It was a dwarf that was several sizes smaller than a normal human. Ignoring its size, it looked like a woman, but it had transparent wings behind it. If it weren't for the fluorescent light, it would be hard to see clearly.

It was this little creature, only about 50 centimeters tall, flying around a clump of weeds at the foot of a rocky mountain.

This guy looks a bit like a fairy from a fairy tale...

The startled dwarf hid behind a tree in panic, and quietly showed her little head. Her movements were very cute. She looked at Lin and the other two timidly: "You...you are..."

Before Lin could answer, she suddenly appeared from behind the tree, flapping her wings and flying up and down: "I know! You are the adventurers from another world mentioned in the oracle!"

Lin moved closer and found that the tiny guy looked no more than fourteen or fifteen years old. He asked curiously, "Um... who are you, little guy?"

"I'm not some little fellow. Hehe, since you asked the great Lady Katie, I will tell you with reluctance that I am the most powerful fairy in the world..."

"Katie, so what are you doing here?"

Interrupting the chatter of this guy who claimed to be a fairy, Rin and Asuna Kiriko approached her. From a close distance, this guy really looked like a child.

"Hmph, of course it's to fulfill the oracle... Um... Adventurer, can you do me a favor?"

Then she talked a lot to herself, and Rin finally understood.

It turns out that this guy is actually the fairy who changed Cinderella's clothes in the fairy tale. Originally, this task should have been completed twenty years ago. Due to an encounter with an evil wizard, the fairy was seriously injured and slept for twenty years. Now she came out to find Cinderella, but things have changed. In this place, she felt an evil magic fluctuation and followed her.

"So, all you have to do is help the great Katie find the girl destined by the oracle, and Katie will give you a great reward."

Come on.

Rin rolled her eyes. This guy had already lost more than 90% of his magic power and no one knew what he was showing off for. Asuna was the kinder one and told this fairy what was happening to the Cinder family.

"...It's over, this must be evil witchcraft. Wait, Katie, don't be anxious, there must be a solution... Oh, right, there is a witchcraft fluctuation here, um... right there!"

Chapter 65: A Dark Fairy Tale

Warm reminder: This chapter contains a small amount of bloody descriptions. Those who don’t like it can skip this chapter.

The evil wizard that Katie mentioned was most likely the mysterious magician. No, now he should be called a wizard. According to Katie's long-winded encyclopedia, the use of evil magic on the Disney continent is uniformly called witchcraft.

After pushing aside the large clump of weeds, a slightly cold air blew in my face, and the dark cave entrance had a bloody smell.

"This is it!"

The fairy Katie flapped her wings and flew in first. Kirito tilted her head and glanced at Rin secretly. Her ears turned red and she pretended to be calm and asked, "This cave smells of blood. Is it okay to go in?"

Asuna looked at Rin with some curiosity. He scratched his head and said, "It's okay... I'm a little afraid of blood. Anyway, let's go in."

Watching the two people's backs going deeper into the cave, Asuna's eyes were filled with loss. Although she knew that she had just joined the team and it was normal for her to not know a lot of things, but... this feeling that she was the only one who knew nothing was really uncomfortable.

The narrow passage became wider, increasingly cold and damp, and the smell of blood became stronger and stronger, making people want to vomit. The stone walls on both sides were covered with moss, but the further you go inside, the cleaner it becomes, as if it had been specially cleaned by someone.

It was not until we entered the wide cave that it was pitch black and we couldn't see anything clearly. Then a ball of light appeared in the little fairy's hand. She waved it towards the sky, and the light turned into a point of light floating in the air, illuminating the entire cave as bright as day.

The illuminated cave filled everyone's faces with horror. Asuna and Kiriko, with pale faces, reached out their hands in tacit understanding, one on the left and one on the right, then looked at each other and turned their heads away.

The ground was covered with blood and flesh, and a long bloodstain spread in front of them. It was the trace of a corpse being dragged. It was a disgusting, skinned body of a woman, who seemed to have struggled to get here but could not escape death in the end.

"Really? There's something wrong with this game setting. When the player kills a monster, the corpse will turn into pieces, but the NPC's body will be left bloody in the same place. What should I do if Rin is scared?"

Tongzi complained and looked further away, where there was another corpse with its eyes gouged out and a hole dug out in its chest.

Asuna was a little scared, but she didn't move her hand holding Rin. She looked at the fairy: "...This place is too disgusting. Is there any way...Um, purify it?"

The fairy shook her head, a little sadly: "It was possible before, but now I have lost too much magic power and can't do anything. But I already know the method of this witchcraft, so we can go out now."

Kiriko and Asuna breathed a sigh of relief at the same time and pulled Rin out of the cave.

"Ahem... Could you please move your hands away from my sight?"

Rin, who had become an Akalin puppet, was a little embarrassed. She rubbed her eyes until the two hands in front of her moved away. "So, what happened?"

Kiriko and Asuna briefly described the scene they saw inside, and the three of them looked at the flying fairy Katie, who was circling around anxiously.

"It's over, it's over. I didn't expect this kid to collude with the wizard and use such evil magic."

"So, what kind of witchcraft is this?"

"This evil witchcraft has been banned repeatedly on the continent. It is a sacrificial witchcraft that can make women young and beautiful. The materials for the witchcraft are greedy eyes and greedy hearts. This is the corpse with eyes and hearts dug out that you saw in the cave before. On the other hand, it needs to sacrifice the appearance of a beautiful woman, and the result is that the skin is gone... This witchcraft will be more effective if relatives are sacrificed. After that, the blood of young girls is needed to maintain the appearance. In my opinion, it is one of the most vicious witchcrafts in the world."

"I already know."

Lin shook her head helplessly. "This Cinderella has had dealings with the wizard for a long time. She set up a plan from the beginning to seduce the king and arouse the greed of the two sisters. The fairy grass... should have been revealed to the second sister Beth by her and the wizard on purpose. Alas... the good girl in the fairy tale has fallen into darkness."

"So now she is..."

"She should have made contact with the king." Lin smiled bitterly, "It won't be long before she becomes the queen. By the way, isn't it said that maintaining beauty requires the blood of young girls? We need to act quickly and defeat Cinderella."

As soon as he finished speaking, Katie was the happiest. She flew in front of Lin, bent down and gave him a ladylike salute: "Katie really thanks you very much. After you defeat that vicious woman, Katie will give you a gift. Come on, Katie will stay here and slowly purify the evil spirits. Come to find Katie after you complete your mission."

"Well, let's go to the palace. No... let's go to the guild first and gather all the adventurers. Let's force our way into the palace this time."

Rin's eyes were determined and filled with hatred for evil. Kiriko and Asuna had similar expressions.

After returning to the guild, Lin originally planned to issue a mission to let all the adventurers in Lifan City join together to conquer the enemy. However, the people in the guild were unwilling to do so. What was even more sad was that a missing person mission appeared in the guild's mission column. The missing person was a 15-year-old girl who was in her prime.

Walking out of the guild, a knight with three soldiers were posting notices on the wall, which soon attracted a large number of people.

The king is marrying his future queen at noon, and not only that, he welcomes all citizens to attend the wedding to see the queen's stunning beauty.

"The plot suddenly accelerated."

Rin and her teammates looked at each other, and the three of them made the same decision to attend the wedding.

"We don't have any evidence, so we can only be the bad guys and kill the queen first. But I don't agree with this. News spreads very quickly in this world. I don't want us to be hated by everyone. Then there is only one way. We sneak into the palace again and find the missing girl. This way we will have a reason to punish her."

"…The question is, what if the palace doesn't have that girl?"

Kiriko and Asuna had no objection to sneaking in, as they were quite confident in their +18 equipment and Rin's lucky attribute.

"As long as we find Xiandu, we will eventually find clues. What a pity! If this game had a public channel, we could experience the feeling of a national strategy game."

Because the king was going to hold a grand wedding, there were many local residents and players coming and going in the palace. Many guards in the palace were transferred to the front hall, so Lin and the other two easily sneaked into the palace.

They followed the same route as last time and found the king's bedroom. Before they had time to snoop around, they heard footsteps approaching from inside. The three of them quickly hid behind the super thick curtains in the corridor.

The sound of a door closing was heard, and the footsteps were getting farther and farther away. Lin turned his head and took a peek. At the end of the corridor, a tall and elegantly dressed woman was walking in front, followed by a knight.

Following the two people in front from a distance, Rin and the other two tiptoed to the dark dungeon at the bottom of the castle.

Chapter 66: I can also magnify it!

The underground prison was a place where kings of all dynasties privately detained important people. It was cold and gloomy, but there was no one in the cell at the moment.

The queen and the knight came to the prison and walked all the way until they reached the cell at the end, then they opened the iron door and walked in. Rin, Kiriko and Asuna did not dare to get too close and hid in the darkness of the prison.

First, a strange sound was heard, and then there was silence for a while. Lin then slowly approached until he reached the last cell and looked inside. It was empty except for a piece of iron plate that had been lifted up on the ground, revealing a cellar. Standing not far away, he could faintly hear the conversation inside.

"Is the girl dead? Didn't I tell you that only blood drawn from a living person is effective?"

"No, I just fainted. Please don't worry, Queen."

"well-done."

"I will go through fire and water for the queen!"

"I know what you mean...well, please step back. I'm going to start drawing blood."

Lin could hear clearly the conversation between a man and a woman. The woman's voice was pleasant to the ears, but not much different from Xiandu's. It was most likely her.

Now that the strange wizard is not here, Lin speculates that even if Xiandu knows witchcraft, he must not be very powerful, otherwise he would not have waited until these few days to take action. Not only that, there is a living life below. At this moment, any plan is useless. Saving people first is the most important thing.

Lin looked up and signaled to the two girls, then walked a few steps along the stairs and jumped down. A man in knight armor was facing the girl lying on the ground with a torch in his hand. The woman standing next to him raised her hand and seemed to be holding something. The knight noticed the sound, drew his cross sword in an instant and turned around.

He was only level 35, and there was no boss mark. Rin did not hesitate. As soon as he turned around, he had already unsheathed his sword and rushed over.

The knight panicked and raised his cross sword to block. However, the sword chopped into two pieces. The other blade flew past his eye, leaving a scar. He subconsciously closed his eyes, and when he felt the armor on his chest being pierced, he opened his eyes and looked down. The sword had already pierced his heart.

Before he could even make a sound, he turned into pieces and disappeared, and all the equipment he was wearing fell off.

At the same time, Asuna blocked the girl lying on the ground, turned her body sideways, and pointed the tip of her rapier at the queen. Kiriko used the black sword to force the queen back. The three of them then discovered that she was holding a purple-red crystal the size of a fingernail, with some material lightly inlaid around it.

The queen looked to be no more than twenty years old, tall and charming, with dazzling beauty. Her face did not resemble the fairy in the past at all, and this beauty felt unreal.

"Is it you?"

Her surprised voice still allowed Lin to confirm her identity. Without any further ado, he raised the sword in his hand and rushed towards the vicious woman.

Xiandu reacted quickly as well. He immediately took out a black crystal and crushed it. Black smoke filled the air. The black color was so thick that it made people feel sick. If one got a little closer, one would feel a tingling sensation all over the body as if something was corroding the body from the outside in. Lin quickly took a few steps back and only then did he feel a lot more comfortable.

Cinderella is the heroine of this story, so luck doesn't work this time.

The black fog transformed into a huge human silhouette in front of the three people, with two completely blood-red eyes that exuded evil. The black smoke was like an arm that suddenly stretched out, and the front part transformed into sharp claws that grabbed Asuna.

Asuna remained calm and used her sword skills. She thrust the rapier in her hand directly at the "claws" that were reaching out to her. However... after being stabbed by the sword skills with special effects, the claws turned into black mist and were about to be torn apart by the light of the sword. The scattered black mist stuck to her clothes and tore part of her top into pieces.

"..."

At this moment, Asuna remembered the fear she once felt when being dominated by her special physique.

Realizing her negligence, Rin rushed to remedy the situation, wielding the +18 katana in her hand, forcing the black fog to retreat again and again. Kiriko took the opportunity to find an open space to attack the queen, but was blocked by an invisible "wall" when she was only half a meter away. The translucent cover was faintly visible with ripples after being hit by her sword.

It is not difficult to break it, but it takes some time. Tongzi changed to double swords without thinking. Only afterimages could be seen by the naked eye when the two swords were swung. A series of combos hit the cover.

Black Mist is a level 42 elite boss with a very long health bar. When fighting the monster alone instead of the protagonist, Rin's luck attribute is brought to the extreme. Black Mist's every attack fails to hit, and instead, Rin's sword cuts off one-tenth of his health.

He estimated that with the current katana enhanced to +18 by dragon crystal, plus a bunch of additional attributes on weapons and equipment, and every move being a critical hit, the damage would be ridiculously high. It would take some time to defeat this boss. If it was a group battle with an average of over level 30 players, it would take at least to people with good coordination to take an hour.

Asuna at the side changed her clothes with one click, and joined Kiriko, stabbing several times with the rapier in her hand.

The black fog's health was reduced to a thin layer, and even its size changed from a giant to a dwarf. It seemed that two more hits would end the battle and kill it. Suddenly, the black fog shook violently, as if a small universe exploded, and its health bar was suddenly filled up.

Xiandu, who was hiding in the hood, loosened his clenched fists, with a look of ecstasy: "That guy really didn't lie to me."

Lin frowned, and swung the sword with both hands more violently. This time he defeated the monster faster than last time, but it still recovered instantly.

Looking at the other battlefield, Asuna and Kirito had already knocked a crack in the shield. It wouldn't take long, which meant that as long as he could hold back the black fog monster, his teammates would be able to subdue Cinderella.

That being said, how can a guy who has never suffered any loss since entering the game accept this? After all, he has a lot of cheats. If he can't even deal with a small boss, wouldn't it be a joke if the news got out?

He took a deep breath, his eyes showing only seriousness. He concentrated and calmed his mind. His left hand reached out for the other sword, and the two swords trembled slightly and emitted white light.

It's time to use Shizuki-kun's special move!

The body seemed to turn into light and shadow, leaping over, and at the same time, two swords were unsheathed. In the darkness, only a series of sword lights could be seen lingering in the air for a long time. The rapid slashing was completed in an instant, tearing the black fog into dozens or hundreds of holes.

Lin put the knife back into the scabbard, stood up straight, turned around, and saw that the black mist blood bar had been cleared. The black and white contrast of the torn body was extremely conspicuous. Then it disappeared into the air, the knife light gradually dissipated, and everything returned to calm.

One move kills the enemy without even time to recover health. Using this skill in the game is indeed more powerful than in reality.

Just as he retracted the katana, the team of Kiriko and Asuna broke through the defensive shield.

Cinderella, who was originally curled up in the corner, was extremely frightened. He turned around and tried to run towards the stairs, but was grabbed by Kiriko. Her black sword and Asuna's rapier were aimed at Cinderella at the same time, making Cinderella dare not move.

The reason why I didn't take action... is because the final blow must be delivered by the European Emperor.

Chapter 67: Story Completed

Asuna and Kiriko completely regarded this place as a game with a rich plot, but only Rin knew that this was a real world in the guise of a game.

Did they deserve to die? They did. Whether it was the orcs in the dark forest who were only concerned with mating, or the knights who helped the tyrants, their combined viciousness was not as great as that of the seemingly beautiful woman in front of them.

What happened to the original Cinderella?

He sighed, tightly gripped the sword, and was about to take action when, with a roar, a familiar figure ran down the stairs, and the little fairy Katie also flew down.

"Wait! Don't kill her yet, I still need to find out the whereabouts of that damn wizard!"

Katie flew over in a hurry. Lin frowned and said, "We don't have much time. If we find this place because the queen is late, we won't be able to explain it clearly."

"It's okay. You have to trust Katie. Katie will naturally find a way to make these things public. That wizard is the biggest enemy."

Rin took back the katana and stood with Kiriko Asuna. He looked at the Husky rolling around beside him and was quite surprised: "How did you find us? Are all the guards in the castle dead?"

Katie had just snatched the strange purple crystal from Cinderella. When she heard him ask this, she turned her head and said, "What guard? There is a secret passage behind the castle. This strange wolf brought me here. He was also the one who discovered the secret passage. As soon as I came in, I was on the upper floor. Katie thinks you are a bad owner. How can you just throw your pet around like that? Balabala..."

"..." Completely conquered by her nagging, Lin held his forehead and said, "You want to ask, right? Hurry up."

Katie was a little unhappy about being interrupted, and looked with ill intent at Cinderella, who was curled up in a ball with a pale face and was too scared to speak.

"Where is the wizard who taught you evil witchcraft?"

"I don't know... I don't know, he has been gone for three days..."

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like