NOVPUBChapter 88: Chapter 90: Three-headed Lion, it’s Decided on You! _1
Chapter 88 -90: Three-headed Lion, it’s Decided on You! _1
Lin Xun carefully reviewed the four options given in the game text.
The first option was to run away, the second was to negotiate using the body of a Beastman, the third was to send in the three-headed lion to lure the tiger away from the mountain, and the fourth was to fight head-on.
Out of the four options, only the second and third seemed plausible.
After careful consideration, Lin Xun decided to choose the second option, to negotiate using the Beastman’s body.
Even if this was the wrong choice, at worst he’d only lose a Beastman’s body with no other losses.
Having thought about it, he decided to use an elder from the Filth Blood Beastman racial group, an aged Beastman, which should increase the chances of successful negotiation.
[You have possessed the ‘Shell of the Fallen Elder Beastman.’]
Just to be safe, Lin Xun canceled the summoning of the three-headed lion first to prevent any harm coming to the small lion cubs should the negotiations fail.
Then, he selected the second option.
[You approached cautiously, facing the Giant Beasts, which were massive like small mountains. You called out softly, but your voice was drowned out by their thunderous snoring.]
[Would you like to continue trying to awaken the ‘Fallen Giant Beastman’?]
[You used the short staff in your hand to tap the Giant Beastman’s shin. Its eyelids twitched slightly, its snoring paused for a moment. Then it scratched its leg with a beastly claw and continued to snore heavily.]
[Would you like to continue trying to awaken the ‘Fallen Giant Beastman’?]
[You leaped high, hitting the Giant Beastman’s knee with the short staff in your hand.]
[The ‘Fallen Giant Beastman’ suddenly opened its eyes. Its glowing red eyes were full of confusion, but once it realized who had disrupted its lovely dream, it roared in anger.]
[Just as you were about to apologize and communicate with it…]
[A violent gust came from out of nowhere. A large beast claw landed on your head, crushing you mercilessly into a meatloaf.]
[You’re dead!]
“…”
Lin Xun helplessly spread his hands, effectively ruling out the second option.
[The weak Wandering Soul is reborn in a cave in a nameless valley…]
“It looks like I’ll have to sacrifice the lion again.”
Following the shell’s death, the small monsters from the Filth Blood Beastmen tribe respawned for the third time.
Lin Xun played it safe and didn’t rush to slaughter the small monsters.
[You have possessed the ‘Shell of the Fallen Ancient Theatre Dancer.’]
[You used the ‘Blood Shadow Dance’, and as your dainty footsteps moved, the shell’s figure gradually vanished.]
After using the invisibility skill, Lin Xun passed through the Beastman’s camp undetected, making his way towards the great door.
[The ‘Fallen Giant Beastman’ leaned against the great door, once again falling into a deep sleep, its snoring echoed loudly.]
[Delicate and weak apostle, what will you do?]
The game text presented four familiar options once again.
Since the second option was ineffective, there was only the third option left.
Lin Xun opened the item bar and clicked on ‘Bronze Whistle’.
[Accompanied by a crisp whistle sound, you summoned the formidable ‘Fallen Three-Headed Lion’.]
Continuing to maintain his invisibility status, Lin Xun clicked on the third option, letting the three-headed lion go ahead to capture the Giant Beastman’s attention.
[Upon your command, the ‘Fallen Three-Headed Lion’ lowered its shaking body, hugging its three heads with its two large paws, refusing to advance, sticking its behind out.]
[You kicked its behind without any change in your expression.]
[The ‘Fallen Three-Headed Lion’ whimpered and charged towards the Giant Beastman, who was as big as a small mountain…]
[The ‘Fallen Giant Beastman’ woke up abruptly. Its big mouth filled with tusks opened wide as it roared in anger.]
[The giant beast claw swung down towards the three-headed lion. The ‘Fallen Three-Headed Lion’ turned tail and ran, avoiding a crushed fate.]
[The ‘Fallen Giant Beastman’ had a crazed rage in its bloodshot eyes as it got up to chase after the three-headed lion…]
The three-headed lion successfully led the Giant Beastman away, and Lin Xun silently hoped that it could hold on for longer.
As long as he could successfully open the door before the three-headed lion was defeated, he could cancel the summoning and save some soul intensity.
[You continued to maintain your invisible state, silently moving to the front of the huge door.]
[You looked at the thick chains dangling from the top of the huge door and attempted to pull the chains to open the door.]
[You used all your strength, but the chains didn’t budge.]
Lin Xun quickly realized that the dancer’s delicate body was not made for heavy labor.
Quickly opening the shell bar, he clicked on the engineer shell.
[You have taken possession of the ‘Engineer of Pyramid Company’ body.]
[Once again you approached and pulled on the thick chains with all your might, but the chains remained immovable.]
“Damn!”
Lin Xun never expected the usually successful engineer to meet with a setback here.
He frowned, if even the engineer’s strength couldn’t open the big door, it proved that the third option was also wrong.
Does it mean he has to confront the Giant Beastman head-on?
Looking at the lion’s reaction, it’s almost certain that taking the head-on option would mean certain death.
Lin Xun was stuck in a dead-end for a while. The only good news at the moment was that the three-headed lion hadn’t been defeated yet.
Since the third option was wrong, he quickly opened the item bar and clicked on the bronze whistle to cancel the summoning of the three-headed lion, to avoid wasting soul strength for nothing.
[You blew the whistle, but the ‘Fallen Three-Headed Lion’ was too far from you and couldn’t respond to the whistle, thus the summoning could not be canceled…]
“…”
Lin Xun’s first reaction to seeing this text was not to curse the game.
Instead, a strange idea popped into his head…
The game text had displayed something similar when he first acquired the ‘Bronze Whistle’.
[Only one summoning creature can exist at a time. When you have already summoned another creature and use this tool, it will summon the ‘Fallen Three-Headed Lion’ and the previous summoned creature will be dismissed.]
That is to say, if he used the ‘Summoning Horn’ to summon a warhorse, the three-headed lion would be forced to disappear.
He opened the item bar. The font for ‘Summoning Horn’ was greyed out. The ‘Turkmen Blood Horse’ had not been remodeled after its last death, so it could not be summoned now.
Lin Xun heaved a sigh and prepared to go back to the Rest Page to refresh once.
That might refresh the monsters and save the three-headed lion from disaster.
Just as he was about to close the item bar, an item caught his eye.
[Giant Beast Pill (Item): A round black pill made from unknown herbs mixed with the blood of a Giant Beastman, it carries a strong smell of blood. Upon usage, it can transform a human’s body into that of a Beastman, temporarily granting powerful battle strength. If used on a Beastman’s body, it can temporarily enlarge the body and make it as big as a Giant Beastman.]
According to the memories of the elder Beastman, the bigger the body of the Beastman, the greater the strength.
If he possessed a Beastman’s body and used the Giant Beast Pill to enlarge the Beastman’s body, could he then pull the chain mechanism?
Upon thinking of this, Lin Xun slapped his forehead, cursing himself for being half a beat slow.
If he had directly used the Giant Beast Pill on the Beastman’s body and made the Filth Blood Beastman as big as the Giant Beastman, perhaps the Giant Beastman would have mistaken him for one of their own and let him pass.
However, this was just his guess, and whether it would work in reality remained to be seen.
[Your summoned creature ‘Fallen Three-Headed Lion’ is dead!]
