hooklinebooks Chapter 34 Was being captured actually an elf's scheme?
Chapter 34 Was being captured actually an elf's scheme?
Terra walked over and right-clicked to untie the ropes binding the guide.
"What were you doing just now, Director?" A question mark bubble appeared above Terra's head.
He discovered that the guide's blood volume was not healthy.
Andrea 2 fell from the ceiling, and the duck sat on the ground, looking up at Terra with a blurry vision.
"Terra, did you know I was here all along?"
Terra said, "I can always see your avatar on the minimap."
Andrea 2 was somewhat surprised. She put on her clothes and calmed herself down.
She suddenly remembered spending the night in the house in the forest of Terra a long time ago.
When she told Terra that she didn't need help, Terra told her, "I will do everything I can to help you complete your side quest, no matter what."
Andrea 2 now finally understands that what Terra said wasn't just something she said offhand.
"So Terra, you already knew about what was going on here, and that's why you came to help me, right?"
Terra looked up with a question mark: "Director, I didn't understand what you said."
Was Terra pretending he just happened to be there to protect my pride? Andrea 2 tilted her head and smiled at Terra, "It's nothing."
Not helping me is like skipping over life or something, Terra, you're so kind.
Terra thought for a moment but still didn't understand what her guide mother was saying, so she simply started rummaging through the collections and treasure chests in the basement.
In one of the display cases, he saw a strange white stone sculpture that looked like the upper body of a human. The sculpture's chest cavity was completely open, revealing a red crystal shaped like a heart inside.
Terra dug the statue out through the glass and discovered it was actually a life crystal.
"The texture of the Life Crystal has been changed in the new version."
Terra picked up the mineralized heart, and with a crisp clink, the heart shattered in Terra's hand, scattering fragments all over the ground.
Terra now has a maximum of 120 HP.
In the display case next to it, there was a small laurel wreath inlaid with rubies. Terra stared at the golden wreath, and the more she looked at it, the more familiar it seemed.
He opened the dialog box for Guide Andrea 2 and clicked on the crafting list to search.
It was discovered that this crown was actually one of the materials used to synthesize the Slime King summon.
"What are you doing!"
Terra suddenly heard a sound behind her, and a gold coin hit her on the head, causing her to bleed a drop.
It is an enemy monster that looks like an old woman.
"Get your hand off my collection!" The old man, trembling, tossed another gold coin at Terra.
Terra was surprised to find an enemy with such low damage, so she walked up to the old man.
Looking up at the other person's empty, square eyes, the old man's tears and snot flowed together, dripping down his chin and onto the ground.
In vain, he used the stones and gold coins in his hand to smash the blocky man he could not possibly defeat.
Terra saw that this enemy monster could throw coins, so she wanted to test if she could use it to farm money. However, after throwing 20 coins, the old man enemy monster stopped throwing them.
Terra raised her staff and burned the old man to death. He didn't even have time to utter a word before turning to ashes. No loot dropped.
At this moment, Mana, Nora, and Ragon, along with their group, entered the basement under the guidance of Balin.
The other adventurers went to find the information broker.
Upon seeing the artifacts in the basement, the group realized that the trading house was actually engaged in the illegal trade of cultural relics.
Then, they watched helplessly as Terra dug all the exhibits away with a pickaxe.
Although many of them were just trendy little junk items, at least she ate a Life Crystal and got a Golden Crown. A smiley bubble appeared above Terra's head, and she then took out a piggy bank from her backpack and placed it on the ground.
Everyone saw Terra release a trembling little white pig.
Then, Terra kept stuffing the artifacts and spoils she had just acquired into the pig's mouth. The pig, with tears in its eyes, kept making whimpering noises.
Seeing the shocked expressions on the faces of those around her, Mana, who had witnessed this scene before in the village, sighed and rubbed her forehead: "I knew it would turn out like this."
Lagon1 pointed at the little white pig Wenmana1: "This pig is so amazing? Which village has such skills? Who raises it? Take me to see it, I want to buy one too."
Mana1 imagined what it would be like for Ragon1 to ride around on a pig.
"No, I, Mana, would rather starve to death than go back to that village! Besides, that pig was just an ordinary pig; it was living a leisurely life before."
"If pigs can really hold that much stuff, then what's the point of warehouses? We can just keep dozens of pigs in every warehouse and put a stamp on each one to show what's inside."
"Pfft~ What a hilarious scene." Nora 1 covered her mouth and laughed, then she noticed Andrea 2 in the corner.
Nora 1 was surprised to see another one of her saviors here: "Miss Andrea 2? What are you doing here? What happened to you?"
When Mana 1 saw the wounds on Andrea 2's body and the ropes on the ground, she quickly went over to help her up.
"It's nothing, just pretend you didn't see anything."
"How can that be? You're all injured like this!" Nora took out some healing herbs and applied them to the elf's body.
Mana1 glanced at Terra, then at Andrea2, recalling the events of the past few days, and then at Balin1, who dared not look her in the eye.
After a brief moment of thought, it dawned on her: "Oh! So all of this was within Miss Andrea's expectations?"
Andrea 2: "Huh?"
Mana 1: "Can I explain this to them?"
Andrea 2: "Huh? Ah... um... okay."
Mana turned to Ragon 1 and Nora 1: "Ahem, Miss Andrea 2 must have known all along that this antique dealer was suspicious, so she used her own body as bait to lure us adventurers into besieging the trading post."
"Moreover, Miss Elf had already contacted Balin 1 to act as an inside agent, and at the same time used us adventurers to deplete the enemy's combat power."
"Let her Terra, whom she has already contacted, carry out the raid."
Hearing Mana's explanation, Nora felt a deep respect: "Miss Andrea 2, you had foreseen all this?"
Lagon1, recalling that Balin1 had indeed initially been traveling with the elves, nodded repeatedly: "So that's how it is! No wonder they're elves, they're amazing!"
Mana 1 proudly rubbed her nose and asked Terra, "Terra, did you already know Andrea was here?"
Terra, busy digging for artifacts, took a moment to reply: "I can always see the guide's image on the map, always inside the trading post."
Terra1's words confirmed Mana1's deduction, and those around them exclaimed once again, "Truly worthy of being called an elf!"
Andrea was completely confused.
What are you guys even talking about?!
She thought to herself that she had only come to steal cultural relics and had been caught...
But seeing everyone clapping and looking at her with admiration, Andrea 2 still forced herself to say, "Yes...yes, these were all my schemes, hahaha...right, Terra?"
After all, getting caught stealing is always embarrassing.
Mana1 looked at Balin1, bowed and apologized: "I'm sorry, Balin1, I misunderstood you just now, thinking you were doing something shady. Please forgive me."
"Yes, I forgive you." Balin 1 pretended to be completely unfazed. He needed to quickly rehearse his story with Tie Mei when he got back, so as not to give himself away.
Terra overheard the NPCs' conversation and exclamation mark bubbles appeared above her head: "So that's what this part of the story means! No wonder you suddenly said we had to act on our own, Guide. You're such a great guide! What an interesting side quest!"
Andrea dug her toes into the ground, screaming inwardly, "Stop praising me! My brain is about to explode!"
Then she noticed that Terra was staring at her feet.
Terra: "Director Mom's feet are still the prettiest."
"Don't look!"
Andrea 2 then realized that Mana 1 probably already guessed what was going on. All that talk was probably just her way of saving face.
Mana1, this human, is a good person.