Fifteen minutes passed quickly, and the five of them met up next to the fountain in the middle of the plaza. Of course, they immediately reported their findings.
"I found a lot of shops here. There are apothecary shops, weapon shops, and the like. However, when I went in to try them, the NPCs are basically idiots. Not only do they answer questions in a standard format, but most importantly, I've tried all the shops, and I can't buy anything," Jade Emperor Summoner said.
"Yeah, I've tried that too," Fire Head said. "Under normal circumstances, you can open the shop window by choosing the shop owner. However, the shops here don't work. I tried giving the shop owner gold coins, but the shop owner ignored me."
"What I found is that all the NPCs in this city are stupid. I haven't found a single intelligent NPC. Whether it's a passerby, a soldier, or a shop owner, you can only ask them questions by using keywords. If you can't say the keywords, they will only repeat the same words or just greet you as a response," Peanut said. "Also, I found a place that looks like a teleportation point, but I don't know how to use it. After studying it for a long time, I still can't figure out how to activate it. There are no NPCs around, so I don't know if it can be used or not."
"My discovery is even stranger. I feel like I've received a quest," Ma Linka said. "I found an NPC, and he asked me to find another person. He told me his name and the reward. However, I don't know why I haven't received this quest. There's no system notification, and there's nothing in the quest window. When I spoke to him again, he still gave me the same quest information. It's as if I didn't receive it at all."
"This city doesn't look right, no matter how I look at it, and these NPCs are the same," Jade Emperor Summoner said. The Summoning Jade Emperor said, "Do you think these NPCs are actually not NPCs? Apart from answering our questions, these NPCs can't interact with us at all. We can't even open the shop's page. Are these NPCs actually some kind of plot monster?"
"This … is possible." Fire Head nodded. "Oh, right. Didn't the Celestial King give us a Spirit Vision buff? Is it to let us find the quest target we're looking for among these NPCs? "
Indeed, the Spirit Vision buff from before said, "See through the enemy's disguise, allowing you to easily find the enemy's position." In other words, the enemy should be in disguise, so Fire Head guessed so. However, Li Huailin disagreed. "This is a buff, not a skill. It should have been activated already. However, we couldn't see any disguise on these NPCs after looking at them for a long time."
"That's true …" The others nodded. However, Fire Head immediately said, "Do we need to find a special NPC? For example, isn't this the Imperial City? This emperor might be the leader of these monsters, and we'll expose him. Then, all the NPCs in the city will become monsters, and we'll kill our way out? "
"The plot is well written …" Li Huailin said. "But I don't think it's that simple."
"I think that makes sense. Should we go and take a look at this emperor? Based on the current information and the difficulty of the SS-rank quest, I think it's necessary, "Jade Emperor Summoner nodded.
"Let's go to the palace first." Li Huailin thought about it and nodded. Although he didn't agree with Fire Head's plot, there was no other information. The emperor might be able to provide some information, so it was better to go and take a look first.
The five of them continued walking toward the inner city. They walked along the path of the plaza and soon saw the entrance to the inner city. Of course, there was a group of guards guarding the inner city.
"Halt, travelers. This is the inner city. Unless you have a pass, you can't enter," the guard said to them expressionlessly.
"Pass?" Li Huailin had always entered and left the inner city as he pleased. He had never encountered a situation where he needed a pass. However, this wasn't the Nasser Empire. They wouldn't recognize him as a Duke or an Emperor. Of course, they wouldn't let him into the palace.
"What should we do?" Jade Emperor Summoner asked in a low voice. She seemed to be asking if they should just kill their way in.
Li Huailin was also thinking about it. At this time, Peanut suddenly pointed to a notice board and said to the guard, "Hello, we are here to accept this quest."
Li Huailin was slightly surprised. He turned to look at the notice board. There was indeed a piece of paper on it. It was also stamped with a large seal. It seemed to be a quest from the emperor. Li Huailin secretly gave Peanut a thumbs up. This guy's reaction was really fast.
"Oh, so that's how it is." The guard seemed to suddenly understand. He nodded and said to the group, "Since that's the case, follow me to see His Majesty."
Without saying anything more, the guards immediately began to walk forward. A few soldiers followed behind them. They seemed to be escorting them from the front and back. In any case, they were leading Li Huailin and the others in the direction of the palace. Given the current situation, Li Huailin and the others had no choice but to temporarily follow. After all, they should be able to see the emperor soon. As for what the situation was, they would have to wait until they saw the emperor.
Very quickly, the five of them arrived at the entrance of the palace. The NPC in front of them communicated with the guard at the entrance, then led Li Huailin and the others forward. The palace here was still a western-style palace. It wasn't very big, and it was much smaller than the palaces of the human main cities. The architectural style was also completely different.
Since they had already seen a better palace, they didn't pay much attention to this palace. After a few glances, they lost interest and began to seriously guard against any possible dangers. If their previous guess was correct, then the emperor was the boss, and this place was naturally the monster's lair. They had to be careful.
As they walked, Ma Linka suddenly stopped and pointed in a direction. "Wait, look over there."
Of course, everyone immediately looked in the direction Ma Linka pointed at, and they were all shocked. A very strange monster appeared in front of them. It was a humanoid monster. Its entire body was black, and it looked like an alien without a tail. There were two sharp horns on its head. When Li Huailin saw the monster, it was actually holding a bundle of scrolls and walking towards them.
Upon seeing Li Huailin's group, the black monster was obviously taken aback. Then, it suddenly let out a "Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
"Crap, this is the monster we're looking for, right?" The Jade Emperor said immediately. After speaking, he immediately chased after the monster.
"Wait, don't run around. This is the palace." Unexpectedly, just as the Jade Emperor was about to leave the team, the guard immediately stepped forward and said. Of course, his tone was still calm, and he didn't sound angry at all.
"What should we do?" The Jade Emperor immediately looked towards Li Huailin.
"Let's chase after it first!" Li Huailin said immediately. Although it was a little strange, the monster in front of them was the target they were looking for. Of course, they had to chase after it first. As for the guards, they could just kill them together.
The five of them immediately chased in the direction of the monster's escape. After taking a few steps, they heard the voice of the guard behind them. "Someone, catch them!"
Li Huailin saw a large group of guards behind them rushing towards them, and the names above their heads instantly turned red.
"Crap, so many," Fire Head couldn't help but shout.
"Let's chase after the monster first," Li Huailin said immediately.
Ignoring the large number of guards behind them, the five of them continued to chase after the monster in front of them. However, the monster had already run out of their sight. After turning a few corners, they couldn't find it anymore.
"Did you see where it went?"
"It should have entered this place." Malinka pointed at a building next to them. This should be a side hall in the palace. Anyway, the shape was a little strange, and the surrounding buildings didn't seem to match. It felt like it was built later.
They trusted Malinka's judgment, so they immediately entered the building. As soon as they entered the door, everyone was stunned. It looked like … a Magician's research institute. There were all kinds of books on the ground, and a lot of unknown equipment on the table next to it. There were also all kinds of crystals, metals, and other materials in the room.
Of course, the most attractive thing was that the walls of the room were filled with messy words. The whole room was filled with drawings. Li Huailin took a look and found that the words had no purpose at all. Instead, because they were too messy, he couldn't understand what was written at all. Some of the words could be linked together, but Li Huailin didn't have time to look at that at the moment.
"He's not here." Of course, they were here to look for the monster. However, after looking around the room, there was no one at all.
"I think he should have come here," Malinka said with certainty.
"Hmm …" The Jade Emperor looked at the room again. "This room is really a little strange. What's going on with these messy words on the wall?"
"Eh?" Hearing this, Li Huailin suddenly froze. Then, he grabbed the Jade Emperor's hand and asked, "Wait, what did you say? Messy words? "
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