This Text Adventure Game is Absolutely Toxic

"The scales just now are a favor from me. Now you only need to give me nine more scales, and I will give you all ten of my favors. How about it?"]

　　【The bearded man looks forward to it, hoping you will continue to take out your scales. your choice…】

 Muyou of course refused.

This bearded man is quite shrewd. It is obvious that he still has scales on his body, but Mu You doesn't plan to take out too many. These scales are also very precious to him, not to mention that one can be exchanged for some favors, and he only has a few in total. , you can't get much in exchange for giving it all away. Only a fool can use such valuable things to collect a thousand points.

　　【You asked the bearded man if he knew a herbalist named "Sesia"? 】

 Sethia, the mother of Muro the Savage.

Fortunately, the savages were aware of the situation in the clan before coming, so they deliberately left a way out for him. Muro's mother is the best herbalist in the tribe. With this status, it shouldn't be too difficult to just take him to meet the clan leader. .

　　【"Herbalist? Sethia?" The bearded man frowned when he heard this. After thinking about it for a long time, he still shook his head: "There is no such person."】

　　""There is no one named Sethia in the tribe?" You are a little surprised, wondering if Muro misremembered his mother's name? 】

["It's not that there is no 'Sesia'. The ancestors' language skills were not strong, so they often picked up familiar names and used them when choosing names. Therefore, the people in the tribe turned over dozens of names, and Sesia was one It is a very common name for ancestors. There are not even a thousand people named Sethia in the tribe, but there are eight hundred. It is difficult to find someone by name alone."]

["As for herbalists, that is not something that ordinary people can be. There are currently only twelve herbalists in the entire tribe. I know each of them. There is no one named Sethia among them. I can be sure of this." The bearded man said with certainty. explain. 】

how come?

Mu You wondered, could it be that Muro's mother has passed away?

  【You informed the bearded man about Muro's deeds. 】

　　【"More than a thousand years ago..." The bearded man scratched his head and said with some embarrassment: "It's been too long. Who can still remember what happened at that time? They have already forgotten it..."]

Mu You sighed. Sure enough, he couldn't have too high expectations for the memory of the savages. If it were a human being, he would have forgotten all the things that happened more than a thousand years ago that had nothing to do with him, let alone the savages.

["But for your son's disappearance, you can look for it in the 'Stele Forest' at the west end of the tribe. Many disappearances of clan members that happened in the past will be recorded on the stone monuments." The bearded man pointed out a possible path for you. . Heading to the ‘Forest of Stone Steles’? 】

"yes."

This forest of stone tablets is probably similar to a kind of permanent memo. After all, most savages have the problem of forgetfulness. Some very important things are likely to be completely forgotten in a few days. Carving some important things on the stone, It is a convenient way for them to store information long term.

　　【Seeing you turning around and about to leave, Big Beard hurriedly persuaded you to stay: "Are you sure you don't need to exchange my favor? One scale can count as two favors for you! Otherwise, three will do..."]

"No need." You waved your hand and declined, and left the blacksmith shop firmly under the resentful look of the bearded man. 】

  【You have come to the ‘Forest of Stone Steles’. In the open space ahead, thousands of huge rectangular black crystals stand neatly, like giant tombstones, forming a forest of stone monuments. 】

　　　【You walk to the front of the forest of steles and find that every stone is full of words carved on it. 】

"In the year 1742 of the Asen calendar, Vega, the son of Eugenio, disappeared while on patrol and has not returned yet."]

"In the year 1742 of the Assenian calendar, Dasha, the daughter of Bacchus, disappeared outside the ring forest and has not returned yet."]

"In the year 1741 of the Aserian calendar, Lit, the son of Karel, disappeared outside the ring forest... He has not returned yet (underlined), and he returned in March 1742."]

 …

Mu You read several stone tablets throughout the article and found that they were almost all cases of missing children or family members of a certain family. Some of them have been recovered, while others have not yet been found.

These missing savages are basically in the same situation as Muro. They went to the fog outside the forest, and then suffered from amnesia and forgot the way back. In a hurry, they ran farther and farther in the fog, and finally lost their way completely. .

Those savages who were finally recovered were lucky. After wandering outside for a period of time with their heads covered, they accidentally bumped back into the ring forest, or were found by the outgoing search team, and then they could go home.

There are so many cases. There are thousands of stone tablets, each with hundreds of records. It is impossible to read them all. Fortunately, these stone tablets are arranged in strict chronological order for easy search.

Mu You directly found the stone tablet dating from 1,300 to 1,500 years ago.

The record density of this part is obviously much sparser than the previous one. Only a dozen stone tablets were used to record the events of two hundred years.

Mu You read through all these dozen stone tablets.

  Unfortunately, no records of Muro or Scythia were found among them.

 “Didn’t you register at the beginning...”

Not all disappearance cases will be engraved on stone tablets. Only when the family members take the initiative to report the case and it is confirmed by the official that it is not an error, will the incident be engraved on the stone tablet by specialized personnel.

There is no record of Muro’s disappearance here, which only shows that his mother did not report the case for him.

After reading the stone tablet, Mu You also had a headache.

There is no record on the stone tablet, and no herbalist named Sethia can be found. At this time, Muro's preparation for him was completely interrupted.

 “Do we really have to start from scratch to save favors?”

 Mu You frowned and hesitated for a moment, then decided to take on two tasks first to check the situation.

Muyou then controlled the character to wander around the savage tribe. When he encountered a savage, he would approach him and ask him if there was anything he needed to do.

"I want a favor... arm wrestling... I'll give it to you if I win..." A savage with thick upper limbs, who looked like a fitness enthusiast at first glance, heard your request and excitedly invited you to arm wrestling. Are you invited? 】

"no!"

 Mu You chose "No" without even thinking about it, joking, and arm wrestling with the barbarian. What he needed to worry about was not whether he could win, but how to prevent his arm from being broken by the other party.

[A savage with a bruised nose and face stopped you. He hesitated and gestured to you for a long time. You finally understood what he meant: another savage borrowed his money, but the other person forgot about the money he owed. When he went to collect a debt, the other party refused to acknowledge it and instead beat him up. 】

　　【So this savage hopes that you can get the money back on his behalf, you choose...】

"reject."

Mu Youxin said these were all ridiculous tasks. If you were afraid of being beaten for debt collection, then you should find someone to take the beating on your behalf, right?

 Fortunately, not all tasks are so weird, there are still some tasks that look normal.

[A savage woman stopped you and said that her husband wanted to participate in this year's moon festival ceremony and jump into the moon pool as a living sacrifice. She couldn't bear to lose her husband, but because she was clumsy in her speech, she didn't know how to persuade her. I hope you can persuade her on her behalf. To get her husband to change his mind. 】

 The Moon Festival Ceremony, also mentioned in Cummings's manual, is held once a year by the Savage Tribe and lasts for seven days each time.

During the Moon Festival, the 'Eye of the Moon' in the center of the Moon Lake will be open. The 'Eye of the Moon' here is actually a cave under the Moon Lake. It is said that the deepest part leading to the Moon Lake is the birthplace of the lake. According to legend If someone can enter the Eye of the Moon and come out alive, he can gain enlightenment from the Moon Butterfly and become a son of the Moon Festival.

 It’s just that no one has done it except the late king.

The Eye of the Moon is usually closed. Only during the days of the Moon Festival, it will be open for a quarter of an hour every night when the full moon rises. Moreover, once a living creature enters the Moon Lake, the Eye of the Moon will be closed in advance.

 So every year, a maximum of seven savages can jump into the Moon Lake as living sacrifices and accept the test of the Moon Lake. For ordinary savages, this is actually to die. However, the temptation to become the king of the ancestors is too great. Even though they know that they are going to die, a large number of young savages still rush to jump into the Moon Lake every year to prove themselves.

Mu You couldn't understand it. He would rather abandon his family to fight for that illusory fame. In his opinion, it was a completely meaningless sacrifice.

The reason why the barbarians allowed this trend to prevail is probably because after the death of the previous king, no new 'king' was born for too long, and they urgently needed a new son of Yueji to lead them.

The population of the Savage Tribe is not too large, but there are still tens of millions. Only seven young people are sacrificed every year in exchange for the opportunity for the son of Moon Festival to be born. From the perspective of the entire race, it is actually not a loss.

　　Mu You sympathized with this female savage, but he still did not accept this task.

He has experienced how stubborn the savages are many times, especially for such passionate young people. It is difficult to communicate with them, let alone persuade them to turn back.

Besides, even if he succeeds, the female savage can only give him a little favor, which is thankless and will simply not accept it.

 Muyou is looking for tasks that are easy to complete, can be completed quickly, and are highly remunerative.

 After sifting through it, he finally found one that looked pretty good.

[Marsin is a martial arts teacher at the Savage Training Camp, responsible for teaching the Savage children to fight, but recently he has a headache: In this year's training camp, a group of restless children came, and they always wanted to leave. Jie Lin went out to explore, but no matter how much he tried to persuade him, he couldn't make these naughty kids calm down. 】

[Marsin heard that you broke in from outside the forest. According to his experience, outsiders who can get here are usually the best in the outside world, so he hopes that you can help these children. Some lessons to make them aware of the cruelty of the outside world. 】

　　【Task: Fight against twenty-three savage children, and you will receive a favor token for each person you defeat. 】

【Whether to accept? 】

"yes."

This task is pretty good, not too difficult, and the reward is generous. The key is that it takes a short time. Even if each child takes two minutes, it will not take more than an hour to complete.

Mu You took it decisively. As for whether he could complete it, he didn't think much about it. After all, he came in a suit of armor. With Ava's assistance and Feng Qilin's four abilities at his side, he could still defeat a few small ones. Damn boy?

After one hour.

　　…You were thrown over the shoulder by a savage child and fell to the ground. You were dizzy and your life was reduced sharply. The savage child was unscathed. 】

  【You lost to the savage children again. 】

　　【Unfortunately, you have lost twenty-three games in a row and have not been able to receive rewards. 】

　　　【Twenty-three children gathered not far away, all looking at you with strange expressions. Then they looked back at Teacher Marcin, their eyes full of doubts: Is this the strong man from the outside world? So weak? 】

　　　Marcin covered his face, shook his head and sighed unbearably, as if he was regretting his decision. 】

　　【The battle with you has made these children more determined to venture outside the Ring Forest. 】

Mu You really didn’t expect the savages to be so aggressive even with children. At this moment, he saw that the text being despised by a group of children broke through the defense on the spot.

Damn it, you’re using your home field advantage to bully others, right? If you have the guts, go out and challenge one another. I'll pick a group of you one by one!

  【You left the training camp dejectedly under the sympathetic eyes of several children. 】

　　【Continue to look for other tasks? 】

"no."

 Muyou gave up decisively.

 After these few tasks, he has completely determined that it is too slow and difficult to save 1,000 favors from scratch. He does not have the time.

 Next, he planned to go to the edge of the sixth floor, find a place where no one was around, and try to see if he could use the Hidden Wind ability to sneak into the seventh floor. No one was there to guide him, so he had to find the clan leader himself.

　　…You have arrived at the edge of the sixth floor. 】

　　【At the entrance to the seventh floor ahead, a large number of savage guards lined up to patrol. The seventh floor is the core place of the savage tribe, and any unknown person is strictly prohibited from entering. 】

You hide in the wind, quietly bypass the entrance, and come to the deserted mountain forest on the side. 】

　　　【Until you are completely far away from the entrance and arrive deep in the jungle, you look around carefully to make sure there is no one nearby, and then you are ready to cross the border and enter the seventh floor. 】

 An arrow suddenly shot from behind, piercing deeply into a spar in front of you, and the tail end vibrated. 】

[You jumped up alertly, hurriedly hiding behind the nearby Jiemu, and carefully used your wind listener ability to look outside. Unfortunately, you couldn't find any trace of the archer—the arrow seemed to have been shot from a very far away place. Come. 】

 Mu You was surprised when he looked at the continuous text.

 What is the situation that makes the savages’ protection against the seventh floor so strong?

 He had tried his best to be careful, but he was still discovered...

 Another arrow shoots out, piercing deeply into a round crystal stone ten meters away from you, hitting the center of the crystal stone. 】

　　　…”

 Two consecutive arrows, both hitting the center of the spar, proved that this man must have extremely high archery skills.

Mu You has understood that the person who shot the arrow had no ill intentions towards him, otherwise the two arrows would have fallen on him.

At this moment, the other party was specifically shooting rocks, and the rocks were far away from him. It didn't seem like he was threatening him to leave... Could it be that he wanted to guide him somewhere?

 Mu You was not sure, but he still controlled the character and walked out. Facing an archer of this level, there was no difference between hiding or not.

　　【You walk up to the spar that was shot just now, and pull the arrow out of the stone. 】

　　【A new arrow flew immediately and shot into a rock twenty meters away to your right. 】

 Sure enough! The other party was using arrows to guide him, trying to lead him somewhere.

Mu You was a little surprised as to why the other party didn't show up directly and had to show him the way in such a troublesome way, but at this time he still followed the arrow.

　　【Whenever you find an arrow, the next arrow will fly immediately. 】

　　【You follow the arrow's guidance and move forward. After walking a few kilometers, you come to a wide open space. 】

On the depression in front, a giant ring tree stands straight, stretching toward the sky like a flock of chickens. And on the crown of this ring tree, it seems that a building similar to a prison has been built artificially. 】

　　【You noticed with your ability as a listener that the last arrow just now was shot from that prison. 】

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　…

Mu You had a strange look on his face. This place was almost ten thousand meters away from where he started. How could he still shoot arrows with such accuracy and power from such a distance? Who is in this prison? (End of chapter)