What kind of person was the Deputy Chairman of the Association of Mages?
He should be quite capable, but he was assassinated just like that? Was it a storyline quest pushed by the game, or was it the natural evolution of this world?
The forum was a place for players to communicate. After two years of exploration and communication in the game, the players had already understood that there were two major categories of quests. One was the main storyline quests pushed by the game system.
Such storyline quests had a special feature, which was that they would activate a special spatial barrier and temporarily transfer the players to the mirrored quest location without affecting anything in the game.
The other type of quest was the quest issued by the NPCs in the game world. Such quests were recognized by the game system, and any random action or behavior would have a significant or minor impact on the game world.
Such quests were called sandbox quests.
Because they didn't know what the consequences of such quests were.
Many players had been issued quests by the NPPC saying that so-and-so had committed all kinds of crimes and robbed their women, only to find that they had been tricked after they killed the quest target.
The NPCs who issued the quests were the villains.
Then, their reputation in the area plummeted, which was usually accompanied by wanted posters, revenge by the relatives of the victims, and so on.
In most cases, after a sincere apology, a large amount of money, and revenge for the relatives of the victims, the matter could barely be forgiven.
But there were also some serious NPCs who insisted that the players who had done wrong should pay with their lives.
In this case, most players would kill themselves and then delete their accounts and start over.
A small number of players would give all their belongings to the NPCs and then run away, carrying a guilty conscience, to a faraway place to start anew.
As these things gradually appeared on the forum more and more, other players became very careful when they accepted sandbox quests.
They often kept an eye out.
Roland would take time to read the game exploration content posted by other players on the forum every day. He was well aware of this. Besides, when he first entered the game, he encountered a similar thing in Red Mountain Town. Although he completed the quest, it caused his reputation in Red Mountain Town to drop.
Roland looked around and found that other black-robed soldiers were knocking on other people's rooms and saying similar things. He knew that this gathering wasn't just for him.
Then, he subconsciously opened the quest system interface and glanced at it. There was no quest notification.
He was somewhat disappointed that the Deputy Chairman was assassinated, but it was a pity that no quest was triggered. But it was understandable. He hadn't triggered many quests since he entered the game for more than two years. He wasn't Betta, the lucky boy.
He refocused his attention on the black-robed soldier in front of him.
"Okay, we'll gather in the square in a moment. Can you give us some time to prepare?"
"Of course."
The black-robed soldier slightly saluted and went to knock on the door of the next room. Those who could live here were either elites in magic or nobles. As a lowly soldier, he couldn't afford to offend them.
Roland returned to his room and said to Andonara, "Let's go to the square first."
Andonara was a Legendary expert after all. Although she was in the room, she heard what the black-robed soldier said clearly.
She could of the black-robed soldier. She said, "Legendary Legendary Master, Legendary legendary legendary," Roland soldier said.
Roland walked over and put the dishes in his Backpack. Then he said, "Let's go to the square and eat after we come back. They're always hot in my Backpack."
"Okay." Andonara happily took Roland's arm.
The two of them walked out of the room and saw groups of people walking in the direction of the square. They followed them and soon arrived at the square.
The square where the flying boat was docked was so large that it still seemed empty even though more than ten thousand people had crowded in.
However, there were a lot of black-robed guards maintaining order in the square. They also limited the area where people could gather so that they wouldn't be too scattered.
Roland and Andonara found a random place to stand.
It was a stark contrast to the other sorcerers and even the nobles who were worried.
More and more people walked out of the Association of Mages' building. About half an hour later, fewer and fewer people came out.
Finally, four Legendary Mages flew into the air. One of them waved his hand, and a large purple barrier enshrouded everybody.
Two of them were mentors from the Red Magic Tower. Roland had never seen the other two before.
Andonara leaned against Roland and whispered, "Give me your sword, just in case."
Andonara was a woman who was particularly insecure. She would be happy as long as she was with Roland.
But at the same time, she wouldn't allow anyone to hurt Roland.
The four Legendary Mages made her feel a certain amount of pressure.
Without a sword in hand, she always felt that she couldn't protect her man.
Roland took out the epic-level sword that he had crafted and enchanted and gave it to Andonara. He said in a low voice, "If anything happens later, protect yourself first."
"No, I have to protect you."
"Don't forget that I'm a Golden Son," said Roland firmly. "At times like this, you have to be mine, got it?"
"But …" Andonara was conflicted.
On one hand, she was very obedient to Roland, but when she thought that Roland might be hurt, she felt very uncomfortable and wanted to refuse Roland's command.
To listen or not to listen, these two thoughts conflicted in her head, which made her very unhappy.
In fact, almost all vine-type women had this problem.
When it came to matters related to their man, and when their ideas conflicted with their man's, they often hesitated.
Everybody in this world had their own reasons. While Andonara was gentle and virtuous, it wasn't a big problem that she couldn't make up her mind.
Besides, she had a lot of advantages.
"Listen to me." Holding her hand, Roland continued unyieldingly, "If anything happens, you have to prioritize your own safety, got it?"
Andonara hesitated for a moment and then nodded.
When the barrier in the air was completely closed, one of the Legendary Mages that Roland didn't know shouted with a loudspeaker, "Friends gathered here, allow me to apologize first. You should know the gist of the matter. The deputy chairman of the Association of Mages has been assassinated, and the murderer is hiding among you. And now, I need to conduct a lie detection test on you. I know this is very impolite, but the situation is very serious. I hope that my friends can understand us and give us sufficient cooperation. "
Just as the Legendary-mage had said, Lie Detection was the same as Alignment Detection. They were both highly criticized spells.
It was as offensive as taking off your clothes in public to test whether you were a man or a woman.
Their self-esteem would also be greatly affected.
But that was what the Legendary Mage said. Besides, now that a big shot like the deputy chairman of the Association of Mages had been assassinated, and the murderer was hiding among them, if the murderer could kill the deputy chairman of the Association of Mages, he could kill them. Finding the murderer was indirectly helping them eliminate the danger.
So, no one objected.
The Legendary Mage chanted a spell, and a green halo shrouded them.
Many people also glowed with a faint green light.
But many people didn't react at all.
For example, Roland, Andonara, and most of the Mages.
Their "magic resistance" was higher than Roland's, so they were immune to a large-scale lie detection spell.
Every spell had a "strength," and as long as your magic resistance was higher than this strength, the spell wouldn't work on you.
The Legendary Mage had expected this. He asked condescendingly, "Are you the murderer?"
Those who were stained with green light didn't say "no."
None of their light changed color.
If the person who was stained with green light lied, the light would turn blood-red.
The Legendary Mage made a gesture, and the black-robed guards surrounding the square opened a gap.
The Legendary Mage said, "Friends with green light can leave."
These people accounted for about a third of the total number of people in the entire square.
After these people left, the Legendary Mage flew a little lower, with a somewhat gloomy smile on his old face. "The remaining friends, please gather together and stand closer."
When the crowd gathered again, another green halo enveloped them.
This time, the green halo was much smaller, but the light was much brighter.
For the same value of "energy," the smaller the range of influence, the greater the intensity.
This time, another third of the people glowed.
The Legendary-mage asked the same question again and let them go.
Then he asked the rest of the people to gather, and he cast a lie detection spell with a smaller range.
He asked the same question again and let them go.
After repeating the same steps three times, there were only about twenty people left in the square.
Roland and Andonara were among them.
The Legendary Mage flew even lower, and on his light gray magic robe, there were vague white magic patterns that were gradually brightening and dimming.
"Step forward, murderer. Let's not waste each other's time."
The Legendary Mage glanced at the twenty people and finally fixed his eyes on Andonara for three seconds.
The rest of the people, except for Andonara who carried a sword, were all Mages.
So, Andonara, at least on the surface, was the most suspicious.
But very soon, the Legendary Mage looked away. He knew very well that without sufficient evidence, everybody was a suspect.
The murderer dared to assassinate them, so he must've been prepared to get rid of suspicion as much as possible. Sometimes, those who seemed to be the most suspicious were actually good people.
The Legendary Mage landed on the ground and shook his head helplessly. "It seems that you won't give up until the end."
He waved his hand, and a dazzling halo came down again. This time, almost everybody started glowing green, except Roland and Andonara.
The Legendary Mage looked at Roland and then at Andonara in surprise.
After a moment of hesitation, he asked the people next to him, "Which one of you is the murderer?"
"No."
"I'm not."
After these twenty people answered, still none of them glowed green.
At this moment, everybody's eyes fell on Roland and Andonara.
The three Legendary Mages floating in the air also slowly descended, surrounding Roland and Andonara from the front and the back.
Two of them were mentors from the Red Magic Tower. They recognized Roland and Andonara, and their eyes were a little more suspicious.
Because they felt that Roland couldn't have done such a thing.
After all, they were the ones who brought Roland here.
The Legendary Mage who cast Lie Detection slowly walked up to Roland and Andonara.
His expression was a little gloomy, and his tone was cold. "Won't you introduce yourselves?"
"Roland, student of the Red Magic Tower."
"Roland's woman, Andonara."
The Legendary Mage nodded noncommittally, then he spread out his mental power. Half a second later, he retracted his mental power, and at the same time, he looked a little pained.
Because he suffered a little at Andonara's hands.
Andonara had now awakened the Hero bloodline and came with the specialty Mental Countermeasure. Most negative mental power and mental spells couldn't affect her.
A Mage's mental tentacles were essentially a special application of mental magic, so it was normal that they would be countered.
However, even though he was countered, the Legendary-mage still managed to figure out the strength of the two. He placed his hands behind his back and coldly said, "Interesting. A Legendary-level Warrior is actually willing to be the woman of a mage who hasn't even reached the level of a Master? Are you insulting my intelligence, or are you insulting your own intelligence? "
Generally speaking, as long as one reached the Legendary level, they would be honored guests of all forces.
Even a superpower as powerful as the Fareins Empire didn't refuse any Legendary experts. As long as they came, they would have good wine and meat.
Also, this Legendary Warrior was so beautiful that it wouldn't be a problem for her to marry the king, yet she took a fancy to a magic student who wasn't even a Master.
There had to be something fishy about this.
Roland said calmly, "I can only say that you're overthinking, sir. It's as simple as it seems. She's my woman."
Just as the Legendary-mage was about to speak with a sneer, a mentor of the Red Magic Tower stepped out and said, "Teldo, he's indeed a student of the Red Magic Tower, and this Ms. Andonara is indeed his woman. We brought him here from the Red Magic Tower to see the world. They can't be the assassins. "
The Legendary Mage named Teldo turned his head. "Wait, Roland from the Red Magic Tower? I remember the name. Is it an oil-making spell or a water-making spell? "
The mentor nodded.
The Legendary Mage hummed and waved his hand. "Then it can't be him. It seems that the assassins have left the Association of Mages. I'll inform the city guards to seal the city."
After he finished speaking, he removed the purple barrier and flew into the sky.
Andonara was relieved and put her half-unsheathed longsword back.
She wasn't scared at all to deal with two Legendary Mages, but it would be tricky if there were four of them.
Roland nodded at the mentor who helped him out. Then, his expression slightly changed.
He opened the system menu and found a quest notification.
Quest received: Lurker in the Darkness (1). Find clues about the assassins. His life is up to you. (Epic)
An epic quest? And a serial number?
Consecutive quests?
Roland subconsciously accepted the quest.
It didn't matter if he couldn't take care of it on his own. After all, Schuck was here, and it wouldn't be a problem to involve him.
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