The Age of Machines

Chapter 587

"How was your friend doing before?"

Ukiyo-e turned her head to look at Eve. She had said before that her friends had passed this event, so she brought them here with great interest.

"It's just routine." Eve stared at them, how else could she live.According to the quest route given by the system, once Besso dies, they will do it all over again, and they will pass it after countless times.What else can I do?
The people in the legend group just felt that it was a waste of time to follow the routine, and there were dangers everywhere.Besso will have "accidents" at every turn, or "surprise" them.

There are no NPCs who draw their swords and cut people when they disagree with each other.

Beixi checked the game time while everyone was discussing, and it was almost 9 o'clock.They wasted almost an hour on this activity.

"It's getting late, shall we still fight?"

The fight must continue, and they will feel uncomfortable if they don't solve it.This kind of activity is actually not very difficult, it just takes time and player patience.

"Finish it."

When the forest grows up, some good birds feel that if they give up this activity, it will not be like their legendary team.What was the legend group afraid of?
Isn't it just one event, they still can't beat it.

"Oh~ The vice president has let go, it's not good if we don't finish the fight."

The crowd booed.

So I entered [Besso's Dream] for the Nth time.

The main line of the mission is directed to [Dream], which is to save the princess and revive the Balu Kingdom.The secondary line is to fight mobs and protect Besso to reach [Hackett].

After Beixi and the others fought more than ten times, they concluded that there should be many strategy routes for this event.Because there are at least seven routes to reach [Hackett], this shows that the event can actually change their forward route according to certain conditions at the beginning.So players, the clearance time may be different.

Entering the event map, Besso Rinku appeared and looked at them excitedly.The Besso in the event was much younger than the one who received him outside. At least it could be seen that the Besso in front of him was only in his early 20s, while the one outside was already an uncle.

The former knight, now in a state of desperation, can only use spirits to constantly numb himself.They don't know whether the country of Balu existed in the prosperous age, but this activity itself should be just a [fantasy of the second uncle].

After all, Besso on the outside behaves negatively, but Besso on the inside is full of passion, although sometimes he does not forget to brag about himself.

It was another 6-minute self-report, and everyone seemed numb.After listening to it too many times, they can repeat it completely.

"Hey~" Ukiyo-e picked out his ears, and could hear cocoons.

"The king asked his loyal servants to escort [The Rod of Apetzera] and the princess to escape, and I was responsible for leading the army to resist the demon army. Later, when I returned to the kingdom after destroying all the enemies in front, I found that the king had only one breath left. I followed Following the marks left by the attendants, I followed their trail all the way. Unexpectedly..."

"What I found was a dead attendant. Both the princess and [Apetzera's Rod] disappeared. A few days later, the Demon King released the news that as long as I handed over the scepter, he would let the princess go. Only then did I know, The princess fell into the hands of the devil. The old king entrusted the princess to me before he died, but... I failed him."

"Now, I have to rescue the princess from the devil and revive Balu."

Hearing this, Beixi felt boring at first, but now thinking about what Besso said, something seems wrong...

Two minutes later, after he finished speaking, he asked them to fight side by side with him again, and everyone readily agreed.

When Beso was about to say the word "departure", Bei Xi stepped forward and said, "Dear Beso Knight."

Beso looked at Beixi, "What's wrong?"

"I heard from you before that the Demon King would only let the princess go if he asked to bring the [Apetzera Staff], did you know that you have found the lost staff?"

Hearing this, Besso and everyone were taken aback.

Besso shook his head, "Not at all. The scepter was carried by an attendant. When I rushed there, there was only one corpse. The princess was arrested and I only found out later, and I don't know the whereabouts of the scepter."

Hearing this sentence, everyone also came to their senses.

It turned out that the clues from the very beginning were in Besso's nonsense.Before, they thought they were just talking about the background of the story, so they didn't pay attention to it. Later, because they were tricked again and again, they were even less interested in the long narrative in front of it.

"But without the scepter, how can we negotiate with the devil? If the devil knows that we didn't bring the scepter and attacked the princess, how can we face the king?"

NPCs in the prosperous age have countless settings.

Some NPC dialogues may be fixed, such as NPCs leading to player copies, shop owners, and city guards.However, some of them will trigger different tasks because of the player's words.

Dialogue with NPC is a technical activity.

Besso frowned, it seemed that Beixi's words made him hesitate. "However, the scepter has disappeared. My idea is, go directly to [Hackett] and defeat the devil to rescue the princess."

Mindless brave.

"Master Besso Knight, may I ask how many surviving minions of the Demon King?"

"After the previous battle, the Demon King also suffered heavy losses. There are about [-] elite soldiers left."

"So how many people are there on our side?"

How many?
Besso swept Beixi and them away without saying a word.

"It is not wise, IMHO, to confront the majority with the minority."

Besso also knew that head-to-head confrontation is not the way of smart people, but now he has no choice but to be direct. "What can you do?"

"The devil will not attack the princess until he has the scepter. So, we still have time."

"What else do you have time for?"

"Find the scepter."

Besso shook his head and vetoed: "No way. The scepter has completely disappeared, and I have been looking for it for a long time, but there is no trace at all."

"However, Master Besuo doesn't want to find out who killed the attendant that day, why the princess fell into the hands of the devil, and why did the scepter disappear alone?"

Bei Xi slowed down his tone, and said word by word in a deep voice: "Perhaps, as long as we solve these mysteries, we can find a perfect way to safely rescue the princess and get rid of the devil without sacrificing our lives."

Ding, Beso's favorability has increased by 200.

Ding, start the mission line [Looking for the Lost Scepter].

"Maybe it's just like what you said. I was too anxious. I rushed to find that the princess and the scepter were gone that day. I just wanted to find them quickly, and I didn't pay attention to some things."

Why did the attendant die? If it was killed by a demon, why is the scepter not in the hands of the demon king, but only the princess?
If the scepter is in the hands of the devil, why did he let Besso take the scepter to exchange the princess with him.

And the devil just released the news that the princess is in his hands.But Besso didn't see it with his own eyes at all, and what he heard was false, and everything might be an illusion created by the devil to deceive the scepter.

Where is the princess and the scepter?
I can't believe they missed such an important point and were led by NPC so many times.

Now, it's their turn to lead the event.

Ding, you have come to [Wallow Town].

This is a peaceful town.

Besso led them to a basement deep in the town. The dirty air filled the space, and Besso went to light the dusty magic lamp.

The whole space suddenly brightened.

A bed, a table and two chairs seemed empty in this relatively large basement.

The rotting corpse lay flat on the bed, the clothes were stained with blood, and it seemed that it had been stabbed many times.Most importantly, headless.

Hongjiao covered his nose and looked back at Eve and the girls, then looked away depressed.Sure enough, there are no normal female players in the legend group!
Lemons don't feel normal either.

Under normal circumstances, shouldn't one see this scene, screaming "Ahhhh!"

Flashing to the civet cat, he lowered his voice and pretended to be a gentleman. "Miss, if you are afraid, I can lend you my chest."

The civet cat ignored it and walked forward to the corpse for a closer look.

Zhijiu and whoever leaned next to Lemon said, "Hey, let me lend you your broad chest. I'm so scared!"

Lemon remained expressionless, "I'm not gay."

"hate~"

"You've had enough of drinking." The corners of his mouth twitched day after day, unable to bear it.

Xiaoshang also supported her forehead.

Whoever holds the wine will put it away in a second, and pulls the collar of his clothes seriously to look at the lemon. "Uncle, flirting with girls also depends on their appearance. Like me!" Walking to Xiaoshang, "Shang, if you are afraid, I can lend you my shoulder." Xiaoshang raised her eyes and sneered, and slapped him hard on his stomach. punch, then walk away.

Hold wine with whom to eat pain and cover belly.

Lemon covered her mouth and snickered.

Day by day, he shook his head and left. "ZZ."

"what does it mean?"

"Intellectually retarded."

I didn't expect the body to be headless.

"Why is there no head?" Eve asked, and looked around the corpse and found no other suspicious objects.

The body has no head, so for their players, the recognition has been reduced. It is also possible that this is someone else, not the dead servant that Besso said.

"This... I don't know either. It was already like this when we arrived!" Besso sighed, expressing his guilt.

"How can you be sure that he is that attendant? It's headless!" Hong Jiao asked Besso, pointing at the corpse.

"The clothes belonged to the servants of Balu's royal family. No one can imitate the engraved seal on them. Moreover, the servants have tattoos on their arms. This headless corpse is him, it can't be wrong!"

Ukiyo-e held her nose and glanced at the naked part of the corpse's clothes. There was indeed a royal engraved seal, which seemed to be made with a special magic liquid, and it was impossible to imitate it without exquisite techniques.

As for the arm tattoos...

Looking at the corpse, Ukiyo-e thought about it or let it go.

At this moment, Lollipop came up and pulled away the sleeves of the corpse under Ukiyo-e's shocked gaze.

"Well, there are really tattoos." Lollipop frowned, pointing the corpse's arm at Besso, "What kind of tattoo is this?"

"Family tattoos."

"The man's name?"

"Rake."

Lollipop was silent for a few seconds, put down his arms, and looked up at the dazed Ukiyo-e beside him. "do what?"

Ukiyo-e gave a "tsk" and didn't speak.

Lollipop snorted and walked back to the line.Seeing her, Ning Que smiled and said, "Come here, wipe your hands."

"The girls in the legend group are really abnormal!"

Which normal girl can look at the corpse without changing her face, and even go up to touch the corpse?!
"Is this really the Lake that Besso said?" Others still had some doubts about the headless corpse.

"Just treat him as Lake for now." Bei Xi said, walking up to Besso.

"When Master Besso arrived, besides this corpse, did you find anything unusual?"

abnormal?
"When I came, I didn't find any other abnormalities. I saw the body as soon as I entered the door, and then I checked it to confirm that it was Lake."

"Is the door closed?" Zhijiu and whoever was playing with the lock on the basement door, the lock was a magic lock that needed a spell to unlock.

Besso thought for a moment, then said in shock, "No. When I came, I just pushed the door open."

"Lake is very cautious in doing things on weekdays, that's why the old king entrusted the princess to him for protection. In a dangerous time, he can't commit such a low-level task!"

"The magic lock, as long as the magician casts a spell, it can be opened and locked automatically. The person who robbed the princess, took the scepter, and killed Lake should be familiar with him." Day is day analysis.

"That's right. In this case, the person who can open the door for him should be someone he knows, and he is not at all wary of that person."

"Look at the teacup on the ground."

Ukiyo-e pointed to the broken cups on the ground. When he first came in, he focused on the bed, so he didn't notice that there were still a few broken teacups on the ground.

"how?"

"There's tea in the teacup."

"What does it mean?" Peacock squinted at him, waiting for his conclusion.

"Of course there was tea in it, and there were three cups with tea. There must be two murderers!"

Peacock:……

"You forgot the princess?"

Ukiyoe narrowed his eyes, "The murderer is alone."

Peacock was speechless.

This IQ logic has to be praised!
"Whoever drinks tea with them is not necessarily the murderer."

Ukiyo-e stood up, watching the day is a day, "Then tell me, who is the murderer?"

"How do I know, I'm not a detective." Every day is a day of scrambling, anyway, he just wants to make soy sauce, this task belongs to the kind of players who like to use their brains, like them. Well, let them think deeply, it is better to kill them.

Ukiyo-e is obviously just like them... Why do you have to follow and analyze if you don't have enough brains.

One day at a time, he approached him and teased him, "Big detective, what do you think?"

Ukiyo-e rested her chin, thinking deeply.

"There are still too few clues to determine, but I already have a clue."

When the crowd heard this, they were shocked.

Peacock looked at him teasingly, "Tell me."

Ukiyo-e pushes away one day at a time, embraces it with both hands, and hums triumphantly.

Humph.

"The murderer was a man!"

Crowd:?
"How did you come up with..."

"Killing Reike as a man and kidnapping the princess, do you think this is something a normal woman would do?"

"so…"

"The murderer must be a man!"

Everyone's heart at this moment: (? Д`)

This man's thinking is really simple, easy to understand and easy to ponder!
(End of this chapter)