Everyone was stunned when they saw the lonely tree. Brando was talking about the golden apple tree. They naturally thought of that aspect? The mercenaries immediately thought of what Brando had said, that the legendary fairy queen lives under the golden apple tree, and the mortals who saw her were destined to not get out of this valley in their lives, they couldn't help but fight. A shiver.
These people couldn't help looking around immediately subconsciously, for fear that they would be trapped here forever by accident. They finally escaped from Madara's undead army, but they didn't want to be alone here for life.
But what they didn't expect was that Brando didn't worry about the golden apple tree at all. Players like him in the previous life had already turned this valley over. This mysterious valley in the eyes of others has no secret in his eyes, from here all the way north to the valley mouth on the other side. Except for the bare ground and mist, there is not even a single hair.
There are no monsters, no treasures, no living things, and no trace of anger. As for the legendary Golden Apple Tree and the Fairy Queen, they are even more illusory things, only circulated in the verbal mythology of NPCs, and players have never seen them before.
But what surprised him was the lone tree. He repeatedly confirmed that he should remember that there is no such tree in the game.
He has walked back and forth many times in this valley, and he should not remember it wrong, because every scene in the valley is an idealized embodiment of the king, even if the day changes, the night will be restored to its original state-Brando remembers It is clear that unless the plot or time flow in the valley itself changes, the scenery will change accordingly.
But there shouldn't be any missions in this valley. Could it be that the fairyland that exists in everyone's field of vision at this moment is not the one in the game? Brando immediately had a guess, unless someone concealed his experience, or else the fairyland had changed before the player entered.
But which one should be.
The former seems possible, but if you think about it, you will find the doubts. For players, it is often difficult for one person to discover all the secrets of a place, so even if the first person conceals it, the chances of everyone thinking of going together are small. But Brando immediately thought that it was not ruled out that one person came repeatedly many times. Although this seemed a little idealized, it was not impossible.
He recalled that the first person to discover this valley should be the theologian member of the Star Guild, a player named'Kranvo'. The second one entered was a knight, and the third was a female KOK player, but the time interval between the three of them was only a few days before and after, and there was little possibility of concealment.
Brando shook his head, not for this reason. So it's the second one, the valley has changed before the player enters. This is not possible in the game-but on the one hand there are also two factors.
One is the plot change, and the other is NPC exploration. He couldn't help but frowned. He wouldn't know much about this task without the player's participation. Unknown-this is a big problem for him.
But Brando stared at the tree, still involuntarily interested in his heart. Like every player, his interest in the pursuit of secret missions is innate, just like an unknown treasure that involuntarily attracts people to chase.
It's like a task that involves Taikoo knowledge, surely it won't be too ordinary, right
He immediately made a gesture to the others, asking them to stop the refugees. Anyway, the night in the valley is stopped relative to the time outside. This one 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 back and forth, and it takes only a few hours to run a horse back and forth, and it doesn't take three days at all.
He saw Reto looking at him suspiciously, then pointed to the tree and replied: "It seems that there are some problems, I want to go ahead and check it."
"Need manpower?" Although the bar owner Reto is a veteran of the November War, he is helpless in the face of mysterious things. He can only ask based on his own experience.
Brando does need manpower.
But he looked at these mercenaries and didn't trust them. After all, this may involve some legendary treasures, as well as the same danger. He doesn't want to share secrets with these people. He has to find someone he can trust. He first looked at Shire. Originally, this young mage obedience was his best choice—as a summoned creature, he and this young man could almost share secrets—but Shire had exhausted his mana in this night’s battle. Now he is only better than an ordinary person.
He looked at Roman again. The merchant lady was also unqualified. Although she had a keen perception, she was too weak to go with him.
Roman looked at him and blinked obediently.
Brando knew that this merchant lady was pretending to be such a well-behaved so that he could take her on an adventure, but Brando would not be fooled. He finally turned his head and his eyes fell on the absent-minded Freya. Body.
"Freya?"
"Ah? Ah!" Freya raised her head to look at him, froze for a moment, her face flushed.
"What's the matter with you?" Brando was taken aback when she saw her like this. In his original impression, Freya should be an independent girl with her own insights, but how could she have been since Xavier Mountain Road? It has always felt a little weird.
If the Elf Sword didn't respond to her, Brando would wonder if she was replaced by Madara's undead.
"No, nothing, Brando, what's the matter?" Freya had just thought of Brando's weird request before, and was flustered, for fear that the other party would see through her mind.
"I'm going to the front to have a look, you are with me."
Freya was taken aback, and nodded immediately: "Okay, okay."
"I want to go too." The merchant lady writhed on horseback.
"You stay here obediently for me. If you want to learn how to ride a horse, I will let Charles teach you. But if I come back and see you strapped to the horse, I will drag you over and strap it to my horse. Behind." Brando glanced at her and replied viciously.
"But I can't learn it." Roman replied simply.
Can't you be humble? Brando couldn't help but shook his head: "It doesn't matter, there is more time, riding a horse is a very simple thing. You always have to go on an adventure with me, you can't do it if you don't know how to ride a horse."
"It's okay, Brando, I can tie myself to the horseback, I don't feel any discomfort." The businessman thought for a while, and replied solemnly.
"It's very much related. There is no inevitable connection between this and whether you feel comfortable." Brando gave her an angry look, and was too lazy to pay attention to the complaints of the future business lady, and simply ran to Reto alone to explain. After thinking about the things that might need attention, he took a spare crossbow, and then called Freya and set off.
In Brando's memory, the most likely plot in this valley is the branch to the west. However, the more hidden places the players searched the more times. In fact, Brando had been there once or twice, but in the end he found nothing.
It's just that he still remembers the plants, the mountains and the rocks in that area.
The two left the team. Brando kept paying attention to the surrounding scenery. After running for about ten minutes, he finally confirmed his conjecture-the land of the fairies at this moment is absolutely different from the game, and it must be a few days after this. What hasn’t been known about changes in the past few months.
But seeing him spinning around a rock, Freya behind became confused and couldn't help but catch up and ask: "Brando, what are you looking at?"
"I'm looking for the entrance." Brando was constantly turning his horse's head and looking out of the messy white rock. At this moment, he seemed to have found something, and suddenly got off his horse and walked towards the rocky ground.
"Entrance?" Freya asked after getting off the horse and catching up.
"En. It's here, come with me—" Brando replied and drew out the Elf Sword with a'zheng', and walked step by step toward a narrow gap in the center of the two sharp rocks.
He remembers that this place is called the "Fork of Fate". There will be hints in the system log when he gets here in the game, but there is obviously no hint in this world. He can only act on his experience.
He remembered that there should be an open iron box behind the rock with a slate inside. That slate was a necessary prop to enter the fork of fate, but it could not be taken out of the valley. Someone tried to carry that thing in a dimensional bag, but the final result still disappeared inexplicably.
It can only be explained that the slate was originally part of the idealization of this world.
He thought about it and went around the rocks, but he didn't expect a strong wind to hit him. Brando’s feelings at this moment are already quite keen. Before his brain reacted, his body had already responded subconsciously-he stepped back and knocked down with Freya, and the next moment a golden arrow He almost wiped the tip of his nose and flew over.
The two fell backwards, but Brando raised his head at the last moment, only to see a golden figure disappearing behind the rock instantly. This is because he reacted quickly, otherwise he would not even be able to see where the attack came from.
"Who!" Brando subconsciously pushed back and wanted to get up from the ground to catch up, but when he pressed his hand, he suddenly felt a limp where he started. After a slight shock, he finally realized that he couldn't help but react. There was a blank in my mind.
No one is it.
He turned his head and saw that his unbiased hand was placed on the girl’s chest where it shouldn’t be placed. Freya was completely taken aback, her bright light brown eyes staring at him, she didn’t know what to do for a while. Just speak up.
But the future Valkyrie finally reacted, she slammed Brando aside, then quickly got up, lowered her head and said nothing.
Brando also reacted, and he couldn't help getting up awkwardly and pretending to look at the direction in which the golden figure had receded before—of course, there had been no ghosts long ago.
"Sorry, that..." He thought for a long time, only to squeeze out such a dry sentence.
"Well, who was it just now?" Freya lowered her head, blushing as if bleeding.
"I don't know, I saw a golden figure. The fairy is not like that. It's more like a summoned creature." When asked about the professional field, Brando's thinking became much clearer.
"You, are you not hurt?" The girl's voice was as thin as a mosquito.
Brando glanced at her and shook his head. He paid special attention to looking for the golden arrow before, but only found a deep hole in the side wall of the rock on one side.
Mitsuya
Brando frowned when he looked at the small hole, it was an advanced weapon effect. But at least it was confirmed that what I saw just now was not an illusion, and from the opponent's speed, it seemed that his strength was not as good as Alberton. Thinking of this, he relaxed a little, as long as he stayed vigilant, there shouldn't be much trouble.
He had already confirmed his strength in the battle with Alberton, and he could barely reach the silver rank if he went all out, and enemies below silver would not be too scared now.
After checking the battlefield, Brando gave Freya a vigilant gesture, and then grabbed the wizard sword and touched it in.
He remembered that the golden figure had escaped from the gap in the north, and behind that was the entrance to the fork of fate. Could it be that they came from behind? But in the game, I have never heard the rumors of anyone being attacked.
He immediately saw the iron box behind the rock-it was born on a white stone platform, as if someone had placed it on it. The box can be destroyed if it has power above the gold level, but it doesn't make much sense, because it will automatically return to its original appearance the next night.
Brando looked around, now he couldn't believe his previous memories. At least the golden figure had changed some of his discretionary 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 being stunned.
In addition to a stone slab, there is also a pair of earrings in the box.
what is this
Brando hesitated, he was afraid that there might be magic traps on the box. Although there are no magic traps in the game, who can tell now. However, he has a simple test method. He leaned the wizard sword against it. There are often some simple protective measures between the enlightening magic items. He only needs to see if there is any reaction.
Although this method is not always effective at all times, it is at least better than nothing.
Brando quickly got the result—no response.
He then picked up the pair of earrings, glanced briefly, and immediately threw it back as if it were burning his hands: "Endless ice earrings, intelligence +2, will +1." Brando couldn't help groaning, subconsciously. Covering his head with the ground, at this moment he is simply suffering from a splitting headache, as if a thousand needles are piercing his meninges.
"Brando?" Freya was startled, and ran up to support him.
"I'm okay, watch your surroundings." Brando held the tin box with one hand, gasping for breath, and cursing loudly at the person who put the earrings here. Of course he knew what was wrong with him. This was not a trap, but simply because the magic recoil was too intense—of course, the biggest problem was—this ring is at least 95Oz equipment, how could it appear here inexplicably Plant a place!
His first reaction was that he had hallucinations, but the second reaction was still impossible. Buche is still a novice zone at this season, most encounters will not exceed level 50, and this ring has far exceeded the level of encounters can withstand, at least has reached the level of 70.
Therefore, when Brando would use his willpower to retrieve the ring, a strong magic recoil appeared, causing his mind to appear blank for a moment.
And such powerful magic items appeared in a low-level area.
It stands to reason that this error will not appear in the game.
There may be some changes in this world, but Brando doesn't believe it will go against the setting of the game. He finally waited until the headache eased a little, calmed down and realized another problem:
What if the place of the saint's remains was originally set for the NPC
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible. After all, the first time he discovered the valley itself in the game was not long after the game started, 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 pounding, a hidden mission over sixty levels? Is he going to catch a fish in troubled water? Or should you quit as soon as possible
The risks are of course unimaginable, but the gains may also be unimaginable. Brando had only completed three hidden missions at level 60 and above in the previous life. Once he obtained fantasy weapons, once he obtained intermediate skills, and once he obtained nearly 100 million Thor's wealth.
Only by relying on the experience of these three missions, he was among the middle and upper reaches of the player's level.
But how big is the risk? The sixtieth level is like a guillotine placed in front of Brando. The sixty level refers to the golden power, and even the elements are more than ten levels civilized. If you want him and a sixtieth level When the ordinary monsters face each other, it is estimated that the opponent will give him a second with just one look.
Brando pressed his hand on the iron box, and couldn't help feeling agitated for a while, hesitated and couldn't decide.
Because there is still another key issue. In the next three months, everything in this valley may cease to exist at any time. It is possible that he gave up this adventure today and will never have the opportunity to choose again tomorrow. Suddenly, this dilemma was like a cold ghost lingering in his mind, urging him to take risks again and again.
What is he going to do
The young man couldn't help taking a breath, then looked back at Freya.
"Brando?" Freya saw Brando's eyes look a little strange, and couldn't help but ask carefully.
"If I choose to take risks, 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 let out a long breath.