For a strategist, when they knew the situation was bad, it was understandable that they would choose to avoid the battle.
However, in a situation where there was no way to retreat, they would make a prompt decision and fight to the death.
Seeing their teammate being tossed out, Hong Hu, Qiu Feng, and Weighty Words naturally could not continue to kneel. They immediately stood up and got into their respective stances, preparing to face the enemy.
"You want to fight me?" Little Red Riding Hood turned back to look at the three. "Humph … Have you given up on life?"
"Don't move!" Feng Bujue shouted from afar. "I'm fine!"
With Brother Jue's intervention, the three who were prepared to fight to the death held back their attacks.
"Little Red Riding Hood, you won't kill us." Feng Bujue stood up shakily. "We are the boss's' guests'. You can't do that …"
Little Red Riding Hood was silent for a few seconds. She looked at Feng Bujue from afar and scoffed. "How did you come to that conclusion?"
"We, the 'travelers from another world' in your words, have certain rules when we are on this kind of short trip." Feng Bujue tried to explain in a way that the characters could understand. "And you … are too strong. If we fight you, the chance of survival is zero, definitely zero, 0.00%. "He emphasized this point repeatedly. Obviously, he was telling his teammates.
As someone with Soul's Eye, Feng Bujue could see the difference in power more clearly. With Little Red Riding Hood's power, he could not see any chance of winning. Even the group of superheroes that he had met in Gotham City could not be compared to this little girl.
"Our trip will not lead to such a fatal situation," Feng Bujue said. "So, I believe you don't want to kill us." He rubbed his aching back. "You were merciful when you threw me over. Even if I didn't do anything, I wouldn't have died. At most, I would have fallen to the brink of death."
When Little Red Riding Hood heard Feng Bujue's words, her expression did not change much. However, the murderous aura gradually disappeared.
"I know you're angry … I deserve it if you take it out on me. But … "Feng Bujue said," Since things have come to this, I suggest that you hurry up and chase after the werewolf. The few of us will go to the seventh floor to meet the boss. Let's settle our business first. If you still don't feel satisfied, you can always come back and kill me. "
"Hmm …" Little Red Riding Hood muttered to herself and then turned into a red shadow that approached Feng Bujue.
She walked on the swamp as if it were flat ground, and arrived in front of her Brother Jue in an instant. She said, "You have guts, and your words make sense." She verbally agreed with Feng Bujue's point of view, but the warhammer in her hand mercilessly smashed down.
With a crack, the warhammer hit Feng Bujue's left knee and smashed it into pieces.
"But I hate to follow other people's orders, and the boss is no exception." Little Red Riding Hood pulled the bloody warhammer out of Feng Bujue's knee and sneered, "So, this is an additional punishment for you." She looked at Feng Bujue's painful face and showed a satisfied expression. Then she turned and left.
When she passed by Hong Hu and the others, they did not even dare to breathe. They just waited quietly for Little Red Riding Hood to pass.
No one spoke, and no one made eye contact …
Until Little Red Riding Hood entered the elevator and the elevator door closed. Only then did Qiu Feng dare to raise his voice to ask Feng Bujue, who was far away, "Are you okay? Brother Feng? "
"Nonsense …" Feng Bujue said, "I didn't turn into white light and disappear, which means I'm still alive."
"We know that," Hong Hu said. "But we're worried that you've been inflicted with the bleeding effect." His concern was crucial because they could not use the items in their inventory in this scenario. If Feng Bujue was inflicted with the bleeding effect and the bleeding could not be stopped, then he would be dead.
"I'm fine. I'm only inflicted with a broken bone; I won't continue to lose blood," Feng Bujue replied. "I have eight percent Life Points left. Just don't get injured anymore."
"Eight percent is very dangerous," Weighty Words said. "Furthermore, this kind of injury recovers very slowly. If there is no item to remove this status, the broken bone might stay with you until the end of the scenario."
Feng Bujue said, "You have a point. In that case, I'll have to ask the three of you to carry me." He was obviously using this as a pretext to make a fuss. "Oh, by the way, when I was picked up by Little Red Riding Hood, I dropped my broom on the ground." He pointed at a spot not far from the three of them. "Don't forget to take it."
Ten minutes later …
The four had crossed the swamp and successfully entered the painting through the stone steps.
The large Weighty Words was responsible for carrying Feng Bujue in the middle of the group. Qiu Feng used the broom to scout ahead, and Hong Hu was responsible for covering the back.
The stone steps were longer than they expected, and they continued to climb. The slope became steeper, and the path became narrower. The more they walked, the more dangerous it became.
After another ten minutes, they reached a place that was quite high above sea level. Looking down from there, it was a blurry fog. The swamp under the fog showed many beautiful colors under the moonlight. It was like a dream.
"Please don't drop me." Feng Bujue put on the witch's pointy hat and purposely used an old voice to say, "I'm just a bag of old bones. If I fall, I'll die."
"I would like to throw you down the cliff, but the system won't let me," Weighty Words replied.
"Ah … Back then, when I was fighting a fiery demon alone, I also fell down the cliff." Feng Bujue touched the pointed hat on his head. "After that battle, I was promoted from a gray robe to a white robe."
"You're using Gandalf again, aren't you?" Hong Hu said. "You sure know how to make up stories."
"Hey! I think we've reached the end. "Qiu Feng, who was at the front of the group, interrupted their conversation and turned back to say.
Everyone raised their heads to look, only to see that directly in front of them, about two hundred meters away, was the top of the stone steps. The place was covered in gray clouds. The clouds were in the shape of a ring, and there was a sound coming from the ring. It sounded like water.
The players picked up their pace and walked to the end of the stone steps. They stepped onto a smooth surface.
Here, they saw another scene that was enough to stun them.
In the ring of clouds above their heads, there was a waterfall, and it was a reverse waterfall. The turbulent water flow ignored the law of gravity and rushed straight up. Standing under the clouds, one would have the illusion that they were hanging upside down in the air.
Weighty Words put down Feng Bujue, and the latter stood on one leg with one hand on his waist. He lifted his head to look up. "What do you guys think?"
"Hmm …" Hong Hu thought about it for a few seconds before saying, "I have a plan. The three of us will work together to throw Brother Feng up there."
"Oh! That's a good idea. "Qiu Feng agreed immediately.
Weighty Words scratched his chin and said, "As long as the team tab doesn't show that Brother Feng is dead in a few minutes, it means that the path above is safe, and we can successfully get to the seventh floor."
"Hmm … That's not a bad idea." Facing the trio's malicious plan, Feng Bujue agreed calmly. "My leg is injured, so it'll take a lot of effort to jump up on my own. If I miss the jump and fall from this height into the swamp, I'll definitely die. " He then removed the hat and passed it to Weighty Words. "For the sake of safety, I'll leave the plot item to you guys. After you throw me up, just wait for three minutes. If I'm still alive by then, you guys can jump up one by one. "
Hong Hu was quite surprised by Feng Bujue's cooperative attitude. Actually, his suggestion was partly a joke, but he did not expect the person involved to agree to it.
Since the plan had been decided, after discussing some details, they put it into action. Weighty Words, Hong Hu, and Qiu Feng stood in position. They carried Feng Bujue and tossed him into the air. He flew headfirst into the whirlpool.
Once his body touched the reverse waterfall, Feng Bujue felt all the blood in his body rush from his feet to his head. Gravity seemed to have been reversed at that moment, and he 'fell' into the water.
As mentioned earlier … he did not know how to swim.
Of course, in such a strong current, it did not make much of a difference whether he knew how to swim or not.
Feng Bujue was like a substance that had been tossed into the toilet. He was dragged along by the current and could not stop himself from being dragged around at high speed. He could not even open his eyes, and his body was under quite a lot of water pressure. However, this did not cost him any Life Points, and the cold water temporarily numbed the pain in his left leg.
About thirty seconds later, Feng Bujue suddenly felt the pressure on his body lighten. His back was leaning against something, and he found himself lying on the ground.
He tried to sit up, and this action caused his upper body to poke out of the water.
"Hmm?" Feng Bujue opened his eyes. He was not used to the bright light. When he saw his surroundings clearly, a rare expression of shock appeared on his face.
At that moment, he was looking at his own bathroom, and he was lying inside the bathtub.
"What the … Did I fall asleep in the shower?" Feng Bujue mumbled.
So, after the Battle for the Mantle ended, Brother Jue went offline to take a shower, and he fell asleep inside the bathtub. Everything that happened before was just a dream.
…
This … was impossible.
Feng Bujue did not have the luck to enjoy a forbidden skill like 'the main character wakes up to realize everything is just a dream'.
…
"Current quest has changed. Main quest updated," the system said.
Feng Bujue lowered his head to look. He realized that he was still wearing the clown costume, and he understood everything.
After sighing, he climbed out from the bathtub and opened the game menu to inspect it.
In the team tab, the names of his three teammates were still there, and they were all alive.
In the quest tab, "All surviving players are to enter the Detective Club." This quest was not ticked off, but a new quest appeared underneath it. "Escape from the memory space and return to the seventh floor of the Testing Building."
Other than that, there was another important change … the items inside his inventory could be used again.
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