[Holographic online game] Hooded Warlock

"Protect the town?" Ji Xuan frowned.

The passer-by NPC stood for a while, seeing that Ji Xuan didn't ask any more questions, he left on his own.

Staying in Xinmu Town until now, Ji Xuanyi has not received any task related to protecting the town, and he doesn't know if it is a setting or a clue.

It was useless to stand and think, Ji Xuanyi went straight to the outside of the city, and found the guard NPC standing guard at the entrance of the town. The armor of the guard captain was more complicated than that of ordinary guards, and he could be identified with a little attention. Standing like a statue at the main entrance of the town.

Ji Xuanyi walked up, but before he could speak, the chief guard had already seen him, and said worriedly: "Ji Xuanyi, don't leave the town at night, there are ferocious beasts and robbers outside."

Regarding the secret mission, the NPC will not take the initiative to talk to the player before the player takes a specific action. This should be an interaction with the player triggered by the NPC at random. It seems that his news is too behind. Protecting the town is just a setting. Has little to do with covert missions.

But this also means that the task is not as complicated as imagined, Ji Xuanyi breathed a sigh of relief, and said directly: "Mrs. Haman is gone."

The head of the guard stared wide-eyed, and asked in surprise: "Mrs. Harman is missing?!"

The guard chief's reaction was much more intense than that of other NPCs, Ji Xuanyi felt that there should be no mistake this time.

Ji Xuanyi replied: "Yes, do you know where Madam Haman has gone?"

The head of the guard frowned and said, "I don't know, Madam Haman didn't bring us any medicine today."

This sentence is the same as other NPCs, Ji Xuan thought for a while, and asked: "Has Mrs. Harman dealt with strangers recently?"

The head of the guard did not answer, but looked straight at Ji Xuanyi. This question was not in his setting, and it seemed to be a clue that could only be obtained from the mayor.

Ji Xuanyi was not discouraged, and asked again: "Do you know what Madam Haman is doing recently?"

The chief guard's expression finally changed. He seemed to be struggling, his brows were knit into a ball, and it took him a long time before he said, "Mrs. Harman is currently researching a new healing potion."

Ji Xuanyi's heart moved, and he took out the broken note that he found in the ashes during the day from his backpack. Among the few words left on it, there were indeed the words "healing medicine".

But why did Mrs. Harman burn the formula?Did the medicine fail?Or is there some ulterior secret in it?

Ji Xuan didn't know what else the chief guard knew, so he couldn't think of a question for a while, looked at the note, and asked casually: "What is the red bottle plant?"

"Red bottle grass is an evil herb that can make people lose their minds. Only warlocks can use it to curse those who offend him." Unexpectedly, the chief guard actually answered this question.

Ji Xuan was taken aback for a moment, then looked up at the head of the guard.

The head of the guard also looked at him quietly. Under the dim moonlight, his slightly worried face seemed like a real person.

Ji Xuan frowned, as if something flashed in his mind, but he couldn't remember it, so he continued to ask: "Is there any red pitcher in the town?"

The head of the guard replied: "There is no red pitcher in the town, but there are some growing on the mountain over there."

Ji Xuanyi was thoughtful.

From the attitude of the mayor, it can be seen that most ordinary people are very shy of warlocks. Mrs. Harman’s new potion has the words red bottle grass, so it is understandable why she burned the formula, and the town There is no red pitcher in the garden, and Mrs. Harman needs these herbs, so she can only gather herbs herself if she can't ask someone to run errands.

The next clue should be found in the place where the red pitcher plant grows.

As soon as Ji Xuan thought about it, he prepared to go to the mountain to have a look.

"Are you going to look for Madam Haman? Ji Xuanyi, maybe I can help you."

Before Ji Xuanyi turned his head, a dialog box popped up in front of him: NPC Xinmu Town's chief guard invites you to form a team.

Ji Xuan was taken aback for a moment, then question marks filled his head.

Does this game still have the setting of teaming up with NPCs?

Curiously, Ji Xuanyi agreed, and the level and blood volume of the chief guard immediately appeared on his game interface.

The head of the guard is almost the peak of the entire Xinmu Town's combat power. Even so, as an NPC in Novice Town, it is only level 23, but its blood volume is almost twice that of Ji Xuanyi.

This is probably not good news. There will be combat-type NPCs joining the team, which only means that there will be battles in the future, and with the nature of secret missions, the chief guard may not be able to fight the next battle.

Ji Xuanyi watched the head of the guard telling the other guards to stand guard before leaving, and always felt that he should know something, but he just couldn't catch the flash of light.

After the chief guard finished speaking with the other guards, he returned to Ji Xuanyi's side and stood upright, with a worried expression on his face.

Ji Xuan glanced at him, and tried to take a step back, but the chief guard didn't follow, but frowned and said: "Ji Xuanyi, the red bottle plant grows here, you went wrong."

As soon as Ji Xuan walked in the right direction, the chief guard's expression eased, and he followed closely behind him while saying, "Yes, that's the direction!"

It seems that the other party still has the duty to act as a mission arrow.

The night is dark, and the moonlight is not very bright. Fortunately, for the player's game experience, the setting in the game is that the player can emit a weak light in the dark environment. Although it will not turn into a humanoid self-propelled light bulb, but it can see clearly The road is still no problem, but Ji Xuanyi took the head of the guard all the way down the mountain in the dark, and it didn't take much effort.

After reaching the foot of the mountain, the head of the guard stopped, probably triggering a plot prompt. Ji Xuan turned his head to look at him, only to see the head of the guard looked up at the pitch-black mountain, and said solemnly: "This is the mountain, Hong The pitcher plant grows on the mountainside."

Ji Xuanyi didn't even look at this mountain, he was very familiar with it, it was the mountain where he and Yiduo Hua used to fight monsters before, but the way the chief guard pointed him was in another direction.

After the chief guard finished his lines, he followed Ji Xuanyi step by step. Ji Xuanyi pulled out his staff to explore the way, but when he lifted it up, he found that the front of his staff was glowing with green light. Thinking about it, this was the result of his experiment with the fluorescent agent from the mayor during the day.

I didn't expect the effect of that potion to disappear after so long.

Without thinking too much, Ji Xuanyi used his staff to push aside the dense plants and walked up the mountainside.

At the beginning, Ji Xuanyi was planning to take care of the head of the guard. After all, the NPC's follow state was a bit stupid. He could only walk in a straight line, and he didn't know if he would lose track of him. Then he found that the head of the guard completely ignored the plants on the ground, even small trees with thick wrists. When they were directly knocked down, Ji Xuanyi ignored him.

Because the trees covered his eyes, Ji Xuanyi could hardly tell the direction. Fortunately, the chief guard kept reminding him from behind him. After more than ten minutes, Ji Xuanyi felt that the surrounding plants became sparser, and the road under his feet became smoother. up.

"The red bottle plant grows here." The chief guard said suddenly.

Ji Xuanyi also noticed it. The tip of his nose felt numb, and a red buff appeared under the blood bar. The note on it read, "The smell of red pitcher plant has slightly paralyzed you, but it's not serious." .

Ji Xuanyi originally thought that the red pitcher plant should be wild, with one growing here and another growing there, but when he pushed aside the grass, he discovered that there was a reclaimed medicine field in front of him, shaped like a red vase Plants are neatly arranged among them.

This is obviously a red pitcher planted by someone on purpose, and there is no other pharmacist in the town except Mrs. Haman, and the only person who can plant red pitcher is Mrs. Harman.

Ji Xuanyi suddenly thought of something, turned his head to look at the chief guard, and said, "Madam Haman is a warlock?"

As if some switch had been pressed, the eyes of the head of the guard who had been following behind Ji Xuanyi like a puppet suddenly changed, and he looked a little at a loss. Then, he sighed and replied: "Yes, ha Mrs. Mann is a magician."

Ji Xuanyi finally remembered what he had overlooked. The dark pattern on the cover of Mrs. Harman's notebook was the complicated professional badge of a warlock!

Because Ji Xuanyi's question triggered the plot mode of the chief guard, he began to tell the story of Madam Haman in a low voice.

The plot is very clichéd. It can be summed up that Mrs. Harman was seriously injured a long time ago and was rescued by the people in the town, so she stayed in the town and became a pharmacist to help the people in the town.Later, by accident, the chief guard discovered Mrs. Harman's identity as a warlock, but he knew Mrs. Harman was a good person, and couldn't help Mrs. Harman's begging. He was determined to help her keep the secret, and even occasionally helped Mrs. Harman come here A mountain to find herbs.

"I didn't expect her to disappear suddenly," the chief guard said in a low voice. "There are no strangers in the town, but there is a group of robbers hiding on this mountain. I am worried that something will happen to her."

robber?Ji Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then thought, the gang of robbers mentioned by the chief guard could not be the elite monsters that he and Yiduo Hua had previously spawned, right?If that is the case, it is absolutely impossible for a guard chief to rescue Mrs. Harman. You know, a small flower formed eight output at that time, and it was just spawning monsters outside the elite monster group. If you want to rush in To save people, at least one group of people must come, and you must have milk and T.

It's just a secret mission in Novice Town, so it shouldn't be so perverted, right?

Ji Xuan shook his head and shook the things out of his mind. It's useless to think about it now. It's better to find the clues as soon as possible. He frowned and began to check whether there were any clues left in the red bottle grass field.

There are quite a few red bottle plants in the field, only half of the bottles are left. Mrs. Haman should be fine before collecting the herbs, but the footprints on the ground are very messy, and it is impossible to tell which direction Mrs. Haman left.

Ji Xuan looked at it for a long time, only to feel that his eyes were going to be blind, and he couldn't even tell the direction of a complete footprint.

The sky is too dark, do you have to wait until tomorrow when it is dawn and then come over to see it?

Ji Xuan squatted down impatiently, intending to take a closer look, but the moment he lowered his head, something shiny flashed by.