Chapter 262: Don Quixote

"Usually, when an option like this appears, one would choose to ask about it."

After all, whether in games or film and television works, characters who serve absolutely no purpose rarely appear.

Some special shots are all foreshadowing for things that happen later, so that the viewer also has a sense of smugness, thinking, "Just as I thought."

【You ask the mayor about that old Knight, and after he is stunned for a moment, he reacts to who you are talking about.

"You mean Tangjiked, right? That guy has been influenced by the contents of picture books since a long time ago, thinking he is a great Knight."

"Don't mind him; that sword is just a toy."

"Is it really okay?" You are still a bit worried; after all, isn't the point to disguise yourselves as ghosts during the Ghost Festival to deceive the dead, eliminate their resentment, and thus allow the deceased to return to the Mingjie?

That old man named Tangjiked doesn't seem to have anything to do with ghosts at all.

You voice your worries and confusion, and upon hearing this, the mayor cannot help but laugh twice: "Hahaha, the legend of the Ghost Festival is just a legend after all. I've lived this long and have never seen a ghost."

"Let's end the small talk here."

The mayor turns and walks into the town, bidding you farewell: "Outsiders, I wish you a happy festival."】 A strange suction force comes from the painting in front of you, and before Yun Mu can react, she, along with Lucy, the Scarlet Knight, the Goblin Brave, and even Chester, are all sucked into the painting.

The clamor of the townspeople reaches her ears; at this moment, they are already in the world of Painting: Banquet.

"What do we do next?"

Yun Mu looks around, somewhat bewildered.

The boisterous crowd, the playing children, and the vendors selling festival delicacies on the street... everything looks so real. If one didn't know beforehand, who could guess that this is a world fabricated by a painting?

"Come to think of it..." Yun Mu looks at the Goblin Brave beside her: "It didn't cause a commotion. Is the AI of the NPCs not high enough, or is it..."

"Hello." She simply stops a woman and points at the Goblin Brave beside her: "Um, do you have any thoughts after seeing this?"

"Hm? Thoughts?" The woman, wearing zombie makeup, looks up at the Goblin Brave, showing a hint of admiration.

"Even though you are outsiders, you really put in the effort. Even among the locals, not many could achieve such makeup."

"Hehehe, enjoy the festival well; this is a feast that only happens once a year~"

The woman with the zombie makeup says this, then quickly turns and leaves, disappearing from Yun Mu's field of vision.

"So they were taken as people disguised as ghosts?"

Thinking about it this way is quite reasonable, after all... the Scarlet Knight, covered in plate armor, goes without saying; one can tell it's a human just by looking.

And the Goblin Brave... the body structure of a Goblin is originally similar to a human's.

It's just that the skin color is different.

As for Xiaoqie, who is a Treasure Chest, it's not quite clear yet. Should she find someone else to ask? Just as Yun Mu thinks this, a man wrapped in bandages, disguised as a mummy, suddenly shouts: "Hey, kid over there, pay attention!"

Yun Mu follows his gaze and sees that Chester has somehow mixed in with a group of children.

Several of them are surrounding a ball, kicking it back and forth on the town street, which has seriously affected the townspeople nearby.

This is the reason the mummy uncle spoke up to warn them.

In the eyes of the NPCs in the Painted World, does Xiaoqie look like a child? Yun Mu judges in her heart.

"Anyway, let's walk around for now." Having no leads for the moment, she looks at Lucy and says.

"Mm." Lucy nods in agreement: "Let's investigate this town a bit; there should be a way out."

The two walk side by side on the street, while the Scarlet Knight and the Goblin Brave follow silently behind them.

As for Xiaoqie?

He is currently happily playing with those human cubs.

Anyway, as long as Yun Mu wants to, she can summon Chester at any time, so she leaves it alone for now and lets it play.

【You are participating in the town's annual Ghost Festival. As a living person, you need to change into clothing that can disguise you as a ghost.

Guided by passersby, you arrive at the only clothing store in town. Because you are outsiders and didn't make a reservation in advance, you can only choose from the few remaining items that are the right size.

Regarding this, you decide—】【1. Witch. (A classic that never goes out of style.)】【2. Ghost. (It is said that many poor people put bedsheets over themselves, simply digging two holes.)】【3. Mummy/Zombie. (The option with the least originality.)】【4. Vampire. (Playing yourself?)【Bloodline Option】】 Yun Mu's vision, or more accurately, the scenery of the Painted World, suddenly becomes very blurry. When its colors converge again, Yun Mu and Lucy appear inside a clothing store.

Looking at the game options popping up in her mind, Yun Mu chooses without hesitation... Option 1.

Hmph, did they think she would choose the special option at the end?

NO, NO, NO.

She is a Bloodline herself; disguising herself as a vampire is really meaningless. Compared to that, Yun Mu still wants to try the feeling of dressing up as a witch.

And shortly after she makes her choice, following the new information popping up on the Game Panel, the world before Yun Mu's eyes becomes distorted and blurry once again.

【You purchase two Witch Costumes and, together with your Partner Lucy, disguise yourselves as witches and leave the clothing store.

Honestly, witches don't seem to have much to do with ghosts; at least you don't think such an outfit could fool ghosts returning to the Xianshi. But then again... this is just a legend, so she doesn't need to take it too seriously.

"Ah, evil witch, come and let's have a showdown!" Just as you think this, a boy blocks your path.】【1. Where did this brat come from? (Refuse combat)】【2. Hehehe, weak Knight, do you think you can stop me with just that? (You are in a whimsical mood and decide to play with the child in front of you for a while)】 "Hm."

The world before her eyes becomes clear again. Yun Mu sees a boy with a red ribbon tied around his head, holding a Wooden Sword, full of passion toward her.

"Combat?"

Noticing the text in the parentheses after the option, Yun Mu raises an eyebrow.

No matter what kind of opponent it is, winning the battle will yield rewards, and what's more, she is currently in the Painted World; this battle is probably not as simple as she thinks.

Since that's the case, she naturally chooses to gladly agree! 【Combat Start!】

【You have encountered an enemy【Little Knight lv24 (Elite)】

Max HP 65 Race: Painting Spirit

Attack 27, Spell Strength 2, Defense 35, Tenacity 6, Dodge 22, Speed 17, Precision Correction 30, Crit 6% Traits: Tenacity (Restores a certain amount of HP after being attacked, can only trigger once per turn), Little Knight (After HP reaches 0, HP restores to 30, can only trigger once per battle.) Skills: Continuous Slash, Thrust, Sweep, Guard.】【Current Turn Number · 1】

【Player Yun Mu acts first!】

"Not bad, doesn't look like it's hard to deal with." After reading the Little Knight's stats, Yun Mu chuckles.

Speaking of which, she seems to have obtained a piece of equipment just now; because of the game options, she forgot to check its specific effects.

【Witch Costume (Blue)】

【Mystery +3 / Charm +1】

【Passive Skill: Illusion】

【Can hide all equipment on the body, displaying only the appearance when wearing the Witch Costume.】【Passive Skill: Mystery】

【As long as you wish, those who see you will think you are very mysterious, and when facing certain prying methods, the other party will only be able to read the information that "you are a witch."】

【Classic attire for the Ghost Festival, comes with a witch hat and staff, but remember, you are not a real witch.】

"Illusion, isn't that just a fashion skin?"

Yun Mu looked at the Witch Costume worn on her body, which hid her original clothing and numerous items, her expression somewhat strange.

She didn't expect that equipment would be gifted based on the previous options, and she didn't know what the effects of the equipment gifted by the other three options would be. However, having said that, Lucy was also wearing that Witch Costume at this time; she wondered if hers had the same special illusion effect as the one on her own body. It seemed not, because Yun Mu could see the Immoral Notebook hanging at Lucy's waist, as well as that triangular Brass Shield, and in addition to those, the Tough Mushroom Hat.

These pieces of equipment paired with the well-made Witch Costume really looked strange no matter how one looked at it.

But it didn't matter; power-gamers didn't care about these things, as long as they could maximize the equipment effects, anything was fine.

【Mental Shock!】

【-220!】 (Critical Hit!!)

Yun Mu raised her hand and fired a Mental Shock at the Little Knight, very luckily triggering a critical hit, directly emptying the opponent's health bar.

However, hindered by the effect of the trait 【Little Knight】, the opponent did not die after their health points reached zero, but instead immediately recovered to 30 health points.

In addition to this, the effect of the trait 【Tough】 triggered, and health points recovered by another 15.

Therefore, the Little Knight's current health points were: 45/65 points.

【Lucy begins her action!】

The Game Panel ruthlessly announced the next acting unit according to speed; Yun Mu did not overthink it and directly had Lucy use Blade Constellation I to launch an attack on the Little Knight.

【-32!】

【Goblin Brave begins his action!】

【Continuous Slash!】

【Dodge!】

【-13!】

"How could I, fall here like this"

The Little Knight's health bar was just emptied, and after uttering a death line, the opponent's body turned into fly ash and dissipated.

However, the reality was... "Wahhh!"

The boy threw away the Wooden Sword in his hand with a "wah," and then dove into the crowd without looking back.

At the same time, in Yun Mu's mind, the combat settlement screen was flickering.

【2】

The gray-iron-colored radiance shone on Yun Mu's face, as if telling her of her fate as a person with bad luck.

【Influenced by the 【Desire Dice】, the loot you gained in this battle increased by 2%!

You obtained 【Gold Coin】*1782!】 (Desire Dice +2%, Pickpocketing +8%)

【You obtained a large amount of experience points!】 (Desire Dice +2%)

【You obtained equipment 【Little Knight Wooden Sword (Green)】】 【Little Knight Wooden Sword (Green)】

【Attack Power +6 / Toughness +1】

【Skill: Little Knight Spirit!】

【When facing enemies with a higher level than yourself, Attack Power +6, Critical Hit Rate +4%.】

【The sword of a Little Knight; compared to a wooden stick picked up on the side of the road, it is more powerful and also more in line with the romance of boys.

As long as you hold the hilt in your hand, can you summon the courage even when facing the most terrifying enemies?】

"Useless equipment has increased." Yun Mu picked up the Wooden Sword on the ground and complained while looking at its panel attributes.

Feeding this thing to Xiaoqie would be just right; it's green quality and a wooden product, so it should suit its taste.

As for using it as equipment and giving it to the Scarlet Knight or the Goblin Brave to use... that is quite unnecessary, because ever since the system version was updated, it has been impossible to receive attack power bonuses from multiple weapons.

Whichever weapon is used to attack the enemy, only the attack power bonus of that weapon can be received.

And the longsword carried by the Scarlet Knight, as well as the Goblin Brave's big machete, are actually equipment with attributes.

It is just that as Leader BOSSes, their panels display the attributes after equipment bonuses all together.

This is also the reason why the Scarlet Knight's various attributes are off the charts compared to other monsters of the same level.

Nothing else, it is just equipment suppression.

"No, not good!"

Just as Yun Mu was thinking about feeding the Little Knight Wooden Sword to Chester, a young man disguised as a demon ran to the town street with a hurried expression.

"There, there's been a casualty!" The young man panted heavily, saying vaguely.

"What's the situation? Tell me in more detail!?" The town's mayor appeared beside the young man at some point and questioned him.

"Ha, ha, it's, it's Tangjiked, that old Knight, he, he's gone crazy, slashing at the town residents with his sword everywhere."

"The guards tried to stop him, but they were also killed by him..."

"What!?" The mayor opened his eyes wide in disbelief, not expecting that the crazy Old Man he had always mocked would have such strength.

"Doesn't he always have justice on his lips every day? Why would he suddenly..."

The mayor stopped mid-sentence, then suddenly thought of something, and began to mutter to himself: "Today is the Ghost Festival, everyone is dressed up as ghosts, and Tangjiked's brain isn't very sound..."

"Oh no!" The mayor's expression changed, finally realizing the key to the matter: "He has mistaken everyone in the town for ghosts."

"We must stop him."

The mayor looked at Yun Mu.

"Excuse me, guests who have come from afar, as you can see, we have encountered some difficulties..."

"Your skills are the best I have ever seen in my life, far exceeding the town's guards; could I ask you to go and stop the crazed Tangjiked?"

(End of chapter)