Help, I've become a paper man

The Duke's voice sounded, saying "Okay", and he was already walking towards Song Yi. The fog surrounding her gradually dispersed as she walked slowly, and the Duke's figure emerged. Today, she was not wearing a long skirt, but a set of armor covered with a layer of fog. Water droplets fell with her steps, and the fog dissipated a little as she waved her hand.

She was smiling with a sense of confidence in victory, and Song Yi also smiled with anger and a hint of sadness.

Without the cover of fog, he finally saw the boy, but it was a little too late. The young body was covered in blood, hanging high in the air, swaying in the wind. More fresh blood flowed from the limbs or other places, wetting the cloth, flowing down along the skin, falling from the toes, gathering at the feet, and continuing to spread forward, flowing into a winding "river".

Song Yi suppressed his anger, but his movements were still a little heavier. The boy was pushed by the gun and turned his head slightly, but his eyes were still fixed on the Duke without shifting.

The Duke said, "Come, let us make an exchange, and give me back my husband."

Song Yi did not move. His eyes moved away from the boy and fell on the Duke. A stock of unlimited firepower emerged in his mind. Before he took action, Jasmine grabbed the hem of his shirt and shook it gently, signaling him not to do it.

He took a deep breath and heard the Duke continue: "Or do you want to hear some stories too?"

"Listen to those, is it the king's cowardice, hiding in the royal city, pretending to be a generous noble, calling on everyone to fight for his country?"

"Plot progress 60%, exploration progress 45%, please continue to work hard in the next period of time."

"Or did he surrender before victory, sign a treaty behind the backs of those who fought for him, and push the blame for the war onto the rebels?"

"Plot progress 60%, exploration progress 47%, please continue to work hard in the next period of time."

"It could also be that this is an arranged marriage by the king. She doesn't want to marry an earl who is inferior to her, so as a woman, she lets the other party marry her?"

"Plot progress 60%, exploration progress 50%, please continue to work hard in the next period of time."

"Or the love affairs of those dukes, who were deceived by a young painter who claimed to be a painter, fell in love with him, and even killed their husbands?"

"Plot progress 60%, exploration progress 55%, please continue to work hard in the next period of time."

As her narration and the reminder sound in her mind alternated, she finally asked:

"Is that enough for you?"

Song Yi gripped the gun tighter and raised his other hand to place it on the butt to prevent it from slipping. His heartbeat was still quickening and he vaguely seemed to hear someone laughing in his ear, causing him to lose focus for a moment.

Jasmine answered for him: "Not enough."

The Duke looked at Jasmine and said in a cooperative tone, "I made my fortune in war, and I died in war. When the Earl died, the enemy came back again, and I once again went to the battlefield. I never had the chance to return to my homeland."

"Plot progress 60%, exploration progress 57%, please keep working hard."

Jasmine raised her chin, signaling the other party to continue speaking. At the same time, she gripped the cloth in her hand tighter, using her actions to remind Song Yi not to act without authorization.

As they looked at each other, the Duke's smile subsided a little, and he slowly said: "...The death of the Earl, in my opinion, this fool also killed others."

"Plot progress 60%, exploration progress 61%, please keep working hard."

Song Yi clenched the gun handle, the soft flesh pads retreated, and the sharp fingertips were also retracted, only the raised back of his hand was still covered with a layer of fluff. He looked at Jasmine with inquiry and hesitation.

I thought the other party would signal him to take action, but Jasmine let go of his hem, looked up at him, and said, "Give her the person."

Song Yi did not act immediately. He looked at the boy and then at Jasmine. After a few words, the boy looked even weaker. His eyes, which had been slightly opened, had drooped. Even if he trusted Jasmine, he had the opportunity to hesitate at this moment.

Two seconds later, Song Yi retracted the gun, silently let go of the boy, and let his hands drop. He did not actively push the boy over, nor did he stand between the Duke and the boy.

The Duke walked slowly forward towards the boy, and when his fingers touched the boy's cheek, the prompt sound rang again.

"Plot progress 97%, exploration progress 61%, the finale is "Wish Come True", the dungeon will be teleported out in ten minutes, please be prepared."

"Reward calculation in progress..."

Amid the electronic sound, Song Yi walked towards the boy. After just two steps forward, the boy's figure disappeared from his sight. He stopped and did not look at the two people who were walking away, nor did he move to other places. He just stared at the air in front of him with a somewhat dull look.

Jasmine, who was following behind, sighed and explained:

"It's okay, it's fine. The goat is still alive. He returned just after the mission was completed. Even if he died after completing the mission, he still has a chance to live. At least he didn't die in the ritual, so he won't be judged as lost."

Song Yi shook his head and asked, "Can we delay the calculation and return?"

Jasmine said "eh" and was briefly surprised, but she still explained: "Is it because of the plot progress? It doesn't matter. Not every dungeon has to go through the entire plot. Some bosses or NPCs don't want us to get involved."

Song Yi shook his head again, turned to look at Jasmine, and asked again: "Does the information that is inferred... or guessed need to be spoken out to be considered as part of the exploration progress?"

In the last dungeon, he was exploring and talking to his teammates, and the prompt sound could not be said to have a response, and the volume increased with their actions, but this time there was no response.

Jasmine said, "Well, but don't guess randomly...it might have the opposite effect."

Song Yi lowered his head, and in the eye contact, he said seriously: "I just had a brain spasm, which is why I came to the point of changing homes just now. If this situation hadn't happened... I would try again to verify my idea."

Jasmine didn't answer, but just raised an eyebrow and waited for him to continue.

He also really went on to say: "The Duke needs a sacrifice, not because of love, she is lying."

Jasmine asked, "What did you discover on your first day?"

Most of the time, they were together, and if there was any difference, it was only on the first day, but Song Yi shook his head again.

He said, "I sensed ... lies."

When saying this, Song Yi felt that his expression was confusing, but at the moment when he clenched the gun and was dazed by the laughter in his ear, Song Yi was sure that it was not Yan Changyue's voice, and at the same time he felt that the Duke was lying.

Jasmine didn't interrupt him or ask any questions, she just looked at him and waited for him to continue.

Song Yi always felt that she had misunderstood something, so she continued, "I guess those dead people are related to the cook. First of all, he claimed to be the Duke's husband. Even if the relationship between husband and wife was not good, he was still a count, but he was a cook here. The 'Duke' said he was guilty, and the maid had no respect for him. The casualties that the Duke was reluctant to mention should be related to this."

"At the same time, he didn't want the Duke to be the master here. Putting aside the grudges in their previous lives, when the Duke needed a boy, he was treated as a cook. He also didn't want the Duke to find a husband. I guess the boy is the one who disguised himself as a painter in the story. In this copy, he can replace his husband's identity."

He stopped talking here and the prompt sounded, confirming his guess.

"Plot progress 97%, exploration progress 75%, the finale is "Wish Come True", the dungeon will be teleported out in ten minutes, please be prepared."

The reward calculation did not pop up again, the time to exit the copy was still ten minutes, and the plot progress did not change.

Song Yi was puzzled and had to look at the "senior" Jasmine.

Jasmine shrugged and said lightly, "Don't think about it. This is the boss's path to becoming a god, and he won't let us see it easily."

Song Yi asked: "What about the ones that are not easy?"