The Morning Bell had already been explored.
Next should be the twilight drum.
Lucas had no intention of wasting time; he directly left with Judah.
After some effort.
The two climbed up another spire.
The situation here was not much different from the Morning Bell's side.
On the ground, there was also a fainted B-Rank Nightwatch Valkyrie.
As for what this fellow's name was…
Lucas had forgotten, and he didn't care, not even lingering his gaze on the other person.
At the twilight drum side.
A large red drum was placed in the center.
Next to the drum were two drumsticks resembling human thigh bones, their stark white bones emitting an eerie aura.
Upon careful inspection.
Lucas found nothing else.
Everything at the twilight drum was normal; it wasn't like the Morning Bell, which had a human head inside.
However, drumsticks shaped like thigh bones could also be considered abnormal.
It was just that…
Compared to Kosma at the Morning Bell.
Human thigh bones were countless grades weaker.
Around 3:30 AM.
After several seconds of contemplation, Lucas returned to the Morning Bell.
Judah looked at the Bronze Bell, appearing somewhat restless.
"Human, I feel this guy is very strange. How about… we leave quickly?"
"I know Kosma is a bit strange." Lucas glanced at the little guy, "But I still have something I want to ask him. Don't worry, I won't make a deal with him for now."
That's right.
Before determining if Kosma was safe, Lucas would not rashly agree to anything.
Rules…
Were the most mysterious things in the Inner World.
This thing was like law, constraining everyone within its framework.
As is well known.
Laws are usually not perfect.
This leads to loopholes.
So…
Would there be loopholes in the rules of Schicksal in the Inner World?
Lucas wanted to observe.
Judah stared at the man in front of her and said, "You… you do as you see fit. Anyway, I can't stop you."
Through this answer, Lucas could also guess that Kosma should not pose too great a threat to him.
Otherwise, Judah would definitely stop him.
Just like A.I. stopped Lucas from finding the Herrscher of Sentience.
Of course…
He might also be wrong.
Maintaining the highest alert, Lucas re-entered the Bronze Bell. He used a lighter to look at the hanging upside-down boy's head.
Kosma had not closed his eyes; his bloodshot golden eyes stared intently at the newcomer.
The moment he locked onto Lucas.
Kosma let out a cackling, strange laugh.
"You've come, you've finally come… Hehehe… I knew you'd come back."
"Regarding the transaction, I still want to talk to you."
Lucas held up the lighter.
Kosma said, "What do you want to talk about? Please ask. I promise to tell you everything I know, without holding anything back."
"Just now you said that for trading information… you tell me something I don't know, and I tell you something you don't know. If that's the case, can I ask you a specific question?"
This point was still very important.
If Kosma talked about a bunch of random things, there would be no point in Lucas trading with him.
"Of course you can."
Kosma nodded.
The boy's head rotated his golden eyes and said, "Of course… if you specify a question, I can also specify a question."
The meaning of this sentence was roughly…
Both parties could also choose not to specify questions.
Just share information directly.
But here a new doubt arose.
"What if the information I tell you is something you already know?"
Lucas narrowed his eyes slightly.
Kosma grinned and said, "If the information you tell me is something I already know, I will kill you! I will definitely kill you! Hehe… You will die… You will definitely die."
"No one can leave here alive."
"No one! We will all die… all die!"
Kosma suddenly widened his eyes, as if they were about to pop out of their sockets.
Lucas felt no fear in his heart.
Only a sense of relief.
It was a good thing he hadn't rashly made a deal at the beginning.
Otherwise…
Lucas might really die.
"During the process of trading information, will you intentionally specify information you already know to ask me?"
"I can only ask about things I don't know…" Kosma shook his head, his deep green medium-length hair flying in the air, "But you don't have this restriction."
No need to guess.
This was a rule.
"What if the information you ask, I don't know, or I lie, or what I know myself is false?"
Lucas asked very carefully.
Kosma let out a low, hoarse voice.
"You just need to answer according to your true heart. Of course… if you don't know, or lie, I will kill you."
Hearing this.
Lucas understood.
Trading with Kosma was gambling with his life.
"Will you lie during the transaction? What if you don't know the information I ask?"
Lucas rattled off a string of questions.
These were all things he wanted to know.
"I won't lie, and I can't lie. If it's information I don't know, I'll directly say I don't know. At that time, you can also choose to kill me… Hehehe…"
"If you can kill me…"
"If you dare to kill me… then come and try."
Kosma seemed provoked; his head shook wildly inside the Bronze Bell, almost hitting the bell wall several times.
If it really hit.
Lucas couldn't even imagine what would happen.
"Do you dare to kill me?"
"Do you dare to kill me?"
"Hahahaha! Kill me! Kill me! If you have the guts, come kill me!"
As Kosma roared ferociously, two blood-red tears slipped from his eyes.
Lucas pursed his lips.
It seemed Kosma was in great pain.
If it were possible...
Lucas also wanted to put him out of his misery, but he couldn't, and he didn't dare to.
Morning Bell and twilight drum were extremely special existences.
Especially after the event that should have occurred inside Eden Star, but didn't, with Su.
And then considering Welt Yang, who might have left a hidden hand to cause trouble in the shadows.
Lucas became even more vigilant in this regard.
What's more...
Lucas was also worried that Kosma was deliberately trying to lure him into attacking.
Perhaps it would trigger some defense mechanism.
Then Kosma would turn around and kill Lucas.
Just thinking about it was bad luck.
"You said you couldn't lie, so during a transaction, would you only reveal partial information?"
Lucas wanted to get to the bottom of things while Kosma was offering free answers.
But this time, he didn't answer.
"Kill me!"
"Kill me!"
"Quick, kill me!"
Kosma seemed to have fallen into madness.
No matter what Lucas said, he got no response, so he quietly exited the Bronze Bell.
Judah said, "Human, can we leave now?"
"Mm... let's go."
Lucas nodded.
The exploration of Morning Bell and twilight drum had come to an end.
Now they could leave.
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