Chapter 48 The Secret Keeper
Originally, the difficulty of the [Grand Cemetery] maze was not that outrageous.
The normal puzzle-solving procedure is for the hunters to first solve the problem of the skeleton monsters in the maze, whether it is through push and pull, card San value, or other methods, until they find clues similar to the adventurer's notes in the monster pile. .
Then go and hide the plot.
This is a long process that requires careful exploration.
With the clues, even if he encounters the [Secret Keeper] later, his death will not be certain.
But now someone directly triggered the hidden plot, which led to everyone facing a dead end as soon as they entered.
Because Ji Xun's San value got stuck as soon as he came in, he was lucky enough to find some clues.
But the death crisis still exists.
The magical thing about the maze is that it is a "maze".
Before you walk through it, you have no idea where the corridor leads.
Even if you avoid it deliberately, after going around in a big circle, you may find yourself back where you were.
Also, there are some passages that seem to lead in two completely different directions. If you deliberately avoid one, you may still find that the two passages converge at some point in the future.
Ji Xun carefully avoided the direction where the fighting noise came from.
But as he walked, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
In his mind, he has drawn a route map through the maze like a QR code. Although it is only a corner of the maze, it will not let him take the same path again.
However, some channels in my mind became increasingly deviated and gradually converged in one direction.
He tried his best to avoid it, but he couldn't stop others from running around in the maze.
After walking through a few forks in the road, they were already far away, but Ji Xun suddenly heard the sound of fighting coming from the corridor again.
“Bang”, “Bang”, “Bang”.
The sound of fighting like a thunderstorm came from all directions.
The only ones who can make such a big noise are the main force of the group in the Governor's Mansion.
Ji Xun suddenly felt something was not going well and wanted to avoid it.
But no matter whether he walked back or chose another corridor, the movement was still getting closer and closer.
Ji Xun frowned and said to himself: "It seems there is no way to avoid it"
After identifying the direction from which the sound came, he realized that the nearby corridors seemed to be connected corridors.
In other words, no matter which way you go, it seems that it may lead to the direction from which the battle is coming.
Those guys moved very fast, and the sound of fighting became louder and louder. It seemed that they were already in the corridor next door in the blink of an eye.
Ji Xun deduced the route map in his mind and knew that no matter what choice he made, he might encounter problems, so he simply didn’t choose.
He thought of the description of the [Secret Keeper] in his notebook, and no longer chose to avoid it. Instead, he made a decisive decision and took advantage of the situation to lie down in the corner of a dead end road and choose a place that was not easily stepped on.
Then, lift the corpse.
This is the only way he can think of to avoid danger.
It was precisely because he did not run around hastily that Ji Xun narrowly avoided this fatal crisis.
Not long after he put on the clown mask and lay down, there was a sudden "boom" at the end of the corridor.
Countless skeletons were exploded into pieces, splashing all over the sky like a heavy rain.
Several bones "crackled" and hit Ji Xun on the ground, like shell fragments, causing people to take a breath of pain.
Fortunately, he chose a blind spot and crawled on the ground, so the impact was relatively minor.
Otherwise, if he were on the main road, the battle shock wave alone would probably kill half of his life.
After the explosion, Ji Xun watched three blue cards fly out from the corner wrapped in a cyclone. The cyclone flew bigger and bigger, turning into a jagged wind blade as big as a wheel.
Three wind blade vortexes covered the same cross section, and the skeletons they passed were instantly cut into two pieces.
Just three high-level wind blade cards cleared the entire maze corridor of dozens of meters.
Then he heard the hissing sound of the steam boiler deflating after accumulating energy, and there was a loud "bang" sound, and large areas of skeletons in the entire corridor were crushed into powder.
The high-pressure detonation rolled like a dragon. Ji Xun was so shaken by the high-pressure aftermath that he almost spit out a mouthful of blood. He complained in his heart: "The firepower of these guys in the Governor's Mansion. It’s really fierce.”
The combat power of this group of people is indeed enough to sweep through the skeleton monsters in the maze.
However, the biggest advantage of skeleton monsters is their numbers. Once hatred is attracted, a chain reaction will form.
As they pushed forward in this way, not only were there no fewer monsters, but they attracted more and more monsters.
Although Ji Xun didn't see many people yet, he heard the heavy footsteps and estimated that there were quite a few people.
And the footsteps were very panicky, and people were running away in panic when they heard them.
The only one who can chase this group of people is the [Secret Keeper].
“Protect the Governor!”
"Damn it, have you found the exit of the maze?"
"Not yet. The exit in the Hunter Guild's information has been blocked by a sealing stone."
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The voices of those guys during the battle were very loud and could be heard far in the maze.
Those guys probably didn’t expect that a D-level space would trap them here.
Listening to the sound getting closer and closer, Ji Xun lowered his breathing as much as possible.
After a few breaths, a gust of wind passed over his scalp, and he watched with slightly opened eyelids as a group of frost knights rushed over to protect the fat-bellied governor. There were hundreds of them.
Just the burst of momentum was like a torrent of steel.
The Frost Knight Legion is indeed worthy of its reputation.
However, just as these groups of people left, the temperature in the huge corridor dropped sharply, accompanied by a thick, fishy wind. The putrid smell was like that of a corpse crawling out of a grave, and the corpse collector was all too familiar with it.
Even without looking, Ji Xun knew that the [Secret Keeper] was coming.
How terrifying is it to be able to chase a monster like the elite knights of the Governor's Palace who are so panic-stricken?
Ji Xun suppressed his breathing very low and pretended to be dead quietly. He was also very curious in his heart.
When I glanced out of the corner of my eye, a black fog appeared in my field of vision.
In the thick black fog, tall figures riding rotten war horses passed quickly. Their skin had rotted beyond recognition, leaving only bones and flesh connected. The shriveled mouth is sewn with needles and threads, which gives people a sense of penetration. When this monster approaches, the air around it becomes heavy and twisted, making people feel inexplicably frightened. 【Secret Keeper】
Detailed explanation: Second-level S-level disaster; they are the guardians of the underground palace and the loyal secret keepers of the royal family; they are the undead knights who control destruction. They feed on the flesh, flesh and fear of living beings. Destroy;
"It is indeed an S-level disaster."
Ji Xun heard from hunters that all disasters above A-level have some special abilities.
The S-class disasters are monsters with some "special rules" given by extradimensional space.
This is often a rule that cannot be beaten.
This is also the existence that hunters talk about.
From the current point of view, the rule given to the secret keeper is - immortality.
They will not die unless the space is destroyed.
No matter what its rank or ability is, it is just the characteristic of "immortality". No matter how powerful the spell card master is, it has to hide away.
The terrifying thing about this monster is not just its immortality.
Ji Xun just glanced at it, as if he had glimpsed something terrifying beyond recognition.
Even though he was in a state of mind that did not change in the face of death, at this moment, he felt as if he had been pricked by a needle, and he was inexplicably shocked.
This is not about people’s ability to control fear subjectively.
It is an instinctive tremor caused by seeing some kind of indescribable demon.
Immediately, Enlightenment appeared.
"Eroded by unknown pollution, the clown mask is reduced by 70%. You have received fear +2, shock +1, and soul pollution +1"
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That’s it. This glance.
As if the soul was entangled in a nightmare, a more terrifying pollution came over.
A series of negative statuses appear on the status panel.
“Visual pollution?”
Ji Xun was shocked and quickly closed his eyes.
The picture in my eyes is cut off, and the pollution ends.
If it weren’t for the clown mask, that glance just now might have caused a big problem.
Fortunately, the people at the Governor's Mansion were there to attract firepower.
The two groups of people were chasing and escaping at extremely fast speeds. The two groups of men and horses rushed over with a "whoosh".
The moment this feeling of terror hit my heart, the chill that felt like an ice knife scraping my bones completely disappeared.
The secret keeper didn't seem to see the "body" in the corner, and directly chased the governor and his party in front.
As if the sickle of death had scratched his scalp, Ji Xun felt the feeling of a poisonous snake crawling up his back and then slithering away.
My scalp felt numb.
But not dead, this feeling makes people have an endless aftertaste.
Waiting for the glaring death crisis to completely subside, he stood up, squinted at the messy corridor in front of him, and pondered: "This monster is really terrifying."< br>
Seeing the prompt is one thing.
It’s another thing to see the horrific pollution with your own eyes.
Thinking back to that moment just now, he still felt frightened.
But he was also glad that he took this look.
If he doesn't even look at a group of masters who attract hatred this time, the next time he sees this disaster, he may see the countdown to his own death.
Ji Xun’s eyes trembled slightly.
But it’s not all bad.
Ji Xun's thoughts were racing at this moment, and he analyzed in his mind: "The description in the adventurer's notes that 'monsters are slow to perceive non-moving objects' is indeed correct. And it's not just non-moving objects. Part of the transmission channels of pollution are Through vision, closing the eyes can also reduce the hatred value."
Just now, he lay down and pretended to be dead to avoid the monster's attention.
And a bit of new information was also determined, which is the way the [Secret Keeper] spreads the contamination.
This is also very important.
“But the secret keeper is insensitive to static objects, but he is not blind. And he can’t just close his eyes and pretend to be dead next time he encounters them, right? No one attracts firepower, and he will be discovered sooner or later. .”
Ji Xun also felt a headache thinking about it.
No matter how you look at it, this monster is like a bug.
So the only way out now is still - decryption.
Now that he has seen all the tricks of the people behind the scenes, he feels that the people in the Governor's Mansion are doomed.
Hmm. I am pretty much the same.
Ji Xun laughed at himself in his heart and did not dwell on the unchangeable status quo.
What he has to do now is to stay away.
Looking on the bright side, at least it’s not directed at me, so the situation isn’t particularly bad.
The advantage of having this group of people is that they will concentrate all the firepower when running around in the maze.
Ji Xun listened carefully to the direction of the fighting sounds coming from the corridor.
This time, he did not choose the opposite corridor, but chose to go back towards the passage where a group of people from the Governor's Mansion had walked.
Normally speaking, as long as those guys want to get out of the maze, they will never look back.
As long as you avoid them, you are avoiding the greatest danger.
And one more thing.
Any passage is dangerous anyway.
It's better to look back, maybe there will be unexpected surprises.
(End of this chapter)