As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 466: Xia Nuoya's Hidden Reward
[The "Dangerous Agent" mission has been completed: accept Dante's commission and send him away from this world]

[Task Reward: Open the Devil May Cry material library, a random ability in the Devil May Cry worldview]

【Check in your mailbox after returning】

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[Main Mission: "World War" has been completed]

(All reward gold coin data are increased by [Focuser])
[Basic reward gold coins: 90000]

[Basic reward experience value: 80000]

[Note: Due to the particularity of the World War, all resources are obtained in the scenario. For more rewards, please find the staff to redeem them after returning.]

In the train.

The light from outside the window shone into the car, and the sunlight gathered into a bronze plate, which instantly flew into Maljie's hand.

[Champion Gold Medal: can be exchanged for rewards at the Resource Management Office]

The rewards aren’t over yet.

[Main Quest Settlement: The Protagonist's Help]

[This task has been modified]

[Note: Because the protagonist was led off course by a certain player]

[Main Mission Settlement: Player Ability Breakthrough]

[Task settlement is being recalculated, please wait...]

Malger looked at his panel and read: "Since the final result of the theoretical reward for this "World War" has been taken away by a group of players, the reward will be recalculated..."

He paused and looked at his two teammates.

"To put it bluntly, a group of players plotted to steal the 'protagonist' of the 'World War' world."

Li Nuo felt a little unhappy.

"I don't know who the protagonist is yet... but I think it should be a big reward..."

Cha Bai: "Isn't Dante the protagonist?"

Li Nuo asked back: "Then why aren't you the protagonist?"

Cha Bai was confused: "What?"

Maljie snorted coldly: "Miss Chabai, you went to the world of Doraemon, are you still the protagonist?"

Cha Bai understood what they meant.

“Even though Dante was the unshakable protagonist in the previous world, he is no longer the ‘child of destiny’ in the new world.”

Li Nuo nodded.

Marjie nodded.

Cha Bai was silent.

These three smart guys didn't realize that they were the ones who kidnapped the "protagonist".

In fact, it is simple to say. Dante is the protagonist, because the world of "World War" essentially has no protagonist. If you have to say it, the player is the protagonist. Since the player has become the protagonist, then the "person" who can influence the progress of everything is the real protagonist.

In fact, the development of the world war should be that Grof's clients find Dante, and they use the temptation of traveling through the world to guide Dante to join this small war launched by the "Church of the Undead".

No matter how the process develops, the dream of the vampire king and the conspiracy of the "Undead Church" will be destroyed by Dante.

The problem lies in the "mechanical cult".

When Dante was discussing business with Grof's people, the handsome man's group intervened. Dante hated government agencies in the first place, and the handsome man's job was just a small one, so it just helped Dante out. As a result, the protagonist Dante did not have enough reasons to affect the plan of the "Church of the Undead".

So, the protagonist completely became a player.

In fact, it can be seen from the change of the final reward to "player ability breakthrough" that the reward is still "the protagonist's help", but it has changed from "others help me" to "I help myself".

Li Nuo and his friends gave up thinking and started to work on the real business during the system calculation stage.

In other words...how to summon Shanoya and get the "hidden reward".

Here's the thing.

……rewind.

When Li Nuo first met Shanoya on the train, the only female protagonist in the "Castlevania" series gave her a lot of bad reviews.

Especially the "curse seal" ability, which looks so high-end, but in fact, it is not as effective as the ○○ made by the butterfly when it is painted on the body.

We should have just let it go.

As a result, during the [between battles], Li Nuo learned the truth that Gus summoned people to fight to absorb power.

The power of the priests comes from the curse system of "Castlevania".

And Shanoya has a deep control over the art of curse.

Therefore, the hidden reward of the world war lies with Shanoya.

When Li Nuo figured it out, he began to get scared. He realized that Xia Nuoya was a special reward for Li Nuo and the other two after they attacked "Eternal Life" and "Death". They were the only ones who knew about Xia Nuoya.

So he immediately asked Ichijo Ming to use the [Soul-stealing Larva] to edit his memory to prevent any players who could spy on his thoughts from appearing. If this secret was discovered by other players, a war for resources would be inevitable.

Later, Soran told Li Nuo that there was a guy named Qilang in Amuro's team who could use his consciousness to connect to the target's brain and extract memory fragments.

Qilang is of super-standard level and is only slightly weaker than Amuro. If he joins the final battle, it will be really difficult to fight against Li Nuo.

It turns out that selectively allowing yourself to forget key things is sometimes the right choice.

The question now is how to get Shanoya out.

Originally, Cha Bai meant to get Shanuoya out before the end of the script.

But Li Nuo felt something was wrong because there was something wrong with the key that Xia Nuoya gave him.

[Key to open the sealed treasure chest]

[Plot items, cannot be taken out of the script unless you crack the level without it]

[Note: The key can only be obtained by defeating an entire corridor without the help of other corridors]

"The key point is its narration." Li Nuo sat on the car seat, his fingers hooked on the strap of the teacup and dangling it, staring with dead eyes, and said: "You can't take it out of the script, unless you can crack the level without using it. In other words, if you haven't used it before, you need to take out the script to use it so that it can really work."

Cha Bai felt that Li Nuo had become obsessively wary of word games since the incident with Master Mirror, even to the point of being pathological. He wanted to remind him, but felt it was unnecessary, so he stopped talking: "Forget it, whatever you want."

Anyway, whether Xia Nuoya comes out or not will not affect the result that they will get a reward this time which should be beyond the target.

"Old Ma... let's discuss something."

Li Nuo nudged Maljie's shoulder and whispered, "If we summon her out, let's lift her skirt and have some fun."

Maljie curled his lips, leaned against the edge of the car door, and said with a fake smile: "Humph, let me make it clear first, I lifted the woman's skirt just to satisfy my curiosity and help her release the restraint given by the skirt."

Cha Bai: “I can hear you.”

Li Nuo turned around and explained, "Xia Nuoya is kindhearted by nature, so ordinary communication methods are useless. Think about it, you are a good person, and someone helps you, so don't you want to repay them? But the reward may not be very good, so you have to use some despicable means, such as drawing a nude portrait of her in front of her, or just being a hooligan, pretending that we are both good people and 'yellow-haired', so that she is at a loss, and with the charm of Lao Ma..."

"Hmph~!"

"With Lao Ma's charm... maybe..."

"Do you want to tell me how to summon her? I'm worried that we don't have enough time." Cha Bai interrupted Li Nuo's ridiculous remarks.

Li Nuo unscrewed the lid of the teacup, took a sip, and told his thoughts.

it's actually really easy.

[The key to open the sealed treasure chest] should actually be the key to open the treasure chest containing the [Wine of Eternal Life].

The key is just a means, but what Shanoya really entrusted is to stop the transaction between the "Undead Church" and the vampire king Dracula.

Whether or not you can get the [Wine of Eternal Life] is secondary.

As long as the player successfully stops Gus and his group, the goal will be achieved.

The key instructions state that the script cannot be taken out unless the level is solved without using it; in fact, it means that after completing the script without triggering the key's effect, it can be returned to Shanoya as a useless item and then exchanged for other things.

If we could get Gus's information about the Art of Cursing, we would be able to uncover the truth that the "Art of Cursing" that Xia Nuoya had given to Li Nuo before was a disabled version.

Finally, and most importantly.

Summon Shanoya.

Li Nuo took out a crumpled card from his trouser pocket.

【Shanoya's Blessing】

【Excellent quality】

[Effect: In critical moments, Shanoya will appear to help you resist one attack and counterattack once]

[Brief description: She is watching you, even when you are taking a shower, she is watching you]

Jian Shuo told Li Nuo that Xia Nuoya could see some of the situations on Li Nuo's side through this card.

The secondary function of this card is to summon Shanoya as a meat shield, and its main function is actually to summon Shanoya for a secondary transaction.

The above information is by no means something that is deliberately concealed by the system or corridors, but is just the secondary discovery of other functions of materials by players.

If other players in the "Endless Corridor" were able to discover one or two multiple meanings and functions of the same object, it would be something they could brag about for a long time, but for Li Nuo... it's just basic stuff.

"Lao Ma, hit me with all your might. Hit me to death. Kill me with one shot."

Malger was particularly happy to help.

Then, Malger took out a gun from his white coat, slid in an extremely cool posture, loaded the bullet, and pulled the trigger at Li Nuo's eyes! Li Nuo: Summon.

The moment the bullet pops out of the muzzle, the card [Shanoya's Blessing] triggers the effect: In a critical moment, Shanoya will appear to help you resist an attack and counterattack once.

Time suddenly stopped.

A white light flashed in front of Li Nuo.

But the bullet hit Shanoya's face.

"what……"

The woman bent over, covering her face.

"what--!"

Maljie was hit by an invisible air wave and flew uncontrollably in the opposite direction of the car.

What a shame, Li Nuo complained in his heart. He had thought that Xia Nuoya, the "protagonist", would definitely deflect the bullet in some strange way and slap Maljie in the face as a counterattack.

With a clang, the bullet fell to the ground, and there was blood on Shanuoya's face. As a woman, she was angry.

"It hurts..."

When Xia Nuoya raised her head, Li Nuo raised the bronze key and waved it in front of her.

"I won't say any more nonsense. Now that I've done my job, you should know that I'm not lying. I'll return the key to you. We didn't use it. Can you give me something good as a reward?"

Cha Bai added:
"He was going to lift your skirt."

Xia Nuoya was stunned for a moment and looked at Cha Bai. The two of them were wearing almost the same clothes, but the difference was... when Maljie flew away, Cha Bai tore a big hole in her skirt. In other words, her thighs were almost exposed.

"what?"

"Ah."

Chabai pointed to his legs.

"He just went rogue with me because I didn't give him what he wanted."

"You are his friend..."

"Like you, I am also from a certain world. Do you feel it?"

Chabai asked her.

Based on the strange feeling after meeting Dante, Cha Bai came to a conclusion that when the "protagonists" meet each other, there will be an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

For example, her first meeting with Sawa and her eye contact with Dante are all spiritual attractions unique to the protagonist.

As for why Ciri is not the one, it’s because Ciri cannot be considered the only protagonist.

[The Spotlight] means an important person under the spotlight. Once there is someone in that world or field who is more eye-catching than you, and you are not an overwhelming presence, you are not worthy of being the [Spotlight].

Xia Nuoya looked at the shiny white thighs and thought: My legs are longer than hers, but not as good in shape... Should I ask how she maintains them?
"Hey...?" Li Nuo pulled Xia Nuoya back to reality. He stretched out his hand and pouted like a guy asking for zero-dollar shopping: "Hurry up."

"Hmm...ah." Xia Nuoya nodded: "I understand..."

She also didn't want her skirt to turn into a cheongsam.

"The 'Curse Sealing Technique' I gave you was indeed a low-end version... I'm sorry, but I'm still a little worried about you guys."

Xia Nuoya turned her back, took out a new book from her arms and handed it over.

Li Nuo took the book and asked, "It seems like you have also been cheated by our group?"

"I guess so." Shanoya paused and said, "Anyway, I am grateful for this time. Dracula's revenge plan has been temporarily ended by you. I just don't know what to do in the future."

Li Nuo: "Are you afraid that Dracula will come back?"

Shanuoya: "What I'm worried about is that when he makes a comeback, I'll be old and dead."

Li Nuo said: "The legendary epic story has finally come to the final chapter. The protagonists have gone through numerous hardships and finally completed the grand feat of the climax of the whole story. From then on, they have created an immortal legend that has been sung by wandering poets for thousands of years. But you are not the only protagonist in this world."

Shanoya was silent for a few seconds.

"Thanks……"

She bowed and said again:

"Thank you."

Li Nuo stretched out his hand.

"Give me the clothes."

"what?"

"Well, stop talking nonsense. If you don't want to embarrass me, you should take off your clothes, or give me something else. Only lazy people will only think of verbal thanks."

The most dangerous time for an NPC is when it stands there quietly, with important items all over its body.

As the protagonist, Shanuoya is kind-hearted by nature, naive, lacking common sense and thinking ability. When facing cunning people, it is difficult for her to detect the invisible blade behind them.

So she won't run away.

Dante told Li Nuo that the demon hunter race must abide by the bottom line. Even if it was not for the sake of racial advancement, he would not shove the cane into Shanoya's eye sockets and rob her of her.

The woman from "Castlevania" took off an earring and handed it to Li Nuo.

It suddenly became cloudy outside the window, clouds rolled in, and then night fell.

Darkness enveloped the carriage.

When the moonlight came in, Xia Nuoya had already left.

Li Nuo held two new things in his hands and examined them one by one.

【Shanoya's earrings】

[Quality: Epic]

[Effect: Contains equipment data related to "Shanoya"]

[Brief description: Shanoya saved all her life's equipment data in her earrings. It was actually a player's doing.]

Let Maljie interpret this thing when we get back, as everyone has their own expertise.

Li Nuo's specialization is in another book.

[Book: The Art of Cursing]

【Excellent quality】

[Type: Alchemy]

It’s the same book as before, with the same name, but this time there’s an extra “Quality” panel, and the content of the instructions has changed.

[Learning conditions: basic alchemy knowledge, summoning knowledge, spiritual power 50, insight 120]

[Quick learning conditions: requires the blessing of the alchemist's learning props]

“The learning conditions have also changed…”

Li Nuo looked down.

[Brief description: Shanoya can transform everything into energy and absorb it into her body to transform it into her own power. This ability is called a curse seal. She can also combine two or more curse seals to form a more powerful super curse seal. However, this is her ability after all. What is recorded in the book is the full extent of her ability. Seal Dominus]

[Note: There are certain risks involved when using this ability]

Li Nuo sat down slowly, concentrating on thinking about the price that Gus's group of priests would pay after using this power.

[Mark] means "transforming the power of all things into a seal through the transformation of the warlock", and the source of the ultimate mark [Dominus] is Dracula himself. The activation of Dominus requires the sacrifice of souls as a price, which is quite far from "sacred". In other words, it is the power of "devil".

This also corresponds to why the priests need the [Summoning Alchemy of Higher-Dimensional Demons] to use the power of [Marking].

But there must be another way to use it.

Li Nuo planned to learn it after returning.

The thought of going back gave him a headache.

There are a lot of things waiting for him.

The racial promotion causes the power of "Denisa" to be triggered without the use of decoctions. Without the [Decoction of Smiling Denisa] which occupies 180% of the toxins, such a large space for tolerable toxins can be left for other decoctions. However, most of the decoctions in hand cannot keep up with the version. Li Nuo has to put all his thoughts into refining decoctions and potions.

After all, he is still a demon hunter who mainly relies on alchemy potions.

"I need to have a good chat with Phil..."

Then there is one more important thing. Li Nuo’s comic book is about to be finished, and he has to think about his future career choice.

"I said..." Cha Bai interrupted him, holding the card [Xianuoya's Blessing] in his hand: "She can use it again."

The "brief description" of the card changed: Shanoya looked forward to their next meeting, and she wanted to know how this white-haired girl maintained her legs.

"Let's talk about it next time."

Li Nuo looked around.

Two things.

First, it was dark outside the window, with moonlight shining in, which was completely different from the usual dusk and setting sun outside the train window.

Second, Maljie was thrown to the front of the car by Shanoya, but suddenly there was no news.

Li Nuo looked towards the front of the car and his heart beat faster.

"There's an invasion."

(End of this chapter)