Chapter 153

Chapter 153: The Attack of the Protagonist (5)

Translator: Sigma Editor: Sigma

The Death Poker was a kind of consumable item used for far-range attack . Although Feng Bujue was using it as a close combat weapon, after they had hit the target, all the four cards in his hand still disappeared . The energy used to generate the cards had transferred into physical damage . After the system determined those damage, its physical form was lifted .

And, just look at the monster . After the dense black smoke flowed out from the cuts, the monster’s body was shriveled, just like it only had the skin bag that carried nothing like bones, blood or flesh inside . Its body was only stuffed with the foggy black smoke . When the dark smoke gushed out, it soon turned into an empty skin bag and fell on the ground .

Feng Bujue loosened his grip on the monster’s arm as he saw that it turned into a wrinkled skin layer . He didn’t retrieve the Death Poker but instead manipulated another card which dashed to the dense black smoke puddling like a boggy swamp on the floor .

The result was… almost nothing . The Death Poker seemed like it had directly hit the ground through the intangible black smoke, unable to damage the smoke in the slightest .

At this moment, Feng Bujue’s teammates were released from the stiff restraint that kept them away from helping him . Anyway, the monster was killed, so they didn’t have a room to perform now .

"Feng-Ge, the monster didn’t control you, did it?" asked Invincible Hero .

Feng Bujue was still observing the black smoke on the ground . He absent-mindedly replied, "No," he paused for one second and continued, "you guys were under some kind of restraint that made you immobile?"

"Currently unknown," answered Zen In Scary Dream, "if we didn’t care, it was okay; but if we wanted to walk over and help you, our bodies didn’t listen to us . "

"According to the setting, it would be a relatively strong spirit attack…" Ye Zhi mused, then talked to Feng Bujue, "Perhaps, it’s because you have the Protagonist’s Halo that kept you away from the effects?"

"I don't think so," answered Feng Bujue . "When the system introduced the Protagonist’s Halo, it just said that the halo would ‘stop’ the situation where the holder should be instantly dead . This situation could kill the holder when his or her Survival Value is 100%; or, it could cause a slight damage when the Survival Value is just 1% . " He was walking further into the house while talking . Several steps ahead of Feng Bujue, that black smoke started to ooze slowly, going deeper into the house . "The Protagonist’s Halo will forcefully stop my death, but it won’t make me immune to every side effects . If I wouldn't be affected mentally or my Survival Value wouldn't decline, this sort of buff should be called ‘The Invincible Halo’ then . "

When Feng Bujue was still talking, he had followed the black smoke to the wall . "In simple words, I will shed blood and got hit like you guys, but I won’t die .

"Currently, the first strike of that monster wasn’t a fatal hit as both of its speed and power were just the standard of poor soldiers . If I didn't parry and got hit, my Survival Value would still be affected . Of course, what happened was that I had caught the attack . And, the strike that came close right after the first one from the monster was evidently an instant fatal one . Anyway, I haven’t clearly seen it, and I wasn’t confident that I could dodge it with my own ability . If I got hit, I’m definitely dead . Thus, facing the instant fatal strike that could pierce through my head, the Protagonist’s Halo would work and make that monster miss its target . "

The black smoke had reached the wall, then it started to fly up just like some kind of liquid absorbed into the magic formation drawn on the wall .

"So why weren’t you affected by that monster’s spirit restraint? You could resist and even kill it," asked Ye Zhi .

"Before asking me this question…" Feng Bujue studied the magic formation, not even turning his back while replying . "Why don’t you put yourself in that situation and think… At that moment, besides the Protagonist’s Halo, what kind of other conditions that could save me from the same effects you guys were bearing?"

As Ye Zhi heard that, she mused for a few seconds . "Stay on the spot? Spiritual Specialty?" After she had spoken these two assumptions, her face changed as she suddenly realized something . "You caught the monster’s arm?"

"To be exact…" Feng Bujue answered, "Maintaining the direct physical contact . "

"Oh, that’s it . If we touched the monster’s body, we wouldn't be affected by its spirit oppression, is it true?" said Invincible Hero .

"True, but not true," answered Feng Bujue .

"Kiddo, don’t try to be mysterious, okay?" said Invincible Hero irritatedly .

"Personally, I think that the kind you are talking about, which restrained your bodies, is a skill that can control the crowd and affect many people at the same time," said Feng Bujue . "And, the reason why I was immune from that skill could be because I was grabbing one of the monster’s arm . " He rubbed his nose as though it was his old habit . "But I don't think that that monster was the one who performed this skill . "

Feng Bujue retrieved his Death Poker and took out the Robots Must Die from his bag . He continued speaking while using the blade to scratch the wall . "When that monster appeared, you guys instinctively retreated one step to several steps differently, which spoke of the fact that you were still able to move at that time . "

Invincible Hero intervened him, "I do want to ask you about this… A fierce devil suddenly hissed and emerged from the dark, but you neither backed off nor shivered . Are you still a human?"

"I have big guts," Feng Bujue toned it down, gave him a simple reply and continued, "when I grabbed the first strike of the monster, with your capacities and mentalities, I think you were surely able to help me, but you couldn’t do that . In other words, you were under the effect right after I caught the monster’s arm . "

"Yes, it happened at that moment," Zen In Scary Dream confirmed resolutely .

"Yeah, then we can think about it from another angle…" said Feng Bujue . "If the monster was the one releasing that skill, why didn't it use that skill immediately right when it had just appeared? Then, it could wait until all the enemies got oppressed and couldn't move to launch its attack again . Why didn't it do that?"

"You meant there’s something else…" Invincible Hero said then his face became tense again as he shone his flashlight on the pitch black corridors on both sides .

"In fact, the answer is right in front of us . " When Feng Bujue said this, he had done scratching the magic formation in front of him .

The whole mansion and the garden outside vanished into thin air at this moment . Everything around them became a charred wilderness, leaving only the lone wall standing in front of Feng Bujue .

The shriveled wrinkled skin monster now appeared in its original form . It seemed to be a dead body of some kind of domestic cattle . This kind of animal was hard to identify since its skin had been stretched to form the human shape, just like a slice of bread being put into a mold .

"This magic formation had used a summon skill first," Feng Bujue said, "and after it was done with that skill, it then used the oppressing skill to control us . " He put away his sword . "This order couldn't be changed . First, it summoned a monster that could kill us, then it used the skill to restrain our mobility . It worked that way . " He added, "In summary… that controlling skill needs to be maintained all the time and couldn't be used for a long time . "

"You are saying that this formation is a monster with rationality?" asked Invincible Hero .

"I think that the nature of the ‘Aggrieved Well’ in this scenario is similar to this formation’s," Feng Bujue said . "Of course, it should be much stronger than this one . " He turned around and walked towards the road . "Besides the small town, in the area of several miles around here, not to mention the farms, there’s nothing like a building . Such a big mansion with garden appearing in a place which should be a paddy field is somehow inexplicable . " After he had walked pass them, the other five exchanged looks and then followed him .

"Several meters behind the door was a wall, which made me think that those were all illusions," said Feng Bujue . "Even if it was a building in a ghostly scenario, the entrance shouldn't be presented like that . When I saw the magic formation drawn on the wall, and I recalled the effects of the same type of formation, I understood that since this area has nothing else, it could make such a level of illusion . " He raised one arm and pointed backwards . "If this formation wasn’t drawn on a collapsed wall but in a real Yokan House…"

"Then the illusion it could generate would be as vast as a maze…" Invincible Hero continued what Feng Bujue was saying . The horror memory about the Usher’s House gradually emerged in his head .

"The complexity of the surroundings decides the complexity of the illusion that it could create," Feng Bujue said, "with just one wall, making things like this is its extreme level . It’s impossible for this paddy field to assist creating the rooms, furniture, different floors or basement, etc . "

From the beginning up to now, Copernicus and Galileo hadn’t said anything, just observing the others’ moves . Their faces changed several times, as they were constantly exchanging looks and some short of whispers .

At this moment, Galileo spoke up his matter, well, his matter wasn’t different from induction . "Hey… little Feng-Ge, you say… in the mountain which has the Main Quest, will it have such formations like this?"

"You can tell me directly that nothing’s there and everything’s done…" Feng Bujue only diverted himself from loneliness, but his expression was still tranquil . "Ah… I think you want to ask me… Why we haven’t heard the notification about the Side Quest and even when we have killed the monster and dissolved the formation, we haven’t received any related rewards . "

"Oh yeah, why’s that?" Zen In Scary Dream lit up another cigarette .

"Assuming that this kind of formations, which has the rationality to use different skills, is our main enemy in this scenario and the Main Quest has taken place at the mountain where there are thousands of magic formations like this . Most of them will have the same strength, but the strongest one should be drawn at the bottom of the Aggrieved Well," said Feng Bujue . "So… the formation we had just finished may just be considered ‘additional’ since we wouldn't meet it if we had followed the normal route to finish the scenario . "

"So?" asked Invincible Hero .

Ye Zhi continued him when Feng Bujue hadn’t answered yet . "So… this behavior of breaking this magic formation is a reward itself . "