Intruders of the Moon World

After beating the dust off his body, Ye Qing turned around and walked towards the abyss.

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Next, Ye Qing encountered several levels one after another.

For example, a giant with eight arms, a vicious dog with three heads, a lair of strange snakes and so on.

Although there are no props, Ye Qing used his "wisdom" to cleverly meet the clearance conditions.

Through the forest of the giant's handle, you need to use the golden harp to play music to make it fall asleep, and then sneak through it by yourself.

And Ye Qing didn't have a golden harp, and he didn't know how to play it, but he cleverly thought of a solution - just knock the giant unconscious.

The vicious dog with three heads always keeps one sober head at all times, so it can't hide it from others.

Only by using the delicious food, when the three heads are fighting, wait for the opportunity to run over.

And Ye Qing didn't know what the three-headed dogs liked to eat, so he asked them kindly if they liked dog meat, but the three heads all said they were not too hungry, and obediently lay down on the ground to let Ye Qing walk over.

There is a problem with the strange snake's lair. It's not that the enemy is very powerful, but that it is very "difficult".

Those snake girls did everything possible to beg Ye Qing to stay, when he insisted on leaving, many people shed sad tears.

But these snake girls will never know that if Ye Qing walks a minute late, they will probably be stabbed by a certain Miss Demon Sword who does not want to be named.

After walking for an unknown number of journeys, he finally came to the palace where the king of the dead lived.

"..."

Slightly different from Ye Qing's imagination, [King of the Dead] is not the image of the God of Death with a scythe, nor does it look like a skeleton or a ghost.

It was a slender young man with jet-black wings. His appearance was very handsome, like an angel that would only appear in fairy tales.

However, at this time, the handsome king of the dead, with a distorted face, glared at Ye Qing viciously.

The finger pointing at him trembled slightly, and his face turned red and white, as if trying to hide his anger.

"This is not an adventure at all, what do you take my game for?! Bastard!!!"

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The name of this gift game is [Hypnus's Maze], literally translated as Hypnus's Maze.

Hypnos, the god of sleep in Greek mythology, is regarded as a symbol of the personification of "sleep".

His mother is Nix, the goddess of the night, and his twin brother is Thanadus, the god of death.

[Death] and [Sleep] are similar concepts in the eyes of the ancients. The difference is that one is eternal and the other is short.

Death is grim, but his brother Sleep is more gentle, and often puts people in an eternal sleep when they are dying.

Contrary to the common sense of the public, Hades is not the "god who bestows death", but the god who "rules the kingdom of the dead".

Although he is the ruler of Hades, it is Thanadus, the god of death, and Hypnos, the god of sleep, who really change the living into the dead.

Just like Poseidon is the god of the sea, but besides him there are many river gods, sea gods, and ocean gods.

The three main gods in Greek mythology: Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades do not specifically represent a certain attribute, but the "king" in charge of a field.

The handsome winged god waiting for Ye Qing in the magnificent palace is naturally the sleeping god Hypnos.

The reason why he called himself the "King of the Dead" was actually an illusion.

Because the priesthood of Hades, the god of the underworld, and Thanadus, the god of death, are often confused, Thanadus also has a side as a substitute for Pluto.

"Soldiers with invisibility helmets who take away people's souls" - this image comes from the god of death who is confused with Hades.

The god of death is the elder brother of the god of sleep, and Hypnos is believed to often imitate his elder brother. In the artistic creations of later generations, the images of the two gods are getting closer and closer.

Therefore, in order to create the feeling of a boss, Hypnos directly referred to himself as the "King of the Dead".

Speaking of which, why did this Greek god degenerate into a demon king?

The reason is simple: longing.

He is the god who guides people to sleep after the mother (Goddess of the Night) sinks the earth into darkness, and the three dream gods are his sons.

Therefore, his contact with human beings, or spiritual assimilation, is much higher than that of other gods.

During the long years, traveling through countless dreams, he gradually developed a sensibility similar to that of human beings.

And it is the existence called "hero" that gives him such moving feelings.

For example, Heracles who completed the trial of the three-headed dog and rescued his friend.

For example, as a mortal but not afraid of life and death, Orpheus went deep into the underworld to save his wife.

Such as longing for life, and even daring to fight Sisyphus, the god of death.

Warriors one after another crossed the boundary between life and death and came to Hades, leaving behind their legends and poems.

Some of these people succeeded, some failed, but without exception, they moved the sleeping gods who watched silently.

He longed for these heroic epics, but since a certain period, such stories have ceased to be staged.

The so-called "Story of Man and God" has gradually become a story of "Human and Truth".

Therefore, he transformed the game with the authority of the sponsor of Sleeping God.

[The Labyrinth of the Sleeping God]——The story of human heroes.

This game rejects pure gods, protoss and demons and dragons.

The "rescued" can be an elf princess or a fairy, but the "savior" must be a warrior with human factors.

Sometimes it's a group's adventure story, sometimes it's a man's growth journey, and sometimes it's a prince's battle for revenge.

He became the "Nightmare Demon Lord", constantly absorbing contestants, and performed heroic poems again and again in his maze.

And among these, his favorite is the story of kingly knights and princesses, dragons and brave men.

However, there is no "human" who can play to the end.

This is also impossible. After all, if you are a human being, even if you raise yourself to the limit, the evaluation in Hakoniwa is only five digits. Only a very small number of "people who are favored (such as Izayoi)" can break the limit , to four digits.

On top of this, if the protection of gods and star spirits is reduced, the use of god-made weapons is prohibited, and the divinity of demigod blood is suppressed... To be honest, even Sleeping God himself thinks it is very difficult.

That's why he set up "props" to help the contestants pass the level and complete the epic adventure.

But the result didn't change much...

However, today, he finally understood a truth.

The so-called "longing" can only be called "beautiful" when the distance is far away.

"What is this, what is this?"

Hypnos yelled almost insanely: "I want to watch the adventure stories of the brave, the touching and beautiful love, and the martyrs who disregard the difficulties and dangers for the sake of their companions. I don't want to watch the absurd comedy. Drama!"

"..."

Ye Qing ignored him, but looked at the huge golden birdcage deep in the palace.

Inside there is a long table full of flowers, on which lies a blonde princess with her eyes tightly closed, as if she is waiting for something.

The black dress, which seemed to be entwined with thorns, outlined the sexy curves, and the fair skin was faintly visible.

Yes, for some reason, Leticia is not in the form of a child at this time, but in the form of an adult.

"Why...why did it become like this?"

The sleeping god was still raving, showing a slumped expression.

"It's the first time I saw a warrior who slaughtered a pure-blooded dragon, and it was the first time I met someone who could pass the game..."

Ye Qing ignored the sleeping god, and went straight to the birdcage.

"squeak--"

Entering the birdcage, he walked slowly to the side of the sleeping princess, seeing her calm and charming sleeping face, Ye Qing smiled slightly.

"...Why, don't you kiss me?"

The vampire princess opened her wine red eyes, raised her hand to caress Ye Qing's face, and spoke softly.

"The prince's kiss can wake up the princess."

"...but you're awake."

"If you think it's a pity, it's not that I can't close my eyes again."

"..."

Ye Qing smiled helplessly.

"I thought you were under the magic of sleeping."

"That's not true. The reason why I closed my eyes is simply because I don't want to get involved with that person. After all, he looks like a very troublesome guy."

"Huh? Is there anything else, Lord Demon King?"

"Ho ho... no, this won't work!"

Hypnos stared at Ye Qing and Leticia.

"I absolutely cannot agree with this kind of thing!

What you have done is not an adventure at all, it is just moving forward, this is not the story I want! "

Ye Qing stared, his expression darkened.

The second victory condition: [Through the reappearance of the legend of heroes, the host will feel sincerely happy and satisfied (the host cannot hide his emotions). 】

This condition is not determined by Sleeping God. If he is really satisfied with Ye Qing's actions and thinks this is a wonderful story, then even if he lies and denies it, the game will still judge Ye Qing to win.

But Ye Qing has come to the end, and the game is still not over, which proves that Hypnos is not lying - he is real, and he does not agree with Ye Qing's actions from the bottom of his heart!

"With all my courage and wisdom, I still have to face painful choices, stick to my ideals in pain, and keep moving forward in despair—this is the 'hero' I want!"

The handsome sleepy god pointed ferociously at Ye Qing: "You are a heretic, a cancer, a fake!

This kind of person... I won't let you pass the game!You have to do it all over again, go through more difficult trials that can show the beauty of life—"

"puff!"