Upon hearing Claude's words, the players' expressions turned cold.
In a desolate, forbidden area, they encountered a powerful and strange-looking humanoid creature, who invited them to participate in a potentially deadly ga.
This situation seed suspicious no matter how they looked at it.
The players exchanged silent glances. With their combined strength, they were unafraid of threats of any kind, as they could handle blades and endure fire with ease.
Hoenhem stepped forward half a step, smiled, and said, "How about this, Mr. Claude, you point us to the path directly, and we can provide food supplies, gold, jewels, or other items..."
"Ha? Are you out of your mind?"
The three-ard monster sneered, "Do you think gold and jewels have any use in this primitive forest?
Don't tarnish this land with the rcenary thinking of the outside world.
Either start the ga with , or leave at once, don't waste my ti."
Hoenhem maintained his smile, unfazed by the insult—in many script missions, quirky characters have their own logic,
just like NPCs in video gas, capable of focusing on just one thing.
As a top-tier player, he was used to it, remained calm, and pondered how to minimize risk and maximize benefit instead of getting angry.
"Alright, we don't mind playing the ga,"
Hoenhem exchanged a glance with his companions and turned to Claude, "But before we start, we want to know the rules of the ga and the content of the rewards."
This script mission dropped them at the forest's edge, and not far in, they encountered an NPC, which triggered the storyline.
According to past strategy experiences, lenient mission ti limits often indicate multiple ways to clear the level, and clearly, this NPC is a step in the strategy process, potentially a crucial one.
The players present were both intelligent and strong, with their various basic attributes and an array of equipnt and skills, they were well-prepared to tackle any challenge, having a high success rate no matter the conventional ga mode.
Even if they lost...
If push cos to shove, they could always draw their weapons and deliver justice by overpowering the opponent, capturing and interrogating them to acquire the passage-required information and items.
Players aren't exactly good Samaritans bound by morals and the Spirit of Contract; when profit is at hand, they can help an old lady cross the road, return a lost wallet, or transform into a butcher, slaughtering wantonly just for a ager ga point.
'Good-natured folks like
are becoming rarer and rarer.'
Li Ang glanced at his companions, who remained silent while letting Hoenhem act as the negotiation representative, and imdiately guessed their intentions. He sighed inwardly, crossed his arms, and waited to see Hoenhem's performance.
"I can tell you about the rewards, after all, it's only fair."
To their surprise, Claude was quite agreeable this ti. He waved around the three pouches in his hand. "In addition to telling you the way to the Sacred Mountain, I will present you with these three bags in my hand.
I've wandered this forest for a long ti, having seen many outsiders like you co to the Sacred Mountain for pilgrimage, and I know the various dangerous situations you may encounter when climbing the Sacred Mountain.
These three bags, each containing a treasure, can be opened at the appropriate ti to help you solve the difficulties you face."
What was this, a divine strategy of Zhuge Liang?
Could it be you are the wise Zhuge Liang?
Hoenhem ridiculed silently in his heart, showing no expression, just nodding, "And the ga content?"
"It's quite simple."
Claude grinned, raised the slender arm on his chest, and pulled out a blood-stained copper coin from folds under his chin, "I will toss this coin. You and I guess heads or tails."
"Guess heads or tails?"
Hoenhem frowned, "That's it?"
"The specific rules are a bit more complex, but not really,"
Claude chuckled sinisterly, "If you agree, we can start now..."
Before finishing his sentence, he clapped the palms of his other arms together heavily in front of him.
Boom!
The ground beneath the two of them suddenly rose, with dry leaves and branches flying around, as the two were lifted by a cylindrical earth platform, rising to mid-air alongside the tree crowns.
Hoenhem frowned, surveying the surroundings. The earth platform had a diater of three ters, just right for the two to stand facing each other,
and coincidentally, the distance to the ground was the height they had previously tested, almost triggering a Thunderbolt.
"This ga is between you and ; your teammates can't participate."
Claude waved his middle arm, and the cylindrical earth platform automatically extended nurous densely packed spikes, blocking the Kui Ox cha attempting to climb up.
"..."
Hoenhem glanced downward; the situation below remained unchanged,
the wild boar, previously killed by Claude, lay in front of the stone pillar.
The Kui Ox cha and David, who had landed, stood behind the stone pillar, looking up at Hoenhem, seemingly shouting sothing, likely asking about his situation.
The stone platform Claude raised was influenced by so unknown force, making Hoenhem feel separated by a thick layer of glass, unable to clearly observe the external situation.
However, supernatural forces were unaffected...
He sensed the mana within his body, the Book of Sand in his palm automatically cycling through several high-power spells, mana condensed and ready to attack at any mont.
Hoenhem thought for less than a second and made up his mind, casually casting a spell to amplify his voice, shouting to his companions below, "I'm fine."
David and others standing below seed to hear his voice, nodded, and took more than ten steps back, distancing themselves from the stone platform, maintaining a position ready to ascend and co to his aid at any mont.
"Are you ready?"
Claude smiled as he looked at Hoenhem turning his head, and said slowly, "Now, let
explain the specific rules.
You and I each choose a sequence of three consecutive coin tosses, such as heads-heads-heads, heads-tails-heads, heads-heads-tails.
I will keep tossing the coin until a sequence matches one of our choices; depending on the result, it's either you win or I win, then we toss again until a best-of-five is achieved. Fair, reasonable.
Now, let us begin."
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