The Devil’s Cage

Chapter 38: Pipe and deer hat

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[Background: The daughter of the big businessman Hunter is missing. As the best detective in the city, you are hired to find the rich lady. Now you will go to the manor of the big businessman Hunter to find out...]

[Main quest: Find Altili Hunter or her body within one month]

[Obtain a temporary language, it will disappear automatically when you leave the instance]

[The attributes of clothing, backpacks, weapons, and items remain unchanged, but the appearance is temporarily changed, and it will be automatically restored when leaving the instance]

[Check that the age of firearms and grenades does not match, the power will drop by 50%, the reload speed of pistols will increase by 1 second, and the reload speed of sniper rifles will increase by 30 seconds]

(Tip 1: This is your first official dungeon. The main task can fail, but you need to pay a ransom of 100 points, and the highest attribute will drop by 1 level. When the points are insufficient, the equipment will be deducted. When the deducted equipment cannot make up for the penalty points , it is determined that the player has failed the game!)

(Reminder 2: The title mission will be opened in the official dungeon—the title mission and side missions are all hidden and need to be discovered by yourself)

After the bright light in front of him disappeared, there was a crisp sound of horseshoes and wheels rolling over the water between the stone slabs, and his body heaved and fell regularly.

Yesterday's heavy rain left a lot of water on the road. Even if someone was cleaning it, it was only clearing away a large area of water.

And no matter how hard the cleaners are, they can't do it in such a small area between the stone slabs.

"carriage?!"

Qin Ran looked in front of him in surprise.

The small carriage can only accommodate 3-4 people. The seats are divided into two sides, the front and the back. Qin Ran is sitting on the back side, facing the front, and can clearly see the receding scenery outside through the window on the side. .

It should be a street full of medieval feeling.

However, occasionally an antique car flashes past, which tells Qin Ran's approximate age.

People on the street dressed in suits, shirts, long skirts and parasols, and took off their hats to greet each other.

And he himself put on a black windbreaker, looked at the temporarily changed windbreaker, especially the pipe and deerstalker hat that suddenly appeared in his hand, and looked at the expression of "you are the best detective in this city" in the background. Introduction, Qin Ran couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

COS Sherlock Holmes, you have to give me Watson!

The female version!

"Looking for someone? The power of the gun has decreased?"

Qin Ran carefully checked the rest of the introduction, his brows furrowed.

The decline in the power of firearms and the increase in reload time are undoubtedly very unfavorable to Qin Ran, and his combat effectiveness has dropped by at least 30%.

"Is this what 'Lawless' says is restricted?"

Qin Ran couldn't help talking to himself.

Before, after waiting for three hours, Qin Ran had a conversation with the other party as he wished, and the other party generously informed Qin Ran of many information.

Of course, this is based on the fact that the other party has gained a lot - even if it's just a text conversation, Kieran can feel the other party's joy.

And these information can be roughly divided into four items.

First of all, senior players have established a secret market in the game, which will be opened regularly every month. Any player can enter by spending only 10 points. There are equipment items far exceeding the level of the player forum.

Secondly, dungeons will have different restrictions on players due to different environments and ages. There are good ones and bad ones, with the latter occupying the majority.

Third, the dungeons experienced by the player will not become stronger because of the strength of the player, but because of the "number of times" of the dungeons experienced. As the "number" increases, the difficulty of the dungeon will become higher and higher—multiple The dungeon is to select the average number of 'times' experienced by all players in the dungeon.

Finally, dungeons are allowed to fail, but there will be a price to pay, and as the 'number' of duplications increases, the penalty will get heavier and heavier!

'This is your first official dungeon, the main mission can fail, but you need to pay a ransom of 100 points, and the highest attribute will drop by 1 level! '

Qin Ran looked at this reminder, and the kind warning of 'lawlessness' suddenly appeared in his mind.

'If you don't want to die too ugly in the future, you must complete the main task, even if you can't complete it, you have to recover the loss! '

Qin Ran agreed with this very much.

100 points is nothing to Qin Ran, but the highest attribute has dropped by 1 level, such a loss, Qin Ran cannot afford it.

You know, that represents the cost of upgrading the skill [Tracking] to the proficient level.

A full 3000 points and 2 skill points!

Although this calculation is somewhat general, it is not excessive.

Moreover, Kieran can fully imagine what will happen if the main mission of a dungeon is not completed and it is judged to have failed!

That will be an endless loop that will make people fall into it!

You did not complete the main task of the first copy, deducting points and attributes, so that when you face the main task of the second copy, you are not capable enough, and if you fail again, you will be deducted again.

After repeating this several times, the result is self-evident.

A player whose physical indicators are weaker than ordinary people, facing a ferocious monster, really shouldn't die too badly!

"Not only must the main mission be completed, but also the side missions and title missions must be overfulfilled as much as possible—only in this way can we gain more advantages in future dungeons!"

Kieran knew what to do when he knew that the difficulty of the dungeon was changed according to the increase in the number of times.

Moreover, he has already gained a step ahead.

The harvest of the novice dungeon is enough to make him far surpass other novice players.

But at this moment, in the first official dungeon, Kieran doesn't mind expanding this advantage again.

If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools!

Qin Ran quickly checked and prepared.

He first looked at his original tactical backpack, which had completely changed at this time.

A long wooden box, about 1.5 meters long and no more than 45 centimeters wide, was placed just beside Kieran's hand, with a pure black primer, protected by two silver-white buckle locks, and a leather belt repeatedly interspersed with it. Finally, a strap is formed, and two keys are hung on the strap, one is large and the other is small.

When Qin Ran's fingers touched the big key, some simple memories appeared in his mind - including but not limited to the basic common sense of this era, a few people he knew well with his identity, and his residence and so on.

After a little tidying up, Kieran picked up the small key.

Click!

With this key, Qin Ran easily opened the box.

Including sniper rifle [Viper-M1], pistol [M1905], dagger, 5 [U-Ⅱ] grenades, canned food X3, bottled water X3, and a lot of them.

Even the magazines are neatly placed.

Of course, the appearance of these equipment and items has also changed, which is more in line with the cognition of this era, but the method of use is still the same.

This made Qin Ran heave a sigh of relief.

If the way to use firearms has changed because of the age, it would be bad news for Qin Ran.

Although [Gunpowder Weapons. Light Firearms] has reached the proficiency level, there is no real method of using firearms in it—that should be the category of [Gunpowder Weapons. Special Firearms].

Qin Ran took out the dagger and the pistol [M1905], pinned them on both sides of his waist, and covered them with a windbreaker.

Then, after thinking for a while, he took out the two [U-Ⅱ] grenades and put them in the outer pocket of the windbreaker.

Although the main mission was just to find someone, Qin Ran was not so naive as to think that just finding someone would be enough.

There were bound to be events where he had to fight.

In other words, 'combat and exploration are intertwined' is the theme of underground game dungeons!

If it wasn't because the sniper rifle [Viper-M1] was too eye-catching and the windbreaker couldn't cover it at all, Qin Ran didn't mind carrying it on his back instead of putting it in a box.

After all, he's the 'best' detective in the city now, not a musketeer or something.

Having just entered the official dungeon, Qin Ran didn't want to do something inconsistent with the settings of the dungeon and cause trouble.

What's more, even a musketeer might not be able to carry a sniper rifle [Viper-M1] openly.

This is no longer a war-torn city like a novice dungeon.

It is a very safe, peaceful, and slightly affluent city.

At least, on the surface, that's what it looks like.

"Your Excellency, we are coming soon!"

The coachman informed Qin Ran through the window on the carriage. About two minutes later, the carriage came to a complete stop, and the coachman opened the door of the carriage.

Qin Ran walked down with the box on his back and looked around.

As mentioned in the background introduction, this is a manor.

With lawns, fountains and walls.

The five-story building with a large area in front of me is naturally the center of the manor.

Kieran stood beside the statue of the mermaid fountain, looking at this building with white and blue exterior walls, he subconsciously thought of waves and waves.

In particular, the lifelike mermaid statue stands in front of it, which really makes people feel like they are in the sea.

"The Hunter family produced a naval general a hundred years ago!"

"Your Excellency Qin Ran, hello, I am the butler of the Hunter family!"

With a brief introduction, an old man with a kind face immediately greeted him, and bowed to Qin Ran to salute.

At this time, with the help of several young people, the coachman led the horse into the barn and pulled the carriage to the side of the barn.

Qin Ran glanced over those young people.

Each one is well-built and nimble, and has clearly had some combat training.

"The manor needs to be defended by people, and it is impossible to rely on the police alone!"

The kind old butler explained, and then turned to the main topic: "The master is waiting for you, please follow me, Your Excellency!"

After making a gesture of invitation, the kind old housekeeper walked ahead and led the way.

Qin Ran nodded, followed behind the other party, walked up the steps, and entered the building in front of him.

A wide corridor, covered with a red velvet carpet, with candlesticks on the walls on both sides.

After passing through the corridor, the eyes suddenly opened up.

A hall with a unique style appeared in front of Qin Ran's eyes. The pendant of the crystal lamp refracted the sunlight, making the whole hall appear crystal clear.

However, the master in the hall was frowning.

It was a middle-aged man with fair skin, not tall, and a bit fat.

Behind him was a middle-aged woman with a sad face.

Through the oil painting in the center of the hall, Kieran could guess that this is his 'employer' Hunter and his wife.

Although the oil painting should have been ten years ago, the two of them have not changed much and can be clearly identified.

"Mr. Detective, please help me!"

The host looked at Qin Ran who came in, and immediately got up and came to Qin Ran, begging.