the spirituality in the previous reasoning, and the professional becomes an amateur.

And he didn't have this awareness himself, and felt that his reasoning was still very good.

It is to let him go and let the Abyss Temple continue to fight.Or take this opportunity to kill Belgar and pick up another bead.

Belgar behind the kestrel began to atomize.

The stage also began to shrink.

The occult influence ended, giving Belgar a chance to escape.

The stage closed into a door.

Luke said to the sandpaper: "Let Kestrel say another secret phrase: 'Give me one more song time'."

The connecting door that had just been closed suddenly reopened, the light curtain faded, and the cab at the front of the train changed back to the stage.

Lights shone from above.

This time there was no puppet show set and no puppets.

On the stage were only the kestrels standing side by side, Boiling, and the bewildered third apostle Baikal.

What's going on, isn't the secret technique over?

Why did it start again!

The music is ringing.

Kestrel cleared his throat and prepared to sing.

Boiling moved his legs and feet, his power came from steam, and the weakening of energy did not affect his actions. He was going to dance a few more dances for Sister Kestrel.

In the auditorium under the stage, Luke raised his legs and said to the sandpaper: "The new stage is set up, go get the governor a new cup of tea."

Seeing that the kestrel was safe and sound, Sandpaper immediately agreed to go find the teapot.

In the melody, the kestrel showed its voice.

Boiling and Belga swayed to the song.