When Uriel's "dream" state dissipated, his eyes were still filled with confusion, but it was different from when he was in the "dream" state.
In the "dream" state, Uriel was confused about his surroundings, as if he was confused about whether he was in a dream or reality.
As a gifted citizen, Uriel's confusion was more about why he was sitting at a table … and why Luigi was on the second floor.
Uriel rubbed his throbbing head as memories surfaced in his mind.
Oh, he remembered.
Luigi had performed an excellent piece of music and won his approval.
He had thought of a way to pave the way for Luigi, and had even written a letter of challenge to his old colleague, Gulaimo.
These memories were of Uriel's actions in the "dream". As a gifted citizen, Uriel did not know about the "dream" of Uriel's body, but he had retained the memories.
Uriel rubbed his forehead, looking tired. "I've already written a letter to Gulaimo. If nothing unexpected happens, he should be here soon. At the latest, it won't be more than two days. "
Uriel turned to Luigi. "In order not to miss the opportunity, you should stay here until he arrives."
"There are two more rooms on the side. You can choose one of them first."
After that, Uriel ignored Luigi and walked to the piano. He began to play a piece of music.
It was the "Black Sheep Confession" that Uriel had played not long ago.
As Uriel played, Luigi received a notification that he had completed his mission.
"Special Dreamscape" Uriel's Choice "Main Mission 4, Challenge Successful. "
[Comment: I am who I am, and I am not a substitute for anyone else. Instead of taking the shortcut of crawling, it is better to stand tall and cut through the thorns. "
"Main Mission 4 has been completed. Main Mission 5 will be unlocked after the reward has been calculated. "
"Reward Calculation: There is no reward for this mission, but you may receive a deposit reward from Main Mission 3. "
"Deposit Reward: A recommendation letter from the Imperial Music Troupe's lead singer. "
Main Mission 4 was actually quite simple. No matter how he answered, he would still be able to advance the main mission.
However, from the evaluation given by the Wonderland prompt this time, because he did not choose the "crawling shortcut", he needed to "cut through thorns and thorns with a straight back" in the future.
Just from the words alone, one could see that the road ahead might be very bumpy. It wasn't that easy to get Chief Charlotte's approval.
Other than that, the Immortal Land's prompt also indicated one thing.
Uriel's dungeon wasn't over yet. Once he received the recommendation letter reward, Main Mission 5 would probably be given out.
"For such a small Instance Dungeon, the quest process is so long …" Luigi sighed as he calculated the rewards.
Soon, Luigi got the letter of recommendation from the chief of the Empire Music Group.
Although this recommendation letter was labeled as a "Wonderland Mission Item", it did not have an independent Wonderland space. Luigi had no choice but to keep the letter.
After the recommendation letter was accepted, the fifth round of the Main Quest of the "Uriel's Choice" dungeon began.
[Special Dreamscape "Uriel's Choice" Main Mission 5: Letter of Challenge: Use the harp to perform a duel with the visitor, Gulimo. "
"Please take note that after Gulaimo visits, he will enter a 'dream' state. "
[Please note that you only have one chance to challenge this mission. "
[Please note that in order to achieve victory, you must make proper preparations before the battle. "
[Main Mission 5 will officially begin after Gulaimo enters the 'dream' state. "]
Actually, before the new main storyline mission was activated, Luigi had already guessed that the new main storyline was definitely related to Gulaimo. And it turned out that it was indeed a duel with Gulaimo.
Luigi wasn't too surprised. The only thing he cared about was the sentence in the Immortal Land: "In order to achieve victory, you must make proper preparations before the battle."
Preparation before the battle, what did that mean?
Was it going to dig up more music scores to prepare for the upcoming battle? Or something else?
Luigi couldn't figure it out, so he walked to the side and asked in a low voice.
Unlike Luigi, Angor also saw the new Immortal Land's prompt. But unlike Luigi, he didn't care about the "preparation before the battle" part. Instead, he was more interested in something else: Gulaimo will enter the "dream" state too?
Angor was quite surprised by this.
To put it bluntly, the "dream state" meant that a living being in the real world would enter the Immortal Land through an unknown channel.
Uriel could enter the "dream state" because "Uriel's Choice" was somehow connected to the real Uriel in some unknown way.
In other words, Uriel was deeply connected to the Immortal Land.
But "Gulaimo" was different. He was a side character Luigi triggered in the fourth Main Mission.
If Luigi chose to "accept the identity of a clown", "Gulaimo" wouldn't show up at all. In other words, "Gulaimo" was a variable that evolved in a sandbox game.
Since "Gulaimo" wasn't related to the Main Mission, it shouldn't have anything to do with "Uriel's Choice".
But even so, "Gulaimo" was still pulled into the "dream state". What was going on?
Was the authority of the Immortal Land so powerful that it could pull people into the general plane as it pleased?
Angor was puzzled.
The authority of the Immortal Land was powerful, but Angor didn't think it was powerful enough to pull people into the general plane as it pleased.
There must be some other logic behind the "dream" state that he didn't know about.
Angor couldn't help but feel curious.
He was very curious about the rules of "pulling people". If he could pull people into the dungeon at will, wouldn't he be able to pull Sunders into it from the other side of the world?
Of course, Angor didn't think it was that simple.
But that didn't stop him from thinking about it.
Since he had nothing else to do, maybe he could use this chance to look for information from the authority tree?
Before Angor could think about it, he heard Luigi's question. "The Immortal Land told me to prepare for the upcoming battle. What kind of preparation should I do?"
Because of Luigi's question, Angor decided not to use his search authority for now. Instead, he began to think about his own question.
He considered his words carefully and said, "As I see it, there are two kinds of preparation before a battle: either to trick others, or to improve yourself."
What was the purpose of preparation before a battle? To win a decisive battle.
If one wanted to improve their chances of winning a decisive battle, they either had to use tricks outside the game, or they had to work hard to improve themselves.
Tricks outside the game meant to trick one's opponent.
For example, before a decisive battle, one could use external forces to distract the opponent's mind, or even make the opponent sick. This would greatly weaken the opponent's strength during the decisive battle.
However, this was a very difficult task for Luigi.
After all, Guleymo was still an NPC who hadn't shown up yet. Luigi couldn't do anything even if he wanted to.
Since he couldn't use tricks outside the game, he had to improve himself.
This improvement included: improving one's zither skills, finding a better instrument to perform, discovering more music scores that could be used against him, and so on.
Anything useful for the decisive battle would be considered as self-improvement.
Luigi scratched his head. "I don't think I have enough time to improve my piano skills. Finding a better musical instrument? I don't seem to have a choice. Before the main quest ends, I can't leave this instance dungeon … Don't tell me I can only continue looking for musical scores? "
"Finding music scores is one way. But there are other ways to improve yourself. For example, targeted training."
Speaking of targeted training, Luigi immediately recalled how he asked Angor to help him find music scores in order to gain Uriel's approval. He also asked Jon to check his performance, and asked someone to analyze Uriel's micro-expressions to determine his preferences so that he could find more suitable music scores.
Since he was able to become the third member of the Imperial Music Troupe, targeted training was a good idea.
But according to the Wonderland, he only had one chance to fight against Guleymo.
There was no way to analyze Guleymo's preferences, let alone target him with targeted training.
Angor chuckled when he heard Luigi's question.
Jon always said that "the onlooker sees the game better than the player involved", and Angor thought it was an exaggeration. But looking at Luigi's expression, Angor knew that Luigi had also fallen into a "puzzle".
"Analyzing Uriel's micro-expressions is a matter of the past. It's over. Besides, we need to target Uriel because we don't know him well enough. We have to start from the very beginning. "
"But Guleymo is different …"
Luigi had a suspicious look on his face. "Ancient Clemo is different? What's different? I don't know Guleymo … "
Angor sighed. "It's fine if you don't know him. But Uriel knows him."
Uriel made it clear that there was a grudge between him and Guleymo. Or rather, there was hatred between them. Angor once heard a saying: "The people who know you best are not your friends, but your enemies."
This sentence might be a little too absolute and biased, but in most circumstances, it could be regarded as a maxim.
Luigi didn't know Guleymo, that was for sure.
But he was also sure that Uriel knew Guleymo well.
Therefore, when the Wonderland mentioned "prepare for battle", it didn't mean that Luigi should collect more music scores. Instead, it meant that Luigi should find a way to learn more about Guleymo.
And Uriel was the best medium to learn about Guleymo.
"Also, since Uriel had a grudge against Gulaimo, he might have some records about Gulaimo. You can check the attic and see if you can find more information."
Uriel asked Luigi to stay in the attic to rest, but there might also be other reasons.
Uriel could act as a medium for Luigi to learn more about Guleymo. Maybe the newspapers and books in the attic could help Luigi find more information about Guleymo.
Collecting such information, using Guleymo's image as a training tool, might be the solution to Main Mission 5.
Luigi understood everything after listening to Angor's explanation.
Uriel was the biggest informant in the world, right?
Before this, Luigi and Uriel were like "interviewers". It was almost impossible to get information from Uriel.
But now, he had passed Uriel's "interview". In a way, they were "peers" now.
Uriel probably wouldn't refuse Luigi's request.
Besides, judging from Uriel's attitude and the fact that he was still playing Black Sheep Confession, Angor knew that Uriel liked Luigi a lot.
Uriel was even willing to use his own identity to write a challenge letter to Guleymo for Luigi's sake.
Of course, Uriel didn't want Luigi to lose to Guleymo.
After all, Luigi was the one who endorsed Uriel, and he would lose face.
If Luigi asked Uriel for information about Guleymo, Uriel would be more than happy to do so.
With this thought in mind, Luigi immediately began his two major quests: "search the room" and "defeat Uriel".
Meanwhile, Angor used this chance to look into the Tree of Authority.
He wanted to find out more about Guleymo's "dream" state.
…
Somewhere far away in space and time.
Great Tasman Empire, Dawn City.
The first rays of the morning sun slowly woke up the city that had been silent for an entire night. The gloomy haze was penetrated by the dazzling golden light, and the entire city was immersed in a warm atmosphere.
In a corner of the city, on the second floor of a dusty attic.
The morning light of summer penetrated through the broken window and illuminated Uriel's face.
Under the warm light, Uriel slowly opened his eyes and woke up from his dream.
He raised his hand and subconsciously shielded it from the light outside. Then, he sat up on the bed with a tired face …
He sat on his bed in a daze for three whole minutes until he heard the morning choir of the Church of Radiance. Uriel slowly came back to his senses.
A children's choir had the ability to purify one's soul. Uriel didn't like the evil deeds of the Church of Radiance, but he was still happy to listen to the three daily prayers.
Uriel stretched his body as he listened to the faint singing of the poem.
When he looked around, he noticed that the piano on the other side of his bed was extremely clean. In the past, it was full of debris and dust.
Why did it feel so clean today? I even smell the fragrance of piano oil in the air.
After a moment of contemplation, Uriel recalled the visit of Butler Cha last night, and the magical musical dream he had.
In that dream, he heard a piece of music that was almost perfect for fighting against religion.
No, it wasn't a dream!
After Butler Cha left, Uriel felt like he had a second dream when he fell asleep again.
In this dream, he vaguely remembered that he seemed to have learned the name of the dream music from the mouth of a performer.
"I think it's called …
"'Black Sheep Confession'?"
(End of Chapter)
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