Hyperdimensional Warlock

Chapter 4044 Childish Demon

After reading the letter, Huici was completely stunned.

He had always thought that this copy was just a group of children playing a game of pretending to be heroes. Whether it was catapult, hopscotch, hide-and-seek, etc., they were all insignificant levels in this childish version of the hero game.

But when he finished reading the letter, he suddenly woke up.

It turns out that there is a "real" hero in this copy, and the small town shown on the current map is not a children's playground at all, but a difficulty encountered by the hero during his adventure.

"…The back of this letter also details the abilities of the Child Demon."

The Childish Demon is a little devil born in the devil's lair. He has a perverse and naughty personality and an almost paranoid enthusiasm for all kinds of bizarre little games.

Once it sets its sights on a target, it will try every possible means to pull the opponent's consciousness into the game cage it created and force the opponent to participate in the game.

If you win, you can escape by chance and your consciousness will return to the outside world; but if you lose, you will be punished by it and your consciousness will be trapped in the cage forever.

The "brave" Valentine was dragged into this game cage by the childish demon because of his carelessness.

When he first entered the cage, Valentine actually still had self-awareness.

He also got a piece of information from a "senior" living in the town: the Childish Demon needs a consciousness anchor point to maintain the game cage. As long as he finds the consciousness anchor point and defeats it at the right time, he can escape from the cage.

To put it more bluntly -

A trace of the childish demon's consciousness is hidden in the body of someone in this town. As long as you find this person and defeat him at the right time, you can leave the cage.

As for what is the “right time”?
Usually, it's night.

Because the true form of the Childish Demon, like most ordinary people, falls into a deep sleep every night.

The Childish Demon's true body is in deep sleep, and its control over the game cage is at its weakest, giving it a chance to escape.

After Valentine learned this secret, he naturally began to look for the consciousness anchor point of the child demon in the town.

Although the town is not big, it has a large population.

Valentine targeted several targets in succession and defeated his opponents through game duels, but none of them were the right targets.

Later, Valentine lost to someone in a duel, and then his consciousness sank.

He turned into...a little fat man in the town.

However, Valentine was a brave man after all, and his mind was very strong. Even though his consciousness had sunk, every night when the Childish Demon was asleep, Valentine's will would occasionally break through the limit and return to normal.

To others, such as the little girl playing the cat's cradle, this was a "disease." But to Valentine, his awakening was normal, and his sinking was a sign of terminal illness.

In his occasional moments of clarity, Valentine left behind some clues, hoping that those who come after him will find them and help him escape...

The above is the general background of this copy.

After listening to it, Ingres felt as dazed as Huici did when he first heard it.

Who could have expected that such a big town was actually just the beginning of the Brave Copy, or even just one link.

No wonder so many people have completed the game, but the exploration level is not even half. Because this is not a real hero copy at all, it is just a game cage created by the childish demon.

Before this, Angel was wondering why the statue of the brave man in the valley was a young man and did not exist in the copy?

The answer is that the consciousness of this young hero sank and he turned into his childhood appearance, that is, the little fat boy.

No wonder the young man from the God's Eye tribe felt that the fat boy looked a bit like the brave statue.

Because they are essentially the same person!

……

"Of course, after reading Valentine's letter, we can't believe him immediately." Gray Porcelain: "No one knows whether what he said is true or false."

"So, Gabriel decided to verify his words and see if this is really the game cage created by the Childish Demon..."

The verification method is also very simple: kill people.

The reason why this place is called a cage is that even if you die here, you are not truly dead, but will enter a "restart" state and be resurrected and refreshed directly.

It's like a copy refresh.

So they decided to catch a child and test him.

But who knew that the child was playing hide-and-seek, and there were two other children hiding nearby. They shouted loudly, attracting other people around.

Gabriel made up his mind and kidnapped all three of them.

But this also caused the entire town to target them, and even the other thirteen challengers were dragged in and engaged in a camp confrontation with them.

That's pretty much it.

Now the three children were killed by Gabriel, and then Gabriel went out to verify whether the three had refreshed. If they were confirmed to have refreshed, it meant that what Valentine said in the letter should be true.

Otherwise, it means that Valentine's words are false.

After Huici finished explaining the situation, he kept apologizing and said that he really did not get into this copy on purpose.

The feelings are so sincere and touching that I almost want to cry.

Of course Angel knew that Huici had no intention of clearing the dungeon, he was simply dragged here by Gabriel...

"It's okay. Anyway, according to what you said, if everything is refreshed, you can change your face during the day and challenge three random children, and you can leave the dungeon."

Huici nodded: "I thought so too, I hope it really has been refreshed."

Angel thought for a moment and asked again, "Before you entered the dungeon, did you feel the difficulty of this dungeon?"

Huici thought for a moment and said, "Probably F-level."

According to the classification from F to S, F is obviously the lowest.

"Now, do you think the difficulty of the copy has increased?" Angel asked again.

Huici looked a little hesitant: "I'm not sure about that. Before entering the dungeon, I can roughly sense the danger level of the dungeon through the crystal creations in the dungeon. But once I enter, this perception is not so comprehensive."

To put it in a slightly inappropriate way, a bystander sees more clearly than a participant.

Outside the copy, he only needs to consider the degree of danger emitted by the crystal creation, but once he is deep in the copy, there are too many variables and factors for him to consider.

Gray Porcelain: "But based on my personal intuition, the degree of danger should not have changed much at present."

Huici's intuition should be correct.

The real danger should be the hidden map outside the cage.

There is no hidden map yet, so the danger level should still remain at F level.

Click——

Just as Huici and Ingres were talking, suddenly, a sound was heard at the entrance of the cellar.

Gray Porcelain was silent for a moment.

After a moment, when he saw that it was Gabriel who entered the cellar, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"What happened?" Ingres asked knowingly.

Just as Huici was about to speak, he heard Gabriel say, "Hey, am I hallucinating? How come I can hear Mr. Angel's voice?"

"Gabriel is back?" Angel said with a smile: "It's either hallucination or me."

"Eh?!"

Huici quickly explained to Gabriel that Angel was worried about their situation and wasted precious items to have a cross-dungeon conversation. At the end, Huici did not forget to complain: "...If you hadn't insisted on dragging me into this dungeon, you wouldn't have wasted precious items."

Gabriel simply ignored Huici's complaint and murmured in a low voice: "Precious item? Can I use this?"

Angel coughed: "You want to use everything?"

Gabriel: "I like to explore dungeons. If I can use this item, when I encounter a high-risk dungeon, I can contact the people trapped in the dungeon in advance, understand the situation, and then make full preparations before going down the dungeon."

Angel: "...Unfortunately, this item is bound to the user, so I can't give it to you."

The corners of Gabriel's mouth drooped, he really felt regretful.

It couldn't borrow the props used to explore the dungeon situation before; and now it couldn't use the props for cross-dungeon dialogues...

Angel: "Okay, we'll talk about this after you come out. Now tell me about your situation. Huici has just told me about your experience. What are the results of your investigation? Have the three children been refreshed?"

Gabriel nodded subconsciously.

After nodding, he remembered that Angel might not be able to see his movements, so he added through the illusion doll: "Refreshed, and I have confirmed that they have forgotten about being kidnapped today."

"Because they refreshed, the people chasing us outside also went back to their homes."

"However, even though those three kids have forgotten us, the people in the town should not have forgotten what we look like. So when we go out during the day, we still can't use our current faces. We have to use illusion to cover it up."

After Gabriel gave Huici a warning, he continued, "Now, it has been basically confirmed that what Valentine's letter said should be true."

Angel: "So what are your plans? Do you plan to come out directly, or continue to explore?"

Huici immediately raised his hand: "I, I want to go out."

There was nothing unexpected about the choice of gray porcelain. Angel said, "What about you, Gabriel?"

Gabriel thought about it and said in a tangled way, "I want to continue exploring, but I'm also very interested in the sandbox wonderland..."

It has now learned that the Sandbox Wonderland will not be opened immediately today, but only the registration will be opened, and the actual opening time will be three days later.

Gabriel was very surprised when he heard the news.

Because it was also very curious about the challenges in the sandbox wonderland, and thought it had missed it before. Now that it knows it can still challenge, it is naturally willing to do so.

But now a hidden plot has been discovered in the Brave Copy, and it is about to escape from the cage. It would be hard to bear to give it up now.

Looking at Gabriel's tangled expression, Huici couldn't help but mutter in a low voice: "What's there to be tangled about? You must get out first. The sandbox wonderland is the top priority."

Does anyone know how often the Sandbox Wonderland will be open? It is closed this time, and it is still unknown when it will open next time.

As long as no one has completed the brave copy, it will remain here.

The most important thing is, Sandbox Wonderland is the first collective activity of the Dream Mirror Organization, how could we miss it?

So, Huici had no idea what Gabriel was worried about.

After hearing Huici's complaints, Gabriel thought about it and felt that it made some sense. The sandbox wonderland must be more important.

but……

"From what you said, you should not miss such an important group activity as the Sand Table Wonderland, right?" Gabriel said to Huici.

Huici was stunned, his eyes began to wander: "I, I... I will definitely not be absent, I will help cheer..."

Gabriel: "Come on but you can't. You have to come into the dungeon with us."

"I..." Huici wanted to refuse, but considering that Angel was beside her, she couldn't say it directly.

Gabriel was like a cheerful person, laughing and joking beside them.

Because now, I am troubled by the change to gray porcelain.

"Gray Porcelain's role is not in combat. Even if he enters the dungeon, the most he can do is to judge the danger situation. So, don't tease him."

Angle paused and continued, "Okay, let's get back to the point. Gabriel, do you plan to continue exploring the Brave Dungeon?"

Gabriel shook his head decisively this time: "No, Huici is right, the Sandbox Wonderland is the key. Although there are still three days before the Sandbox Wonderland opens, I am not completely sure that I can complete the hidden plot within three days... If I am still trapped in the Hero's Copy after three days, it will be a waste of time."

"So, I plan to leave with Huici after it's completely light, and then explore the Hero's Dungeon after the exploration of the Sandbox Wonderland is finished."

Gabriel's choice was not unexpected to Ingres.

just.

"From your tone, you seem confident that you can complete the hidden plot of the Hero's Dungeon within three days?"

Gabriel: "It's not confidence, it's just reasonable analysis."

"The exploration level of the dungeon has reached 36% at present, but this 36% exploration level is just playing a game with a few kids. It can be predicted that the exploration level of this dungeon should be easy to break through, and its process should not be long. As long as the hidden plot is activated, the progress should be very fast..."

Gabriel's analysis was very logical, and even Huici thought it made some sense.

The current progress is 36% exploration. According to time, the remaining 64% exploration may take two or three days at most as long as the process is correct.

Angel: "What you said seems to make sense, but you don't seem to have considered one problem. Although there are not many people in this town, the total number is not small. Can you really confirm who is the childish demon within three days?"

Gabriel was stunned: "Isn't the childish demon the little girl who played with the flower rope?"

"Do you have evidence?"

Gabriel shook his head. Although there was no direct evidence that the little girl was a child demon, the fat man's house was sealed by the little girl with a flower rope.

Doesn’t this indirectly prove that there is something wrong with the little girl’s identity?
Angel: "Then...what if the little girl playing cat's tangle isn't a childish demon?"

Gabriel had never thought about this question, but now that he heard Angel ask it, he began to think about it seriously.

What if the little girl is not a child demon? Then it will not be so easy for it to find the child demon, because there is really no clue at present.

Angel: "And you have to consider one more thing. The little girl can seal the house with the flower rope, which means that this copy has a supernatural setting. Is the little girl really the only supernatural person in the town?"

"If there are actually quite a few extraordinary people here, can you really find the Childish Demon among the extraordinary people?"

Gabriel was confused by the question because he had never thought about this question before.

Seeing that Gabriel remained silent for a long time, Angel changed the subject: "Of course, these are just my guesses. After all, I haven't entered the dungeon and don't know what's going on inside. Maybe your guess is right, and that little girl is the Childish Demon. Then everything will be simple."