Chapter 58
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Chapter 58: “Dark-Eyed” Weasley
Bai Yan, having slain the Dark Beast, felt his phone vibrating and retrieved it from his trousers.
Upon glancing at it, he was surprised to see it displaying “emergency mission”.
Game tips:
“An emergency mission has emerged!”
“Exclusive emergency mission for ‘Mysterious Magic’: follow the clues and locate the hideout of the black wizard ‘Dark-Eyed’ Weasley! Capture this crucial collaborator of the Black Star Faction!”
Black Wizard “Dark-Eyed” Weasley?
Bai Yan couldn’t recall if he had encountered this NPC in the game before, but he knew that most of these notorious villains with nicknames were at the level of a boss character.
He had a strong sense that the sudden appearance of this task was intimately connected to himself.
If he hadn’t eliminated the Dark Beast before Alan, he would never have triggered this sudden task.
Bai Yan also understands clearly how “Mysterious Magic” discovers clues.
Without question, it is through his own power!
“Indeed, my power is perfectly suited for this kind of situation… the power to gather intelligence.”
He carefully crouched down, released the “Power Possession”, and touched the remains of the Dark Beast with one finger.
Contact.
In the following moment, seven or eight blurred images materialized in Bai Yan’s mind, but among the numerous images, only one was the target he sought to find.
It was a fairly large detached villa, where inside the ground floor lobby stood a tall young man with distinctive jet-black eyes.
His face appeared blurry, as if he were casting some kind of spell.
The Dark Beast struggled to emerge from the shadows, seemingly constrained in its movements by an invisible force.
Bai Yan closed his eyes and committed the scenes inside the villa to memory, etching them firmly in his mind.
“I have found you.”
He had already resolved to make this dangerous individual pay… for the crime that he had not yet committed.
After ceasing communication, Bai Yan opened his eyes anew.
The remnants of the Dark Beast still lingered in the corridor, and he could only wait for the black mist to claim them.
“Will the black mist appear again?… If all else fails, I will need to handle it myself.”
Bai Yan was curious about what would transpire when Alan arrived.
“He arrived several hours later, so let’s first examine this unexpected emergency mission.”
Bai Yan picked up his phone again and methodically began operating it.
The game screen appeared.
The gameplay of “Babel Tower” had reverted to pixel art style once more. On the screen appeared a fairly substantial standalone villa, surrounded by gardens and small fountains.
As Bai Yan had anticipated, this villa was precisely the one he had just witnessed through the “connection”.
That meant Alan would arrive here shortly thereafter and proceed to inform him about the villa.
Therefore, this emergency mission was triggered!
“This just became more intriguing.”
Bai Yan smiled as he realized he was playing a game about the present and future, and that the playable content was expanding beyond the game’s confines.
The pixelated character ‘Mysterious Magician’ makes his appearance.
As he approached the standalone villa captured on the screen, the entire property suddenly emitted a thunderous sound!
The resounding rumble indicated that some form of alarm had been triggered!
“Well, the covert approach failed from the very beginning.”
Bai Yan fell into brief contemplation, uncertain why he had a foreboding feeling, and promptly manipulated “Mysterious Magician” to execute the spell “Concealing Hat”.
Mysterious Magician in the picture began waving his top hat and then pressed it firmly onto his own head, subsequently “squeezing” his entire body into it!
After the person was tucked inside, the remaining top hat fell to the ground and gradually faded from sight.
The “Mysterious Magic” in his hidden and concealed state, though unable to move, can still employ spells, allowing him to release illusions of fierce beasts to detect his surroundings.
Thus, a few little white doves flapped their wings and flew out from the invisible top hat.
“Gugu Gugu”
They flew around to investigate the vicinity.
The courtyard of the villa was already filled with pixelated enemies designated as “Dark Sorcerer’s Apprentice”, who patrolled around searching for intruders and continuously investigated suspicious situations.
Bai Yan understood that these were all Dark Sorcerer’s Apprentices… It appeared that the Dark Sorcerer’s Apprentices, who were apprehended on the street previously, were also minions of the “Dark-Eyed” Weasley.
Black wizard?
In his memory, there were several formidable black wizards in the background of “Babel Tower”.
Soon, a white dove flew into the interior of the villa, entering through the window and reaching the magnificent hall.
The next moment, it transformed into a vast expanse of white mist with a bang.
The pixelated figure of “Mysterious Magic” emerged from the white mist.
This is “Transposition” – “Mysterious Magic” can switch places with his own summoned creature, though this spell has range limitations and a cooldown period.
Although his firepower output was seriously deficient, Alan’s skills were undeniably abundant. It would be absolutely impossible for someone of the same level to defeat him in single combat!
Inside the villa, “Mysterious Magic” performed the same set of magical tricks as before.
The new white dove attempted to fly into the depths of the villa but was unexpectedly caught by a sudden blue electric arc and instantly burst apart.
“Ah.”, Bai Yan, holding his phone, clicked his tongue slightly. Fortunately, he hadn’t used “Transposition” just now, otherwise Alan, whose body is as “fragile” as a “biscuit”, would inevitably have sustained serious injury.
The familiar subtitles appeared once again.
“How dare you provoke me, you insignificant person? Today shall be your death.”
This was a handsome young man with black hair, dressed in a black suit, with gray eyes.
Every movement and gesture he made exuded an aura of elegance. His appearance certainly wasn’t inferior to that of Bai Yan and Alan, and he seemed to embody the definition of “aristocrat” even more perfectly than they did.
Of course, the appearance was actually all conjectured and estimated by Bai Yan! The pixelated style couldn’t truly reveal that much!
A red word appeared above the dark-haired man’s head: ‘Dark-Eyed Weasley’.
“Oops…”
Bai Yan knew something was amiss when he saw the red warning, and swiftly operated his “Mysterious Magic” to cast a transparent wall.
The red text enemy he had encountered in the game previously was Marquis Scarlet… In fact, this text represented an “extremely hazardous” level of challenge difficulty.
“Since when have such tricks been worthy of combating with me?”
Weasley’s gray pupils darkened and his pixelated avatar smirked contemptuously, as if seeing through the simple magic trick before him.
“Black Magic: Phantom Shadows.”
The shadows around the villa began to writhe and flow toward “Mysterious Magic”. The transparent wall, which could only block attacks from one direction, became ineffective.
Passwall!
Attempting to burrow into the earth to evade the attack, “Mysterious Magic” discovered that the ground beneath the villa had inexplicably hardened to an impenetrable degree, rendering such efforts futile.
“Black Magic: Bloodhound”
Many shadows transformed into an overwhelming pack of black dogs, flying without gravity and pouncing upon “Mysterious Magic”, instantly covering him completely…
Bai Yan fell into contemplation and was confronted with reality; he had just considered that “Mysterious Magic” wouldn’t perish so easily.
“Start over.”
After another failed attempt at stealth, he soon encountered the BOSS again.
“Dark Magic: The Fire of Purgatory.”
The roaring flames, accompanied by the echoes of hell, engulfed “Mysterious Magic’s” body, as lava surged from the depths of the earth and obliterated him.
“Start over.”
Upon encountering the enemy once more, the white doves dispersed from within the top hat and flew toward the villa.
“Dark Magic: The Still Shadow.”
The power of Transposition was constrained, and all spatial magic became ineffective.
Bai Yan frowned. Even Transposition couldn’t allow Alan to escape and buy more time. As a fellow practitioner of magic, this “Dark-Eyed”‘s experience and abilities far exceeded Alan’s.
“Start over.”
This time, “Mysterious Magic” didn’t directly enter the villa. Instead, he first arranged hundreds of explosive balloons outside.
Bai Yan didn’t waste time with tedious activities. He held his breath to inflate one explosive balloon after another, investing considerable time in the process.
Until his stamina was completely depleted, “Mysterious Magic” sat down on the lawn in the yard, while the red Explosive Balloons flew toward the Pixel Mansion one after another.
“Boom”
Accompanied by a terrible explosion, the entire standalone villa collapsed and disintegrated under the violent impact.
But Bai Yan showed no signs of elation.
He observed “Dark-Eyed” Weasley calmly walking out of the collapsed villa unscathed, without even a scratch on his body and his clothes completely untouched.
Bai Yan remained silent, realizing that the other party had retreated into the shadow world, using this method to directly avoid the impact of the explosion.
In truth, he had already considered this possibility before releasing the balloons, but he still attempted the balloon group strategy.
“Start over.”
Bai Yan tried several times in succession, but he found that regardless of his approach, “Mysterious Magic” could not overcome “Dark-Eyed” Weasley, as the gap between the two was too vast.
“The correct option, perhaps, is to retreat and leave…”
Bai Yan is well aware of the distinctive nature of the game “Babel Tower”.
The enemies it arranges for you don’t follow the length and progress of your game; occasionally there will be either too weak or too strong opponents.
He had even once encountered a powerful “Apocalypse” level boss at the game’s beginning.
The Greedy Dragon, Fáfnir!
Bai Yan at that time was completely focused, exhausted all his energy, and despite repeatedly attacking until time expired, he was unable to prevent the ultimate outcome of total destruction.
All of his Core Operators, as well as the city… everything had been destroyed.
It is natural for “Mysterious Magic” to encounter an unbeatable BOSS now.
After all, in the game, there are always some enemies that remain unconquerable regardless of approach.
Bai Yan closed his eyes and fell into contemplation, considering how he might eliminate or capture the “Dark-Eyed” Weasley.
This boss is unlike any previous character. Undoubtedly, he will be a significant presence, and his defeat would deal a substantial blow to the plans of the Black Star Faction.
“Wait, an unbeatable BOSS doesn’t necessarily have to be defeated within the game.”
He opened his eyes and suddenly conceived a brilliant idea!
Bai Yan didn’t let “Mysterious Magic” escape, instead temporarily switching screens and exiting “Babel Tower”.
This task still had ample time remaining for completion; there was no need to rush its conclusion.
Bai Yan was anticipating the “Mysterious Magic,” which meant the arrival of Alan.
He still had one matter that required clarification.
“Only when Alan arrives to confirm the complete impact of my actions on the predetermined future, can I decide whether to implement a new strategy.”
