Chapter 544: Fog and Shadow

"call…………………"

After dinner, Duanmuhuai also leaned on the chair and let out a sigh of relief.

"Master Knight, haven't you found the magic dog yet?"

At this time Lorena also came over and asked curiously.

"It escaped me. After all, this kind of game of waiting for the dog is really not suitable for me. I hate hide-and-seek the most."

Duanmu Huai waved his hands boredly, looking speechless.

"It's not going to attack other people in the town."

"It's hard to say... After all, even why it came to the Baskervilles' house is actually a mystery."

Fairy tales are fairy tales after all, and only the ancestor at that time knew what happened in the end. Although some players would use necromancy and other magic to summon souls to inquire about the situation, it was a pity that Duanmu Huai did not have the ability and skills in this regard—after all, he was the God of Destruction.

Crushing souls into pieces is what he's good at.

"How about the Baroness?"

"Her mood has barely improved recently, but her health is not very good... Well, how should I put it..."

Speaking of this, Lorena thought for a while.

"It seems to me that the baroness may have a child."

"Oh? Really, did you ask her to see a doctor?"

"She also seems to know it well. Originally, she planned to ask a doctor to come and see her after Christmas, but in my opinion, it should be similar. After all, as priests, we have to be responsible for some things in this area. Her situation is different from mine. The ladies I met at church were similar."

"Then you have to keep an eye on her. I think that dog might have been staring at her so he didn't leave."

At least for now, the members of the Baskerville family have all been attacked by magic dogs. Although the Baroness Baskerville married into the Baskerville family, strictly speaking, she has no blood relationship with the Baskerville family. She had a Baskerville child, that was another matter.

"Okay, I understand, Lord Knight."

Lorena also nodded seriously.

"Then I'll go out and take a turn."

After dinner, Duanmu Huai felt that he was a little bored, so he stood up and stretched himself.

"Are you going out at this time?"

"As you said, maybe that guy will attack the residents of the town. Just take care to protect the madam and the others here. I'll go around the town."

Duanmu Huai wasn't talking nonsense, in fact, he followed the monster's trail and disappeared after finding the mountain. In other words, the monster might have sneaked into the town. Of course, it was normal or fine, but it was injured by Duanmuhuai before, and injured animals are very dangerous. Although today is Christmas and most people are at home at this time, Duanmuhuai still plans to go and have a look to be on the safe side.

Duan Muhuai walked out of the restaurant and came to the entrance. Just as he was about to go out, he saw Mary walking over.

"Hey? Mr. Duanmu, where are you going so late??"

"I'm going to go around the town and take a look around."

"Can I go too?"

Hearing Duanmuhuai's answer, Mary's eyes lit up and she hurriedly asked.

"You? Don't you chat with your friends?"

"Ahahaha... this..."

Hearing this, Mary couldn't help showing a wry smile. That's why she wanted to go out with Duanmu Huai. In fact, it was Aselika and Xia Li who kept asking her about her relationship with Mr. Duanmu. Obviously Mary felt that there was nothing between herself and Duanmu Huai. But they all seem to believe that there must be some secret between the two of them—speaking of which, there must be a secret, but they can't tell you.

I can't tell Xiali about the Antarctic, what about ancients, shoggoths, monsters, etc...

As a result, the more Mary concealed the truth, the more Charlie and Aselika felt that there was a ghost in her heart. This made Mary almost cry without tears, and Aselika was fine with it. Charlie, you are the culprit of all this. Well...Of course, Mary must not say this to Charlie.

So now that she heard that Duanmu Huai was planning to go out, she hurriedly wanted to find an excuse to leave.

Otherwise, I don't know what will happen if I am pressed by the two of them.

"Okay, keep warm so you don't get sick."

Duanmuhuai did not object, on the one hand, being idle was idle, on the other hand... I have to say, he also wanted to see if the golden pupil was attractive to that magic dog.

After all, this can be regarded as the Western version of Tang Monk meat, so maybe the magic dog would like this too?

If this is the case, it will be much easier to encounter similar things in the future, just release Tang Seng and attract monsters to take the bait.

Just like Journey to the West, the monsters came to catch Tang Monk to eat meat, and then he was beaten to death by Monkey King with a stick, how convenient.

Well, in this way, Mary is Tang Seng, she is Monkey King, and Lorena is Monk Sha?

So who is Zhu Bajie?

…………… It doesn’t matter if you don’t have it, after all, you don’t really go to learn scriptures.

After changing the clothes, Duanmuhuai and Mary left the Baskerville Manor and walked down the street towards the town.

It was already late at night, and usually the whole town would have already fallen asleep, but because it was Christmas, the whole street was decorated with lights and decorations. It's not as dark as usual, on the contrary, the whole town seems to be shining, and it looks like a fairy tale.

It would be even more interesting if there was another Santa Claus at this time.

"How is it going? Is everything going well?"

As Duanmuhuai was walking on the street, he asked casually that Duanmuhuai was not surprised by Mary's appearance.

"Fortunately, everyone has returned to their previous life again, and I feel very happy. Although I was a little uneasy at that time, but... now it seems that everything is worth it."

Looking up at the snowflakes falling from the sky, Mary couldn't help feeling emotional. This reminded her of the days when she went to Antarctica. Now that she came back here, and recalled everything that happened before, Mary would even think that she was dreaming... Or it still feels very unreal when she thinks about it now.

But having said that......

"I'm going to start thinking about graduation next year..."

"About what I said before, how do you think about it?"

"Uh...you mean to invite me to work in the Tribunal?"

"That's right."

Duanmuhuai nodded, and looked at Mary, the golden pupils are really nice... To be honest, Duanmuhuai also wanted it, but unfortunately there was no other way.

Moreover, Duanmuhuai also heard Mary talk about the situation at that time. You must know that Mary was just an ordinary young lady, but she was able to rely on her golden pupil to see through the opponent's attack trajectory, and even dodge and fight instinctively—what the hell is this plug-in BUG? ah?

To be honest, compared with Mary's golden pupil, Duanmuhuai feels that his system is not good.

After all, the system needs to be upgraded. Mary, the golden pupil, is really omnipotent!

The only flaw is that Mary herself is still a little weak, but as long as she works hard, learns some basic knowledge of combat, and cooperates with the power of the golden pupil, it is estimated that it will not be a problem to reach the level of the night guard.

Tsk tsk tsk, this is the real deal.

In the game, Duanmuhuai hadn't heard of the existence of Mary, an NPC. I don't know if it was because it didn't appear, or because the players didn't notice it. However, Duanmu Huai felt that the possibility of the latter was unlikely. Even if the golden pupil was not mentioned, a girl as beautiful as Mary, as an old-fashioned player, would definitely not be let go.

After all, when ordinary players recruit NPCs, they either look at their strength, appearance, or rarity.

Mary, who has golden pupils, can be said to have all the strength and rare appearance. In the game, she has already become a famous figure in the forum NPC ladder list --- at least a T1 rank.

I don't know if it is possible to shoot lasers from the golden pupil?

For example, what is the real long stay beam?

Uh...it shouldn't be possible.

"Will the work of the Inquisition... be dangerous?"

"Strictly speaking, very dangerous."

Duanmuhuai didn't hide it, after all, it was a fact, and with the characteristics of Mary's golden pupil, if she went to the trial court, the danger would be much greater than now.

"Although I will protect you as much as possible, but you need to exercise, and you also need to train how to fight and deal with the enemy, and the work of the Tribunal is sometimes very cruel, at least what you are facing now, in the work with the Tribunal It’s basically pediatrics.”

Duanmuhuai had to explain the matter clearly to Mary. Although the golden pupils were really precious, Mary was indeed an ordinary girl who couldn't be more ordinary, so Duanmuhuai even had some headaches in this regard.

After all, this world is more peaceful than other worlds. In a place like Novice Village, even young ordinary girls are either used to fighting, or know that there are monsters in this world that will threaten them, so they are actually very receptive in this respect.

For example, those students of Manaria College before, they are about the same age as Mary, and they are all well-educated noble ladies, but when facing the enemy and the demons, they are also not soft-hearted, and they will kill if they need to. , and there is a large group of them if they are killed at every turn. This is also because they were born in such a world, and naturally they have long been accustomed to the situation where monsters threaten their lives.

But Mary is different. She is actually more like a person in the real world. Even if she encounters any danger, she will not think of killing the other party immediately. In a country like Lisas or Seth, even in the face of monsters, it would be difficult for Mary to choose to fight the opponent.

So in this regard, Duanmuhuai has a bit of a headache, and I don't know if she can change.

Although Mary is very kind, in the trial court, kindness is often not considered a good quality.

“……………………”

Sure enough, upon hearing Duanmuhuai's answer, Mary fell silent.

"Don't want to do dangerous work?"

"No one wants to do dangerous work, right? I want to try it too, but I don't want Charlie and Ashelika to worry about me..."

Mary also sighed, this is also one aspect of her hesitation, although it seems to be a good choice to work in the trial court, but if it is too dangerous, it will make her friends worry, which makes Mary a little hesitant.

"It is indeed necessary to consider carefully. After all, if you really go to work in the trial court, the risk factor is higher than in the movie."

"Huh? Is that an exaggeration?"

"certainly."

After all, to die in the movie is to blow up a building, but the extermination orders issued by the court are calculated according to the planet.

"Why…………………"

Mary sighed again, she was indeed a little hesitant, the work of the court sounds dangerous, but she felt that she had to repay Duanmuhuai. After all, Duanmuhuai has helped him so much, but if it is too dangerous, will it be counterproductive? Having said that, what can I do in the trial court?

Thinking of this, Mary also looked at Duanmuhuai and asked her inner question.

"Of course it's the golden pupil. This eye of yours has a huge effect on the trial court, but you don't realize it yourself."

"Frankly speaking, I really don't feel how special my eye is..."

Hearing Duanmuhuai's answer, Mary stretched out her hand to touch her right eye with a complicated expression. Although Duanmuhuai said it more than once, and those monsters seemed to be sniping at her right eye all the time, Mary really didn't feel it. What is so special about my right eye? What I want to say is that it will be clearer in some places...

"The way is as simple as it is... This is the most powerful."

Seeing Mary's reaction, Duanmuhuai also sighed silently. The real bug equipment refers to something like the golden pupil. I don't seem to think it's so powerful at all, but for others, it's easy to see Seeing through illusions that others cannot see through is enough to make people feel powerful. Especially monsters like the Pink Horror who are best at transformation and illusion, even Duanmu Huai can only rely on his own fear aura or the experience of the judge to distinguish, but Mary can immediately see through the opponent's real body with just one glance— ——The gap between the two is almost like the gap between the weapons used in World War I and modern warfare.

In the past, it was difficult for soldiers to be found hiding in the bushes, and they could only be detected by experienced generals, but in modern warfare, an infrared drone can lock all of them directly for you, and no skills are required. It's just a substitute.

Mary's golden pupil is like the latter, if used well, it is pure crushing.

What's more, there is almost no consumption.

"If you want, you can come and try it, and besides, it's also good to use as bait."

"...Huh? Bait?"

"Yes, just like now."

As he was talking, Duanmuhuai stopped, and at this time Mary, who was following him, also stopped and turned to look around, only to be surprised to find that at some point, they had arrived near the square in the center of the town , Of course, there are also lights and festoons here, there are lights everywhere. But I don't know why, at this moment, thick fog seems to have gradually emerged around. Under the illumination of the lights, I can only see the surrounding fog, and even the houses not far away can't be seen clearly.

Not only that……………

"Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

"What's that sound? Mr. Duanmu, is it a wild dog?"

"Who knows? At least it seems that Tang Monk meat is still more attractive."

Although there is no golden pupil, in fact Duanmu Huai has already noticed that something is following them secretly, and it is obvious that the other party is not coming for him. After all, it always ran away when it encountered itself in the mountains and forests a few times before, so the only thing that can be used to explain it is that the golden pupil is too tempting. Now it seems that this monster obviously can't bear the temptation of Tang Monk's flesh, and plans to fight.

By the way, is this thing really so attractive?

In Journey to the West, monsters want to eat Tang Monk meat because they can live forever, so what can the golden pupil gain by eating it?

Forget it, we'll talk about it later.

"Be careful and get behind me."

Duanmuhuai clenched his fists, and said to Mary——the previous cane was used up in Antarctica, and it has not been replaced yet, but for Duanmuhuai, it is not a big problem to deal with wild dogs with bare hands.

"Roar-------!!!"

Finally, the other party seemed to be unable to bear it anymore, and with a low growl, a black figure suddenly jumped out of the mist and rushed towards Mary.

"Wow!"

Faced with the sudden attack, Mary seemed to be taken aback, but even so, her body seemed to instinctively turn backwards to avoid the attack of the black shadow.

Tsk tsk tsk, the golden pupil is really powerful.

"Roar-----!!"

The black shadow that missed a hit stretched out its claws again, and grabbed at Mary. At the same time, Duanmuhuai also turned around abruptly, clenched his fists, and slammed directly at the black figure in front of him!

"boom!!!"

Duanmuhuai's iron fist hit the black shadow directly, and the blurry shadow exploded instantly under the impact of Duanmuhuai's iron fist, completely shattering like a blown balloon. But it obviously didn't end there. Soon, a series of barks sounded again. When he turned his head and looked around, he could see dark shadows like hounds appearing everywhere.

"Wow woof woof!!"

"Wow woof---!!!"

There were barking sounds one after another, and it seemed that there were hundreds of hounds completely surrounding the two of them in the mist. Even Mary looked pale when she saw this scene.

"Duan, Mr. Duanmu!"

"Don't worry, it's just a small thing, did you see anything strange?"

"this……………………"

Hearing Duanmuhuai's inquiry, Mary looked around, and then looked at a small road not far away.

"There seems to be a strange shadow over there..."

"let's go!"