Dominate the Treacherous Realm
Chapter 903
"Four? Isn't it three?"
"Sorry, adventurer, what did you say?"
"No, I didn't say anything. Okay, four monsters. Can you tell me where they are?"
Jenkins looked up at the castle, his eyes tried to distinguish the aura, but from the outside, the black auras were all the same everywhere:
"As you said, I actually don't want to break into other people's rooms."
Chapter 2134 Chapter 2103 Maps and Partners
"As a butler, I do have a map of the castle, but adventurers..."
The old butler finally stopped rubbing his hands, but made a finger gesture to Jenkins, Jenkins was taken aback:
"Am I making a mistake? You are hiring me to ‘clean’ the castle. Why do I have to pay for a map?"
"You can choose not to use the map, but I want to remind you again that this castle is very dangerous."
After finished speaking, he rubbed his hands again. At this moment, this person is like the physical embodiment of the word "greedy".
"Well, if I want a map, what do I need to pay? That is, what do you want?"
Jenkins thought the other party would want to ask for sin coins.
"In addition to the monsters that broke into the castle, there are actually other problems. If you want a map, you need to solve an additional problem in addition to the four monsters."
The old man points to the castle:
"This old castle has a long history. Many rooms are not opened all year round. It is not because the maid who cleans the room is lazy, but because some rooms cannot be opened."
"In other words, if you want a map, you have to increase the difficulty of passing through the treacherous world, which is very interesting."
Thinking in his heart, he asked:
"So besides the map, can I get other help from you?"
"Of course, but if you get help, you have to solve the trouble for me. Including the map, I can provide you with three kinds of additional help."
"So three are here."
Jenkins muttered in his heart.
"To get the map, you need to enter the hidden room on the second floor of the castle and bring me a picture. Some of the servants of the castle are also capable of fighting. I can ask one of them to help you, but accordingly, You have to enter the tower on the right side of the castle and pick the scarlet gems in the tower. In addition, as an extra reward for cleaning the castle, you can take out an item from the castle at will, except for telling you the way to leave, and some rooms It can’t be opened unless you have the master key of my housekeeper.”
"As the steward here, you have the master key. Does your lord really trust you?"
Jenkins interrupted.
"The so-called master key can only open a few fixed doors. As the price of obtaining the key, you need to clean the big spider in the basement. How about, do you need this help?"
"The map is convenient for exploration, the servant is an extra help, and the key can increase the reward for clearance. At the same time, these help will increase the difficulty of exploration...It is more and more like a role-playing game."
Jenkins thought in his heart and asked:
"Before this, did I have the honor to be able to know the name of the lord here? Speaking of which, in fact, I am also a descendant of nobles."
This is not a lie. As a descendant of the Middleton family, he is indeed a descendant of nobles.
"No, you don't have this honor."
The old butler categorically refused, so Jenkins didn’t ask much:
"Well, let's forget the master key, I don't intend to offend the lord here. I need a map, and I need the help of a servant."
Jenkins believes that among the three help given by the old butler, there must be a trap set by the differential machine. Therefore, the easiest to choose "all must" and "don't all" must not be selected, and the remaining options, theoretically speaking, the least that Jenkins needs is the "servant's help", although worrying about possible traps The guy would think of this too, but it is more likely to think of it, with Jenkins's wisdom, so this must be chosen.
The remaining two options, the map is required anyway, so I rejected the master key.
"No problem, but you need to pay attention. If you can't complete the two additional tasks, I won't tell you the way to leave either."
Talking, the old housekeeper first took out a brown parchment roll tied with straw rope from his wide robe and handed it to Jenkins:
"This is a map."
then shouted into the darkness near the castle:
"Come here."
Three humans who looked dull-eyed came over, two men and one woman, neither of them looked like servants in terms of their outfits.
The eldest man wore a typical priest's robe, and the younger man wore leather armor and held a sword. Compared to Jenkins, he looked like an adventurer.
The remaining lady is actually an elf. She is carrying a beautiful blue longbow, the bow body is engraved with intricate vine pattern runes, in such a low-light situation, the bow body can also emit a little bit of shimmer. Because she is an elf, Jenkins cannot judge her age very well from her appearance, but at least she looks very young.
"Are you sure these are the servants of the castle?"
Jenkins suspected.
"Of course they are servants, but they were originally adventurers like you. Because they didn't complete the task, they left the mess to eat."
"They are all outsiders from the slyland? But didn’t the old man say a long time ago that the slyland will collapse after being used once...I have experienced so many sedulous conditions, and I understand that human beings actually I don’t understand at all. All kinds of treacherous realms are formed for different reasons. Things that can be repeated like this should actually exist, but because the interval between appearances is too long, the church doesn’t understand at all."
Thinking of this, he nodded and asked:
"If I can't finish it..."
"You will stay, rest assured, the food here is good. Which one do you choose as your partner? You can only choose one, and if you successfully complete the mission, you can choose not to take away the extra rewards from the castle , But take away the partner you choose."
Jenkins looked at the three in turn, none of them are extraordinary under the gifted system, so they have no ability to light spots, and can only judge the strength from the aura. The strongest among them, of course, is the man in the priest's robe, and the elven lady with the blue longbow is better than the young swordsman.
Taking into account Jenkins's own situation, he does not need additional healers and magical support, and he can support himself in close combat.
"This one."
He pointed to the elf.
So the other two returned the same way and stepped back into the impenetrable darkness. The elf trembled suddenly, and finally there was a look in the godless eyes.
With a piercing noise, the two iron doors of the old castle that had been closed open slowly in front of them. The old butler crouched and made a gesture of please, but his expression seemed to be unkind in every way.
Jenkins looked at the fairy lady. After she regained her consciousness, her eyes seemed to be reminiscent, but she quickly understood the current situation.
Chapter 2135 Chapter 2104 Castle Adventure
Miss Elf with a longbow was breathing. After regaining consciousness, perhaps the long-term obscurity had damaged her health. This gesture of breathing made Jenkins very worried that the other party would not be able to breathe out and fainted.
Fortunately, she quickly adjusted her breathing rate, and turned her head to look at her companion on this trip, the adventurer who broke into this **** place just like herself:
"Oh, half-elf!"
She said in surprise in Elvish language.
Miss Elf’s Elvish language belongs to the older kind, and the voice is very gentle, with a feeling of breeze blowing in the treetops. Perhaps in the eyes of humans, there is not much difference between half-elves and humans, but elves can always see through half-elves at a glance.
"Since we are of the same family, then I will tell you some love here..."
She spoke a little faster and gradually recovered her ability to speak, but halfway through the conversation, she stopped speaking and looked at the young elf in front of her with a little doubt.
She smelled a peculiar taste, the taste of nature, the taste of hometown. She is very familiar with the smell, and whenever she smells it, her instinctive reaction is--
Miss Elf bends over to salute Jenkins. The bloodline of the World Tree Sacrifice cannot be distinguished by smell. After all, Elves are not blood-sucking species, but there is nothing wrong with another taste:
"World Tree, good day."
The young elf girl’s name is Leonie Siluf. When she entered the slyland, the elves hadn’t even migrated from the material world to the flowery world. This could also explain the reason for her ancient grammar.
Miss Xirufu's last memory is only that she failed to defeat the monster in the castle, and died unexpectedly on the way. And when she woke up again, the world tree, which looked like a half-elf, was already standing in front of her.
In fact, Jenkins is still different from the original world tree, not to mention his power is far weaker than the world tree body at any time. In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, he also explained his situation, but Miss Elf didn't care:
"Since you are the second world tree recognized by the world tree, then to me, you are the world tree."
Before entering the tower, the world tree consciousness in the dream gave Jenkins a green leaf. This leaf is enough to prove his identity, so no matter what he says, it doesn't really matter.
And Leonie Siluf, the wizard, knew the end of the era. She was surprised when she heard that the material world had come to the eighteenth era, but she adjusted her mentality and decided to help Jenkins:
"Has it been so long... Since I can accompany you to move on, please use my strength. Maybe I can't walk with you to the end, but even if I can provide you with the slightest help, It also gave my life that should have fallen here, renewed its vitality."
The respect the elves have for the World Tree is beyond Jenkins's imagination, and he is sure that the other party is indeed an elven, and completely trusts this Miss Leonie Siluf. In fact, he was even more curious about the role of the Lord of Flowers in the eyes of the elves before the elves left the material world, but now is not a good opportunity to ask this question, and he does not want to let his own curiosity go with him. 'S companions are dissatisfied.
The things that Elf Silufu experienced in the treacherous world about ten thousand years ago are almost exactly the same as what Jenkins has encountered so far. It was also the old butler after entering the treacherous realm. At that time, the old butler did not have a metal body structure. He was also given the task of defeating four monsters and also received three additional help.
It's just that, of the three servants that the elf faced at that time, only the oldest church member had seen the same as Jenkins, and the young swordsman had never been seen by the elf. In other words, the young swordsman should have entered here during the time period between Leonie Siluf and Jenkins, and then stayed completely.
In the story of Elf Leonie Siluf, she is more cautious than Jenkins, she didn't even choose a map, she just chose a companion. Miss Elf has a very powerful ability, even in a treacherous realm, can track powerful "prey". Of course, she also paid the price for her carelessness. Even though she succeeded in defeating the first three enemies, she lost her life when looking for the fourth enemy because she strayed into the corridor that should not be entered.
"If the content of Deception is not changed, then the first three enemies should be the envy of the banshee, the arrogant executioner, and the heart of anger."
said the elf, but added:
"But it's definitely not the same. The companion I chose at the time also provided information. He only defeated two enemies, but the two enemies I encountered are similar, but different."
"Will the location of those enemies also be different?"
Jenkins asked again.
"Yes, it will be different."
Hearing this, Jenkins opened the map in his hand. The map is hand-painted, but it is very careful. There are not only annotations, but also icons to indicate the location and danger of different rooms. Most of the topography of the castle is depicted on the map, and a small part is blacked out and marked as "unexplorable".
Judging from the map, it is more like a dungeon full of traps than a castle. Jenkins couldn't imagine what kind of person would set up rolling stone traps and pressure-triggered black powder traps in his home.
"Go as soon as possible, you need to complete the task before the lord returns, otherwise the lord's anger is not something I can bear."
the old butler urged.
"Do you know the information of the lord here?"
Jenkins asked Xiang Elf again, who shook her head. She died before the time limit was over.
"So when you came here, was there this moon in the sky?"
The elf raised his head in the direction of Jenkins's fingers, then lowered his head immediately after a muffled snort. Jenkins immediately reached out to help her calm the restless spirit, and then probably understood:
"Oh, sorry, I forgot that you are different from me... You didn't have this when you came?"
"Yes it is."
Miss Elf groaned in pain, but Jenkins's treatment was very effective, and the short gaze did not cause much harm to her:
"I really can't think of any relationship between this treacherous realm and the primitive moon. It should be the primitive moon? I only heard about it in childhood stories, the bright yellow moon~"
This at least proves that the so-called lord is not the moon-swallowing civet, and it shows that in the fourth treacherous realm, like the previous one, there will be no real disaster beast.
After understanding the basic situation here, the two officially set off. Apart from the small bag hanging around his waist, the elves had no luggage. Only the beautiful longbow was considered the most important weapon. Unfortunately, the bow was not a numbered item, otherwise the business might be easier.
The moldy smell inside the castle is stronger than the outside, and the power of the shadow is stronger.
stood in the hall, and the two iron doors behind him closed in a harsh sound. Jenkins took out the candle to illuminate, and the elf also took out a bottle from his bag. There seemed to be a firefly in the bottle, which could provide plenty of light.
The candle and the light in the bottle illuminate the road ahead, and Jenkins and the elf look up at the furnishings and paintings in the hall. The oil painting is mostly covered by spider webs, and the visible area is also dark and smudged, and it is impossible to distinguish what is depicted in it.
"Let's go to the kitchen on the first floor first."
Jenkins pointed to the map and said:
"Here recently, I need to know how strong the enemy is before I can make a plan for the next step."
"The enemy is not strong, but very weird. They can not only affect the emotions and consciousness of us adventurers, but also have some special abilities."
Miss Elf explained, and then stretched out a long thin finger to point to the map:
"There is more than one way to the kitchen, which one shall we choose?"
The inside of the castle is not a corridor connecting all the rooms, but a complex like a maze. Not only do there exist unclear rooms like the "half-floor" between the two floors, but sometimes to enter the rooms on the first floor, you need to go to the second floor first. Then go around from the second floor to the first floor.
This is still the most basic terrain. From the map, there is even a phantom wall here, and the specific location of the phantom wall is not marked at all, but it means that such a wall does exist.
"Let me see."
Jenkins looked at the "maze map" in his hand. The two are now on the left of the center of the first floor, and the kitchen is probably in the upper right corner. In order to avoid unnecessary fighting, he first ruled out some rooms where he would encounter other monsters, and then removed some roads that he knew were unsafe, so that there were not many choices left.
"Why do I feel that looking for monsters may be more difficult than defeating them."
Jenkins complained in a low voice, and then motioned the elf to follow him.
"You feel completely right. After all, I didn't die in the hands of a monster, but died on the road."
There was a regretful expression on the face of the elf, but he adjusted it quickly.