Chapter 290

"Did you not get enough sleep last night...?"

As for why you didn't get enough sleep, it's very simple.

"No way, there's not much time left."

Putting his fingers on the cold sink, he looked at the dirty water mixed with toothpaste and face wash water that swirled down in a vortex.

The pool seemed not to be smooth enough, and the water flowed down very slowly, but the vortex formed was particularly large.

Although there was no "definite evidence", on the first night in this city where his "destiny" ended, he felt a strong "approach" of death.

The "entrance" to the underground city of the Egyptian pyramids, which was built like the world in his previous life, stared at him like some kind of death spell.

It was both a curse and a temptation.

It tempted him to go inside, but cursed him to die here.

The scene of "death" that had been played countless times in his dream seemed to be played soon.

Will splashed cold water on his face, and tried to open his eyes with circles of dark circles, and finally woke up a little.

However, the closer he was to "death", the braver Will felt.

"It should be soon. Today, Shuna will go to that dungeon in person and find out what's so strange about the first floor."

He rubbed his eyes that were blocked by the water, and then reached out to where he usually put his glasses, wanting to pick up his monocle and put it on.

When one eye becomes clear and the other eye is still nearsighted, it becomes more troublesome.

If you don't wear a single-sided glass, the world you see is completely a world that you can't even focus on in your field of vision, which is very awkward.

So much so that when both eyes were nearsighted before, he could occasionally take off his glasses and walk around, but now he doesn't dare to do so.

But...

He didn't touch his own monocle, but instead felt cool and smooth, with only slightly calloused knuckles on the parts of his knuckles that often touch weapons.

"Xona...?"

"It's me. Um... someone told me that she would take a good rest today, have a good sleep, and wait for my news. Now it seems that she not only got up early, but also looked particularly tired. What's going on?"

Will wiped his left eye and opened it while squinting his right eye.

In the dim room, Xuna stood in front of him, and it seemed that she couldn't tell the distance with one eye.

"Forget it, I came back from the Dust Corridor and brought you a gift."

"Gift...?"

When Will said this in confusion, he saw Xuna, who couldn't tell the distance, reaching out to him, holding something round, and then put it on his...

right eye, and felt a slight weight on the bridge of his nose.

"Hmm, it looks good this way."

She reached out again, went around his ear, and wrapped the metal rope that fixed the monocle behind him.

"Is it...new glasses? Come to think of it...it seems that the pair I left at home before was also bought with you..."

He lowered his head slightly, and both eyes were open. The degree was the same as his previous monocle, and the field of vision was the same as before.

"Yes. I am magnanimous and forgive you for throwing it away somewhere."

"Actually, I kept it in my bag. It's just that I can't see it when I wear it."

"Oh? Then...then you cherish it very much."

When Xiuna said this, it seemed that a trace of relief flashed across her expression.

"How is it? I chose it specially for you."

He turned his head and looked at the mirror next to him.

This pair of glasses is much newer than the antiques he found at home before. And it has a gold rim, which can be seen shining in the light.

"Well, turn around!"

Xiuna seemed to want to appreciate the full view of the glasses she chose. She reached out and turned his head and pinched his cheek.

Her fingers were a little cold, and she even seemed to be able to feel the slight dust from the Dust Corridor on her fingertips.

"Yes. As expected, when I was choosing, I thought that your deep blue eyes would look especially good in the gold rim."

"Is there... is there?"

Will lowered his head, and Shuona's black eyes stared at him intently, very seriously.

"Of course. It's like... the starry sky seen through a telescope - remember? The bookmark you gave me also looks like stars and the Milky Way."

"..."

"You blushed. Well... it does feel a little hot to the touch, especially the base of the ears."

"Sorry, this seems to be the first time someone... someone has praised me for wearing glasses like this - after all, when I think about it carefully, wearing glasses in this world seems to be inconvenient."

Shuona tilted her head.

"You seem to have said that in the established 'story', you are the villain. How about it? Does this sound like that... a gentleman scum?"

"You should find some better adjectives."

"Well... you who taught the four girls to go crazy and seek death without you... aren't you a scum?"

"... It seems hard not to admit it."

Will sighed.

He has gone on the path of "explaining that I'm not a pervert" to "it's good enough if the outside world thinks so". There is no turning back.

Although he has never worn glasses since he was a child due to the myopia inherited from System's family, he has never felt like the stereotypical "gentle scum" resourceful villain. Perhaps it was because he was crushed to death by a slime in the story. The death ending is really deeply rooted in people's hearts.

But now...

Looking at it like this in the mirror, my aura has changed a lot.

"Thank you, that's a good choice. Wait, but you just mentioned four girls, so you would even count yourself among them..."

"Ah...can't hear you, can't hear you! Is that what I just said?"

Before Xiuna could finish speaking, she suddenly remembered something.

"Oh yes, I forgot. These glasses also have very important functions. Let's go out and try them out while exchanging information."

Chapter 323: The First Level of the Corridor of Dust

As a result, Shona seemed to use "indulgence" instead of "punishment". Instead of dragging him to bed to rest, she let him go out as usual.

During the two days he was here, in order to observe whether there were any suspicious people who might be related to him, he would put on a hat and a mask and wander around the streets every day.

Later, Shouna joked that he looked more like a suspicious person than a normal passerby who was dressed normally.

Shona walked out of the hotel first, and he climbed through the window to join her as usual.

"What is the function of this thing you are talking about?"

Will followed Shona, but on the street, it didn't seem like he was "communicating" with her. It was more like two passers-by going shopping separately. Occasionally, they would exchange a few words when they stopped together in front of a store.

The purpose of acting like a "spy" is to minimize the apparent "connection" that Will and Shona can see.

This is more like a "method of elimination". When they are so careful, if there are still people paying attention to them, the methods and identities he uses will be greatly reduced.

"Oh, it's very simple." Xiuna pretended to visit a street stall, but she was actually talking to him, "You can take a closer look at the 'magic' things around here."

"Um?"

Will turned around.

Then, he did find a "surprise."

This surprise was so "across the ages" that he had just guessed the function that was easy to think of, but he didn't even guess it.

These are glasses with certain magic added - such as detecting magic, which can roughly estimate the strength and distance of magic.

As if wearing electronic glasses commonly seen in science fiction movies, relevant numbers will briefly appear in his field of vision. But it only passed by in a flash, and most of the time it was not much different from usual times.

for example……

In the distance, there was an actor who was juggling magic and performing a fire-breathing show for the children. When Will turned around, he could see the numbers in "His" on his body.

And the distance between them.

It doesn't seem to be particularly accurate in terms of intensity, and the error is large. I don't know what combination of magic is used to calculate "Hope", because the calculation of magic strength itself is a difficult problem.

but……

Distance accuracy is not bad. After all, quantitative calculations are always more difficult than qualitative analysis.

He now feels that these glasses were developed by Xiuna herself and customized for herself. Glasses with magical effects are not uncommon, but for something that emphasizes "numerical values", only he can use it best.

"You're very sensitive to numbers."

With her back to him, Shona said slowly.

"Many things that adventurers cannot measure with numbers in their lifetime, the most difficult to quantify magic, seem to be a fixed value in your eyes. Glasses like this that can roughly give you a number should be suitable for you. "

As she spoke, she pretended to be visiting a street stall and turned around happily.

"However, don't blame me for the inaccuracy of the built-in detection. As you know, I rely on intuition when fighting, and there is no calculation."

"It's normal. Some planners are better at numerical values, and some are better at system design..."

"?"

Shona stood up straight and scratched her head.

Will touched his glasses preciously. This gift was indeed very useful to him.

From the moment he realized that Shona was the first limited character in the game he designed, he understood that this world was not simply a "story of a novel."

Among them, a lot of content from the games he produced is mixed in.

What’s even more obvious is…

The values ​​here almost completely copy the content of the game. He was a little strange. When he was a child, he should have realized that he could match the tricks and multipliers.

Although he doesn't remember all the skills, with a little measurement, he can probably figure out which part of the numerical model it is. At the same time, the attenuation formula for distance that he blindly gave also made sense.

"But don't think of it as a tool. Give it to me as a gift and cherish it."

"Eh?"

Will felt that Shona's words were very jealous.

"Someone gave you a storage ring and blood; someone gave you earrings that carry the power of demons, and useful eyes; someone gave you a collar to defend against magic..."

Shona waved to the shop, saying she didn't want anything, and then passed him by.

"Then, I have to give you something that can come in handy in your battle against death."

When Will rubbed shoulders with her, he seemed to see the look in Shona's eyes that she often showed, no matter where she was, she would never admit defeat.

You have to refuse to admit defeat in a place like this, which is very Shona's style.

"Let me continue to talk about what I found in the Dust Corridor. You were right before. Perhaps your death at the hands of the slime was not an accident."

The two pretended to be strangers and sat down on two chairs facing each other in a cafe.

This is the question Will has been thinking about since he came here.

It is even the question he thinks will be a breakthrough.

A very important question.

The distribution of monsters in the dungeon is not "random", it has a very strong regularity.

From the monsters in the tenth demon city and the choice of Lucifer, even the emperor could not predict what capable generals he would randomly find.

So...

Such a dungeon that emphasizes "sand", "dryness" and "desert" even in a city by the sea, a dungeon whose facade looks like a pyramid...

The appearance of water slimes, and the appearance of water slimes on the first floor has become a particularly strange thing.

"What?"

"According to your idea. I took a random commission to lead a team from the first floor to the tenth floor of the Dust Corridor-by the way, this dungeon is very young, it only has 30 floors now."