69novels Chapter 289: Abnormal Battle
Chapter 289: Abnormal Battle
【You encountered the gravekeeper. 】
Next, there are two familiar subtitles that have not been seen for a long time.
[1. Talk to the gravekeeper] [2. Fight with the gravekeeper]
It is indeed an NPC produced exclusively for the simulator.
But doesn’t it mean that this secret realm is bordered by the outside world and does not belong to the map simulated by the simulator itself?
Shi Qiu buried his doubts deep in his heart and clicked on the second option.
He glanced at the Dark Mewtwo who was silent beside him, and consciously called out the Zeus Zoroark who was catching up on sleep in the Poké Ball.
Dark Mewtwo: "..."
【The battle begins! 】
A Poké Ball suddenly appeared above the dry branch-like scepter in the gravekeeper's hand.
After it turns on automatically, a burst of red light special effects appears.
1, 2, 3...
Nothing happened, and no elves appeared.
Shi Qiu: ???
"Invisible?" Shi Qiu even doubted his own waveguide instead of suspecting that there was something wrong with the NPC.
[Notice: An error occurred! An error occurred! ]
Mechanical subtitles suddenly appeared, blurry and fluctuating, zigzagging and jumping around as if there was a bug.
After dozens of seconds, the Poké Ball on the Gravekeeper's staff disappeared, and the status subtitles of [Battle Started] also disappeared.
[The gravekeeper rejected your request for a fight.]
After a line of words appeared and disappeared, the triggered subtitles in front of him returned to their previous appearance.
【You encountered the gravekeeper. 】
[1. Talk to the gravekeeper] [2. Fight with the gravekeeper]
"Tsk, idiot AI."
Shi Qiu sighed softly and found that although the second battle option still existed, it had dimmed.
At the same time, the first option also emits an exclusive special effect of blue fluorescence.
Shi Qiu curled his lips and nodded [1. Talk to the gravekeeper].
This time, nothing unexpected happened and the subtitles in front of me began to refresh normally.
"Gravekeeper: Greetings to you, Tian En Shi Qiu."
"Protagonist: Hello, gravekeeper."
Two options appear immediately afterwards.
[1. Ask him about the information about the spirit world in area C.] [2. Ask him about the information about the castle.]
Before Shi Qiu could make a choice, a line of dark blue subtitles slowly appeared below the two options, like a curtain unfolding.
【3. Ask him for information about the abnormalities in the battle.】
Shi Qiu: “… …” What else can he say about the simulator’s obvious temporary patching behavior except to continue clicking?
"Gravekeeper: Please calm down, God's grace."
"Gravekeeper: I didn't mean to reject your request for a fight. It's just that my close partner who worked with me to protect this netherworld disappeared at some point."
"Gravekeeper: I can sense that he has abandoned me and left this spiritual land."
Shi Qiu frowned, had a guess in his mind, and interacted tentatively.
"Protagonist: Do you need me to do something?"
Shi Qiu: You'd better not shamelessly ask me to catch that elf and lock it up here again :)
"..." The mechanical blue subtitles seemed to hesitate for a moment.
Immediately afterwards...
[You have triggered a small side quest: Find the gravekeeper's partner.]
[Note: This task will have multiple settlement methods. Please carefully consider the method of submitting the task. ]
[1. Put the Pokémon back into the Poké Ball and bring it to the gravekeeper.
【2. Bring the elves to the spirit world in area C. 】
3 seconds later.
[3. Tian En Shi Qiu captures and subdues the quest spirit and accepts the quest of the spirit world trial.]
[Notice: This task is not mandatory. There will be no penalty for failure or abandonment of the task. ]
[Notice: Different ways of completing tasks will affect the task rewards, which include but are not limited to suits, special abilities, elves, etc....]
Shi Qiu clicked [I accept].
Anyway, there is no mandatory requirement for this task. He will try to go towards the second or third settlement direction, but if the other party is unwilling, then just pretend it doesn't exist.
Shi Qiu looked at the current task bar, which had two tasks in total.
"The third act of the painting of floating life, the painting of life melts away."
"Small side quest: Find the gravekeeper's partner."
"There's no need to rush." The young man thought silently.
He returned to the previous subtitle interface.
【1. Ask him for information about the spiritual world in area C. 】
"Gravekeeper: The spiritual world in Area C is a corner of the spiritual world of the once destroyed world. It is the gathering place of souls after death. There is no distinction between day and night here, only the golden moon."
"Gravekeeper: However, due to the destruction of the world, the spirit world is no longer a dependent space, but gradually tends to the integrity of the individual space. "
"Gravekeeper: Please be aware that there are many dangerous ghost-type Pokémon living in this space. Most of them will sleep during the Golden Hour and be active during the Moon Hour."
The golden hour roughly corresponds to the daytime in the outside world, and the moon hour should be the name for the night.
There is no sun here and it is dark all year round, but it should be the so-called golden hour, so Shi Qiu has not seen a single ghost-type Pokémon until now.
【2. Ask him for information about the castle. 】
"Gravekeeper: Strictly speaking, it is called the Ghost Mansion, which was built by trainers who could communicate with the spirit world thousands of years ago to suppress evil ghost-type Pokémon."
"Gravekeeper: But at the same time, it also has an ingenious array technique that can absorb and gather soul energy for precipitation, thus forming the current sea of ghosts."
"Gravekeeper: If you want to hunt for treasure, you can explore the second floor of the castle."
"Gravekeeper: Please note that the threat of ghost-type Pokémon will never decrease just because of its low level."
At this point, all interactions for this gravekeeper end.
Shi Qiu looked at the castle in front of him, thought about it, and decided to put it aside for the time being.
The main quest of the spiritual world in area C is, as expected, the so-called spiritual world trial quest.
It is estimated that after completing the trial, you will become a special suit and basic character such as a castle owner or gravekeeper.
Before that, the term "branch" for the so-called small side quest will have a special meaning.
Shi Qiu nodded to Dark Mewtwo, and the man and the elf left the secret realm of the spirit world.
"The mission spirit... I think it's most likely the Flashing Candlelight Spirit."
The boy stretched and looked at Dark Mewtwo who still hadn't left.
It is the same existence as Riolu in the past, but this Shining Candlelight Spirit seems to have succeeded in doing what Riolu could not.
He separated himself from the role of the secret realm's supporter, but ensured that nothing unexpected happened in the spiritual world of Area C.
In fact, the simulator seemed not to have noticed his escape before this.
"However, there may be some negative effects..."
Shi Qiu encountered the scene of the flashing candlelight spirit several times.
In the first head-on encounter, he seemed to be stuck on the edge of evolution, but in the following days, when his figure appeared and disappeared, he still had the appearance of a candlelight spirit.