The old man slowly lowered his head, his cheeks trembling like dry bark, and a look of incomparable pain appeared: "This morning... I got up to chop wood, Sophia was sleeping at home alone, waiting for me to come back. .. she's gone..."
Having said this, the old man covered his cheeks with his hands, shaking his shoulders, and let out a low sob.
Chen Zixuan watched this scene calmly, even though he knew that all this was AI, he couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart.
In this era of monsters, the old man who lost his children and wife, and could only live with his granddaughter, finally lost his granddaughter.
For a person to die in a swamp of confusion, is it not a relief for him?
Although Chen Zixuan knew that the old man's granddaughter, Sophia, had a high probability of being ill-fated.However, holding the last hope in her heart, she lowered her eyes and asked as gently as possible:
"Then do you know any useful information? Don't worry, I will definitely help you find Sophia."
The old man stopped sobbing.
The next second, he suddenly put down his hand, his red and swollen eyes were full of horror, and shouted: "Monster! There are man-eating monsters in the swamp! It must be her! It must be a witch who ate my Sophia!"
After speaking, he squatted in the mud and cried in despair.
"Witch?" Chen Zixuan hesitated.
In his mind, Miss System's voice suddenly popped up.
"The system prompts that you have officially activated the hidden quest—[The Disappeared Granddaughter]! Go to Tarif Village and ask other villagers for clues about the Swamp Witch!"
Chapter 46 Strange Village
"Tariff Village... swamp witch, this time the monster is human...?"
Thinking that this is a task that can only be accepted at level 15, Chen Zixuan got serious and kept the key information in his heart.
If it's 1-on-1, it's okay to say, and it's not much different from conquering world-class bosses.
The most feared situation for him is to fight a group of level 15 monsters. If this is the case, then this mission may have to be abandoned.
After sorting out her thoughts, the silver-haired girl leaned down and asked the old man in a soft voice, "Grandpa, let me take you back to the village first. There are too many monsters here. I'll come back to help you find Sophia later."
Since the system has already said, "Ask other villagers for clues about the swamp witch", it is estimated that there is no valuable information from the old man's mouth.
Chen Zixuan wanted to send him back to the village first, find the location of Tarif Village by the way, and then complete the follow-up tasks.
However, the old man was still sitting in the mud and weeping bitterly, ignoring Chen Zixuan's words, as if he was the only one left in the world.
After half a minute, Chen Zixuan finally gave up.
It seems that the old man is no longer helpful for the follow-up of the task.
However, after persuading and persuading him to leave, in desperation, Chen Zixuan could only leave the old man behind and walk in the direction he came from.
Hope the old man came directly from the village of Tarif.
After walking for about 10 minutes, we walked through a foggy grove and moved forward along the winding dirt road.
Just when Chen Zixuan thought he was lost, rows of low thatched houses suddenly appeared in front of him.
"The system prompts you to discover a new location [Tariff Village]!"
This village is too small, dark and dilapidated, as if it had been abandoned for more than ten years, and it has almost become one with the surrounding environment. If you are not careful, it is difficult to find it in the distance.
Fortunately, I finally found it.
Just as Chen Zixuan was about to enter the village, a crooked sign caught his attention.
Bulletin boards themselves are not uncommon. As far as Chen Zixuan knows, there is a bulletin board next to the square in Crown Town. There is a bulletin board with advertisements for merchants and recruitment notices for players to read.
It's just that such a small village actually has a notice board, and the paper on it looks very new, which aroused Chen Zixuan's curiosity.
Stepping up to take a closer look, Chen Zixuan found that this was a warning document.
"Warning! Man-eating demons are haunting near Tariff Village. They are often shown in the image of old women. I hope the surrounding residents take strict precautions. If there is any reliable information, please report to the Guard Office at No. 128 in the Imperial City!"
Signature: Guards of the Imperial City of Loren.
"The image of an old woman should be the swamp witch..." Looking at the notice, Chen Zixuan felt that the game was more interesting.
I hope that this swamp witch is also a lonely one. It doesn't matter if she is strong, just don't have other helpers.
Bypassing the sign, the silver-haired girl slowly walked into the village: "Anyone?"
The doors and windows of every household are closed, and no one welcomes her. It seems that the existence of the swamp witch seems to have brought a great psychological shadow to these villagers.
It was not until dozens of seconds later, when the village was close to a house in the center, that a long sound of "squeak--" was heard, and the wooden door slowly opened a gap.
"Who are you?" An old and hoarse voice came from behind the door.The words were full of vigilance.
Chen Zixuan didn't know how to answer, but when he was in the swamp, the old man seemed to call her an adventurer.
So, as she walked towards the house, she replied calmly, "Hello, I'm just a passing adventurer."
"Adventurer?" The old voice in the house was a little surprised, "What are you doing in our village?"
Approaching, Chen Zixuan only vaguely saw that standing behind the crack of the door was an old man with gray hair, hunched waist, bloodshot eyes, as if he hadn't slept for a long time.
Recalling the documents on the notice, Chen Zixuan tried his best to keep his tone gentle, and asked, "I saw a monster in your village on the notice board at the intersection, so I want to help you get rid of her."
"Remove?" Hearing Chen Zixuan's words, the old man behind the door froze slightly, looked Chen Zixuan up and down carefully, and immediately closed the door.
"If you go, you will die. Come back after a while."
"I'm being looked down upon by NPCs again...?" Standing outside the door, Chen Zixuan wanted to cry but had no tears.
Next, he tentatively knocked on the door a few times, but there was no movement in the room.
Chen Zixuan still didn't want to give up, so he knocked on the doors of several other houses and got the same result.
The mission is here, as if it is completely stuck.
"Unlike the NPCs in Crown Town, the NPCs here seem to have higher IQs, and their behaviors are not logical..." The silver-haired girl narrowed her eyes, thinking carefully about the strangeness of Tariff Village.
"It's just a swamp witch. There's no need to scare them like this, and they won't open the door in broad daylight."
This village seems to be xenophobic, which is not normal...
As expected of a level 15 difficulty mission, I had no clue as soon as I came up, what should I do, should I give up?
Just when Chen Zixuan was in a dilemma, Miss System suddenly popped up a new prompt.
"The system prompts that your current mission process has expired due to level restrictions. Please go to the residence of the villager Pris and explore new information!"
"There is no way out of the sky..." Chen Zixuan breathed a sigh of relief, changed his mind, and searched around the village.
Pris, the old man she met in the confused swamp just now, his residence, even if not in the village, is definitely not far from here.
Tariff Village is not big, with only a dozen or so families. After walking around the village for a few minutes, Chen Zixuan found a suspicious target.
It was a low and leaky small house, a little far from the center of the village, and was built alone on a hillside.
Moreover, when all the doors are closed, only the door of this room is wide open, which is very suspicious.
It seems that the old man and his granddaughter Sophia usually live in this house.
While thinking about it, Chen Zixuan walked towards the house, when she passed through a bush, she suddenly stopped.
In the air, there was a faintly disgusting stench, much like the smell of black silt in the confused swamp.
The silver-haired girl turned her head slowly, and sure enough, behind the bushes, she found a few footprints formed by silt.
He suddenly felt a little creepy and couldn't help but look around.
There is no doubt that these footprints must be left by the swamp witch.
Chapter 47 Miko House
The dead leaves in the forest were extremely dry, and the dark boots fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.
If you look more closely, you can see a row of footprints made of rancid silt extending far into the depths of the dense forest.
That is the direction of [Confused Swamp].
The silver-haired girl who had followed all the way here raised her head, a dignified look on her delicate face.
Following the mud footprints on the ground for a few minutes, until he walked out of the village and returned to the confused swamp, Chen Zixuan was basically certain that the footprints were left by the swamp witch.
The range of water ghosts is not so far.
Based on the known information, Chen Zixuan roughly deduced what happened in the early morning.
The swamp witch hid in the bushes not far from the hut, and after the old man went out to chop wood, she kidnapped Sophia, who lived alone at home.
The footprints found on the floor of the house also confirmed his conjecture.
Hope Sophia is okay.
Although it was just a game, before he knew it, Chen Zixuan had already assumed the role of an adventurer.
And his purpose is to find the witch in the swamp and defeat her!
Not only for NPCs, but also for themselves.
Chen Zixuan urgently needs a lot of experience points to level up. Although there are no money or item rewards for this quest, it will definitely give him a lot of experience points. Completing the level 15 quest should be enough for him to level up to level 6.
Thinking of this, the silver-haired girl's eyes suddenly firmed, and she slowly walked towards the depths of the misty swamp.
After entering the swamp, the footprints that were about to disappear became clear again.
Because the soil here is too soft, if you step on it, you will fall into the depth of half the sole of your foot. Resisting the pungent stench, the silver-haired girl slowly pulled out the short knife around her waist.
The eerie battle sound sounded, and countless rotten palms suddenly stretched out from the mud!
"One, two, three..."
The silver-haired girl frowned slightly, and glanced at the water ghosts around her, Bai Nen's legs were slightly spread, and she assumed a defensive posture.
It seems that because the task level this time is too high and the difficulty is relatively high, more than 20 water ghosts have been spawned around Chen Zixuan, and each level is similar to hers.
hard to beat...
This was the first judgment that came to Chen Zixuan's mind.
It was already deep in the swamp, and her feet were deeply immersed in the mud. Her agility was greatly restricted, which was not conducive to dodging in battle.
Moreover, the level of these water ghosts is higher than the previous one, and both the attack and the blood volume have been further strengthened.
However, it is not impossible to fight!
A water ghost took the lead in launching the attack. It was about 2 meters away. It jumped directly and swung a sharp claw at Chen Zixuan's chest!
The silver-haired girl reacted very quickly, sideways dodged the attack, and stabbed the water ghost's side neck with a backhand, dealing 213 points of critical damage!
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