Chapter Ch118.3 - Giant

translator: xiin

editors: apricot & juurensha

In the Crosson Shows live broadcast, the scrolling comments and the weapons intersected and exploded.

Little Witch aaaahhh! Lord Wei, dont abuse our Little Witch! Wait a minute, holy s.h.i.+t, 66666!

The White Rose is powerful! You can even discover this kind of ambus.h.!.+ Contestant Wei Yan, are you capable or not? Hyacinth Shows faithful audiences were also clamoring.

The camera perspective had just switched back from Wei Yan to Wu Jin, so the audience had missed the gesture Wu Jin had given to Vera.

Even Blood Pigeon was shocked. He wondered out loud, This is the most standard open door ambush. The positioning, light, and shadow have all been calculated. How did they figure it out?

Ying Xiangxiang sighed emotionally and came up with the same guess as the audience, The Hyacinths White Roses isnt any less experienced than our Wei Yan.

In the corridor to the Royal Chapel.

The sword suddenly swept down from top to bottom. Wu Jins arm exerted force, and Wu Jin rolled to the left and dodged while Vera lifted up her sword to parry.

Wei Yan was obviously surprised at Wu Jins response, but the tip of his sword remained pointed at Wu Jin. As for his teammate, the little sister from the Hyacinth Show attempted to distract Veras attention.

The two people stood across from each other, and Wu Jin instantly reflected on Wei Yans layout.

Wei Yan and his teammate were ranked S and C respectively, while Wu Jin and Vera were both ranked A. Wei Yan could ensure that he could escape intact, but he couldnt fully ensure that he could hold Wu Jin back with Veras interference. What Wei Yan had needed was an ambush.

The ambush at the entrance to the chapel had been intended to capture Wu Jin before Vera could react.

He allowed Wu Jin to see the locked box clue, because what he wanted was not only the notes in Wu Jins hands, but also Wu Jins judgement regarding the instance. He wanted to place the sword at Wu Jins neck and force Wu Jin to spit out the entirety of the instance under the threat of elimination, so that he could win the first instance.

Wei Yan hadnt expected that his ambush would fail.

Wu Jins wrist shook from the force of this human-shaped weapons attack, but he soon gritted his teeth and climbed back up to relieve Vera from the onslaught.

According to the big boss, Wu Jin couldnt match up to others in terms of experience, strength, dexterity, or even brilliance, but with two weeks of continuous training, even though Wu Jin was unable to counter attack Wei Yan, he could still cooperate tacitly with Vera to mount a stable defense.

In contrast, Wei Yans teammate had to put in a lot of effort and quickly became the weak point of the opposing side.

Seeing Wei Yan attack Wu Jin again with the sword, Vera didnt hesitate to aim at the weaker young woman

The long sword buzzed.

Wei Yan used a backhanded strike to deflect Vera and guarded the young woman behind him. The younger woman fell into a daze, turning red as she looked at Wei Yan.

Wei Yans ambush had been unsuccessful, and he wouldnt remain caught up in it. With one last glance at Wu Jin, he took his teammate with him and left.

From behind him, Vera slowly released her grip on the hilt of the blade.

The inside of her palm and wrist was all red.

Wu Jins heart leapt, and he wanted to go and find trauma medicine for her immediately. Vera looked at her hand, then laughed for a long while, This is much more interesting than bullying Ning Fengbei.

k2026;k2026; Wu Jin choked, but he then watched as Vera clenched her fist and pumped it in Wei Yans direction, One day, Ill beat him up until hes crying and wailing.

Wu Jin couldnt imagine any situation where Wei Yan would be crying and wailing, but he was certain that Wei Yan was already headed towards some important clues.

The pace of all the instances is picking up. Wu Jin spoke carefully, Well follow Wei Yan.

It was two oclock in the middle of the night, and the candlelit shadows in the Palace of Versailles were treacherous, yet Wei Yan was unexpectedly unable to hide his whereabouts. Wu Jin explained it briefly, Hes missing the notebook with the clues, and his ambush failed. The easiest way for him is to wait for us to come for him.

Vera suddenly understood, Hes waiting for us to go over hes waiting for an opportunity to start a fight.

In their field of vision, Wei Yan finally disappeared through a small, silver door.

The candlelight shone onto the door panel that had been eroded by rust, the orange halo licking gently at the handwriting on the plate.

Showroom VII

Hes looking for a painting! Vera realized instantly. She clenched her sword and asked, Should we follow?

Wu Jin looked calmly at the handwriting for a few seconds and finally nodded, Okay.

Vera clearly remembered that this showroom had still been locked a few hours ago.

Give me 15 minutes. Ill go back to the library to get the notebook first.

The locked door was now open, and an unknown scene was about to unfold. Based on this arrangement, it seemed that the final battle for the instance would take place in the showroom.

He needed to bring the chips he had in hand.

The instance clearance conditions. The oil painting and pa.s.sword are both indispensable. Wei Yan has the clue to the pa.s.sword, and we have the painting clues. Unfortunately, the code cant be cracked by force, but Wei Yan can force his way through the entire Palace of Versailles and find paintings that match the size of the picture frame.

We can only try to get the pa.s.sword clue from Wei Yan.

The best scenario for us is

Trading chips for chips.

A quarter of an hour later, Wu Jin brought the notebook with him and ran quickly through the corridor of the Palace of Versailles wing. It seemed that over the course of the day and night, the instances were all advancing towards the end, and all the corridors were bustling.

They sometimes ran into the piano instance contestants who were also wandering around.

Lin Ke saw Wu Jin again, and his expression was delighted, Hey, Brother Wu, do you want to listen to music?

The ghost for our instance is really something! Geez! This round of the task requires us to find 200 listeners for him. If there arent enough people, the piano wont be played! Hey, hey, Brother Wu, help me out a bit! Its a court concert, your little brother has no other way

The code box is hidden inside the piano. Weve tried everything! Only when the ghost plays the piano will the lockbox rise up. When he gets angry, hell play the wrong tune, and the lockbox will sink back down. Say, whats the deal with that! Where am I going to find 200 people for him?!

Hey, Brother Wu, dont run! Where are you going? In that direction? The noise from that room was so loud that it sent our piano playing ghost all the way up to the sky on the spot

Wu Jin froze, Noise?

Lin Ke nodded, Yes, a booming roaring sound, like a moving train. I dont know who was inside.

Wu Jins mind felt like itd been electrified. What was displayed inside the studio should be a static oil painting, not a moving oil painting. Where was the noise coming from? He patted Lin Ke on the shoulder. Thanks, brother. Ill go find Wei Yan and them to come listen to the piano.

Then, he quickly led Vera with him and disappeared through the silver door.

Both of them entered defensive positions the moment they went through the door, but they soon looked ahead of them in amazement.

Inside the door was a long, winding gallery, but it was empty and devoid of people.

Wei Yan wasnt there, and neither was his teammate.

The air was dull and dreary, and it was so quiet it was suffocating. It seemed that even the sound of a pin falling could be heard, and there was no hint of the noise Lin Ke had mentioned.

In the dim lighting.

The ground was covered with a long, scarlet carpet. Countless oil painting frames that held various contents were mounted on the white walls, and the dim yellow candlelight reflected off the various G.o.ds and ghosts on the canvas. There were demons lying in pools of blood while licking their internal organs, Prometheus holding fire, gentle and naked G.o.ddesses, and Poseidon driving a chariot in the sea.

Well first look for the painting. Wu Jin spoke softly.

A quarter of an hour ago, Wei Yan and his teammate had disappeared into the maze-like gallery and never appeared again.

The two of them controlled the sound of their footsteps and carried the lamp with them to walk deeper into the corridor. The further they walked, the darker the lighting was, until Vera suddenly stopped.

Fingerprints. Vera approached the light, Very powerful ones. Theres been a fight here

Wu Jin had to exert a lot of effort to see the handprint that Vera had mentioned. It was next to a golden picture frame, and even the original, 90 degree standard copper mounting had been bent due to the great force.

He frowned slightly. Based on Wei Yans fighting skills, there were very few people who could force him into such a situation. Unless it was the big boss

Wu Jin shook his head. The big boss hadnt appeared yet. Moreover, he had a long-term att.i.tude of pa.s.sively taking it easy and simply obtaining a spot in the top ten, and wouldnt hide here just to bully a little contestant like Wei Yan.

From the fingerprints, it didnt seem like Wei Yan had been anxiously trying to remove the picture frame as a weapon. The painting was about one square meter in size. If he wanted to hold it steady, he should be pulling the frame, and not a corner.

Vera was still studying the handprint, The grip strength should have been about 55kg. It should be Wei Yans, but I cant see how he did it. It seems like Wei Yan was thrown into the wall

Wu Jin held up the lamp and looked at the oil painting in the frame.

The painting was gloomy and gray. Beneath the cloudy skies was a town shrouded in shadow. People were scattered and scared, and above the town

Stood a silent giant.

At the bottom was a small line of text: 1812.

The style of this painting was closer to the modern oil painting that Wu Jin recognized than Lemoynes art. It didnt focus on meticulous brush strokes, and the shadows were dense and strong.

Vera got up and looked at the painting, What does it signify? The black death?

Wu Jin shook his head, Not necessarily. This painting came after Lemoynes time. Based on the time period, it can be inferred that not only the Bourbon royal collection, but also the Jacobins and later Napoleons Wu Jin narrowed his eyes, Theres no painting name and no signature.

It seemed that none of the paintings in the entire corridor showed any indication of their origins.

While Wu Jin was still thinking, Vera suddenly spoke, The giant, the giant is moving!

Wu Jin was shocked, and he looked up quickly. Inside the painting, the static giant seemed to have been awakened by something. It turned slowly and awkwardly, revealing its empty eyes.

Careful! On the wall The second half of Veras words were covered by a roar. The entire wall began to shake as the giant turned around, and the wall turned abruptly, even the corridor paved with the red carpet began to tilt. The floor s.h.i.+fted to a right angle, and the wall and the floor became a huge funnel within a few seconds, dumping the two of them behind the wall.

Wu Jins heart beat quickly. He instinctively grabbed Vera, who was about to fall, and his left hand tried to reach the corner of the frame with his left hand, but his grip deviated by a few milliliters.

The scattered clues were finally linked together.

The wall would s.h.i.+ft and move, causing the train-like noise.

The empty gallery and the fingertips on the copper fame.

A quarter of an hour ago, Wei Yan had also been here, and hed had the same reaction that Wu Jin had intuitively performed. Hed grabbed hold of the frame but finally still fell into the unknown.

The two of them were both falling in a weightless state, but Wu Jin didnt hesitate to drop down to protect Vera. Then, the back of his spine was impacted by a huge force

Wu Jin! Vera cried out in alarm.

Wu Jin sucked in a breath of cold air and finally climbed up a while later, Its fine, theres a cus.h.i.+on. This place is

His field of vision was black.

Then, the lights came on, and a small line of text was projected into the empty s.p.a.ce.

Francisco Goya (Spain). 1808.

The surrounding scenes gradually appeared amidst the light; the jagged hillside, in which the characters and ghosts that were running in a panicalso the 4D projections, speaking a language that Wu Jin couldnt understand, with iconic weakened consonants and vibrato. Some were running away from the giant, while others walked towards it.

Its Spanish. Wu Jin spoke quickly, 1808 is the year of Napoleons most glorious period. This painting belongs to Napoleons collection in the Palace of Versailles. In 1808, the Peninsula War beganthe French invaded Spain, and the rebels were unable to fight

The giant represents Napoleon.

The clues were all scattered, and the lights in the dome finally lit up their field of vision.

This was a replica of the scene, but one without borders.

The shadowed town was crying in despair, and the giant was closing in. It was naked, but one of its bare feet was enough to cover up four of five Wu Jins.

The giant moved very slowly.

Run! Wu Jin led Vera towards the hillside to escape, but was caught by surprise when he heard footsteps headed towards them.

Behind them were the large feet of the giant.

In front of them

Crosson Shows Wei Yan, a human-shaped weapon, stood in front of the two of them with no expression on his face.

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