Chapter 281 Triggering a hidden mission! The bloodline of Queen Medusa!
"That's your brother?" Su Xuan asked Vernis.
"Yes!"
Vernis replied in a dissatisfied tone, "My brother must have obeyed the orders of those old guys and asked me to go back and accept the punishment of the clan. Punishment!"
After a brief silence, Su Xuan immediately understood what the mistake Vernis had made.
He said slowly, "If you have nowhere to go now, I can let you live in the guild."
Vilnis asked curiously, "There are such weak people in your guild?" Swamp?"
"No."
"Then I won't go!"
"..."
Su Xuan couldn't help but feel a little speechless. Vernis's hobbies were indeed different.
However, according to records, black dragons do seem to prefer living in terrain such as swamps.
But he would never create a swamp for her in the guild. After all, the black dragon likes to immerse the entire dragon body in the mud of the swamp, and the guild does not have such a spacious space to accommodate her needs. .
Not to mention, who would build a swamp at home?
In addition, what Su Xuan is a little curious about is that although Vernis likes to roll in the swamp, her dark scales seem to have magical powers, making her body free from any mud and smell. smell, but exudes a faint aroma.
Soon after, Vernis dropped them off near the village.
As soon as she landed, she immediately transformed into a beautiful girl with long black hair.
Seeing Vernis's human form, Su Xuan couldn't help but feel a bit of surprise in his heart, and his eyes wandered away from Vernis.
"What are you looking at me for?" Vernis put her hands on her hips and asked in confusion.
"Oh, it's nothing." Su Xuan smiled and shook his head, and replied lightly, "I just didn't expect that a black dragon that likes to roll in the swamp would be a beautiful young girl."
After he finished speaking, he turned his gaze to the surrounding villagers.
"Giant...giant dragon!" The villagers saw expressions of fear and awe on their faces when they saw the dragon's true form displayed by Vernis.
At this moment, an old man with gray hair and snake scales on his face walked out of the crowd. His scales are much denser than those of other villagers, covering almost half of his face.
He is the village chief of this village. Although he is an ordinary person, according to Su Xuan's previous understanding, he has lived for more than 150 years.
The village chief walked towards Su Xuan cautiously, hunched over, and asked with a slightly trembling voice: "Sir Adventurer, have you eliminated the monsters in the swamp?"
"Well, that monster is dead." Su Xuan nodded and gave a positive answer.
"Great! Our village can finally regain its tranquility!" Hearing this, the village chief breathed a long sigh of relief, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to relax a little.
Then, he turned his eyes full of vicissitudes to Su Xuan, and asked with a smile of expectation and gratitude: "During the process of destroying it, did the adventurer find any of the treasures it stole? ? If you can find it and return it to us, I will thank you for your kindness on behalf of the entire village with a generous reward."
"Treasure?" Su Xuan was stunned and began to recall the scene.
The body of the snake man was completely burned by Vernis's dragon breath and turned into ashes, leaving no treasure behind.
Su Xuan immediately replied, "I didn't find any treasures, and the snake man's body has been completely reduced to ashes."
"Into ashes?" When the village chief heard this answer, a flash of light flashed on his face. Disappointed and confused, "How is it possible? How could that treasure be reduced to ashes in the battle..."
"I did not see any treasure." Su Xuan emphasized again, feeling a little strange in his heart at the same time. .
He remembered clearly that when he landed and looked at the body of the snake man, there was indeed nothing except ashes.
If there really is a treasure that the village chief said, it is impossible not to notice it. "In addition, if you want the adventurers to recover the treasures taken away by monsters, you should clearly indicate it in the mission description instead of covering it up. Could it be that you have some hidden secrets?" Su Xuan said in a deep voice.
Under normal circumstances, after the task is completed, you only need to return to the guild to submit it. But Su Xuan chose to return to the village because he sensed possible clues to the hidden mission.
After all, this village was founded by a human man and a snake woman.
The goal of the mission is to hunt down a snake man. The connection between them is difficult to avoid making people suspicious.
The village chief’s reaction confirmed his suspicion that there was indeed a hidden mission!
"This..."
Faced with Su Xuan's questioning, the village chief looked solemn for a moment. After a short silence, he finally said, "Well, we concealed the truth of the matter."
"Adventurer, please listen to me patiently. The whole story is like this..."
The village chief began to tell Su Xuan the whole incident in detail. It turned out that the snake tribe woman also With the blood of Medusa, he escaped from the tribe and came here with his lover.
As for the snake man who was killed by Vernis just now, he was actually the fiancé of the snake man woman.
Of course, he didn't come here to find his fiancée, because the snake woman passed away a hundred years ago.
His real target is the heart of the snake-human woman. According to legend, snake-men who drink the blood of Queen Medusa will gain unparalleled power, and this power will condense in their hearts.
Even if the Snake Man dies, his heart will remain intact and passed on to the next Snake Man.
And the heart of the snake woman is extremely precious.
The blood that other snake people drink is the weak power left after being diluted over many generations.
However, this snake woman was lucky enough to drink the pure blood that came from Queen Medusa and had not been drunk by anyone else!
Although no one knows how she obtained this blood, her heart has become a treasure coveted by everyone in the Snake Tribe.
This is exactly why the Snake Tribe woman chose to leave the Snake Tribe.
However, problems followed one after another. The villagers in the village also knew nothing about where the hearts of their ancestors were hidden. They only knew that the snake man was searching for the whereabouts of the hearts deep in the swamp.
As for whether the snake man successfully found the heart, the villagers are more inclined to believe that he has already succeeded.
Because a bright light once flashed in the swamp, as if it was a sign of the arrival of a rare treasure!
But when they heard that Su Xuan said that there was no treasure, their faces showed confusion.
At the same time, Su Xuan's thoughts turned to how the Medusa blood on the snake woman was obtained?
Besides, where is her heart hidden so that even her descendants don’t know anything about it?
"Adventurer! Can you please help us find the heart of our ancestors? We are willing to provide a more generous reward!" The village chief appealed to Su Xuan.
[Hidden mission has been triggered: Find the heart of the snake man! 】
[Task reward: 10 gold coins, 5W experience, an epic piece of equipment]
But facing this hidden task, Su Xuan did not show any joy. The swamp is vast, and looking for the heart of the snake woman is like looking for a needle in a haystack!
Unless...
【You have received a message! 】
"Huh?"
Su Xuan raised his eyebrows slightly and opened the chat interface in confusion.
[Xia Yu: Damn it! Su Xuan, you must not enter the hole in the south of the swamp! As soon as I entered, I stepped on a trap and my whole body was instantly petrified! As a last resort, you can only use resurrection coins to regenerate. Fortunately, my adventurers are fine, but I can't take out the silver scale armor! What a bad luck and heavy losses! 】
(End of this chapter)