Two strange monsters, two completely different powers. Their howls collided in mid-air, entangling and blooming. The invisible sound turned into tangible damage.
The demon's body was torn apart, like an animal being eaten by piranhas. The flesh and bones under the dark gray skin were exposed. It was gradually stripped of its flesh, leaving only its skeleton. It fell to the ground and scattered into pieces.
Countless corrosion marks appeared on the tree monster's body, spreading from the trunk to the branches above. These marks were like wounds that could not be healed, and they continued to increase the damage to the tree monster.
The situation was about to evolve into a situation where the two monsters died together. However, darkness came at an untimely time...
The vision of the five people was suddenly filled with darkness. This darkness could swallow everything and cover everything, whether it was indoors or outdoors. Even if the light source was right in front of them, it would not help.
This time, there were no complicated and terrifying sounds coming from the darkness. However, this clearly had nothing to do with them covering their ears with their hands, because a few seconds later, there was still an extremely clear whisper that entered everyone's ears.
"Lower God who meddles in other people's business, you will pay the price for this..."
When this sentence ended, the darkness immediately passed, and everyone's vision returned to normal. They stood up and faced the withered tree, wanting to see how the monster would mutate.
Feng Bujue was the first to notice the abnormality. The tree did not seem to have become stronger at all. On the contrary, the damage it had suffered earlier was more obvious. Its branches were falling and turning into ashes.
"Are you the Lower God that the voice mentioned just now?" Feng Bujue actually walked forward to talk to the monster.
Before the other four people could react, the tree monster had already opened its mouth and replied, "Human... Go find the key and restore the seal."
"We have already found the Key of Fire," Feng Bujue said. "What happened to this city? Who is the culprit behind all this? Where is the Key of Wood? "He asked three questions in a row.
"Sam Montier … One of the servants of the Master of Time. He betrayed his master, so his godly power was taken away and he was banished to the endless river of time …" The branches of the tree were almost all gone, and the trunk was turning into dust. "A centipede dies but never falls … Sam Montier did not surrender. He used all of his remaining power to pull this city away from reality and hide here. This place is no longer a part of the River of Time … Instead, it is a puddle independent of the river. " The bark on the tree monster's face had also begun to peel off. "In order to avoid the punishment of the Master of Time, he summoned the Devil's Gate. Once the seal on the gate is unlocked and the city is connected to the Demon Realm, it means that this place has become the territory of the [Head of Demons], and the Master of Time has no authority over it.
Some of the humans had reached an agreement with Sam Montier. As long as they helped him break the seal on the door, their lives would be spared. However, the moment the demons rushed out from the door, Sam Montier immediately abandoned those people. Before the demons could compete with him for food, he greedily swallowed all the humans in the city into the darkness.
Only a few survivors managed to escape from the Devil's Gate with the two keys. " At this point, the tree monster's body was almost completely withered, but it still continued. "Sam Montier himself could not touch the key or the seal, and he could not consume the humans who were near them, but the demons could. Therefore, he promised the demons that after every 'cycle' ended, he would give them a part of his power through the darkness. The condition was that the demons had to find and kill all the living humans in the city to ensure that no one could undo the seal …"
"Where is the Key of Wood?" Feng Bujue asked again. He had a bad feeling about this. Based on what he was seeing, the result was that the NPCs would die at the most crucial part of the story.
"The person who held the Key of Wood died underground," the tree monster replied. "I have opened the path. After I die, you can go down …" Its mouth finally dissolved into dust. Several seconds later, from the tree trunk to the roots that extended underground, everything crumbled into black dust.
Even though the tree monster was dead, the hole that it created in the ground became an entrance to the underground tunnel.
"Current quest has changed. Main quest updated."
After the announcement, the quest tab had changed to "Enter the tunnel to find the Key of Wood."
Feng Bujue turned back to look at the group. "Let's go to the shelf to see if there are any flashlights before we go down."
The others had just heard such a long plot, and their minds were still reeling. They stood where they were. After a few seconds, Wang Tanzhi was the first to ask, "Er … Brother Bujue, what's going on? Can you translate for the translator? "
Feng Bujue walked toward the shelf that sold daily necessities. "After the battle earlier and the statement in the dark, I realized that this tree is different from the other monsters that we've encountered so far." The four followed behind Feng Bujue as they listened to his story. "Seeing that it probably didn't have much time left, I seized the opportunity to ask those three questions. It did its duty as an NPC. After contributing a battle scene, it explained the plot, gave us hints, and provided us with a path. Then, it accepted its bento. "
He walked to a collapsed shelf and picked up a box from the ground. As he opened it, he said, "According to the tree … only those who are close to the key or the Demonic Door will not disappear like the other humans in the city. This explains the situation at the police station and proves that the Key of Wood is not in this empty shopping mall.
"Other than that … I believe the few of us are exceptions. Perhaps because we are players, we do not belong to the category of 'humans' in this dimension, or else we would have been killed by Sam Montier once we entered the scenario."
Feng Bujue paused for a second before continuing. "If we're talking about the current situation, it's actually quite clear … The big boss of this scenario will use darkness to strengthen the demons of the entire map every thirty minutes. He might not show himself, and he might not even have a physical body, but the demons are a constant threat to us.
The boss's goal is to kill everyone who can use the key, and then this space will be forever connected to the demonic realm. As long as he hides here, the Master of Time will not be able to chase after him.
And the way for us to clear this scenario is to find the two keys, return to the Demonic Door, and try to recover the two seals that have been unlocked. After we succeed, this space will no longer be connected to the demonic realm, and the Master of Time will be able to step in and tear Sam Montier into pieces. "
"I have not heard of such a worldview before," Wang Tanzhi said.
Feng Bujue had already found a few flashlights. This time, they were undamaged, but they did not have batteries. "These can be used. Take two each, just in case. Also, find a few batteries." He added, "Oh, by the way, I saw there are hockey sticks, baseball bats, and golf clubs in the sporting goods section. Those things should not have any requirement to equip, so each of us can have one."
Just like that, the five of them armed themselves. This time, each of them had at least one normal cold weapon. Mr. Loneliness even found a kitchen knife that was longer than the fruit knife Wang Tanzhi had in the kitchen section. Everyone took one as well. Xiao Tan finally eliminated the fruit knife that he had obtained in the beginner's tutorial.
Only Long Aomin did not choose the Western kitchen knife that was longer and narrower. He chose a Chinese cleaver, the kind that was especially heavy. It seemed like he felt that this kind of heavy weapon was more reliable and convenient to wield.
It took them about ten minutes to finish all this. Considering the possibility that there were monsters underground and the time limit of darkness, the group did not waste any time and entered the tunnel with Long Aomin leading the way.
When they first entered the tunnel, it felt like it was very narrow. There was mud under their feet, and the path was sloping. There was no light at the bottom. However, after a while, they came to a relatively spacious sewer. They could stand up straight in it. It looked like the tree had only opened up a path that connected the sewer to the shopping mall. The rest of the path was the path that the holder of the Key of Wood had taken. Since the tree had given a clear hint that the holder of the Key of Wood had 'died' down there, then the chance of some kind of monster hiding in the sewer was very high.
The cylindrical sewer gave people a strange sense of oppression. The surrounding space seemed to be shrinking all the time. Of course, this was just an illusion. The real bad feeling was the unpleasant smell and the dirty things floating in the water under their feet that made people unable to bear to look at them directly. Ms. Saddest's face had been drawn ever since she came down. She raised the flashlight and looked ahead. She ignored the things under her feet and followed behind Mr. Loneliest.
Long Aomin held a shield in one hand and a baseball bat in the other. He walked at the front of the group. If any monster suddenly appeared, he would give it a good beating. If the beating did not work, he would finish it off with the cleaver. Feng Bujue and Wang Tanzhi walked in the middle of the group, ready to support Long Aomin if needed.
There was only one path in this part of the sewer. The left side of the tunnel that they had come from had been buried. There were only some gaps and small pipes in the wall that still allowed water to flow in. Therefore, the chance of monsters attacking from behind was very low. It was relatively safe for Ms. Saddest and Ms. Saddest to walk at the back.
The group walked like this for five minutes.
"Look at that." Long Aomin suddenly stopped and said, "It's right there, that dead body."
Feng Bujue stretched his neck to look over Long Aomin's shoulder. He realized that they were about ten meters away from the end of the sewer. A sealed iron gate blocked the path, and the water continued to flow through the gap at the bottom of the gate. In the corner, the flashlight shone on a dead body.
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