"What are you looking at? Is there anything different about me today?" Jiang Rouyu finally realized why her body was acting strangely today. It turned out that I, who was following behind her, was peeking at her. I cleverly covered it up a few times, but this time, she caught me red-handed. She finally caught me playing tricks behind her."Could it be that he has finally 'enlightened' himself?”
"Oh, I was just thinking, have you prepared your equipment for the cave today? "Don't panic when the time comes…" I said calmly without showing any guilt on my face. The reason why I was so calm and composed was because I had already found an excuse. Once I was caught, I would blurt it out. Just like now, even though I could almost hear my own heartbeat speeding up, I was still very confident in my acting skills. I was confident that I could deceive everyone, including Jiang Rouyu. It was just that I could deceive the heavens, the earth, and the top psychology student in front of me, but I couldn't deceive myself...
Once a woman fell in love, she would lose her shrewdness. Jiang Rouyu was no exception. When she saw the man in front of her answer so calmly, she forgot that she was good at psychological analysis and completely believed him. Therefore, a trace of disappointment flashed in her eyes and she said,"I'm ready…"
After that, we were speechless for the rest of the journey. The silence between us made the atmosphere extremely oppressive. It was only when we entered the graveyard that the atmosphere became slightly better. The two of us overcame all the obstacles along the way and cooperated seamlessly with each other. It was very easy for us to reach the center of the graveyard. After all, the two months of fighting side by side was not just for show…When we arrived at the eerie cave entrance, we looked at each other and nodded knowingly. Then, we took out torches from our bracelets at the same time. Under the illumination of the torches, the black hole suddenly became much brighter. However, the light from the two torches could only illuminate about 10 meters. Beyond 10 meters, it was pitch-black.
When we stepped into the cave, we were greeted not only by the forest atmosphere, but also by the hair-raising cries. Suddenly, Jiang Rouyu came very close to me, almost sticking to my back…
"Are you scared?" My funny division leader, after all, a woman is still a woman. Weakness is an indelible nature in the depths of one's heart.
" Of course…" She rolled her eyes at me, which made me freeze on the spot…Although she could only be considered a little delicate and pretty, the temperament that she inadvertently displayed deeply attracted me. Just like this little action of rolling her eyes made me want to hug her in my arms and kiss her fiercely.
"What are you daydreaming about? " Careful…" Jiang Rouyu suddenly woke me up from my fantasies. It turned out that a skeleton soldier had already appeared in front of me and was swinging its broken blade at me. I quickly raised my Wood King Blade to block, but its bone leg kicked my abdomen fiercely. A red '-15' immediately rose above my head, making me pay the price for my dirty thoughts.
"Ya ~~~~" I was so angry that I vented my anger on the poor skeleton soldier. I jumped up high and slashed down with my sword. It raised its shield to block, but I was so strong that I pressed it to the ground with my sword. When I landed on the ground, I swept it up from the bottom... The skeleton soldier smashed into the cave wall and scattered.
"Hehe, why were you in a daze just now? Are you thinking about your girlfriend outside the game? "There's a knife in the head of a pervert…" Jiang Rouyu was taking revenge on me for Chao Xiao and also testing me.
Yes, that's right! She was testing him. If he had a girlfriend or wife outside, everything she had done would be for nothing. Her pride would not allow her to be a third party. She had only realized this problem just now.
"Girlfriend? Hehe…Your big brother is still single…How can I have a girlfriend?”The reason why I often call myself 'big brother' to Xiao Yu is because I'm a few years older than her.
"I don't think anyone wants it, right?" When Jiang Rouyu heard that there was nothing she would worry about outside, she was overjoyed. However, she tried her best to suppress her joy and only smiled faintly.
"Why do you care? Little Sanba…let's go ~~~~"Having been guessed correctly, I was a little angry out of embarrassment. Jiang Rouyu, who was well versed in observing facial expressions, naturally didn't find it difficult to see through me. She just didn't expose me. Thus, we continued to move forward into the cave. The ghostly wails became louder and louder. Fortunately, Jiang Rouyu was in a good mood now. Otherwise, she would have left a long time ago and not stayed in this godforsaken place…
Along the way, we killed a few more Skeleton Soldiers who came to give us EXP. Finally, we found the guy who was trying to scare others with his ghostly scream. I didn't expect this guy to be an NPC. His name was quite old-fashioned, called Brother Ah Niu. Seeing an NPC appear in the monster farming area, I felt that this was very likely a quest or a hidden storyline.
" Xiao Yu, you go…" I gave Brother Ah Niu, who was squatting on the ground, a look.
"I don't want to. What if he's a zombie?”Jiang Rouyu shrank back and then pretended to be weak.
"Then you should display your chivalrous demeanor and kill him with a single strike ~" Did she mean that she was not very ruthless just now?
"So what if your charm is low?" Although Jiang Rouyu was not convinced, she had no choice. Who asked her to have such a low charm?
" Hey! Are you alright?" Jiang Rouyu asked as she stood a meter away from Brother Ah Niu. She gripped the sword in her hand tightly as if she was about to slash someone.
"..."'Brother Ah Niu' suddenly stopped crying and looked up at Jiang Rouyu.'Brother Ah Niu' might not have a good name, but he's quite handsome.
" Heroine, save me!" Brother Ah Niu kneeled in front of Jiang Rouyu and kowtowed like a trembling garlic, crying and begging.
"Is there anything you need our help with? "Tell me…" Jiang Rouyu heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that 'Brother Ah Niu' wasn't some disgusting 'thing'.
" It's like this..." Then,'Brother Anu' began to tell his story. It was just as we had imagined. He was a quest...
Speaking of which, this Brother Ah Niu and the village flower, Xiao Ju, were a couple. Three months ago, they had privately engaged in marriage in front of their parents 'graves. However, the heavens did not wait for them to be happy for long before a skeleton soldier crawled out of the ground. Not only did it knock Brother Ah Niu to the ground, but it also took Xiao Ju away. He avoided those zombies and skeleton soldiers along the way to get here, but there were too many skeleton soldiers in front of him. He could not pass through. So, he hoped that we could help him get his fiancée back…The story might be very old-fashioned, but it was enough to make Jiang Rouyu cry.
"Don't worry, we…"
"Let's go ~" I dragged Xiaoyu, who was trying to comfort an NPC, along.
"Hey, hey, hey ~ What are you doing?”Jiang Rouyu said unhappily as she broke free from my hand.
"Of course we're going to save them! What's the use of you staying here?" I asked.
"Eh? Aren't you touched at all? You emotionless blockhead." Jiang Rouyu snorted.
"Yes, yes, yes ~ I don't have feelings, but aren't you too emotional? This was just a game. There were countless pitiful people in reality. Pity and sympathy were just things that rich people made to amuse themselves when they had nothing to do.”I said disdainfully.
"..." Jiang Rouyu was stunned after hearing my extreme words. Out of her professional habit, she began to analyze what kind of person the owner of this sentence was. The conclusion was," He's a poor man, and very poor. Growing up in a poor environment for many years has made him hostile and disgusted with rich people, even if it's not obvious on the surface... It seems that I can't let him know my family background, at least not now..."
Following the dark cave, we soon saw a faint light. When we got closer, we found that the light was coming from a cave. The cave was as big as half a football field. The source of the light was the many torches on the cave wall. After entering the cave, we found ourselves on a high platform. The long stairs extended to the bottom of the cave. Opposite the high platform was another high platform, and there was also an arched entrance. This design let us know that even if we passed this mission, there would be another problem. The only problem was, could we pass this mission? There were at least a hundred skeleton soldiers below the platform, and these skeleton soldiers were like a 'high wall' that blocked our advance. Moreover, these skeleton soldiers were a little different from the ones we encountered before. The sabers and shields in their hands were not on the same level. Anyone who was not blind could tell from the gleaming sabers and the brand new round shields…
I threw an Appraisal spell over, and the system replied that I was a Skeleton Guard…Level 30!!
" This is a level 30 Skeleton Guard. Be careful…" I took out the Wood King Blade and said to Jiang Rouyu.
"Mm." I was completely focused on the skeleton guards in front of me, so I didn't notice that her voice had suddenly become so gentle.
Looking at the densely packed skeleton guards below, it was impossible for us to force our way in. Thus, we decided to 'seduce' them and 'break them one-by-one.' This 'lust' was naturally Jiang Rouyu's eldest miss. However, this eldest miss's charm was too terrifying. I only asked her to 'seduce' one, but she actually managed to seduce a whole group. This forced me to change my original plan and retreat to the high platform. However, it was also because of this that I actually found a good way to deal with them.
The original plan was to lure them over one by one and let us work together to deal with them. However, I really don't know how long it will take to fight them one after another. Now, I can use the height of the platform to kick them down. If they can roll all the way to the bottom, I can reduce their HP by half. This way, they will be reincarnated.
"Xiao Yu, it seems like your charm is really strong ~" I said.
" Of course..." Jiang Rouyu said proudly when she saw me praising her.
" You don't look like much…" I added, almost making her spit blood. I was implying that your charm could only attract monsters.
" None of your business..." Jiang Rou Yu said hatefully. She swung the sword in her hand even harder, as if she was venting her anger on the pitiful skeleton guards...
" Be careful…" Just as she was about to vent, a low growl entered her ears. Before she could react, a figure pushed her to the ground.
It had been two months since the last time, and this face was so close to her again. In an instant, countless thoughts surged into her small head."He, he, he…what is he doing? Does he want to molest me? No, no, no... It can't be that he wants to kiss me, right? But I'm not ready yet ~~~~ What should I do with Amorous? Close your eyes…isn't that how it is in books and on TV? Yes, close your eyes…"
"Hmph!" Jiang Rouyu, who hadn't been waiting for my kiss, heard me groan in pain. Then, she heard me curse in a low voice." Damn it, there's actually an Archer…"
"..." Jiang Rouyu suddenly opened her eyes and found that the face she had been looking forward to had already left her. In front of her was a back figure that was desperately waving a long sword and had a few long arrows stuck in its body. It turned out that the reason why she had fallen was because she had been ambushed by a Skeleton Archer!! Although she was a little disappointed, she was more touched…After all, he was a man who took an arrow for her? Can you not be touched by him? Even if this was a game, even if you didn't have to die here, the realism of the game was no less than reality. What was valuable was the persistence and courage to risk your life.
Jiang Rouyu immediately joined the fray with her sword in hand. With her joining the fray, the pressure on me instantly lessened. With the two of us working together seamlessly, we quickly got rid of these skeleton guards. The skeleton archer hiding in the crowd was also caught up by my sliding step and killed in one strike.
"Hello…Thank you?" After killing these Skeleton Soldiers, we started to clean up the battlefield. High-level monsters were indeed more generous than ordinary Skeleton Soldiers. Other than gold coins and some Health Pills, there were also some good equipment. One of them was a blade and one was a shield. They were Bronze type and could probably be sold for a good price. However, just as I was picking them up, Jiang Rouyu suddenly said this.
"Hmm?" Her words made me confused for a moment. I was too busy picking up things to react.
" Thank you for blocking an arrow for me just now…" Jiang Rouyu said.
"Oh, you mean this? "It's nothing. It's only natural for a man to protect a woman…" I said confidently.
" Humph…male chauvinism…" Jiang Rouyu felt a tinge of sweetness in her heart when she heard this, but she still did not show any weakness.
"..." I smiled and folded my shoulders, not paying attention to what she said. After spending so much time with her, I more or less knew her strong personality.
After cleaning up the spoils of war, we continued to move to the next cave. I entered another cave through the arched door. However, I immediately retreated after taking my first step. Then, I nailed a few arrows to the place where I was standing…
" It's good that I shrunk back quickly. Otherwise, I would have lost a few toes…" I let out a long sigh.
"Then shouldn't you quickly retract your hand?”Jiang Rouyu said unhappily.
"Ah! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to…" When I retreated, I opened my arms to block her from coming forward. However, I touched her breasts with one hand.
"Hmph, I know you didn't do it on purpose. If you did, I'll chop you up!!”Jiang Rouyu sneered with a murderous look on her face. At this moment, she looked very much like the perverted butcher woman on television.
"..." I saw that she didn't say a word, and my heart felt uneasy. "Cough cough ~" I coughed twice to hide my embarrassment and fear as I looked into the cave. The large cave was no different from the one we were in, except that it was no longer a skeleton guard but a skeleton archer standing on the wall.
Skeleton Archer…Level 32.
"This is going to be troublesome…if your charm is high, you can stay here ~ I can go in myself.”
"No! "I want to go in too…" Jiang Rouyu said firmly.
"Are you crazy? Can't you see that there are at least fifty Skeleton Archers inside? I'm afraid you'll become a hedgehog halfway through.”I really wanted to knock her head to wake her up.
"Then carry me over." She suddenly lifted the corner of my clothes. Her coquettish action reminded me of my sister at home.
"Do you want me to die? " Just stay here…" I flicked her forehead habitually. This was a small action that my sister and I were used to. However, I didn't realize that the girl in front of me, who wasn't my sister, was blushing because of this small action.
I held a blood replenishing pill in my left hand and the Wood Emperor Saber in my right hand.
" Dang Dang!" Even though my Charm wasn't that good, they still gave me two arrows each. At first, it was still alright. I could still use my Agility to hit or dodge a few arrows, but there would always be a time when I was careless. As such, when I was about to reach the other side of the stairs, I had already been hit by seven or eight arrows. Based on the 50 HP per arrow, it had already taken away 350 to 400 HP from me. I ate a Blood Restoration Pill and then used a Slidestep to rush out of the cave.
After passing through the arched door once again, I found myself in a similar cavern. I immediately felt a sense of helplessness." When will this end?" But I quickly found the difference between this cave and the previous ones. There was a high platform in front of me, but there was no door on the high platform. Instead, there was a tall stone chair. The stone chair was empty, but there was a girl standing beside the stone chair. Because I was too far away, I couldn't see her face clearly. She was standing sideways, so I could only see her left face.
I think she should be the 'Little Chrysanthemum' that Brother Ah Niu mentioned, right? But how am I going to take her away? I had this thought because I saw eight rows of armored skeleton knights riding on skeleton horses, wielding spears and shields.
The Skeletal Knights were a type of Level 35 monster. Although they could only see their levels, just by looking at their posture, one could tell that they had high attack and defense. Moreover, the agility of the horses they rode was definitely not low. Fortunately, these Skeletal Knights were not gathered in one place. They stood in four rows on each side, with 20 people in each row. They stood on one side and made a path that was nearly 10 meters wide in the middle. And I'm less than 60 meters away from Little Chrysanthemum. With my speed, it shouldn't be a problem for me to run back and forth in 30 seconds.
And I really couldn't think of any other way, so I made up my mind…to go all out. I used all my strength to dash towards Chrysanthemum…Perhaps my Charm was too low, or perhaps the Skeleton Knights were all asleep…Regardless, they didn't move at all as I dashed past them, as if they didn't see me. Thus, I very quickly and smoothly arrived in front of Chrysanthemum.
"Are you 'Little Chrysanthemum?'" I asked.
"I am, and you are…??" Xiao Ju, still using her left face to ask me.
" You don't have to care about who I am, just follow me now…" I knew that my charm was low, and the NPC wouldn't give me any good looks, so I couldn't be bothered to waste my breath on her. I grabbed her left hand and turned to run. At this moment, the Skeleton Knights moved.
However, their horses weren't very strong, so even though I was dragging a person, they couldn't stop me. They were like two high walls closing behind me. In the end, I still rushed out with a 'sliding step.' Fortunately, my Dexterity was high enough, or else I would have been wrapped up in dumplings by them…
When I rushed to the Skeleton Archers 'cave, I strangely realized that they had stopped shooting. However, I didn't dare to let my guard down as I pulled her along and ran all the way. When I met up with Jiang Rouyu, I let out a long sigh of relief. Jiang Rouyu leaned against the cave wall with a pale face as if she had seen a ghost.
"Why do you have such an expression?”
"You, you, you…What did you bring back?”Jiang Rou Yu pointed at the 'Little Chrysanthemum' she was dragging behind her and said with a trembling voice.
When I rushed to the Skeleton Archers 'cave, I strangely realized that they had stopped shooting. However, I didn't dare to let my guard down as I pulled her along and ran all the way. When I met up with Jiang Rouyu, I let out a long sigh of relief. Jiang Rouyu leaned against the cave wall with a pale face as if she had seen a ghost.
"Why do you have such an expression?”
"You, you, you…What did you bring back?”Jiang Rou Yu pointed at the 'Little Chrysanthemum' she was dragging behind her and said with a trembling voice.
"Of course it's 'Little Chrysanthemum.' What else could it be?”I looked at Little Chrysanthemum, who was still looking at me with half of her face, and asked in confusion.
"You came here to take a look ~" Jiang Rouyu pulled me in front of her to block her. When I looked at 'Little Chrysanthemum' again, I finally knew what had frightened Jiang Rouyu so much.‘Little Chrysanthemum's Beauty could be said to be a match made in heaven with Brother Anu outside, whether in name or appearance. However, this 'match made in heaven' could only be used to describe the left half of her body, while the right half of her body was already rotten beyond recognition. It was swaying and rotting, making people forget about eating when they saw it.
"Who are you?" Xiao Ju said faintly. There was no breath of a living person in her voice.
"We were invited by your Brother Ah Niu to save you…Come with us.”Jiang Rouyu was no longer so afraid. She stuck her head out from behind me and said.
"What? "I'm not leaving…I'm not…" Xiao Ju said in a panic.
"Why?" Jiang Rouyu asked in confusion.
"Do you think she can be seen in this state? As a woman, she wanted to give her most beautiful side to her lover, but…" It was not difficult for me to guess her thoughts. Sure enough,'Xiao Ju' nodded vigorously in agreement with my statement.
"Just treat me as if I'm already dead ~~~ Three months ago, the Undead Lord kidnapped me to this cave and wanted me to become his wife. I refused, so he turned me into this inhuman, ghost-like appearance, sob ~~" As Little Chrysanthemum spoke, she started crying.
A woman's compassion was indeed strong. Right now, it even made Jiang Rouyu overcome her fear and come to her side to comfort her…"I beg you…Just tell him that I'm dead and let him forget me ~"'Xiao Ju' cried and begged.
" Yes, yes…" Out of sympathy between women, Jiang Rouyu nodded repeatedly.
"No!" I said firmly.
"Why?" Xiao Ju looked at me pleadingly.
"Do you love him?" I asked without thinking.
"..." Little Chrysanthemum nodded in a daze.
"That's why you have to tell him personally. If he can't accept you now, then this man isn't worthy of your love…" I said seriously, then I reached out to her silently.
"..."'Xiao Ju' was stunned for a moment, but in the end, she still handed her hand to me.
"..." Jiang Rouyu was also stunned. She was shocked and moved by those words..." If... if you were to face the same choice one day, would you think the same?”Looking at the back view of me leaving with 'Little Chrysanthemum' in hand, Jiang Rouyu shouted in her heart.
After passing through the last cave, we returned to the dark cave again. With the light of the torch, we slowly advanced. The strange thing was that the skeleton soldiers didn't cause us any trouble along the way, and we smoothly arrived in front of Brother Anu who was waiting anxiously…
" Little Chrysanthemum…" Brother Ah Niu was so excited that he wanted to pounce over.
" No, don't come over..."'Xiao Ju' quickly hid behind me.
"Little Chrysanthemum, what's wrong? I'm your 'Brother Anu'~~~ Don't you recognize me?”‘Brother Ah Niu thought he had scared Xiao Ju, so he quickly stopped and said with a kind smile.
" Because..." Xiao Ju didn't finish her sentence and slowly walked out from behind me, facing him with her face.
"Ah!" Brother Ah Niu let out a normal scream and fell to the ground in fear.
" Brother Ah Niu, forget about me…" Xiao Ju cried as she turned to leave, but Brother Ah Niu, who had just reacted, rushed forward and grabbed her rotten right hand." No, don't go on the road."
"Brother Niu, forget me ~" Xiao Ju tried to break free from his hand, but everything she did was in vain. "Don't go,'Little Chrysanthemum,' don't leave me…Have you forgotten the oath we made? In this life, no matter the hardships or calamities, we will never leave each other. Even if we are separated by life and death, we will follow each other forever…I believe you will not forget.”
" But..." Before 'Little Chrysanthemum' could finish her 'but', her mouth was already sealed by' Brother Anu'. Finally,'Little Chrysanthemum' was completely conquered by 'Brother Anu', just like in novels and television dramas. Our mission seemed to have come to an end... because this was Jiang Rouyu's mission, I didn't hear any notifications from the system from the beginning to the end.
"Thank you for everything you've done for us. In order to repay you, please accept this ore. Our family has been blacksmiths for generations, and this ore was obtained by my grandfather's grandfather…it's 'Ruyi Ore'.' Ruyi Ore'is a high-grade ore, and according to legend, someone used it to forge a divine artifact…The name of the divine artifact seems to be 'Ruyi Jingu Cud'.”‘Brother Ah Niu gave him a piece of black and soft mud and explained.
"My goodness…this is incredible. This mud can actually make Monkey Sun's Wishful Staff?”Before I could take a closer look, a violent tremor suddenly appeared in the cave. I hurriedly put away the Ruyi Ore.
" Not good, the Undead Lord is back…Leave this place quickly!!”‘Xiao Ju said with a pale face. Thus, the four of them immediately ran towards the entrance of the cave…
NPCs are NPCs. With the support of the system, the two of them ran away with us for a short distance before disappearing, leaving only the two of us…
It was dark, and we had to rely on the light of the torch to see everything around us. Although we had been training here for two months, we had never had the experience of spending the night here, because our instincts told us that the night here was definitely not something that could be described as terrifying.
As expected, I began to hate the accuracy of my intuition…A dense group of zombies surrounded us at the entrance of the cave, and the sound of running could be heard from the cave behind us. Suddenly, a zombie pounced on me, and I hurriedly waved my sword to block it. At the same time, I made a decision…
[System Notification: Ding!] Player Liu Wuqing has left your party.
" Hurry up and use the teleport scroll…" I shouted at Jiang Rouyu behind me. Because I have already come into contact with zombies, the system will assume that I am in battle and cannot use the Return Scroll.
" No, let's go together…" She took out her sword and prepared to join the battle, but I stopped her.
"Are you crazy? Did you see the situation clearly? Do you want us to die here?”While I was talking, I didn't notice that I was caught by a few strange hands again. Fortunately, the zombies didn't hurt me much.
"Woman, are you trying to kill me? Do you still think that you are some kind of martial arts hero? "I've had enough of you. Get lost immediately…" I shouted at her.
"..." In the end, she took out a teleport scroll with tears in her eyes and turned into a ray of white light to return to the city. I didn't know if she could understand my painstaking efforts. I only knew that the moment her eyes filled with tears, I regretted it…Perhaps out of selfishness, I hoped that she could stay.
30 minutes later, I appeared in the magic circle of the Novice Village. In the end, I was still unable to break out of the encirclement and was buried in the Skeleton Knights 'torrent of bones. When I returned to the Novice Village, the first person I saw was Jiang Rouyu. Her eyes were still filled with tears. Her eyes were filled with sorrow, resentment, and sadness. Anyway, I didn't know for sure.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell at you…”She didn't let me finish my sentence and went offline. In the next few days, she didn't come online, and my heart began to become unusually irritable, as if a piece of my heart was missing...
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