Is this really just an RPG? !

The back of Yvette City is adjacent to the sea.

After all, for this commercial city, the wharf is also a part of the city, and its main function is commercial transportation and traffic transfer station.

Although the North Sea is relatively cold, it is rich in seafood resources. The most famous one is "Airte fish", a fish that is half the size of a human being when it grows up. The meat is delicious, and the bones will dissolve under high temperature. As long as it is frozen, it will enter a dormant state, and its meat quality will not deteriorate even after long-distance transportation.

With such fish resources, coupled with the sea transportation of Yvette City, the export of aquatic products occupies a large share of the total export.

but!

This does not mean that fishing boats can berth at docks within the city.

On the one hand, the policy does not agree with this kind of behavior, and on the other hand, the high docking fee is not affordable for ordinary residents.

There is also a small and crude pier on the coastline outside the city, which is used by these fishermen. In the past, many people would be seen here, and even residents of Yvette City came here to buy fish. This would be a little cheaper, and you could choose some better ones in advance.

Today I saw only empty docks.

There were several fishing boats moored at the pier, but there were no people inside.

Even walking into the lobby, the dock manager was nowhere to be seen.

"Maybe they all went to evacuate? After all, a creature like a murloc is easy to deal with, but they usually move in groups, let alone at the seaside."

"Look in the pier first, maybe you can find someone?"

I held the attitude of giving it a try, but my train of thought suddenly became knotted.

The word "let's give it a try" seems to have been mentioned to me? Or the half-truth and half-joke tone?

"Owner?"

"No, I just thought of something, it's not very important." I shook my head and looked around the whole pier, "Well, I'll check the left side, Qiuqiu, check the right side, and if you find anything, please let me know at any time, after all, you are better than It's much more convenient for me."

It's okay to investigate the pier alone, but considering Qiuqiu's own invisible body, it's good to use it a little bit.

And I always feel that staying with Qiuqiu all the time will divert attention due to various situations.

For example, complaining.

There are also complaints.

More likely to be a joke.

It's very important, so I've emphasized it a little bit three times.

"That's it, no problem! Leave it to Qiuqiu!"

Qiuqiu patted his chest and flew to the right.

When I couldn't see Qiuqiu, I turned my gaze away and looked around the hall again. The screen on the left always reminds me clearly what to do.

"Sub-quest [you can't beep even if it's quiet~ oh]

Mission information: The small pier seems a little too quiet, but even if it is so quiet, you can’t do some messy things, who knows if something will suddenly appear, after all, being scared when you [beep] will last your whole life. beep] can’t get up.

Task requirements: 1. Investigate the entire dock (not completed)"

…………

Not to mention anything else, the guy who came up with such a mission must have a brain circuit problem.

What happened to that bunch of weird-looking [beeps]!

"All in all, let's start with this room."

This is the reception hall of the wharf. It is usually used for resting, entrusting, and obtaining information. There are public tables and chairs on the left and right sides; the front is the reception desk, and there is an entrance next to the reception desk, which is blocked by a wooden pole. Go in and pass through The back door should be the interior of the pier; information about the recent renovation of the pier can be seen on the wall, and bottles are scattered on the table, many of which are wine bottles, although they are low-strength ones.

Looks like someone was here not too long ago.

But what are the doors on the left and right?

Although I asked Qiuqiu to investigate the right side, but I don't know what's on the right side, anyway, I have to look again later.

Push open the door on the left, and a corridor appears. Through the window on the right, you can see the inside of the pier. There is a door at the end of the corridor, and you should be able to reach the inside of the pier from here. There are several doors on the left side of the corridor, which seem to be the rest and office rooms of the staff, but they are all locked, and I have no plan to go in—even though I have the [lockpicking] skill, I still need to investigate the places where I can go Let's talk.

The floor of the hallway had obviously left very strange marks.

As far as the taste is concerned, it should be sea water, and it has a fishy smell of seafood?

But Yvette City's specialty Alt fish is a kind of fish without fishy smell!

Could it be other seafood?

Follow the traces all the way to the end of the corridor, it seems to come from the inside of the pier. It would be understandable, if someone caught some kind of fish, brought it back, and left these marks in the hallway.

But this can't explain the freshness of the traces, the water just dripped on it, and even the message "leaved not long ago" was marked on the screen. If it was a fisherman's trail, I should have met someone with a big bag like this.

However, after leaving Yvette City, I didn't meet anyone on the entire avenue.

There should be a big deviation between my guess and the truth.

"Crackling..."

Unfortunately, the door in front of you is locked and requires a key to open it.

The reception in the lobby should be able to get the key, but it is always troublesome to go back and get it.

So I decided to activate the skill [Unlock].

However nothing happened and a minute later, I heard a voice.

"Ding dong! Unable to activate the skill, please find the key to open this door."

"........."

I hate this RPG game, it's too rigid, can't it be more flexible?

Reluctantly, I tried pressing the skill again, but this time there was no notification sound, and the window on the left directly prompted "Hurry up and find the key, don't follow the rules", and the skill [Unlock] was also dimmed. Annotate "The current scene is unavailable".

Again, I hate this RPG game.

Would love to try bombing the door with a magic scroll, but it will probably give the message "this unit is invulnerable". Originally, there were not many magic scrolls in the backpack, and I didn't want to experiment. God knows if I need to fight some strange guys in the end.

Back in the lobby, I didn't see Qiuqiu, probably because I haven't finished my investigation yet.

"Well, the key key...is supposed to be in the drawer at the reception desk?"

Slipping in from the counter, I started rummaging in the drawer for the key. Fortunately, the cabinet here is not locked, otherwise I would probably have to find the key to the cabinet-if I dare to release the scroll against the cabinet, it is very likely that it will be blown up with the key.

"Key key key, huh? It should be this one!"

When I turned to the bottom drawer, I found an iron key with a little rust on it, which was enough to show that the key had existed for a certain period of time. But there's only this one key, and I'm not sure if it's the key to the door at the end of the corridor, so try the locked door in the hall instead.

It really wasn't this door.

Having said that, Qiuqiu's speed is too slow...

Could something be wrong?

As an elf that ordinary people can't see, coupled with the "endless library" bug-level plug-in, it should be easier for her to investigate than me. She couldn't get in unless the doors in the corridor were locked.

—Because some hard-headed guy will try to knock on the door, even if it doesn't work at all.

Anyway, Qiuqiu will not die, even if he encounters unknown AOE and dies, he will be reborn by my side immediately. Besides, Qiuqiu is not without the ability to protect herself - even if she is an elf with little use other than contacting the library, she still knows a little bit of magic.

Of course, I haven't seen her use it until now, I just heard about it.

Going back to the end of the corridor, I inserted the key in my hand. It seemed that it was too rusty, and I turned it a few times before I heard the "click" sound of unlocking the lock. I pulled out the key and put it in my backpack. I couldn't help but exhale. I was a little worried that I would be prompted "the door cannot be opened due to insufficient strength".

Open the door and you will see the inside of the pier.

The traces of water on the ground spread all the way to a fishing boat.

It was a very ordinary fishing boat, nothing special, the water trail didn't disappear until the cabin.

The fishing boat does not look too big. There are two rooms and a warehouse: one is the cockpit and the other is the lounge. The warehouse is directly below the lounge. It is not very big, but with the temperature inside, It should be some kind of cold-keeping magic circle set up.

A very simple magic circle, you only need to go to the Anthony Association to buy a scroll, follow the instructions, and you can set it up. After that, you can regularly buy some low-level magic core fragments that don’t cost too much money to recharge the magic circle. It can ensure that the magic circle continues to work.

Occasionally there are minor glitches, so pay attention to the warranty.

Since the cab door was not locked, I decided to check inside first. In the center of the room is a wooden rudder, and on the back wall is a very large chart, marking several sea lanes, which should be the ship's frequent sailing route. There is a row of tables in the front window, and there are several wine bottles and a chess set on the table.

Of course, I only know that this is a set of chess, not what kind of chess it is.

Among them, a chess piece similar in shape to the "knight" was poked with three holes.

"The damaged chess piece, the weapon may be a small harpoon."

This is the prompt given on the left screen.

It's not surprising that harpoons appear on fishing boats, but I don't think the owner of this boat would take it easy to destroy his recreational equipment with harpoons. And this harpoon is too small, the distance between the three holes is no more than half of my thumb.

…………

Maybe three fishbones?

…………

Wait a minute, let's not talk about fishbone.

Why did my first reaction be "salted fishbone"?

Salted fish stab?

I always think of some weird things, which seem to be things I knew before I came to this world.

Almost got used to this feeling.

After all, evil is everywhere in the world.

—Probably in some lifetime, Lindsay and I were feuding.

Exiting from the cockpit, I turned around to enter the lounge. However, the lounge was locked, and like the previous door, I was clearly told that "a key must be used to open it." I could only take out a scroll from my backpack with some regret.

"Roaring Blaze [flame roar]!"

The jet of flame hit the door panel and was bounced off, and the scattered sparks were quickly extinguished without destroying anything.

Sure enough, it was an "invincible" judgment, even this ship.

It looks like I won't be able to do any damage to this ship until the mission is over.

In case a monster appears, no matter how much I fight, I don’t have to worry about being pursued for compensation afterwards?

How much is a good thing.

With that in mind, I walked to the back warehouse.

"【Lighting Technique】!"

The small ball of light generated in my hand floated up, barely illuminating my surroundings. The warehouse seemed empty, only a lot of water stains remained on the floor, and the smell was similar to the water stains in the corridor. The person who left this trace should be the same guy.

The other party is hiding in this cabin?

Or did the other party come out of this cabin and then leave the dock?

It seems possible.

Unable to come up with a suitable answer, I could only search cautiously.

Until a very strange creature appeared in front of me.

"Wulawulawula!"

It's a fish... No, to be precise, it's a murloc, with the head and body of a fish, and human limbs, holding a harpoon about the size of a toy in its left hand, and a fish similar in size to itself in its right hand .

"Wulawulawula!"

The murloc opened its mouth, looked up at the sky and rolled its eyes.

It seems that his race is like salted fish... But there should be no salted fishmen in the murlocs, right?

"Salted fish!"

The murloc suddenly yelled in a language I could understand, and then threw the fish he was holding towards my face.

That kind of cold touch, but also with a strange fishy smell.

"Slap!"

The fish right in the middle of my face just fell to the ground.

My face was photographed to the right due to inertia.

It happened so suddenly that I didn't realize what was going on for a while.

“Salted Fish Shock Wulawulawula!”

The murloc yelled with a strange smile, as if it had defeated me.

Stretching out his hand to rub his right cheek, he lowered his head to look at the dead fish on the floor that had no life reaction at all.

I dug out a scroll from my backpack.

"Pyroblast [Explosive Flame Impact]!"

The flames generated by the magic were compressed into a column and ejected, igniting the murloc, changing from a "murloc" to a "fiery and screaming murloc". As the scroll shattered and the flame dissipated, I smelled a burnt aroma.

It's a pity that I was full before coming to the pier, and it's not time for lunch now, so I don't really want to eat for the time being.

After throwing the scroll, I realized that it is a bit dangerous to release the fire scroll at will in such an environment, but in fact I was not affected in any way.

——It is no longer possible to evaluate whether the logic of this world is reasonable.

I stepped forward and bent down to pick up the key that fell next to the dark block of unknown substance, and I left the warehouse directly.

As soon as I came out, I ran into Qiuqiu who was looking for me.

"Master, I finally found you!"

"The investigation is over?"

"It's over, there's nothing strange... Eh? Why does it smell very fragrant? It's a bit like grilled fish, but it seems to be overcooked."

"...No. Nothing, I just went down to get the key, please help me find out where the key is."

He raised the silver key in his hand to Qiuqiu to divert her attention.

"It should be the key to a certain place on this fishing boat! But it may also be the key to a room on the pier?"

I didn't pay too much attention to what Qiuqiu said, but glanced at the cabin.

Although I couldn't see the poor guy inside, I could smell that smell just like Qiuqiu.

Suddenly I feel a little hungry. Do you want to chase Qiuqiu away and go back to have a taste... I heard that the meat quality of the murloc is better than that of ordinary fish, let alone a salted murloc?