Chapter 3037 Ruins Coolie

 “Shall I stop?”

Kael was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Doakes suddenly turned to him, but he still nodded subconsciously: "Okay."

Immediately afterwards, Kael turned his head and looked at the words flashing in the eyes of the human face pattern on the banyan tree, and was about to stop.

However, the moment Kael opened his mouth wide, a gust of wind rushed directly into his throat.

Kael accidentally drank a gust of cool air and couldn't help but bend over and started to cough dryly.

 While coughing, he looked at Angel with doubtful eyes.

The sudden wind just now was what Su Ling poured into his mouth! After getting along with him for this period of time, Kael has a good understanding of Su Ling's character. This elemental creature possesses the rare stability and quietness of the wind element, and it is basically impossible for him to do mischief.

 So, the only one who took action against him was Angel, the apparent master of Su Ling.

 But why did Angel take action on his own?

Angor did not deny Kael’s questioning look and nodded slightly. However, he did not speak, but created a psychic tether to connect to Kael.

Just when the psychic tether was successfully connected and Kael was about to ask why, a voice reached his ears first.

"I asked Speedling to do it." Doakes' voice came from the psychic belt.

Kael was stunned for a while: "..." It was obviously you who asked me to stop, but you ended up hurting me again?

Doakes continued: "Whatever the tree says, you just respond, and you are not afraid of being betrayed."

Kael said blankly: "What do you mean?"

At this time, Angel said: "Actually, the thing is like this..."

When Kael discovered the tree with a human face pattern, Angel received a "private message request" from Doakes. Although he didn't know what Doakes was going to say, Angel still constructed a spiritual tie.

As soon as the psychic tether was connected, Doakes said to Angel: "I feel something is wrong."

Others said that they felt something was wrong, and Angel would most likely ignore it, but when Doakes said it, it was different. Angel had seen Doakes' inspiration with his own eyes in the underground waterway, and the correctness of his inspiration had been verified many times.

So, when Angel heard what Doakes said, he immediately put away his distracted thoughts and solemnly asked Doakes where his feeling came from.

Doakes didn’t hide anything, and talked about his changes in inspiration along the way.

Due to the transformation of his talent, Doakes' inspiration has not yet completely recovered, but his instinctive guidance for avoiding danger has been vaguely sensed.

Ever since Angel found Doakes, his "danger radar" has been on, but from beginning to end, the radar never really sounded.

 Even if they chose to go to the arena at that time, the danger radar did not go off. Meaning, at least at that time, Doakes' inspiration didn't think the arena would be a danger to them.

Later, they changed paths and arrived at the Promised Land, and the danger radar also did not sound.

Doakes even wondered if there was something wrong with his vague sense of danger.

 After they entered the paradise, Doakes didn't feel anything was wrong at first. It wasn't until the moment Kael shouted that the danger radar in Doakes' heart suddenly sounded.

Doakes, who was experienced in inspiration, immediately noticed something was wrong. This was a sign that danger was approaching them.

But for the time being, he could not see where there was any problem or where the danger came from, so he held back and just pulled Angel into the psychic tether and told Angel about the situation.

Angor was... completely unaware of Doakes' premonition of danger.

However, this does not hinder Angel's trust.

Since Doakes turned on the danger radar when Kal-El called to them, it is very likely that the danger came from Kal-El.

As to whether Kael himself brings danger, or whether the facial pattern is dangerous, it still needs to be observed.

 Through their observation and communication, a result was finally reached.

 —There is a problem with both Kael and the facial pattern.

 The problem of facial lines is obvious. The fact that it appears here itself means there is a problem.

In the original paradise, even if there was this big banyan tree, there would never be any human faces on the tree. Judging from the pile of "game items" displayed on the human face pattern, this must have been the work of the attacker.

As for Kael's problem, it is not obvious. If they had not started observing in advance and continuously communicating in the psychic tether, they might not have discovered Kael's problem.

Kael was the first to discover the human facial pattern, which was actually a bit wrong. After all, neither of the two formal wizards noticed it, but Kael, as an apprentice, discovered it first. This was very strange.

However, this is not a big problem. Maybe Kael is lucky and discovered it before them. What's more, Angel didn't focus on finding the entrance and exit at that time, but on studying the space barrier.

 So, if you find out whether there is a problem with facial lines, you can put it aside for the time being.

 But after discovering the facial pattern, Kael's behavior was different from usual.

 First of all, the human face with a countdown on its mouth and various game items displayed on its eyes did attract some of Angel and Doakes' attention.

  But under normal circumstances, this kind of unreasonable facial pattern game appears. As a wizard apprentice, Kael should think about how to protect himself cautiously, rather than looking very "brave".

Kael was also the first person to express his opinion on the face tattoo game.

The phrase "You can find out if it's true or not" seems to be no problem at the moment. But the premise is that this sentence comes from Angel or Doakes.

 But these words came from Kael, and it was strange that Kael said such brave words when neither Angel nor Doakes spoke.

Of course, Angel still couldn’t use the existing evidence to prove that there was something wrong with Kael.

 However, Doakes gave a direct verdict.

 “There must be something wrong with Kael.” Doakes said firmly to Angel in the psychic belt.

 Evidence, none. Reason: Feeling.

 Doakes’ inspiration is the biggest evidence. After Kael said those brave words, Doakes' inspiration started to sound a warning.

Based on the warning level of inspiration, Doakes can basically determine one thing: there is something wrong with Kael, but the problem is not too big. It should only be affected by the human facial pattern. But the problem of facial lines must be huge.

 It didn’t know what method it used to exert influence on Kael, causing Kael to show a different side than usual.

 The purpose is also very clear.

　From Kael’s very brave words, we can know that the purpose of human facial tattoos is to let them join the game.

 As for what problems there are in joining the game, or what hidden dangers may arise. It's unclear at the moment, but Doakes has already begun to make speculations in his heart.

 Afterwards, Doakes asked the human facial pattern how to choose the game items displayed in its eyes. The facial pattern gave the answer, just call it a day.

Doakes followed the guidance of his inspiration and asked Kael: "How about you stop it?"

This is actually a further test to see if there is a problem with Kael.

With Kael’s usual cautious character, he would never take the initiative to take the initiative in this matter that was obviously wrong.

　　It turns out that Kael was really affected by the human facial pattern.

 He agreed to call it a day.

 It doesn’t matter if you agree to stop. But from the beginning to the end, Kael was only talking to Doakes and completely ignored Angel.

Angor is also an official wizard and ranks highest among the three in terms of speaking power.

Kael ignored Angel and started to "stop" directly. From a certain point of view, it was equivalent to saying that he didn't care about Angel's opinion; or that he felt that he could represent Angel and agree to this incident. game.

  No matter which direction you look at it, this is problematic.

 So, Doakes decisively stopped Kael's "stop".

As for why Su Ling was asked to stop Kael from speaking, it was actually a kind of inspection.

The wind that Speed ​​Spirit pours into Kael's mouth is the wind of purification.

Doakes wanted to see if Kal-El had been contaminated in some way.

The final answer is: Kael’s body is not contaminated, and his mental power fluctuations are normal.

Combining all the previously discovered details, we can basically deduce Kael’s situation: he did not encounter intrusive contamination, and it should be just some kind of psychological guidance.

 After confirming this result, Doakes pulled Kael into the psychic belt.

 Because of this kind of psychological guidance, he can only interfere with Kael's choices on a small scale. It can't really have a subversive effect on Kael's character.

 Kael’s thinking space and spiritual sea are both normal.

 So, as long as the truth is told to Kael, this kind of psychological guidance can be completely suppressed.

 In fact, Kael was indeed shocked.

After listening to Doakes and Angel’s story, Kael thought back to what he had said before, and it was indeed full of contradictions! Under normal circumstances, he would never be so impulsive.

 When Kael had such a thought, it was like breaking the cocoon, and the influence of the human facial pattern naturally failed.

“Those mindless words I said seem to be just to start the game? Could it be that the purpose of the facial tattoo is to start the game?” Kael asked in the psychic belt.

 Doakes: "To be precise, facial tattoos are the hope of entering into some kind of contract."

 “Contract?” Not only Kael showed surprise, but Angel also looked at Doakes in surprise.

Angor knew the purpose of the human face tattoo. He probably wanted Kal-El to start the game, and then use Kal-El to enter the game, pulling him and Doakes into the game.

 But Angel only pushed it to this level. Unexpectedly, Doakes directly gave a deeper answer.

The human face pattern not only wants to drag them into the game through Kal-El, it also wants to use it to conclude some kind of contract? !

 “Yes, it’s a contract.” Doakes said firmly.

Angor: "How did you know?"

 Doakes: "...guessed."

 Angel: “…” Sure enough, one shouldn’t have high expectations for Doakes.

However, even if it is just Doakes's speculation, it still needs to be taken seriously. After all, inspiration is different. Even if his guess is unfounded, there is a high probability that it will be the correct answer.

Kael: "If it is a contract, if I sign it directly with you, there may be flaws. So, the human face pattern chose me and wants to use me to force you to sign the contract too? Does this make sense? You guys? You’re not stupid, how could you still sign the contract when you find something is wrong?”

Doakes: "This is a typical process of using results to infer. If I didn't tell you that its purpose is to conclude a contract, would you have thought of the contract?"

 There are problems everywhere in inferring the process from the results. But in the real world, only after going through the process can there be results.

Before they knew the true purpose of the human face pattern, they discovered that Kael was involved in the game controversy, and there was a high probability that he would actively enter the game.

 Once you enter the game, you enter into a contract with human face tattoos.

 "Contract...Once you enter the game, you conclude the contract?" Angel: "Can the contract be concluded in this way?"

 Doakes: "Yes, Kael once told me something similar."

 Kael? Angel looked at Kael in confusion.

"Me?" Kael was also stunned for a moment. After thinking for a moment, he seemed to have thought of something: "Lord Red Sword, are you talking about... the coolies of the ruins?"

 Doakes nodded.

Angor asked curiously: "Relic coolies?"

Kael didn’t hide anything, and said bluntly: “The ruins coolie is a unique situation I encountered while exploring the ruins.”

Kael loves exploring ruins very much, and his life is basically divided into two halves: one half is an otaku researcher, and the other half is a ruins explorer.

 He has explored many more ruins than many formal wizards.

While exploring various ruins, Kael also encountered many strange things and strange people. Among them are the ruins coolies.

The ruin coolies were encountered by Kael on the surface of the abyss many years ago.

The opponent was originally an apprentice from the Frost Moon Alliance. He came to the abyss to accept a mission and search for some magic materials. However, he was not very lucky. While searching for magic materials, he accidentally entered a place called "The Castle of Confused Hearts".

This place looks like a ruined castle ruins on the surface, but underneath the castle, the remains of a bewitching banshee are preserved.

 The Banshee is a low-level demon and is still very common on the surface of the abyss.

 But this enchantress is a little different...she's awakened.

 The abandoned clone underground is her body before awakening.

This enchanting banshee's avatar has no personal will, but she is exerted by the awakened body with some kind of special force field.

 When any intelligent creature enters the underground, her force field will be triggered.

 After triggering the force field, there will be no danger for the time being, but the visitor will be asked about their purpose.

 But as long as the visitor answers the other party, no matter what your answer is, you will be forcibly concluded a slave contract.

The apprentice of the Frost Moon Alliance was already very cautious and made up random answers, but he was also forced to stay underground.

 Eventually, he became a relic coolie.

Not only can’t he leave the Castle of Heart Enchantment, but he is also forced to protect the abandoned clone of the Heart Enchantment Banshee.

 According to the ruins coolie, during that time, a large number of little devils and aborigines were transformed into ruins coolies.

 Later, the sloughed clone of the Banshee was taken away by her awakened body, so no new relic coolies were transformed.

 But even if the abandoned clones leave, they, the original relic coolies, still cannot leave the Castle of Confusion. The only good thing is that they are still alive.

Kael was very lucky when he went to explore the ruins of the Castle of Confusion. The clones had already left, so all he encountered were a group of ruin coolies who no longer needed to guard the ruins. Because there was no need to protect the remains, they no longer had to fight with other people. Facing the human Kael, the Frost Moon apprentice stood up to communicate with him and saved him.

 After that, Kael left the ruins of Confused Heart Castle and submitted the matters there to the Frost Moon Alliance, and received a lot of contributions.

 After returning from the abyss, Kael told Doakes about the incident.

It was precisely because Doakes knew that the Banshee could forcibly sign a contract that he was inspired to think in this direction. After all, inspiration is not a prophecy, it requires your cognition as the basis for association.

 (End of this chapter)