Chapter : 87

Yan Yunqing knocked on the door again, "Sir, it's about the upcoming competition. There are some things I need to confirm with you."

Hearing this, the person inside walked over, cursing, and opened the door.

Yan Yunqing was leaning against a blind spot. As soon as the door opened, he reached out, pushed the door frame, and swung it inward.

His other hand quickly struck at the neck of the person who opened the door, instantly restraining him. He then slipped into the room, extended his right leg, and kicked the open door shut.

This series of actions was extremely fast. The people inside didn't even have time to react.

Yan Yunqing squeezed the man's neck, his gaze falling on the scene inside. He paused for a moment, wishing he could turn around and run away immediately.

No, what is this eye-searing sight?!

The other two neutral individuals in the room were clearly Mandiper's 『Manls』. At this moment, they were naked, their hands tied, and were huddled in a corner of the sofa. Seeing Yan Yunqing barge in, their faces were filled with terror, and they couldn't help but let out a gasp.

The problem was that these two 『Manls』 were a man and a woman?

Yan Yunqing couldn't help but look at the fat man he was holding. The white, flabby flesh trembled. "You even go for both men and women?"

Shameless! Despicable!

Yan Yunqing's stunned glance had already clearly seen the bruises on the two 『Manls』.

He couldn't help but tighten his grip. With a 'crack', the fat man, who had been stunned by the sudden incident, was choked unconscious by him before he could even struggle.

"Ah!" Seeing this, the person still tied to the bed couldn't help but let out a short scream.

Yan Yunqing avoided looking, walked sideways to the sofa, picked up the clothes that had fallen on the floor, and threw them next to the two people. At the same time, he turned his back, "Let me know when you're covered."

At the same time, Yan Yunqing sized up the layout of the room. This floor, belonging to the Midas Touches, had suites, with at least one bedroom and one living room.

And this suite of the Black Snake's had three rooms. After entering the room, his minimap only showed the fat man as a red name. The other few should not be here now.

But what about Nana? Could she have been taken away by someone else?

A faint voice came from behind, "It's... it's alright."

Yan Yunqing turned around and found that because their hands were tied, the two people hadn't been able to put on their clothes properly and had only managed to cover the important parts.

Yan Yunqing took a few steps forward. The two 『Manls』 flinched at his movement. He reached out, and a dagger suddenly appeared in his hand. With a few slashes, he cut the ropes that bound them.

With the restraints on their wrists loosened, the two immediately hugged their clothes tightly. The female 『Manl』 with a beautiful face boldly asked, "Sir, are you going to kill him?"

She pointed at the unconscious fat man on the floor. Because this fat man was in the middle of his excitement when Yan Yunqing came, he was interrupted.

When he opened the door, he had only casually put on a bathrobe. Now the bathrobe was wide open, looking extremely disheveled.

Yan Yunqing glanced at her but didn't answer her question, "You two can leave. As long as you remain silent, I won't cause you any trouble, understand?"

The male 『Manl』, who had been silent all along, nodded hastily, looking as if he wanted to run away immediately.

It was the female 『Manl』 who tilted her head slightly, a hint of hesitation in her expression.

Yan Yunqing raised his chin, gesturing towards the door. The male 『Manl』 immediately scrambled up, completely disregarding the companion behind him, and fled.

"You're not leaving?" Yan Yunqing raised an eyebrow at the female 『Manl』 with messy hair. "Your companion has already run away."

She glanced at Yan Yunqing with some fear. After hesitating for a few seconds, she finally spoke: "It's useless.

The gentleman in this room has already bought my and his time. If something happens to them, Mandiper will still find us."

"The Midas Touches are the master's private property. The competition is imminent, and the master will not allow any accidents to occur."

She gave a bitter smile, "If you are going to kill him, even if I run away now, I will be punished by the master later."

"Then you won't be punished if you stay?"

"Since you dare to ignore the rules and take action in Mandiper... you must have a way to escape, right?" She secretly glanced at Yan Yunqing, feeling extremely conflicted in her heart, but time was short.

She still held a glimmer of hope and said, "Can you take me with you? As long as I can leave this place, I'm willing to do anything!"

Yan Yunqing laughed, "Oh? Why should I help you?"

The woman bit her lip. She had shown her most vulnerable and helpless side to Yan Yunqing, but received no reaction at all.

She knew that this man was not like ordinary men who loved beautiful women, and her looks were of no use.

She chose to reveal her last life-saving measure: "If you can safely take me out, I can give you a map of an ancient ruin."

At the same time, a quest from Doreen popped up in front of Yan Yunqing: [Safely escort Doreen out of Mandiper. Accept?]

A map of an ancient ruin?

Yan Yunqing's interest was piqued: "Tell me briefly?"

The woman saw that there was a chance, and her eyes lit up: "It was revealed by a guest who came to Mandiper before. He has a treasure map of an ancient ruin.

It is said that there are countless precious treasures hidden inside, left behind by the Demon King! I made a copy of it while that person wasn't paying attention. I can give it to you as a reward!"

Yan Yunqing almost choked.

Treasure left behind by the Demon King? Why didn't he remember putting a large batch of treasure anywhere?

As for the things that couldn't fit in his backpack and were forced to be screened out, Yan Yunqing had also placed them in the warehouse of the Demon King's palace. Could it be that this ancient ruin was referring to the Demon King's palace?

No, is it really okay for you to covet the Demon King's treasure in front of the Demon King himself?

Yan Yunqing was a little speechless, but he wasn't very angry. After all, those things had been there for two thousand years, and had experienced a major war.

It was hard to say how much was still left. Maybe it had already been divided up by his several retainers.

Besides, all the good stuff was in his backpack!

However, this 『Manl』 in front of him could be saved in passing. Anyway, the quest had already popped up. Saving one was saving, saving two was also saving.

Even a mosquito's leg was still meat!

Yan Yunqing confirmed his acceptance of the quest, "Alright, I can take you out. But I still have to find someone. I can only take you with me after I find her."

He lowered his gaze and pointed to the bracelet on Doreen's wrist, "And this, are you sure you won't be located immediately after you go out?"

This bracelet had a positioning function. Although Rocco could use his theft talent skill to take it off, Yan Yunqing couldn't expose Rocco's talent skill in front of someone unrelated to the children's group.

Doreen nodded repeatedly, "It's okay. As long as I can get out, I have a way to take this bracelet off. You just need to take me away from here!"

Yan Yunqing took another look at Doreen. Seeing her sincere expression, he said, "Alright."

Hearing Yan Yunqing's agreement, Doreen breathed a sigh of relief. She almost collapsed on the ground.

She knew that the choice she made was a huge gamble.It was simply too reckless to believe that a stranger could save her after just one meeting.

But she had no choice. She had to leave this place as soon as possible. The punishment from Mandiper was secondary. She couldn't let others find out that she had stolen...

Doreen secretly glanced at Yan Yunqing. Seeing that Yan Yunqing seemed to be looking for something in the suite, she couldn't help but ask, "Sir, are you still looking for something?

We'd better leave here as soon as possible. After Jieke leaves, he will definitely report you for self-preservation. We don't have much time left."

Not to mention, this man in the mask seemed to be looking for someone else!

Thinking of this, Doreen felt a little regretful: "You shouldn't have let Jieke leave!"

Hearing this, Yan Yunqing looked at Doreen in surprise. Did she think they were a group? This woman's mentality changed too quickly, didn't it?

"Do you know where in this room a person could be hidden?" Yan Yunqing ignored Doreen's words and asked instead, "The kind that's not too big in size."

He had just become a Midas Touch. To avoid suspicion, he had not yet chosen to move in.

He was not familiar with the layout of this room. He had already found the little green dot belonging to Nana on the minimap.

But when he followed the location on the minimap, it already showed that they were overlapping, yet Yan Yunqing was still surrounded by empty space.

There must be a hidden space inside this suite, but he really didn't have much time to waste looking for it.

Not only because Jieke, who had just left, might report him, but also because the quest panel had already started to sound an alarm.

[Warning! NPC's vital signs are fading, death is imminent!]

Yan Yunqing had a headache, but he was glad that he had come in time. If he had been any later, this quest would probably have failed.

Doreen was stunned for a moment, not expecting Yan Yunqing to ask this question, "A hidden space? No, these rooms aren't set up with such a space."

Yan Yunqing frowned. He walked to an empty space and pointed at the floor beneath his feet, "Do you know what's on the floor below or above this one?"

Doreen blinked in confusion, looked at the spot Yan Yunqing was pointing at, and tried hard to recall. Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, the expression on Doreen's face changed.

"...Are you, by any chance, looking for Nana who was taken away before?"

"You know Nana?" Yan Yunqing was surprised for a moment, then realized that this person was a 『Manl』, and Nana was a 『Pel』. How could they not know each other.

He thought for a moment and simply nodded: "Yes, I'm looking for Nana. Do you know where she was hidden by the people from the Black Snake Mercenary Group?"

Doreen's expression was strange for a moment, "The Black Snake Mercenary Group? No... Nana wasn't taken away by them. Nana was taken away by the master of Mandiper."

"The master of Mandiper?" A bad premonition arose in Yan Yunqing's heart. "Wasn't Nana taken away by the people from the Black Snake Mercenary Group at first?"

Doreen: "At first? I think so at first... but soon Nana was taken away by the master of Mandiper. The location you're pointing at should be the dark dungeon."

Yan Yunqing looked at the constantly flashing warning on the game panel, grabbed Doreen's wrist, "There's no time, take me to the dark dungeon you mentioned. I'll take you away from here as soon as I find Nana."

Doreen began to hesitate. She really didn't want to go into the dark dungeon again. She felt like she had boarded a pirate ship, but now it was not up to her to get off.

She glanced at Yan Yunqing's expression and found that the eyes revealed from under the mask had a cold and stern aura. She gritted her teeth, "I'll take you, but you must take me away from here later!"

"Alright," Yan Yunqing agreed without a second thought.

Doreen struggled free from Yan Yunqing's hand, quickly opened the door, and peeked out a few times. After confirming that there was currently no one in the corridor, she said, "Let's go."

Yan Yunqing followed closely behind Doreen. Halfway there, he suddenly remembered the fat man lying there, turned back, and threw a Fire Emblem next to the fat man before continuing to follow Doreen.

Quickly leaving the corridor, Doreen took out a bracelet from somewhere, swiped open a door at the end, and pulled Yan Yunqing inside.

After entering, he realized that this was not a room, but a hidden magic compartment.

The door outside looked like a room. Who would have thought that inside it was an elevator? It wasn't even shown on Yan Yunqing's minimap.

But what was with this Doreen? She even knew about a place like this? And even had the authority to enter?

Doreen saw Yan Yunqing's probing gaze on her, and she felt a little uncomfortable, "I found this out by accident. This place can lead to the place you want to go."

Saying that, she pressed a button in the magic compartment. The door slowly opened. She walked in first and looked at Yan Yunqing calmly, "Well? Are you going?"

Yan Yunqing glanced at her thoughtfully and followed her in without any hesitation.

What did he have to be afraid of? He had a substitute doll on standby in the washroom of the primary area, and he had also placed a portable anchor point outside Free City. No matter what, he could run away.

Doreen realized that this person was not at all afraid of the unknown fear. Her idea of making him give up fell through. She could only swipe the device in this magic compartment again and press one of the buttons.

"Let me make it clear first, that place is very dangerous, and there are many guards inside. I can't beat that many people! I won't go in with you."

Yan Yunqing didn't care: "As you wish."

Anyway, once he found Nana, he would directly teleport away with her. If this Doreen didn't follow him, then he couldn't take her with him either.

The experience for this quest was so little, and this Doreen didn't look like an innocent little bunny either. She probably had a lot of secrets.

If it weren't for the fact that he needed Doreen to take him to find someone, he might have already turned on her and left her behind.

The compartment door slowly closed. Yan Yunqing's sharp ears heard a commotion coming from the corridor outside.

It was probably Jieke who had finally called for people. Without any hesitation, he directly detonated the Fire Emblem he had thrown on the fat man.

Instantly, there was a loud bang, and the compartment they were in also trembled.

Doreen quickly held onto the wall to steady herself, "What's going on?"

Yan Yunqing ignored her. The magic compartment descended to the position of the button Doreen had pressed at the beginning, stopped, and the door slowly opened—

A cage with iron bars lay before them.

Doreen: "This is the dark dungeon. The Nana you're looking for should also be inside."

Yan Yunqing was now certain. Ever since he came to this floor, his minimap had been updated.

The little green dot that had only been faintly showing Nana's location was now much clearer. He could be sure that she was on this floor.

Yan Yunqing reached out and pulled at the iron bars. The door was locked. He looked at Doreen.

"Can you open it?"

Doreen twitched the corner of her mouth, "Do you really think I'm omnipotent?"

Yan Yunqing's eyes were bright. Doreen raised her hands in surrender: "Alright, alright, I'll help you."

She reached out, brushed back her hair, and took out two iron wires. She bent down and poked at the lock hole a couple of times. With a click, the lock opened.

Yan Yunqing confirmed it again. Doreen's level was indeed Lv.9, a very inconspicuous level in Mandiper. Many of the dealers were level twenty or thirty. Doreen was really inconspicuous.

But she knew quite a lot of things.

Yan Yunqing once again confirmed that this person had a secret, but there was no time to care about that now. Nana was about to give out.

Yan Yunqing pushed open the iron door and walked straight in.

Doreen quickly lowered her voice: "I'm not going in with you! Hurry up, if someone finds out, I won't go save you."

She didn't have the ability to save him either.

Yan Yunqing didn't turn back: "If you're discovered, just run. Don't worry about me."

Because he would also run away directly. This Doreen seemed too troublesome. He really didn't want to get involved.

Yan Yunqing quickly walked to a blind spot and immediately activated roleplay, turning into a small black cat. The bracelet on his wrist fell off and was directly put into his backpack by Yan Yunqing.

The light in this dark dungeon was insufficient and very dim. The small black cat's body was small and its color was black, making it much easier to hide than Joker.

He ran straight towards the green dot on the minimap. After turning a corner, Yan Yunqing saw a few black-robed people standing there as guards. Yan Yunqing saw that their levels were not as high as his.

He directly used the cover of his vision to rush behind one of them, deactivated roleplay, instantly turned back into Joker, and a dagger appeared in his hand, which he swiped across the other's neck.

Before, when his level was not high, he still needed to be circuitous. Now that he was over level forty, what was the need for being circuitous? He just had to charge straight up.

His companion suddenly fell. The other black-robed man was stunned for a moment and opened his mouth to shout: "Ene—"

The sound had just come out a little when Yan Yunqing had already backhanded the dagger into his neck. With a twist of his wrist, he was instantly silenced.

The black-robed man fell to the ground, making a faint sound. Several black-robed people around walked over vigilantly. In a blink of an eye, they saw the two black-robed people lying on the ground.

"Enemy attack!!"

This shout was finally uttered. However, Yan Yunqing had already turned back into a black cat. Taking advantage of the dim light and the momentary panic of those people, he directly darted past their feet.

Following the minimap to find Nana's location, Yan Yunqing finally understood why the panel was frantically prompting that the mission was about to fail. Because Nana's current state was really bad.

Her collarbone and wrists were pierced by chains, and she was suspended high in the air by those chains alone.

Her exposed body was covered in blood, and the blood flowed down her body, gathering in the dark patterns on the ground.

Her head was hanging down, and she seemed to have stopped breathing.

Yan Yunqing sucked in a cold breath, so shocked by the terrifying scene before him that he was somewhat speechless. He looked left and right.

The dark dungeon was already in chaos. Yan Yunqing casually threw a few Fire Emblems at the intersections. If someone came over, he would instantly detonate them to block the road.

Taking advantage of the black cat's small size, he directly squeezed through the iron bars. As soon as he walked in, he discovered that something was wrong.

Yan Yunqing stretched out his paw and stepped on the dark patterns on the ground that were covered in blood. This was... a magic circle?

Yan Yunqing deactivated his roleplay. Almost at the instant he turned back into a human, the mana in his body was rapidly absorbed by the magic circle on the ground.

A cold and gloomy feeling flowed back into his body along with his mana.

This is...

Yan Yunqing felt that something was wrong. He subconsciously jumped up and clung to the bars, not touching the magic circle on the ground.

The feeling of his mana being drained crazily was much lighter, but the mana in his body was indeed still being consumed continuously.

What the hell is this thing?

Something that absorbs people's mana?

He had to leave this place quickly. Nana probably couldn't hold on for much longer, and he would also have problems if he stayed any longer.

Feeling the increasingly intense coldness coming from his body, Yan Yunqing immediately made a decision.

Yan Yunqing was stuck on the iron bars. He tried to slash the chains that locked Nana with his dagger a few times.

He didn't know what material these chains were made of, but there wasn't even a single scratch.

Yan Yunqing clicked his tongue and backhanded out two smaller Fire Emblems. The quality of these two Fire Emblems was both blue.

This was the improved version of the Fire Emblem he made after acquiring [Phantom Fingering] and [Precise Eyesight].

The explosion range was smaller, but the power was not changed at all. It had changed from an area-of-effect explosion to a precision strike.

It couldn't be said that this improved version of the Fire Emblem was better than the original Fire Emblem, but with the smaller range, it had more uses.

For example, now.

Yan Yunqing stuck the two Fire Emblems at the junction of the iron chains and the wall and directly detonated them.

"Bang—" "Bang—"

Two explosions. Although the iron chains were not broken, the connected wall was blown into a hole. The iron chains lost their fixed position and began to sag, and Nana also fell down with them.

Yan Yunqing reached out and caught Nana in his arms. He felt a wave of moisture upon contact, and the smell of blood filled his nose, making Yan Yunqing unable to help but hold his breath. His shoulder also felt a phantom pain.

Attracted by the explosion here, the black-robed people followed the sound. Yan Yunqing had already started the teleportation cast.

Seeing a black-robed person rushing towards them, he directly detonated the Fire Emblem he had placed on the road.

A few more explosions. The black-robed people who rushed over were blown away. At the last second of his teleportation, Yan Yunqing saw a tall figure appear in the dark dungeon.

Before he could take a closer look, he and Nana had already been teleported away.

Teleportation landed.

It was the portable anchor point that Yan Yunqing had initially installed outside Free City. The sky outside was very dark, and there wasn't even a single star in the sky. The visibility was not high.

Yan Yunqing put Nana down, reached out to check her breathing. Her breathing was very weak, almost undetectable.

Nana's health bar was also down to the last sliver. Yan Yunqing knew that if he didn't treat Nana now, she would soon wither like a real withered flower.

Yan Yunqing had no other method to use. As usual, he took out a small red potion and poured it into Nana's mouth.

Unfortunately, it was useless this time. Unlike Nika, who still had the consciousness to swallow, the potion fed into Nana's mouth could not be swallowed at all.

In addition, given Nana's current state, Yan Yunqing was afraid that before the potion could begin to repair Nana's body, it would suffocate Nana to death first.

What to do?

Cold sweat beaded on Yan Yunqing's forehead. He thought hard.

The small red potion was a basic healing potion that could be taken orally or applied externally. However, the external application was not as effective as oral administration.

The speed of health recovery was as slow as a turtle crawling, but it had a miraculous effect on some external injuries.

Yan Yunqing's gaze fell on Nana's collarbone and wrists, which were pierced by chains. At present, Nana's external injuries were in these two places.

He could use the potion to heal Nana's wounds, but if the chains were not removed first, the healed wounds would be fixed together with the chains.

But then another problem arose. If he were to remove the chains, given Nana's current state, the person would basically be gone before the chains were even removed.

There was no other way. He could only heal the wounds first and consider how to remove these chains after saving her life.

After making his decision, Yan Yunqing was about to pour the potion on Nana's body.

"I advise you not to do that," a voice sounded from behind Yan Yunqing.

Yan Yunqing's hand trembled, and the small red potion almost flew out. His other wrist flipped, and a dagger appeared in his hand.

He instantly turned around vigilantly to look at the place where the voice came from.

Damn it, he was so focused on Nana's injuries that he didn't check if there were any other people nearby after teleporting.

He was still too confident, thinking that he had installed the portable anchor point in a place where few people frequented, so he wouldn't be discovered after teleporting.

Behind him was pitch black. Yan Yunqing didn't see where the person who spoke was. With his night vision, he could see everything around him clearly, unless the person was hiding behind an obstacle.

His gaze locked on a ruined stone pillar large enough to hide a person, "Come out."

As expected, a figure slowly walked out from behind the stone pillar. Yan Yunqing gripped his dagger and stared vigilantly at that direction.

The figure behind the stone pillar was revealed to Yan Yunqing bit by bit. When he finally saw the other person's face clearly, Yan Yunqing couldn't help but be stunned.

How could it be...

***

Doreen, who was still at the entrance of the dark dungeon, heard the explosion inside. She shivered and couldn't help but mutter, "Such a big commotion? Won't this attract all the guards?"

She pricked up her ears to listen and indeed found that there were many chaotic shouts. The inside of the dark dungeon was already in chaos.

Doreen couldn't help but grimace, "Did this person really think about how he was going to get out?"

She looked left and right, feeling that she couldn't stay here any longer, otherwise she would be caught before she could even escape.

Doreen decisively turned around and re-entered the magic compartment without any hesitation.