Secret: I can play two paths

Chapter 317 A Secret That Doesn't Cost a Cent

"Are you serious?"

When Siatas heard the outsider calling out her name and talking about the tribe she had always loved, she couldn't help but pause in her movements, and her gentle expression also showed a hint of expectation in addition to surprise.

Then, her irritability and recklessness due to her belonging to the "Storm" path made her doubt:
Star was cheating on her.

Hesitating, she wanted to raise her longbow and let the arrow on it flash with silver-white electric light to warn Sta not to have any bad thoughts. But she was also worried that this would make Sta unhappy and thus stir up conflict, which would not be conducive to her learning the current situation of the elf tribe from Sta.

This is a rare situation for an elf belonging to the "Storm" path.

"Of course. I do know the current whereabouts of the Elven tribe."

"However, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to contact them in your current state."

Facing this female elf who could be described as a "grumpy old sister", Star spoke slowly and gently, allowing the other party to listen calmly and fall into his own rhythm.

The "Iceberg Lieutenant General" next to him showed a hint of doubt in his usually cold expression:
How did Star know the name of this female elf?
A name is something that can be accurately pointed to in the sense of mysticism. Even this kind of information is at hand. Could it be that he really had any connection with the "Elf Tribe" before?
Or maybe he has some ability to check the other party's information, but the certainty and confidence revealed in Esther's words really make people believe it...

With such information, the other party was fooled in just a few words. Now, the situation that Edwina originally thought was a bit troublesome was resolved at once. She no longer had to think about what to do, and they could easily join the protagonist group.

But what surprised Edwina was not only this. What further revealed that Star was unusual was his subsequent performance of being "erudite and well-informed".

"Too."

At this point, Siatas recalled her performance during the countless years she had been trapped here - unless new members joined, they would remain in the original area and would not be able to take a step forward towards the goal of defeating the "Frost Dragon".

As this thought flashed through her mind, she suddenly shook her head, then let go of the longbow on one side and punched the cave next to her hard.

With a loud rustle, the ice and snow fell off, revealing the gray stone wall behind.

The broken lines spread across the stone wall like spider silk. Small stones kept falling down, but the mountain remained motionless.

It was as if they had been trapped in this book for thousands of years. Even though they kept fighting, they still could not reach the area where the "King of the North" was, they still could not get out of the ice field, and they still could not see their hometown and their relatives and friends in their hometown.

Stretching across the front of this group of protagonists are one icy peak after another.

The biting cold wind was blowing, accompanied by icy snowflakes, fanning at several people like a big slap.

Edwina always prided herself on being calm, but in the current atmosphere, she couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

In this situation, how to break the deadlock?

This is like a "trap" designed at least at the angelic level, and a grand scene in the book that encompasses the entire world.

It is very likely that the mysterious being behind the scenes has never considered letting them out of here:

Or, it depends on luck?

Or, does it depend on their needs?
Of course, the harsh truth is:
I'm afraid that the people here, except Star, are just unimportant foils in their eyes and have no value.

For some reason, Edwina had a series of thoughts in her mind.

Is this perhaps the panic caused by being exposed to an unfamiliar and dangerous environment?
At this moment, Star noticed something unusual about this "Iceberg Vice Admiral":

"I almost forgot to dispel all your psychological cues."

Although it has been pointed out that Adam was behind Edwina's behavior, it is just a point of view and it does not eliminate the psychological "root" that caused such emotions to be abruptly magnified and even somewhat extreme.

The "psychological suggestion" laid by an "Angel King" cannot be broken by simply pointing out the problem, otherwise, the plan carried out by the Dusk Hermits would not have remained unexposed until now.

This kind of "psychological suggestion" rooted in the "mental body" once takes root like weeds, in order to eliminate it, I am afraid we have to use another kind of power specifically aimed at the mental body.

In other words, Statham used "magic" to fight "magic".

"My thoughts just now were still influenced by Him?"

For a moment, Edwina felt a chill in her heart, inexplicably frightened, and her body went cold.

This extraordinary ability that is hard to guard against is really terrifying once it comes into play.

Faced with such an existence with such extraordinary hard power, can they resist it?
Fortunately, Star patted her on the shoulder and continued:
"What are you thinking about?"

"Okay, you're fine now."

Skill-Hypnosis!

【Dice Roll】

[Willpower: 69/? ? (Very difficult to succeed)]

Simple actions, assisted by the guidance of the "lawyer", plus the judgment of "dice rolling" and the effect of "empathy".

At this moment, Edwina was undoubtedly "infected" by Star's confidence.

Yeah, what kind of depressing words was she thinking just now?

there is always a solution to a problem.

Otherwise, as an existence that was obviously "arranged" by the person behind the scenes, what is so special about Star?

If all else fails, it won’t be too late to consider it then.

According to the characteristics of the world in this book, perhaps if they stayed here, just like the "Ocean Singer" Siatas and the giant Groselle who existed in the Second and Third Eras, they would not age, but instead achieve another level of "immortality"?
If we have to wait until the next new "character" joins, there are only a few pages left in the book, so why not just wait a little longer?

During this period, she lived a comfortable life, which seemed to be good? In fact, Star's appearance and temperament were quite in line with her aesthetic taste...

"Pfft, Edwina, what are you thinking about?"

The "Iceberg Lieutenant General" was shocked by his own thoughts:
Could it be that she was also influenced by the person behind the scenes? Why is her thinking so out of line?

Although Star does look pretty good, now is a crisis and it is obviously not the time to think about such topics!
Edwina's light blue eyes met Star's eyes, but she turned her head away in panic. The cold expression on her face was gone, and instead, a dull color emerged that shouldn't have appeared on the snowy field.

"better?"

"Well, that's better."

As Star's voice echoed in her ears, Edwina had no choice but to reply casually.

The sound is a little low, but it should be fine...

Star was thinking, but he didn't expect that the pirate general didn't even say "thank you".

Maybe she still blamed herself for getting her involved because of Adam?

By the way, it was really a bit unkind of Adam to send her in as well...

It seems that in His eyes, this pirate general with a background in the Church of Knowledge is just a chess piece that grew up on the side of the road and can be used at will.

Is her value just bait in his plan?

Without thinking further, the "Ocean Singer" Siatas said:
"Are you another group of new 'characters' that have been pulled in?"

"But why are there two people here at once? Did you all drip your blood on this book before?" After calming down, Siatas began to think with her brain - this was not easy for an irritable elf, but Sta's performance just now had won the favor of this elf who missed his hometown and his past tribal life.

At this moment, a giant nearly four meters tall walked out from the dark and huge cave.

He said in a puzzled voice:

"Shatas, what happened to you when you hammered the cave just now? Why are you angry again?"

The giant had a gray-blue complexion, with thick beast fur wrapped around his chest, abdomen, and hips, while the rest of his body was exposed. Even his two thick and sturdy gray-blue feet were unprotected.

At this time, he slashed through the snow with a giant sword wider than a human door. After discovering Star and Edwina, he asked in a booming voice:

"who are you?
"Why did you come to Groselle's camp?"

After a moment, Groselle gave his own answer and said to Siatas:

"Shatas, did you just quarrel with them?"

“No, Groselle.”

Siatas obviously understood Groselle's straightforwardness. She looked towards Star and said:

"There are other reasons."

"As for the two of them, they should be the new members who will join us soon."

Groselle grinned and asked happily:
“Are you here to deal with Jurisian as well?

Julian? Edwina suddenly remembered the frost dragon known as the "King of the North" that Groselle, the protagonist of the story, had to deal with. After seeing Sta wink at her, she immediately responded in the affirmative with Sta.

"That's right, Groselle, we are here to join you as well."

"We do have plans to deal with that frost dragon."

Star and Edwina replied together.

Without pondering why Sta and his companions came to his camp, Groselle suddenly became happy when he saw that even the usually irritable elves were friendly to Sta and his companions:

"Haha, then we are friends!"

Groselle looked down at the three people opposite him and laughed.

This giant is very warm and kind... Edwina remembered that in church scriptures and some books on the mysticism, giants were extremely destructive and violent creatures.

I didn't expect that the giant in front of me was completely different from what was described in the classics.

As if seeing Edwina's doubts, Star smiled and added to her:
"In traditional impressions, giants have always been considered a cruel and violent race, closer to monsters than intelligent creatures."

"But you also know that the Second Age is called the Dark Age in part because of the chaos and madness that dominated that era."

"At that time, there was no concept of pathways and sequences, and many creatures would not follow such an arrangement. Therefore, many extraordinary races were already in the chaos and madness brought about by the gathering of extraordinary characteristics. Even if they did not lose control, they were affected by the spiritual imprint within the extraordinary characteristics."

"Whatever is separated will come together, and whatever is together will separate."

"When reproduction itself can bring out some extraordinary characteristics, cruel, violent and crazy giants give birth to offspring under the control of mating instinct, and from time to time, more rational types will appear among the offspring."

"Groselle is not the oldest giant, not even the second or third generation, so it is understandable that he appears to be more intelligent."

Star's explanation immediately enlightened this extraordinary person on the "reader" path and opened up his mind.

Groselle also heard Sta's explanation and laughed loudly again. He looked at Sta as if he had seen a close friend:
"Yes, that's it."

"When the more rational giants among the giants reproduce giants, the entire giant race will definitely move further away from the category of monsters and become more and more reasonable."

"Groselle likes what you said very much."

Like Siatas, the more Groselle looked at Sta, the more he liked her. He felt that this person was as kind and lovely as an old friend he hadn't seen for many years.

"Grosel wants to invite you to Grosel's camp."

The honest giant directly expressed his thoughts, enthusiastically invited the two people, and led them into the dark cave.

Seeing that Groselle took the initiative to lead the way, Siatas didn't say anything, but just motioned for the two to follow.

Edwina then followed these "protagonists" together with Star.

Was it so easy to gain the trust of the protagonists?
I thought it would take a lot of effort to negotiate...

Thinking of how Star had led the way and asked her to be obedient, Edwina had some doubts at first, but now she couldn't help but sigh that this arrangement was correct.

It was really mysterious. He immediately figured out Groselle's background...

Whatever separates must come together, and what comes together must separate... This is a familiar statement. Could it be that he has also come into contact with the legacy of Emperor Roselle?

After all, this tone is exactly the same as what the emperor himself said.

The possibility of the giant race becoming a truly intelligent species is obviously not simple, and it also instantly wins the favor of the protagonist Groselle.

Thinking of this, Edwina suddenly noticed something:
"When Sta spoke to her just now, he was obviously speaking Loenese, not Giant language. How did Groselle understand it?"

“Also, Siatas also used Elvish when communicating, but I understood it right away.”

Although this was due to her own erudition and proficiency in many languages, Edwina could not help but wonder after discovering this phenomenon:

"Could it be that in this world, no matter what language they speak, they can understand each other?"

It seems that the protagonists in the book have very complicated backgrounds, so how do they communicate in daily life? It is impossible for everyone to be a "language master"?
Edwina turned to Star and whispered to him about the discovery.

"Yes, this world has solidified a 'setting' similar to being able to understand a language."

“That’s also what makes the world in the book different from the outside world.”

"It is said that those at a high level in the Audience Path can directly create a fantasy world based on their own wishes, so, you know..."

"Fantasy" world? Such high-end secret knowledge...

Edwina looked at Star with a "knowledge-seeking" look.

Unexpectedly, during this adventure, I could hear all kinds of secrets from Star for free.

In the past, when knowledge was exchanged, she was the one who mostly explained to others, but she didn't expect that it would be the other way around now.

However, Star does know a lot. It would be great if we could squeeze everything out of his brain...

Edwina looked into Star's eyes with her light blue eyes as clear as spring water, and suddenly thought of something.

"Bah, why do you have such a wild idea again!"

(End of this chapter)