This Text Adventure Game is Absolutely Toxic Chapter 434

  Chapter 434 Three wishes

  A loud whistle echoed over the Gobi.

  In front of the cliff, the three behemoths who were savagely fighting stopped at the same time and looked up curiously at the sky.

"Roar!"

  The manticore suddenly pushed back the shadow ghost and the bone dragon with one claw, and flashed its teeth threateningly at the two giant beasts, then ignored them, but jumped up, and flew towards the cave with a somewhat anxious expression.

   Bone Dragon and Shadow Ghost are at the moment when they are red-eyed. Seeing that the opponent wants to flee, how can they let it go so easily, and immediately stop it.

   But at this time, Mu You's game character appeared at the entrance of the cave and gestured towards the bone dragon and shadow ghost.

  Shadow Ghost burrowed directly into the shadow of the character, and after hesitating for a while, Bone Dragon chose to obey his order, gave up the pursuit, shrunk in size, and followed him into the hole.

  The three giant beasts disappeared at the entrance of the cave one after another, making the soldiers watching outside dumbfounded: What happened in the cave? Why is there a sudden truce?

  At this moment, the entrance of the cave was undefended, and it was opened in front of everyone for the first time. All the soldiers looked at each other, hesitating whether to send people into the cave to investigate.

   Fortunately, not long after the giant beast disappeared, Evans' news was sent out in time. There were only four simple words: stand by!

   "So the manticore is a pet kept by the lamp god?"

  Mu You looked at the prompt in the text in surprise [The troubadour strokes the orange cat in his arms].

  After the minstrel appeared, he explained his identities to the two of them, and the three of them temporarily ceased fighting, and even came forward to stop their pets and subordinates.

To Mu You's surprise, after being called back to the lair by the troubadour, the manticore transformed into an ordinary orange Maine Coon cat, trotting in all the way, ignoring him and Evans, and jumping directly to the high platform Above, with its tail curled up, it quietly crouched beside the troubadour, yawned, half-closed his eyes and began to doze off.

  This kind of relaxed state looks like a domestic cat that has been raised all year round, and it is really hard to associate it with the fierce and violent manticore outside just now.

  【The bone dragon curls up and sits behind you. The dragon's head sweeps towards the orange cat on the high platform on the other side. The two rows of teeth open, making a series of bone-tooth collision sounds. 】

  【The orange cat sensed the contempt in Bone Dragon's eyes, opened its teeth and clawed at it, and let out a threatening growl in response. 】

  【The troubadour caressed the orange cat and slowly calmed it down. The orange cat let out a sneering sound, ignoring the provocation of the bone dragon...】

  The two mythical beasts had just finished a fight, and they disliked each other.

   Mu You also briefly appeased the bone dragon in the game, and then clicked on the bard to try to interact.

  【You ask the troubadour about the cause and effect of the whole thing. 】

  【The troubadour did not hide anything, and told you and Evans about his past with Caesar a thousand years ago. 】

【"The origin of the event begins with the extinction of the gods tens of thousands of years ago. I was also one of the gods who suffered the disaster at that time. I only relied on the special authority of the lamp **** to store my soul in the artifact and escape. Coming to the Star Spirit Realm, this is how I survived..."]

  【The troubadour took down the broken oil lamp at his waist, and you heard the faint sound of lamp oil shaking from inside, but judging from the sound, it seemed that there was not much lamp oil left. 】

【"This is my artifact, and it is also the 'miracle magic lamp' used to store my soul. I need to burn the lamp oil in it to maintain the physical manifestation of this mortal body. Once the lamp oil dries up, I can only sleep all year round Inside the lamp, I cannot be summoned out until someone replenishes the lamp oil."]

  [Ask about the extinction of the gods], [Ask about the authority of the lamp god], [Ask about lamp oil], [Ask about the relationship between the pen of order and the lamp god].

  An option pops up here!

  Mu You clicked on the first one without even thinking about it. He had long been extremely curious about the reason for the extinction of the Protoss.

  【You ask the troubadour about the reason for the extinction of the protoss. 】

  【It's a pity that the troubadour Gu Zuo said he doesn't seem to want to mention this matter. 】

   Mu You had no choice but to choose the second option.

  【You ask about the authority of the lamp god. 】

  【"The authority of the lamp **** is the 'miracle'! In other words, it is the power to fulfill the wishes of others!" The troubadour proudly told you about his ability. 】

["Immortality? Eternal youth? Or wealth, fame, power... I can achieve all of these. Of course, the prerequisite for realizing any wish is to pay the corresponding price first, that is, to provide enough for the magic lamp or the lamp god. The lamp oil is used as the energy to realize miracles. At the same time, not all wishes can be realized, and I cannot fulfill the wishes that exceed my own divine power." The troubadour said. 】

   "The ability to grant wishes..."

  Mu You was a little surprised. This authority reminded him of the Shenlong in "Dragon Ball". It is also because the wish of surpassing Shenlong's own ability cannot be realized, such as directly killing those final bosses.

  So Shenlong's wish is finally used to resurrect the dead, obtain certain items, or enhance one's own combat effectiveness, etc.

  However, the ability of the lamp **** here is obviously not as convenient as that of Shenlong. To find him to realize your wish, you have to invest in lamp oil first...

  【You ask the troubadour, what is lamp oil? 】

  【"There are two kinds of lamp oil. One is divinity. Every bit of divinity can be turned into a drop of lamp oil. The stronger the wish, the more divinity is needed!"】

  【"The second is the curse of the wisher on himself. If there is not enough lamp oil, he can also obtain lamp oil by cursing himself. The greater the hope realized, the more despair he will suffer."】

  【The troubadour shook his head with some sighs: "In order to survive the extinction of the gods, I had to make a wish to myself so that my soul would live forever."】

  【"What about the result?" Evans asked. 】

  【"As a result, my wish came true, but the price was that I abandoned my body and lost my freedom. My soul needs to be stored in the magic lamp forever..."】

"I see…"

   Mu You exhaled, and probably understood what happened to the lamp god.

  Similar to the shadow gods back then, they also escaped the catastrophe by relying on their own special means. From this point of view, except for a very small number of gods with special abilities, the other gods should have fallen.

  The only thing that puzzled Mu You was: what happened to the giant he met in the giant world that day?

   Putting this question aside for now, Mu You chose the fourth option.

  【You ask about the relationship between the pen of order and the lamp god. 】

【"The Pen of Order is a task entrusted to me by my master, the God of Order: Find an heir to the power of order for him, hand over the Pen of Order to the other party, and fulfill at least three wishes for each generation of heirs , to leave this heir."]

【"The pen of order has the power to rewrite the rules within a certain range. Using the pen of order, you can temporarily rewrite the wishing rules of the magic lamp and eliminate the cost of wishing. That is to say, every heir to the power of order can Make three wishes to me for free!"]

   This should be regarded as God of Order's protection measures for the heirs, using three free wishes to help the heirs get through the early stage and develop to the stage where they can be self-reliant.

【"The first successor I chose was a fool, that is, the previous city lord of Dawn City. This is a successor who I am extremely satisfied with in terms of strength, character, character, leadership, etc. I have always I am proud of my vision at that time, and I have been with this heir since then, watching him step by step unite with other fools, unearth the bones of gods, build a sky city, and fly to the sky... until he was in the small calamity period After dying in the middle of the body, he took back the magic brush and waited for the next successor to appear."]

"oh?"

   Mu You raised his eyebrows. Did the previous generation of City Lord Liming actually die in the Minor Disaster?

  【"What about after that?" Evans asked. 】

【"Afterwards, according to the wish of the first heir, I should have waited for a new batch of fools to appear, and then designated the new city lord of Dawn as the successor of the next generation. Unfortunately, the time of the fool's silence exceeded my imagination, and I In the Minor Disasters, the divine power was severely damaged, and it was on the verge of extinction. I was afraid that I would not be able to wait until the day when the Fool was born again. It was at this time that I met Caesar!"]

【"At that time, Caesar was just the king of a small country in the desert. He saved me who was on the verge of extinction. He used the power of the whole country to search for the crystallization of divinity to support me, and he respected me very much and worked hard..." When the bard mentioned Caesar, his face was a little emotional: "I have to admit that Caesar was kind to me at that time, and the sincerity he showed at that time really moved me. Because of this, I violated the wish of the first heir , and set up Caesar as the second generation heir in advance...”]

  【"Unfortunately, all this is just a disguise!" The troubadour shook his head with some resentment, and sighed helplessly: "Caesar, who has obtained the magic pen and mastered the initiative, has finally exposed his true nature!"]

  【"What did Caesar wish for?" You ask. 】

  The characters in the game automatically asked Mu You. This was indeed the question he wanted to ask the most. It should be these three wishes that led to the current status of the lamp **** and Caesar.

  【"Caesar's first wish was normal. He made a wish for me to create an oasis in the desert so that his people would no longer suffer from drought and sandstorms."】

  【"I fulfilled his wish, turned the desert into an oasis, and built him an oasis city in the center of the desert. This move won the hearts of the people, and all the people are grateful to him..."]

  【"Hmph!" You suddenly heard Evans snort coldly, with a look of disgust on his face. 】

   Mu You was not too surprised by this abrupt sentence.

  Evans served as a personal guard under Caesar, and no one knows Caesar's character better than him. Obviously, the actual situation at the beginning was not as good as it appeared on the surface.

【"The reputation of Lord Jiaren in the Oasis allowed Caesar to easily recruit an army of millions! And Caesar's second wish was for me to transform his army into an army that does not need to eat and drink. The undead army can still be immortal!"]

【"This wish made me see Caesar's evil nature clearly. I regret choosing him as the successor. Unfortunately, he has already mastered the usage of the magic pen, and I cannot refuse his wish under the restrictions of the rules. ..."]

  Mu You watched with emotion, needless to say what happened afterwards, the lamp **** was forced to fulfill this wish, and Caesar used this invincible army of undead to dominate the desert and proclaim himself the emperor of the desert...

  【"After the second wish, I have completely broken with Caesar and urged him to make the third wish as soon as possible so that I can be free. However, I still underestimate the greed of human nature..."]

【"Three wishes are far from enough to satisfy Caesar's ambitions. Therefore, the third wish he made to me was to take away my divine power and authority... He wants to become the **** of lamps himself, and cooperate with the pen of order Power, from now on you can have endless wishes!"]

【"The restrictions of the rules, I can't resist, because this is indeed within the scope of my ability, the power and authority are automatically transferred to Caesar, Caesar replaced me as the lamp god. And I lost almost all of my power , only the weak soul left in the lamp is about to be wiped out by Caesar on the spot...]

【"Fortunately, there is no unparalleled road. In times of crisis, the manticore I raised turned into a sand cat, sneaked into Caesar's side, stole the magic lamp from him and fled. Before leaving, The manticore still showed up and yelled the most vicious curse at Caesar: One day, it will come back to avenge me, and you, Caesar, will definitely die under the cat's claws in the future!"]

  【"Is this curse real?" You asked curiously. 】

Mu You felt that this sentence looked like a harsh word like "you wait after school". However, thinking of the curse of life in the lair before, the manticore seemed to have the ability to cast a curse, which made Mu You feel angry for a while. I'm not sure if I'm serious or not.

【"Manticore does have a certain ability to curse, but it is impossible to achieve such a curse comparable to the law of causality. Of course, this so-called curse is only intimidating Caesar... However, who made Caesar do so many evils? I have a guilty conscience. This curse It sounds like a joke to others, but to Caesar, who is suspicious by nature, he has to guard against..."

The troubadour smiled and looked at you: "This is why Caesar is afraid of cats. Manticore has the ability to transform into a cat. Since then, every cat that Caesar has seen, he will suspect that it is a cat. It wasn't transformed by a manticore, lurking beside him and trying to assassinate him. After years of being suspicious, this sentence finally became Caesar's inner demon, and that's how the cat massacre happened..."]

"I see…"

  Mu You looked strange. A hero like Caesar, who has already obtained the power of God, is actually frightened by the manticore's words before leaving, and even PTSD to the point of exterminating all the cats in the desert. It's ironic to think about it.

   Mu You shook his head and continued to look at the game.

  He knew that the matter must not be over yet. If Caesar had obtained the power of the lamp **** and the magic pen so smoothly, how could he have been sealed for thousands of years?

【"Caesar thought he could use the loophole of his wish to obtain the magic pen and the power of miracles at the same time. Unfortunately, he didn't expect that I kept a hand!" The troubadour sneered: "I didn't remind him, the magic pen There is a spirit, the wish realized with the magic pen cannot be used for direct selfish wishes, otherwise it will be disgusted by the magic pen, the first selfish wish, the magic pen will tolerate it, but after two consecutive selfish wishes, the magic pen will directly give up The person who made the wish, leave on his own, waiting for its new owner..."]

   "Oh?" Mu You was taken aback for a moment, this pen is actually a thoughtful artifact, even if the lamp **** chooses an heir, if it doesn't suit his wishes, it will not use it for him.

【"The magic pen finally came back to me. Caesar only got my power, but lost two more important artifacts. Naturally, he was very unwilling. So I made a plan and hid the magic pen in my place. On the lighthouse in the Land of the Gods built, and released a message for Caesar to search for it.

  Caesar thought that as long as he got the magic pen and had the opportunity to have unlimited wishes, even the gods could not trap him, so he led the army to go there. Unfortunately, he didn't know that a miracle magic lamp was needed to open the entrance of the lighthouse. After Caesar entered the realm of the lamp god, I sealed the entrance with a magic lamp and sealed it inside..."]

【"However, the seal of the divine realm cannot last forever." The troubadour picked up the oil lamp in his hand, shook his head and said: "The maintenance of the lighthouse consumes lamp oil every day, and when the lamp oil in the magic lamp is exhausted, the gate of the lighthouse will open automatically At that time, Caesar will enter the tower to find the magic pen, regain the ability to make wishes, and lead his army of millions of undead to reappear in the world!]

【"We need to stop Caesar before the lamp oil runs out! And this requires the strength of the two of you! Only you, as the heir, can get the magic pen to destroy Caesar's army of millions. At the same time, only Evans' Only the guardian of the desert can really kill Caesar!" The troubadour said to you and Evans with a serious look at the end. 】

   Mu You hurriedly clicked on 'Desert Guardian' and took a look.

  【Guardian of the Desert: Goddess of the Desert's artifact dagger, when the blade stabs the heart of those who seriously endanger the desert, it will deprive them of all their strength and immediately turn them into a scarab. 】

  It is another divine weapon, and it is also a causal weapon comparable to the 'eclipse scepter'...

   Evans actually has this kind of weapon. No wonder the lamp **** said that only he can completely kill Caesar and seriously endanger the people in the desert. Caesar obviously meets the conditions.

   When he came back to his senses, Mu You frowned after reading the experience of the lamp god.

   After thinking about it, he entered it in the game.

  【You ask the troubadour, since you need to work together to deal with Caesar, why don't you just ask you to explain it, but let you fight each other? 】

  【"Because, I need to confirm whether you have the power to pass through the lighthouse and get the magic pen!" The troubadour looked at you and said. 】

  【At the same time, more importantly, I need to confirm that you are not Caesar's lackey, and whether you have the determination to kill him." The troubadour looked at Evans and said. 】

  【Evans looked at the bard in disbelief: "How could I be Caesar's lackey? He is a sinner in the desert, an enemy I would rather die than destroy!"]

  【"I gave you a chance, but your heart softened." The bard said calmly. 】

  【"So it was you at that time..." Evans looked at the troubadour even more surprised, momentarily ashamed. 】

  (end of this chapter)

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