Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 512 Roger and Nefeli's Joint Front
In Stonewell City, in the bridge room leading to the Tower of Divine Grant.

Li You sat on the steps at the door, flipping through an old parchment map. The map showed the surrounding environment of Nimgefu in great detail.

This was brought to him by the gatekeeper Gotok. After seeing Li You take action, this fence-sitter's attitude changed rapidly again and he immediately provided more detailed information. The map in Li You's hand was also his private collection.

Of course, after getting the map, Li You can directly view the 3D version in the system, so there is no need to hold it in his hands. Moreover, from what he saw, in this world, castles like Morn City and Stonewell City are basically the same as the buildings in the original game, so he will not get lost at all.

So Li You quickly put away the map and drank another sip of the medicine gourd. On the side, V was studying Pandora, Edge was quietly activating his perception ability, and Yuzu was tearing the flesh of a large beast outside the door.

The beast looked a bit like a lion, with gray-black skin and pale mane, and a huge curved blade tied to one of its front legs, which was very powerful when it swung. When Li You crashed just now, it pounced on him and launched an attack.

Then it was knocked to the ground by Yuzu who came in from outside with a shield strike, and then taken away with an axe.

That would be fine, but he would also be despised by Yuzu: "…It doesn't taste good."

After so long, Youzi has established a relatively complete evaluation system for the taste of food. In his opinion, this lion is not very tasty... Of course, he still won't waste food. Youzi is a good boy.

"So Pandora can also transform into that form?" V next to him fiddled with the suitcase for a long time, "Why can't I?"

Li You replied: "Because you lack imagination."

V casually patted him on the shoulder: "Speak seriously!"

"Okay, but I'm serious. You can do it, but I haven't thought of this method before. And considering your total amount of magic power and your utilization rate, I estimate that it will only last for thirty seconds at most before it disintegrates. It might even be dangerous."

"Remember what Dante said? Pandora is different from ordinary magic weapons. Its consumption of magic power is extremely exaggerated. It's just that the regular forms have low energy consumption. So I always input magic power in advance to maintain operation. If you don't know how to do it, don't try to change to that size like me."

V thought for a moment, "So that's what the magic energy storage device in Pandora is used for... In that case, can I just charge it whenever I have nothing to do and use it when it matters most?"

"It should... work?" Li You really didn't know, "If the stored magic power won't be lost?"

"Okay, let me study it." V didn't ask any more questions.

After she asked this question, Aggie also opened his eyes.

"There are no other enemies nearby, but there are a lot of defense facilities on the next level." She directly released the mental link, and explained briefly while demonstrating, "Also, I found some strange auras on the top of a city defense tower. It seems to be different from the residents of this castle."

"It's probably one of the faded ones that Gotok mentioned." Li You didn't notice this before, because he was busy playing with the mecha. "Can you find his location?"

Aiji shook his head slightly: "That person's aura is hidden very well, and the trace is very faint. We can only roughly judge his direction."

Li You understood that this person could only be Roger, the magician among the Faded Ones. After all, hiding one's tracks was something that the other Faded One probably had never even thought of.

He thought about it and said, "Okay, let's ignore him and move on."

Roger is also an important character in the game. His side quest is not only related to the ending of the game, but also plays a role in explaining the major events of the Circle of Magic worldview to the players.

However, because he is an early character, the side quest is related to both endings, but it is not a strong connection, so it doesn't matter whether it is done or not.

Therefore, Li You did not plan to spend time looking for him specifically. He paid much more attention to another Faded One, Neferi Lu.

According to Gotok's information, Roger had been active outside the city wall, and Nepheli had already entered the inner city area. This was exactly what Li You wanted, so he decided to set off immediately.

"Although Stonewell City is large and complex, if you have the means and ability to break in through the main gate, you can actually reach the throne room at the deepest part very quickly."

Li You shook the map in his hand: "So we can just go in directly, don't be polite, just treat it as your own home!"

V casually complained: "You are quite skilled at turning the tables."

As for Aggie, she had already climbed up to the top of the city wall on one side with a long bow in hand.

There was no interference on the city defense tower, she had a better view and a larger perception range, so she quickly found out the enemy situation ahead.

"Going up the stairs in front is another square, full of flamethrowers and archers." She pulled out the gilded bow and aimed it at both sides of the stairs. "There are also city defense crossbows on both sides. I'll take care of them first."

As she spoke, she let go, and a ferocious dragon-hunting arrow whizzed out!

Although Aiji had not awakened his magic power, he had never fallen behind in his basic Qi training. The power of the gilded bow and the dragon hunting arrows could not be underestimated. Before the crossbowmen on both sides of the upward stairs noticed anything was wrong, they were instantly pierced by the dragon hunting arrows and nailed to the ground!
The last crossbowman was dealt with, and Li You took Yuzu and V and went up easily.

In fact, the easiest way is to sneak into the deepest part of Stonewell City and secretly kill the limb graft, and that's it.

Li You could indeed do so, but considering that this world is real after all, if he secretly killed Greg and left those soldiers who were about to lose their minds alone, it would probably cause more trouble. So it would be a matter of convenience to advance all the way, so Li You would not save this little time.

It was definitely not because he insisted on the policy of perfect infiltration, absolutely not.

Further up, there were three exiled soldiers holding flamethrowers guarding the entrance to the square in front, but as soon as they saw Li You, they were shot by an arrow before they could sound the alarm.

Li You and the other two then came to the open space here. Looking at the layers of wooden fences, flamethrowers and archers in front of them, Li You didn't waste any words and raised his hand in front of him.

An old whistle in the form of a spirit appeared on his wristband. Li You blew it gently, and the clear whistle sound echoed in all directions, naturally attracting the attention of all the soldiers.

But before they could react, a huge stone statue arm fell from the sky and slammed heavily in the center of the defense facility!

"Boom——!!"

The arm of the stone statue that appeared out of thin air was as heavy as a thousand pounds. It slapped the ground so hard that it shook violently, stirring up a large amount of smoke, dust and rubble!

The exiled soldiers were staggering and unable to stand steadily, while the wooden fences, towers, and flamethrowers were almost all destroyed in an instant!
There were still some flamethrowers left at the edge of the clearing, and a few archers who were far away were still alive. They were not afraid, and immediately aimed at Li You and his men.

The dull sound of bowstrings was heard immediately, followed by the roar of gunfire. Edge, V and Li You, with their bows and guns raised, harvested all the fish that had escaped the net.

Hand Cannon X circled twice in Li You's hand, then he put it back into his backpack: "Let's go, the way is clear." There was originally a Son of Evil Omen guarding the back of the open space, but unfortunately he was the first to be taken away in the giant hand's attack just now.

Li You was about to lead his companions forward when he suddenly stopped. From a small room at the back that led to nowhere, a faint blue-green light slowly floated out, circled in front of him twice, and then flew back.

A voice sounded at the same time: "Dear brave warriors, if you have time, please come here to meet us. We are your companions."

It was obvious that this magic communication was the work of Roger. Li You was not very interested at first, but his attention was attracted by the word "we" he said.

Watching the light disappear in the room ahead, Li You thought for a moment and decided to call on his companions to follow.

Following the magic light inside, Li You and his companions arrived at a spacious hall.

As soon as he entered the door, a foul odor hit him, and even Li You couldn't help but frown.

The hall here is very spacious and looks like a hall for banquets. There is even a tall oil painting hanging on one side, which shows a warrior wearing armor holding a huge axe and a majestic lion lying on his back. It is the portrait of Ge Fulei, the "King of the Beginning".

However, at this moment, the hall was a scene of hell. Pupa-shaped body bags were piled up on the ground like a small mountain, and randomly spliced ​​hands and feet were hung from the ceiling by ropes, hanging in the hall, swaying from time to time.

The stench in the hall came from these body bags and limbs.

V and Edge both covered their mouths subconsciously, feeling the urge to vomit. It's not like they haven't seen such cruel scenes before. For example, the bloodiness in the Night Demon's lair is much higher than here.

But the problem is, those are "barbaric" acts, done by guys who see humans as food and prey. But right now, it is obvious that this horrific scene is caused by twisted people who know the evil of this matter but still indulge in it. The nature is different.

Fortunately, Li You had anticipated these scenes, so he recovered quickly and turned his gaze to a corner of the hall.

In front of the portrait of the King of Beginning, a female warrior wearing a fur coat of a wild warrior was looking up at the huge painting. Next to her, a young man wearing a delicate coat decorated with yellow and green was sitting at a wooden table, waving at Li You and his friends from afar.

"Please come here."

The female warrior was Nepheli Lu, and the man was the magician Roger. They were the two faded ones who entered the city before Li You and invited them.

At the dining table where Roger was, the body bags and spliced ​​limbs were simply collected, so Li You also came over and sat down next to them: "What do you want to talk to us about?"

Nefeli also turned to look at him, but did not speak. Roger said, "Hello, it's our first meeting. My name is Roger, and I'm a wandering magician. This is Nefeli Lu, a warrior."

"I invited you all here for no other reason than to ask you, what are you doing here? Do you want to challenge Greg?"

Then he added, "Forgive me, I don't mean to explore your secrets, but you all don't seem to be faded, so I am a little confused. However, if you have the same goal as us, then maybe we can provide some help."

Roger was extremely cautious in his attitude towards Li You, but Nefeli was not at all restrained. Instead, she looked very interested and kept looking at Li You and the other three.

Li Youze replied: "We are here to find Greg, but not to challenge him. I want to kill him and take his Great Rune."

Hearing this, Roger pondered for a moment: "You are not Faded Ones with a mission or guidance, but you are willing to take such a risk. It is really... "

But Nepheli's eyes lit up and she said loudly, "Well said!"

Li You turned to her, and Nefeli patted her chest and said, "He has just introduced me. I am Nefeli Lu, a warrior!"

"I came here to investigate according to my foster father's order, but I didn't expect that Greg would do such a heartless act as to graft limbs, and even the wind here has been tainted.

"Since you want to deal with him, I will join you!"

Nefeli didn't say much, and explained her purpose in just two sentences. Roger smiled bitterly and said, "I wish it were that simple. Greg is not easy to deal with now. Didn't you try to challenge him once, but failed and got injured instead?"

Nefeli was not discouraged: "That's because I didn't prepare last time! Now that I have them, there will be absolutely no problem!"

As she spoke, she patted Li You's shoulder proudly and said with a smile: "I can see that you all have the blood and soul of a warrior just like me! We can definitely fight together!"

As she said that, she pulled out a pair of battle axes from her waist, and actually thought about taking Li You and the others to find Greg.

Roger's bitter smile widened, and he persuaded Nefeli with all his might, then explained to Li You: "In fact, fellow warriors, I just saw your battle. Whether it was the battle against the evil omen demon or the breakthrough into the city, your strength was impressive, so I have no doubt about your fighting ability."

"But the problem is that Greg has gone even crazier on the path of limb reattachment. He has completely fallen into evil ways and has gained exaggerated power.

"This Nepheli is also an excellent warrior, but she almost got trapped when she challenged Greg before, so we must not be careless."

Li You was not surprised as he had already heard from Gotok what Roger said, that Nefeli had challenged Greg and failed.

But he was also a little curious. Listening to their conversation, it seemed that Greg had come up with some new tricks? What was that? Could it be that he had really inserted all kinds of invincible creatures from the border area into him?

Li You wanted to ask, but before that, he was more concerned about another thing.

He looked at Roger and asked, "Let's not talk about it. What are you going to do in Stonewell City? You look more like a scholar. You are not here to challenge Greg, right?"

Roger did not try to hide it and said straightforwardly: "Indeed, I did not come here for Greg and Daluen. I came here to investigate something."

"I searched the city for a while and found what I wanted...if that guy hadn't stood in my way."

"Hmm?" Li You looked at him.

"It is a powerful creature, guarding what I am looking for. It is difficult for me to break through its blockade alone... I am ashamed to say that unlike you all, I am not particularly good at fighting."

Roger explained, "So, I made a pact with Nefeli. I saved her from being injured in the battle, and promised to help her find a way to deal with Greg, and then she would help me defeat the enemy and find what I wanted."

"That's how I hope to work with you. I will help you in exchange for your help to me in the future."

(End of this chapter)