How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

After glancing at a certain little guy and a certain priest who were still paddling, Dolan reluctantly took over the task of triggering the next stage of the plot.

Chapter 127 I am Meryl

"No matter what, you will all be our village's friends forever."

The middle-aged man paused after he finished speaking. "But you all don't look like locals. If it weren't for someone familiar with the area showing you the way, you wouldn't be able to find us. I'm sure you all have something to ask. Is there anything I can do to help you?"

Although it is task language, it also seems to prove from the side that this person is a careful observer.

Duolan nodded. "Yes, we are here to investigate the changes in the Black Prison Forest. We found some clues in the forest and need to find someone to understand the situation. Do you know the name Meryl?"

"Are you looking for Lady Meryl? I'll take you there right now." The middle-aged man was a little surprised, but he reacted quickly and walked in front to temporarily act as a guide.

Everyone followed the middle-aged man, and on the way the middle-aged man was narrating what had happened in the monster invasion before.

"Ever since the changes in the Black Prison Forest, these monsters have been trying to invade our village. A battle just took place to the east of the village."

"Hey, is it okay for you to go over and help?"

Mu Shui couldn't help but ask.

"Ms. Meryl is over there, don't worry. In fact, our side is the weakest line of defense. Originally, Ms. Meryl was planning to deal with the monsters in the east first and then come to help immediately, but she didn't expect to have your help."

When mentioning Meryl's name, the middle-aged man's tone seemed full of respect.

After passing through the village, everyone was soon brought to a wooden house. "Ms. Meryl's home is right here. Sorry, I have something else to take care of, so I'll leave first."

"Thank you. Go ahead and do your work."

Everyone looked at the three-story house in front of them, which was obviously different from the other three-story houses in the village. Obviously, whether from this point or the tone of the middle-aged man before, Meryl's status in the village was not ordinary.

Duolan went forward and knocked on the door, and soon the door was opened by a middle-aged woman.

Just as Wang Haiyouyou and the others were staring with their eyes wide open, the middle-aged woman took the lead in explaining, "Ah, I guess you are the adventurers who helped repel the monsters. Please come in. Lady Meryl has gone to the church to help the wounded, but I heard that she is on her way back. You just need to wait for a while."

As he spoke, he asked everyone to move closer to the house and brought them some tea and fruit while they were observing inside the house.

"Turns out it's a neighbor who came to help with the cleaning." Wang Hai breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yeah, it almost scared me to death."

The other girls also patted their chests.

"All we have to do now is wait for her to come back."

While waiting, Duolan and Hong Shanhu also talked about how they came here to open up the wasteland.

"After we handed the envelope to Meryl, she took us to find the ultimate mastermind, but the BOSS was too strong. We tried many times but couldn't even knock down 50% of his health bar, so we suspected that there might be something we missed along the way."

As they said this, Duolan and Hong Shanhu turned their gaze towards a tall figure in the team.

When they saw the two of them, everyone remembered their identities as members of Hill's strategy team, and immediately cast expectant glances at them.

Facing so many eyes, Hill knew there would be such a moment, and explained the reason according to what I told him, "We also tried many methods, and finally found the key."

"What is it?"

Everyone asked eagerly.

"The secret cross."

"cross?"

"Hey, is that the purified cross?"

"But hasn't that cross already been used by us? We used it to weaken the Lord of the Fallen Dryads."

"Two days ago, when we were testing the values ​​of a difficult dungeon, we tried to clear the dungeon without weakening the Lord of the Fallen Dryad. After we finished, we found that the cross was still in the backpack. When we re-entered the dungeon, it was still there, but all its attributes were invalidated."

"Subsequent test results have proven that only the purified secret cross can be preserved."

Hill said lightly. Even though she had taught me before that lying was a bad behavior, she didn't seem to blush at all at this moment.

"Is this still possible?"

"This should be considered a BUG!"

As soon as Hill finished speaking, everyone showed surprised expressions. Even Dolan, Hong Shanhu, Yeyuan, and Qiuse Rushui were stunned for a moment, but they soon thought of something and cast their gazes towards a petite figure in the team.

Of course I understand what they are thinking.

I stuck out my tongue and took out the secret cross I got in the difficult level dungeon from my backpack. "I really didn't know how to use it last time. It's not that I thought of what Sister Hill said, thinking that I should be careful or something."

Only a ghost would believe it.

Several people in the team had already developed patience with the seemingly innocent smile of a certain little guy (teacher), and secretly complained in their hearts.

But they didn't say anything. After all, they passed the level last time under the other party's command, and doing so seemed to make things more convenient for them.

The rest of the people didn't care so much and were even happy that they didn't have to go to the difficult level dungeon to get the quest items, and they praised me for my cleverness.

"In fact, Sister Hill and the others also thought this was a bug at first, but after reporting it to the Epoch Mastermind, they received feedback that there was no problem at all, so someone immediately realized that this was a designed mechanism."

I took over Hill's words and continued, "It's impossible to design such a mechanism for no reason, and add to what Alpha said before."

"What did Alpha say?"

"Don't let those brave soldiers lose their confidence. Do you have any thoughts?" I blinked.

Qiu Se Ru Shui reacted and tried to say, "Don't let those beautiful things be covered in dust?"

The former was what Alpha left behind when he was in the dryad territory, while the latter was in the trail of the Shadow Swamp. Although both are puzzling, we can guess something by connecting the two behaviors.

"That's right. The answer to this sentence is to point us to the cross." I smiled slightly. "So Sister Hill and the others tested it with this prop and finally found that it can be submitted to Meryl mentioned in the letter to strengthen her weapon."

After listening to my explanation, everyone showed expressions of understanding.

"So that's it."

"To be honest, this method is really not something that most people can think of. It's too difficult."

"Ms. Hill and your companions are very impressive."

Dolan couldn't help but nodded. After all, this was the first time she had seen such an idea of ​​how to clear a dungeon. She really admired the strategy team.

However, Hong Shanhu next to her suddenly thought of something, "Huh, but if that's the case, why hasn't anyone cleared the dungeons above the nightmare level yet?"

"It's very simple." I spread my hands, "Because even if I do this, I still can't beat the BOSS."

Everyone who had not expected the result was stunned and found it hard to believe.

"No way, I still can't win even after going this far."

"How strong is this BOSS..."

"So we did some more tests and probably found the real reason." Hill interrupted the discussion and said lightly.

This is a true strong person who will not be defeated by any difficulties.

Looking at that beautiful face without much expression, everyone couldn't help but think in their hearts, but they were also full of curiosity, what kind of method could be hidden so deeply.

Just when they were about to ask further questions, the door of the house was suddenly pushed open. Everyone subconsciously looked over and found that the person who came was a tall and handsome man.

He swept his eyes over the crowd, and although they couldn't be said to be unfriendly, there was still a hint of wariness in his eyes.

"I heard from the villagers. Thank you for your help, adventurers, but what are you doing here?"

"This is her brother. Meryl arrived later." Dolan explained in the team channel. She was about to take over and send this brother away as she did before, but she never expected that a figure was faster than her.

"We are here to find Meryl under the instructions of Mr. Alpha." Hill said lightly.

"Master Alpha? Meryl?"

The man repeated subconsciously.

Hill did not explain, but handed the letter to the other party.

Meryl's brother also knows Alpha?

Could it be that the key point is to give the letter to Meryl's brother before she comes back, to eliminate his defenses, and then her brother will join the battle?

Everyone, including Dolan, immediately turned their eyes to the tall and handsome man. They saw hope in his powerful body and his calm, mature and resolute face that had experienced countless battles.

"I'm sorry, adventurers. I shouldn't have doubted you."

After quickly reading it, the man let out a long sigh, and his arm holding the letter trembled slightly.

Successful.

Seeing the sign that triggered the mission language, everyone suddenly became excited. After all, this most likely meant that the first pass of the Abyss-level dungeon was beckoning to them.

However, before they could get excited for long, the man continued.

"I wrote this letter. I am the Meryl you are looking for."

I am the Meryl you are looking for. I am the Meryl you are looking for. I am the Meryl you are looking for.

The huge living room suddenly fell silent.

Everyone seemed to feel that something was crumbling into pieces in their minds.

When exposed to the sunlight outside the window, it turned into a pool of water, extinguishing all the original excitement and excitement.

When the wind blows, it freezes into a silent sculpture.

Even Yiwen was stunned, and subconsciously said what everyone wanted to say, "Isn't the designer of this copy a pervert..."

Gah--

The next second, the silent atmosphere in the living room was broken by a cry of pain like that of a small animal.

Chapter 128: The Secret Church

"Why did you hit others!" Yiwen held his head and glared behind him, looking a little angry.

I coughed and looked away. "Just wanted to remind you that sometimes dungeon designers and dungeon plot designers are not the same kind of people."

Yiwen was stunned for a moment, but he reacted, "Wait, what does this have to do with you beating someone up, An An!"

"How can it be unrelated? Has the education you have received so far been so bad?" My tone suddenly became serious. "It is not a good behavior to wrongly accuse others without any basis."

"Is that so..." Ivan shrank his head in fear at my tone, still a little confused, "But this has nothing to do with..."

"It's really disappointing that you still want to quibble until now. This kind of behavior will undoubtedly exacerbate the lack of trust between people and have an immeasurable impact on the whole society."

"Ah, is it really that scary..." Yiwen swallowed his saliva, still holding on to a trace of thought, "But this is different from An An..."

"Are these things important? You are the successor of socialism. You need to understand that even the smallest problem will become a serious disaster if it is magnified by the country's huge population. Your actions may even cause the entire socialism to fall into a stalemate, causing the country's decades of efforts to go to waste."

"Oh, yes, I'm...I'm sorry..."

"I didn't hear your sincerity. Do you still want to forgive me in such a low voice?"

"sorry!"

"That's right, now that you've apologized, I'll forgive you."

I showed an expression that said I really can't do anything with you, and reached out to touch Yuwen's head.

Strange, didn’t An An beat someone up for no reason before?

Yuwen couldn't help feeling a little confused, but the gentle touch on her head made her forget about it, so she just let it go.

Seeing the whole farce, everyone felt confused and a little funny. But thanks to the two little guys, they also reacted to the situation in front of them. However, when they looked at the tall and handsome Camilla, their eyes were still very strange.

Only Hill had no change in expression from beginning to end, and explained to Meryl why the team had found this place.

"So that's how it is. I think I understand what Lord Alpha meant."

The man whose real name was Reiss Meryl thought deeply for a moment and then raised his head. "I'm afraid all of this is related to the wizard of the Secret Council."

The Secret Council again?

When they heard the name for the second time, everyone's curiosity was aroused.

And through each other's narration, they also understood what happened.

More than ten days ago, when Reis was hunting in the forest, he rescued an injured wizard. The wizard explained to him that he was a member of the Orosei Wizard Association, but was discovered by his enemies while traveling and was chased all the way here.

While thanking him for the rescue, the wizard also declined the invitation to recuperate in the hidden path in the forest, saying that he would bring disaster to the village. After telling him that he would stay here for a while to avoid his enemies, he walked alone into the depths of the Black Prison Forest.

"Although he does have an accent from the Orosei region, I found the identity mark of the Secret Council on his body, and the wounds on his body are also a bit strange. Just now I recalled that these were wounds caused by the Secret Council's special spells. I saw them when I was traveling with Master Alpha. That wizard should be the traitor hunted by the Council, and Master Alpha might have come here because of this."

After the other party's explanation, everyone realized that Alpha, who had always remained mysterious, was actually one of the chairmen of the Secret Code Council.