This NPC really has a problem

Most of the small doors in the cathedral are set in unnoticed shadows, but the road after passing through the secret door is not winding.

If it weren't for the large area of ​​the cathedral and the many houses, it would not be easy to get lost in the cathedral.There are few forks here, so even though a long time had passed since the bell ringer left when Lu Ren and Bai Zhu passed through the secret door, they could still find the bell ringer.

After all, there is a road ahead.

Lu Ren and Bai Zhu walked forward along the corridor, and then stopped in front of a door that was opened a crack.

All the rooms they saw along the way had closed doors, except this one.Even if he really went into the wrong place, it wouldn't make much difference, Lu Ren stretched out his hand and opened the door.

This is a prayer room.

In the middle of the prayer room is a medium-sized statue of a good god, and the bell ringer is standing in front of the statue.But he didn't face it, but stood with his face turned in a posture that a devout believer might judge to be impious.

After Lu Ren and Bai Zhu entered, the bell ringer's gaze, which seemed to have nowhere to rest, finally fell to the real place.

His eyes were like a dry well, dark and lifeless. It changed a little after seeing the two people pushing the door, but that was all.

"What do you want to tell us?" Lu Ren asked straight to the point.

Compared with Bishop Lanna and the city lord who had a high probability of causing the City of Reflections to become like this, Father Lu Ren, who is now unknown, the girl with a vague attitude, and the sixth person who is still unclear, this initial Seeing that the bell ringer who jumped at him viciously looked like someone who would actually help them.

When looking at Lu Ren, the lifeless bell ringer glowed with vitality.He looked at Lu Ren with complicated eyes, but without much hesitation, he took out a pen and paper from his pocket, wrote down a sentence, and handed it to Lu Ren.

【You are very similar to him. 】

Lu Ren didn't know how to answer.

But the bell ringer didn't intend to get an answer. After making sure that Lu Ren understood the sentence, he wrote another line below.

This time it took much longer to write, and no one made a sound in the prayer room, only the rustling of the pen tip across the paper.

[I don't know who you are, but I can tell that you and the person next to you are different from other people in this city. 】

The bell ringer hesitated, and finally made up his mind, and wrote:

[The City of Reflections has died together with the people in the city. For 130 years, this lie should not continue. 】

The tip of the pen hangs on the paper and does not fall for a long time.

It seemed that what was about to be written next was something that would be difficult for the bell ringer to say.

Lu Ren asked, "Do you need our help?"

The rustle sounded again.

【Yes. 】

[With my own strength, I cannot end the reincarnation of the City of Reflections. 】

[After her, I have no helpers in this city. 】

"Who is she?" Bai Zhu subconsciously asked.

[She is the head maid of the City Lord's Mansion, and she is the same person as me.She was the first to discover that the so-called key can bring a paradise without evil is a self-defeating lie, and she was the first to start rebelling. 】

There was pain in the eyes of the bell ringer.

[She failed. 】

——He is the same person as me.

Lu Ren repeated this sentence in his heart.

He asked the bell ringer: "The person you are referring to is someone who knows the secret of the City of Reflections like you?"

The bell ringer did not write this time, but nodded.

Many problems that troubled Lu Ren before will be solved at this moment.

The fog in the City of Reflections seems to have finally dispelled a little.Lu Ren heaved a sigh of relief, but his heart beat faster because of the upcoming challenge.

"Apart from us, how many people like this are there in the city?" Lu Ren asked.

【six. 】

"What about the people who want to end reincarnation like you and the head maid?"

[Only me and her. 】

Lu Ren finally asked: "Do you believe in a good god?"

The bell ringer looked up at Lu Ren, wondering why he asked such a question.

But the bell ringer still wrote truthfully: [Yes. 】

After he stopped writing, he glanced at the statue of the good god beside him, but his eyes did not look like a pure believer.

The good god is indeed his belief, but what this belief finally brought him was pain.

Lu Ren's heart sank when he got the answer.

But fortunately, he had already prepared, and his mood was not so negative at this time.

The bell ringer's answer already revealed a lot of information.

In the background of this dungeon, all the citizens of the City of Reflections used the key, and those who did not use the key would be tied to the stake and burned to death like the old woman Lu Ren saw the first day.The belief of the bell ringer was hit after he discovered that the key would only bring pain and despair, but at that time he believed in a good god, and what he locked after using the key must be evil instead of good.

This also means that the bell ringer will not lie, his answer must be the truth.

The truth revealed was not good news, but at least it made Lu Ren understand one thing.

Girls have other goals.

In this dungeon, the most difficult thing for Lu Ren to see through is the girl.

She never revealed her purpose in what she said, which made Lu Ren wonder whether she would be an enemy or a friend.

Now Lu Ren can basically conclude that whether she is an enemy or not, she will definitely not be a friend.

They hadn't figured out what counted as beating the game before, but it was always clear what counted as failure.

The day when the assimilation value reaches 100% means failure.The assimilation value will increase greatly due to external force like Zhong Changya, and it will also increase slowly with the passage of time.

If you want to pass the level successfully, the premise is to ensure that your assimilation value does not exceed [-].

The assimilation value is closely related to the city of reflection, and ending the reincarnation of the city of reflection may be the way to stop the increase of the assimilation value.

The stop of the assimilation value means that the player will not fail to log out of the game. I am afraid this is the hidden way to pass the level.

Lu Ren whispered to Bai Zhu, "The key."

Without waiting for Lu Ren to tell, Bai Zhu had already taken the key out of the inventory before he came to this prayer room.The changed key was a little hot to the touch at first, but not to the point of burning a human hand.

If they want to know the function of the key, the bell ringer in front of them is their best choice at present.

"Have you seen it?"

Bai Zhu spread out his hands, and in the palm lay the key with a slightly red surface, just like the color that would appear on metal scorched by flames.

The bell ringer's eyes widened the moment he saw the key. For a moment he even forgot that Lu Ren and the others couldn't understand sign language. cold water.

The bell ringer calmed down, and took up a pen with trembling hands to write a line.

【Where did you find it? 】

Bai Zhu said simply: "Outside the City of Reflections."

The key fell into the palm of the bell ringer. His hands were so thin that they were reminiscent of the dry bark of an old dying tree. It is difficult to imagine how such weak-looking hands could drive the clock pillar to strike the bell tower. The giant clock on the roof.

At this moment, the hands held the key in the palms of both hands with great care, and the face of the bell ringer had an expression of crying and laughing after being extremely excited.

He tried to talk, but all he could do was whoo-ho.

Lu Ren asked, "What's the use of it?"

The bell ringer held the key tightly in one hand, as if he was trying to sink the key into his flesh and blood. With his free other hand, he picked up a pen, and continued to write on the half-written paper. :【How many keys do you have? 】

Lu Ren replied, "Six."

There were tears rolling in the eye sockets of the bell ringer, as if they would fall in the next second.

【Yes, this is the key she sent out. 】

The bell ringer wrote a long paragraph.

[Everyone in the City of Reflections locked the evil with a key, which was used under the supervision of the Holy See.Some believers of evil gods have locked up goodness instead, while others refused to use it. Those people have been judged by the Holy See during years of investigations.

There are six keys in the key that are not the same.

The keys cannot function directly. You can understand that all the keys form a magic circle, and the six special keys are the six centers of the magic circle.If you want to completely end the reincarnation of the City of Reflections, you must obtain special keys and crack the formations one by one.

More than 100 years ago, Windsor tried her best to get six keys, but she was discovered by the city lord in front of the cracking circle. She asked me to take the keys away at the last moment, but because the bishop was using spells to track the keys, I couldn't take them in the city. .

It just so happened that an outsider was leaving the City of Reflections at that time, so I hid the key in his package and let him take it outside the city.After that, I couldn't completely end the reincarnation, but it also prevented them from falling into the hands of the bishop and the lord. 】

"It was impossible to completely end reincarnation before..." Lu Ren murmured and repeated, "Then what was your original plan?"

The bell ringer was about to answer when he heard hurried footsteps in the corridor outside.

The expressions of the three people in the prayer room all changed.

The sound of opening and closing the door kept ringing, as if looking for something.

The bell ringer immediately took out a folded piece of paper from his pocket, stuffed it into Lu Ren's hand, and pushed them to the window.

He kept gesturing for the two to leave through the window.

Holding the piece of paper, Lu Ren hesitated for a moment: "You..."

The bell ringer pointed to the paper in his hand.

After Lu Ren and Bai Zhu climbed over the window, he immediately closed the window.

The last time Lu Ren saw the bell ringer crumpled up the paper full of words, stuffed it into his mouth and swallowed it.He was shocked to find that those eyes regained their vitality, and they seemed to be lit up after being endowed with hope.

……

The city guard violently pushed the door open.

The room was dark, the curtains were drawn tightly, and the two candles in front of the statue obviously couldn't provide enough light.

Standing in front of the statue was a man unknown to the city guards.

They frowned: "Who are you?"

The bell-ringer could not speak, nor did he answer.

A gentle voice gave the answer: "He is the ringer of the bell tower."

Hearing that voice, the city guards showed respectful expressions on their faces, and they consciously made way for the owner of the voice to come into the room.

The bishop's gaze scanned the room calmly.

"It's too reckless." He whispered to the city guards, even when criticizing, his voice was mild.

The city guards showed guilt expressions and lowered their heads one after another.

The bishop's eyes fell on the face of the bell ringer, who stared at him silently.

A lot of people flooded into the small prayer room in just a few minutes. The city guards with weapons brought a sense of turmoil, but they didn't seem to be affected by the surrounding atmosphere at all.

Bishop Lanna didn't seem to notice anything.

He said softly, "Wenner, you should be on the bell tower at this time."

The bell ringer left the prayer room silently without making any gestures.Bishop Lanna did not speak, and no city guard stood up to stop him.

After the bell ringer left, Bishop Lanna stared at the statue for a long time.

Until the accompanying priest reminded him in a low voice: "Bishop Lanna."

"Ah," Bishop Lanna turned his face and smiled, "There's no need to look any further, let's leave."