Gleipnir stood up, took one last deep look at the dark lake shrouded in hazy neon lights, and then turned around and left.
"Thanks to you this time."
Gleipnir spoke softly into the void.
Angel understood that she was thanking him: "Your idea is right. Even if you don't need me to remind you, you should be able to find clues before long."
This element of the Clown King is not hidden.
Moreover, the colorful face of the Clown Emperor is in line with the bold colors of the design draft. As long as Gleipnir stops between designs and looks around, you will definitely find the connection.
Therefore, Angel is not being modest; with Gleipnir's ability, he will definitely be able to find the problem, it just takes time.
"No, I was already a little confused at the time. It would probably take a long time before I really discovered the problem." When Gleipnir said this, he specifically looked at the time.
There are only three and a half hours left before the second round of main missions.
If we delay a little longer, the main mission will probably be over.
Therefore, Angel's reminder was completely timely.
Angel smiled and said no more, but changed the topic: "At the end of this mission, I should have received a piece of information related to the ceremony, right? I don't know what it is?"
When Starworm completed Rumor 2 before, he got the first step in the Ritual Trilogy: Prayer.
According to the records of the ceremony, at least two more steps are needed.
This time Gleipnir completed Rumor 1 and should also get the content of the ritual.
Gleipnir: "Wait a moment, let me take a look."
While walking towards the outside of the corridor in the center of the lake, Gleipnir opened the text column to see what he had gained after this mission challenge.
The first thing that catches your eye is the fashion monster puzzle reward.
Faceless monster*1.
The Faceless Monster is a low-level monster in the Style series. It requires three puzzle pieces to unlock. Currently, I only have one puzzle piece, so you still need to work hard to unlock it.
However, from the display in the text column, we can know that the faceless monster's forward-looking ability is: remove makeup (normal).
From the introduction, we can know that it is the ability to instantly remove one's own or other people's makeup, and restore people's bare makeup.
Gleipnir didn't know how to evaluate this ability. Anyway, in her opinion, it was of little use.
Angel has another opinion on this: "Removing makeup is a rare and routine ability."
When Angel was chatting with Xiaolu before, he asked for information about the faceless monster because he knew that Gleipnir's mission would get fragments of the faceless monster.
The answer given by Xiaolu was: This is a low-level monster from the style series, and it is easy to target women who wear makeup.
Precisely because the goal of the Faceless Monster is relatively clear, and the rate of women wearing makeup in Modern City is extremely high, its magnitude is relatively large.
The magician's research on faceless monsters is also very in-depth.
The faceless monster's forward-looking ability can be summed up in three pieces: changing makeup, applying makeup, and removing makeup.
Makeup change is a one-click change of makeup. You need to set a set of makeup in advance. This is more friendly to lazy people. You can put on your makeup in one second before going out.
Makeup can be understood as having a set of "makeup products" that can never be used up, and you can freely put on makeup anytime and anywhere.
Makeup elimination is the "makeup elimination face" that Gleipnir now has.
Of these three forward-looking abilities, "Disappearing Makeup" is the rarest. The reason why it is rare is that it is an ability that can directly target others.
This is the characteristic of fashion magic, and it is difficult to have the ability to directly target others.
Although "Makeup Remover" is not very powerful, it can directly remove other people's entire makeup, which is very useful at certain times.
For example, in a stage competition, your opponent secretly removes your makeup; in a social setting, when you are drinking and drinking, your makeup disappears with one click...
Of course, this is only limited to modern cities, because here fashion is always the theme, and makeup is a part of highlighting fashion, which is more important.
In the outside world, this ability is relatively useless.
After listening to Angel's story, Gleipnir raised his eyebrows: "It's rare, but the ability is actually useless."
Angel: "At least if you disassemble it and sell it, it will be more expensive than similar products."
Gleipnir was silent for a moment: "It can be sold more expensively? That can be considered an advantage."
However, if you want to dismantle it and sell it, you need to collect three puzzle pieces, which is currently impossible.
After reading the information about the faceless monster, Gleipnir looked down at the second reward.
No surprise, a new ritual rumor.
What Starworm got before was "Prayer Rumors", but the rumors she got this time were——
"Sacrifice rumors: What is a sacrifice? The thing that is most desired for the object of sacrifice can be called a sacrifice. And the carnival night clown who is sealed in the lightless room, what is the most desired thing? Light, sound
, food, maybe we can start from these three aspects."
In this rumor, there are also three words that can be clicked on, namely "light, sound, and food".
Gleipnir clicked on them one by one.
"Light: On carnival night, the clown is locked in a lightless room. What he desires most is undoubtedly light, and "lamps" that have witnessed the birth of glory are the best."
"Sound: After staying in a dead room for a long time, the clown also longs for sound on carnival nights. The more carnival it takes, the more lively it is. It especially misses the bustle and noise during the three major competitions."
"Food: The clown also eats food at the carnival night, especially since it has been hungry for countless years, its desire for food has reached the extreme. However, its food is different from humans. It likes to eat top-quality oil paints and colorful fabrics.
"My favorite food is undoubtedly the wax in the carnival paper lanterns."
There is no doubt that the above three are the "sacrifice" required in the ceremony.
If they want to complete the ritual, they need to prepare these sacrifices to summon the carnival night clown.
But judging from the text descriptions, these three types of sacrifices seem a bit strange.
Before he clicked on the sub-column, Gleipnir thought that the so-called sacrifices were just to buy the corresponding items directly. But now it seems that except for the "food" related sacrifices, there seems to be no other sacrifices.
Compare the methods and buy them.
Especially the "sound", the information shows that the carnival night clown misses "the lively noise of the three major competitions", shouldn't they be asked to find someone to simulate the noise of the three major competitions?
How many people are needed for this?
In short, when Gleipnir saw these three types of sacrifices, he only felt that one was as big as two.
There are still three and a half hours left. Can these three kinds of sacrifices really be prepared?
Gleipnir informed Angel of the "rumors of sacrifices" and also expressed his worries.
After hearing the "sacrifice" information, Angel didn't quite understand what these sacrifices were for, but he didn't panic: "Since the text column has marked the sacrifice information, we must be able to complete it."
"Just like 'Sheng', what we want is the bustle and bustle of the three major competitions. I personally think that there is a high probability that we are not going to find someone to simulate the three major competitions..."
Because even if it is simulated, it is not the real three major competitions.
Moreover, the cost of this simulation is definitely not low, it may even cost hundreds of thousands of Modern Coins, which is a bit excessive for the second round of the main mission.
Because the tasks must be from easy to difficult, there is a high probability that there will be no tasks of this difficulty in the second round.
"There is no way to simulate the three competitions, but we can find the videos of the past three competitions." Angel: "Especially because we are helping Prada Media Company, and the Prada Beauty Pageant used to be one of the three competitions, although Prada Media Company is now
It’s gone, but there should still be photos of past games.”
In other words, if they want to get a "sound" sacrifice, they can go to Prada Media Company to "borrow" images from past games.
When Gleipnir heard this, he also came to his senses: "It seems...that's the reason."
Angel: "The other two sacrifices should be based on this idea. In this way, you first go to Prada Media Company, meet up with Starworm, and see if you can borrow the images of the past 'Prada Beauty Pageant'.
"
"And I, here at the black market, just happened to be looking at the 'food' sacrifices to see if I could buy them. I also wanted to think about the 'light' sacrifices."
Gleipnir nodded: "Okay."
After a pause, Gleipnir asked again: "By the way, how is the situation over there? Have the disassembled pages been sold?"
Angel: "Don't worry, it has been sold, and I have collected one million."
Gleipnir: "?!!"
"Is it enough so quickly? Didn't you just ask someone to 'borrow' it directly?"
Angel: "I thought about asking someone to 'borrow' it, but before I could 'borrow' it, I had already collected one million."
Angel did not hide anything and told what happened in the deep black market.
When Gleipnir learned that Angel had made a million dollars directly with the "Golden Scissors", he couldn't help but sigh: "Sure enough, when you have exclusive skills, you can implement a business monopoly..."
Angel: "...it hasn't reached the stage of monopoly yet."
Graipnir just said it casually, but when she heard that Angel had completed his small goal of one million, she relaxed a little.
Even with the normal clearance method for the second round of the main mission, they didn't have time to complete it.
But by "throwing money", we should be able to create a path.
Although according to the normal process, this road is likely to be a dead end, they do not have to take this road. As long as they open Yusup's mouth first, let the second round of the main mission be in the "clearance" state, and they will have more resources.
time, they can continue to complete the ritual and summon the carnival night clown.
Once we get the carnival night clown, won't we be able to get the out-of-control main plot back on track?
Therefore, the way to spend money is to use Modern Coin to buy time.
However, Gleipnir personally still hopes that he will not use it without throwing money.
After all, "throwing money" is just their idea. What if the main mission collapses because of "throwing money".
So if you can pass it normally, you must still pass it in the normal way.
Throwing money is just an insurance policy.
"I can also ask the Hermits about the ritual sacrifices." Angel: "Although the Hermits are a grassroots establishment, their background is not simple. Maybe they can better understand the meaning of the sacrifices."
"Okay." Gleipnir also knew about the Hermit Society at this time, and she was quite interested in this imported organization that had little foundation but rich heritage.
However, this kind of interesting exploration needs to wait until the main mission is completed.
Angel: "Then let's split up."
…
Angel also didn't expect that one second he was walking out of the deep black market, and the next second he was going back to the black market.
However, he did not forget to contact the Hermits before doing so.
Turn on the holographic projection through the Hermit Ring, and then skillfully control the energy to touch the Hermit Society's logo.
Not long after, a sweet voice came from the holographic projection: "Hello, this is the receptionist number 019 of the Hermit Association. I need transfer service. Please tell me the code name of the transfer target. If you need other services..."
Angel: "Transfer me to Xiaolu."
The person on the other side paused for a second and said again: "Okay, please wait a moment."
After waiting for about a few seconds, Xiaolu's voice came out: "Mr. Angel?"
And not only was there sound, but even light and shadow were simulated. A small green bust appeared in the holographic projection, and she looked over in surprise.
"Is there something you forgot to tell me, sir?" Xiao Lu asked curiously.
Angel did not ask immediately, but first said hello politely and asked about Kalyan's physical condition.
Xiao Lu smiled and said: "Don't worry, we have already found a doctor. Kalyan is fine. He will recover as long as he rests for a while."
"It's fine." Angel paused, and under Xiaolu's curious eyes, he started talking about the business: "By the way, I remember you said before that the Hermits can retrieve some intelligence knowledge?"
"Yes, if only we knew."
Angel let out a long sigh of relief, and then said seriously: "I want to know some information about the ritual sacrifices."
"Ritual sacrifice?" Xiao Lu was stunned.
Angel: "Yes, to be precise, I was recently studying a ritual recorded in an ancient book. But there are some strange sacrifices required for this ritual, which I don't quite understand."
Xiaolu: "It's related to rituals. Although our hermits will keep records, I personally suggest that you, sir, don't try rituals easily. Rituals are often associated with some not-so-good... things."
Xiao Lu said it very cryptically, but Angel could probably understand her worries.
He smiled: "I know what you are worried about. Don't worry, the rituals I study are all ordinary rituals, such as the transportation ceremony of wearing a red string on the hand."
"Moreover, the quality of the ceremony can be seen from the type of sacrifice."
In other words, if Xiao Lu is worried, just listen to what he calls "sacrifice" and you will know whether the ritual is good or bad.
Xiao Lu thought about it and felt that Angel's words were correct.
Those evil rituals and sacrifices are mostly related to blood, filth, and secret objects. You can tell it by hearing it.
Since Angel asked her about the ritual sacrifices, she would naturally be able to judge whether they were evil rituals.
"I understand, what are the ritual sacrifices that sir want to know about?"