Chapter 168 The Horrible Bard (2-in-1)
Bang!
The trumpet gun sprayed out flames, and countless tiny steel balls were spit out from the barrel.
A disease lunatic was blown away, bleeding profusely after falling to the ground.
"It's your turn, brother, go get the kill reward."
Luan Shi was loading his ammunition, raised his eyelids and said to a beloved teammate next to him.
"Thank you, Brother Luoshi."
The latter smiled, and in the envious eyes of others, he excitedly rushed forward, raised the hatchet in his hand, and killed the disease madman.
Others also received a small share of experience points because they formed a team.
"Brother Rotten Persimmon, we have been here for several days, do you want to continue?"
Someone spoke.
"It feels like the number of 'epidemic lunatics' nearby has decreased, and it seems that it will not be refreshed... There are more and more new people in the town. If this continues, this area will soon be full of monsters."
Rotten Persimmon did not answer immediately, but opened his own panel.
He looked at the "LV9" behind the sub-professional [Church Guard] and chose to upgrade. The number blurred for a moment and immediately became "LV10".
Rotten Shi closed his eyes and let out a sigh of relief.
He's back, he's finally back, his level is finally back to level 10!
At this time, Luanshi wanted to scream loudly, but due to the ups and downs these days, his irresponsible temperament calmed down a little. In addition, there were seven or eight beloved "little brothers" watching around him, so he felt that he could not lose his place too much, so he suppressed his excitement.
Luan Shi told himself to keep a low profile and not be reckless anymore.
"No more brushing, we will leave Emerald Town today."
He put away the trumpet musket in his hand and answered the question from his teammate just now.
"Where to go?"
a companion asked.
Rotten Shima turned to look at him, and then glanced at the others.
"Amber City."
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Naturally, the most convenient and cost-effective way to get from Emerald Town to Amber City is to take the train.
But the nearest train station to Emerald Town is also a long way away. If you walk there, it will take about half a day.
In order to get to the train station before dark, Lanshi led the team early, left Emerald Town, and started on the road.
Snap!
The rotten persimmon crushed the dead branches with one foot, making a crisp sound.
He raised his hand to block the sun, squinted his eyes and looked around. The scorching heat distorted the air, and the dazzling light shone on the gravel road, causing a heat wave to hit our faces.
"Find a cool place to rest first. It's too hot. My health points are slowly deducting..."
Rotten Persimmon said to his companions.
The others could not stand the heat for a long time. When they heard the leader's words, they immediately took off and ran towards a big tree beside the road.
A group of seven or eight people huddled under the shade of a tree to enjoy the cool air.
Lanshi opened the panel map and checked the information on it. The area that was originally covered by fog dissipated after he purchased the map of Emerald Town, and now he can clearly find the location of the "Emerald Town Train Station".
"Work harder, it's only an hour or two away..."
Rotten Persimmon took out his water bottle, took a sip, and encouraged him.
When the others heard this, their interest was not very high. The weather was really torturous.
"It's just a pity that I didn't meet the bandit team. Otherwise, I could have gained some experience... Didn't I say that the road leading to the train station is full of bandits?"
Seeing this, Rowan Shi changed the topic and asked.
A teammate wiped his sweat, shook his head and said:
"With the outbreak of the plague, most of the bandits in the wilderness are probably dead...and even if there are survivors, they are not so 'dedicated' in this hot weather, right?"
"It makes sense..."
Rotten Persimmon responded.
At this moment, everyone suddenly heard a scream and vague curses coming from a distance.
"...Stop chasing me! Damn it! I know I'm handsome, but there's no need for you to pester me like this!"
Luanshi and other teammates looked at each other.
"Let's go and have a look! Maybe there are really robbers around here!"
Immediately, a group of people ran towards the source of the sound.
Not long after, they saw a blond young man running wildly on the grass on the side of the main road, with a disease madman in tattered clothes chasing behind him.
The blond young man wore a hat with feathers and a dirty cloak. He looked very lonely, but it could not hide his noble temperament and handsome appearance.
The disease madman chasing behind him was a middle-aged man who looked like a bandit. He was holding a short ax in his hand and chasing after the blond young man with a strange smile.
"Ah!"
The blond young man accidentally tripped over a stone.
He turned around and stared with wide eyes as the plague madman rushed forward, hatchet raised.
Bang! !
There was a gunshot.
The crazy man who was about to commit murder suddenly flew sideways, and the short ax in his hand fell to the ground with a bang.
Rotten Persimmon walked over with the team.
He asked someone to kill the plague lunatic who had been shot and fell to the ground, and then looked at the blond young man.
"Alex...?"
He made a few inquiries and found out that this was just an ordinary person, and he was immediately disappointed.
I originally thought that saving him would trigger some mission, but now nothing happened.
"Thank you for your helping hand."
Alex got up from the ground, wiped the dust off his body, and saluted gracefully while stroking his chest.
"Introduce yourself, I am Alex, a great bard."
He wiped the dirt from his face and smiled brightly.
"But actually I don't need your help... Even if you don't come, I will be fine. I'm just playing around with this patient."
Alex ignored the slumped expressions of Rotten Shima and the others, and looked at the corpse at his feet.
He remembered something, bent down, picked up the hatchet, and put it on his waist.
"Actually, I am embarking on my own adventure in the world. These dangers are just my spices and not worth mentioning... You guys even disturbed my interest. This is very rude."
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Alex talked freely.
Rotten Shim had an impatient look on his face, and one of the team members behind him couldn't stand this ordinary NPC who was talking big words, so he interrupted Alex:
"Okay, you idiot who only knows how to brag, our eldest brother saved your life, so get out of here... I hope no one will help you if you are in danger next time."
"I'm not bragging!"
Alex frowned, looking a little unhappy.
"Okay, let's go."
Luanshi was too lazy to waste time with a crooked NPC, so he greeted his teammates and planned to leave.
But Alex suddenly stopped them, took out the hatchet hanging from his waist, and stared at them angrily.
"You actually questioned me! You also laughed at me and humiliated me! I, Alex, the great bard, will not allow you to trample on my dignity like this!"
He raised the hatchet in his hand and pointed at Rotten Persimmon and his group.
"I challenge you to a duel! If you are a gentleman, accept the challenge bravely, otherwise you are just a bunch of cowards!"
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned.
Luan Shi raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect that things would turn out like this. The NPC's brain in front of him is probably so bad that he is even crazier than a disease madman.
"Huh? You really are not afraid of death!"
One of the team members behind Rotten Persimmon spoke.
He walked to the side of Rotten Persimmon and whispered a few words. He said that this blond idiot looked good-looking and had an extraordinary temperament. He might have a hidden identity, so he simply killed him and maybe he could reveal something.
Luan Shi raised his eyebrows and thought it made sense, so he nodded slightly towards him.
"Come, I accept your challenge, let's duel!"
This beloved guild member, after greeting Rotten Persimmon, walked straight forward and stood face to face with Alex.
"Have the courage! Then stop talking nonsense and start directly!"
Alex put his hands on his hips and scolded.
Then he raised his hatchet and rushed towards his opponent with great momentum.
"Dragon-slaying axe!"
With a ferocious look on his face, he shouted loudly and suddenly chopped down the short axe!
The others were startled by his shouting.
Dragon-slaying ax? !
Snap!
The player dueling with Alex was holding a rusty sickle, raised the weapon and hooked the ax handle.
His initial nervousness suddenly turned into disdain, and then with a little force, he knocked Alex's hand over.
The hatchet fell to the ground with a clatter.
"That's it?"
The player sneered, raised his hand, and the sickle swiped across Alex's neck.
Pfft——!
Alex's eyes widened and he looked startled.
"Is my world adventure coming to an end here?"
His throat was slashed and blood spurted out. The next second, his body softened and he fell to the ground.
A harmonica also fell out of his arms.
[You killed the bard Alex and gained 10 experience points! 】
The player participating in the duel curled his lips, wiped the blood on the sickle, and then bent down to pick up the harmonica on the ground.
【Miscellaneous - Harmonica】
Item Description: An ordinary wooden harmonica, a small wind instrument. Its original owner seems to have been a wandering bard, who unfortunately was brutally murdered in a duel.
"Bah, what rubbish."
The player spat and threw the harmonica away.
"It's just an ordinary NPC, with only 10 experience points, and no other prompt boxes are triggered..."
"It goes without saying, because each of us only received 1 experience point."
Someone responded with a smile.
Lanshi breathed out, shook his head and said:
"Let's go, don't waste time."
"Okay, Brother Rotten Persimmon."
The group of people ignored the bodies on the ground and left here.
A player walking behind the team also picked up the hatchet. There was no way, they were really poor and didn't even have any decent equipment. This short ax was much easier to use than a rusty kitchen knife.
After continuing to march like this for about ten minutes, everyone suddenly heard screams and curses again.
"...Damn beast! I slipped! Oh, my handsome face is stained with disgusting dirt! Get away! Don't chase me!"
Lanshi and his teammates looked at each other and felt that this scene seemed familiar.
"Go and see..."
Lanshi ordered, and then led the team to run towards the source of the sound.
After a few breaths, they left the main road and saw a blond young man being chased by a mad dog infected with the disease at the foot of a hillside covered with weeds.
The blond young man wears a feathered hat and a dirty cloak. His handsome appearance and tall stature...
"!!"
Including Rotten Persimmon, seven or eight players were immediately dumbfounded.
Isn't the guy being chased by dogs the same wandering bard from before? ! But he had just been killed, why did he appear here again in the blink of an eye? !
Resurrection from the dead?
Or is there another twin brother?
"Ah!"
The blond young man was thrown to the ground.
The mad dog opened its mouth full of saliva and bit down on his neck.
"Brother Rotten Persimmon..."
The companions of the Divine Love Guild looked towards the rotten persimmon.
But this time, Luanshi just frowned and stood quietly, watching. He didn't come to the rescue like before.
"Ah!!"
With a scream, the blond young man was bitten through the throat by the mad dog, blood spattered everywhere, his hands and feet twitched and struggled for a while, and then there was no movement.
Luanshi led his teammates closer and shot the mad dog that was eating the corpse to death.
Then a group of them gathered around the body of the blond young man and looked at it for a while.
"This... is the bard from before, it seems to be the guy named 'Alex', why did he appear again?"
"Is it possible that they look similar but are not the same person?"
"No, it's indeed him. I just checked it with 'Detection'...it's called 'Alex'."
Rotten Persimmon frowned and said.
When other people heard this, they suddenly felt horrified.
They clearly saw with their own eyes that this guy was killed by his teammates, and they even received a kill prompt and gained experience points. Why did he appear again? !
This is totally against common sense!
Rotten Persimmon took a step forward, picked up the harmonica that fell in Alex's hand, and wiped the blood on it.
【Miscellaneous - Harmonica】
Item Description: An ordinary wooden harmonica, a small wind instrument. Its original owner seems to have been a wandering bard. Unfortunately, he was bitten to death by a mad dog infected with the disease during his travels.
Luan Shi thought for a moment, put the harmonica in his pocket, then turned around and took the lead.
"Let's go! Get out of here quickly!"
he shouted in a low voice.
"Let's go to the train station quickly, this thing is so weird!"
The others looked at each other and saw a hint of panic in each other's eyes.
"It's really weird, let's go!"
"Let's go!"
Luanshi took the lead and started running forward, and the members of the same team also followed, gritting their teeth and started running.
They had just logged into the game not long ago, and their first impression of the world was that of darkness and depression.
For the past two days, they had been spawning monsters on the "Pandemic District" map, and their nerves were a little weak. Not long after I left, I encountered something even more bizarre and terrifying.
It's really shuddering.
The sun became more intense in the afternoon and the temperature became hotter.
After running for a few minutes, they all stopped.
Following Rotten Shima's gaze, the team members looked towards the hillside to the right and saw a blond young man hanging upside down from a tree.
They looked at the man in silence, and the man, upside down, looked at them, looking at each other.
On this hot summer day, Lanshi and his team were actually breaking out in a cold sweat!
"Then...is that guy a ghost?!"
Someone said with a trembling tone.
"I don't want to play anymore! I feel like my sleeping cabin has moved!"
The two sides were tens of meters apart.
Alex seemed to have stepped on some trap or been caught by someone, so he was hung from the tree.
He showed no fear, swaying in mid-air and waving to Rotten Persimmon and his group.
"Hey! Hello fellow travelers passing by!"
Alex looked very happy when he saw the players and twisted in mid-air.
"Are you coming to save me? Ha! Thank you very much! But there is no need!
I, Alex, am a great bard and an adventurer who wants to travel around the world. This danger will not trouble me! ”
He groped around for a while, then took out a harmonica, hung it upside down, and played a beautiful melody.
Luan Shi looked at it with wide eyes, stretched out his hand into his pocket, but trembled suddenly.
He discovered that the harmonica he picked up before was missing!
"Let's go! Let's go!"
Rotten Persimmon couldn't do that much, so he turned around and ran away amid the brisk harmonica sound.
When the other teammates saw this, they also ran away.
More than half an hour later.
Luanshi and the others finally arrived at the train station. They collapsed at the door almost exhausted, soaked to the skin and in a miserable state.
The strange things they encountered on the way were still lingering in their minds, and it was disturbing to think about it.
Rested for a long time.
Rotten Persimmon shook his legs and took the lead to stand up.
"Brothers, we have arrived at the train station! Don't waste time, leave now!"
Amid a burst of wailing, everyone reluctantly dragged their tired bodies, followed Lanshi to buy train tickets, and then boarded the train to Amber City.
As soon as they found their seats and sat down, everyone leaned back on the chairs and fell asleep.
There is also sleep in the game. This kind of deep sleep like a matryoshka doll can be understood as a negative state after physical exhaustion, or it can also be regarded as a "cheap method" to restore physical strength and life.
At some point, it can also be used by players as a way to skip boring time.
The specific experience is... it is almost the same as sleeping normally when offline, but with an additional timer option.
I don’t know how much time has passed.
Rotten Persimmon woke up suddenly.
He looked around. In the moving train carriage, his companions from the Divine Love Guild were still sleeping on their chairs, while the other passengers were doing their own thing in silence.
Bang bang bang bang...
The shaking is accompanied by the rhythmic sound of wheel tracks.
The scenery outside the window passes by.
A strange uneasiness filled Luanshi's heart. He opened the panel and looked at it. His originally unconcerned expression suddenly froze.
"The level dropped to level 9...?!"
He stared at the panel blankly, with a look of disbelief on his face.
"The number of resurrections has also been reduced by one?! When was it...?"
Rotten Persimmon was in a state of complete confusion because he couldn't remember when he had died.
He shook the others awake in a panic, and then asked hurriedly in their confused eyes:
"Look at your dashboard. Has your level dropped? Has the number of resurrections decreased?"
"Level drops? Number of resurrections...decreased?"
The expressions of the other team members became confused, and at the urging of their eldest brother, Lanshi, they all opened the panels to check.
"!!"
Soon, their expressions were identical, and they became extremely surprised.
"Really...really dropped the level! The number of resurrections has also been reduced by one!"
"What's going on?!"
"Why have we all died once? I have no memory of what happened at that time!"
They were all slightly flustered.
Rotten Persimmon took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
He remembered something, opened the panel again, and then carefully looked through the past reminder records.
Soon, his pupils shrank.
The latest prompt box shows——
[You were killed by the bard Alex in your sleep! 】(End of this chapter)