Chapter 916: Hanging

After the third brother of the National Football Team said this, a pin could be heard dropping in the room.

With a clink, the tableware in Detective Xiao Luoli's hand slipped. Her butt rubbed to the side, afraid that if the third brother of the National Football Team died in a moment, blood would splash on her. In the previous round of the game, she was splashed with blood.

"Who told you this secret?"

The smile on Alice's face suddenly disappeared, as if she were considering something. A moment later, she shook her head.

"Refused."

The smile on Alice's face returned.

"One player has passed the second game."

The Wolf Butler walked to the third brother of the National Football Team and signaled for him to stand up.

"Can only do this."

"No way, if we don't use this, we might all die here."

The leader and the second brother of the National Football Team were not surprised by the third brother's move. This was the information they had obtained in advance: apply to Alice to 'be hanged'. If Alice agreed, then they would definitely die. If she refused, they could directly pass a game and receive the reward for this game.

Su Xiao picked up the high wine glass. Undoubtedly, the three brothers of the National Football Team had mastered a method to exempt a certain game.

From the known information, asking Alice if one could choose to be hanged, once Alice refused, one could get the exemption right for this round of the game.

The third brother of the National Football Team did so, and he succeeded. However, Su Xiao would not try this. He knew nothing about the inside story.

Earlier, when moving freely on the first floor, Su Xiao had a feeling that the three brothers of the National Football Team seemed to know something about the castle, but they didn't know much. They didn't know the game content, otherwise, they would have prepared countermeasures long ago.

"Ms. Alice, can I rest for a moment?"

The gold-rimmed glasses man began to try, using a relatively conservative method.

However, this sentence did not get a response. Alice just turned her head and looked at the gold-rimmed glasses man, then ignored him.

Except for asking if one could choose to be hanged, other inquiries were invalid.

"Ms. Alice... can I... choose... to be hanged?"

A timid inquiry came, it was Detective Xiao Luoli.

"Yes."

Alice looked at Detective Xiao Luoli with a smile. Detective Xiao Luoli's pupils contracted. This was different from what she had expected.

A rope appeared out of thin air and looped around Detective Xiao Luoli's neck.

Zzz~

The rope tightened, and Detective Xiao Luoli was hanged. She struggled painfully, her face flushed red.

"Substitute... death."

A doll slipped from Detective Xiao Luoli's sleeve, and golden light flashed on the doll.

With a thud, Detective Xiao Luoli fell to the ground. The blue-purple on her neck gradually faded, and a mark appeared on the neck of the doll on the ground.

"My substitute death doll..."

Detective Xiao Luoli put away the doll on the ground, her face full of heartache.

Facts proved that before triggering a certain prerequisite condition, choosing to be hanged was almost seeking death. Detective Xiao Luoli possessed a substitute death-type ability, so she took the risk to try.

This 'interlude' passed, and Su Xiao decisively gave up on 'being hanged'. He drank more than half a bottle of No. 1 potion, filled his health, and then drank the red wine in the goblet.

【Hint: The Hunter has drunk 'Bloody Agate'.】

【Hint: You cannot accept any healing effects within 20 minutes, and you enter a vulnerable state.】

【Vulnerable state: Bear any damage x2.】

The red wine in the glass was very mellow. However, the debuff effect it brought was almost fatal. Using potions was ineffective, and one could not receive healing effects.

Not only that, in the next 20 minutes, any damage Su Xiao bore would be doubled.

Compared to the poisoned wine, this glass of wine was more vicious. Su Xiao still remembered the appearance of Alice helping him pour wine with a smile. That was a smile from the heart.

Snake-hearted? No, using this word to describe Alice was a belittlement of Alice. This woman could no longer be evaluated by good or evil. The other party could do creepy and vicious things while holding good intentions, such as stabbing someone with a knife, then kindly helping the other party stop the bleeding, and also saying some comforting words, then stabbing another knife after stopping the bleeding, and kindly saying, this is for your own good. Simply a bitch.

There was still a small piece of dragon steak left. If he ate this dragon steak, Su Xiao would bear at least 160% or more true magic damage. That is to say, eating this thing... would lead to death.

However, there was a type of recovery effect that was not eliminated, which was the health recovery derived from the system attributes. This did not count as an external healing effect.

Su Xiao had a Magic-Immune Physique to immunize against part of the true magic damage. The portions of dragon steak in front of others were unequal. The portions for Pi Pang and the Cat Woman were relatively small. If the health recovery speed was fast enough, it was possible to luckily hold on. The gold-rimmed glasses man, because he showed dining etiquette, had a large portion of dragon steak left.

The reason why the third brother of the National Football Team used his trump card to finish the game early was not because he was afraid of death, but because he wanted to lift the 'Bloody Agate' effect on his body. The three members of the National Football Team had a life link. If the third brother could hold on, then the leader and the second brother of the National Football Team would not die.

Sure enough, the third brother of the National Football Team on the side was frantically healing himself, while the leader and the second brother of the National Football Team were burying their heads in dealing with the dragon steak.

"Finish dining within 20 minutes, this is the dining etiquette of the castle."

The Wolf Butler spoke. He had already taken out a stopwatch to time.

Su Xiao's eyes narrowed. Relying on his own hard resistance was obviously not working. Because he had just drunk a bottle of No. 1 potion earlier, his health was around 99%.

After hesitating for a moment, Su Xiao cut off a very small piece of dragon steak and threw it to Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang on the side. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang understood and caught it silently, swallowing it in one gulp.

【Hint: Your follower 'Xiang Bubu Te Ni' has devoured the flesh and blood of a super high-level creature.】

Su Xiao was not surprised to receive this hint. This was the meat of some kind of giant dragon. A dragon certainly counted as a high-level creature, no, it was a super high-level creature.

After Su Xiao threw the dragon steak to Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's health dropped rapidly, but Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was an amateur wet nurse, and it very calmly healed itself.

Su Xiao had been paying attention to the actions of Alice and the Wolf Butler. He didn't know if this method violated the game rules.

【Hint: Your actions have caused the Wolf Butler's dissatisfaction, Wolf Butler favorability -2.】

Alice didn't react, while the Wolf Butler walked behind Su Xiao.

"Wolf Butler, I don't count as violating the game rules, right?"

"..."

The Wolf Butler didn't speak, just stood behind Su Xiao. There was a lot of information in this, however, Su Xiao didn't care about the Wolf Butler's favorability at all. From the beginning, he felt that the Wolf Butler was somewhat hostile to him. After Sha's reminder, he knew what was going on, because of his Demon Seal ability.

For a neutral plot character like the Wolf Butler, negotiation was naturally the best. If he offended him, it actually didn't matter. At most, he would be a bit cold. Above the Wolf Butler was Alice. The Wolf Butler dared not violate the rules in the game, as that would be defying Alice.

Thinking of this, Su Xiao cut off another piece of dragon steak and threw it to Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang. This thing was extremely delicious. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang didn't care whether it was poisonous or not. Su Xiao had already stuffed it with three bottles of No. 1 potion.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang ate happily. Of course, Su Xiao would also eat a few small pieces of dragon steak. After all, this was part of the game content and might involve the reward session later.

Every game was cruel, but in this cruelty, opportunities coexisted.

The seven people at the dining table used their own means. As for the eighth person, Alice, she had no reaction to eating the dragon steak, just enjoying a delicious meal. ===== CHAPTER 917 =====