The Trial Game of Life

In the center of the main hall, there is a solitary well, bathed in the cold moonlight.

Moonlight streams from the hollowed-out flower windows in the dome.

The pure white rose stuck its head out of the well, all the way up and up until it stuck out the window, but there was still a gap for the moonlight.The flower window is facing the mouth of the well, and the moonlight is like a spotlight on the stage, illuminating the well alone, waiting for people to explore.

Tang Cuo and Jin Cheng walked to the well, looked in together, and finally saw water for the first time in the hidden moon.

The rose grows in the water, so deep that the roots cannot be seen.

The twining vines are covered with spikes, but the flowers that bloom are pure white, hanging all over the branches.Its branches are not thick, it is hard to imagine that this rose plant is blooming all over the city.

Tang Cuo is very sure that the entire Moon Yin Country is just this rose plant.

He can feel it.

"There is no trigger, it seems that there is something else that needs to be done." Jin Cheng wisely did not reach out to touch the rose, he looked at Tang Cuo, "For example - break the magic."

Tang Cuo understood and took out the little golden scissors.

Rose is the boss, once Jin Cheng's arrow can be snapped if he goes berserk, then the intention of the system to give this pair of scissors is obvious.And if Lancelot's wish was to bring the flowers back to the Moon Hidden Kingdom, then naturally Tang Cuo couldn't completely destroy it.

On balance, Tang Cuo picked the rose that was closest to him, and carefully cut it off.

"Crack." A rose fell on Tang Cuo's palm, there was no bleeding at the cut, and no riot occurred in the vines.Just when the two suspected that nothing had happened, the Well of Time suddenly had waves.

Both of them looked into the well together, only to see that the vines grew on the surface of the water for an instant, shining brightly.Tang Cuo quickly stretched out his hand to cover it, and after a few seconds of blindness, light laughter and the faint noise of the market suddenly came from his ears.

He subconsciously followed the prestige, and finally there was some light and shadow in front of his eyes.

"Hey, little Jack, didn't you bring out your harp? Today is the Flower Festival, isn't it a good time to perform!"

"Beautiful Cecilia, you are such a kind girl, thank you for your bread. Today, old John is in bed again, and we hurried out, fearing that we might miss the good time to fetch water, so we forgot to eat breakfast .”

"Tok! Tok! Fireworks ready Tok!"

"I heard that Mr. Gilbert finally came back in time for the Huachao Festival. I think the hair accessories I asked him to bring must have arrived. If my sister receives this gift, she will definitely be the happiest girl in the Huachao Festival. "

Different words, one after another cheerful tone, filled Tang Cuo's surroundings.He stood there without moving, watching the blurred light and shadow in front of him turn into strange and familiar people, like a revolving lantern.

Cecilia is a pretty girl with blond hair and a long dress.

Little Jack is the same as in the photo, but more lively.

Tork probably drank and was drunk. No wonder he forgot where he put the key to the toy box.

Blind Billy was still sitting at the door, looking forever at the glazed lanterns on the street.

The Huachao Festival on September 1228, 9 in the Sicilian calendar was vividly displayed in front of Tang Cuo.

He didn't try to reach out, or call anyone's name.Those figures ran in front of him at a distance, or passed through him like fog, letting him know that it was all an illusion.

Jin Cheng didn't know where he went.

After a long time, a crack appeared in front of Tang Cuo's eyes like a glass mirror. With the sound of "clicking", the cracks became bigger and bigger, criss-crossing.

And turned into pieces to peel off.

The reality of all things appears before the eyes.

It was still the empty hall with only the Well of Time, and the pure white roses were still blooming in the hall, but beside the ancient well, there was a coffin.

The coffin was close to the mouth of the well, and someone was sitting next to the coffin with his eyes closed. He was wearing damaged knight armor, long silver hair, and a few drops of blood stained on his handsome face. The color was bright, and he was still alive.

The pure white rose is in full bloom in his heart.

Not from a well.

The whole hall is a huge magic circle, and the golden pattern slowly emerges as Tang Cuo approaches, and the center of the magic circle is the well.

Jin Cheng seemed to be one step ahead of Tang Cuo, standing beside the coffin, and asked, "Who do you think he is?"

"Theodore."

The ring belonging to Lancelot named Nightingale was worn on Tang Cuo's hand, seeing that handsome but unfamiliar face, an indescribable sadness wrapped his heart.

He looked at the coffin again. In the coffin, Lancelot lay quietly inside, with his broken little harp beside him.

The death of the poet.

Now there is one more, Death of a Knight.

"It's rose. On the armor on his chest, there is a badge of rose." Jin Cheng showed a rare serious look, squatted down and carefully looked at the family badge, and reconfirmed that it was not a rose, but a rose.

Rose is Theodore, so it blooms in his heart.

Your Excellency the Duke of the Hundred Flowers Kingdom, it is not surprising that the family crest is a flower.

Tang Cuo was silent, his mood was affected, and the indescribable sadness made it difficult for him to think calmly.Lancelot's wish is to bring the most beautiful flower in the world back to the Moon Hidden Kingdom. Now that the flower is blooming, the wish is fulfilled.

So it was Theodore who brought his body back, fulfilling his lifelong wish?

But who killed them?

Did Lancelot come back here after his death, or did he come back to stop the rose sect's ambition?

His thoughts were too complicated, Tang Cuo forcibly suppressed the sadness in his heart, and his eyes slowly moved to the sword in Theodore's hand.It was a simple knight long sword with a black hilt and a silver blade.

By coincidence, Tang Cuo bent down and picked up the sword.The moment he held it, a force came from the palm, washing over Tang Cuo's limbs and bones, making him almost lose his footing.

Jin Cheng quickly supported his arm, and said in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Tang Cuo shook his head, the sadness and strength in his heart forced him to stand against Jin Cheng, but his eyes were still fixed on Theodore.

Who is the protagonist of this copy?

At first Tang Cuo thought it was Lancelot, but now he thought it was Theodore.

In the next second, the magic circle shimmered.The flesh and blood of Theodore and Lancelot began to turn into spots of light and dissipate, like dust in the wind, or fireflies under the moonlit night. Gradually, only scarred bones remained.

The dusty time is back.

The palace is covered in dust, the windows above the head are full of traces of wind and rain, and even the Well of Time itself is covered with moss.The only thing that remains unchanged is the pure white rose, entangled with dead bones, and also caring for the old coffin, all the way up, up, through the flower window, until it blooms all over the city.

"Go out and have a look." Tang Cuo breathed a sigh of relief, his gaze firm.

Jin Cheng wanted him to sit down and rest, but looking at his eyes, he still didn't say anything, and walked out of the palace with him.The dilapidated door was opened again, the dust was shaken off, and there were even many spider webs.

Neither of the two made a call, because everything in front of them was so shocking that they froze in place and did not move for a long time.

Skeletons all over the place.

The Huachao Festival on September 1228, 9 in the Sicilian continental calendar was originally a day of national celebration.Someone prepared fireworks, someone put on a beautiful dress, someone waited for a letter from afar, and someone was thinking about giving their sister a hair accessory.

The festival ribbons are still hanging on the trees, the trees are withered, people are dead, the food stalls along the street are no longer patronized, and the musical instruments in the corners are also covered with thick dust.

It took a long time for Tang Cuo and Jin Cheng to take steps and walk slowly past the bones that were stacked together or scattered everywhere.Sometimes they stop to have a look, and pick up an object from the side of the bone.

It might have been one of Blind Billy's crutches.

Maybe one of Cecilia's lace headbands.

Without those 99 side missions, Tang Cuo thought, his steps would not be hesitant.

From the palace in the center of the city to the tower in the west of the city, Tang Cuo and Jin Cheng walked for a full hour and a half.The tower has fallen, and the copper bell hanging on the top of the tower has fallen on the ruins, covered with green rust.

Rose climbed over the ruins, embracing the bronze bell, and the picture was dilapidated and beautiful.

In front of Mr. Gilbert's carriage, a white skeleton was half lying on the open carriage, with a sword stuck in the gap between the ribs.Jin Cheng pulled out the sword, stroked the symbol of the upside-down pentagram inlaid with roses on the hilt, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

The closer to the city wall, the more yellow sand in the city.The rose protects the city, but after all, it can’t protect it airtight. At this time, I don’t know how long it has passed since 1228. Maybe a hundred years later, the hidden moon country will be completely buried by yellow sand, and even the rose will no longer exist. .

The moment they boarded the city wall, Tang Cuo and Jin Cheng looked back at the desert city, when the system announcement finally sounded again.

"Traveler in a foreign land."

"When you come to the end of this time, when you pick up the long sword that symbolizes courage and justice, please keep your blood hot and firm in your faith forever, and don't forget where you came from."

"Now let's go back to the beginning of it all."

"Ding!"

"Congratulations to the player for successfully completing the chain mission "Moon Hidden Kingdom" first ring: The death of the poet. Difficulty: Normal. Side mission completion: 100%. Rating: A. Character points obtained: 2."

"Please check the system panel for personal rewards."

"Welcome back to Eternal Night City!"

After the familiar darkness passed, Tang Cuo returned to his room on East Cross Street.

This time he was not in a hurry to check the rewards, and sat quietly in the room for a long time, until the sadness in his heart gradually faded, before opening the system panel.

There are quite a lot of grids that pop up this time, but most of them are rewards for side missions, marked as mission items, and cannot be used under other conditions.

In addition to these, there are unlimited conditions of use.

【A white rose】

Category: material

Quality: Rare

Description: Theodore's rose contains extremely high magic power of time.

【Sword of Judgment】

Category: Weapons

Quality: Legend

Status: bound

Description: The sword of His Excellency Duke Theodore of the Hundred Flowers Kingdom, has the blessing of No.13 Elf King Aimiya, enchanted weapon (damaged).It is said that when the Holy Light of Judgment shines on the earth, all darkness will have nowhere to hide.

Both items are of high quality, but one is temporarily unusable material, and the other is damaged.Tang Cuo wasn't sure how powerful the damaged Judgment Sword could be, but compared to the Goblin Broadsword, the legendary weapon was still something to look up to.

Whether it can be repaired is another matter, as long as it can be used, it can still bluff people.

In addition, there are magic skills such as "Fireball", which earned Tang Cuo the title of "Apprentice Magic Apprentice".These skills are followed by proficiency, which should be the key to skill upgrading.

Going back to the character panel, plus this reward, Tang Cuo has a total of 16 points.

Now that he has determined the number of battles in the future, he no longer keeps the points, 10 points are added to the strength value, 4 points are added to the intelligence value, and the charm value is not considered for the time being.Save the remaining 2 o'clock to buy medicine, just in case.

After he finished these, Jin Cheng also came over, still holding a small harp with broken strings in his arms.If Tang Cuo remembered correctly, this piano should be in Lancelot's coffin.

Tang Cuo: "You took it?"

Jin Cheng: "What is my image in your heart?"

Tang Cuo: "An image of Jin Cheng."

Jin Cheng: "One?"

What is Jin Cheng's image?

Thieves don't leave empty space, and Jin doesn't hold back his hands.

Tang Cuo didn't want to discuss the issue of words with him, for fear of triggering a war, so he took out a bundle of spider silk and put it on the table, "Try it, the reward for winning the Devil City."

Jin Cheng raised his eyebrows, knowing in his heart that he wanted to change the subject, but this spider thread did catch his attention.High-grade spider silk may be able to restore strings.

"The little harp is a mission reward." Jin Cheng put away the spider silk graciously, and said, "The current situation is a bit strange, you took Theodore's sword, I took Lancelot's harp, you Guess what the second ring will be?"

Tang Cuo: "Role-playing. Two-player mode, back to where it all started, that is the first encounter."

Jin Cheng smiled, leaned against the window and looked down, and said, "It seems that this first link is just an introduction. As long as it is detailed enough, there is basically no difficulty. The next link will definitely open a new map, and role-playing is not easy to do. If you deviate from the plot, you will be punished, ranging from injury to death."

Tang Cuo: "What punishment?"

Jin Cheng: "Be struck by lightning."

Tang Cuo: "..."

In fact, Jin Cheng was a little regretful why Tang Cuo was not Lancelot, he really wanted to hear him sing, I heard it was terrible.Hell singing, online life.

"Tell you a secret."

"what?"

"I happened to enter a role-playing instance with Leng Miao before. I am a hero and he is an oiran."

"..."

It doesn't seem surprising now that Miao Miao wants to kill you.

Tang Cuo became more and more determined that he would never report his survival assessment report to Jin Cheng. Finally, he remembered another thing, "We have been in the dungeon for so many days, have the people in the prison come out?"

Jin Cheng spread his hands, "It's likely that someone is going to come out, so let's just stay in East Cross Street and do the serial missions. I don't have a second piece of music."

After the words fell, Jin Cheng fired a signal flare out the window.

Tang Cuo's eyelids twitched, "What are you doing?"

Jin Cheng smiled, "I made a deal with the owner of the Ruby Tavern. Whenever someone is released from prison, I will write it down and organize it into a list. I have to tell him now that I am back? So that he can send it to me."

Tang Cuo had nothing to say.

The instructor just said that he wanted to stay on East Cross Street honestly to save his life, but then he turned around and told the enemy with great fanfare that I was back, for fear that others would not know.

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The author has something to say:

The next chapter opens the second ring.

The inspiration for Heart Bloom comes from "The Nightingale and the Rose", but the content of the story is not related, so you don't need to rely on it, and there are no related metaphors.