NOVPUBChapter 64: Chapter 67 Clown’s Missing Person Notice_1
Chapter 64 -67 Clown’s Missing Person Notice_1
“[The Clown looks at you in sheer horror, pulling out a bronze whistle. He attempts to blow it to summon a three-headed lioness.]”
“[What should you do?]”
“[1. Quickly enter the iron cage and slit the clown’s throat with the cutter’s sharp appendages at unimaginable speed.]”
“[2. Take advantage of the moment before the Clown blows the bronze whistle. Run away from the underground palace and flee as far as you can before the three-headed lioness is awakened.]”
“[3. Use ‘Stinky Feces Stone’ to knock the bronze whistle from the clown’s hand while threatening him that any noise would result in immediate death.]”
The game text keeps shaking, suggesting that the choices are time-limited.
Without hesitating, Lin Xun decides to choose the third option.
“[You throw the ‘Stinky Feces Stone’ and hit the bronze whistle in the Clown’s hand, causing it to fall to the ground.]”
“[You squeeze into the space between the bars of the cage, place your sharp appendage on the Clown’s terrified throat.]”
“[The sight of crimson murder is reflected in your eyes. If there is any trick from the Clown, you will kill him without hesitation.]”
“[The Clown trembles all over, begging for mercy repeatedly and hands over the bronze whistle that has fallen to the ground.]”
“[You acquired the ‘Bronze Whistle’ (Special Item)]”
Hmm? Could it be…?
Lin Xun conceived a possibility and opened the item inventory eagerly.
“[Bronze Whistle – Three-headed Fallen Lioness (Special Item): A delicate and exquisite whistle made of a special kind of bronze alloy. Adorned with a cute little three-headed lion cub, use it and you will summon ‘Three-headed Fallen Lioness’. The summoned creature not only can be used as a mount but also as a companion in battle. Blowing the whistle again will cancel the summon. If the creature dies, it will take 1 Soul Strength to reform and summon anew.]”
“[Only one summoned creature can exist at a time. If you have summoned another creature, and use this item, the ‘Three-headed Fallen Lioness’ will be summoned, and the previous summoned creature will be dismissed.]”
“[The item is currently sealed and can only be unsealed after completing the mission of the related storyline character.]”
Summon a three-headed lioness!
Lin Xun opens his eyes wide, feeling as if a pie has smacked him in the face from out of the sky.
A three-headed lioness is a vastly powerful BOSS, much stronger than the Turkmen Blood Horse.
Not only it can be used as a mount, but it can also perform independently in combat. It’s a multitasking summoned beast.
He thinks about various strategies for a moment, a lioness has three heads. Generally, as long as it’s not an overly perverted boss, it’s like the lioness has three lives.
If the lioness is summoned in the front line, the Yellow Bishop only needs to hide at the back and output like crazy.
If it’s still not beating the boss, leave the lioness behind and escape. It’s both offense and defense!
When he saw that the item was still sealed and needed to complete a side quest to unseal it, Lin Xun sighed, realizing that he should not kill NPCs mindlessly.
Not to mention that after killing the Clown, the summoning whistle might not drop. Even if it does, it’s just a sealed junk.
Suppressing his excitement, he looks back to the game text.
“[The ‘Fallen Circus Clown’ pulls out a torn portrait from his clothes and hands it to you.]”
“[You acquired the ‘Blind Traders’ Portrait’ (Mission Item)]”
“[After careful consideration, you realized that once you have found the person in the picture and brought him to the Clown, the Clown will unseal the ‘Bronze Whistle’ for you.]”
???
Lin Xun throws three question marks in disbelief.
It’s highly likely that the dancer has already killed the blind trader.
The trader’s eyes were taken, and his clothes were stripped.
Where could he find a Blind Trader for completing a side quest?
“Can I bring a corpse?”
When he had searched every corner in the Blind Trader’s Exchange, he only found a few scrap items, but not a body.
The Clown didn’t specify whether the trader has to be alive or dead. As long as it’s the Blind Trader, it is fine.
So, he just has to retrieve and bring back the Trader’s body.
“Yes, that would make the mission flow explainable.”
All of a sudden, Lin Xun conceives the three paths found after the Trader’s Exchange. The middle path appears to be leading to the graveyard outside Saint Lance.
“[Would you like to accept the mission from the ‘Fallen Circus Clown’?]”
With this thought, Lin Xun clicks “yes.”
“[The Clown is very happy that you took the mission and urges you to find the ‘Blind Trader’ as soon as possible. ]”
Lin Xun clicks to keep talking with the Clown, but it doesn’t trigger any new dialogues. It’s all about the Clown urging him to find the person.
Seeing that he can’t gain any other clues from the Clown, Lin Xun exits the Ancient Theater Dungeon.
Riding his warhorse, he travels in haste to the ‘Blind Trader Exchange.’
After searching the exchange once again, he doesn’t even find any trash items this time. He realizes that the exchange has long been looted by him, let alone the trader’s corpse.
Having no choice, Lin Xun continues to move forward.
“[Under the scarlet sunlight, you continue along the road of the town’s ruins. Before long, you see there are three branching paths ahead.]”
“[Where should you go?]”
“[1. Looking ahead on the left path, you can see what appears to be a market strewn with stalls made of four corner poles, propping up filthy covers. It is completely deserted, and deathly quiet.]”
“[2. As for the middle path, it should lead to the outskirts of Saint Lance where there seems to be a graveyard.]”
“[3. On the right-hand path, there looms a giant circular building that is the Ancient Theater of Saint Lance.]”
Lin Xun suddenly realizes, would the dancer cough up the corpse in the graveyard after killing the Trader?
Likely not, the dancer might just throw the corpse anywhere he likes.
But for now, compared to the marketplace, the probability of the body being in the graveyard is obviously higher.
He selects option two.
“[You gallop on your warhorse…]”
“[Shortly afterwards, passing through the dilapidated city gate, you reach the flattened metal drawbridge. Underneath, there are pools of filthy water filled with rotting corpses. It’s a narrow moat no more than about ten metres wide that surrounds the city, it’s stench indescribably foul.]”
“[Looking into the distance, you can see a desolated graveyard surrounded by tall fences. Among these fences, there is a path filled with wild grass.]”
“[Do you want to go to the graveyard?]”
Just as Lin Xun was about to select “Yes” and head to the graveyard, he suddenly felt as if he had overlooked something.
After a moment of reflection, he slapped his thigh.
He opened his inventory to check an item he hadn’t used before.
“[‘Subspecies Sea Dragon Orb’ (Tool): A gem formed inside a dragon-subspecies being. Although it falls short compared to the Giant Dragon Orb, it can still have some unexpected unique effects. With this item, you will gain the ability to breathe underwater and can fight in the water without being affected.]”
With this item. Does it mean he can explore by diving into the moat?
The corpses in the river might have the ‘Blind Trader’ among them.
He attempts to click the ‘Subspecies Sea Dragon Orb.’
“[Clever Apostle, it seems you have discovered something…]”
“[Do you want to dismount and dive into the smelly ‘Saint Lance Moat’?]”
Lin Xun smiles and presses “Yes.”
