I upgrade points in the Holy Inquisition

Chapter 438 437. Monster hunting! Cool!

Lloyd was originally happy about the upgrade of [Projection]. He finally upgraded from a complete puppet to a soldier in the game, but he was no longer happy the next second.

He found that killing these seemingly ferocious monsters only earned him 1 point of madness?

Even the mental pollution they normally emit is just a pitiful mosquito leg...

At the same time, he didn't get any fragments, basically nothing.

Although I know you are all fake, can you allocate some of the realism of the appearance to the rewards?

Lloyd was complaining in his heart, but the next second, more than a dozen monsters appeared out of thin air from the empty street and rushed towards him again.

Come again?

Lloyd complained in his heart, and his inspiration instantly locked all the monsters, and then [Projection] roared out again, still resolving the battle within three seconds.

To be honest, although the rewards are small, this kind of mowing battle experience is actually quite enjoyable? There is a kind of pleasure of sweeping thousands of troops and being unparalleled, which can relieve stress.

It’s just that there are fewer monsters, the sense of attack is a little weak, and the visual effects are a little lacking...

Lloyd was thinking, and suddenly recalled the precautions mentioned by Professor Armitage before-the purpose of this trial is to experience the "great fear" between life and death, so as to absorb the real power from it.

But these monsters are so weak that they can't last three seconds in front of a fourth-level monster like me. They must not pose much threat to other trialists who came in before?

No one can feel the pressure and strength of this kind of monster, right?

Then where should I go to find the "great fear"? Should I scare myself?

Just when Lloyd was embarrassed about this, a line of strange words suddenly appeared in front of him, written in an ancient language that he was not familiar with.

The Book of Truth in his mind began to flip, translating a passage for Lloyd:

"Long time no see, my friend."

Hmm? Is there a storyline in this trial? Are the monsters in front just warm-ups?

What tasks will be triggered next, and I will be arranged to go to a certain place to kill a certain number of monsters in exchange for certain rewards?

Lloyd put in his gaming experience on Earth, and then complained:

I don't object to the plot, after all, it's easy to get bored with just killing monsters, but since there is a plot, you should at least set up NPCs such as the village chief, the female knight, and the beautiful girl adventurer to interact with them? It's too insincere to use subtitles to advance the plot directly, isn't it?

While Lloyd was complaining, a new line of ancient language appeared in the subtitles in front of him:

"Oh~ It turns out that I recognized the wrong person. You are the one who accepted the inheritance, so please clear the obstacles and come to see me in the depths."

Oh... It turns out that there is no NPC, but I haven't seen it yet? That's easy to say, but isn't the beginning of this plot a bit too cliché? What kind of plot is this from ancient times?

But then again, this "Book of Falsehood" seems to be a product of ancient times?

Lloyd complained in his heart, but responded with a smile:

"Here it comes."

He took the initiative to find a sense of substitution...

Then, he wandered around in this abandoned ancient city, looking for the NPC who could give him a task.

No other plots were triggered in the process, but he encountered many monsters, and the aggressiveness and danger doubled!

The monsters that could be solved in less than three seconds now take six seconds!

It was indeed a bit slow, giving the monsters a chance to get close to Lloyd. But even if they were not killed instantly by the [Projection], there was still a layer of [Twisted Realm] waiting for them...

The monsters that had finally approached with the sacrifice of their companions were stunned in place as soon as they entered the range of the [Twisted Realm], and then they were killed by the [Projection] that came back quickly.

But no matter what, Lloyd finally felt a little pressure and strength.

In addition, the mental pollution caused by these monsters also increased. Killing one can range from 100 to 400 points, which means that the danger level of these monsters is also between 1-4, with good and bad.

But the advantage is that there are enough of them. Lloyd just wandered around for ten minutes and easily upgraded to level 2. The efficiency is not slow.

That's right, how can you say that killing monsters does not give experience?

Although the real goal of this trip, the precious power between life and death, has not yet been found, since it can be upgraded, there is no need to rush, just have fun first.

Lloyd continued to kill monsters all the way, approaching the central area of ​​the abandoned city-

There stood a palace, which can be said to be the only intact building in the entire city. The remaining ones around were all ruins, and only the architectural style of the glorious era could be roughly distinguished.

The road leading to the palace was a very magical straight avenue, without a single turn in the middle, and Lloyd didn't need to find the way.

And there was more than one such straight avenue, and there were many in other directions. The layout of the entire city gave Lloyd the feeling of a stick figure sun, with countless straight roads leading to the center.

I don't know what this is hinting at, or is the municipal planning here really so random...

Lloyd pondered and made a bold guess.

This is a temporary space, and the things here must be virtual like those monsters, but virtual things also need a reference to the original plan, so he thinks that this place should be based on a real ancient city.

Maybe this weird road planning also existed in history?

Maybe it was destroyed by the terrible monster tide in the doomsday catastrophe, and the monsters he encountered now may be the ripples caused by the monster tide?

And the plot he is in now may be to rescue the survivors in the city, or to clear the monsters here?

Whatever, it must be an old and tacky plot anyway.

Lloyd was thinking about it while continuing to brush the monsters, and he was not in a hurry, walking slowly and brushing slowly.

However, he also fully considered that the plot he was in might be related to the monster tide of that year. The closer he got to the center of the city, the more dangerous the monsters he encountered might be, and the more likely they would be endless.

So Lloyd did not wantonly use all his firepower and skills for the sake of safety.

Instead, he only used [Projection] to kill monsters all the way, keeping the spiritual power consumption at a minimum, and combined with the passive spiritual power recovery effect of the holy objects on his body, there was basically no loss.

In addition to the various dry food and drinks that he always had in his storage bag, it would definitely be no problem to have a good day here.

It was a pity that the two holy objects that enhanced vitality and energy were given to others to optimize the appearance, otherwise he would not even need to sleep and could have killed monsters for three days and three nights in one go.

Fight! Cool! Kill monsters! Even more fun!

Lloyd walked for a while, and when he had reached a total of six levels, he stopped temporarily and evenly distributed the 30 attributes to [rationality], [spiritual power], and [cognition], pushing all three items to 765 points.

With the increase of attributes, [Projection] also became stronger. It took 6 seconds to clear a wave of monsters before, but it became 3 seconds again...

It seems that the speed at which this monster becomes stronger cannot keep up with the speed of upgrading?

Lloyd couldn't help but want to laugh.

Just at this moment, a line of ancient subtitles appeared in front of him:

"As expected... I didn't expect that the many attempts and explorations we made at that time would eventually succeed in a seemingly unreasonable path."

It seems that I have entered the next plot node?

According to Lloyd's game experience on Earth, subtitles like narration may be important plot guides or key worldview explanations.

In short, you need to pay special attention to it. Once you miss it, you may miss the key plot and settings.

But this plot is so confusing, isn't it too much of a riddle?

Hurry up and hand over the precious power I need!

Lloyd complained in his heart, hoping that the role he played at this time was a billionaire without parents.

He could only continue to kill monsters and then the next plot node arrived.

As Lloyd got closer and closer to the palace in the city center, as he had predicted before, the monsters began to become stronger and stronger. There were no more shrimps with a danger level of 1. The lowest level was danger level 3, and there were already danger levels 5 and 6.

But these monsters were no different from the lowest level shrimps in front of Lloyd. As long as his [Projection] took action, they would be killed in one hit. The only thing that could distinguish them was the amount of madness.

This made Lloyd doubt himself.

Is my current strength really that strong? Those with danger levels 5 and 6 are just like ants?

No, if they were real monsters outside, although they would hardly hurt me, their vitality should not be so fragile that they could be killed in one hit.

So although my strength is very strong, the monsters here are indeed very weak, as if they were specially created for me to gain experience?

As Lloyd pondered, he evenly distributed the 60 attributes he had gained along the way to [rationality], [spiritual power], and [cognition], with a total value of 785 points.

Then, he reached out and touched his chest, feeling the heat coming from there.

It was not emitted by him, but by the strange key made into a pendant.

As Lloyd walked further on the straight road and got closer to the palace, the strange key became hotter.

It didn't feel very obvious at first, but now it felt like a heater.

But this heat didn't make him feel dangerous, and his inspiration and weird intuition didn't beat the drums. Instead, he was a little excited and excited, as if he was about to win or uncover a treasure, guiding Lloyd to move forward.

Based on his trust in his cheap uncle, Lloyd had to give up some of his madness value and quickened his pace.

The road under his feet seemed to be cooperating with him secretly. It seemed that he would have to walk for a long time before, but he arrived in just a few minutes. It felt like the end was coming towards him.

Even the monsters did not hinder Lloyd, and he basically arrived at the end without any obstacles.

The ancient language subtitles that he had not seen for a while also appeared in front of Lloyd again:

"Come in, student of Mizkatok, the hope of mankind's future."

Is this... considered the NPC's routine compliment to the protagonist?

I hope the NPC here is a beautiful and lovely girl, preferably a noble princess, wearing white stockings but no shoes...

Lloyd climbed up the steps in front of the palace with anticipation, his eyes constantly observing the statues on the left and right sides of the steps.

The statues are all of various human shapes, with different expressions and movements. Some are kneeling on one knee, as if breathing; some are looking up at the sky, as if they are choosing to give up; some are shaking their heads, as if I feel unwilling in my heart.

Each one looks lifelike and vivid, as if it will come alive in the next second.

Among them, Lloyd also found a familiar figure - his lover Hildina?

She was posing with one hand stroking her chest and the other holding a spear. It seemed that she had just experienced a tough battle and was already crumbling from exhaustion. It made Lloyd feel distressed.

Not far behind Hiltina's sculpture, there are two other bald heads that Lloyd knew, namely Bartolo and Professor Armitage...

One of them had a confused look on his face, as if he hadn't figured out the situation yet; the other was shaking his head, as if he was thinking about something.

So the sculptures on the left and right sides are the last scene of the previous trialists left here? Similar to the 'Hall of Fame' on the other side of the earth?

But you pick out some pictures of other people looking handsome and cheerful, but why do you choose to focus on the picture of them being miserable and miserable?

Lloyd couldn't quite understand this bad taste.

Soon, he finished the last step and looked at the last sculpture.

Fortunately, I don’t have my own yet…

Maybe it’s because you don’t know which frame to use to express your heroic appearance?

Lloyd smiled, then walked to the thick door several meters high on the other side of the palace and reached out to touch it.

The door then slowly opened.

What is revealed inside is a spacious, bright and luxurious study? Does it look familiar?

The person sitting inside was not a beautiful girl without shoes, but a young man with an ordinary appearance, who was looking at him with an expression of interest.

But he didn't speak in a hurry, as if he was waiting for Lloyd to say hello first.

snort! It’s okay if he’s not as handsome as me anyway!

Lloyd said something in his mind, and suddenly remembered that he seemed to have seen the other party somewhere?

Then he immediately remembered Professor Armitage's previous instructions, and without hesitation he took hold of the 'cat's claw biscuit' and prepared to crush it.

"Hey!!! Wait wait wait!"

The young man opposite suddenly became anxious, jumped up quickly, and then stretched out his hand to scratch at Lloyd.

Lloyd immediately felt that his hands were empty. The cat's claw biscuits used to save his life had disappeared?

"Since I asked you to come here, can I still harm you?"

The young man opposite said dumbfounded, then tossed the cat's claw biscuit that appeared out of thin air in his hand, and threw the 'life-saving straw' aside.