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Chapter 1229: Drawing Lots

When Su Xiao saw the notification from Heaven, he stopped.

— Shiite temple ... Shiite continent, " Su Xiao muttered. — This place definitely won't be easy.

Compared to the temple, Su Xiao felt that this place was more like a tomb. Even the corridor he was currently in didn't have a very pleasant atmosphere, and the general atmosphere of the place could be described in a few simple words: dark, damp, depressing, and damn quiet.

He didn't feel that this place was a temple, this place was more like someone's tomb.

And this place was considered a hidden area. Finding this area was quite difficult. If Su Xiao hadn't received a side quest and completed it, he wouldn't have been able to enter this place in the end.

But in such an area, all the rewards received improved by 20%, although as a payment, Su Xiao will need to give 600 Paradise coins per hour.

Right now, Su Xiao had 199,000 Paradise coins, so with this payment of 600 Paradise coins per hour, he would be able to stay in this area for about 14 days.

Of course, he wouldn't be able to stay in this place for so many days. He has less than 4 days left to complete the task. He had to find the second key within 4 days. If he couldn't find it, he would most likely be forcibly teleported to Paradise.

He needed to complete three tasks after entering this neutral world. He had already completed the main task, but in addition to it, he still had to find traces of the Shadows of the Law. According to the information he had, these footprints were the ruins of the Shadows of Law, and these ruins were located in the undead territory.

As for the third task, it was supposed to allow him to raise the level of his guild, although Su Xiao had already completed the main task, but he still hadn't received the guild promotion task.

Most likely, it just hasn't hit the right location yet.

However, it didn't matter, because judging from the current situation, if he couldn't find the second key, he wouldn't be able to complete the second task either, as he simply didn't have enough time to do so.

After thinking about this, Su Xiao sped up. He was first, followed by Bubtney, then Goss and Eliza, and Amu was last.

This arrangement didn't seem bad, but it was because they hadn't gone deep into the temple yet. When they went deeper into this temple, Goss would definitely go first. After all, he was cannon fodder. As for whether Goss agreed or not, it didn't matter. Su Xiao had many ways to end up agreeing to this arrangement.

Su Xiao walked down the dark corridor. The corridor was about five meters wide and six or seven meters high. The stones that made up this corridor were slightly damp, causing a musty smell to permeate the air.

*Ding-ding-ding...*

There was a sudden thud somewhere ahead. As the group moved deeper into the temple, the knocking grew closer and closer. The sound was similar to the sound of a hammer hitting metal, and the hammer was being hit with all its force.

— Woof~, " the mumbler behind Su Xiao barked softly. He was a little scared. He wasn't afraid of monsters or strong enemies, but ghosts were… The ghosts scared him.

The ghosts that Bubtney feared were not resentful spirits or malevolent entities, but ghosts that very often appeared in horror movies. Every time he saw such ghosts in a horror movie, he would immediately turn it off and even sometimes tremble in fear.

God only knew why Bubtney was afraid of ghosts. Considering the current reality, such ghosts weren't scary at all.

Take Su Xiao, for example. He had killed countless creatures. If ghosts really existed, they would have been scared and trembled with fear as soon as they found out how many creatures he had killed, and started running away from him in all directions faster than rabbits. If someone like Sadako appeared in front of Su Xiao, he would walk up to her and kick her stomach, then tie her to a table and start studying her structure.

But even so, Bubtney was afraid of ghosts, and right now, not only did he take out a mirror from his inventory and tie it around his neck, but he was also holding a cross in his mouth.

Bubtney was very scared, but Amu didn't see anything like this place at all. He walked at the back of the group and often looked around.

The knocking was getting closer and closer, causing Su Xiao to slow down his pace.

*Ding-ding-ding...*

The knocking became very clear, at best the source of this knocking was about 100 meters away from them, and now not only knocks, but also waves of heat were constantly hitting their faces, and the walls of this corridor were no longer wet.

There might be danger ahead. Su Xiao looked at Goss. Goss's expression changed slightly. He had clearly guessed something.

— Right now, we need to decide who is going to explore the path next, " Su Xiao said as he looked around at everyone, including Bubtni and Ama.

— I need to protect Princess Eliza, " Goss said immediately. He knew that it was dangerous to go first in such a place, but what worried him the most was that Su Xiao would threaten him with Elise.

— Why don't we draw lots? Su Xiao asked and took out four pieces of paper, and seeing that there were only four of them, Goss felt even worse. "Of course, Elise Herbert won't need to draw lots, she just needs to open the mechanisms on the way," naturally, Su Xiao wouldn't let Elise go first, as it would only be a waste of resources.

— Even though Goss wanted to say something, what could he say in the current situation? Drawing lots was obviously fairer than just voting for whoever went first.

— One of these four pieces of paper inside has a red color. The person who draws out such a red piece of paper will stand at the head of the group. That's fair, isn't it, Goss?" Su Xiao asked. Naturally, Goss could not refuse to participate in such a game.

— We - that's right, " Goss said, gritting his teeth. For some reason, he felt that no matter what piece of paper he drew out, he would be the one leading the group.

— Then draw it out first, " Su Xiao replied and stretched out his hands in front of him. Goss took the paper, but didn't open it immediately, because he wanted to see if all four of them were red.

If they were all red and he opened his own first, then he would immediately be at the head of the group.

Bubtney picked up the paper in his paws and opened it immediately. It was white.

Because Amu's fingers were too thick, Su Xiao opened his paper for him, and it was also white.

— So one of us will be leading the way, right? Su Xiao asked, holding the paper between his fingers while Goss gripped his paper tightly.

Seeing Goss ' tense face, Su Xiao stretched out his fingers and the paper between his fingers unfolded.

The inside of it was white.

— "That's impossible," Goss muttered, and quickly unfolded his own, but then he saw a bright red color that seemed to signal an impending deadly danger. "You —" Goss was speechless. He was the last person to open their paper, and he didn't see anything suspicious in the way they opened their papers.