Reincarnation Paradise Park

Chapter 928: Chapter 17: Hanging

After the words of National Foot Elder Three, the room fell silent, and one could hear a pin drop.

With a jingle, the cutlery in the hands of the Detective Little Girl slipped, and she slid her butt to the side, fearing that when National Foot Elder Three died, his blood might splash on her like in the last round of the game when she was drenched in blood.

”Who told you this secret?”

The smile on Alice’s face suddenly disappeared, as if she was contemplating something. A moment later, she shook her head.

”Rejected.”

The smile returned to Alice’s face.

”A gamer has passed the second game.”

The Wolf Steward walked up to National Foot Elder Three, indicating for him to rise.

”This is the only way.”

”No choice, if we don’t use this, we might all die here.”

National Foot Boss and National Foot Elder Two were not surprised by Elder Three’s actions. This was information they had previously obtained: apply to Alice for ’hanging’. If Alice agreed, it was certain death, but if she refused, they could directly pass a game and receive its reward.

Su Xiao raised a tall glass, undoubtedly, the National Team Brothers had mastered a method to exempt themselves from a certain game.

From the known information, asking Alice whether it was possible to choose to be hanged, once Alice declined, would grant an exemption from that round of the game.

National Foot Elder Three did so and succeeded; however, Su Xiao would not attempt this, as he had no understanding of the hidden implications.

Earlier, during free movement on the first floor, Su Xiao had a feeling that the National Team Brothers seemed to have some understanding of the castle, but not much. They were uninformed about the game content; otherwise, they would have already prepared countermeasures.

”Miss Alice, may I rest for a moment?”

The Golden Glasses Man tried a more conservative method. ℴℴ𝘮

However, this question received no response. Alice merely turned to glance at the Golden Glasses Man and then ignored him.

Besides asking whether it was possible to choose to be hanged, other inquiries were ineffective.

”Miss Alice... can I... choose... to be hanged?”

A timid inquiry came from the Detective Little Girl.

”Yes.”

Alice looked at the Detective Little Girl with a smile, and the Detective Little Girl’s pupils contracted. This was different from her expectation.

A rope appeared out of thin air, looped around the Detective Little Girl’s neck.

Zzz~

The rope tightened, lifting the Detective Little Girl off the ground. She struggled painfully, her face turning red.

”Sub...stitute death.”

A doll slipped from the Detective Little Girl’s sleeve, shimmering with golden light.

With a thud, the Detective Little Girl fell to the ground. The bruising around her neck gradually faded, while a ligature mark appeared on the neck of the doll on the ground.

”My substitute death doll...”

The Detective Little Girl picked up the doll from the ground, her face full of heartache.

It was proven that choosing to be hanged without triggering certain prerequisites was essentially courting death. The Detective Little Girl had a substitute-death ability, which was why she dared to take the risk.

With that ’little episode’ past, Su Xiao decisively abandoned the idea of ’being hanged’. He drank more than half of a bottle of No.1 Elixir, filled his Life Value, then tilted his head back to drink the red wine in the goblet.

[Hint: The Hunter drank ’Bloody Agate’.]

[Hint: You cannot receive any healing effects for 20 minutes and enter a Vulnerable State.]

[Vulnerable State: All damage received is ×2.]

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The red wine in the glass was rich and mellow, however, its negative effect was nearly lethal. Using potions was ineffective, and receiving healing effects was not possible.

Moreover, in the next 20 minutes, any damage Su Xiao received would be doubled.

Compared to the poison wine, this glass of wine was more sinister. Su Xiao still remembered Alice’s smiling expression as she poured the wine for him, a smile from the heart.

Snake-hearted? No, using that word to describe Alice would underestimate her. This woman could not be evaluated in terms of good and evil. She could commit horrible, venomous actions with good intentions, like stabbing someone and then kindly helping stop the bleeding, offering comforting words, only to stab again afterward, saying it was for their own good; utterly biitch.

There’s still half a piece of Poisonous Dragon Meat left; if Su Xiao ate it, he would endure at least 160% of True Magical Damage, meaning eating it... would result in death.

However, a type of recovery effect was not removed, specifically the Life Value recovery derived from the Constitution attribute, which is not considered an external healing effect.

Su Xiao had Absolute Demon Physique that rendered him immune to part of True Magical Damage. The portions of Poisonous Dragon Meat before him varied; Pibang and the Cat Woman had less. If their Life Value recovery speed was fast enough, they might survive by a fluke. The Golden Glasses Man, due to his table etiquette, had a lot of remaining Poisonous Dragon Meat.

The reason National Foot Elder Three used his trump card to finish the game in advance was not due to fear of death but to relieve himself of the ’Bloody Agate’ effect. The National Team Brothers had a Life Link, meaning if Elder Three could withstand it, then National Foot Boss and Elder Two would not perish.

Sure enough, National Foot Elder Three healed himself desperately while National Foot Boss and Elder Two focused on dealing with the Poisonous Dragon Meat.

”Finish the meal within 20 minutes; that is the dining etiquette of the ancient castle.”

The Wolf Steward spoke, having already taken out a stopwatch to keep time.

Su Xiao squinted; enduring it head-on clearly wouldn’t work, as he had just consumed No.1 Elixir, leaving his Life Value at around 99%.

After hesitating for a moment, Su Xiao cut a tiny piece of Poisonous Dragon Meat and tossed it to Bu Bu Wang beside him, who understood, silently catching it and swallowing it whole.

[Hint: Your Servant ’Bubute Ni’ has devoured the flesh of a super high-level creature.]

Su Xiao was not surprised by this prompt; this was the flesh of some kind of giant dragon, and dragons are undoubtedly high-level creatures, no, super high-level creatures.

After Su Xiao threw the Poisonous Dragon Meat to Bu Bu Wang, Bu Bu Wang’s Life Value quickly decreased, but Bu Bu Wang, being an amateur healer, calmly healed itself.

Su Xiao constantly observed the actions of Alice and the Wolf Steward. He wasn’t sure whether this method violated the game’s rules.

[Hint: Your actions have incurred the Wolf Steward’s displeasure; his favorability has decreased by 2.]

Alice showed no reaction, but the Wolf Steward walked up behind Su Xiao.

”Wolf Steward, I didn’t break any game rules, did I?”

”...”

The Wolf Steward remained silent, merely standing behind Su Xiao. This conveyed a lot of information, yet Su Xiao cared little about the Wolf Steward’s favorability. From the start, he sensed a degree of hostility from the Wolf Steward, and after Jing Sha’s warning, Su Xiao understood why—due to his Demon’s Mark Ability.

For a neutral storyline character like the Wolf Steward, negotiation was naturally preferred, but offending him was not catastrophic, just risking a cold attitude. The Wolf Steward was subordinate to Alice and dared not violate the game’s rules, which would go against Alice.

Realizing this, Su Xiao cut another piece of Poisonous Dragon Meat and tossed it to Bu Bu Wang. This thing was extremely delicious, and Bu Bu Wang cared little for poison, as Su Xiao had already given it three bottles of No.1 Elixir.

Bu Bu Wang ate happily, and naturally, Su Xiao would consume a few small pieces of Poisonous Dragon Meat as it was a part of the game, potentially relevant to subsequent reward segments.

Each game was brutal, yet amidst the brutality lay opportunities.

The seven at the dining table each used their methods, while Alice, the eighth, was unaffected by the Poisonous Dragon Meat at all, merely enjoying a fine meal.