Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

According to common sense in the Prison Star World, if an 18-year-old could reach the first level, the maximum level of 20, he would be considered outstanding. And if he could reach the second level, the top level of 18, at the age of 50, he would be a genius picked out of thousands.

Banning is already above genius.

"Any further questions, Chief Oleg?"

Banning's voice pulled Oleg back to reality from his thoughts. Looking at this young man with a stern face but an extremely warm smile, he felt a sense of awe in his heart.

"I...I have no problem now...I apologize for my rudeness just now, Mr. Banning..."

Unconsciously, Oleg's attitude towards Banning became as respectful as Pride's.

"Ah, you don't have to be so polite, Branch Chief. We are still friends."

Banning patted Oleg's shoulders, and each pat felt like a pat on his heart, making him feel extremely heavy.

Then, Banning looked back at Pride.

"Pryde, you want to pledge allegiance to me, right?"

"Yes, Master Banning!"

Pride immediately knelt down on one knee again and looked down at the ground.

"Well, your breathing was unstable just now, so I didn't hear what you said clearly... Knight Pride, listen carefully. If you want to pledge allegiance to me, please swear your oath."

Hearing that Lord Banning was willing to accept his loyalty, Pride was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes!

Ever since his father passed away, he often felt that he could not find the "direction" of his life, but now, he knew that a "new direction" in his life had appeared!

"I, Pride, Captain of the First Cavalry of the Greenwood Knights, hereby swear an oath to the God of Good!"

"From this moment on, I will pledge my loyalty to Lord Banning for the rest of my life."

"I will love what they love, hate what they hate, and have no thoughts of my own."

"My every word, every action, and every move will be based on Lord Banning's will and will never go against it."

"I will become Lord Banning's sword and shield, and I will fight until my death!"

After saying that, Pride drew the knight's sword from his waist, lowered his head, and handed it to Banning with both hands.

Banning took it, raised the sword and tapped Pride's left and right shoulders lightly, then handed the knight sword back to him.

"Knight Pride, I accept your allegiance. Rise."

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After the simple loyalty ceremony, Pride officially became Master Banning's servant and stood behind him with a satisfied look on his face.

This made Branch Chief Oleg's position seem somewhat awkward, as if he shouldn't be here and should go back to town.

Banning seemed to notice his uneasiness and immediately moved on to the next task.

Banning took two steps to the side, letting Oleg and Pride stand in front of him, and then he spoke.

"Minister Oleg, I have a request for you, Knight Pride, I have an order for you."

Banning used two different ways of saying it, but the content was the same - he asked Oleg and Pride not to reveal the fact that he was hiding his strength, and in addition, when outsiders were present, they should not call him "Lord Banning".

Pride agreed without hesitation, and Oleg thought about it for a moment and nodded in agreement.

For Oleg, helping Banning was a "favor" with no disadvantages. On the contrary, if he told others about it, it might bring him trouble... In addition, Oleg had something else to ask Banning for help tonight, which gave him no reason to refuse.

Banning thanked both of them, and then he asked them to return to Sunny Town at night and announce to others that Pride Knight was poisoned during the battle with the Corrupted Poison Blade Rat King, and it was Banning who passed by and brought him the key antidote, which enabled him to finally defeat the Rat King.

Tonight, Pride Knight is looking for Banning all over Sunny Town to thank him.

After explaining this matter, Banning asked Pride to collect the reward for defeating the Rat King on his behalf, and then pass it to him through Oleg.

At this point, Banning said that he had said everything he wanted to say, and if there was nothing else, they could disband and go back to Sunny Town.

At this time, Oleg tried to persuade him to stay, saying that he had something to ask Lord Banning for help.

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"It is like this, Lord Banning..."

Oleg took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Banning. There was a wax seal of the Green Lizard Lord on the seal of the letter.

"This morning, someone gave me this express letter... It was originally intended for Mayor Gillian, but he is no longer with us."

Speaking of the mayor's death, Oleg felt a little regretful. After a brief pause, he continued.

"The letter states that all towns within Lord Green Lizard's territory must send a representative to report to Dris Town within one month... These representatives will then form a team to explore and capture the 'Green Ghost Lair' located near Dris Town."

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6.32 - A rare "daily life" (rd update)

As Oleg finished speaking, Jiang Ran also finished reading the contents of the letter.

It was obvious that Oleg hoped that "Banning" could attend as a representative.

This is not only about completing the tasks assigned by the superiors, but also an opportunity to publicize one's own strength to other towns. It may also involve issues such as the distribution of resources and benefits among towns.

However, Jiang Ran was not obliged to agree. What he had to consider was: if he participated, what would be the pros and cons, and whether it was worth taking the risk and spending time.

"Branch Chief, how far is Dris Town from Sunny Town? How many days will it take to get there by horse?" Jiang Ran asked.

"It's not far. If we travel by day and rest by night, we can get there in about seven days."

(Seven days...)

Jiang Ran glanced at the remaining days of the "Confession Death Countdown". There were still 21 days left. After deducting the two days of waiting to get new equipment, he only had 12 days to conquer the girl next time. This could not be said to be ample time, but rather a life-and-death race.

"Is it a common practice to gather people like this every once in a while?" Jiang Ran asked again.

"When we first discovered the maze, we did organize teams every six months to explore and conquer it. Later, as we failed more and more times, we gradually stopped organizing... This call was quite sudden. It's been almost two years since the last one."

(A sudden emergency call, could there be some emergency...?)

Jiang Ran thought about it. As far as he knew, the only thing that could be called an "incident" in recent days was the sudden visit of "The Only Demon God, the Unspeakable Name".

But what was the connection between this and forming a maze-clearing team? Jiang Ran couldn't figure it out yet.

"Is this 'Maze·Green Ghost Lair' the ancient maze everyone has been talking about recently?" Jiang Ran asked.

"That's not the case. This is just an ordinary maze. If it were an ancient maze, how could I let you take the risk?"

Jiang Ran didn't understand Oleg's answer. After asking around, he learned that the mazes in the Prison Star World were divided into two types.

An ordinary maze has no entry restrictions, and one can turn back and leave at any time in the maze. It is a relatively friendly type.

The ancient maze is different. Not only does it strictly limit the level range of those who enter, but once you enter, you can never get out unless you break the core of the maze.

"I see. Then why not use the army to conquer a normal maze?"

Jiang Ran's idea is a bit strange, but there are many people with strange ideas in the Prison Star World.

Oleg smiled helplessly and told Banning the lessons learned from his predecessors' failures.

"That's because the maze's terrain is very complex, with many narrow places. Having more people doesn't guarantee success. Sometimes, having more people can even be an obstacle."

"So... Branch Chief, Pride, have you ever entered a maze?"

Jiang Ran wanted to hear what those who had experienced it thought about the maze, but unfortunately, neither Oleg nor Pride had any experience in this area.

As for the benefits of successfully conquering the maze, Oleg described them vividly.

Fame, wealth, status, and treasures—it can be said that he has everything.

Jiang Ran used his mind reading ability to look at Oleg and knew that he was not lying, but Jiang Ran still had doubts.

Benefits are often proportional to risks. If the benefits of clearing the maze are really so tempting, then why don't those powerful people challenge it, but instead leave the treasures of the maze alone and give others the opportunity to try?

There must be some little-known secrets in this.

"How about this, Branch Chief? Give me two days, and I'll give you an answer in two days."

"well!"

Oleg was overjoyed. If Banning was unwilling to go to the current Sunny Town, he really couldn't find any decent talents.

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The next day, Jiang Ran slept soundly after a long time. He was back to the days when he could brush up his skill proficiency after waking up, which made him very moved.

In this hard-earned feeling of being moved, Jiang Ran upgraded his "Concentration" from level 9 to level 10 (Dexterity +10↑), unlocking a new entry, "Concentration".

After mastering "Concentration", Jiang Ran can enter the state of concentration while activating "Heart of Concentration". While doubling the magic power consumption, Jiang Ran can see the trajectory of the attack he is about to launch, thereby greatly improving the hit rate of long-range attacks.

Then, Jiang Ran upgraded the "Shadow Behind" to the next level (Lv1+1↑, Agility +20↑). After the upgrade, the existence time of the shadow clone increased from 5 seconds to 6 seconds, which was also a significant improvement, and it made Jiang Ran more motivated to continue upgrading this skill.

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After finishing his daily skill-brushing tasks, Jiang Ran went to the tavern near the quest guild and found Branch Chief Oleg.

As agreed, Oleg handed over all the rewards for defeating the Corrupted Poison Blade Rat King and the proceeds from selling the Rat King's materials to Jiang Ran, a total of 5 gold coins and 78 silver coins.

With this huge sum of money, Jiang Ran finally had enough money to start researching and developing new medicines.

After a whole day of experiments, Jiang Ran finally replicated the red potion and green poison mist potion used by Pride after repeated trial and error.

The red potion is called "Stimulus Potion". After taking it, it can increase the user's explosive power by 20% for 20 seconds, but the cost is 5 points of health loss per second.

The green poison mist potion is called "Weak Toxic Mist" and has a 15% chance of poisoning the inhaler. After poisoning, it causes 5 points of continuous damage per second for 30 seconds.

Jiang Ran thought of his previous experience of using the Corrupted Poison Dagger. He could guess that this 15% probability definitely did not take resistance into account, and the effect would be difficult to expect in actual use.

(I'll keep this recipe for now. If I find a better poison source later, I can try replacing it...)

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In addition to developing new potions, Jiang Ran also did not forget to mass-produce antidotes to gain experience (Pharmacist Experience: 200+100↑/600). He also made 20 smoke bombs to replenish the depleted stock.

Taking advantage of this inventive spirit, Jiang Ran developed a new prop overnight and named it "Smoke Arrow".

This is the product of combining smoke bombs with ordinary arrows. It can increase the effective range of the smoke bombs to 100 meters. After actual testing, the effect is excellent.

After finishing all this, Jiang Ran was tired, so he found a place nearby to have dinner, and while eating, he thought about what Oleg said yesterday.

Having a legitimate reason to leave Sunny Town with Oleg's endorsement was indeed attractive to Jiang Ran.

It would be even better if you could successfully conquer the maze and obtain treasures.

However, Jiang Ran still had doubts about the danger of the maze.

To this end, he took out the Universal Stone, converted it into points, and then used his ability to predict his own "future death scene." (Super Dimensional Eye: Experience Points 1+1↑/4)

As the energy points disappeared, Jiang Ran saw his "future death scene", and after seeing it, he was stunned.

In this "future death scene", there was no murderer, no weapon, and no wound. Jiang Ran couldn't figure out how he died this time.

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6.33 - Cause of death unknown

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Future Death Date:

187年7月8日下午3点16分

[Note: The current date is June 6]

Future Death Screen Content:

Jiang Ran fell face up on an unfamiliar street. There were many onlookers around him, but none of them were people he knew.

There were no wounds on Jiang Ran's body, and no bloodstains on the ground.

The expressions of the passers-by were mixed, some were confused and some were worried. They were wondering why this man fell to the ground in pain. Some people were calling for soldiers to come over out of concern.

However, no one's face showed the fear of seeing a murder scene, even though Jiang Ran was already dead at that moment.

At the moment of death, Jiang Ran's expression was extremely painful, his face turned red, and he pinched his neck with one hand and covered his chest with the other hand, as if doing so could avoid the impending death.

But he died anyway.

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"..."