As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 64 Dream Trial (Complete Chapter)
"Banachi, are you really sure that it wasn't a wrong decision for us to come here?"

"The blood of those crazy creatures can be sold for a lot of money. With money, my sister's disease can be cured..."

Two little ghosts who were not yet 16 years old walked carefully through the fog-filled cave.

"But...it's so scary here..."

"Jason, do you want to marry my sister?"

Banachi waved the torch and looked sideways at Jason behind him.

"If I deny it, can you put the knife down?"

"You don't want to marry a dead man, do you?"

"Okay... Banachi."

"Jason, listen, it's not easy to get here. We must cherish the opportunity and run out with the blood of the violent creatures before those imperial soldiers find out."

"Even if you say so, we can't even beat Mr. Enmia's dog..." Jason avoided his gaze: "How long will it take for us to encounter monsters? I have to write an epitaph for myself."

Banachi took out a map and looked at it with a firelight: "The core area is an open space deep in the ground, about 200 meters away."

We walked for more than five minutes.

They approached the area where the so-called monsters were infested, but the scene they saw now seemed a bit strange.

I saw many bug-like monsters lying on the ground, their faces smashed with sharp weapons.

"What's going on?" Jason shrank behind Banach.

"I don't know." Banach illuminated the surrounding area with a torch. Before he could observe his surroundings, a black shadow suddenly flew over and knocked Banachi to the ground.

In a daze, Banachi could only hear Jason's cry: "I'm going! Ah! Baba Banachi!"

"What's it called..." Banachi was only halfway through his words when his vision was no longer blurred and he saw countless eyes pressing in front of him...

Banachi realized that a creature was pressing on him, with its huge head pressed against his face.

The head was covered with "human eyes", each eyeball moved regularly, and a disgusting "buzzing" sound came from the head, like the sound of flies or the wailing of humans.

At this moment, Banachi's scalp almost exploded.

However, the sound of footsteps not far away made Banachi observe that there was "fear" in the eyes of this "monster".

It jumped out like a howl!
Jason immediately came over to help Banachi up, and then they saw a man smelling of blood and wearing a strange mask, with a folding stool in one hand and an iron rod in the other, running over from a short distance, ignoring them, and quickly He bullied the fleeing monster and used a folding stool to slap the monster to the ground. Then he actually rode on the monster and stabbed the eyes on its head crazily, causing blood to fly everywhere!
After stabbing the monster to death, Li Nuo heard a series of sounds that made him particularly happy:
[Eye stick: poked out 30 eyes, upgraded]

[Title: Eye Stick]

【Level: 3】

[Upgrade conditions: Use a stick to pierce 80 eyes of hostile targets]

[Effect: Comes with the skill "Super Knowing lv3", which increases the damage by 1.45 times when attacking weak points]

"Next, I have to insert 80 of them...it feels like the difficulty level is a bit high." While he was thinking about it, he looked at Banach and Jason who were in a daze. The two children were scared to death.

Then Li Nuo saw the two children turn around and crawl away...

He walked over and pushed the two crawling people to the ground.

The two boys were wearing "armor" that was obviously made from their own straw mats. They each had a sharp-edged kitchen knife on their waists, and both were carrying a worn-out backpack.

The boy named Banachi has curly black hair and shrewd blue eyes.

Jason is good-looking, but his eyes are a little dull.

Both of their faces were covered in dirty dust.

Jason: "Spare your life... Banach tastes better than me..."

Banachi: "Jason, you bastard...! Jason broke the salt shaker today. You don't need to add any seasoning to eat it!"

Li Nuo grabbed the hair of these two little things and lifted them up, letting them see the [Emil's Mask] clearly on their faces, and then said slowly: "Look at you two, I am a human being."

Banaki looked at the tragically dead monsters around him and thought to himself: Are you calling this a human?
Jason suddenly said with enlightenment: "I understand, Banachi, we are dead! Now we are going to hell!"

Banachi: "Your brain..."

"Don't think too much... I'm really a human being." Li Nuo put the two of them down and asked, "Wait for a while."

Cha Bai asked him to share the backpack a few minutes ago. At that time, after Li Nuo agreed, he was interrupted by the attack of the "fly monster" before even looking.

Because the backpack is shared, the grids have been expanded from the original 8 to 14 (8 grids for Li Nuo and 6 grids for Chabai).

A piece of paper appeared in one of the grids. He took it out and saw that it was a "letter for help" written by Cha Bai.

[I met a group of men in Keville who asked me for money. When I gave it to them, they pushed for more, so I broke all their arms, and a few of them may have died...]

[A group of people claiming to be the police were chasing me because of this. I had a conflict with them at the bank door. I tore down the bank door and knocked two policemen unconscious. Then they dispatched the national army to "hijack the bank." Calling me an "Eternal Fire Terrorist" for attacking a police officer]

[Now I am in a place called "Coville Border Police Station". I have been informed that I have to pay a large amount of medical bills and repair bills, and I will also go to jail. What should I do now?Should I demolish this "police station"? 】

[Also, where are you?How are you doing?I heard there are no more witchers, are there any changes in plans? 】

When Li Nuo saw the end, the letter had been deeply wrinkled by his force. He waited for a few seconds, took out a pen, and wrote on the back of the letter:

[Learn "Basic Fireball Technique", demonstrate fireball magic appropriately, and then tell the people at the police station that you have lost your memory, but you know that you are a sorceress, and ask for someone from the sorceress church to come]

[I am doing well, please take care of yourself first. If nothing happens, I will contact you tomorrow]

Li Nuo stuffed the letter back into the backpack compartment. On the other side, Banachi and Jason kept looking at him blankly. Because when the player operates the backpack, what the NPC sees will be disturbed, so in the eyes of the two children, Li Nuo seemed to be taking notes. .

"Who are you? Where are you? Why are you here? How do you get out? Are there any dangers nearby?" Li Nuo asked. In order to make the other party less nervous, he took off half of his mask to let them see that he was indeed personal.

Banach said: "We are pharmacy apprentices nearby. I am Banach, and he is Jason... In order to make money, we want to get the blood of some violent monsters. We don't know if there is any danger nearby, but we are going out. The method... we probably know."

Then, as Banachi narrated, key pieces of information took shape in Li Nuo's mind.

In 1801, the second celestial convergence occurred, and a city named Yharnam appeared in a ruins below the Velen region.

That same year, the celestial conjunction also brought forth the creatures of Bloodborne .

I don't know which great genius discovered that when the blood of these creatures is injected into his body, he will enter a mirror world called "Dreamland".

To put it simply, injecting blood is equivalent to entering other people's archives. The dream is the archive, and injecting blood is the start of the game.

In dreams, people's thinking jumps between lucidity and confusion, accompanied by the danger of becoming mad.

This matter was quickly listed as a prohibited behavior by the Nilfgaardian Empire, and laws were used to restrict people from approaching things related to dreams.

It's just that some people can't stand the temptation of bringing out treasures in dreams, and are secretly still looking for the blood of violent beasts.

After Li Nuo figured it out, he asked: "So the cave we are in is an area where a large number of violent creatures gather?"

"Probably... Anyway, there are troops guarding the area to prevent people from coming in." Banachi said: "The country prohibits us from contacting violent creatures, but the blood of those creatures can be sold at a good price. We need money... This is the fastest It’s a great way to make money.”

"You said you are pharmacist apprentices?" Li Nuo asked.

Jason glanced at Banachi uneasily, and the two brats nodded timidly.

Li Nuo opened the [Weapon Box], took out a gold coin from the sack and shook it in his hand.

Banach and Jason immediately became excited when they saw the gold coins: "Look, Banach! It's not a copper coin, it's a gold coin!"

"I know." Banachi looked at Li Nuo cautiously and asked, "Sir, what are your orders?" Li Nuo asked, "Are you bringing any medicinal materials?"

"Bring it."

"Did you bring the pot?"

"As a pharmacist, you always have the pot with you."

"I want to make something. Show me what medicinal materials you have." Li Nuo said with a smile, "I'll give you money when I get out."

People who are short of money will not deal with money.

The two little ghosts placed the medicinal materials they carried with them on the ground, and Li Nuo took out the materials collected from Kaer Morhen.

He checked it over.

According to the recipes for decoctions and potions in the "Witcher's Manual", there is currently only one potion that can be made from all the materials.

"cat."

Li Nuo whispered.

"Increase vision in the dark, a bottle of dwarf spirit, four cypress stem fruits, and two essences of water."

While Li Nuo was thinking about it, Banachi said: "Sir... we can ask for two less gold coins, but can you take us out?"

"There is no danger nearby." Li Nuo said: "A total of five fly-like monsters have been killed by me. I can kill five more."

They didn't understand what Li Nuo meant by "killing five more".

But Jason still said: "I heard someone say that there is an undead here..."

"Jason...don't talk nonsense."

"What kind of undead?" Li Nuo asked.

Jason thought for a while and said, "It's a guy holding a machete and wearing a dirty windbreaker. I heard from the village priest that it's not a creature of this world."

Li Nuo lowered his head and frowned slightly, "A hunter from "Bloodborne"?
He asked Banach and the others to fix the torches on the ground, take out a book about alchemy and start reading.

[Alchemy Purifier Science]

[Type: Skill]

[Learning conditions: Insight 15, or some special identity related to magic]

[Brief description: Purifier is special knowledge that reduces the toxicity of alchemical potions]

Li Nuo spent 500 gold coins to learn this skill.

The skill of Alchemy is not like "Inner Potential" or "Shock Wave". Learning it is equivalent to completing it.

It is more about allowing the learner to form an intuition similar to muscle memory, how much material to put and how long to boil it to refine the best and safest potion.

Li Nuo summarized several materials.

Put it in the pot.

Use the water poured out by the two children to cook the ingredients.

After waiting for a moment, Li Nuo suddenly felt his nerves jump, and he immediately poured the potion in the pot into a bottle.

He was relieved when he saw the panel popping out of the bottle.

[Decoction: Cat]

[Quality: Ordinary]

[Toxicity: 15%]

[Brief description: After drinking, the demon hunter can see in complete darkness, see ordinary creatures or creatures made of inanimate materials, and can see even through walls. The effect of the medicine lasts for 15 minutes]

"This briefing is finally normal." Li Nuo woke up the two little ghosts who were already asleep: "Take me towards the exit."

……

after an hour.

"Are you sure you know the way out?"

Li Nuo squatted under a stone, and Banachi and Jason pursed their lips and frowned next to him.

Jason whispered: "That's not right...the road here wasn't so bumpy."

Above them, a centipede about the size of a bus slowly crawled across the top of the rock wall.

"There are no centipede monsters in "Bloodborne"." Li Nuo thought to himself: "But... that fly monster is not strictly speaking a creature in "Bloodborne". It should be someone in the world of "The Witcher". These creatures became these things after being exposed to violent things."

He realized that what "Bloodborne" brought to the world of "The Witcher" was not simply Yharnam or blood therapy, but a curse that made creatures violent.

He didn't understand the source of the curse.

I don't want to know either.

After all, Bloodborne's world view involves ancient gods, and the destruction of spiritual power is what is terrifying about ancient gods.

[The Demon Hunter's Dream Trial] requires Li Nuo to get out of the dangerous area, but obviously there are some special circumstances in this place that are similar to ghosts hitting the wall.

"Am I dreaming..." He began to doubt the reality of the situation he was facing now.

Before Li Nuo noticed it, his own thinking was unknowingly falling into chaos.

After walking for a while, Li Nuo saw an old man in the darkness...

He stared there with a frown.

"Sir... have you discovered anything?" Banach, who was already exhausted, asked Jason while supporting him.

"There's an old man over there."

"Where? No."

"Indeed, there is." Li Nuo looked hard, and he did see a clear figure in the darkness. An old man wearing a top hat waved to him, pointed behind him, and turned around and walked over.

Follow along... there is no other way.

Li Nuo walked over.

When they walked into a narrow road, a black shadow suddenly emerged from the gap in the cave on the side.

Li Nuo immediately withdrew to a safe distance, but saw where he was just now, a man holding a blade had cut cracks in the ground.

At this time, a system voice came from his mind:

[Having fallen into the violent curse, please go to a safe area within 15 minutes]

"what's the situation……"

Li Nuo raised his eyes and saw the attacker in full view.

Wearing a gray trench coat and a hunter's hat, he held a gun in his left hand and a meat saw like a heavy ax in his right hand.

(End of this chapter)