Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 14 Going Home
"award!"

There was a gleam in Xiao Ran's eyes, and he couldn't help but start to look forward to it.

At this moment, the blood words appearing before my eyes began to change.

[Congratulations on completing this maze trial, obtaining the title of maze messenger, and opening the maze space. You can store your belongings in it.]

[Complete the main quest [Help Niujia Village] (F-level) and obtain the F-level spell pattern contract trainee. ]

[Complete the side quest [Soul Reaper] (F rank) and obtain the F rank cursed item - Black Swan Brooch]

This trial score: E
[You get five coins for the underworld. ]

The bloody words in front of him gradually disappeared, and at the same time, Xiao Ran felt a strange feeling in his heart.

Then he opened his hands, and suddenly felt a heavy weight. He looked again and saw five bronze coins that looked like copper plates appeared out of thin air in his palms.

"This is my reward?"

Xiao Ran first weighed the copper plate in his hand. The green copper rust had a layer of oily sheen, and on it were written the words [Fengcheng Treasure Mirror].

Looking at the copper coins in his hand, Xiao Ran couldn't help but complain in his heart: "How stingy! He even gave me gold bars."

This money definitely cannot be spent, but since it is a reward, it must have other uses. I will take the space back first and study it slowly when I return.

Xiao Ran picked up another so-called contract and placed it under the oil lamp. The yellowed paper seal was as smooth as if covered with a layer of oil film, and there was a triangular flame pattern on it.

"Found F-level spell pattern contract [Trainee]. Since you already have a spell pattern, you can make the following two choices."

Option 1: Devour. Devour the contract, and there is a chance that your original contract will be strengthened to a certain extent. (Just a probability)

Option 2: Part-time, you can tear up the contract and obtain the spell, but each person can only have three contracts at the same time.

Of course, you can also keep the contract and trade it with others.

Note: The spell pattern upgrade can only be completed after collecting the contracts of the corresponding path for fusion.

Looking at the prompt that appeared, Xiao Ran fell into deep thought.

Judging from the level of the contract, it is obviously far inferior to his own corpse-stitcher. If he sells this thing, he should be able to make a lot of money.

After thinking about it, Xiao Ran decided to throw this thing into the space for the time being.

Finally he opened his hand again, and this time a black swan-shaped brooch appeared in his hand.

The brooch is a black swan with its wings spread and fluttering. There is a ruby inlaid in the swan's eye, which looks particularly dazzling.

"Found the cursed Black Swan Brooch. Do you want to activate it?"

"activation!"

As Xiao Ran had a thought, the black curse pattern flowed along Xiao Ran's fingers and penetrated into the black swan brooch. In an instant, the information about this cursed object was clear to him.

F-level cursed item: Black Swan Brooch, Corpse Stitcher

The wings of the black swan not only bring curses, but also new opportunities.

Privilege 1: Crowd

When sewing up a corpse, a special mark is left behind, which can make the corpse a slave for a short period of time.

(Note: The control time is determined by the suture score. The higher the level of the corpse being controlled, the shorter the time limit.)
Privilege 2: Calmness

You can sew a curse on any target. When the host is attacked, the curse will be activated, causing the wound caused by the attack to solidify quickly and will not cause any harm to the host. However, if the wound is not sutured within thirty minutes, it will form an explosive trauma after thirty minutes.

(Note: Unable to defend against lethal skills above level F.)
Looking at the new abilities brought by the black swan brooch, Xiao Ran fell into a moment of contemplation.

According to the instructions given by the spell patterns, the combination of different spell patterns and cursed objects will produce completely different abilities.

Judging from the results of the Black Swan Brooch and the Doomsday Order, the ability of the cursed object is ultimately based on the properties of the curse pattern, supplemented by the characteristics of the cursed object, thereby deriving its own unique abilities.

From this perspective, he was actually looking forward to seeing what kind of changes the trainee's spell pattern in his hand could bring to him.

After all, although the corpse stitchers are strong, their abilities are mainly based on stitching corpses. Even if the characteristics of the cursed objects are different, they will still be more or less biased towards the corpse stitchers. After experiencing this maze, Xiao Ran actually prefers the curse patterns that can actively attack.

In this way, if he encounters a difficult person like the old lady again, he won't have to pretend to be a son and use tricks all the way.

While he was thinking, the sight in front of him became clear. When he looked again, he found that he was standing alone in the woods. The dilapidated house in front of him was the charity cemetery in his memory.

"came back!"

Looking at the dilapidated house in front of him, he breathed a sigh of relief, threw the oil lamp in his hand into the maze city, and then walked into the charity cemetery.

He remembered that his grandfather used to guard this charity cemetery. At that time, there were coffins on both sides and the stench of corpses could be smelled from a distance.

This is also the reason why trees are planted around the charity cemetery. On the one hand, they provide shade, and on the other hand, they block the spread of odors.

Now, the funeral cemetery in front of him was empty. Apart from the dismantled coffin board in the corner, there was only a dusty Buddha statue standing in front of him.

Ever since the country implemented the cremation system, the charity cemetery has been abandoned, and the coffins previously stored there were also disposed of early on.

Xiao Ran looked around and suddenly noticed a burnt-out fire in the corner, with a few pieces of sweet potatoes visible to the naked eye in the charcoal ashes.

When I walked over and took a look, I saw three children sleeping soundly in each other's arms at the corner.

"Huh, it looks like they're fine."

Xiao Ran sat down and lifted up his clothes. He couldn't treat the wound on his back for the time being, but the wound on his belly had to be treated as soon as possible.

Fortunately, I had master-level suturing skills, and my knife had completely avoided the vital internal organs, only injuring the skin and flesh, so it was not difficult to sew it up.

By the way, Xiao Ran also wanted to try out the ability of the Black Swan.

I saw the needle and thread held at the fingertips. As Xiao Ran's fingers quickly moved in and out of the lower abdomen, in just a moment, the wound on Xiao Ran's abdomen was sutured at a speed visible to the naked eye.

“Calm down!!”

As the wound was being sutured, Xiao Ran activated the [Black Swan] privilege at the same time. A cold force overflowed from the brooch, quickly extending along his arm to his skin, and finally leaving a black swan mark on the sutured position of the belly wound.

At first glance, the mark looks like a tattoo, but upon closer inspection it is actually a black swan embroidered on the belly, and even the swan's eyes are lifelike.

Xiao Ran felt himself and found nothing to be uncomfortable with, so he put away his backpack and threw the Suppressing Evil Order in his pocket into the maze city space.

Afterwards, he didn't care about the three naughty kids next to him. He picked up the ready-made roasted sweet potato, blew off the dust on it, sat on the ground and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

While eating, I thought to myself: "In the future, I will try to avoid places like the Lost City. If possible, I will not come here."

He reviewed the entire incident in his mind and realized that he was extremely lucky to have made it out alive. If he hadn't had the [Evil-Suppressing Order], he would have died anyway.

"correct!"

At this moment, Xiao Ran suddenly remembered something. After rummaging in his pocket, he saw a yellowed diary in his hand.

Looking at the diary in his hand, Xiao Ran's mood gradually became heavy.

"Thanks for helping me, otherwise..."

Xiao Ran sighed, glanced around, stood up and walked to the Buddha statue, holding the diary in his hand and said:

"Niujia Village should have disappeared, and I don't know if you are free. This is the only thing I can bring out. I don't know if this counts as bringing you out."

After saying that, Xiao Ran gently brushed the dust off the Buddha's hands, placed the diary in his hand on the palm of the Buddha's hand, chanted "Amitabha" again, grabbed the three children who were still sleeping, one in each hand, and carried another on his shoulders. With the 5 points of strength brought by the [Corpse Sewer], it was not difficult for him to carry the three children, and he stood up and walked outside.

"call……"

A cool breeze blew by.

"Crash la la la..."

The diary on the Buddha's palm was blown open by the wind. There was no content on the yellowed paper. The empty pages fluttered quickly until they stopped on the last page, on which two words were neatly written in dark red blood.

go home……

(End of this chapter)