Real Cthulhu Running Game

   Chapter 1043 Schedule

"If you have no opinion, I think it is more appropriate to leave this Baron Medal to Alice for safekeeping, because it will take a few days to honor this Baron Medal, so we are holding this Baron Medal now if it is taken by others. , especially if Zum and others saw it, this Baron Medal cannot be kept in nine out of ten; but if Alice is in charge of keeping it, then this is not a big problem, because I think Zum and the others should not Stealing something from Alice for a baron medal." Sun Huiwen said suddenly and seriously.

"Yeah, in the eyes of Zum and the others, Alice and the members of the public faction must be in the same spirit, so if they conflict with one of them, it is equivalent to provoking everyone in disguise, so this Baron Medal is not yet. It's worth their shot, even if it's Green and Yake." Liu Xing echoed.

Alice was not polite, nodded and said: "No problem, leave this baron medal to me, if there is no accident, we should be able to leave this mirage with this baron medal, because Zum and the others really won't do it for this. This is an important piece of information I got at the dinner table today.”

  After receiving the Baron Medal, Alice and Liu Xing and others talked about what happened in the banquet hall this morning.

I don't know if the members of the public faction are good at acting, or if they really didn't realize that Alice entered this mirage together with Liu Xing and others. In short, judging from the attitude of the public faction members this morning, they took Alice Silk became an NPC.

It is worth mentioning here that Alice heard about one thing through the "good sisters" she met at yesterday's dinner party, that is, the last group of people who entered this mirage, that is, members of public factions and possible existences. There are too many passers-by, so Mirage has added some special identities to them in addition to knights and squires, such as the fox friends Green and Yake met on the street, Conaway and Roken specially recruited Soldiers (nominally personal bodyguards), and castle cleaners that Zum temporarily "recruited".

   All in all, these people who have obtained special status are equivalent to being directly assigned to a faction. Although their status in the castle is similar to that of Liu Xing and other squires, they can move in more areas, and they can also live directly in the main castle.

And after the first batch of people who entered the mirage, many NPCs came one after another, so Alice made up an idea here, that is to wait until a suitable time to appear with Liu Xing and others, and then disguise herself Become NPC, and Liu Xing and others naturally become "NPC's squires".

   If this is successful, then Alice will not be targeted too much by members of the public faction.

  Thinking of this, Alice began to learn the words and deeds of those NPCs. Fortunately, Alice had learned some noble etiquette before, so she would be able to act inseparably soon.

Then I got to the point. First of all, this breakfast is plain that Zum wants to set rules, and Conaway and others also know that if there are no rules, then the next treasure hunt will likely become a survival Way to go.

  So, after spending nearly an hour, everyone present, or the five Zum brothers finally discussed a rule that everyone could accept.

  The first rule is that everyone should rely on their abilities when looking for a knighthood or medal.

From Alice's point of view, the four words "depending on your ability" are worth pondering, because you have good eyes and a good brain to find the title and medal is your ability, you can "take" the title from other people's hands. It's your job too.

   Obviously, Zum and others are very clear that they are not upright gentlemen, and their brothers are not good people, so they have a tacit understanding and did not go into depth here, as for the others, of course, they have no opinion.

  Article 2, if someone wants to forcibly steal the title and medal from someone else's hand, those who see this scene around are obliged to help the robbed party, and can use any means, regardless of life or death.

   Obviously, this rule is for the sake of the fight that may happen next. To put it bluntly, it will "rationalize" the high-level title and medal battle that will inevitably occur.

The most important thing is that Alice knows that this rule is actually another tacit understanding formed between Zum and others - there can only be three camps in this castle, and distant relatives like Alice can only choose to join them. One is that they are not allowed to report to the group to keep warm and establish their own business, otherwise they will inevitably be attacked by Zum and others. . . Of course, that's fine if you don't get a knighthood.

   Anyway, life or death does not matter, that is to say, the party who survives to the end has the absolute right to speak. At that time, there will be a reversal of polarities, and it will not be difficult to package himself as a person who is "forced to kill".

  Article 3, on the day before the title recognition ceremony, everyone must go to the main castle hall for a "final summary", and everyone can freely trade the title medals they find.

To put it bluntly, this rule is that Zum and others are forcing others to hand over the titles and medals they have obtained. Of course, for the sake of everyone's face, so on this last day, everyone is "trading" titles and medals instead of "competing". Order of Merit.

   The "Three Chapters of the Contract" negotiated by Zum and others, to put it bluntly, is to keep the titles and medals left by Duke Gundogan in the hands of their five brothers!

Of course, Zum and others are also very clear that if you hit a stick, you have to give a date, so they also hinted that the Viscount and Baron medals can be "freely traded" after this. In short, Zum and others do not They will forcibly "buy" the Viscount Medal and the Baron Medal, so these two title medals are "grant" by Zum and others to Alice's distant relatives.

   "These five Zum brothers are still a bit interesting. They are willing to use the Baron Medal and Viscount Medal as a bargaining chip to give us distant relatives, so that we can honestly work for them." Liu Xing said with a smile.

Alice shrugged and said, "This is already very good, at least it's not just a baron to send us away, so we should feel content, but you also know the three chapters of the contract, so I think we wait When looking for the remaining titles and medals later, don't split up, because I suspect that members of those public factions are likely to take the opportunity to make trouble and rule out unstable factors like us in advance."

Liu Xing sighed, nodded and said: "Alice, you are right, if I am a member of the public faction, then I will definitely find a way to get rid of all the outsiders who are not my own, to ensure that my plan can work. It went smoothly, and it's not a big problem for them to get rid of a few people, so we have to be careful, but then again, Zum and the others should have revealed the approximate hidden range of those titles and medals, right?"

Alice nodded and said seriously: "Yes, Zum took out a diary of Duke Gundogan today, and there is a simple map on the last page of this diary, which is simply Three castles under the name of Duke Gundogan are drawn, and a triangle area is also drawn between the castles. This is obviously Duke Gundogan's suggestion that the title medal is hidden in these three castles, and this In the area between the three castles, so in ten minutes we can move freely and look for the knighthood in this area."

"From the current situation, I now have a rough guess, that is, there is likely to be a title medal in each of the three castles, and it should be the lower-level Hou, Son, and Baron medals. , because Liu Xing, you have already found the Baron Medal in this castle, and this castle should be the least difficult to find. After all, although the other two castles are also owned by Duke Gundogan, the maintenance costs of the castles are very high. , so the two castles have been idle."

"If Zum and others are not lying, then they have never been to those two castles at one time, because those two castles were rewards when the Duke of Gundogan came to the throne, and the original owners of these two castles were two Families that have already lost their way, so the two castles were actually lack of care a long time ago, so when Duke Gundogan got the two castles, he originally planned to assign them to Zum and others. Mu and others chose to refuse because they had no money...I have to say that this is quite true."

Li Hanxing nodded deeply and said, "Yes, there are such idle castles in many places in the real world now, and their own value seems to be very high, and if you mention their history, you can also For a long time, the most important thing is that these castles are sold at a very low price, but these castles need to spend tens of millions just to simply renovate them and reach the conditions for daily living. It costs about the same to maintain, and if you want a real refurbishment, it will cost a hundred or two hundred million to get it.”

   Liu Xing looked at Li Hanxing in surprise and said with a smile: "It seems that Li Hanxing, you still know the market quite well, you know it so clearly."

Before Li Hanxing could open his mouth, Sun Huiwen stood up and said, "Of course, this guy Li Hanxing had his eye on a small castle a long time ago, and the listed price of that castle was only more than 100,000 yuan. It should be possible to reduce the price to 100,000, but a set of decoration and maintenance costs about 2 million, so Li Hanxing has been saving money now."

Hearing Sun Huiwen say this, Liu Xing said with a smile: "I didn't expect Li Hanxing, you are so ambitious, that you still want to buy a castle to be your lord? But you have to be careful, it is very possible in an idle castle like this. There will be mythical creatures hidden."

According to unreliable investigation and research, in this parallel world with the background of the Cthulhu mythology, more than 80% of the idle castles and manors have "residents". These residents are either mythical creatures or some A secret church, or a hermitage magician.

   So in this parallel world, people who buy an idle castle or manor will not only lose money, but may also have a bloodbath.

   "Well, I'll tell you the truth, I want to buy that castle not only for living, but also for the possible treasures there."

Li Hanxing sighed and said seriously: "I like to buy second-hand books when I am studying, because second-hand books are relatively cheap, and some second-hand books contain reading notes from predecessors; I remember that it should be my high school. One day, I bought an English novel from a second-hand bookstore that looked some years old. The interesting thing is that this novel does not have the author's signature. Judging from the title, it is an adventure novel. I forgot the title of the book."

"The reason why I bought this book at that time was that I actually wanted to use it to hold that stuff. I could still recognize a lot of words in the book, but if I wanted to connect them, it would be difficult for me to understand them. I mean, but the previous owner of the book made a lot of notes in the book, so I can still understand the general meaning of some paragraphs, and here I mentioned the castle I wanted to buy - Katos Castle. "

"According to the records in the notes, Katos Castle used to be the place of seclusion for a magician. The magician is very strong. He helped a king do a lot of things before going into seclusion, so he has accumulated a lot of treasures for storage. In the castle, it is a pity that he later offended the Hound of Tindalos because he wanted to travel through time and space, so he died at the end; I only thought it was a novel plot, but when I came into contact with the truth of this world, I realized It's not right."

"After my secret investigation, the mage is indeed a real person, and some of his related deeds recorded in the novel are also correct, including when he suddenly disappeared; then I also went to investigate the novel's I found out that this novel was self-published, only 100 copies were printed, and only 5 copies were sold if there were records. The rest were either sent to others for pressing, or turned into toilet paper ."

   "So Li Hanxing, do you think the magician's treasure is still in that castle?" Alice asked with a smile.

Li Hanxing nodded and said with a smile: "Of course, so I want to buy that castle to find out, and even if there is no treasure in the castle, the big deal is that it will really be used as my residence after retirement; so After the Battle of Gongwu is over, are you interested in buying a castle with me?"

   Just as Liu Xing was about to nod his head, he suddenly remembered one thing, that is, he seemed to have already arranged the schedule after the end of the Battle of Gongwu.

   (end of this chapter)