Hongyu, who had finished off Xuda, seemed to be a little depressed. She put Sword Maiden Hongyu back into the scabbard to recover and said, "I'm going to guard the surroundings and leave Aardwolf's vicinity."
"System Notification: Quest 2: Assistance completed. You have killed Yuan Kou Xuda. Quest progress: 10%."
"System Notification: Quest 3: Listening and Questioning have been refreshed. Listen to what Yuan Kou Aardwolf has to say and ask questions correctly.
Please note that asking questions correctly is very important. Otherwise, your quest will fail. "
"There's no need to save me!"
Aardwolf, who was being treated by the You siblings, spat out a mouthful of blood. His voice gradually became intermittent. "Before I escaped, filth had already seeped into my heart. I'm about to become the kind of person I hate!"
Aardwolf's eyes were filled with sadness and despair. "It's a pity that I can no longer be a partner of justice. Father, I'm going to find you."
"Is he dead for sure?"
Guhan walked to Aardwolf's side and carefully observed his body. He found that there was a black hole where Aardwolf's heart should be. It seemed that something had drilled into the hole.
"We can't save him!"
Magic Pen glanced at Guhan. "We've tried countless methods before. We've even spent a lot of effort to bring medical pods and nano medical capsules into this quest. In the end, we still can't save him. His heart has been directly hit by filth. There's no way to save him."
Filth was a new term that King Arthur brought to the humans after he defected. It was said that most of the Yuanchen that were born among the humans had their souls contaminated by filth. That was why they attacked humans so crazily and completely gave up on the idea of peaceful coexistence with humans.
However, after King Arthur, although humans desperately tried to figure out what filth was, they still could not figure it out. Even a large portion of King Arthur's interview notes were blocked by the Sword Committee and the Council. According to their explanation, this part of the content was not suitable for everyone to see.
Unexpectedly, the name of filth was heard again in this new hidden dungeon. Could it be that Sword Maiden Online was planning to expose the truth of filth to mankind?
Aardwolf continued, "You must save her now … Her soul has been cleansed … She is my last hope … and your last hope … You must find a way to save her, so that your world will still have hope. Your world will still have the last hope."
Aardwolf uttered a few hopes in a row, as if saving her would allow humans to regain control of the Earth.
When they first entered the instance dungeon, the members of Yaoguang Sword Faction felt their blood racing.
Even though they knew that this was just a game, a dusty piece of history from hundreds of years ago, when they heard this hope, they immediately wanted to rush in and rescue her.
However, now that they had entered this dungeon more than a dozen times, these people would probably be able to memorize Aardwolf's next lines, and they would not be excited at all.
"Who is she?
Where is she being held?
How can we save her? "
The You siblings weakly asked these three questions. These were the three questions that had to be asked, and they were also the most important questions mentioned in the mission prompt. If they didn't ask these three questions, the Aardwolf would only be babbling until the filth flared up, and wouldn't reveal any useful information.
Of course, in addition to these three questions, you could also ask other questions. In the first few instances, Yaoguang's team tried to ask many different questions, but no matter what they asked, Aardwolf's answer was the same. So now, the You siblings directly asked the three simplest questions that had to be asked.
Seeing this, Guhan frowned.
When he first saw this dungeon's information, Guhan felt that something was wrong. This Aardwolf's intelligence seemed to be far lower than the NPCs in the previous dungeons. The other NPCs would give different answers according to your questions, but this Aardwolf completely ignored them. This was very strange. This was not an NPC that "Sword Maiden Online" should have.
Hearing the You siblings' question, Aardwolf's eyes lit up. He coughed twice and answered.
"Her name is Artoria Pendragon … Cough cough … You sword-bearers should be very familiar with her. King Arthur, one of the ten kings of the Martyr's Palace. His hands are stained with the blood of human sword-bearers … Cough cough cough cough … Even so, you must save her.
"She is now locked in the underground garage of Terminal T1. It has been transformed into a Dimensional Altar by the Martyr's Palace. At 8: 23 tonight, the altar will open, and Artoria will be escorted back to the Martyr's Divine Kingdom in the dimensional rift.
So before 8: 20, you must rescue her from the Dimensional Altar. Otherwise, everything will be over! "
After saying this, Aardwolf spat out a mouthful of black blood. It seemed that he really didn't have long to live.
"What kind of enemies are in the altar?" The You siblings continued to ask questions according to the routine.
"Hehe."
Hearing this question, Aardwolf suddenly smiled. A person who was about to die still had such a sincere smile. It was indeed an anomaly. "Originally, three of the ten kings were here. Otherwise, how could the people of the Martyr's Palace capture her?
But I have already asked that person to lead the three kings away. Now, the strongest person in the temple should be the Fallen Sword Yuan Kou. If you do your best, you should be able to resist him! "
The Fallen Sword Yuan Kou was equivalent to an advanced spirit sword level sword-bearers. This Aardwolf made it sound simple. Asking six Famed Sword level sword-bearers to fight against the Fallen Sword Yuan Kou was basically no different from suicide.
However, Yaoguang's group couldn't refuse. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to clear this dungeon.
"Okay, we promise you!" The You siblings made a promise.
"Thank you!"
Aardwolf nodded in relief. Then, he spat out another mouthful of black blood. Upon closer inspection, there were actually some organ residues in the blood. It seemed that Aardwolf's internal organs had been smashed.
"You can kill me now!"
Aardwolf suddenly said, "I can no longer suppress the filth's control over my soul. If you don't want to face the Fallen Sword Yuan Kou, then kill me. You must be fast and ruthless!"
"Siyu, do it. Kill him!" Magic Pen said emotionally. How many times had they killed Aardwolf?
This was the first time they came to this stage, so they were moved by Aardwolf's behavior. Although Aardwolf repeatedly asked them to kill him, he didn't do it in the end.
As a result, a tragedy happened. Aardwolf was controlled by the so-called filth and turned into another person. Then, he attacked Magic Pen's team without mercy.
This filthy Aardwolf's combat power exploded to a terrifying level. Even Yaoguang's elite Sword-level team couldn't hold on for more than five minutes. They died one after another and were thrown out of the dungeon. They waited for a full three days before entering the dungeon again.
From then on, Wondrous Brush didn't hesitate to give the order to kill Aardwolf before he was corrupted.
"Wait, I still have a question to ask him!"
Just as You Sicong was about to make a move, Guhan suddenly spoke, indicating that he still had questions to ask.
"It's useless. I've already asked what I need to ask. If you ask any other questions, he won't answer you!"
You Sicong thought that Guhan didn't understand the situation, so he explained. He was telling the truth. They had tried to ask different questions from various aspects, but except for the few questions asked just now, Aardwolf wouldn't care about other questions at all. In the end, You Sicong and the others were too lazy to experiment anymore.
"Did you even ask about the color of his underwear?" Gu Han suddenly asked in a strange manner.
"…"
"…"
Everyone expressed that although they were unwilling to admit it, they had to admit that they really didn't ask this question.
"Let him ask!"
Magic Pen said. "But you only have 30 seconds. After 30 seconds, he will be completely filthy. At that time, you will bear the consequences of the dungeon's failure alone."
"Sure!" Guhan squatted down beside Aardwolf and asked very seriously.
"Why?
Why does your altar open at 8: 23 p.m.? "
"Tsk, what kind of question is this!"
Steel Mantis, who had been paying attention to this, spat disdainfully. It would be strange if Aardwolf would answer this question.
However, what happened next shocked everyone. Aardwolf, who had closed his eyes and was waiting for death, suddenly opened his eyes, stared at Gu Han's face, and said word by word, "Because they have to rush back to watch 'Happy Goat and Big Big Wolf', which will be broadcasted at 8: 25 pm … What a pity, I won't be able to watch such an interesting and meaningful cartoon anymore … Happy Goat, Pretty Goat, Lazy Goat, Boiling Goat, Happy Goat … Don't underestimate me just because I'm a goat."
This Aardwolf actually sang. What the hell was this?!
"Hey!
Brother! "
You Siyu poked her brother's waist. "Brother, have we asked this question before?"
"I don't think so …" You Sicong shook his head in disbelief. This Aardwolf actually answered a new question under the Military Governor's question … This Military Governor really had some skills.
"This is weird!" Steel Mantis muttered with his head lowered. But from then on, his attitude towards Guhan was much better.
Magic Pen didn't say anything, but there were many more unpredictable things in his eyes.
"You can die now!"
After getting Aardwolf's answer, Guhan didn't ask any other questions. The Yue King's Sword directly pierced through Aardwolf's skull, completely cutting off the possibility of him being filthy.
But the strange thing was that after Aardwolf died, his corpse was left on the ground. No dimensional vortex appeared beside his corpse to retrieve it.
It was unknown whether it was because Aardwolf wasn't infected by filth.
Or rather, Aardwolf didn't die.