First Player

Chapter 546: Five hundred and forty-three

   Chapter 546 Chapter 543 · "Su Ming'an, that's great."

  【Task target replacement. 】

  【You have discovered the real goal of customs clearance: defeat the castle guardian—the man in black robe. 】

  【The one who defeats the black-robed man first will win the only victory. 】

  …

   "—Su Mingan! I'll help you restrain him!" The moment he saw the mission target, Nuoer immediately understood that Su Mingan had to defeat the man in black robe.

   "Shhhhh-!"

   Nuoer stretched out his hand, and several threads of silk emerged, turning into a large net, shrouding the black-robed man.

  Lu and Shirley didn't react, but Herbert and Joey immediately wanted to stop them. They not only wanted to kill the man in black robe, but also prevented Su Mingan from killing the man in black robe first.

  Joey's back spread out a pair of gloomy bone wings, and under one fan, it was like a huge wave was set off, and the large white web like a spider web was finely shattered.

  Herbert took a step back and turned the revolver in his hand. With a "click" sound, the bullet shot towards the head of the black-robed man like a silver snake!

   The next moment, the man in black robe stretched out his hand.

   Several cursed behemoths emerged from the shadows. In this ancient castle, the strength of the black-robed man seems to have been greatly enhanced.

  Dense fog rose.

  A cursed black beast jumped out of the thick fog, with a strong evil wind, it roared, opened its **** mouth, and rushed towards Joey first.

  It trembled, like black lightning, its bulky figure changed from its previous state, and it suddenly accelerated as if it was loaded with exhaust gas.

   Before Joey could defend himself, his head was bitten off by the suddenly accelerating black beast, and blood splashed out.

  Joey's death shocked everyone. They didn't expect this giant beast to suddenly become so strong.

  The man in black robe stands on the black beast, like a conductor waving his hands.

   Accompanied by his command, the beasts of different colors each found their targets and rushed towards the remaining players.

  The players are in a tough fight, and even Noel is trying his best to avoid and keep a distance. The cursed beast is full of deadly curses, and people can't touch it.

  ... But Su Ming'an found that the direction of his side, the giant beast that rushed over seemed to be a step slower.

   He seized the opportunity and immediately moved in space, arriving in front of the black-robed man in an instant.

   He swung the knife sharply towards the black-robed man’s chest—

   This knife, he added several skills, this kind of opportunity without a giant beast to block it is a rare opportunity, he wants to make sure that this loach-like black-robed man can be killed with one knife.

  …

  【Skill (Lock of Yellow Roses): Locks a player or NPC, the next physical attack of yours, the opponent cannot dodge. 】

  【Skill (Energy Suppression): You can actively activate skills by injecting mana to suppress surrounding enemies. 】

  [Passive Skill (Magic Blade): Has the ability to attack with melee spells, attacking with this equipment will cause magic damage blessing. 】

  …

   At this moment, he almost used up all the strength of his body, as if the spirit and energy of his whole body were condensed, and the golden flame of the blade of freedom in his hand fluttered like flowing lava.

   At this time, his eyes were extremely serious, his eyes seemed to be dyed by sunlight.

   This dungeon that has always been disgusting is finally coming to an end—

The man in black robe was completely locked by him and could not dodge. The energy suppression skill pressed against the man in black robe, like an invisible big hand, pressing down the figure of the man in black robe, as if squeezing a turtle into the darkness the mouse—

  【Su Mingan is about to succeed! 】

  【The first player is going to win! Ah ah ah! 】

  【No player can stop him! Kill this black-robed man - only him and Su Rin are left in the sky -! 】

  【The first player is the best in the world—! 】

   The barrage roared into one piece, and the words madly interpreted their excitement.

   "Sigh!"

   The blade of freedom approached, and the violent blade wind cut the mask on the face of the black-robed man in half.

  Su Ming'an's blade was still cutting forward. He wanted to see what the face of this rule introducer who had always been like a loach who deliberately created cursed black beasts.

  Why did this man in black robe have an initial 95 points of favorability for him, and why did he lose 5 points of favorability after being mistaken for Su Rin.

  Under the lock of the "Yellow Rose Lock", this knife in black robe was unavoidable.

  The scorching blade wind blew Su Ming'an's hair, and the mask of the man in black robe shattered like stardust.

  —He saw a familiar face under the shattered mask.

   That man's expression was haggard but not depressed. Due to the force of gravity, his lips were pale, like a magnet. The moment he showed his appearance, Su Mingan couldn't look away.

   "You have won." The man in black robe said.

   At this moment, Su Mingan felt an absurd reality.

   "Wait..." He clenched the blade of freedom in his hand, trying to stop the blow.

However, the forced locking effect was still pushing him to keep stabbing forward. He tried to kick the man in black robe and kick him away, but the other man just groaned, his body was like cast iron, and he didn't move. .

   The sound of flesh cracking sounded, blood spilled on Su Mingan's hand holding the knife, and his eyes trembled violently.

   "..." The man in black robe was silent as always, with the familiar stubbornness on his face.

  Su Ming'an's hand kept stabbing forward, he could already feel the heart that was close at hand, and heard the faint sound of blood flowing.

   The next moment, his hand inevitably passed through, and the man in black robe took his hand, dragged him and stabbed him in, passing through his back.

   But fortunately, Su Ming'an was slightly deviated from the angle this time, not centered on the heart.

   In front of his trembling pupils, blood exploded.

   An ocean of suffocation overwhelmed him.

  …

  【"Su Ming'an."】

   [Lu Shu hesitated for a while. 】

  【"I mean, if, if it was Noel," he said: "...would you let him follow?"]

  【Su Mingan understood what he meant. 】

   [Sure enough, Lu Shu felt it, and his role was decreasing. 】

  【…】

  【"I understand." Lu Shu said. 】

  【His expression is still very calm, Su Mingan doesn't know what he understands. 】

  …

  【"Oh, some people are outdated. I don't know how many times more than Nuoer's crotch, even Yueyue, who has become an observer, is more useful than him..."]

【“Still relying on it, what do you think, it’s okay to use soy sauce throughout the fifth world. The seventh world not only occupies a teammate position, but also pulls the useless Lin Yin. Showing up, what are you talking about exploratory players... Lu Shu really takes himself seriously."]

  【"It was already destined to fail to keep up with the pace of the first player, it would be a bit ugly to rely on it forcibly."]

  【"Leave yourself early, a world-class licking dog...I'm already ranked in the 20s and I still don't know it..."]

  …

  The green mantis is called Xiaobi, and the red butterfly is called Xiaohong. Therefore, the black monster is called Xiaohei, and the white monster is called Xiaobai.

  ...As early as in the cave, the people in black robes had exposed such a familiar naming method.

   The man in black robe closed his eyes.

"I gave up my player status and became the boss of the final level." He said: "This way, when facing you, I can help you like Yueyue. Like Yueyue...help you busy."

   He repeatedly emphasized "like Yueyue".

   Perhaps, he thought, this was the way Su Mingan wanted to help.

   He is not Nuoer, and I don't know that Su Mingan has a death rollback.

   He didn't know that Su Ming'an could come back again and again, and the fault tolerance rate was infinitely high.

   All he knew was that it would help.

  Why this person is so paranoid, why he sacrificed his life to do this, Su Mingan still doesn't understand.

   But, Lu Shu said he was a 'good man'.

   So help him.

  …

  【"Su Ming'an, you are a good person. In order to lead the vast majority of people, let them rely on you, believe in you, and believe that you will never fail - this will definitely help you to pass the level perfectly."

   "...you don't need to care what other people think, because you are the future."]

  …

"Roar-!"

  Various cursed behemoths rushed towards the players below, radial bloodstains were covered with stone bricks, and blood poured out like a waterfall.

  Lu Shu stood high above the black beast, like a pillar inserted into the black mud.

   With such a thin but not weird figure, he stood firmly on the black beast—thin and straight, as if he had come to the world with his soul alone.

  Too paranoid, too fanatical, too narrow…

  …too sincere.

  Su Mingan has never met someone like Lu Shu.

The    blade penetrated Lu Shu's heart, and the blade was stained red with blood.

  … NPCs die and cannot be resurrected.

  Su Ming'an was motionless, hot blood dripping from the back of his hand.

  …

  【Su Mingan, I helped you. 】

  …

   "But, I don't—" Like a string in his brain suddenly snapped, he suddenly roared: "—I don't want you at all for me—

  Whether it's Yueyue, or you...both...Lu Shu, can you understand? Do you understand-"

   He can't say he has a death roll, he doesn't need anyone else to sacrifice for his passage.

   He could only grab Lu Shu by the collar and roar.

   The river of time that flows repeatedly brings some people to him, and then irreversibly takes some people away, and the last one is not left to him.

   nothing.

   He got nothing but the white mark on the back of his hand.

   Yueyue, Xie Lude, Nai Luo... Lu Shu.

   Behind... Who else is left?

   "Lu Shu—do you understand? I don't need you to do this for me at all, you—" He coughed a few times, his throat hurting violently:

"enough."

   "It's...enough."

   His fingers had blue veins exposed, and the fingertips were red from pinching too tightly.

   But soon, after roaring a few times, his eyes gradually calmed down, and he took a deep breath.

   After adjusting his emotions quickly, he opened his eyes.

   "Is there any way to save it?" He asked: "The mission is only to defeat you, you are not dead yet."

  Lu Shu shook his head.

"In the past few days, I have cultivated many cursed black beasts for 'energy'... and have been walking with the curse. I do... have to pay the price, and my body can no longer hold it." He said: "After I die... you can kill Kill these giant beasts and use their cores as 'energy' and give them to Sibel... She still needs 'energy', right. The three elements of becoming a god, I, I also know a little bit of the plot, I... It's not useless outsider…"

   "Su Ming'an, I'm just for..." Lu Shu said, "...to satisfy your inner peace, you don't need to have a psychological burden."

  Su Ming'an: "…"

   "—I don't know why, but Su Ming'an seems to be stunned!" The players below said:

   "Good chance, let's kill that black-robed man!"

   "Who is the man in black robe, I can't see clearly from this angle—!"

   "—Lu, none of you try to stop me!"

  “…”

  Lu Shu glanced down, his eyes were very light.

   The top players he couldn't beat in the past were now as small as ants.

   "Actually." Lu Shu said.

   His normally flat face had a rare smile, as if all the brilliance swayed in his eyes.

"...I'm a little sick, psychologically. It was like this before the game started. I've always known it, and many people said it." Lu Shu said, "It's just for the sake of healing and finding inner peace that I've persisted until now. - That's why I want to stick to it. But it's strange, now that I've done these things, it seems that suddenly, I'm getting better."

   "Su Ming'an." Lu Shu said: "For the sake of this world... we have long gone crazy, you are crazy, I am crazy, crazy is the theme of human beings, we can't stop ourselves from going crazy..."

   "This game teases us so much, as fuelwood, we can only fight against it...or rather, adapt to it." Lu Shu said: "But you are different, you are different from us, you are the torch."

   "Su Ming'an." Lu Shu said, "I've been very accurate in seeing people since I was a child. I think...you have always been the most suitable for this world."

"You're the best."

  Su Ming'an: "…"

   "I actually heard what Nuoer said a few days ago. He said, I followed you with ulterior motives." Lu Shu said, "Now I'll prove to you... I didn't, never did."

   "Okay." Su Ming'an said, "You proved it."

   The moment Su Mingan said these words, the look in Lu Shu's eyes gradually dimmed.

   He took a quick breath, and the black air around him slammed, and then quickly flooded out—

   As if ink had melted into the water, he leaned back, his eyes were still firmly fixed, staring at Su Mingan.

  …

  【NPC(?) Favorability: 100 points (neck cutting)】

  …

  npc dies and cannot be resurrected.

  Su Ming'an's emotions had never been so suppressed before, as if a pair of hands were pulled out of his chest and ripped apart his chest violently, tearing blood dripping.

   "Immortal." He immediately activated his skills.

   With a flash of red light, Lu Shu did not rot and die immediately.

   But once this skill is activated, it means that a person's life has come to an end.

   If possible, this skill is best never successfully activated.

   Because Lu Shu fell, Su Mingan heard the system prompt:

  【You defeated the black-robed man. 】

  【The Castle Quest · Mission completed. 】

  【You became the winner. 】

   News of victory.

   only made him feel harsh.

   As the white light emerged, the remaining players all disappeared, and they lost their qualifications to continue participating in the war.

   Looking at the empty castle hall below, Su Mingan suddenly laughed.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha…"

   He smiled very relieved, very helpless, very grateful. Emotions collided in his chest, as if crushing his heart.

  He is helpless, he will come this far.

   He is fortunate that he still has room for recovery.

   "...Then there is only one option left." Su Ming'an said.

   "Lu Shu, you are full of good feelings." He said, "Be my 'follower'."

  Lu Shu's expression was slightly stagnant.

   "To be honest." Su Ming'an said, "For the first time, I am fortunate that I have become a person in power."

  …

  【You have activated the master skill · follower. 】

  【(Lu Shu) agreed to your invitation. 】

  …

  A follower is different from an observer. Its type is similar to those in power and supervisors. It is an identity that can end up participating in the game.

   Its essence still belongs to the player.

   Becomes a follower and does not occupy Su Mingan's teammate position. That is to say, from now on, Lu Shu will no longer have to bother anyone, and can become Su Mingan's most trusted teammate forever.

  … But is this really what Lu Shu wanted?

  Su Ming'an didn't know, but Lu Shu's expression seemed to tell him yes.

   He gave him the loyalty of a man who had never had faith.

  Some people are very stubborn and inexplicable, they will never regret it in their life, and they have never looked back.

  Su Ming'an didn't understand why such an ordinary, selfish self could be liked by so many people, whether it was Naruo and Xie Lude who met by chance, or Yueyue and Lu Shu who had been together for a long time.

   But their lives are extremely dazzling at the moment they make their choices. Light and heat are never far from them.

  In a world full of disasters and sufferings, they were born because of certain beliefs, died because of beliefs, rebuked their will because of beliefs, and found a way back because of beliefs.

   On this irreversible road,

   Some people see the world as a way home,

   Some see him as the way home.

  …

   "Su Ming'an." Lu Shu coughed out a mouthful of blood, but his eyes brightened: "...That's great."

  …

  …

  【Perfect clearance progress: 95%】

   (end of this chapter)