This is truly a temple, no doubt about it.
Mayfair subconsciously looked at the road behind—behind was the road of trials. But at this time, she could no longer see the thick fog that had blocked them when they came.
She felt that she hadn't really walked for a long time... In her impression, the time it took to walk the road of trials seemed to be about the same as the normal way up the mountain to enter the temple.
But how
This is really a road of trials... It is the most dangerous place in the village where the villagers are forbidden to touch, except for the forbidden area outside.
Just when Mayfair was distracted, she felt her arm being pulled suddenly, and then her body moved aside...it was Luo Qiu.
"Don't talk, someone is coming."
Boss Luo pulled Mayfair aside to hide, and then looked out—behind a stone pillar.
There are many patterns carved on this pillar... more like a totem pole.
Mayfair was startled at this moment, and also poked his head out, only to see that there were indeed two figures not far away, walking around the outer wall of the temple, "It's the guards of the temple, especially the one on the left, called Malik, he is very powerful, he is the captain of the guard of the temple. Fortunately, he was not discovered by them, otherwise we will be in trouble."
Mayfair patted his chest lightly at this time, looking relieved.
"Looking at the situation, it's just an ordinary patrol." Boss Luo took a few extra glances and said with a smile; "Let's find a way in after they leave on patrol."
Getting a little closer... Mayfair felt a little nervous for no reason at this time—in her impression, she had never been so close to the vision.
But at this moment, the captain of the temple guard in front suddenly pointed to the hiding place of Boss Luo and Mayfair, and said in a deep voice, "Who is hiding there!"
Mayfair was startled subconsciously, and instinctively wanted to move back—but at this moment, Boss Luo suddenly held her shoulder and shook his head as a signal.
Mayfair had a look of surprise on her face, and Boss Luo made a silent gesture to signal her to continue reading.
At this moment, the member of the guard directly drew out his weapon, and tentatively walked towards the side of the stone pillar—but he had only walked two steps away, when the captain of the guard suddenly launched a sneak attack.
The sharp blade easily pierced the player's body from behind.
"Captain Malik... you??"
The team member couldn't struggle much... His mouth was even covered by the captain of the guard, Malik—in the end, after a few struggles, his body went limp.
Mayfair, who saw this scene, covered his mouth with his hands desperately, for fear that he would make a little noise out of panic.
It's just that she was really frightened, and she couldn't help shaking... But she didn't move at all, and even the sound of breathing forcibly stopped.
Soon, after the sneak attack killed the team members, Malik, the captain of the guard, quickly looked around, then directly picked up the team members' bodies, and then quickly walked in through the back door of the temple.
…
"He... he he he, Captain Malik... he he he... he..."
She was really terrified, and she couldn't speak quickly. She firmly grabbed the clothes on Boss Luo's arm, and her pretty face was as white as paper.
"I saw it too." Boss Luo looked at Mayfair at this moment, "Take a deep breath, three times."
Mayfair subconsciously took a deep breath, it didn't work three times, but only two times, his mood has stabilized slightly, "Why did Captain Malik kill him?!"
Boss Luo thought for a while and said, "Why did you escape from the tribe?"
Mayfair subconsciously said: "In order not to be a sacrifice, because the current god is a fake, it is actually a man-eating monster... Could it be?!"
"Are you still planning to go in?"
"I..." Mayfair's expression changed slightly, and as soon as she gritted her teeth, she said in a deep voice: "I want to go in! If Captain Malik is really doing things for the monster in the temple, I will expose him even more, otherwise the village Inside, there will only be more victims of the tribe... I can't just watch! Evidence, I need to expose their evidence."
"Even the people in the village treat you as a sacrifice?"
Mayfair shook his head and said: "Of course I hate those who insist on choosing me as a sacrifice... But there are other people, and the children in the village, they don't know anything... Do you want me to hate them too?" ? In order to hate some guys, but ignore the people you like? I can't do it!"
"But you really wanted to escape before... and you have been fleeing all the time." Boss Luo said indifferently: "We found you in the forest, and you were on the way to escape, and you were injured."
Mayfair smiled wryly: "I admit my cowardice... But just now, when I saw Captain Malik attacking and killing the people, I actually wanted to save him. But because I was afraid... I didn't even dare to move .”
She hugged her body tightly, "I clearly saw that Captain Malik drew his weapon... If, if I had made a little movement or made some noise just now to alarm them, maybe Captain Malik would not have succeeded. I thought That’s what I told myself, but I couldn’t do it. It was Captain Malik who did the killing, but I, who was dying to save me, was also… an accomplice.”
"You have to understand that if you issue a warning, you will also be in danger." Boss Luo said slowly: "You are not an accomplice, you are just protecting yourself. When people are in danger, they will protect themselves. Nothing to be ashamed of."
Mayfair took a deep breath and said, "But I don't know what to be proud of... I think, I really shouldn't run away. Thank you for sending me here. I'll just walk the rest of the way by myself... No Necessary, to involve you and your friends in this danger."
"In that case, let's go in." Saying that, Boss Luo stood up and extended his hand to Mayfair.
"But you... you..." Mayfair moved his lips and asked softly, "Why did you help me?"
"Our current identity is adventurers." Boss Luo smiled slightly: "Since we are adventurers, we naturally have to take risks. Don't look at me like this, I should be pretty good."
She stretched out her hand subconsciously, only feeling that it was a palm that brought warmth and peace of mind.
But when Mayfair was about to touch her, she suddenly retracted. Instead, she pressed her knees, stood up slowly, and took deep breaths time after time. Knowing that her emotions were completely stable, she said seriously: " OK, let's go in together."
Although a little surprised, Luo Qiu didn't say anything.
He turned to look at the entrance of the back door of the temple, "Go directly through the back door, you may be found... Are there other entrances and exits?"
But at this moment, Mayfair suddenly pushed out her palms, and she seemed to be thinking about something... In an instant, a soft green light directly covered Boss Luo's body.
He fell straight to the ground in no time.
Mayfair hastily stepped forward at this time, supported Luo Qiu, and then gently placed him behind the pillar to lean against, "Thank you... But this is something I have to face myself, you wait here for your friend Come."
Looking at the sleeping face in front of her, she subconsciously reached out to touch it.
However, the fingertips stopped for a while, separated by a layer of thin air, Mayfair slowly took a breath, and said softly: "Even if I encounter any danger, I will still forget [today] when I wake up. "
She let out a breath, then stood up abruptly, and with a wave of her hand, the weeds beside her began to grow wildly, covering Boss Luo's body.
After that, Mayfair drew out the saber at her waist, and in a flash she had already reached the door of the back door of the temple... She gently opened the door and leaned in.
at this time.
Behind the totem poles, the lush weeds have degenerated little by little... to their original state.
The sleeping Boss Luo has already opened his eyes.
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This is a maze, 100% maze... the most common kind of maze in the Dragon Quest game.
Dark passages, sombre stone walls and floors, endless branching paths... and then there are the monsters.
Dr. Geers looked at a treasure chest that was biting his palm and desperately gnawed on it, and looked at Mr. Sneve expressionlessly, "You said, the second level doesn't need to be fought, it's just a maze."
Before this, they had encountered several waves of labyrinth monsters—the battle was not very intense, and the danger of monsters was completely within their tolerance.
It's just that when clearing the bull-headed guards, the energy consumed was too great, so that the fatigue was already spreading in this not-so-intense battle.
At this time, Mr. Sneff probably felt that he was a bit uneasy about his face. He silently picked the treasure box beast that was biting the palm of Dr. Geers, and chopped it down with his own sword, killing it.
Then, he threw a bottle of recovery potion at Dr. Geers, "Drink it when your life is almost lost, don't waste it."
"Tsk." Dr. Geers patted the medicine back with disdain, took out a bottle, unscrewed it, and drank it...he has a lot of it.
Not only him, Tina, Sneff actually has some good ones on him-these are the spoils picked up after some lost interim captain.
Dr. Geers just felt that Sneff's act of borrowing flowers to worship Buddha was too shameless.
But having said that, they have gone through the guards of the first level, and now they have entered the maze of the second level, but they have not encountered the lost temporary captain along the way.
This really has to be artificial, and the temporary captain is actually still behind at this moment.
"Could they have retreated and waited for us at the place where they started?" Dr. Geers had to make such a guess, and it was easy to get the approval of the other two.
However, the second level of the maze has already gone deep, so it might be unrealistic to leave like this.
"Doctor, have you figured out a way to get out of this maze?" The maid seemed to have strong confidence in Dr. Geers, and she was not worried at all at this moment, and asked quite easily.
Dr. Geers snorted twice, and said calmly: "It's almost there. If you walk a few more passages, you should be able to find the laws of this maze... Speaking of which, this [chessboard] world is incredible, but this The level of civilization in the world is not high, and the level of construction of this maze is naturally not high."
—Damn it... how does this road seem to have been traveled before? Why do all roads look similar
"That's good." Tina nodded and said nothing.
"Go on, Sneff." Dr. Geers thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Anyway, you have nothing to contribute, so just carve a mark on the wall, so that I can find the rules."
However, Mr. Sneff sneered directly at this time.
Tina had no choice but to whisper in Dr. Geers' ear, "Doctor, not long after he came in, he had already started to carve marks on the wall."
"When did it happen, why didn't I find out?" Doctor Geers couldn't help being surprised.
The maid said: "Doctor, you are leading the way, so you didn't notice... But I have noticed that we have not encountered the mark left by Sneff, which proves that we did not go around in circles. Doctor, you are amazing!"
"Pediatrics." Dr. Geers shrugged and said, "I won't play this kind of maze game until I take my first mouthful of blood."
—Oh... It turns out that this road has not been passed, but it’s okay.
The passage was very quiet, and the conversation between the two naturally fell into Sneff's ears verbatim... He simply shook his head, walked to the corner of the wall, and started to randomly carve a mark on the corner with his weapon.
But just as he was about to leave, Mr. Sneff's expression suddenly changed slightly... He immediately touched the wall, and wiped it vigorously with his palm.
"What are you doing?" Dr. Geers walked over suspiciously, but saw Sneff wipe the wall with more force.
Not long after, at the place where Sneff wiped, there was a mark that had been there for some time on the wall... This is obviously not the one that Mr. Sneff just painted.
"It should be the mark made by the tester who entered the maze before." The maid thought for a while.
"No..." Mr. Sneff showed shock at this moment, "This is... the mark made by Geralt!"
"What did you say?" Dr. Geers was startled: "The mark made by your follower... Are you sure?"
"I can't read it wrong!" Mr. Sneff said excitedly at this time: "This kind of symbol can only be used by Geralt. He said that this is an ancient script passed down by his nation, it is [Asgard] The text. This symbol should mean [direction].”
"An ancient text..." Dr. Geers frowned at this time, "So, the wound on the back of the bull-headed guard in the first level was also left by your former servant, that is to say..."
"Mayfair is lying!"
The three spoke in unison.
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