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Chapter 4186 Maggie's Abilities
Chapter 4186 Maggie's Abilities
In short, in Thereta's view...
The existence of the "Book Demon" must have its significance, but their team just hasn't found it yet. Otherwise, why would the powers of the fairy realm create such a Book Demon that is opposed to the Book Spirit out of thin air?
Otherwise, it doesn't make sense.
Faced with Thereta's certainty, Laplace said calmly, "Only stories in novels need to be logical; reality doesn't."
After speaking, Laplace looked at Angell: "What do you think of this book demon?"
Angel thought for a moment, then gently shook his head: "I can't say for sure without experiencing it firsthand. However, the fact that book demons leave behind their last words before disappearing does remind me of some past events..."
For a time, he was addicted to playing games on a holographic tablet, some of which had similar settings where monsters would say their last words after they died.
These "last words" are neither particularly meaningful nor particularly meaningless, but they also have some value.
Its value lies in—complementing one's worldview.
For example, Angel once encountered a crying woman in a game. Because there was no quest interaction button, it meant that she was an ordinary NPC. Occasionally, some text would float out from the bubble above her head, revealing that she was crying because her husband had disappeared.
Later, Angor killed a mutated dungeon boss, whose last words floated above its head before it died: "Tilaya, I miss you so much..."
Tilaya was the woman who was weeping.
It was at this moment that Angell learned that the mutated BOSS was actually the woman's missing husband.
This content has no impact on the main storyline of the game; it's only there to expand the world-building and enrich the life trajectories of the NPCs.
However, some story-driven fans really enjoy exploring these hidden storylines.
Angell speculated that perhaps the Book Demon's "last words" before its death were to complete the worldview of the "Echo Library".
"Past events? What past events?" Laplace asked, looking at Angel, who was lost in thought.
"It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered a mystery script I once read. In that script, every criminal left a last message before they died, and when these last messages were put together, they revealed the truth behind a murder case from many years ago." Angell thought for a moment and used the style of a mystery script to explain the concept of "completing the worldview".
"Piece together the truth using the last words?" Laplace's eyes flashed with interest. "You mean, the last words of the Book Demon after its death can piece together some truths about the Library of Echoes? For example, the past of that god who was suspected of being sealed away?"
Angel shrugged: "It's just a guess... Maybe only the book demon killed by Dawn's Poem will leave a last message, and the others won't. Then my guess will be completely disproven."
Laplace nodded thoughtfully and did not ask any further questions.
At this moment, Angell looked at Tretta and asked the most crucial question for the gray porcelain.
"How many team members do you think are needed for this level?"
Thereta replied almost without hesitation, "At most five people, but to clear the level, you'll need at least three team members."
He paused, glancing furtively at the rabbit girl out of the corner of his eye, and added, "Single-way is absolutely impossible."
The reason is also very simple:
Note 2: All three cracks need to be closed at the same time.
This is a clear message from Wonderland.
The three fissures are located on three different floors. In other words, to close them simultaneously, one person must be stationed at each of the three fissures.
This information about the fairyland naturally limits the composition of the team.
"At least three?" Gray Porcelain's eyes lit up, and he almost blurted out, "One for the commander, one for Mr. Angell, and one for Gabriel..."
Angel added quietly, "And one gray porcelain one too."
Gray Porcelain: "...?"
Angell: "At least three people, at most five, even with you, it's still not more than that."
With a bitter expression, Hui Ci said, "If I absolutely have to go, then... then that's fine too."
The rabbit girl gently patted Gray Porcelain's shoulder, giving him a reassuring look: "Don't worry, you will absolutely not be in any danger. I guarantee that as the leader."
Tears of emotion welled up in Gray Porcelain's eyes... But then again, has Silent already gone with him?
Gray Porcelain wanted to discuss it further, but Angel had already turned to look at Thereta and raised a new question. The words that were on the tip of its tongue could only be swallowed back, and it silently sat back down in its original position.
"Tell me about the challenges and puzzles you actually went through, and the specific content of the Book Spirit's test."
Thereta nodded.
For the next half hour or so, Thereta began to recount in detail the various traps and puzzles encountered by the Dawn Poems team.
During this process, everyone also learned about the composition of the Dawn Poem.
Collector, writer, painter, poet, sculptor.
These are both their code names and their hobbies.
Each team member is deeply involved in their respective field and is almost always a leader in their field. As a result, when faced with art-related puzzles, they can solve them very quickly.
For example, they encountered a painting that was dyed with all sorts of colors. The colors on the painting seemed chaotic, but in fact they contained the code of "color harmony". Only by picking out the "abrupt color" that disrupted the overall tone could they trigger the mechanism to open the passage.
The "painter" is extremely sensitive to color and easily solves the puzzle.
On another occasion, they encountered a broken sculpture and needed to find the piece among a large amount of broken plaster on the ground that could fill the sculpture and "restore its meaning with its form".
Without a doubt, the sculptor has taken the plunge.
There are also similar knowledge quizzes, which writers and poets can answer perfectly.
Overall, apart from the book sprite's challenge, the other puzzles are not too difficult. The important thing is to discover the puzzles.
Because these "puzzles" won't tell you that there are puzzles here, and the text box won't give any hints; you have to discover them yourself.
For example, that colorful painting we just saw was hidden at the end of a dead end.
Normally, they would turn back when they see a dead end, but the "painter" in the group was very perceptive and noticed the discordant colors in the painting.
Then, they covered the color with paint from the ground, and a new path appeared before them.
It's fair to say that without this painter, none of the others would have even considered that there was a road here.
This is also what Tretta said: the puzzle itself is not difficult, the difficulty lies in being keen to find where the puzzle is.
Time passes quickly.
After Thereta finished speaking, Ivyda got up to say goodbye and left the Manor of Words with him.
With their departure, the stone table fell silent once more, and the meeting naturally transitioned to its next core topic: determining the challenges to be tackled next.
However, before that, Angell turned his gaze to the only "outsider" present—Maggie, who had been listening in silence.
His tone was calm and without the slightest abruptness: "Miss Maggie, after this brief time together, do you have any thoughts on our Rabbit Hole Team?"
They asked for "opinions," but everyone knew what they were really thinking.
Maggie didn't expect the topic to suddenly turn to her. She tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said, "Based on that brief meeting before, it's hard for me to have any particular thoughts."
"However, I know what you mean."
"My role as an observer of the Golden Land has come to an end. Now, I will begin a new role: a follower."
Maggie has now obtained the text field, and based on the information that pops up on it, she knows that she can only live in Dream Crystal Plains as a follower from now on.
Followers are literally those who follow and support someone.
"According to the rules, I can only choose one team from those I approve of to follow."
In the judgment of the Fairy Realm's powers, as long as the observer gives a score to a team, whether it is a high score or a low score, it means that the observer approves of the team.
Maggie currently only recognizes two teams: Rabbit Hole and Singer Team.
In other words, she can only follow one of these two teams.
That's why she didn't refuse the rabbit girl's invitation to the Word Manor. Because she needed to make a decision.
But she still had doubts in her heart about whether to choose to follow the rabbit hole.
"I've only seen you guys so far, and I haven't made contact with the Singer Team yet. It's hard for me to make a decision right now."
Everyone also expressed their understanding of this.
After all, for Maggie, this choice will determine the course of her future life, so she must choose carefully.
Laplace then spoke up: "So, are you planning to contact the Singer Squad now? Or should we continue our conversation?"
Maggie stroked the cloud doll on her skirt with her fingertips, pondered for a moment, and then shook her head: "I do need to see the Singers team, but leaving now doesn't seem quite right."
She looked up at everyone and said frankly, "Choices are always two-way. I haven't even explained what kind of help I can offer you yet. If I leave to meet another team and the Singer team doesn't meet my expectations, and I come back to you, wouldn't that make me seem both imprudent and disrespectful to you?"
Although Maggie's behavior and words are sometimes "offensive," it doesn't mean she's stupid.
Just like when looking for a job, you can't go to the next interview without first explaining your abilities to the employer.
Maggie's honesty made everyone feel a little better, and they found her more agreeable.
"Then let me tell you about my situation now."
Maggie glanced at Montand beside her: "I just spoke with Mr. Montand privately. My memory is just as hazy as his. I can't remember many things, but I know what my mission is."
"In my memory, my parents were priests of the Alma Temple. They were later kidnapped by a Nen Master and brought from the Druna plane to the world of Hante."
“That Nen master was a research scholar who kidnapped my parents simply because they were both Devil Fruit users. He wanted to study the Devil Fruit system of the elite people.”
“At first, my parents were wary of this Nian Master scholar, but as they spent more time with him and learned about the more advanced ideas in the Hante world, my parents, who came from a primitive tribe, finally chose to stay in the Hante world.”
"And then, I came into being."
"My parents are pure elites. Perhaps it's due to the will of the world, or some other reason, but in any case, they are unable to cultivate Nen abilities."
"But I'm different because I was born here, and my world imprint is naturally assimilated into the world of Hante, so it's very easy for me to learn Nen."
Maggie became the disciple of that Nen master and learned Nen abilities.
This Nen Master scholar was originally a member of the Nen Master Association, the most official organization in the world of Hante.
After he was promoted to a two-star mind master, the authorities sent him to the branch in Konnord as its branch president.
Maggie naturally went with the teacher.
She started as a blessing chanter at the Konorde Chanting Association, and was gradually promoted until she became the vice president...
"After that, my memory became somewhat hazy. It seems that something major happened in Kronord, and I experienced some things during that event..."
"But I have no memory of the specifics. When I woke up again, I had already become an observer of the Golden Land."
After recounting her general experiences, Maggie then began to focus on her abilities.
"My abilities mainly consist of two parts: management skills and the ability to bestow blessings."
“However, I just learned that Mr. Montedan once served as the manager of Abyss Stronghold City. Whether it is overall coordination, city management, or reward and punishment accounting, his management experience is definitely better than mine.”
"So I won't say much more about management skills..."
Unfortunately, Maggie was just the vice president of a branch of the Nen Masters Association, with a president teacher above her. Although she had management experience, she was no match for Montedan.
However, at this moment, Montessori shook his head and said, "It's different. Miss Maggie and I have completely different management styles."
Under everyone's gaze, Montedan said, "I just asked Miss Maggie, and there is a special abyss near where she is in Konnord. It contains not only monsters, rare materials, and rare plants, but also many treasures. Many Nen Masters go on adventures to the abyss in teams."
"Miss Maggie's management role in the Nen Master Association involves allocating these teams and distributing tasks..."
"I am better at managing large-scale battles, or rather, coordinating a region. I am not as good as Miss Maggie at managing daily affairs."
To use a common analogy from adventure novels, Montedan excels at being the manager of a frontline pioneering city, while Maggie excels at being the president of the Adventurers' Guild.
Although their management scopes overlap, the actual matters they handle are vastly different.
From the perspective of managing Rabbit Town, both Montedan and Maggie are very useful.
Montedan can assist the rabbit girl in the overall management of Rabbit Town.
Maggie can work with Laplace to manage team composition and handle related matters in the Wonderland instance.