If I'm not mistaken, something might have happened here.
But at least the situation is not the worst.
Because if the other party could really control the rules, he would have reopened it by now.
The other party did not show up on his own initiative, nor did he have any communication with me, as if nothing had happened.
"You don't want to alert the enemy and want me to back down?"
As long as you don't show up, you will feel that it is your own problem
That's... reasonable.
If Herbert was really just a nobleman who had just become a paladin, he would not force his way in after encountering such a situation. He would definitely think that he was not strong enough and retreat.
Herbert pondered for a moment, nodded, and turned away without hesitation.
When you are undecided, just moisten it first!
There's no rush anyway, so let's just conquer the dragon and the mermaid first.
The area ahead will be explored in the future!
But just as Herbert was about to cross the barrier and return to Waterdeep, his steps gradually slowed down and finally stopped completely.
“… Tsk.”
He was a little unhappy.
Although the main target now is a weak and helpless but capable person, although he really can't beat the opponent now.
But yeah!
"I'm the warden, and you're the prisoner."
Herbert turned around, looked at the impenetrable darkness, and curled his lips in dissatisfaction.
"How can I let you ride on my head?"
no.
Although his protest might not be useful, he felt that his thoughts were not rational if he really just left like that.
The little hooligans all knew to make a few harsh threats before leaving.
After all, I am a prison boss, so I have to do some work before leaving.
But what kind of work should be done
"You can't bite a lighter, right? There's no such thing... huh?"
Herbert turned his head and continued to look at the darkness in front of him, and suddenly he felt something.
He placed the lantern on the ground and slowly walked to the edge where darkness and light met, squinting at the overly smooth border.
Herbert thought for a moment, then tentatively stretched out a finger and gently touched the edge of light.
Nothing happened.
The fingers had no feeling and did not turn into a piece of bone after being pulled back.
"… "
After a moment's silence, he turned around and extinguished the lantern, and after hesitating for a moment, he even closed the stigmata.
For a moment, he felt himself passively merged into the darkness.
Drowned in nothingness.
Swallowed by loneliness.
But the strange thing is that apart from these feelings, Herbert did not feel any discomfort.
This place is actually no different from the outside world.
In the darkness, Herbert's eyes were bright, with a faint golden light.
Although he still couldn't see anything, he could vaguely "sense" the way forward.
Not only that, he also had a vague feeling that someone was watching him.
In the darkness, someone was watching his every move.
Buzz—
The holy marks glowed instantly, and the feeling of being watched disappeared without a trace, as if the scene just now was just an illusion.
But Herbert was not so naive.
So, when you stare into the abyss, the abyss is also staring into you, right
"I see."
The corners of his mouth curled up, and he smiled brightly at the darkness, waved his hand, and said loudly:
"I will come back again."
Having said that, without waiting for the other party to respond, he picked up the lantern and strode away.
By the time he left, the darkness returned to calm again.
After a long time, a faint low laugh came from the darkness.
"You left so decisively."
"Haha... interesting guy."
.
.
Understand what
To be honest, Herbert didn't understand anything.
As for the changes in the third area, he couldn't understand the details at all now, but that didn't matter.
He didn't need to figure out the reason, it was enough to be sure that there was indeed a problem.
So, what to do next is clear...
"Report, must report!"
Chapter 17 Don’t do weird things with it!
All evil will be brought to justice - except me!
After confirming that there was something wrong with the Lightless Prison, Herbert decided to report it to the monastery's higher-ups.
He wasn't going to solve it himself.
It's just a few hundred dollars a month, why should I risk my life
Besides, it’s not that I didn’t try hard, it’s just that I really couldn’t beat him.
No matter whether this incident was caused by the dark elves or the vampire prince, or whether the two of them worked together, he had no ability to resist.
It's beyond my ability.
I can’t beat him.
If you are not good at it, just practice more.
I can't afford to play that.
Stop playing, everyone!
Report button pressed!
However, before going to the archbishop for help, Herbert had one very important thing to do.
No monster materials have been collected yet.
So, Herbert looked at Miss Siren, who was looking at the colorful fish tail with a tangled face, and asked kindly: "Miss Freme, I'm back, are you not ready yet?"
Not long ago, he asked Freme for a small gift - one of her colorful scales.
It was used as a symbolic compensation to reconcile the two and to write off the previous attempt on his life.
Although Freme was a little hesitant, she finally agreed.
Because from Freme's point of view, Herbert's sincerity is very high.
It's really just a symbolic gift.
They are just scales on the tail and have no special meaning. She can take one off and another can grow back at any time.
The only thing that made her feel vaguely that something was wrong was his smiling expression.
I always feel like something is weird...
However, for some reason, she didn't want him to see the details of the scales being removed, so she drove him to the third area.
"I'm ready, indeed." Freme's mouth twitched, somewhat unsure whether what she was doing was right.
No, why does it still feel like something is not right
"you… "
She hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help asking, "You really won't do anything weird with it, right?"
"Really, I just want to keep a piece as a souvenir."
Herbert nodded calmly and assured me by patting his chest, without showing any sign of guilt.
I certainly wouldn't do anything weird.
How could it be strange to use monster materials to improve your strength
After saying that, he asked curiously:
"By the way, what do you mean by strange things? I don't quite understand. Can you explain it to me in detail?"
Frey looked at the boy's "pure" eyes full of curiosity, and for a moment she didn't know how to explain, so she stammered:
"Well, just use it to do something..."
"Do something?"
The mermaid looked at the boy speechlessly, wanting to ask, "You grown man, don't you understand? Do you really need me to explain it to you?"
But she remembered the oath of purity that the other party had taken, and she choked on the words.
Tsk, this kid might really not understand!
Does he still want me to give him extra lessons
well.
“… Never mind, just take it.”
She shook her head speechlessly and threw the palm-sized scale directly out. It drew a graceful arc in the air and fell into Herbert's hand.
"I've given you the things, but don't mention that matter again!"
"Of course, I will keep it well as a symbol of our friendship." Herbert smiled and bowed to the mermaid.
Got it!
Ding ding ding—
Obtain the material [Colorful Scales of the Legendary Siren]!
He suppressed the excitement in his heart, maintained outward restraint, and continued to chat with her for a long time.
He only left Waterdeep Prison after Freme despised him and kicked him out.
Standing at the border of the first area, Herbert's mouth curled up slightly and he couldn't help but chuckle.
"Hehe, haha, hehehe!"
It’s me as expected!
I actually got the material for the monster girl!
"… What are you yelling about?"