Chapter 994 Two Tests

"Young man, I am not an unreasonable stubborn old man. Since you have your reasons, why not tell me?"

After Gao Fei passed the "persuasion" test, Shu Long's attitude towards him became much gentler.

"Dear hermit, one of our companions was unfortunately kidnapped by a flying dragon during the journey, so we must cross the maze forest as soon as possible and go to the flying dragon hill to rescue our kidnapped friend."

Gao Fei briefly recounted the whole story of the scarecrow being kidnapped by the flying dragon.

After listening to him, Fabian hesitated for a long time before speaking.

"Young man, the enemies you face include not only five strong and ferocious dragons, but also their leader, the terrifying Dragon King Medellin."

"To be honest, even I am not completely sure that I can defeat the Dragon King and his men. As for you, I am indeed moved by your courage to venture into the dragon's lair to rescue your friends. However, I have to point out that this courage may cost you all your lives. I am afraid that this is not the result that your kidnapped friend would like to see, right?"

"From a practical point of view, I suggest that you give up the effort to save your friends."

"I am sorry, respectable hermit, we all know the principle of keeping a low profile, but if we only care about our own safety and give up rescuing our friends who are suffering, our conscience is really bad. Even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, we will risk our lives to break through!"

Gao Fei's decisive attitude surprised Fabian, and his eyes showed his heartfelt admiration.

"Young man, I admire your noble quality of risking your life for your friends, but I have to remind you that this jungle is more dangerous than you think. I use the illusion barrier to block the jungle to prevent reckless adventurers like you from breaking into the depths of the jungle and seeking death."

"Young man, if you want to rescue your friends who have been kidnapped by flying dragons, courage alone is not enough. You must first prove that you have the ability. Otherwise, I would rather harden my heart and drive you out of the jungle, which is better than watching your young lives wither in the flying dragon hill."

"I will give you two tests. If you can complete these two tests before sunset tomorrow and prove that you have the ability to challenge the flying dragon king Medellin, I will cast a spell to escort you safely through the maze forest and teleport directly to the foot of the mountain where the flying dragon's nest is located."

"We are willing to accept your test, respected hermit." Gao Fei suddenly had an idea and made a request. "From what you said, it seems that you also have a grudge against the flying dragon clan? Why not go to the flying dragon hill with us, Join forces to destroy the evil monsters? "

If you can pass a persuasion test and successfully persuade the tree dragon to join the team, you will have an NPC teammate with super combat power, and it will be no problem to destroy the flying dragon clan.

Unfortunately, the system did not give the option of conducting a test.

"Young man, I'm sorry, my soul is bound in this jungle and cannot leave the jungle to go to the Flying Dragon Hill."

Fabion sighed, as if he didn't want to disappoint the young man he admired very much, and then made compensation.

"Although I can't accompany you to fight the flying dragon, as long as you can pass the two tests, you can get rewards from me-believe me, young man, this will be very helpful for you to defeat the flying dragon!"

At the same time, Gao Fei, Jiang Feng and Ma Yun all received the plot branch options given by the system.

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Branch A: Kill "Tree Dragon" Fabion, the maze barrier will automatically disappear after the battle, and you can cross the jungle to the Flying Dragon Hill.

Branch B: Pass Fabion's test, win his friendship and reward, and then be directly teleported to the Flying Dragon Hill.

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"From the perspective of role-playing, choosing branch B is more in line with the heroine's 'white lotus' personality, but I am curious, if we choose branch A and go the dark route, can we defeat the 'tree dragon' Fabian?"

Ma Yun proposed a hypothesis in the Star Chart Team Channel.

"The monster encyclopedia does not provide detailed data on Fabian, only his species type and occupation level."

Gao Fei said thoughtfully.

"Let's imagine a special creeping monster, first increase its intelligence attribute, add 11 druid levels, and finally give it the racial talent of the dragon - Fabian's strength is at least equivalent to the monster we imagined."

"If it is an opponent of this level..." Jiang Feng calculated and said carefully, "We have to fight. We have a 60% chance of killing it in one shot, but it's not worth it. Killing an NPC that is not evil, I feel a little guilty."

"Sister Feng has the same idea as me. It's not impossible to kill Fabian by force, but it's unnecessary. It's better to take the task from him. The task reward obtained may be used in the subsequent fight against the flying dragon." Ma Yun analyzed.

Everyone unified their thoughts and chose branch B to accept the test proposed by Fabian.

The first challenge task issued by Fabian was to eliminate the notorious thieves group in Quedlin Township.

"This group of robbers, known as the 'Fourteen Thieves', are all ferocious and evil werewolves, and their leader is a sorcerer."

"The werewolves often move around the edge of the maze forest, luring travelers into the forest in the name of guides, and then assassinating them in secluded places, looting money, and destroying the bodies."

"I once wanted to personally eliminate this group of werewolf bandits with blood on their hands, but unfortunately they are very alert and never enter the depths of the maze forest, my protection area."

"Adventurers, go and hunt down the Fourteen Thieves and eliminate them all. This is the first test you will face!"

Before Fabian finished speaking, he noticed that Gao Fei and others on the opposite side had strange faces. He wanted to laugh but tried hard to hold it back.

"Ahem! Respected hermit, it just so happens that when we entered the maze forest, we killed a group of werewolves who called themselves the 'Fourteen Thieves'." Gao Fei said to Fabian.

Ma Yun opened the star disk, took out a gem from the werewolf treasure cave, and showed it to Fabian to prove that what Gao Fei said was true.

Shu Long nodded, with a look of relief in his eyes.

"Very good, this saves trouble for both of us!"

"Hermit, what is the second test?" Jiang Feng asked.

"When walking in this forest, you should not only pay attention to the poisonous snakes and beasts lurking in the bushes, but also be alert to attacks from under your feet." Shu Long warned the young and energetic adventurers.

"An attack from beneath your feet..." Jiang Feng guessed curiously, "Are you referring to some kind of monster that is good at digging holes underground and suddenly emerges from the soil to attack passers-by?"