Chapter 74 In the non-human game, the player is slightly better than the Demon King
Hide away in the stone prison, a young man with his eyes tightly closed suddenly twitched his eyebrows and sat up from the ground with difficulty.
His name is Daniel, he is an archer from Xiliu Town. He is only in his early twenties and is on the rise of his career.
Before becoming an adventurer, he was once a well-known hunter near his hometown, and he was also a militiaman trusted by the townspeople.
· An outstanding young man like this usually does not waste his precious life in a remote country, but should waste his life in a big city.
As expected, when he was eighteen years old, he heard from adventurers passing through the town that being an adventurer was far more profitable than hunting for the lord and looking after the house. Moreover, he also had free time. If he saved enough money, he might even be able to buy a big house in the Holy City.
What moved Daniel's heart was not only wealth, but also the magnificent adventure stories told by adventurers.
That was something he had never experienced in his life, and he did not even dare to think about it, but it came out of their mouths so casually.
He also wants to be that kind of legend!
With the dream of becoming a legend, Daniel said goodbye to his childhood sweethearts who grew up together. He used the savings he saved to buy a longbow and a sword. He followed the adventurers passing through the town to Thunder County and joined the ranks of adventurers.
Everything went well at first. He even miraculously awakened the extraordinary power that he had never dared to imagine before when the team encountered a fatal crisis!
It is said that among a hundred ordinary people, only one person can reach the black iron level!
As for the remaining ninety-nine people, no matter how hard they try to hone their martial arts, if there is no miracle or unexpected gods to please, they will always be ordinary people for the rest of their lives.
The beginning is always the hardest.
Once you become the Black Iron level, you can hope to reach Bronze, or even Fine Steel or even higher levels!
Once you reach the fine steel level, you will have the capital to be attracted by the lord!
In fact, in some small places, such as his hometown, the black iron level is enough for the local baron to invite him to his home for a long talk.
It's just that in a place like Thunder County, extraordinary power is not so scarce.
However, Daniel still believed that he was the destined chosen one. Sooner or later, he will rely on his courage and determination to win the favor of Lord Saint Sith and break through the black iron level to become bronze or even fine steel! Then he returned to his hometown with all the glory, was received by the distinguished lord, and lived a life without worries about food and clothing.
However, just when he was riding high, a sudden flood changed the trajectory of his life.
He still remembered the ghostly expressions on his teammates' faces before he fell into coma.
Flood!
They actually encountered a flood in the maze!
With no time to react, their entire team was directly swept away to the depths of the maze by the monstrous flood. And when he woke up, half of his body was already in a cocoon made of spider silk, and the burrow spider rubbing its mouthparts was salivating at him.
Looking around at the invisible surroundings, Daniel swallowed hard and said in a trembling voice.
"Here...is hell?"
No one answered.
Just when he started to panic, a gentle sigh suddenly came from nowhere in his ears.
"So hungry..."
"Is there anyone there? Are you Thor? Or Dilum?"
Hearing that there were still people here, a glimmer of hope rekindled on Daniel's frightened face. While calling his companion's name, he tried to move in the direction of the sound until he hit a stone fence, making stars appear in his eyes.
Humbly, he seemed to hear the sound of bones rubbing together, as if the skeleton soldiers were grinding their teeth.
In an instant, Daniel immediately closed his mouth and held his breath nervously, for fear of attracting the attention of the unknown entity in the darkness.
But as the saying goes, the more you fear something, the more it will come. That voice finally focused on him.
"Thor? Dilum? I don't want to be called by such a vulgar name... Listen up, my name is Shark Drop, Shark Drop Thing."
Shark Drop·Thing?
Daniel was stunned for a moment, completely confused by this strange pronunciation.
But being able to communicate is not a bad thing, he continued cautiously.
"Shark off...Senior, may I ask where this place is?"
The hoarse voice continued to come through the darkness.
"This is the necropolis."
"The necropolis?!"
He had never heard of this strange name before, and Daniel's eyes widened in astonishment.
The voice in the darkness continued in an affirmative tone.
"Yes, this is the deepest part of the labyrinth, a hell even scarier than hell... Do you want to hear my story?"
I don't know why.
The senior’s voice is always accompanied by a creaking sound.
Daniel nodded nervously.
"Please tell me..."
There was a gentle laughter in the darkness, which made people shudder.
Immediately afterwards, the man in the darkness told him a story about the "Thirteenth Adventurer" in a eloquent tone.
…Legend has it that there is such a team of adventurers. In order to find the legendary treasure, they took the map they bought at the market and entered a hidden floor that no one has ever been to. There are no monsters, no traps, and even no forks in the road. But the strange thing is that no matter how long you walk, the maze can never come to an end. "
"...There was not much food and water, so they decided to withdraw first. However, when they started to walk back, they found that the way back seemed to have disappeared."
"Even more than that, even their companions became weird. Everyone remembered clearly that there were twelve people when they came in, but now there was one more. And what's even weirder is that no one can tell which one is extra..."
Suspicion, killing, and the most intolerable cannibalism of Saint Sith... But the last survivor discovered that he was not human at all.
This is not a rare story on earth. It is nothing more than a change of skin of many classic elements, from the Arctic Circle and the old school building to the maze.
However, it is different here.
Daniel has heard stories about dragon slaying, but he has never heard such a scary story.
This is also the first time he knows that being an adventurer is so dangerous!
He even began to regret that he should not have left his hometown in the first place, let alone leave everything behind to come here!
However, in order to find clues to leave here, he still listened very carefully. However, the more he listened, the more he felt a chill running down his spine, and he was extremely frightened when he thought about it.
Something is wrong.
He finally realized something.
This guy talks in too much detail!
So much so that Daniel had a feeling——
This storyteller is the person who has experienced the story.
At this moment, the voice in the darkness seemed to be finished, and ended with a meaningful sentence.
"Only the dead who have committed serious sins will come here... My story is over, it's your turn, my friend, tell me how you got here?"
"Dead?!" Daniel's eyes widened and he stepped back in horror until the back of his head hit the hard rock.
Facing the coldness that penetrated the darkness, he yelled hysterically.
"No! I'm still alive."
Hearing his cry, the voice in the darkness just smiled.
“Are you so sure?”
“What do you mean!”
Daniel swallowed, and stretched out his hand to touch his chest in fear, and found that his heartbeat was still there. He wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but then he remembered that this didn't mean anything. The undead are not just skeletons.
It could also be zombies or ghouls, or even other more evil things...and many of these guys have heartbeats.
Even looks like a human!
Just like the extra thirteenth person...
At this time, a beam of light suddenly lit up in the darkness, illuminating the damp wall and the storyteller in a trance.
He was wearing a cloak and held a candle on his chest. Under the hood was a shocking skeleton, with scarlet liquid flowing from his eyes.
This horrifying scene was deeply burned into the depths of his soul.
He swore——
He had never seen such a terrifying skeleton!
"You are not a human! You are an undead!"
Daniel screamed uncontrollably, kicking his legs forward desperately to get away, the back of his head pressed against the wall, almost scratching his scalp.
The "Thirteenth Adventurer"! ! !
The only answer he received was a sinister laughter, which seemed to be praising his cleverness.
The dim candlelight went out.
The weird laughter also went out together.
He had never been so grateful for the arrival of darkness, but the silence that followed plunged him into boundless fear.
The undead may not have left, as the creaking sound is evidence.
It was in the dark, staring at him, admiring his fear intently...
In this boundless darkness, Daniel hugged the broken back of his head and huddled in the corner, trying to make his body look smaller.
He doesn't look like an extraordinary person, he is just an ordinary coward...
On the other side, Shark dropped his things and left the small dark room, placing the "Translation Crystal Ball" in his hand in the copper basin by the wall.
This is a mission prop.
Have to return it after using it for a while.
Also coming out with her was Whale Luo Bei Nan. At this moment, the face in reality had an unfinished expression, as if he had dreamed of something interesting.
Shark dropped something and stretched.
"Brother Jing, have we gone too far? Shouldn't we scare the NPC to death?"
Although she said this, there was no hint of repentance in her tone, and she was even a little proud.
After all, if you can scare AI to tears, normal people will only think that they are awesome.
Whale Luo Nanbei patted her shoulder and said with a smile.
"What the hell, I've got the reward. It's time to go to the next cell... By the way, let me do the stand-up comedy this time."
Shark dropped something and looked at her in surprise.
"Eh??? Didn't we agree that you would tell me the story?"
The skeleton's index finger rested on the exposed lower jaw, and the sound of the whale falling north and south had a hint of meaning.
"emmm... But it feels very interesting, that bad expression."
The shark shrank its neck after dropping the object, and jumped a step to the side.
"...You guys are so scary."
Whale Drop Nanbei: "By the way, did you eat the pudding in the refrigerator? I remember there was one left yesterday."
Shark Drop: "Don't tell me ghost stories!!!"
Although Luo Yan did not personally scare the fifteen adventurers, he could still feel that the guys were frightened by his minions.
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Sure enough, the efficiency of physical torture is still too low.
Luo Yan couldn't help but seriously review his work. Perhaps this kind of work should be left to the players from the beginning.
Yuyou was fanning the flames from the sidelines.
"Lord Demon King, your players seem to be less human than you. If you don't work hard, you will be surpassed by them."
Luo Yan guessed that this guy probably wanted to encourage him to take the initiative to conquer human towns.
However, it is still too young after all, and does not know the principle of attacking the heart first and attacking the city second.
He didn't waste a single soldier, Silverpine Town has become his possession, and the legend of the Flame King has unknowingly swept the taverns frequented by adventurers.
"It doesn't matter, I have no intention of competing with them."
Players have their work, and the devil has his work. The better they do, the more correct they are.
Luo Yan dismissed Youyou casually, refocused his attention on the stationery spread out on the pine table, picked up the pen lying aside, and continued to ponder the words.
This thing is not a note sent to the vassal, just write it down casually, but a "work progress report" to be sent back to the magic city.
As a demon king, while receiving assistance from hell, he is obliged to regularly report the progress of his work to the demon city.
Simply put, it is to report how many villages were burned, how many people were killed, how many trophies were taken, and how many adventurers were captured.
If not, it is okay to report on the production and missionary situation. After all, the Demon King Management Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs also understands that it is not easy to do big things in the hinterland of mankind.
Since the necropolis is an enclave, it is almost impossible for the Magic City to send people to supervise its work. Therefore, Luo Yan can theoretically write this report however he wants, as long as it is right in the end. If it is not right, he can also blame the human adventurers who work too hard.
It took about half an hour, Luo Yan first complained about how huge the mess left by Reggie Dragon was, and even when he landed in a human town, the rebels were simply inhumane... Bah! Magical nature!
Luo Yan then complained that the Chosen One deployed by Saint Sith in the Principality of Campbell was too powerful. He was at the peak of Amethyst, a half-step master, and even vaguely a demi-god. He should not be underestimated... As for this guy who had just broken through Amethyst not long ago, and was a sick man, he didn't ask a single question.
In this way, the other side of hell will surely be more considerate of my difficulties.
Considering the power of Archduke Campbell, his report would not embarrass the late Reggie Dragon and offend the Dragon family.
…Although there are many difficulties in the underground labyrinth of Thunder City, with piety and loyalty to His Majesty the Demon God, I faced the difficulties and advanced bravely... Fortunately, I lived up to the trust of the people of the Necropolis. I first wiped out the 100,000 earth dragon rebels who colluded with the overseas sharks to rebel against the labyrinth, and then successively regained the territory on the first and second floors of the labyrinth that were originally separatist! ”
"The current progress of the necropolis is going smoothly. Apart from the serious shortage of resources and lack of manpower, there are no more serious problems here for the time being."
“In addition, we encountered some accidents when we tried to regain the third floor of the maze. The pagans there actually believed in the evil Isaac Cult, which caused us a lot of trouble. In order to deal with the threat of the Isaac Cult believers, I need someone who is proficient in the history of the Isaac Dynasty. Academic magic engineers of history, rune magic and Isaac magic, and the stronger the better."
"Also, don't send succubus over, it's best to be a knowledgeable goblin."
(End of this chapter)