504 The Way a Mage Finds the Murderer (1/2)

The forum was where the players communicated with each other. After two years of exploration and communication, they had realized that there were two kinds of quests.

The first kind of quest involved the plot of the game pushed by the system. During such quests, the players would be temporarily transferred to a mirror space, and nothing in the game would really be affected.

The second kind of quest was given by the NPCs. Such quests were also acknowledged by the system. Anything that a player did during such quests would influence the game world.

Such quests were known as sandbox quests, because there was no telling what they would bring.

Many players had already been tricked by NPCS; one who, for example, issued a quest claiming that a certain villain robbed him of his wife or something. They found they were fooled after they killed their target, and that the NPC who gave them the quest was the real villain.

As a result of such NPC questions, the players reputation in the related area plunged. They were even wanted or hunted by the victims relatives.

Under most circumstances, through a sincere apology and a decent compensation, and by avenging the victims for their relatives, the players could get over it.

But certain unforgiving NPCs demanded that the players kill themselves for what they did.

Under such circumstances, most players would delete their characters and create a new one.

Some players would give all their belongings to the NPCs and flee. They would start a new life somewhere far away guiltily.

After these things were repeatedly reported on the forum, the players became very prudent when they picked sandbox quests.

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Roland spent some time reading the content that other players released on the forum every day. He was well aware of such things. Besides, he had personally been through a similar thing back in Red Mountain Town when he just joined the game. He completed the quest, but his reputation in Red Mountain Town lowered.

Roland looked around and found that the other soldiers in black robes were knocking at other doors and saying similar things. He then realized that this gathering wasnt because of him.

After that, he subconsciously opened the system menu but found no quest notifications.

Of course.

The soldier bowed courteously and knocked at the next door. Whoever lived there was either an expert Mage or a powerful noble. He was too insignificant to offend them.

Returning to the room, Roland said to Andonara, Lets go to the square first.

Andonara was a Legend. Although she stayed in the room, she heard what the soldier said

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clearly.

She looked at the food on the table regretfully. What a shame. We cant have it while its still hot.

Roland put all the food in the system Backpack and said, Lets go. We can have it after we return from the square. It will always be hot in my Backpack.

Okay. Andonara grabbed Rolands arm delightedly. They left the room and found a lot of people walking to the square. Following those people, they came to the square very soon. The square where the flying boat landed was so vast that it still seemed empty even though ten thousand people had flooded in.

Many soldiers were keeping order in the square. They also asked the people to congregate in one area in case they became too scattered.

Roland and Andonara stood at a random place casually.

They were not nearly as anxious as the other Mages or the powerful nobles.

More and more people were streaming out of the Association of Mages building. About half an hour later, the flow began to stem.

In the end, four Legendary Mages flew to the sky. One of them waved his hand, and everybody was enshrouded in a purple massive barrier.

Two of those Mages were from the Red Magic Tower, and Roland had never seen the other two.

Leaning close to Roland, Andonara said in a low voice, Give me the sword. Just in case.

Andonara was a woman who always lacked a sense of safety. She felt happy whenever she was with Roland, and she would not let anyone hurt him.

The four Legendary Mages had given her some pressure.

She felt that she couldnt protect her man without a sword.

Roland took out the epic sword, which he had personally forged and enchanted, and gave it to Andonara. Then he said in a low voice, If anything happens, protect yourself first.

No, I need to protect you.

Dont forget that Im a Golden Son, said Roland toughly. You have to listen to me, okay?

But Andonara hesitated.

On one hand, she always obeyed Roland, but on the other hand, she felt very uncomfortable at the thought that Roland might be hurt.

She was caught in a dilemma as to whether or not to listen to Roland, which made her very unhappy.

Actually, most vine-like women had similar issues.

When their men were involved in something and their thoughts contradicted their mens intentions, they often hesitated.

Everybody had shortcomings. It was not a big problem that Andonara was slightly indecisive when she was gentle and caring.

Besides, she had a lot more advantages.

Listen to me. Roland grabbed her hand and continued toughly, If anything does happen, your top priority is to protect yourself, got it? Andonara nodded after a moment of hesitation.

After the barrier was fully closed in the sky, a Legendary Mage whom Roland didnt know announced with a broadcast spell, My friends, allow me to apologize to you first. You must know what happened by now. Our deputy chairman was assassinated by someone whos hiding among you. Right now, I need to perform a truth test on you. I know its very rude, but were in the middle of a crisis. I hope you can understand and cooperate with me. Just like what the Legendary Mage said, Lie Detection was just as despicable as Alignment Detection.

They were as offensive as asking someone to take off their clothes in public in order to confirm their gender.

It might even hurt the pride of those who were tested.

But since it was a Legendary Mage who gave the order, and whoever had killed the deputy chairman of the Association of Mages could also easily kill the other Mages here, nobody in the square objected to the spell.

The Legendary Mage chanted a spell, and a green circle of light descended.

Many people were emitting vague green light, but a lot of other people showed no reaction, including Roland, Andonara and most other Mages.

Thanks to their high magic resistance, they were immune to the large-area lie-detecting

spell.

Every spell had an intensity. If ones magic resistance was higher than the intensity, the spell wouldnt work on them.

The Legendary Mage had seen it coming. He asked from the sky, Are you the murderer?