Act 26 The Golden Mystery

Act 26 The Mystery of Gold

Everyone was startled when they saw the lonely tree. Brando was talking about the golden apple tree. Which aspect did they naturally think of? The mercenaries immediately thought of what Brando had said, that the legendary Fairy Queen lived under the golden apple tree, and mortals who saw her were destined to never leave this valley in their lives, so they couldn't help but beat her. A chill.

These people couldn't help but immediately looked around subconsciously, fearing that they would be trapped here forever if they were not careful. They had finally escaped from Madara's undead army, but they were not going to be alone here for the rest of their lives.

But what they didn't expect was that Brando wasn't worried about the golden apple tree at all. Players like him in the previous life had already explored this valley over and over. This valley that seemed mysterious to others had no secrets in his eyes. From here, it went all the way north to the mouth of the valley on the other side. , except for the bare surface and fog, there is not even a hair.

There were no monsters, no treasure, nothing alive, and not a hint of life. As for the legendary golden apple tree and the fairy queen, they are even more illusory. They are only spread in myths spoken by NPCs and have never been seen by players.

But what surprised him was the solitary tree. He checked again and again, remembering that there was no such tree in the game.

He has walked back and forth in this valley many times, and he should remember it correctly, because every scene and thing in the valley is the embodiment of the king's ideal. Even if it changes during the day, it will return to its original state at night. Brando remembers it clearly. , unless the plot in the valley itself or the flow of time changes, the scenery will change accordingly.

But there shouldn't be any missions in this valley. Could it be that the fairy land that exists in everyone's field of vision at this moment is not the one in the game? Brando immediately had a guess in his mind, unless someone concealed his experience, or the fairy land had changed before the player entered.

But it should be that kind.

The former seems possible, but if you think about it carefully, you will find doubts about it. For players, it is often difficult for one person to discover all the secrets of a place, so even if the first person hides it, the chance that everyone will want to go together is not high. However, Brando then thought that it could not be ruled out that one person had come many times. Although this seemed a bit idealistic, it was not impossible.

He recalled that the first person to discover this valley should be the theologian councilor from the Star Guild, a player named Kelanwo. The second one to enter was a knight, and the third one was a female player from Kok. However, the time interval between the three of them was only a few days, so there was little possibility of concealment.

Brando shook his head, not for this reason. Then there is the second one. Changes have already occurred in this valley before the player enters.

This is not possible in the game but this aspect is also a factor of two.

One is plot changes, and the other is NPC exploration. He couldn't help but frown. Without the participation of players, he wouldn't know much about this mission. Unknown this is a big trouble for him.

But Brando stared at the tree, still involuntarily becoming interested in his heart. Just like every player, the interest in pursuing secret missions is innate, just like unknown treasures that involuntarily attract people to chase.

For example, a task involving ancient knowledge must not be too ordinary, right?

He immediately signaled to the others to tell the refugees to stop. Anyway, the night in the valley stops compared to the time outside. This night will last for three days and three nights, as long as he has time to explore the valley before they finish eating.

In fact, the valley is only so big, and it only takes a few hours to ride a horse back and forth, not three days at all.

He saw Leto looking at him doubtfully, and then pointed to the tree and replied: "There seems to be some problems. I want to go to the front to check."

"Do you need manpower?" Although the bar owner Leto was a veteran of the November War, he was still helpless in the face of mysterious things. He could only rely on his own experience to ask.

Brando really needs manpower.

But he looked at these mercenaries and didn't quite trust them. After all, this may involve some legendary treasures and the same dangers. He doesn't want to share secrets with these people. He has to find someone he can trust. He looked at Ciel first. Originally, this young mage retinue was his best choice as a summoned creature. He and this young man could almost share secrets. Unfortunately, Ciel had exhausted all his mana in this night's battle. Now he It's just a little better than an ordinary person.

He looked at Roman again. This business lady was not very qualified either. Although she had keen perception, she was too weak to go into danger with him.

Roman looked at him and blinked obediently.

Brando knew that the business lady was pretending to be such a well-behaved person so that he could take her on adventures, but Brando would not be fooled. He finally turned around and his eyes fell on the absent-minded Freya. On the body.

"Freya?"

"Ah? Ah!" Freya raised her head and looked at him, stunned for a moment, her face turned red.

"What's wrong with you?" Brando was stunned when he saw her like this. In his original impression, Freya should be an independent girl with her own opinions, but why has she become so different since Xavier Mountain Road? It's always felt a little weird.

If the Elf Sword hadn't responded to her, Brando would have suspected that she had been replaced by Madara's undead.

"No, it's nothing, Brando, what's the matter?" Freya had just thought of Brando's weird request before, and was feeling flustered, fearing that the other party would see through her mind.

"I want to go to the front and take a look, you come with me."

Freya was startled for a moment, then nodded immediately: "Okay, okay."

"I want to go too." The businesswoman squirmed on the horse.

"You stay here obediently. If you really want to learn to ride a horse, I will let Charles teach you. But if I come back and see you tied to the horse, I will drag you over and tie you sideways to my horse." Behind the back." Brando glanced at her and replied viciously.

"But I can't learn." Roman replied simply.

Can't you be humble? Brando couldn't help but shook his head: "It doesn't matter, there is still more time, riding a horse is a very simple thing. You always have to go on adventures with me, it doesn't matter if you don't know how to ride a horse."

"It's okay, Brando, I can tie myself to the horse. I don't feel any discomfort." The businesswoman thought for a moment and replied seriously.

"It has a lot to do with it. It has no necessary connection with whether you feel comfortable or not." Brando glared at her angrily and was too lazy to pay attention to the future business lady's complaints. He simply ran to Leto alone to explain. After looking at things that might need to be paid attention to, I grabbed a spare crossbow, then called Freya and set off.

In Brando's memory, the most likely plot in this valley is the branch road to the west. But the more secretive the place is, the more times players search for it. In fact, Brando has been there once or twice, but in the end he found nothing.

But even now he still remembers every plant, tree, mountain and stone in that area.

The two left the team, and Brando always paid attention to some of the surrounding scenery. After running for about ten minutes, he finally confirmed his guess that the Goblin Country at this moment is definitely different from the game. It must be in the next few What unknown changes occurred during the month.

But seeing him circling around a rocky field, Freya from behind became confused and couldn't help but catch up and asked: "Brando, what are you looking at?"

"I'm looking for the entrance." Brando was constantly turning his horse's head to look outside a messy white rock. At this time, he seemed to have found something. He suddenly turned over and dismounted and walked towards the rocky ground.

"Entrance?" Freya dismounted and chased after him, asking.

"Well. It's right here, follow me." Brando replied as he pulled out the elf sword with a clang and walked step by step toward a narrow gap in the middle of two sharp rocks.

He remembered that this place was called the fork in the road of destiny. There would be a prompt in the system log when he reached this point in the game, but there was obviously no prompt in this world. He could only rely on experience.

He remembered that there should be an open iron box behind the rock, containing a slate. The slate was a necessary tool to enter the fork in destiny, but it could not be taken out of the valley. Someone tried to put the thing in a dimensional bag and carry it out, but in the end it disappeared inexplicably.

It can only be explained that the stone slab was originally an idealized part of this world.

Thinking about this, he walked around the rocks, but he didn't expect to be hit by a strong wind. Brando's feeling was already quite acute at the moment. Before his mind could react, his body had already subconsciously responded. He stepped back and knocked Freya down together. The next moment, a golden arrow almost hit the target. It grazed the tip of his nose and flew over.

The two fell backwards, but Brando raised his head at the last moment and saw a golden figure disappearing behind the rock instantly. This was because he reacted quickly, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to see where the attack was coming from.

"Who!" Brando subconsciously pushed back and wanted to get up from the ground to catch up, but as soon as he pressed his hand down, he suddenly felt a piece of softness where he started. After a slight start, he finally realized that he couldn't help it. My mind went blank.

It’s not a big deal, right?

He turned around, and sure enough he saw his hand placed on the girl's chest in a place that shouldn't be placed. Freya was completely stunned, her bright light brown eyes stared at him, and she didn't know what to do for a moment. Just speak up.

But the future Valkyrie finally reacted. She pushed Brando aside violently, then quickly climbed up, lowering her head and saying nothing.

Brando also reacted. He couldn't help but get up awkwardly and pretended to look in the direction where the golden figure retreated. Of course, there was no ghost there.

"I'm sorry, that..." He thought for a long time and finally came up with this dry sentence.

"Well, who was it just now?" Freya lowered her head, her face red as if she was about to bleed.

"I don't know. I saw a golden figure. It's not like a fairy. It's more like a summoned creature." When asked about the professional field, Brando's thinking became much clearer.

"You, you're not hurt, are you?" The girl's voice was as thin as a mosquito.

Brando glanced at her and shook his head. He paid special attention to look for the golden arrow from before, but he only found a deep hole in the side of the rock.

Light arrow?

Brando looked at the small hole and frowned. It was an advanced weapon effect. But at least it was confirmed that what he saw just now was not an illusion, and judging from the opponent's speed, it seemed that his strength was not as strong as Alberton. Thinking of this, he relaxed a little. As long as he stayed vigilant, there shouldn't be much trouble.

He has confirmed his strength in the battle with Alberton. At full strength, he can barely reach the silver level, and he is not too afraid of enemies below silver level now.

After checking the battlefield, Brando gave Freya a vigilant gesture, then grabbed the elf sword and went inside.

He remembered that the golden figure escaped through the gap in the north. Behind that was the entrance to the fork in the road of destiny. Could it be that they came from behind? But I have never heard of any rumors of anyone being attacked in the game.

He immediately saw the iron box behind the rock. It was built on a white stone platform, as if someone had placed it on it. If you have power above the gold level, you can destroy this box, but it is meaningless because it will automatically return to its original shape the next night.

Brando looked around, and now he couldn't believe his previous memory. At least that golden figure had changed some things in his memory. Not only were there creatures here, but they also looked hostile.

After confirming that there were no enemies around, he opened the box. But as soon as he opened the box, he couldn't help but froze.

In addition to a slate, there is also a pair of earrings in the box.

What's this?

Brando hesitated for a moment. He was afraid that there might be a magic trap on the box. Although there was no magic trap in the game, who could tell now? But he had a simple test method. He put the elf sword close to it. There were often some simple protective measures between inspired magic items. He just needed to see if there was any reaction.

Although this method is not effective all the time, it is at least better than nothing.

Brando quickly got the results without any reaction.

He then picked up the pair of earrings, glanced at them briefly, and immediately threw them back as if he had burned his hands: "Endless ice earrings, intelligence 2, will 1." Brando couldn't help but groaned and covered his head subconsciously. He held his head. At this moment, he had a splitting headache, as if a thousand needles were piercing his meninges.

"Brando?" Freya was startled and ran up to help him.

"I'm fine, be careful around you." Brando held the iron box with one hand, gasping for air, and at the same time cursed loudly in his heart the person who put the earrings here. Of course he knew what was wrong with him. This was not a trap, but simply the result of too intense magic recoil. Of course, the biggest problem was that this ring was at least 95oz of equipment. How could it appear in such a place inexplicably? !

His first reaction was that he was hallucinating, but his second reaction was still impossible. Butchi is still a novice zone at this time, and most encounters will not exceed level 50, but this ring has far exceeded the level that the encounter can bear, at least it has reached the level of 70.

Therefore, when Brando used his willpower to retrieve the ring, there was a strong backlash of magic power, which actually made his mind go blank for a moment.

And such a powerful magic item appeared in a low-level area.

Logically speaking, this flaw would not appear in the game.

There may be some changes in this world, but Brando doesn't believe that it will go against the settings of the game. He finally waited until the headache subsided a little, calmed down and realized another problem:

What would happen if this place of saint's bones was originally set up for NPCs to complete?

The more he thought about it, the more he thought it was possible. After all, the valley itself was first discovered in the game not long after the game started, and about two months after the end of the first Black Rose War. If there is nothing here at that time, it means that the designer has no intention of letting players participate in this plot.

Brando couldn't help but wait for the pair of earrings, his heart was pounding, a hidden mission beyond level 60? Is he trying to fish in troubled waters? Or should we exit immediately?

The risks are of course unimaginably great, but the rewards are equally likely to be unimaginable. Brando had only completed three hidden missions above level 60 in his previous life. Once he obtained fantasy weapons, once he obtained intermediate skills, and once he obtained wealth close to 100 million Thor.

Only with the experience of these three missions, he has reached the level of mid-to-upper-level players.

But how big is the risk? Level 60 is like a guillotine placed in front of Brando. Level 60 is about golden power, and even the elements have been enlightened for more than ten levels. If he wants to compete with a level 60 If you look at an ordinary monster in the face, the other party will probably kill him with just one look.

Brando pressed his hand on the iron box, and couldn't help but feel agitated for a moment, and he couldn't make a decision despite repeated hesitation.

Because another key issue is that everything in this valley may cease to exist at any time in the next three months. It is possible that if he gives up this adventure today, he will never have the chance to choose again tomorrow. For a moment, this dilemma lingered in his mind like a cold ghost, urging him to take risks again and again.

What is he going to do?

The young man couldn't help but take a breath and looked back at Freya.

"Brando?" Freya saw Brando's eyes looking strange and couldn't help but asked cautiously.

"If I choose to take an adventure, would you like to go with me?" Brando asked in a hoarse voice.

"I might, but I don't want you to take risks, Brando." Freya thought for a moment and replied.

Brando hesitated for a moment, nodded, and took a long breath.