# Chapter 6: Wrong Way to Open
Creak~
The door was pushed open, and a robust, gray-skinned humanoid creature entered the room. The humanoid was about three meters tall, bald, with thick lips, wearing tattered linen clothes. Its fingers were thick, and its skin was as rough as sandpaper.
"Galu, galu."
The meaning of the humanoid's language was unclear. Its footsteps were heavy, and due to long-term barefoot walking, a thick layer of calluses had formed on its soles.
"Galu, clean it up."
The wolf butler raised his chin. The humanoid named Galu stepped forward, hoisted the gloomy man's corpse onto its shoulder. Blood soaked through the linen clothes, but the creature named Galu paid it no mind.
From Su Xiao's perspective, when Galu bent over, he noticed two flat protrusions on the top of its head. These protrusions were originally two horns, but they had now been sawed off.
Based on known intelligence, this humanoid creature named Galu was very likely a demon servant, in other words, the original owner of the Demon Castle.
Galu carried the gloomy man's corpse out of the room, leaving a trail of blood on the floor. Throughout the process, aside from constantly muttering "Galu, galu," its expression barely changed, and its eyes were a dull gray.
The first round of the game was over. The smell of blood filled the room. The gloomy man's strength wasn't weak, but his luck was poor. He neither had the luck of an empty chamber nor a defense skill of extremely high intensity.
The detective loli wiped the filth from her face. The strong smell of blood made her frown. After all, the detective loli was a third-rank contractor. Although her expression wasn't pleasant, she didn't go so far as to retch or anything like that.
It wasn't just the detective loli; everyone present was a third-rank contractor, including the Three Brothers of National Football. The Three Brothers of National Football hadn't advanced slowly, and their strength matched their rank, suggesting they had encountered some opportunities.
"Congratulations, everyone. You have successfully passed the first round of the game. For the next three days, you may move freely on the first floor of the Demon Castle."
The wolf butler picked up the Fate Dominator from the ground, took out a white cloth, and began wiping it.
Su Xiao led Bubu Wang out of the room. He planned to explore the Demon Castle first. According to the world introduction information, there were as many as 147 side quests here.
Stepping out of the room, Su Xiao found that the style of the Demon Castle was similar to an ancient European castle.
The first floor of the castle was an open space covering about a thousand square meters. The open space was long and narrow, rectangular in shape. There were dozens of stone pillars inside, and the ground was paved with stone slabs.
The room Su Xiao had been in was on the east side of the open space. Several hundred meters away, on the opposite west side, was an upward stone staircase. This should be the path to the upper floors of the castle, but it was already sealed off.
As for the north and south sides of the open space, there were many rooms, conservatively estimated at several dozen. The wooden doors of these rooms were tightly shut.
Magic lamps hung on the castle walls. The walls were gray-black, and the interior of the castle was somewhat dim.
The magic lamps flickered on and off. The entire castle felt very old, full of a sense of age. Fortunately, the ventilation was good here, without any damp or cold feeling.
Completing the first round of the game allowed free movement on the first floor of the Demon Castle. This might be some kind of reward segment. As for where the rewards were, Su Xiao would have to find them himself.
Su Xiao walked to a wooden door. This was the closest door to him. He examined the door, which had a line of small text written on it.
'Candy is a good hard currency. Don't try to open this door. You'll regret it.'
Seeing this ambiguous information, Su Xiao stood in front of the wooden door and thought. There was a fist-sized hole in the middle section of the door. Looking into the hole, it was pitch black.
After hesitating for a moment, Su Xiao tried knocking.
Dong, dong, dong...
The room was completely silent. Su Xiao waited for a few minutes. Just as he was about to try another room, a sound came from inside.
"Who~"
The voice was very crisp. Based on the sound, it was a little girl inside the room.
Just as Su Xiao was thinking about what tone to use to talk to the little girl inside the room, an eye appeared at the small hole in the wooden door.
This eye was light green, very clear.
"Big brother, can you give me some candy?"
The eye withdrew, and then a small, somewhat dirty hand reached out.
"Sure."
Su Xiao looked at Bubu Wang. He didn't have the habit of carrying candy on him. In his storage space, there were plenty of explosives, but not a single piece of candy.
Bubu Wang took out a few fruit candies and milk candies. Su Xiao placed the candies on that small hand. The hand quickly retracted.
The sound of chewing came. A few seconds later, the small hand reached out again. Su Xiao continued to put candies on it.
After repeating this several dozen times, Su Xiao gestured to Bubu Wang. Bubu Wang's dog face showed an awkward expression; it had no more candy left.
Burp~
A burp came from inside the wooden door.
"Big brother, thank you. I'm full. You're a good person."
The room fell silent. Su Xiao stood outside the door, feeling the urge to chop this door down.
Dong, dong, dong...
Su Xiao knocked again. The room remained completely silent.
"Is that it? After eating ten jin of candy..."
Su Xiao had originally thought that the previous conversation plus the candy would trigger a side quest. Now it seemed that wasn't the case at all. The little girl inside the room was so full she was burping. As for the side quest, there wasn't even a shadow of it, only leaving behind a 'Big brother, you're a good person.'
Undoubtedly, Su Xiao's 'high' charm attribute of 8 points had played a 'crucial' role in this negotiation. As for having Bubu Wang negotiate, with a door in between, Bubu Wang couldn't negotiate with just its barks.
Su Xiao's eyes narrowed. He was hesitating whether to chop down the wooden door, drag the little girl inside out, and make her reorganize her words.
After hesitating for a long time, Su Xiao chose to play it safe. But he didn't leave. Instead, he leaned against a stone pillar several dozen meters away to observe.
About half an hour later, a contractor walked toward that wooden door. It was the gold-rimmed glasses man.
The gold-rimmed glasses man's expression wasn't very good. He also seemed to have been rejected many times. To get a side quest from the plot character inside the wooden door, not only did one need to meet the charm attribute requirement, but also compatibility. If the compatibility wasn't right, no matter how high the charm attribute, it was useless.
Dong, dong, dong...
The gold-rimmed glasses man knocked on the wooden door. After a moment, he handed over a few pieces of candy and talked with the little girl inside the room. From time to time, silver-bell-like laughter came from inside.
Ten minutes later, the door was pushed open a crack, and an envelope was handed out from inside. The gold-rimmed glasses man left with a delighted expression.
Su Xiao and Bubu Wang exchanged a glance. Could they tolerate this? Of course not! Bubu Wang was so angry its nose was crooked. Those were its candies.
One man and one dog strode valiantly toward that wooden door. Today, even if it meant drawing a blade, Su Xiao was going to settle this matter.
'Candy is a good hard currency, but don't try to open this door. You'll regret it.'
This sentence seemed to be a warning not to enter the room, but it was actually a bluff. Just now, that wooden door had been opened from the inside. If there was something very dangerous inside the wooden door, the gold-rimmed glasses man's expression would definitely have changed.
Moreover, the wolf butler's earlier words were somewhat thought-provoking. 'Free movement on the first floor' — this 'freedom' was worth pondering.
Su Xiao stood in front of the wooden door.
Dong, dong, dong!
The door was knocked loudly.
"Big... big brother, you're a good person. Thank you for the candy."
As if sensing that the knocking was different, the voice from inside the room sounded somewhat weak.
"Those candies... were delicious, weren't they?"
Su Xiao wasn't the type to suffer a loss quietly. Moreover, he had thought of a new way to open things.
Since his charm attribute was insufficient and his compatibility was poor, he would just put his blade to the plot character's neck. By strengthening his other four attributes, he had largely compensated for the deficiency in his charm attribute.