Chapter 1668 Ideal and Reality (Gradually Began to Adapt)

"Mr. Fangzheng, Mai Lu hasn't gone out for several days, do you know what's going on?"

Maine found Fangzheng, and asked her own question anxiously. It's no wonder that since returning from this adventure, Mai Lu and the others have locked themselves in the room directly, and they didn't respond to their calls. If it wasn't for the fact that Mine would occasionally deliver meals, they would have thought they were all dead...

"It's very simple, just see the gap between ideal and reality."

Fang Zheng put down the pen in his hand, glanced at Mei Yin, and said with a smile.

"Ideal and... reality?"

"That's right."

Fangzheng nodded, and then he thought of something else.

"Maine, what do you think the adventurous life is like?"

"Um……………"

Hearing Fangzheng's question, Maine was stunned for a moment, then frowned.

"The brave are adventuring in the dungeon, exploring, defeating monsters, saving the princess, and obtaining treasures?"

"Is it romantic?"

"Of course!"

Maine nodded vigorously. There are many fantasy stories about this in her favorite adventure novels. The protagonist and his party take risks in the dungeon, defeat the dragon, rescue the princess, and then marry the princess. This is the romantic foundation of fantasyism!

"But the reality is not so romantic."

Looking at Mei Yin with shining eyes, Fang Zheng chuckled.

"I just need to say a few points, and you will understand."

"Um?"

"The first is convenience. People need to excrete, but there are no toilets in the dungeon. How convenient do you think those adventurers will be?"

"Woo..."

Hearing this, Maine's complexion suddenly changed.

"There is also cleanliness and sanitation. The brave and his party have been adventuring in the dungeon for ten days and a half months. If they are unlucky, they can't even find a source of water, let alone wash clothes and take a bath. In addition, they fought all the way, and there must be dirt everywhere on their clothes." It's blood, what do you think this group of brave men will smell like after a while."

"Woo..."

Hearing this, Maine's complexion changed again.

"Also, what is the evil dragon doing when it captures the princess? In terms of kingship, the evil dragon wants to marry her or eat her when it captures the princess. Then why does it wait for the brave and his party to go Save? Besides, since they are all captured, can you still expect the evil dragon to treat the princess with respect? Maybe by the time the hero and his party arrive in front of the evil dragon, the princess will have long been turned into a pile of bones and killed by the evil dragon. Holding teeth, or simply having a big belly and giving birth soon..."

"Ah, ah, I don't listen, I don't listen, I don't listen!!"

Maine immediately covered her ears, shook her head desperately and interrupted Fang Zheng's speech.

"Mr. Fangzheng, you are too much, don't destroy the girl's dream like this!"

"That's right."

Having said this, Fang Zheng's expression became serious.

"If it's just a dream, it doesn't matter how romantic it is, but reality and dreams are different. If you don't take risks, of course you can enjoy listening to adventure stories, but Mai Lu and the others are different. If they take their dreams as reality, sooner or later they will die."

"..."

"It's the same as you. Is the novel you've read the same as the reality you're experiencing now?"

"........."

Facing Fangzheng's inquiry, Maine didn't speak. This is normal, just like teenagers who read a lot of online articles, they feel that they want to travel back to the Middle Ages, and they will definitely rule the world, embrace all kinds of noble beauties, and open a big harem or something.

But what about reality?

Not to mention whether your ambitions can be achieved, even if you really have an elite army and become a lord, then you will find that the city in that era didn't even have a sewer system, and the urine and urine just went out the window poured.

The eldest lady, who represents the incarnation of nobility, does not take a bath once a year, but just sprays herself with perfume.

The so-called aristocratic castle has been dim for many years, the lighting is terrible, the small window is no bigger than a fist, the winter is cold and the summer is hot, and there is no heating. The rudimentary ones are no different from the unfinished ones, without any decoration, and you can get a table and chairs for you and you're done. As for the Baroque style pastoral style, don't even think about it.

This is reality.

At that time, I don’t know how many people will miss the life of drinking happy water in a fat house with the air conditioner blowing on the computer in the modern society.

The life of a five-star hotel like Fangzheng's current castle cannot be compared to a king in this world.

Even those orphans and maids lived much better than high-ranking nobles.

"Boom boom boom."

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and then Mai Lu's voice came from outside the door.

"Mr. Fang Zheng, I'm Mai Lu..."

"come in."

Fangzheng cast a "Look, I'm right" look at Maine, and then said. Then the door opened, and Mai Lu walked in. It's just that at this moment, she has completely lost her usual vitality, her complexion is pale, and she looks as if she has been locked in a room by a dozen big men for more than ten days, haggard.

"Miss Mai Lu, are you okay!"

Seeing this, Maine was also taken aback.

"Should I call the doctor..."

"I'm fine, I just haven't slept well these days."

Faced with Maine's concern, Mai Lu showed a wry smile—seeing her companion here, she probably felt a little more at ease.

"Okay, sit down and have a cup of tea."

Fang Zheng gestured, and Mei Yin hurriedly made a cup of tea and brought it over, and placed it in front of Mai Lu.

"How? Have you experienced the life of an ordinary adventurer now?"

"..."

Hearing Fangzheng's question, Mai Lu lowered her head and tightly clenched the teacup in her hand. After a while, she spoke.

"That...Mr. Fangzheng, I still don't understand."

"do not understand anything?"

"Goblins...are very weak monsters, why do they...then..."

Speaking of this, Mai Lu seemed a little unsure how to describe it.

"...then...evil?"

"Weakness and evil are not necessarily related. In fact, sometimes because of weakness, it is more evil."

"Yes, is that so?"

"That's right."

Fang Zheng took a sip of tea and looked at Mai Lu.

"For example, if a mage at my level...forget it, don't talk about me, just talk about Huihui. If a mage like Huihui wants to destroy a town, what do you think will happen? Do? An explosion spell, or summon fire meteor, or similar spells, can easily blow up the entire town into ashes, and the people in it—whether men, women, old people or children, will die without leaving any corpses ,Right."

"Ah... um..."

Hearing this, Maine's expression became a little unnatural, while Mai Lu nodded.

"What about the goblins? Let's say the goblins want to destroy a town. What do you think they'll do?"

"........."

Mai Lu didn't answer. In fact, just recalling what she saw in the goblin's lair, she was already unwilling to think about it.

"They kill men and children, chop off their heads and play with them as balls, play with women and use them as mothers to give birth to more goblins... Which do you think is more evil?"

"...I think the latter seems to be more excessive..."

Mai Lu didn't speak, but Mei Yin timidly raised her hand to speak. Indeed, since they were all dead, it seemed better to be killed in an instant. Just hearing what Fang Zheng described later was enough to make Mei Yin's hairs fall all over. Straight up.

"...Ordinary adventurers...is that what happens to them?"

Hearing this, Mai Lu thought of the adventure team rescued by them again. They were physically and mentally traumatized, and their spirit was almost completely destroyed. So much so that when they were rescued, they didn't even respond like dolls. Berlin's spells can heal their physical injuries, but they can't do anything about the trauma they suffered mentally.

Not only that, but after that, Mai Lu also listened to Bolin and Reina tell about their experiences. After she rushed forward in a daze, they were surrounded by goblins, attacked, and almost fell down. If the Priestess and the others hadn't acted in time afterwards, then their companions might have had the same experience.

Because of this, Mai Lu hasn't slept well these days. Every night in her dreams, she would think of the situation at that time. But every time the ending is different. You Mailu successfully killed the big goblin, and when she came back, she found that her companion had been played by other goblins, dismembered her body, and died screaming.

In order to save her companions, Mai Lu and others were caught by goblins, abused, and then killed.

very scary.

No matter which one it is, Mai Lu feels terrible. She has screamed and woke up from the dream more than once, but when she thinks back to that dream, Mai Lu can't feel relieved.

"more or less."

Compared to Mai Lu who had a gloomy expression, Fang Zheng seemed very calm.

"Goblins are indeed very weak, and most of their attacks are villages with little money. Because of the low rewards, high-level adventurers will not accept the task of attacking Goblin lairs, except for some weird people Therefore, those who are willing to crusade against goblin lairs are basically newcomer adventurers, like you, who have encountered goblins in the wild, and feel that goblins are nothing special, so they accepted the mission and entered the goblins. The lair—it depends on luck and strength. If you are lucky and careful enough, you may come back alive. If you are not lucky...you will see the end."

"..."

Every time Fangzheng said something, Mai Lu trembled. Indeed, if it wasn't for going with Priestess and the others this time, maybe in the future, they would also attack the Goblin lair with the same mentality. By that time... If If they hadn't seen them, what would have happened to them?

"There is one thing that novice adventurers misunderstand, that is, the reason why advanced adventurers are unwilling to attack goblins is not because they think that goblins are easy to deal with and lose their value, but because even adventurers who can slay dragons , and may die in the goblin lair."

Having said this, Fangzheng chuckled.

"So, the existence of Huihui is very important."

"Uh………"

Hearing these words, Maine hadn't reacted yet, but Mai Lu's expression changed drastically.

"Do they do that often?"

"It's safer to deal with goblins, otherwise why do you think they let Huihui follow?"

That's right, that day, facing the siege of goblins, Priestess and the others used a trick that Mai Lu could never imagine.

That is to defend himself desperately, and then directly let Huihui cast the explosion magic on his head.

This could almost be regarded as a "both to die together" trick. After all, although Hui Hui knew none of the other spells, only Explosion Magic was truly gold-level.

But, it's also a good thing.

Because the lairs of goblins are basically in tunnels or mountains, if Huihui uses this move, it will have two effects.

First of all, everything in the explosion magic will be destroyed, and secondly, the surrounding goblins will also be killed.

In this way, if the defense is strong enough, they can still crawl out of the ruins—this is the experience gained in the deepest maze back then, after all, it is not once or twice that Huihui was buried because of the explosion magic .

And if the defense is not strong enough to be killed directly, it is better than falling into the hands of goblins.

That's why Priestess and Ais would bring Huihui with them every time they went down to the goblin's lair.

For them, Huihui is their "ultimate insurance".

"So you understand now."

Fang Zheng chuckled and looked at Mai Lu.

"So, do you still want to be an ordinary adventurer?"