Chapter 1 Prologue: February 14
Spring, 2050 AD
A full year, two months and fourteen years have passed since the day [Innocent Bound] was released. It's been several hours.
This spiritual virtual game is not very new but has entered the market with a ferocious attitude. So far, it has more than 10 million fans and has been played on countless nights. That continent called "Innocence" has written a lot of legends and stories.
The reason why it is night is because this game still adheres to the strange concept of 'only supporting login in sleep mode' until now, which has caused countless liver emperors to complain while miraculously maintaining good health. .
February 14th, one o'clock in the morning.
[Connection completed, reading character information]
[Welcome back, lawful and good Mo, will soon be loaded into the realm of innocence, I wish you good night]
……
The southwest of the Innocence Continent—Pamela Port
Mo Tan was refreshed on a bench. Under the intervention of the system, no one would notice his slightly abrupt appearance within three seconds. This can be regarded as one of the few differences between players and NPCs in this game. .
"Today is Valentine's Day..."
He moved his shoulders a little, and then sighed slightly: "Although it is not impossible to find someone to spend it with, but if you are not careful, If you get sick, you'll be in big trouble. It's better to kill some time here. Huh, let's go to the Deep Shadow Maze to take a look today. ”
Let’s make a digression first. Mo Tan’s “sick” sentence above does not mean that he feels that he may do something obscene to someone of the opposite sex that is worthy of at least ten years in prison. It's because of some other circumstances. As for what they are specifically... don't worry, even if you don't read the introduction so carefully, they will be explained later.
“Hey, why is our Lord Knight here in a daze?”
At this moment, a clear and sweet voice suddenly sounded behind Mo Tan, interrupting his thoughts.
Mo Tan turned around quickly, but saw nothing...
"Hey! Are you implying that I have stopped growing for more than ten years?"
The dwarf girl with some freckles on her face jumped up and down in dissatisfaction and complained: "You can't turn the corners of your head when you look back. Lower your attitude?"
Mo Tan gave the girl an apologetic smile and shrugged: "I'm sorry, Mi Lu, but you have to know that if the person who greeted me just now was not you, but that big guy Moore. If I could move my gaze downward just a little bit, I might be permanently traumatized.”
"Uh-huh."
The dwarf girl named Mi Lu narrowed her eyes dangerously, her fingertips flashed with dangerous elements, and sneered: "In other words, do you think my voice is different from that sloppy one? , the one-eyed troll who is full of muscles, slow to react, and can’t be found in most cases!”
Facing this guy who is also in the lawful good camp, but has an extremely fiery personality! The dwarf sorceress, Mo Tan, immediately raised her hands in surrender and said she would reflect on her inappropriate remarks for two minutes.
"Forget it, I just saw you packing your equipment, where are you going?"
Mi Lu, who was not really angry, sat next to Mo Tan, sucking and sniffing. While drinking the suspiciously colored reagent, he tilted his head to look at the latter curiously.
Mo Tan casually took out a piece of parchment and pointed to the half-scrawled map on it: "I plan to go to the Deep Shadow Labyrinth again."
"Goddess Ilana, sir! Mo, what did you do last time? It’s already a miracle that you can come back alive!”
Mi Lu’s eyes widened immediately and she exclaimed: “It’s only been repairing for a few days, and you still have to go to that damn place! !”
Mo Tan had already put away the map, and at the same time confirmed that the healing potions, magic scrolls, miracle badges and the heavy flail on his waist were all where they should be. , and then nodded and said: "Yes, I have to go."
"Is it for...little Dino?"
Mi Lu pursed her lips, her expression looking a little depressed.
Mo Tan nodded.
Little Dino is an ordinary dwarf boy in Palmyra Port, and his family are all ordinary blacksmiths. The relationship between Mo Tan and these three people is only entrusted to old Dino to help repair. It was just an armor, but during this period, in order to cure the sick little Dino, he risked going deep into the deep shadow labyrinth dozens of miles away several times, just to find the magic weapon that was said to grow deep in the labyrinth and could cure rot blood disease. Dead leaf flower.
Even other players or NPCs who also belong to the lawful good camp will rarely do this. After all, there is a big difference between good people and bad people.
At least Mi Lu can’t do it.
But Mo Tan, or [Mo], who is a quarter of Mo Tan on the Innocence Continent, will do this, not only without hesitation, but also without any desire for reward.
Mo is a good person in every sense of the word. He is gentleman, polite, kind, fair, brave, and compassionate. Everyone who knows him will give such an evaluation without any discount.
“Take this.”
After a moment of silence, Mi Lu suddenly handed over a small and exquisite magic wand, shaking her calf that was hanging in the air because it could not reach the ground. : "I can't risk my life for a stranger, but at least I can give something good to a guy who is too kind."
Mo Tan took it over, He glanced down.
[Milu's Elder Wand (3/3)]
Quality: Excellent
Requirements: Lawful Good Alignment
Weight: 1.5kg
Usage: Create a layer of flame enchantment for ten minutes/summon a totem with low defense (attributes depend on the environment)/launch a pulse of mixed elements.
[Note: The wand made by the young dwarf warlock Ms. Milu Qian contains a variety of elemental attributes and can effectively deal with various situations. The cost is high. 】
When Mo Tan saw the last four words in the note, he immediately raised his head and planned to refuse, but found that the dwarf girl had left at some point, so he had to keep this favor in his heart and backhand the favor. After putting a piece of high-quality consumables into his backpack, he stood up and left.
He had to hurry up, because he didn’t know when the night of ‘Mo’ would end.
……
【You have been disconnected urgently, please choose whether to reconnect. 】
"Yes."
[Reconnection begins...]
[Connection completed, character information is being read]
[Welcome back, chaotic neutral Tan Mo, coming soon Load into the realm of innocence and do whatever you want! 】
……
Eastern part of the Innocence Continent—The City of Freedom
“Heh.”
The corners of Mo Tan’s mouth hidden under the hood curled up slightly, and then his whole person suddenly merged into the shadow under his feet, and for a long time Afterwards, he was sitting in a noisy tavern and appeared on the street with two money bags in his hands.
No one can recognize him. His current appearance is completely different from the gloomy hooded man in the tavern who is shrouded in a gray cloak. At this time, Mo Tan is wearing a pair of exquisite and delicate gold silk clothes. Wearing glasses, wearing a snow-white robe decorated with rose lace, holding a huge book in his left hand, and holding a silver harp in his right hand, he looks like a bard. Of course, being a bard is indeed one of his identities. That’s it.
Putting the book under his arm, he took out a silver coin and flicked it at the half-dragon selling fruit next to him. Mo Tan exaggeratedly leaned over and picked up an apple from the stall, took two bites, and then I fiddled with the strings with my backhand, and a melodious and soothing melody played, and I sang loudly and emotionally:
"The black king, standing in the palace of thorns~gazing~on the scepter!"
"The white elephant, looking around with a war roar~roaring~on the battlefield!"
"The queen meditates, poison rose Tea cup collision~murder~hidden!"
"Knight's madness, invincible and undefended~the battle flag~flying!"
"What will you think in the next second?"< br>
"At that moment, who is hurting for me?"
"Who will take the plunge and give him a piece of paradise?"
"Be a puppet and hang around her!"
"On the chariot, the black flag dances ~ flies ~ roars!"
"Under the white horse, the female knight ~ is injured ~ sings lightly!"
"The whisper of longing is ringing in my ears!"
"The black soldier's sword is unsheathed and raised!"
"Remember that you are here in the small workshop~on the table"
“We don’t have faith in the gray one yet”
“You lean on it with your sword and sing lightly”
"I don't understand the obsession of silence~Watching" "Now you and I, wearing different paints~stand~on the battlefield!"
"But I can't forget the distant view of the past~you In my heart!"
"The chariot was severely damaged and helplessly collapsed in the field. My heart was crazy!"
"The sound of horse hooves was like the eyes of each other in the memory."< br>
Mo Tan played the harp and danced on the street unscrupulously, his body constantly swaying to the melody. Even the sound he made when he gnawed an apple in the gaps between the lyrics was like an accompaniment. Almost everyone's eyes were on him. Focusing on him, Mo Tan, whose expression was sometimes sad, sometimes wild, sometimes gloomy, sometimes flamboyant, also enjoyed the gazes around him.
You can do whatever you want, as long as you are happy, so what if you grab two wallets and suddenly burst out singing? So what if this kind of thing doesn't benefit you at all? Just be happy.
Everyone can see that this seemingly bohemian bard and the upright knight who temporarily stayed in Palmyra Port are completely two people, although in many senses, they are indeed two people.
But even Mo Tan himself couldn't deny that they were actually the same person.
But it doesn’t matter, no one can connect them. Even if someone has heard of them both at the same time, it is impossible to imagine them together.
Because players all know that each person can only create one character in the Innocence Continent.
As for the NPCs, it is impossible to be stupid enough to identify two guys who, although they look quite similar, have completely different personalities and positions as the same person.
In fact, ‘their’ social circles in the game are completely different.
"The knight's sorrow, the face of pear blossoms with rain~whispering~singing lightly~"
After closing his eyes and singing the last bar, Mo Tanchong had a pile of silver coins and copper plates at his feet At some point, a crowd of onlookers had gathered around him, leaning down to pay their respects.
Before the crowd had completely dispersed, Mo Tan had already turned into an alley with brisk steps, and was soon surrounded by several masked men as expected.
"Oh, long time no see, Muse."
Putting the harp into the space bag, Mo Tan smiled and rushed to the leader whose whole face was wrapped in a leather mask. The long ears said hello: "Do you have anything to do with me?"
The elf known as the Muse sneered: "Tan Mo, you are really hard to find..."
Mo Tan shrugged and spread his hands: "You know that people like us from other worlds often evaporate out of thin air. It’s normal to not be able to find it for a while, right?”
Muse withdrew the double blades from her waist with her backhand, and arched her body slightly: "Anyway, you have one minute to prepare your last words."
The other besiegers also drew out their own weapons...
The orc shaman took two steps back and smashed the thick wooden totem on his back to the ground with a clang.
The two human rangers quickly glanced around, and after ruling out ambushes and traps, they lightly climbed up the low houses on both sides, faintly blending into the surrounding environment.
The last two sturdy dwarf heavily armored warriors held broad shields and slowly approached Mo Tan.
"Hey~"
Mo Tan rubbed his forehead in distress: "Why is there such a strong smell of gunpowder? There are so many people in the City of Freedom, so it's not appropriate to see blood, right?"
“No trouble.”
The muse scratched lightly with her fingernail The scroll wrapped around the handle of the blade was broken, and a strange elemental fluctuation came. The alley was suddenly plunged into darkness. His voice full of anger rang in Mo Tan's ears: "Do you know how much trouble you have caused? ?”
“Which one do you mean?”
Mo Tan didn't even turn his head, he just raised his hand gently to catch the sharp blade coming from behind like a poisonous snake, and said with a smile: "The thing about the large-scale poisoning in Kag Town?"
[Cunning Fox Intuition]
Cunning Passive Skills
Mastery Requirements: Cunning School Level 13, Dexterity 60, Intelligence 30
Effect: When visibility is extremely low/inflicted When you are blind/close your eyes, you can sense the life forms with the strongest murderous intent towards you within a certain range.
[Note: A prey that can always escape is a qualified prey. 】
“Or…”
Mo Tan suddenly disappeared from the spot, and at the same time, he appeared instantly behind a human ranger who had just pulled the bowstring to half a moon. The others had not caught him yet. As he moved, he first saw a head rising into the sky, and then heard the sound of blood splashing and a burst of laughter coming from all directions.
"What happened when I accidentally killed your last employer who was fond of chicness?"
[Knife Fan Cloak]
Cunning active skills
Mastery requirements: Cunning school level 15, dexterity 80
Consumption/limit: 200 acuity value
Effect: After use, perform an orientation within 20 meters. Teleportation, cooling time is five minutes
[Note: Although it is called Knife Fan Cloak, it does not actually require you to have a knife, fan or cloak on your body, so please do not take it seriously. 】
"Stop him!" Muse shouted angrily, and two blood shadows were thrown out from the dagger in his hand. The elf's night vision talent made him aware of Mo Tan's position immediately, and he reacted as quickly as possible.
The wailing sound came from the orc shaman who had just blessed himself with the power of the earth!
“Or maybe it’s because I conveniently took away the Shadowfang Dagger from your Black Tower City Thieves Guild?”
Mo Tan’s figure slowly walked from behind the orc who fell to the ground. Emerged, holding a slender dark dagger in his hand, grinning at the muse.
【Shadow Tooth】
Weapon Category: Dagger
Quality: Unique Epic
Attack Power: Extremely Strong
Attributes: Cunning Level +2, Curse +1, Dexterity +20
Traits: Bleeding, Tearing, Breathless, Additional Skills: Shadow Fang
Equipment requirements: Cunning School level 15, Double Blade Specialization level 15, Dexterity 95, Faithless
[Note: The dagger handed down from the God-Destroying Society in the Primordial Era represents one of the five gods-killing beasts. Teeth, only without faith Can only be used by those who defy God and those who defy God]
[Shadow Wolf Fang]
Equipment skills (active)
Consumption/limitation: 30% of one's own maximum health
Effect: Instantly move behind the target (needs to be within the field of vision), causing the theoretical maximum damage to it (certain critical hit, enjoying the back bonus), cooling time is one hour.
[Remarks: A, B, C... etc., why is it ABC! ? 】
“This is impossible!” The moment he saw the dagger in Mo Tan’s hand, Muse shouted hysterically: “No one can use Shadowfang!”
And just now At this time, the magic scroll he activated also exceeded the time limit.
Poof!
The moment the darkness faded, Muse saw a smiling face very close to him, with a few strands of strange blood hanging on it, and his heart was severely pierced at the same time.
"Most of the people in the Thieves Guild are either followers of Delia, the goddess of the night, or followers of Izanar, the god of lies. Of course you can't use it."
Mo Tan smiled jokingly. He smiled and whispered in Muse's ear: "By the way, what I said before is 'don't see blood. "Appropriate," meaning it has never been my blood..."
Muse had gradually begun to lose consciousness at this time, but stared at Mo Tan with widened gray pupils that slowly spread, and trembled Said: "You...why..."
"Ah~"
Mo Tan scratched his head and shrugged: "Yeah, why did you do those things? Probably just do what you want to do in the process of chasing the answer."
Muse did not do it. Without any reaction, the second-ranked leader of the Thieves Guild in Black Tower City had already stopped breathing.
……
【You have been disconnected urgently, please choose whether to reconnect. 】
“Yes.”
【Reconnect...】
Clang! !
Mo Tan's game cabin was forcibly opened from the outside, and a strand of black hair appeared in front of him.
"Come out!" The owner of the hair said calmly: "Come with me to deal with some trouble..."
Prologue: End
(End of this chapter)