It's very quiet at night in the wilderness.
The environment here is extremely terrifying. There are white human bones and human bone totems everywhere. There is also a rotten corpse smell floating in the air, which is very disgusting.
But at this time Roland didn't feel much fear.
He found some farm tools in the ogre camp, including several shovels. Some farmers must have been caught and eaten by them, and the farm tools were left here.
With a shovel, Roland dug a large deep pit, and then used the hands of a mage to carefully take the human bones into the pit and bury them together.
The floating soil buried the deep pit, and Roland also used two wooden sticks to make a cross in front of the pit.
"I don't know your names, but you are all brothers and sisters, so there should be no problem in being buried together."
Roland let out a long breath, feeling a little heavy.
He couldn't regard the NPCs in this game as a string of data. After more than a month of getting along with them, he found that there was no difference between these NPCs and real people.
In other words, they should be real people.
But this is a game!
Very contradictory feeling.
It was already late at night, and burying the dead took him too much time, so he started on his way to Red Earth Town.
Thinking that there was still a long way to go, Roland felt a little desperate and couldn't help but muttered: "It would be great if I could teleport magic. It would be over in a snap. No matter what, I will definitely be professional in space magic in the future, whether it is fighting or They are extremely useful for traveling."
Because of the transportation problem, Roland had already thought about which type of magic skills he should specialize in in the future.
On Beta's side, he rushed back to Red Earth Town in the early morning.
By this time the market had dispersed, and he found the old couple by the lake.
The surface of the lake reflects the bright red morning glow. An old couple is sitting beside a small wooden house, eating ugly-looking paste and looking into the distance with dull eyes.
Beta walked forward and said calmly: "Two old men, I have found what you are looking for. Your son is dead."
"My son is not dead!" The old woman with gray hair and a withered face jumped up and cursed: "You are so cruel, you dare to curse our son to death, I will beat..."
This should be the mission plot preset by the system. Beta thought so, took out the withered head from the system backpack, and handed it to the old woman.
The crutch in the old woman's hand stopped in mid-air, and a bright light began to appear in her dull eyes.
She took the withered head and held it tightly and tenderly in her arms.
"My son is back. It's good that he's back." The old woman's eyes flashed brightly, like a rainbow. She raised her son's head in front of her husband as if he were offering a treasure: "Look, our son came back."
The old man also showed a happy smile.
He reached out and touched his son's withered hair and said, "I'm back. I won't beat you. Let's go home and have breakfast together. We're ready..."
The two of them entered the small room holding the head.
Beta was beside him, and after watching this scene, he felt a strange feeling in his heart.
But he couldn't tell what was weird about it.
The NPCs in this game are made very realistic, but this reaction is too strange. Shouldn't normal parents cry when they see their son's rotten head
There must be something wrong with the NPC's emotional data. It's unreasonable and illogical.
With this thought in mind, Beta retreated a distance and guarded this small room.
According to his efficiency-oriented character, he should be digging for other tasks at this time, but there was an inexplicable voice in his heart that told him to stop and watch the couple's subsequent development.
The hearty and happy laughter of the two old people came from the room.
This is completely different from the lifeless appearance before.
There should be an error in the game data.
Beta muttered again. He wanted to leave, but his legs were like nails stuck to the ground and refused to move.
He always felt that something was not quite right, but he couldn't place it.
Time passed slowly, and the two old men came out of the house after having breakfast.
The expressions of both of them were quite happy and joyful. The old man went to the market and came back after buying some delicious food, while the old woman went to the foot of the mountain to collect a lot of firewood.
They worked as usual and made food. It was evening soon, and smoke appeared in the small house. It was a normal behavior, just like the behavioral logic of NPCs in other games. No matter what happened, they lived their lives. A life that remains the same.
After observing the area for nearly a day, Beta found nothing unusual, but the uneasy feeling in his heart became more and more intense.
Finally, he forcefully suppressed this weird feeling and came to the entrance of the town.
Soon Roland also rushed back.
He is a mage, and his physical strength is naturally not as good as that of a hybrid professional like Beta who has enhanced physical fitness. Roland rested twice during the journey, and being able to get back before nightfall was considered a very hard work.
Seeing Beta, Roland smiled: "You didn't hand in the task. I thought about it on the way. It would be better not to hand in the task. It would be too cruel to let the two old people know that their son died. It's better to hide it all the time and let them..."
At this point, Roland was suddenly stunned. He saw the small house on the lakeside suddenly burst into flames... The sunset had not completely set at this time. From his angle, he could see a bright fireball and a cluster of fireballs. Dazzling flames, both juxtaposed.
"It's the James and his wife's house."
Roland shouted and rushed over. He often practiced magic by the lake, and he knew the old couple. Although they were not familiar with each other, they would nod to each other when they met.
Beta looked at the burning house, and her face suddenly turned pale.
Roland rushed to the house and was about to use the ice ring technique on the house to see if he could extinguish the burning wooden house.
But after looking at it for another second, he put down his hand dejectedly.
The fire was very, very big... The wooden house was completely burned. If someone is inside, it's absolutely hopeless.
Beta also ran over, his face getting paler and paler, and his body was trembling slightly.
Finally, with almost difficulty, he said through gritted teeth: "Brother Luolan... the head we found is the son of this old man."
What!
Roland's heart also turned cold in an instant.
He also stood blankly.
Soon the fire attracted the townspeople, and a large group of people gathered around. Many people wanted to put out the fire, but looking at the red-burning wooden house, everyone shook their heads and gave up.
Someone muttered: "Why did James' house suddenly burn down and who came first."
"It seems to be Mr. Roland and another noble young master."
"So what happened?"
"who knows!"
Amidst the commotion, Falcon also came. He asked Roland: "What is going on, Mr. Roland?"
Beta's body shook slightly, his face turned frighteningly white, and he turned his head to the other side, not daring to look at anyone.
"I found Sam's head and gave it back to Mr. and Mrs. James." Roland sighed and said calmly.
Hearing Roland's words, Falcon glanced at him and shook his head slightly.
The other townspeople also looked at Roland quietly, then at Beta, and finally they dispersed one by one.
The wooden house burned for most of the night and was put out just before dawn.
Only some black charcoal and clear smoke were left at the scene, and the rest was nothing.
'The mission is completed, the character experience is increased by 376 points, and the reputation of Red Earth Town is reduced by 10 points. '
A line of system prompts appeared in Roland's field of vision.