Translator: Larbre Studio
Editor: Larbre Studio
“Isn’t that what Mossy is missing?”
Harlock looked at the broken pages of the diary and the old box in Chen Bing’s hand and spoke disapprovingly.
“Mossy? Does he recognize these words?” Chen Bing’s heart skipped a beat.
“Of course. When that guy got the box, he lost his mind and wouldn’t do any other work. He stared at the pages all day and secretly made some strange potions, and soon he lost a lot of weight. I remember that after the box was stolen by a mouse that day, the guy looked everywhere like crazy. I think you’d better not touch this thing. You’ll be cursed. Mossy is cursed!” Harlock replied, disgruntled.
“Don’t worry, I won’t become like Mossy. In fact, I was commissioned to investigate the cause of the monster mutation on the island. The paper in the box has something to do with the recent monster mutation. As long as Mossy can tell me what happened on the paper, not only can I solve the monster mutation problem, but also, Mossy can return to normal.” Chen Bing took the opportunity to say this.
“Investigate the cause of the monster mutation? That’s great. Those wild monsters are getting weirder and weirder these days. If we go on like this, I’m afraid we’ll have to move away from the island where we’ve lived for hundreds of years! Come with me. I’ll take you to Mossy. Is Mossy secretly studying the cause of the monster mutation? If that’s the case, then we really misjudged him.”
Harlock immediately got excited. Without any need of Chen Bing’s words, Harlock already took the initiative to lead the way.
“By the way, why did those adventurers kidnap you before?” Chen Bing asked as he followed, pretending to be curious.
That group of teasers would not kidnap a non-player character, Harlock, for no reason or without any mission, so it would be nice to talk it over.
“Oh, it’s a complete disaster. I met them when I was farming in the wild, and one of them came to me and asked me if I knew a man named Bo En. I haven’t heard of such a name. Of course, I don’t know him. Then some of them said that they were new here and lacked equipment, and if they tied me up to ask the village for a ransom, they must be able to get a lot of things, and then others came and tied me up.”
Harlock sighed, feeling that it was such a bad day.
Tut-tut, tied up a non-player character for ransom, how funny!
It was a pity that they got killed by him, otherwise Chen Bing would be interested to know what the consequences would be.
Then Chen Bing asked a lot of questions, but in the end, Harlock’s answers were of little value.
“I don’t know exactly what happened, but the monsters on the island began to be different from what they used to be.”
The village was not far away. About twenty minutes later, Chen Bing came to a medium-sized village with hundreds of residents.
The village was surrounded by wooden stakes to prevent the invasion of wild beasts. When Chen Bing arrived, there were already a large number of players in the village.
“Buy the compass at a high price!”
“Collect all kinds of items, fresh water and planks, anything!”
“Pay a high price for level 10 equipment!”
…
The entrance to the village was like a small trading market, where many players shouted loudly.
But almost all of them were buying compasses, materials and equipment, and there were very few to sell.
The Warrior Slime and the Shadow of Slime would appear too conspicuous standing together. Chen Bing let the Shadow of Slime use the “Shadow State” command on the road to change back to the Shadow of the Warrior Slime.
Although the Warrior Slime was rare, it was the only one left that followed him, and few people would pay much attention to Chen Bing.
A Warrior Slime also represented good luck, which was not rare in this game dominated by novice players.
Chen Bing used “Shadow status” for the first time, which was a little baffling and had no special effect except to make the Shadow of Slime disappear faster.
After returning to the shadow state, if he wanted to form the Shadow of Slime again, the Warrior Slime had to bask in the sun for five minutes.
“We’ll arrive soon. Mossy moved to the most remote part of the village because he feared that others might steal his treasure.”
Remembering what Mossy had done, Harlock complained again.
Chen Bing followed him and soon came to the innermost part of the village.
There was a lot of barren grass here, and there was a cabin inside. There was no other building around except that cabin.
“Why, Mossy…he always closes the door tightly. Why didn’t he close the door this time?”
Harlock walked on the grass and went to the cabin. He cried out in surprise.
The wooden door of Mossy’s house was wide open. Chen Bing walked over quickly and frowned.
Mossy lay on the interior of the cabin, but he had already lost his breath.
“How come, Mossy? How did he get killed? Who killed him?”
Harlock shouted in panic.
The player had killed him!
Chen Bing glanced at Mossy’s body and came to a conclusion.
Mossy was covered with dagger wounds and looked as if he had been killed not just by one man.
Chen Bing was not an ordinary person. He could see at a glance that these dagger wounds were caused by attacks of many individuals, and there were obvious differences in the strength and direction of several wounds.
So, it was the companion of those guys in the mouse hole who wanted me to take the mission items but not be able to continue the mission, so they just came and killed the mission distributor?
Damn it! Kill the non-player character who distributes missions? I never thought they could do such things.
They are really all talented people! How unbelievable that those guys came up with this idea!
“Harlock, there’s someone who’s trying to hinder my investigation. They don’t want me to solve the problem of monster mutation, so they killed Mossy. Without Mossy, I won’t know what was written on that paper! Harlock, you can’t let those people get away with this. They’re trying to ruin your life too! If you think about it again, is there anyone who would understand these words? I must understand the contents of the paper as soon as possible!”
The way to kill the mission non-player character was very vicious. If it was someone else, the mission might really end here.
In the case of Mossy being killed, the adventurer would no longer be trusted by the villagers; no matter what he asked, it was impossible to get the information he wanted.
But Chen Bing was lucky. He Hao’s group sent him Harlock.
Chen Bing saved Harlock, who almost trusted Chen Bing completely.
“Yes! Mossy’s writing is taught by old Bard. Old Bard must know those words! But old Bard moved out of the village a long time ago, and now he lives alone in the fruit grove to the north of the village!”
Under Chen Bing’s incendiary words, Harlock immediately came up with the name of another non-player character.
“All right, Harlock, I’ll go to old Bard now, but you must remember not to tell anyone about it, or old Bard may be in danger. If that happens, I’m afraid my investigation will really end this time.”
Chen Bing was delighted.
Hey, there is more than one non-player character who can read the diary.
The guys who killed mission non-player character, even if they’re smart, they wouldn’t have imagined it, would they?
The description of Bo En’s diary was “looking for the text researcher on the island”, not “looking for Mossy”!