Chapter 70 Exchange of Interests

"How do you know so clearly?" The assassin looked at me in surprise, obviously realizing that his showoff had failed.

"President Ziri, why are you here?" One of the two cavalrymen at the front stopped beside me and asked. His question also exactly explained the assassin's problem, because the other party was obviously familiar with me, so I knew that their organization was normal.

I didn't look at the assassin anymore, but turned to the cavalry and asked, "Why did you run out?"

The knight immediately said in a very anxious voice: "That...is like this! Master Ditans found a stone of commandment, and then...!"

I stretched out my hand to stop her from continuing. "Then you don't have to look for it, I have it here."

"Ah? What?" The knight was stunned for a moment, then heard a commotion from the cavalry behind her, and several of them drew their weapons. The knight regained her composure when she heard the sound of weapons rubbing together. She quickly turned around and reprimanded loudly: "Put away your weapons. Have your heads been purified by the God of Light? Does President Ziri need to grab the Stone of Discipline? Let's get it. Aren’t you going to send it to him?”

Only then did all the cavalrymen react and dismounted and saluted and apologized to me. I waved my hand casually to show that I didn't mind. The leading knight also jumped down and took off his helmet. I only heard a surprised intake of breath from behind. I know they were the ones who were shocked by the knight's appearance. The knight in front of him was not only a woman, but also too beautiful to look like a human being. If the armor hadn't looked like a fake, others might have thought it was a counterfeit. In fact, strictly speaking, this person cannot be considered a regular cavalry, because she is one of Ditans' personal guards. She was sent out this time probably because the lost things were too memorable, so it was not convenient to send ordinary people out to look for them.

The female knight said to me with some embarrassment: "Um... Lord Ziri, it's not that I don't believe you, but can you let us take a look at the Stone of Commandment?"

"It doesn't matter. You can hold it for me first." I took out the Stone of Discipline from the Phoenix Dragon Space and handed it to her.

The knight carefully took the stone of commandment with trembling hands, and then handed it back excitedly. "Then... President Ziri, you'd better take it first! We're afraid of losing it if we keep it ourselves!"

I took back the commandment stone without any problem and said, "Will you go back with me now?"

"Well, of course, there's no point running out now that we've found it." The female knight seemed to have noticed the players behind me only now. "Are these friends of President Ziri?"

"Oh, they are preliminary members waiting for the test. If they pass the test, they will be our full members."

"Oh, that's right! Then let's go together."

With the inner guards of the Dark Temple guarding us, we quickly returned to the Dark Temple. The leveling team I brought was blocked by guards. After all, they are not official members of our guild, so they cannot enjoy the same treatment as me, but the mage mm did receive special care. The biggest advantage of the Dark Temple compared to the Light Temple is that it never puts on airs. All the service departments that deal with players are like profit-making shops and serve customers as gods. All players who come to handle the procedures will definitely realize that the Dark Temple The service is so welcoming. In contrast, the Temple of Light is just the opposite. They generally regard themselves as gods, negotiate with players on air, and will punish you if you don't agree with them at all.

Under the guidance of the inner guard, we passed through the service area that receives ordinary players. The mage mm was also left here. The area behind it was a secret part of the Dark Temple, and ordinary people would never be able to enter. As soon as I passed through the Foreign Affairs District, I was completely shocked by the sight in front of me. I remember that the last time I came here, the Dark Temple gave people the feeling of a mixture of majesty and nobility, but now the buildings in front of me look like they have just fought a war. The originally gorgeous black-plated walls were now covered with large pieces of debris, and in many places there were even large holes that could see the sky. The ceiling that originally depicted mythological stories now looks like a sieve. However, I feel that there is a lot more sunshine than before.

I asked the inner guard who led me a little surprised. "Isn't this the work of someone who stole the Stone of Commandment?"

"Besides them, who else do you think could make this happen to me?" The answer was not the inner guard leading the way, but Ditans. Following the sound, I quickly found Ditans standing in the yard outside. In fact, according to our current relative position, I should not be able to see him, but at this time there is a big hole in the wall that can run a carriage. This allowed Ditans to stand outside and talk directly to me.

"Hey, I bet you weren't in the temple when it was looted."

Ditans shook his head. "You guessed wrong this time. Not only was I in the temple, but several of my friends were also here at the time. As a result...!"

"In the end, it was still snatched away?" I asked unconvincingly.

Ditans nodded. "I know you don't believe it, but this is the fact. My temple is not an ordinary stone building. Every inch of land here has been reinforced by magic for many years. The defensive power of the wall between us is definitely no better than that of an ordinary city wall. How much difference. But you also saw the result! By the way, my people just reported that you found the Stone of Discipline?"

I had no need to hide Ditans, so I simply took out the Stone of Commandment in my hand. "Look, is it the one you lost?"

Ditans teleported to my side and reached out to snatch the Stone of Discipline from my hand. "Yes, yes, this is it. How did you get it?"

I took the Stone of Commandment back from Ditans' hands very casually. "Do you still need to ask this? If the Stone of Discipline had not been stolen this time, wouldn't you still have to hand it over to me?"

"That's right! I forgot about it! The Ring of Discipline is with you, and the Stone of Discipline alone is useless. Even if someone else robs it, it will still be sent to you! Why didn't I think of that!" Ditan Si looked very remorseful. He probably regretted not sending someone to my side to intercept the person who came to deliver the Stone of Commandment. But even if he sent it, it would be useless. Because this time I went to the Temple of Light to get it, and it was not sent by others at all.

I smiled and comforted Ditans: "You are 'chaotic' because you are concerned. I am a bystander, so I can see the whole thing clearly."

Ditans asked me with some excitement: "But this Stone of Commandment was taken from me, right...?"

I stretched out my hand to stop Ditans from continuing. "It's not that you don't understand the rules. Don't embarrass me, okay?"

"But……"

"It's nothing but. What has happened does not exist. If it didn't happen, it didn't happen. Yes, I do know that you found this stone of commandment, but so what? It was not you who handed it over to me in the end. , can I still change the ownership of the commandment stone at will? It's like a person's money was robbed, and the robber used the money to get a VIP card for the leisure center. Can you go and tell the leisure center? If you say that the money is yours, do you want them to provide services to you instead of serving the person who spent the money? That's right. The person did steal the money, but it was him who spent the money. As the transaction unit, the party can only admit to paying. On the one hand, as for the origin of the money, do businesses need to check it? Then these shops might as well all switch to private detectives. The same situation is here. Once the thing is in my hands, it is final. As for me, I believe that things belong to you, but I cannot deprive others of their ownership rights, do you understand?"

Ditans' fingers made a rattling sound when he pinched it, but he finally pressed it down. "Then what if I can get the people who robbed the land to talk to you?"

I shook my head. "It doesn't matter who is robbing. What's important is the person who handed over this Stone of Commandment to me. If you can get the other party to agree to transfer the authority, then I have nothing to say. Don't say that this thing was originally yours. , even if it’s not yours, as long as you can get the other party to nod and transfer it, it’s no different from yours.”

Ditans frowned and looked at me and said, "Why do you make it sound like I'm the one who robbed you?"

I shook my head helplessly and patted Ditans on the shoulder. "My Lord God! You have been a Lord God for so many years, why don't you understand this? Forget it, let me tell you clearly! In fact, it doesn't make any sense whether you are justified or not in this matter. The key question is It’s still your strength. As long as you can make the other party think that the cost of possessing this thing far exceeds the benefits it can bring. Then there will be no problem. "

Ditans raised his head and looked at the sky through the roof where white clouds could be seen: "Then I only ask you one thing."

"You want to know who robbed you?" Ditans nodded. I pretended to think for a while before speaking: "Logically speaking, I shouldn't tell you, but as a middleman, this is what we rely on to make a living, so...!" My He rubbed his fingers in front of Ditans at the right time and made a universal gesture.

Ditans glanced at me, then immediately reached out to call for an inner guard, said something to him and sent him away. "I've already gone to get the things. First tell me who robbed me?"

I frowned and said: "Since you were here during the robbery, and you were beaten like this...!" I stretched out my hand to motion to the building complex. "With such a fierce beating, you should have been able to tell something from the opponent's path, right?"

"The opponents are all using spiritual puppets. During the battle, they can enhance their own strength and change their attack methods. Moreover, the body will return to normal after dying in battle, which is equivalent to gaining more lives out of thin air. The most disgusting thing is that the puppets of death will melt. What? No clues can be left behind. Apart from the permanent decrease in body strength after use, this spell has almost no flaws!"

"So you didn't see who was attacking you at all?"

Ditans nodded firmly. "If I knew, why would I ask you?"

"I can rest assured that!"

"Ah? What did you say?"

"Ah, no! I mean, that would make me worried!" Phew, I got excited and told the truth! "Well, Ditans! You also know. This...according to the rules, I can never tell you. But since you paid the favor, I can only do it reluctantly. But I won't tell you the details. Whose."

Ditans was not stupid at all, and immediately nodded and said: "I understand your difficulties, you just need to tell me what is right and wrong according to what I said." Seeing me nodding, Ditans immediately said: "According to my guess, the attack There are only three possibilities for me. One is the Temple of Light, the second is the Temple of Liberty, and the third is your Chinese Heavenly Palace."

"Why do you think it's these three companies?"

"The Temple of Light and I are old rivals, so it is normal for them to attack me. As for the Temple of Liberty, this is my fault. Please forgive me for not telling you."

"What about that court? Why do you think they might have committed a crime?"

"Did I guess it right?" Ditans didn't answer my question but asked me excitedly if I guessed it right. I shook my head. Ditans immediately said: "Isn't it made by Heaven? Is that the Temple of Liberty?"

I deliberately asked, "Why don't you guess the Temple of Light with the greatest potential?"

Ditans shook his head: "To be honest, I did think of the Temple of Light first at first, but then I changed my mind and it seemed impossible. Listing it as a candidate was just a habitual thought. They might, but I don’t really believe it myself.”

I looked at Ditans with a lazy smile. "Oh? It's really strange that you would have such an idea!"

"Actually, this is natural." Ditans explained: "Originally, the Temple of Light was indeed the most suspicious place, but then I thought about it and felt it was wrong. If the Temple of Light before was nothing, the Temple of Light now is no longer what it used to be. Since the split of the Temple of Light, there hasn’t been much combat power left. The top priority for the Temple of Light now is to develop and consolidate. I don’t think they would do something as stupid as grabbing something from me.”

call! This guy Ditans is really smart but he is mistaken for his cleverness. He is a smart person and thinks that others are as smart as him. Unexpectedly, Philindil is so stupid and does something that only an idiot would do. Of course, it is even more embarrassing. What he didn't expect was that I was also involved in this deception plan. After clearing my throat slightly, I interrupted Ditans. "Your guess makes sense, but I can only tell you that none of these three are correct answers."

"None of them?" Ditans frowned and thought for a long time before asking in a low voice: "If these three families are not, then only the Odin clan and the Christian group are left. Otherwise, is it Allah? People?"

I continued to shake my head. "Think again."

"Isn't this right? But these are the only protoss that can directly come into contact with my sphere of influence! Does that mean someone has launched a cross-border operation? But no protoss can operate in the territory of other protoss without being discovered? "

"Sigh... aren't you usually very smart? Why are you so confused all of a sudden? Think about where the headquarters of your Dark Temple is?"

"Of course..." Ditans suddenly paused here. "You mean the other person came from the underworld?" Ditans immediately confirmed his answer before I nodded. "Yes! Why didn't I expect that! The other party appeared so suddenly. There must be a special way to enter. It turns out that they came from the underworld. No wonder they were not discovered by the guards here. Yes! Compared with me The recent protoss forces have very weak control over the underworld, so they have not discovered the foreign protoss across the border. However, except for a few major settlements, the underworld is full of monsters and the insurmountable Sea of ​​Silence, unless yes……"

Seeing the look of verification that Ditans cast at me, I nodded slightly to encourage him to continue. After being encouraged, Ditans immediately continued his analysis.

"Unless the opponent has the Boat of Styx. In other words, the opponent is not a branch of the gods, but a high-level god force with a high-ranking god, and there is a powerful middle-level god in charge of death. There are not many gods that meet this condition. You have already It is clearly stated that it is not Heaven. So the only one that is relatively close and meets all the above conditions is... Could it be the Egyptian Protoss? The Egyptian Protoss is a huge divine force with an entire system, and there is also a main god like the water god Nu. , the mummy god Anubis takes over the underworld in place of his father Osiris, the god of the underworld, and is absolutely powerful enough to easily steal the Stone of Commandment from me. This is completely correct, and all doubts can be answered. Yes. But how did the Egyptian gods know that I have the Stone of Commandment?"

I shook my head: "First, you guessed it yourself, I didn't say anything."

Ditans knew that I was disowning him, so he nodded and said, "Yes. I guessed it all. You kept your promise and didn't tell me anything."

I continued: "Second, I don't know the question you just mentioned, because the person who gave me the Stone of Commandment didn't tell me how they knew you had the Stone of Commandment. You have to check this yourself. ”

"Understood, now that you said so...oh, your things have arrived." Ditans reminded me, pointing behind me.

I was startled as soon as I turned around. I saw the inner guard whom Ditans had just ordered to get something come in holding an iron chain. But what was tied behind the iron chain was not a magical beast, but a very weak and pitiful beauty.

"Please. Ditans, you want me to be killed by Rose, right? I am very greedy for money, but I am not good at sex!"

Ditans didn't explain my problem at all. Instead, he asked: "Do you think I am the kind of person who doesn't know how to show mercy to women?"

I shook my head. "You understand life very well. It can be said that among the gods I know, your taste is quite good."

"That's it. If I want to give you beautiful women, then they should walk into this room wearing translucent green gauze and dancing snake dance to increase their worth...!"

Hearing this, I reached out my hand to stop Ditans from continuing. "Stop, I understand what you mean. Since she can be tied up with an iron rope, she is definitely not as simple as she seems on the surface. Can I ask who she is? Or what abilities she has?"

Ditans still did not answer my question directly, but changed the topic again and asked me: "Do you know Athena?"

"Are you talking about Athena, the goddess of war who is a subordinate of the Odin Protoss?" After I finished speaking, I pointed at the beautiful woman in surprise and stared at Ditans waiting for his answer.

Ditans immediately laughed when he saw my expression. "Hahaha! Where are you thinking? Athena is the God of War. Do you think I can beat her?"

"Then you just asked me who Athena is?"

"I mean, she has a very important relationship with Athena."

"She is very familiar with Athena? Then I can't ask for it. Isn't this asking for a beating? Forget it, you should just tell me her name, right?"

Ditans smiled evilly, then stretched his head over in a mysterious manner and whispered: "Her name is Victory."

"victory?"

Ditans frowned, and then said: "Turn off your translation."

"oh!"

Ditans spoke again: "Her name is Victoria."

"Victoria?"

"According to the ancient Roman pronunciation, it should be Victoria. Later, the pronunciation method was directly borrowed by the English language system. The meaning was translated as victory. But because her name was directly called victory and it was easier to confuse it with the adjective victory, so in European languages, her name was later The name evolved into the pronunciation Victoria.”

"Wait, you mean she is Victoria, the goddess of victory?"

"To be precise, it should be Nike Victoria, the goddess of victory."

"You want to give her to me as payment?" I began to doubt Ditans. Because with how stingy Ditans is, it would be a miracle if he didn't bargain with you. How could he let you take advantage of him? Ordinarily, my help is not worth the value of the goddess of victory. Ditans will never do anything about this obviously unfavorable transaction, unless there is some secret hidden in it that he has not told me.

Ditans may have also seen my guess, so he further expressed his position. "Don't worry, I really intend to use her as a reward. In your opinion, revealing that bit of information is just a simple matter, but it means a lot to me. So I gave such a generous reward and Don’t suffer.”

I glanced at Ditans with a puzzled look, and then said: "Then I'd rather be respectful than obey your orders!" Although I suspected that there was any trap here, the goddess of victory put such a big cake there, and asked me It’s really hard not to touch it! As the saying goes, people will die for money and birds will die for food. Even though I knew there was a problem here, I decided to take the bait first.

With the help of Ditans, I quickly made Victoria successfully recognize her as her master, and then I didn’t rush to check the attributes. She couldn’t run away anyway. It's more important to talk about business first. I told Ditans about the Japanese people's plan to siege our guild. After hearing this, Ditans naturally stretched out two fingers. "Give me two chances to use the Ring of Commandment, and I will help you solve the problems in Europe."

I thought about it for a moment. Then he said: "One chance, you can make another condition."

Ditans thought for a long time and finally shook his head and said: "With two chances, I will send you a special force of 1,000 people. I guarantee you will be satisfied."

"Let me see what kind of team it is first."

"follow me."

Ditans took me to an underground military camp, and then the messenger brought out a very strange troop from inside.

"What is this? A group of refugees?" I was completely dumbfounded when I looked at the large group of people in ragged clothes in front of me.

Ditans was also stunned by the sight in front of him. But he quickly recovered and shouted at those people: "What are you doing? Restore it quickly!"

Amidst Ditans' scolding, these thousand old, weak, sick and disabled people suddenly stood up straight. Although their clothes were still tattered, their temperament immediately changed. After the team was reorganized, the entire team began to slowly deform, as if the melted liquid was reshaping their appearance. Soon a thousand "refugees" turned into a thousand nearly translucent ghost mages.

"Is this the ghost army?"

"The correct term should be Phantom Mage Group." Ditans pointed to the ghost mage in front and introduced to me. "As you can see, these ghost mages all have the ability to simulate illusions, and due to some special reasons, their simulations can be said to be flawless."

"No flaws? Any illusion has flaws, unless... they didn't use the transformation spell, right?"

"Strictly speaking, it is not a transformation spell. However, the function is similar. In fact, this army was created by an accident. Since then, they have had the ability to transform various creatures, and the creatures they transformed can maintain their physical state. That means they can transform into warriors.”

"But they are still mages after all, so what if they transform into warriors? Can they still fight the enemy like real warriors?"

"In fact, we can." The ghost mage who took the lead stood up and said.

"Can you really fight like warriors?"

"Yes, but when we become a certain creature or individual, we can only use the abilities of this individual and lose the original abilities. For example, if I choose to transform into a thunder eagle, then I can have the ability of a thunder eagle All abilities. But at the same time, I also lost my ability as a mage, but when I transform back into my mage form, I can use my mage abilities again."

"So if you transform into a dragon, wouldn't you have the same fighting power as a dragon?"

"This needs to be explained." The mage said seriously: "Although we can transform into any creature, the rules of this world will not change, which means that we cannot gain power at will. This is like if I It is impossible to transform into the image of Lord Ditans to gain the power of Lord Ditans. Moreover, I cannot change the form unscrupulously. This requires a complete understanding of the target object. I need to understand everything about a creature. Characteristics can become them, otherwise it is useless.”

"But at least you can turn into some of the more common creatures, right?"

"certainly."

Before the mage could continue, I said, "Then I understand. Your advantage is not in your combat power. It lies in the fact that no matter what environment you are in, you can transform yourself into a creature that is most suitable for the environment. That is to say, no matter what environment you are in, No matter who you fight against, you can turn into a creature that restrains the opponent's abilities or is specially adapted to the fighting field, which makes your adaptability and combat effectiveness more effective than normal. For example, ordinary ghosts are afraid of light magic, and You can completely transform yourself into any creature that is not afraid of light magic. In this process, your combat effectiveness does not change, but due to attribute restraint, your combat effectiveness is actually improved."

In fact, I can understand that these have something to do with the fact that I have more magic pets. Gunslinger and Ghost Hand Nobunaga often complain that no matter where they fight me, they are always restrained by me. This is actually because the properties of my magic pets are all kinds of weird, and I can always find a magic pet suitable for the environment to fight with. . Just like if it were on land, Aina, as a mermaid princess, could only be used as a nurse to replenish blood. But when she gets into the water, her combat power can even rival that of my first-line combat pet. This is due to the conflicting terrain bonus and attributes. If I can have an ever-changing army that can change forms, it means they can always overwhelm the enemy. However, satisfaction is satisfaction, and bargaining must still proceed as usual. I won't mind getting more benefits.

"Ditans, although I am quite satisfied with your army. But you also know that it is not an easy matter to help you get the permission to use the Ring of Discipline, so I will still suffer a lot. You can make up for it with something!"

Ditans may also feel that the Ring of Commandment is indeed not something that can be easily used, so in the end he did not lower the price. "Then let's do this! In addition to this group of phantom mages, how about I help you become a hundred shadow doubles?"

"What is a shadow double?" Although I am also a master of the dark system, after all, I still don't know as much as the Lord of Darkness, so I don't know what this shadow double is, but I can roughly guess the purpose of this ability based on the name.

Ditans explained to me: "A shadow double is actually using your own shadow to make a shadow warrior."

"You mean to let my shadow come out to fight?"

"Let your shadow participate in the battle. But instead of attacking the opponent's body, you attack the opponent's shadow."

"Attack the shadow?"

"That is, when you are fighting, you can let your shadow separate from your body and go out to fight alone, and then your shadow will attack the enemy's shadow. When the enemy's shadow is attacked by your shadow, his body will be equally damaged. This attack has several advantages. First, it is useless for others to attack your shadow. In other words, you only need to worry about your own body, and your shadow will never die in front of you. Second, The actions of you and your shadow are separate. But the enemy's shadow and body are synchronized. When the opponent attacks you and your shadow at the same time, each of his movements must accurately dodge both sides at the same time. attack, otherwise it will be the same no matter which side is hit. The third thing is that shadows have no defense, so if there is an enemy that you cannot break through, you can let your shadow deal with him, and the damage output will be very stable."

"It is indeed very useful to say this. But let's discuss it. How about you help me make two hundred shadow doubles?"

Ditans thought for a moment and nodded. "Two hundred shadow double transformations, plus this help and the Phantom Mage Group just sent to you, in exchange for two opportunities to use the Ring of Commandments, I have no problem. What about you?"

"make a deal."

“A pleasure to work with.”

After the deal was concluded, Ditans and I briefly explained how the matter would be handled. In fact, there isn't much that Ditans can do. The French and British plan to jointly attack the Ashford Metro Crusaders and then 'force' us to send troops for reinforcements to achieve the purpose of mobilizing our guild's troops. However, because we know the contents of the plan in advance, it is definitely impossible to mobilize troops. Now, the only thing we have to worry about is whether Ashford's Iron Cross City can withstand the attack of the British and French forces. In my opinion, the Dark Temple is nothing more than an insurance. Even if Ditans does not come with a large force to help in the battle, even if there are some hints, it is enough for him to just release the news that he will openly help us deal with the British and French coalition forces.

After the plan was arranged, I said goodbye to Ditans and left the Black Temple. Of course, I had to take the mage mm who came to change jobs with me. When I walked out of the temple, I found that people were already waiting for me there. "Ah. I'm so sorry. Have you been waiting for a long time?"

"No, I just came out." Mage mm handed me a scroll: "This...!"

I opened it and looked at it. It turned out to be a job transfer mission. Generally speaking, dual-career transfer only requires completing tasks before obtaining a dual-professional permit. If you receive a task again while delivering the permit, it means that you may enter a dangerous game mode. The second job transfer mission is something that most players who have obtained the second job license have a love-hate relationship with, because getting it means you may get two extreme results. If you are relatively unlucky and fail to complete the task. The result is that you will lose your second job transfer permission. In other words, you become an ordinary single-professional player again. But if you're lucky enough to pass, congratulations. Not only can you get the second career change that others dream of. The career evolution function will also be enabled. For example, if you get a full-career license, and then choose a black mage career in the hope of changing jobs, if you receive a second job transfer task when changing jobs, after completion, you will not only obtain the black mage job, but also cause The black mage profession automatically evolves to the next level and becomes a stronger black mage branch special profession, and these special professions are usually those professions that players with only one profession cannot change their professions anyway.

After reading the scroll, I handed the scroll back to the mage mm, and then patted her on the shoulder. "Congratulations, you have a one-in-ten chance of getting it!"

The mage mm looked at me in confusion when she heard my answer. "Well...is it a good thing to get such a mission?"

The warrior girl who was with the mage girl also asked curiously: "Didn't the scroll say that if the mission failed, you would lose the opportunity to change jobs? Why do you say it is a good thing?"

I explained to them with a smile. "If you receive such a mission alone, you are trying your luck. It is neither good nor bad. But don't forget. I am still with you." Seeing that they still didn't understand, I had to continue to explain. : "You should have discovered it long ago after playing in the game for so long. The tasks in "Zero" are not in vain. Completing the tasks means rewards, so getting the tasks while ensuring the completion of the tasks is equivalent to getting Reward. The important task you got now happens to be very important to you, which means you have a chance to get a super reward. If you complete this task alone, it will be a mixed success, but I can help you. Let’s do the mission together. What do you think is the chance of failure in completing a mission of your level with my combat capabilities?”

Anyone who doesn't understand now is an idiot. Since I have become the first in the world's combat power list, it means that my combat power has reached the peak state among players, and I was not there when the mage took the mission, so the difficulty of this mission was calculated based on her own strength. But now that I help her complete it, it is equivalent to giving the exam papers of middle school students to college students. Although there is no guarantee that the questions will be correct, there is definitely no problem in passing the exam.

"Then please ask President Ziri for help!"

"No problem, let's go on the mission together." After saying that, I thought of something and looked at the remaining six people again, and then asked: "You are not the least effective among the seven of you, right?"

"The worst?" Master Mage said proudly: "Except for Sister Di, no one among them is better than me."

After listening, I faced the remaining people and shook my head helplessly. "Well, it seems there are some troublesome problems here!"

"What's wrong?" The female warrior leading the team looked at me in confusion and asked.

I asked back: "Have you never paid attention to it when doing tasks before?"

"What should I pay attention to?"

"The difficulty of the mission!" I saw them all looking at me dumbly, so I had to explain it to them. "Generally speaking, the difficulty of a task includes two parts: basic difficulty and task multiplier. The basic difficulty is generally determined by the strength of the person who takes the task. The actual difficulty of the task is determined by the number of participants and the basic difficulty. Let's take a look. For example, if a player's combat power is 100, then the basic difficulty of the task after he receives the task is 100. At this time, if he finds two more people to help, then the task will be completed by three people. Therefore, the difficulty of the task will be one hundred times three. That is, three hundred. However, the companions invited by this player cannot have exactly the same combat power as themselves, which will affect the actual difficulty. If the two people you invite have the same combat power, One hundred and fifty, then the combat power of the three of you is actually four hundred, and the mission is still three hundred difficulty. In this way, the mission becomes much simpler. But if the two people you invited have only fifty combat power, then the three of you will have a combat power of only fifty. The sum of the individuals is only 200, but the mission is still 300 difficulty, which is equivalent to an invisible increase in the difficulty of the mission."

After hearing what I said, the female warrior immediately asked: "You mean this mission is best for only you and me who are more powerful than the Fire Rabbit to participate, and no one else should join, right?"

To be honest, Mage mm's game name is really special. It's actually called Flame Rabbit, but her companions all call her Fire Rabbit. I didn't answer directly after hearing what the female warrior said, but said: "It's up to you to decide whether to participate or not. I'm just giving you a suggestion. According to the calculation of maximizing resources, it is best not to bring people with lower combat effectiveness than the Flame Rabbit, otherwise it will It will increase the overall difficulty in vain. If it is a general task, forget it, but this task is related to the future development of the Flame Rabbit, so you'd better be cautious."

"Then we'd better not participate." The druid in the team said first: "This will affect the future development of Fire Rabbit."

I listened to what he said and looked at the others, but what disappointed me was that those people remained silent. It was obvious that they had no intention of quitting. The Flame Rabbit had no choice but to smooth things over by saying that bringing a few more people together could coordinate with each other, which would not necessarily lower the chance of winning. I could only helplessly shake my head. Then he handed the druid a badge.

"What do you mean?" Druid looked at me and asked in confusion.

"You're qualified."

"Huh? Why did he pass?" Others obviously didn't understand why Druid qualified.

"Because he is the only one willing to give up for his friends." I said it very directly. It’s also very hurtful. But I don't care. The chances of us meeting each other in the future are not great anyway. I'm not afraid that they will hate me. "You guys are not suitable for the environment of our guild. I suggest that it is better for you to maintain the status quo and level up by yourself."

"You mean we were eliminated?" the female warrior asked.

I shook my head and pointed at the druid. "He has passed the test. You still need to be tested. The Flame Rabbit should be fine. As for the others, they have been eliminated! In fact, I said on the way that my evaluation is not necessarily based on your combat effectiveness. What I am testing is Your overall quality. Combat ability is a very important aspect, but character and developability are also very important. The reason why he is qualified is because he is willing to take the initiative to quit for others, so even if he is poor in strength, he will not hold back, like Even if such players are at a lower level when they join the club, we can bring them up after a few times. On the contrary, your personality and the way you deal with things have already formed your own habits. It will be difficult to change them!"

The few people who were eliminated were obviously upset when I said this. However, after all, they all knew each other in real life, so it was not easy to break up on the spot. However, these guys' expressions became very dissatisfied when they saw me. In the end, they After discussing with the female warrior, she left without even saying hello.

After those people walked away, the female warrior came back to me. "Are you being too direct?"

"I'm not familiar with them. Why should I be tactful?"

"But……!"

"My personal habit is not to waste even a tiny bit of effort on unnecessary areas. Also, are you blaming me? It seems like you haven't passed the test yet, right?"

"But we are friends after all...!" The female warrior looked at the direction in which her friend was leaving with some depression.

I suddenly laughed and took out another badge from my arms. "You are also qualified. But you still don't want to participate in the Flame Rabbit mission. Although you are more powerful than her in combat, if you include me, it will be more advantageous when we are alone. You should go and comfort you. Friends! Just remember to report back. With that badge, the guards won't stop you." After saying that, I pulled up the flame rabbit and started walking towards the teleportation array outside the temple. "Hurry up, hurry up, your mission is time limited, and I am also very busy. Our bank will soon go to war with the Japanese and the British and French forces. If you can't finish this mission today, I don't have time to help you. .”

The Flame Rabbit obviously wanted to comfort his companions, but considering that this mission was really important, he had no choice but to let me pull him and run out.

I want to ask: "Where are we going?" The Flame Rabbit was pulled by me and ran into the teleportation array before I remembered that the mission scroll didn't seem to mention the mission location.

I activated the teleportation array and said, "Go to Evernight Castle."

"Eternal Night Castle? Where is it?"

"France."

"France? How do you know where my mission is to be done? There seems to be nothing written on the scroll?"

"Did I say you don't usually do quests?" I was curious that she didn't know how to read quest scrolls.

Flame Rabbit explained embarrassedly: "Usually, Sister Di helps analyze the tasks in our team, so I never read the scroll."

"That's no wonder! Now I'll teach you once and remember it yourself. If there is no mission location on your scroll, there are only two possibilities. The first is that your mission does not limit the location. For example, there is a mission in the Novice Village that is collection Wood, such a task does not require a location. Because it will be the same wherever you go to collect it. Another possibility is that the relevant information of the task location is mentioned in your task content. It is just not stated clearly. For example, a friend of mine once accepted There was a mission that required her to eliminate the evil wizard Custer, and this mission had no location. But Custer is an NPC, and the location is fixed. You can get specific information just by asking, without writing it on the scroll. Yours The content of the task is to obtain the approval of the Necromancer, which is the first situation. So you just need to find a place where there is a Necromancer. And because you have such a task, those undead that should have fought with you The mage will communicate with you, and I estimate that the necromancer may ask you to do something for him, and if you succeed, he will recognize you and you will pass."

"Oh, it turns out there is so much knowledge involved in doing tasks! I thought looking at the scrolls would be as easy as looking for books in the catalog in the library!"

"Don't think of "Zero" as such a simple game. Although there are simple directory-style tasks here, they are all regular tasks. Those special or very important tasks will never prompt the location of the task, and some even The mission doesn’t even tell you the final goal, it’s all up to you to find it yourself like a puzzle!”

"Then why do we go to France's Evernight Castle to find a necromancer? Isn't there a necromancer in Germany?"

As I led the Flame Rabbit towards Eternal Night Castle, I continued: "Teach you one more trick. You can't just do the task blankly, you have to use your brain. Do you know where the Dark Temple and the Light Temple are?"

"Didn't we just go to two temples?" Flame Rabbit asked in surprise.

I lectured her in a loud voice: "Since you know why you didn't think of doing the mission in France?"

"But does the location of the temple have anything to do with the location of the mission?"

"Of course! The task you want to complete is provided by the dark necromancer, which means that the person who tests you is the necromancer. The headquarters of the Dark Temple is in Germany, so the dark creatures in Germany will naturally be darker than those in France. The creatures are much stronger. If you find a necromancer in Germany to take on a mission. Since the necromancer in Germany is too high-level, the enemies they need help from will naturally be of a higher level, and your mission will change accordingly. It is difficult to complete. On the contrary, if it is in France, because dark creatures have always been suppressed, the enemies that make them difficult may only be some small churches under the control of the Temple of Light. Even if the Necromancer asks you to take down such a church, it will be very simple. mission, what do you think?"

"Yeah, why didn't I think of that!" Flame Rabbit said with an expression of sudden realization.

"It's not that you didn't think about it. It's that you didn't think about it. Okay, now let's buy something first, we may need it later."

"What are you buying?" Flame Rabbit asked as he followed me out of the small teleportation array.

We are now in a small city called Constance, and outside the city is the Evernight Forest. The Evernight Castle I'm talking about is deep in the Evernight Forest. In fact, I brought the Flame Rabbit here not entirely for her mission. In fact, I still have something else I want to do together.

"Boss, do you sell mechanical cores here?" I asked loudly as soon as I walked into the store.

This small store looked very ordinary, with a long orc-like storekeeper standing behind a shabby but sturdy counter. In addition to the shop owner, there were six or seven people standing in the shop. When I shouted, everyone turned their eyes.

"Phew. Such exaggerated equipment." A player first noticed my equipment.

"Hush, he is Ziri, are you crazy about equipment?" Another player grabbed this impulsive guy.

I didn't look at them at all, but walked directly to the counter and repeated what I just said. The boss was stunned for a long time before asking: "How do you know I have mechanical core land for sale here?"

I didn't answer his question, but smiled slightly, and then left the store with the inexplicable Flame Rabbit on my face.

The flame rabbit followed me outside the city and asked me: "Why did you run out without buying anything after asking?"

"Because I don't want to buy anything at all, but I am making sure of something."

"What's up?"

"This has nothing to do with you. You just need to pay attention to your own mission. Although I am helping you complete the mission, you still have to trigger the content of the mission. After all, I am not the one who takes the mission."

"Oh." Flame Rabbit nodded doubtfully.

In fact, the scene just now was just me confirming the whereabouts of a person, and this person's name is Jiaha. That's right. It is the great mage Jiaha that our association has been tracking down. Although Jiaha is a great mage, the reason why I tracked him down was not his magical power, but his creative ability. Anyone who knows the Frost Rose Alliance knows that our guild’s golem production technology is definitely the best in the entire game, but few people know the origin of our guild’s golem technology. Of course, except for myself and the individuals responsible for this A person of things.

It can be said that at least two-thirds of the guild's golem technology so far comes from Jiaha's research results. Although some of them were not directly created by him, they were produced by his creation "Norin" and his disciples "Lunde" and "Urina Fanka". Among them, Norin herself is a super devil. She has soft skin that is almost like a carbon-based life, but her interior is full of magical machinery. The most exaggerated thing is that she not only has super combat power, but also has high intelligence enough to participate in technological research. It can be said that Norin is the pinnacle of Golem. In addition, my demon pets Fire Elf King Everett and Thundergod Brigitte are both mechanical life forms, and both of them are also creations of Jiaha. Through the analysis of their three combat capabilities, it is difficult to imagine what kind of benefits Jiaha can bring to us if he joins our guild.

but. I'm not looking for Jiaha for the golem's outer shell manufacturing technology, but for the internal control core, or soul. According to the information I got from heaven, only higher gods can create souls. The gods in heaven can also create living things, but they are only the carriers for making living things, that is, the physical body. After that, they have to fill the body with the existing soul. This is the process of creating living creatures. In this process the soul already exists. The gods are just used as materials, they themselves cannot create souls. But Jiaha obviously broke this restriction. Brigitte, Everett and Noreen all have souls, but their souls are completely controlled by the magic core and are not the souls of ordinary creatures. In other words, Jiaha can actually create life. From this point of view alone, Jiaha is on the same level as high-ranking gods such as Nuwa and Pangu.

Recently, news came from the affiliated guild of our guild that is responsible for intelligence collection that a large number of completed golem cores have been discovered in France. And after Nolin's inspection, the core production techniques are very similar to Jiaha's handiwork. Although these cores on the market are only low-level control cores and cannot be regarded as mechanical souls, at least they indicate that Jiaha may be in France.

Originally, it was based on the news I knew before. I once guessed that Jiaha might be dead, but now the sudden appearance of the core shows that he is still alive. If I don't investigate carefully, Norin will come here by herself, but our guild really can't leave her, so I We had to make such a trip on behalf of Nolin. Besides, it would be a great thing for us if we really found Jiaha. Just now I asked whether there were any mechanical cores for sale, just to confirm whether this was Jiaha's hiding place. France has been in chaos recently. The intelligence collected by our guild can only indicate that Jiaha may be active in this area, but cannot accurately locate it. So I can only use this method to roughly confirm it first.

After leaving the city, the two of us quickly walked into the Evernight Forest. This forest, as its name suggests, is always in darkness. However, this darkness is not caused by dark clouds, but by the green leaves of plants. The trees in the Evernight Forest are all extremely tall, and the tree crowns are very wide. The trees of different heights block each other, and when they reach the ground, there is only darkness like dusk.

"Isn't this ghost place too spooky? Why does it look like it's haunted?"

"Please, we are here to find the Necromancer. Can you be a little enlightened?"

"Oh. That makes sense." The Flame Rabbit said and looked at the surrounding trees. Then he shuddered unconsciously. "But no matter what, I'm still scared!"

In fact, humans are creatures that are easily infected by the environment. When a normal person sees a skeleton in a busy market in broad daylight, his first reaction will be to think that someone has dropped the teaching materials. But if you see the same thing in the forest at night, your thoughts will definitely not be so simple. The Flame Rabbit has been in the game for so long. It is absolutely impossible to say that she has never seen undead creatures, but she is still afraid. This is because the gloomy environment around her affects her emotions and makes her unable to I feel scared consciously.

"Wait." I suddenly stopped under a big tree and stopped the Flame Rabbit.

The Flame Rabbit jumped three feet high like a frightened rabbit, and even its voice was vibrating. "What's going on...what's going on?"

"Why are you reacting like that? I just want to find someone to ask about the way out."

"Looking for someone to ask for directions? Who are you asking? Is there anyone else here besides the two of us?" When Flame Rabbit said this, her voice had changed as if she was talking through an electric fan. I could even see her shaking violently. trembling.

"Really, please don't be so timid, okay? If you switch to a dark profession in the future, you will definitely have to come into contact with undead creatures. What the hell are you doing if you keep acting like this?"

"I, I, I know, but I'm just scared!"

"Forget it, you'll get used to it after seeing it more often." I said and ignored the flame rabbit, but stretched my hand into the trees next to it. "How long are you going to hide there?" Following my words, I pulled out a ghost in white clothes from the tree trunk.

"Ah..." With a scream, the flame rabbit fell straight down.

"No way! Young people today! It's true!" After I said that, I turned around and stared at the ghost I was carrying. "Tell me. Who sent you to follow me?" Seeing the hesitation on the ghost's face, I immediately said again: "Don't expect to deceive me. You have been following us since we entered the forest. Do you really think I don't know? Tell me now. , otherwise I will purify you."

"No, no, no! I say, I say!" The ghost finally gave in under the white light on my palm. "That's it. I'm subject to..."

"Woo...!" A huge force suddenly came from behind me, and the powerful force instantly lifted me away. Of course, the ghost in my hand also took the opportunity to escape from my control.

With huge inertia, I flew seven or eight meters away, but what the enemy expected did not happen. According to normal people's thinking, I should have been lifted up, then hit a big tree and then fell to the ground and finally passed out. However, the actual situation was that I flew seven or eight meters and then suddenly adjusted my posture in the air, using my feet. With one hand as a support point, I accurately landed on the trunk of a big tree, and at the same time, I kicked the trunk fiercely. With the sound of the tree trunk breaking, my whole body suddenly bounced back along the original path, and I already held the Eternal Sword in my hand in the air.

The person who attacked me was very experienced, because the moment I bounced back, the opponent had already retreated behind a big tree, but he obviously underestimated my strength. I very accurately landed in front of the big tree where he was hiding. Following him, I only saw two criss-cross flashes of sword light, and then the middle section of the big tree in front of me suddenly fell apart in a crisscross pattern. My attacker realized something was wrong and wanted to run away, but unfortunately he was still a little slow. A long sword with a red light was already placed on his neck. It took a few seconds after the two of us were completely still in this posture before the upper half of the tree crashed onto our sides with a roar.

"why you?"