Chapter Five Hundred and Ninety-Ninth: Nightmare in the Library
Chapter 601 Nightmare Beasts in the Library (Chapter 5.3)
Link's first reaction was shock.
Even John got a piece by chance, so he broke through the shackles and was promoted from leader to legend.
One day after the news was released, the librarian in Shadu said that he could help him by sending a letter. This news was too timely.
Of course, Link didn't think it was because he was lucky. Because of his great influence, everyone is willing to help him and is proud of it.
Then Link looked at the mission.
[You triggered the professional task [The Last Trial], accept/reject]
[Task reminder: The librarian of Sandu knew the news about the dream reincarnation stone, and speculated that you want to create a legendary skill, go to him to understand the situation, and complete the final trial]
[Task reward: unknown]
Although the mission was not clearly stated, Link had a hunch that this trip would definitely be rewarding.
It was late at night, and Link suppressed his excitement and sent a message to Penny, asking him to arrange to block the city library, and he would go there early tomorrow morning.
Poney didn't talk nonsense. In the past two days, because of the investigation of Shalbak and advanced knowledge, the library was full of people. Even if the staff repeatedly explained that players must go in and verify in person, seeing is believing, for fear of missing anything. A little chance. Although he didn't know what Link was going to do, closing the pavilion was easy for him.
Just as Link hung up the phone on his front foot, a gust of wind rushed into the camp with a macaw on his back foot.
"The messenger sent out came back and brought news that there is nothing similar in the Nerubian Empire, so I can't help you this time." Macaw scratched his head helplessly.
Link smiled and shook the envelope in his hand: "It's a shame to say this, it's already a great achievement that you can promote the alliance between the Free Federation and the Nerubian Empire, what's there to be sorry for, not to mention that I already have it here. If we have the clues, we will see the results tomorrow."
The macaw took the letter and glanced at it, with an excited expression on his face: "Hey, I didn't expect this old man to hide it. As soon as he saw that you were looking for the Dream Reincarnation Stone, he knew that you had to create your own skills. It seems that he did know. Order something. Before I entered the door, I heard you say that the library is to be blocked, then I will come with you tomorrow, and I can help you if you need help. "
Link wanted to refuse, but when he thought that a macaw would follow, he nodded in agreement.
Anyway, he felt that even if he didn't agree, this guy would follow him.
After getting Link's definite answer, the macaw happily left the camp and returned to the desert ruins to continue to be his royal prime minister.
the next day.
The sky is bright,
Link was awakened by the sound of footsteps rustling back and forth outside the camp. After a while, Link packed up and came out of the tent. He saw the excited macaw early in the morning. It was also the one who made the sound just now.
"Wake up, let's go now!" Macaw was very attentive. This kind of scene where he can eat melons and witness history is his favorite.
Link took the helicopter directly, and when he flew over the sand city, he saw a continuous stream of people on the street, as if parading on the street.
Passing through the slums to the upper city, passing a building, the square in front of the library suddenly came into view, and instantly saw countless players who were blocked outside. The library was cordoned off from the stairs. Informed to be closed and closed, temporarily closed to the public.
Players or NPCs who are keen to find advanced knowledge and Sharbak information are standing outside at this time, looking around curiously, or whispering, not knowing what happened.
When the helicopter slowly descended, the memories of some players were reactivated, and the expressions on their faces changed from surprise to sudden realization, as if they knew the identity of the comers. If it is the person who is in person, this kind of pomp is normal.
The helicopter landed on the wide platform in front of the library. When Link and the macaw came down, the complaints and protests in the square suddenly stopped, and the noisy square suddenly became quiet, and everyone stared directly at Link. 's back.
"It turned out to be Link, that's all right."
"Link is here, so he must be looking for advanced knowledge materials."
Some players even said firmly: "Let's just say, there must be news of advanced knowledge in the library, even Link is here, where to look for clues, now you know?"
After Link got off the helicopter, he glanced at the square. The dense crowd of players rubbed shoulders together, and then went straight to the library.
In the morning, the library had received an order, and Link came to the library for something. Jenny and Link have a good relationship. Knowing that he is a person who doesn't like to be ostentatious, he didn't arrange red tape, and he didn't let employees greet him at the door. The best way is to continue to work as usual.
When the staff at the door saw Link, they forcibly suppressed their excitement and greeted Link and Macaw.
After Link entered the library, he went straight to the library area, and not long after he walked, he saw the old administrator who was cleaning the library area and wiping down the public area.
As a hidden erudite NPC, showing himself as a librarian has a lot of mystery in itself.
Before Link reached the administrator's side, the old man felt the footsteps. Seeing Link approaching him for the first time, his gray eyebrows rose and he was full of smiles.
"The head of state is here. I heard that you want to create a path, create a legendary skill, and are still looking for the dream reincarnation stone?"
The attitude of the librarian was much better than that of the previous visits, the smile on his face never faded, and his tone was quite respectful, with no pretense at all.
However, Link can also understand this change. After all, he is already the first person in the wasteland, and his influence is not the same.
"Well, this is indeed the case. I received your letter yesterday, you said you know a little clue about the legendary skill and the Dream Reincarnation Stone?" Link asked straight to the point.
The librarian smiled slightly, showing a master-like smile, and even played a riddle: "Yes, no."
The macaw on the side fluttered its wings and clenched its fists unknowingly.
Damn, let him pretend!
But before Link could speak, the librarian continued: "The Dream Reincarnation Stone is actually a kind of extraterrestrial meteorite, which has the ability to catalyze the dream state. This thing is extremely rare. I have only seen some descriptions in the classics. Using this object to practice martial arts in a dream has achieved quite high achievements, one day is worth a hundred days. So I guessed that the head of state may need this object to improve his strength."
The macaw 'cut' and muttered: "Dare to have no dream reincarnation stone, I knew it was so early..."
The librarian still kept smiling, and then there was a reversal: "Although something like the dream reincarnation stone is hard to come by, I know something with similar effects."
The dumb hair on the macaw's head stood up at once, this old guy took his emotions so hard, damn it!
Link didn't say anything nonsense the whole time, just raised his hand to show the librarian to lead the way.
Now that the tasks have been released, it must not be so simple, so Link is not surprised, only the macaw foolishly cooperates with the administrator to perform, and then it has been turned over by the show and reduced to a qualified tool bird.
The librarian took Link to a bookshelf of the library against the wall, and pressed the cover of an ancient book. There was a clicking sound of gears running on the wall, and a secret door appeared in front of the bookshelf, revealing a rotating ascending steps.
The macaw opened his mouth wide and couldn't help sighing: "My dear, a library has to set up a secret door and a secret room. I'm afraid there is no conspiracy!"
The librarian closed the door again and explained, "In addition to normal knowledge, the library also has many precious orphan books and classics that need to be collected, and these precious materials are usually not displayed to the outside world, and can only be kept under constant temperature and pressure. storage room.”
The librarian turned his head slowly, the light from the spiral staircase illuminated half of his face. The face that was kind and kind, now looked a little weird under the carving of light and shadow. With what he said next, the macaw was covered in hair.
"Of course, in addition to some precious books and materials that need to be stored separately, there are also some bizarre books that need to be kept specially, with some restrictions..."
The macaw pinched Link's trousers and whispered, "Link, why is the atmosphere getting more and more wrong..."
Walking up the spiral staircase, there is another advanced password door. As the password door is opened, the internal air pressure is discharged, and you can see individual sealed glass rooms. The rooms are all single booths like a museum. Books are written, and on the glass door, there are instruments for precise temperature and humidity control.
The macaw couldn't help but open its mouth. With this equipment and environment, it thought that it had come to the museum and saw the treasure of the town hall.
The librarian said as he walked, "Since the city's library was founded, it has collected a lot of ancient books. Among them, there is a living book, the effect is similar to the dream reincarnation stone, I think it may meet the requirements of the head of state."
After all, the librarian stopped at the door of a sealed glass room, and after pressing the password, the glass door slowly opened.
Link is a little surprised that there are such amazing books in the wasteland.
The macaw on the side is more curious, what, a living book, is that a thing?
Following the librarian into the glass room, Link and Macaw saw the "living books" in the old man's mouth.
This is a book with a brown and black skin. The cover looks like the thick skin of some unknown creature, and the cover is also made of sterling silver. After that, various types of mountings are pressed on the cover, which makes it look like this This book is both holy and eerie at the same time. In the center of the frame, the title of the book is written in a strange font - The Book of Dreams.
This book is more than ten centimeters thick, giving people a heavy feeling. The most bizarre thing is that on the four corners of the book cover, four chains are made of sterling silver, which are tightly connected to the base on which the book is placed. There are also many incantations carved on the chains. Link can see at a glance that this is the saint of the Crusaders. The language of the temple is specially used to suppress evil spirits.
As soon as the librarian approached, the cover of this book seemed to sense something. The book that originally looked neat and tidy, now the edge of the cover began to extend, and a lot of things that looked like catfish tentacles and jagged teeth grew. The front and back covers are wrapped around each other, like a closed mouth.
"Damn old man, what bad water did you come here for this time!" The book cover opened one by one and began to speak, the dark brown tentacles twisting up and down, making people hairy.
The macaw had already hid behind Link, with only one head sticking out, goosebumps all over his body, and his whole body was fried.
Good guy, this book can still speak, and the whole book looks like a big mouth when viewed from the side.
Even Link was startled, this little thing looks a bit unique!
The dream book began to struggle and twist, and the four chains at the corners of the book were driven, making a clanging sound. During the collision, the words of the temple on the chains were activated, and a wave of holy energy spread to the cover of the book, suppressing evil spirits. .
The book of dreams, which was still full of confidence just now, immediately became dying, and the book closed his mouth and gasped.
The librarian turned around and introduced: "Führer, this dream book has a similar effect to the dream reincarnation stone, and a dream space can be generated inside it. As long as you write in more detail in the book, the dream space will be more realistic. And the flow of time in the book is extremely slow. You feel that several days have passed in it, but it only takes a few hours to come out. I used this book of dreams to learn a lot of knowledge before, and then I became a scholar. "
Link carefully studied the book of dreams. He didn't expect that there is such a thing in the wasteland. However, after the administrator finished talking about the effect, his rich past game experience made him think of a creature. After observing the cover in front of him, he asked. : "This book is made of the hide of a nightmare beast. It seems that it also blocked the soul of a nightmare beast."
The librarian didn't say anything, even if he was a learned man, he didn't know what a nightmare beast was.
On the other hand, looking at the "dying breath" book of dreams, when I heard this sentence, I suddenly came back to life, and said in surprise: "Yo, you still know the nightmare beast, it doesn't seem ordinary!"
These words undoubtedly confirmed the identity of his Nightmare Beast.
Link still knows this thing, he has also done a quest related to nightmare beasts before.
In fact, the Nightmare Beast is a low-level race in the universe, and its main ability is telepathy. The most powerful of them, the Nightmare, even caused a disaster in the Morvor galaxy cluster. A terrifying monster that was enough to drag half a planet's creatures into a dream was finally wiped out under the combined force of the galaxy cluster. To this day, the corpse and bones still have powerful soul abilities, forming bone ruins in the universe, which is dreadful.
Because the planet where the Nightmare Beast is located is afraid that a powerful monster like the Nightmare will appear again, the Morvor Galaxy Cluster decided to take precautions before it happens, so the planet where the Nightmare Beast is located was captured. This kind of creature that can telepathically construct a dream, It is also listed as a "dangerous creature" and is divided up and studied by various civilizations.
Link has worked as an interstellar mercenary and participated in the transportation of nightmare beasts, and has some understanding of these things through the mouth of NPC.
The nightmare beast in front of him was probably made into a book by some researcher, and then retained its soul and dream ability.
If so, then this Nightmare Beast can really play a role!
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