"Wait!" The witch suddenly stopped Mo Xiaoyao who was about to leave, "Can you do me a favor?"
Side missions
Mo Xiaoyao turned around. She, who has been immersed in the game all year round, of course understands what this means, but considering that this is a life-threatening risk, she did not agree.
"What do you say is helpful first, is there any danger, and what is the reward, and I will decide whether to help."
The witch stopped pretending, and said sarcastically, "Don't human beings often boast that they are benevolent? You are really rare."
Mo Xiaoyao didn't even bother to argue, so he turned around and left.
Seeing that Mo Xiaoyao didn't respond, the witch became anxious, and said her needs in a hoarse voice: "Help me find the lost child, and the reward is my divination card set. If you can't find you, there is no loss. I swear by the name of the Lord of Hell, what I say is true!"
"Who is the Lord of Hell?"
"The supreme master in charge of countless spaces." The witch's face flashed with piety and fear for a moment, and then she said, "I can't say more, it's up to you to choose, little girl."
Mo Xiaoyao was still willing to do side missions without loss, so she nodded and accepted the witch's commission.
Then, a few lines of words popped up in front of her eyes, proving that the witch did not lie from a systematic point of view.
Sideline: The Witch's Commission
Content: Find the missing child of the witch, who was in this circus but never came back.
Reward: Witch's Divination Card x1/set
Failure Penalty: None
Before Mo Xiaoyao could leave again, the witch's finger slid across the table and put away the turntable, leaving only the tarot deck: "I've played the little game, let me help you with a divination."
Mo Xiaoyao thought about it for a while, and remembered that before the game started, the witch did say something similar. It seems that this divination is also one of the rewards of the turntable, so she will see what flowers can be obtained.
A total of five tarot cards were placed on the table by the witch in turn, namely:
— Upright chariot
— Upright Fool
— the rightful queen
— Righteous Priestess
— Reversed Magician
The witch looked at the five cards in front of her with a strange look on her face, and then said some specious words, which sounded like Mo Xiaoyao's familiar routine of looking at the street.
"Keep in mind the order of these five cards, it will help you in the future."
Using this sentence as a concluding remark, the witch swiftly put away the deck of cards as if she had completed her task, summoned the crystal ball to the square table again, and began to observe the table again, completely ignoring Mo Xiaoyao.
Mo Xiaoyao didn't mind either. After reading the card silently in his heart, he left the tent and subconsciously looked up at the sky. The minute hand of the pale clock had moved more than half a circle.
07:35:21
Unconsciously, Mo Xiaoyao spent more than 30 minutes in this tent. Although it is nothing compared to the 15-hour time limit, considering that she does not have a badge now, she still cannot waste it casually of.
Walking out along the path when he came here, Mo Xiaoyao felt that the things hanging in the forest seemed to be different from before. They were no longer some strangely shaped Tarot characters, but replaced by rusty, empty ones. A giant birdcage of one thing.
Each railing of the birdcage is as thick as an adult's thumb, and there are two short and thick barbs on it every few centimeters, one pointing inward and the other facing outward. If you look closely, you can find that there are dark brown stains on the top of the barbs. Although you can't see it, you can easily think of bloodstains.
The cage doors are all open now, but Mo Xiaoyao has no doubt that it was once closed. There may be monsters, NPCs, or... humans who failed the game and failed to leave the copy.
Mo Xiaoyao was sure that she didn't want to stay here, so she quickened her pace and walked out of the forest along the path, and then walked along the stone brick road slanting downwards to the lively circus.
From the slope just now, the atmosphere of the circus is very lively, like any normal circus station. However, when it got closer, Mo Xiaoyao realized that it was not as she thought, the excitement was lively, but it was full of weirdness.
When she looked at the tourist NPCs from the slope, she could only see large and small shadows. She thought it was because of the distance and light, so she didn't take it to heart.
Now that she walked among these NPCs, she realized that they were really shadows one by one. She could tell the height, size, fatness and thinness, men and women, old and young, and even perceive their emotions—but they Still just a shadow.
It's not that kind of dark, but a more illusory shadow with gray tones as the main body. If I had to describe it, it would be like the shadow customers who suddenly appeared in various shops in "Spirited Away".
The NPCs didn't care about Mo Xiaoyao, and Mo Xiaoyao also pretended not to care about them. Following the guidance of the map in his hand, he shuttled among the shadows and headed for the next destination she was optimistic about.
"You! Yes, it's you! Stop!"
Mo Xiaoyao turned around vigilantly, and saw a bloated young man running towards her out of breath. His round face was greasy, which made people feel uncomfortable.
Seeing the fat man approaching, Mo Xiaoyao took two steps back, took out the high-heeled shoes from his bag, and was ready to strike at any time.
The fat man didn't seem to notice Mo Xiaoyao's vigilance, and he still rushed forward with all his strength, with an eager expression like a person who has been hungry for three days and saw a piece of human-shaped barbecue.
Seeing that the fat man was getting closer, Mo Xiaoyao estimated in his heart that he was almost within the attacking range, then propped his left leg on the ground with his toes, turned his waist, and drew a semicircle in the air with his right leg, just in time to kick the fat man's cheekbone.
Since that incident, Mo Xiaoyao has gone to learn Taekwondo, imagining that one day in the future, when the pair of scumbags and sluts are released from prison, they will be beaten into the hospital.
Seeing Mo Xiaoyao kicking him, the fat man was not angry but happy. Instead, he stretched out his thick hand to touch the opponent's ankle, and then fell to the ground with a smile of success.
"Hey... touch, touch it... hey... hey..."
Mo Xiaoyao felt tired for a while, and after the familiar dizziness passed, the killing intent that had been well controlled was completely aroused. She walked over with a gloomy face, looked down at the fat man, and swung her leg between his buttocks to kick him again, but suddenly found that she couldn't make this movement at all.
"Don't bother, you can't hurt me before it's over." The fat man sat up panting, raised his arms and wiped the oily sweat from his face with his sleeves, and then smiled almost shyly at Mo Xiaoyao, " If you are cursed by my contract, you have to listen to me."
Mo Xiaoyao stared blankly at the fat man, seeing that he couldn't be kicked, tilted his head and thought for a while, then squatted down, raised the high heels in his hand, and smashed them hard against the unique organs of men.
Even though he knew that the other party couldn't hurt him, the fat man still flinched. The murderous aura on this girl was too strong, and he began to doubt whether he could survive after the contract ended.
"You, don't look at me like that, I can't help it." The fat man stood up awkwardly, with a flattering smile on his round face, "Don't worry, nothing will happen, finish it There are benefits to the contract."
Mo Xiaoyao still tilted her head to look at him, her empty eyes gradually recovered a little anger, she didn't speak, just squatted there quietly, still clutching the pair of goblin repaired high heels in her hand.
The fat man felt that the pressure on his body was reduced a lot, he looked anxiously at the time in the sky, and pointed to the road on the left of Mo Xiaoyao: "Big sister, I know I did something wrong, but I can't help it— Let's talk while walking? If the contract fails, you won't be able to fall."
Mo Xiaoyao stood up, with a gloomy face, and walked side by side with the fat man.
"It's 7:42 now. At 8:00, you join a game with me. As long as you lose, the system will pay you when you're done, and the contract will end. You can beat me up at that time."
The fat man quickly expressed his appeal, and then handed Mo Xiaoyao a rolled-up parchment with a bow tied with a red ribbon.
Mo Xiaoyao opened the contract and read the content word by word. The general idea was to ask her to participate in a confrontation game with Zhou Jun called "Strange Fish Tank" as an employee, and she must lose.
The price of losing is also written in the contract, which is harmless to her, except for the loss of 3 tokens. But the price of violating the contract is life.
As long as Mo Xiaoyao fulfilled the contract, the game he participated in ended normally, and Zhou Jun did not die, he could get 7 tokens as a reward.
From Mo Xiaoyao's non-professional point of view, there are no language traps in this contract, and things that have passed the system certification are naturally guaranteed in the dark, which is far more effective than contracts on earth. many.
The fat man, that is, Zhou Jun, took Mo Xiaoyao to the game project he had explored a long time ago, and complained endlessly, his tone full of complaints and dissatisfaction: "I can't help it, who knows that everyone's refresh The meeting is so far away, and the circus is so big, and the time is coming, I really can't find anyone else, otherwise I wouldn't have rashly shot at a beautiful girl like you, and this will immediately prevent future development Maybe? Poor me, I’m 28 years old and I don’t have a girlfriend yet…”
Mo Xiaoyao ignored his continuous nonsense, suppressed the discomfort in his heart, and forced himself to speak: "Show me your contract curse skill."
Zhou Jun twitched, faltering and hesitating reluctantly: "... How can I show you the skills, or I will read them to you one by one?"
Mo Xiaoyao stopped in her tracks, since her own skills had the option of "visible to others", so she naturally didn't believe Fatty's words.
"You can bet on whether I have the skills to break your contract curse." After thinking for a while, Mo Xiaoyao added, "You can also bet on whether I will beat you to death after the game is over."
Mo Xiaoyao asked Fatty to gamble, but she was actually betting on whether Fatty would value the secrecy of his skills more than his life.
She felt that she had a great chance of winning.