Crack, crackle——

In the fireplace in the restaurant, the fiery red fire is burning brightly, adding a bit of light to the uncertain restaurant.

At the dining table made of ancient oak, Gu Xiaoheng kept observing everything in the restaurant, eager to get any clues about the truth about the curse of the owner of Monster Manor.

As for Maeve, she also tried to help him search for a while and soon lost her patience. Instead, she leaned her white back and neck on the velvet-filled chair and began to drink tea calmly, closing her eyes to rest and prepare for the next step.

Prepare for possible battles.

As a pure holy light creature, Seraph Maeve can stay awake for a month or two. In order to ensure that this trip is foolproof, she has already prepared to stay up all night tonight and maintain a vigilant posture until dawn.

Prepare.

As for Geralt, he has become the calmest one among the three. At this moment, he is enjoying the strong tea in the pale white teacup and flipping through the letter he took out of his arms at an unknown time!

"Wait a minute, why do I smell lilac and gooseberry on this candle?" Gu Xiaoheng held the candlestick on the dining table and smelled it again and again with doubt.

Since the system mission description mentioned "Please be careful, there is a deadly hunter hidden behind the candlelight in the house!", he has focused most of his attention on all the candles in the manor and tried to find some clues from them.

.But unfortunately, he has found nothing so far.

Crash--

Geralt chuckled in the direction of Gu Xiaoheng, shook the letter in his hand, and then said: "What you smell is not the smell of candles, that smell is a letter from me."

Lilacs and gooseberries? Wait... Just tell me why this smell is so noticeable! Could the person who wrote to Geralt be...?

Noticing Gu Xiaoheng's thoughtful look, Geralt, who didn't want him to guess blindly, also took the initiative to announce the answer.

"Yennefer, the person who sent me the letter is Yennefer from Vengerberg. Just wait, you will see her in person one day. This winter, she will also go to Cayenne at the invitation of Vesemir.

Ermohan Castle. When the time comes, I would also like to ask her to help check the warlock books to see if there is any precedent in history for a witcher who passed the Trial of Grass as quickly as you!"

"Oh, thank you very much, Geralt."

Seeing the happy look on Geralt's lips slightly raised when he read the letter, Gu Xiaoheng shook his head and understood something.

Thinking about it, I think Geralt should have become friends with Yennefer, the legendary sorceress, in this time line, and maybe they are in the honeymoon period of the close relationship. I just don’t know if Geralt is the same as in the original history.

What about Ciri, who met the future Queen of the Kingdom of Sintra early due to two accidents and was nicknamed "daughter" by many players who regard themselves as old fathers?

After struggling for a moment, Gu Xiaoheng finally didn't ask. The blood-red mission "True Blood" hanging high on the taskbar lingered in his mind like a gangrene in his bones, leaving him no time to think about anything else.

With this feeling of worry, Gu Xiaoheng finally left the restaurant with Maeve and Geralt, who had drank enough tea, and came to the door of the room assigned to them by the owner of Monster Manor, Nevillen.

Since everyone's rooms are connected to each other through corridors, if you want to visit or gather together, you only need to open the door. Geralt's expression seems to be quite calm.

"Don't sleep too deeply at night, everyone listen carefully. Eternal, Maeve, if you two have anything to do, just shout. I will stay in a meditative state tonight, and I will come right away if you make any sound!

"

"No problem, Geralt. Then, good night everyone!"

....

Even lying on the soft silk bed, Gu Xiaoheng still kept his eyes wide open.

He holds Frostmourne in his right hand, and in his left hand he holds the Witcher Badge of the Wolf School, which can detect any magical creature approaching and vibrate to alert him.

Just like the restaurant, he checked the candlesticks placed on the bedside table as soon as he entered the room.

Unfortunately, nothing was found this time. The candles on the candlestick looked normal whether they were up, down, left, or even pulled out and looked at the bottom.

"Whew--" There was no other sound in the corridor except the wind blowing against the blinds in the snow storm, and it was eerily quiet.

At this tense moment, Gu Xiaoheng couldn't help but feel grateful that he had spent a lot of money to buy a game warehouse in real life, just like countless times when he had to stay vigil in the game in his previous life.

After all, with the blessing of the unique life support system of the real game warehouse, he can fight in the game for weeks or even 2 to 3 months without hunger or sleepiness...

click

A strange and sudden soft sound suddenly appeared in front of Gu Xiaoheng's door.

Almost at the same time, the Demon Hunter badge Gu Xiaoheng held tightly in his left hand trembled and vibrated softly.

Squeak - the door made of heavy elm wood, with its latch already fastened, strangely automatically flipped up and finally returned to its undefended state.

The door finally opened...

Gu Xiaoheng, who was already ready to fight on the bed, naturally would not sit still and wait for death.

The moment the door crack opened, he flipped out of the bed like a carp and stabbed the enemy outside the door with Frostmourne, which was exuding deadly coldness.

While thrusting forward, he also roared, trying to attract Geralt and Maeve on both sides to come to the rescue.

"I knew there was something wrong with you, why don't you die, Nevillen...? Damn it, why is it you!!"

Due to the wide height of the room, Gu Xiaoheng, who jumped into the air with his sword and made a slashing motion, used Frostmourne's own ice-blue glow to illuminate the face of the incoming enemy.

Navellen's big, beastly face as expected did not appear, but what actually stuck out from the crack in the door was a pair of bloodless and delicate faces of a girl.

There was a crisp clang sound, and a pair of bloodless white, girl-like young hands stood in front of Frostmourne's sword. A casual block blocked Gu Xiaoheng's slashing attack.

In front of the owner of the hand, even Frostmourne, which had its own terrifying undead erosion, lost its former majesty.

"I didn't notice it in the forest before, but you turned out to be an undead!"

Listening to Geralt and Maeve, who lived next door, rushing towards their room, Gu Xiaoheng took advantage of the girl in front of him not paying attention and immediately jumped back to the corner of the room.

Even though he recognized that the girl with blood dripping from the corner of her mouth in front of him was the strange girl who had "teased" him by the forest before, Gu Xiaoheng's eyes still flashed with danger and anxiety.

The girl in front of him, oh no, she should be called an undead monster. Her fighting power is beyond what a level 5 swordsman like him can stop!

Looking at the countdown to the survival mission of "Stand and Wait for Rescue" that was activated the moment the undead monster girl entered the door in the upper right corner, Gu Xiaoheng felt like crying.

[Ding! You have activated the first phase of the special scenario mission "True Blood" - Stand and Wait for Assistance]

[Stick and wait for help] Limited time survival mission

Content description: You are attacked by a magical monster that looks like the girl you met in the forest before. Please ensure your survival before reinforcements Geralt arrives!

The cunning monster in front of you has set up insidious blood traps in the corridors and walls. Geralt and your companions need to break or avoid the traps before they can support you.

Countdown to the time when reinforcements Geralt arrives: 15 seconds

[Tip: The monster in front of you is having a feast of blood. It is currently level 35, a rare level BOSS]

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15 seconds, I need to survive at least 15 seconds in the hands of the monster with level 35 rare qualifications in front of me!

The problem is that the defensive depth in the room is not enough for him to dodge?

With his small and fragile body as a level 5 swordsman, against a BOSS that looks ruthless at first glance, he might not be able to clear his health bar with just one move!

"Wori, you are conducting a sneak attack!"

Before Gu Xiaoheng could clear his mind of the lightning-like thoughts, the girl-like monster in front of him launched an insidious sneak attack at him.

Glittering with a dangerous cold light, every blow seemed to be able to cut off fine iron-like sharp claws, stabbing at Gu Xiaoheng's heart.

Although he had been mentally prepared, when he faced the blow head-on, Gu Xiaoheng still swallowed his saliva nervously.

Darling, with this strength and this move, the BOSS opposite is really ready to kill him at the weakness of his human body!

Just when the monster's sharp claws were about to hit Gu Xiaoheng's heart, Gu Xiaoheng, who seemed to be frightened in the eyes of the monster, finally moved.

Relying on his super high agility of 25 points, Gu Xiaoheng, who knew that strength was not his strong point, changed his previous grip and held Frostmourne, surrounded by frost blue light, in front of his chest, letting the extremely strong sword body

Act as a shield on the front line against the monster's claws.

Bang! The sharp claws struck with an almost air-piercing momentum, and finally hit Frostmourne's sword head-on.

The powerful force transmitted from the hilt of the sword also made Gu Xiaoheng's jaw go numb, so he had to use the counter-shock force to kick against the wall in a hurry to distance himself from the BOSS.

At this moment, an eye-catching "-95" damage value appeared above his head.

"Hiss, I guessed it right. With this damage, you are a BOSS unit with agility and physical skills!"

Taking another look at the countdown in the upper right corner, only 3 seconds have passed, and there are still 12 seconds left for Jello to arrive!

After gritting his teeth, Gu Xiaoheng finally made a decision - as the master of Frostmourne, it is reasonable to abandon him if you can't defeat him.

Summon the death march skill of the undead slime mobs gathered previously, activate it!

Accompanied by a whisper that was almost as thin as a whisper, the cold and dead frost began to spread in all directions following the slimes that emerged from the inner space of Frostmourne.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Xiaoheng followed the example of the Death Knight and used Frostmourne's unique skill "Death Coil" on himself.

The next moment the Death Coil skill was activated, a dazzling "+95" healing value appeared above his head.

With just this move, he regained his full health! Such a convenient and effective method of restoring blood, even vampires might not be able to absorb it...

"Demon hunter, get out of this manor and don't disturb Navellen and me."

Just after Gu Xiaoheng launched "Shadow of Death" and "Wrath of the Lich King" and other means of support, the girl-looking BOSS in front of him broke from his previous silent posture and spoke.

Her words seemed to be both a warning and a declaration of the hunter. Because the next second, she used a new attack method...

The corners of BOSS's mouth rose slightly, and the extent of her grin was far beyond the limit that normal humans could reach. In the end, her mouth, which was bleeding from the corners of her mouth, turned almost 180 degrees, and attacked Gu Xiaoheng like a nearly open piranha.

Her attack was so fast that even if Gu Xiaoheng reacted, he would not have any extra space to dodge.

Any slimes, bedside tables, and murals along the way that could stop the BOSS from attacking Gu Xiaoheng were all turned into flying crumbs in front of the BOSS's terrifying fangs and sharp mouth.

There was a crisp sound, and Gu Xiaoheng watched from a third-person perspective as the BOSS bit through his shoulders and head.

The moment his health, which was in his early 100s, was cleared, Gu Xiaoheng's whole body turned into a white light, which made the BOSS, who thought he could drink a feast of blood, quite embarrassed.

Listening to the angry roars of Geralt and Maeve coming from the corridor, it was confirmed that Gu Xiaoheng had indeed turned into white light. The monster BOSS stood there blankly, as if waiting for Geralt and the two of them to come to the door.

"Monster, what did you do to eternity?!" As the door was pushed open again, Geralt holding a cross silver rapier and Maeve, who was fully armed, rushed in.

With a sarcastic smile, the monster slowly said: "He was bitten to death by me, it's that simple."

Just when Geralt was angrily about to rush over with his sword and slash the monster with one blow, when he saw the scene behind the BOSS, his eyes widened in surprise, and his mouth was grinned so wide that it could fit into it.

egg.

A burst of bright holy light rose, and Gu Xiaoheng finally transformed into a prototype from a blur of holy light and returned with full health!

Facing the BOSS's surprised and embarrassed gaze, Gu Xiaoheng felt confident after seeing Geralt and Maeve arriving as the team's armed forces leader. He was seen gearing up and provoking the monster:
Chapter completed!