Chapter 278 Please Keep the Fire Light in the Dark

“Wow, that’s a scary scream.”

Screams were heard in the dark scene, and anyone who encountered this situation would have to become cautious.

“But why does it sound like someone is calling?”

It wasn’t “like”, it was like someone was screaming, and shouting something like “Don’t come near me!” while screaming.

Tammy finally understood that he had encountered another adventurer, and he didn’t know whether the other party was from Bed City or the Royal City.

But since he heard the screams, it would be unreasonable for him not to go over to take a look. Even if he didn’t want to save her, he still had to go over to take a look.

It wouldn’t be so good if it was the Light Eagles, because that would mean their progress was also good, and the Sky Raiders wouldn’t be able to maintain their advantage.

While Tammy was quietly dealing with the monsters on the road, he was approaching the source of the sound. After walking for a while, he heard hurried footsteps running towards him. From the sound, he could guess that the other party must be very panicked.

A woman appeared, wearing the equipment of the Light Eagles.

Tammy immediately didn’t want to save him, but the little angel and the little devil in his heart struggled for a while, and finally he decided to take action.

He jumped out and pushed the female mercenary of the Light Eagle Corps into the gap where he had been hiding before. He drew his sword in the direction she was running from and shouted, “Don’t worry, I’m here to save you.”

The mercenary reacted immediately and shrank in the gap, not daring to move. At this time, heavy footsteps came from the darkness.

Judging from the noise, this monster must weigh at least several hundred pounds. It’s probably a super-large monster.

Tammy looked at her one-handed sword and suddenly felt a little worried. What if she couldn’t win? She was so busy saving people that she forgot about herself.
Here it comes, the footsteps are getting closer, and the huge monster is about to reveal its true face!

“Come on, I’m not afraid of you!” Tammy’s expression was solemn, and she shouted loudly as if to give herself courage.

“You are.”

A girl’s confused voice came from the darkness, and Tammy was stunned. After seeing the face of the person clearly, he cried out “Ah”.

“You, you are. Gus?” He was deeply impressed by the girl who once wielded a giant sword to save him.

“Who are you?” Elsa didn’t remember Tammy’s name at all. It seemed that he had never told anyone his name at the beginning.

“What happened? Why did your companion run away?”

“Wow the monster is catching up!”

Just when Tammy wanted to ask what was going on, the female mercenary ran away screaming without looking back, her words and actions full of fear.

Elsa’s eyes dimmed for a moment, and she turned and walked into the darkness.

“This,” Although Tammy didn’t understand what happened, he felt that he had to catch up with someone and ask him. After thinking it over, he ran over and grabbed Elsa’s wrist. The other party had saved him, and if he encountered difficulties, he had to repay the favor.

“Don’t touch me!” Elsa swung her arm and slapped Tammy away, causing her to retreat uncontrollably.

Her wrists were so thin and delicate, and you wouldn’t have guessed that such great strength was hidden in her slender arms.

“Oh, sorry,” Al said in a flustered tone, pursed his lips, and then explained: “I’m cursed, don’t come near me.”

Cursed?

Tammy gritted his teeth and took a sip of the element bottle. The bones in his arm were broken by Elsa’s swing, but fortunately he still had the omnipotent element bottle.

This thing is much more useful than healing potions.jpg
It hadn’t even been half an hour since he got it, but he already felt like he had fallen in love with it.

“After the torches ran out, everyone thought I was a monster,” Elsa said with a sad expression, “Everyone ran away. It must be because I was cursed.”

Running out of torches?
Tammy looked behind Elsa. The darkness there was as dark and solid as the abyss. If there was no means of lighting, the boundless darkness could really drive people crazy.

“But why do you say you are cursed?”

“Because a monster cast a spell on me, and then everyone was scared,” Elsa said in a low voice, but asked curiously, “Why weren’t you scared?”

“Uh”

What should Tammy say? In his eyes, Elsa is just the way she is. Who would be afraid of a beautiful girl?

“Maybe I have a strong will.” That’s all he could say.

Elsa nodded as if she understood, then turned around and continued to walk into the darkness.

Why are you leaving after just saying a few words?
Tammy scratched his hair and remembered the wise words that Luluwo had taught him:

“More friends mean more paths. If you meet someone who needs help, try to help. Of course, you can help others, but don’t let yourself get hurt and don’t help bad people. It all depends on your own judgment.”

“She shouldn’t be a bad person, and…”

He recalled what Roger, the magic consultant of the Sky Raiders Group, had said to him:

“A man can’t just leave a beautiful girl who is sad and ignore her!”

Although he felt that these words were somewhat inappropriate and erotic, the back of Elsa in front of him looked very lonely, and he had received help from her, so –

“Hey, what are you going to do next? I’ve lost my companions. Let’s team up again!” Tammy chased after him.

Elsa stared at him for a long time, making sure that he really wanted to help her.

“I’m going to go find my companions,” she said. “I’m worried about leaving them here.”

“Then you don’t have to worry about the person who just ran away. It’s safe back there.”

“Well.” Elsa nodded, and suddenly said: “Thank you.”

If this were an RPG game, there would be a prompt like [The character “Gus” has temporarily joined the team! ]

Tammy has always felt that this girl with a giant sword on her back is very mysterious. Her personality seems a little off the mark, and she always does unexpected things that cannot be predicted by common sense.

But certain details show that she is not ignorant of the ways of the world, she just skipped all the troublesome steps.

In the process of getting along with her, Tammy often encountered her doing things that seemed inexplicable but made sense when she thought about it carefully.

Ordinary people might find it tiring to get along with Elsa, but Tammy thinks it’s okay, after all, his captain Luluwo is also a troublesome guy.

“Do you remember where your companions ran to?”

Elsa shook her head, then added: “I can feel it.”

“Then I’ll follow you.” Tammy’s words made the other party look troubled.

From the conversation, we learned that Elsa and some mercenaries decided to enter the dungeon on a whim, but she didn’t say why.

The route they took down was also different from Tammy’s. They followed another route found by the Light Eagle Group, which was completely different from the road most people were exploring, so they had not yet discovered the existence of the three corpse warlocks and the campfire.

Tammy really wanted to complain. Logically speaking, this should be the top secret information that the Light Eagles won the game. She didn’t expect Elsa to say it so easily. Did she trust me a little too much?

Looking at the appearance of this girl, she might be really trusting. Could she really not be abducted?

“A little dizzy.”

Tammy frowned suddenly. He knew some simple spells, such as the light spell that was providing them with illumination in the darkness.

However, the light produced by magic is not as effective as torches in this dark area. Even though the illumination level increases, it cannot dispel the darkness.

The mechanism of the lower level of the Casas Underground Cemetery, this area shrouded in darkness, is that the longer you stay in the darkness, the easier it is to breed negative emotions. When the negative emotions reach a certain level, people will have all kinds of strange thoughts, perform incomprehensible behaviors, and even develop quirks.

This mechanism is also recorded in Darkest Dungeon.

The only thing that can fight against darkness is a torch, and it must be a blazing flame attached to the handle, not a fire ignited out of thin air, nor can it be light magic.

Tammy figured out the mechanism here at a glance, because there was a path in the large tomb area that had the same mechanism as here, and this was just an enlarged version!

But he had been searching for a long time and couldn’t find anything to make a torch, so he had no choice but to come in and be prepared to run out as fast as possible if anything unexpected happened.

But after walking for nearly half an hour and being immersed in the darkness for a full half an hour, he felt the first discomfort.

“Could it be that my spirit, which was strengthened after being injected with fire, can resist darkness?”

After realizing this, he felt a lot more relaxed. Turning around, he saw Elsa staring at him nervously.

Why are you so nervous? It’s not like he will–

Elsa’s figure suddenly twisted and turned into what Tammy feared most.

“Ah!” Tammy screamed.

In the blink of an eye, Elsa returned to her original appearance, and she was also startled by his sudden shout.

“Are you okay?” Elsa looked at him nervously, afraid that he would run away too.

“It’s okay, it’s okay.” Tammy wiped the sweat from his forehead. He guessed that the reason why he could see the “illusion” just now was because of the magic cast by the monster that Elsa had mentioned before.

It is a kind of magic that acts on the mind. The person who is cast the spell will become the most frightening person in the eyes of others.

But people with strong mental strength can resist this effect, just like Tammy now after being strengthened by fire injection.

As he stayed in the darkness longer, his mental strength was eroded and decreased, so Elsa gradually changed in his eyes.

It’s just a moment of transformation now. If it takes a little longer, I’m afraid it will
Tammy suddenly slapped her face, forcing herself to cheer up, thinking:
It’s just a change of appearance. She won’t hurt me. I don’t need to be afraid!
Originally, he chased after Elsa to comfort her. If he ran away out of fear, wouldn’t that make her even more depressed?

That would be repaying kindness with enmity!

Elsa noticed something, but said nothing, and took the initiative to distance herself from Tammy.

Tammy forced himself to move closer, and no matter how the other party tried to shake him off, he couldn’t be shaken off, like a piece of chewing gum.

Don’t underestimate me, I’m not afraid!
Elsa pouted, but became more relaxed when communicating with the other party.

Strange monsters kept attacking in the darkness. In the absence of torches, the monsters were even more dangerous, but the brave man’s giant sword gave people a complete sense of security.

Tammy would sometimes guess where there would be ambushes and traps based on his experience, and Elsa would completely obey his arrangements, doing whatever she was told to do and working hard without complaint.

Like a puppet without a mind of her own, Tammy kept frowning after noticing it.

But I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but as he gets more familiar with Tammy and his feelings for her grow, the giant sword seems to become sharper and more powerful.

By the way, shouldn’t a hero have a magic weapon? What is Elsa’s magic weapon?

“We’ve come to a fork in the road.”

A fork in the road appeared in front of the two of them. Tammy turned to look at Elsa, only to find that the latter was also looking at him, and her eyes were self-explanatory.

“Let me decide?” Tammy pointed at herself.

Erza nodded, as if to say, “All I need to do is be a thug.”

It’s like this again, she seems to have no opinion of her own. I’m afraid she’s also like this when she’s with her fellow mercenaries?

For some reason, the man named Sally didn’t come along, but if he was here, he would probably be responsible for giving advice and preventing Elsa from making decisions.

I always felt that Sally was overprotective of her.

Tammy hesitated, then suddenly said in a tough tone, “No, you make the decision this time!”

Elsa was stunned for a moment and shook her head firmly.

“If you don’t make a decision, I’ll leave.” Tammy used the ultimate killer move!
Works great on Elsa!

“.”

She looked hesitant, but had to agree under “coercion and inducement”, as if she had made some great sacrifice, and pointed to a random road.

Tammy smiled and said cheerfully, “Great, let’s take this road!” They were lucky. Although there were many monsters on this road, they found a spell called [Kasas’ Beacon].

[One of the most secret spells of Kasas of the Sand Country. The more you continue to attack, the higher the attack power will be.]

[Kasas’s invasion spreads like a flame, and since ancient times, this flame has been used as a signal of war, just like a beacon fire.]

As the first discoverer, Tammy forced the pages of the book onto Elsa, who had no choice but to accept them with an expression that said “I will cherish it for the rest of my life.”

I can’t say that I dislike Casas’ things and don’t want to use them, Tammy complained quietly in her heart.

Elsa’s choice was very successful this time, so the next time she encountered a fork in the road, Tammy still let her make the choice, and the same thing happened the next time.

She was not used to it at first, but slowly, Elsa became familiar with making choices, and when she encountered a fork in the road, she would think for a while before making a choice.

But one time the car flipped over.

“Dead end!”

Tammy looked at the dead end in front of her, and Elsa beside her felt ashamed that she had made the wrong choice.

On the way back, she didn’t say a word. When she encountered a fork in the road again and needed to make a choice, she refused to do it, no matter how Tammy threatened her.

Tammy had no choice but to resort to provocation.

“You can’t even think of failing after just one time? You’re just a piece of trash. If your mental endurance is so fragile, why do you still want to be a mercenary? Why not just…”

After a while of talking, Elsa’s face turned dark, but she made the choice on her own initiative, and without Tammy’s urging, she rushed around in the cemetery angrily.

During this period, he encountered a series of events that could be said to be a setback, including but not limited to being bitten on the head by a treasure chest monster that fell from the sky, falling into a sensory obstruction pit, being made drowsy by hypnotic smoke, and so on.

“Wait, don’t go over there, that’s the tentacle swamp!”

“The poison pool swamp in the Farran Fortress!? Why is there one here too!”

“It’s raining? No, it’s acid slime, it’s a trap!”

The consequence of rushing recklessly is that you will step on landmines everywhere, but if you have the strength, you can be willful. Elsa can even rush through a situation that would be fatal for an ordinary person.

Even so, she couldn’t avoid feeling frustrated.

But under Tammy’s constant “ridicule”, Elsa turned her sadness into motivation, made her own decisions one after another, kept stepping into traps and making continuous progress.

Gradually, she didn’t seem to notice that she had become accustomed to expressing her ideas, and even talked more.

Very good, Elsa’s character correction operation was a great success!

Although Tammy was very tired and her lips were almost numb, she felt it was worth it mentally.

Talking to Elsa also helps keep your spirits high against the darkness.

But as time went on, his spirit was inevitably eroded, and he could occasionally see strange things in the darkness.

Sometimes, Elsa’s figure would suddenly flash in his eyes, change form and then change back, often scaring him into a cold sweat.

But even though his spirit suffered a critical blow, he did not scream again, as he did not want to bring more pressure to Elsa, who was slowly changing.

“Are we friends?” Elsa suddenly asked after helping Tammy kill a monster that tried to attack her by surprise.

“Friend?” Tammy’s tone suddenly changed, making Elsa nervous.

It can be seen that she has a deep understanding of the word “friend”. Should we say it is an obsession or something else?

She hesitated for a long time and did a lot of ideological work before asking this question. Tammy’s question made her heart rise to her throat in an instant.

“We were friends when we first met.” Tammy smiled and said, “You saved me so many times today. I think even if we can be considered family, family members may not be this close.”

Home, Family
There was no tainted thought at all, but this word, which was more intimate than “friend”, made the brave man’s brain freeze for a while.

“Hey, hey, wake up, the monsters are surrounding us again!”

The exploration continued, and during this time they did not find any of the missing mercenaries. They were afraid that they had already died at the hands of the monsters.

Nearly two hours later, they reached the end of darkness. When they walked out of the darkness, the chilly air made Tammy shiver.

The empty room and the monster emitting cold air, there was no doubt that they encountered the second elite monster in the Casas Cemetery.

The other party’s painting style is completely opposite to that of the cemetery, it can even be said to be incompatible.

【War Knight】

The forces from the Frost Valley appeared in front of the adventurers for the first time. At the feet of the beast-like knight, a mercenary was screaming.

Seeing this, Elsa’s eyes turned red and she rushed forward immediately. The War Knight let out a beast-like roar and jumped up to pounce on her!
Then he was knocked away by the giant sword.

Tammy looked at Elsa who was treating the mercenary, then looked at the direction where the War Knight was knocked away. Finally, she gritted her teeth and ran over to collect the kill.

“Ruth, wake up!”

Elsa rarely showed an anxious expression and poured the last bottle of healing potion on the mercenary.

“Elsa, is that you?”

The mercenary slowly opened his eyes, but the moment he saw Elsa, he screamed at the top of his lungs.

“Monster! Don’t come over here!”

He knocked over the healing potion with a slap, crawled to the side, and huddled in the corner, trembling.

The look in his eyes when he looked at Elsa was full of disgust and horror.

Elsa was stunned for a long moment, her hands were shaking.

But on the other side, Tammy’s scream forced her to come back to her senses. When she looked again, she saw that the opponent had been stabbed in the chest by the Knight of War!
“I, I’m really sorry for being so bad.” Tammy showed a helpless smile. It can’t be blamed on him, because the Knights have been strengthened to the level of C+.

“Tammy!”

Elsa called out his name for the first time, and at that moment her body seemed to be turned on by some kind of switch. In the blink of an eye, the War Knight was knocked away by the huge force, and Tammy also fell to the ground.

“I’m fine, hurry up and kill him!”

Tammy waved her hand with the element bottle in her hand, saying that as long as he drank a sip, he wouldn’t die.

Elsa gritted her teeth and appeared in front of the knight again like a mad beast. Flames suddenly burned on her body. It was Casas’ beacon!

Without any pre-casting animation or spellcasting props, the beacon fire actually started burning on its own?

The giant sword burst out with unprecedented strength at this moment, even more powerful than when it fought against the runaway Sean in Bed City!
The fighting knights were beaten without any chance to fight back!
“Haha, you’re really strong. It would be great if we could poach them. The captain will definitely be very happy.”

Tammy drank a sip from the element bottle, and the wound on her chest recovered quickly, and her mental strength was also replenished.

But there is still a faint darkness here, and the erosion of darkness on the spirit cannot be gotten rid of by replenishing mental strength.

While being severely injured by the Knights of War, Tammy’s spirit was also deeply eroded by the darkness, and her mental strength strengthened by the Fire Infusion Ceremony could no longer withstand it.

Elsa’s figure completely became distorted in his eyes, and became the thing he feared most.
“Oops!”

With a loud bang, the body of the knight turned into ashes, and the purple light spots fell to the ground but no one picked them up.

As soon as Elsa won the victory, she turned and ran towards Tammy, but after just a few steps, her steps gradually stopped.

Because she saw Tammy trembling, trembling with fear.

And what he fears is obviously himself!
At this moment, Elsa understood the reason, and even the strength to grit her teeth disappeared, and the giant sword fell to the ground with a clang.

Tammy’s body was stiff and trembling. He finally understood why those mercenaries ran away screaming. This was not as easy as he had imagined.

In his eyes, Elsa turned into the person she feared the most. This was more or less a mental attack, causing his heart to tremble constantly.

He also wanted to escape. No, he was about to escape. His steps were already moving slowly!

Just then, he saw Elsa make a move – she turned around and walked away without even picking up the giant sword that fell on the ground.

The back looked like it was running away, perhaps afraid to see Tammy, a friend she had just met, shouting at her as a monster.

But at this moment, her shoulders were suddenly held down, held tightly.

It was obvious that she could break free if she exerted more strength, but she dared not move.

“Where are you going?” Tammy’s usual sunny voice came from behind, “We just defeated an elite monster. We should celebrate.”

“Tammy, you.”

Elsa turned around and suddenly covered her mouth, because in her eyes, although Tammy’s smile was exactly the same as usual, her whole body was soaked in sweat, as if she was suppressing fear.

“Look, this is the item you got from killing the enemy just now. It’s called the Pope’s Right Eye. It’s a purple light spot. I really envy you.”

As Tammy said this, she put the Pope’s right eye on Elsa’s finger, and took her wrist and walked away – towards Root’s direction.

Elsa didn’t know how to react, and followed him in a daze.

“Strange, monster”

Ruth looked at the two people in horror. In his eyes, Tammy, who was leading the monster Elsa calmly, was also an inhuman creature. The closer the two got, the more he trembled.

At this moment, Tammy suddenly grabbed his collar and forcibly pulled up this strong man who weighed nearly 100 pounds more than him, and shouted at him:
“Look carefully, this is someone who risked his own life to save your friend. He’s not a monster!”

“You are partners who entrusted their lives to each other on the battlefield, right? You are much closer than a stranger like me who I just met for half a day. I can see through that inferior illusion magic, so why can’t you!”

Tammy yelled and Root was silent.

However, the next second, he suddenly took out a dagger and stabbed Tammy, who hurriedly blocked it, but he took advantage of this opportunity to escape and rushed into the darkness without looking back.

He ran and shouted:
“Captain Gus, where are you? Come and save me!”

“Where the hell are you, Gus? Come on and save me like you used to!”

“Damn it, if I didn’t have the power, who would want to deal with a weird woman like you? Save me!”

If negative energy could condense into substance, I’m afraid Elsa would be able to drown Casas at this moment.

But Tammy suddenly put her arm around her shoulders and gave her signature sunny smile.

“Let’s go. You want to find a partner? We haven’t even met anyone yet. Keep going and keep working hard.”

Without waiting for Elsa to react, he pulled her away with a giggle, as if nothing had happened just now.

Elsa bit her lip, something sparkling in her eyes, and nodded heavily.

“Ok!”

The Lord’s room in the Thane dungeon.

Gong Qiying saw everything through the crystal ball and couldn’t help but reveal a quack-like expression.

“What a great plot development. I didn’t expect to see this when I was just opening a dungeon.”

He recognized at a glance that Elsa was the brave warrior in Bed City, so he began to think.

We have to find a way to retain this high-quality customer and turn her into a big fan of Sen Dungeon.

Just like the swordsman Japar back then.

(End of this chapter)