"Why can they have a feast in the Golden Lounge, while we can only eat dry bread and cornbread in a place like this!"
"The quest's stuck …"
"Even if we can't eat, we could at least see what a noble banquet is like! Doesn't that mean I can't even livestream the forums! "
"You're still making that stuff, Gou Dan?"
The Players who had been imprisoned in a side room of the Silver Eagle Castle were all voicing their dissatisfaction.
Even the usually quiet little Saintess-in-training Eleena was puffing her cheeks and curled up on the hard sofa, quietly expressing her dissatisfaction. "Milk pudding …"
"Aren't you going to say something, Edward?"
Gou Dan suddenly noticed that Edward hadn't said a word since the beginning, and was merely frowning as he sat on a chair, as if thinking about something.
"I've been curious since the beginning."
Edward broke his silence at Gou Dan's question, and began to speak about his own doubts. "Isn't this the Count's old home? Logically speaking, it should be a safer place for the Count even if his father doesn't believe in the God of Games. "
"Are you asking why the Count would recruit Players as guards?" Fatty Terrosche, who had snuck into the quest asked smugly. "It's definitely to protect him from bandits and the like. According to my experience, those bandits like to ambush carriages that are lightly guarded. Just look, no bandits would dare to attack the carriages with us standing guard! "
"As expected of Brother Terrosche, you're amazing!" Beside him, the skinny Silva quickly began to flatter.
"No, what I'm asking is why everyone here are 'neutral units'? Aren't they supposed to be allies? "
Edward expressionlessly tossed out the burden that he had originally planned to reveal. "You have to know that even the frogmen who surrounded us the first time we met and could attack us at any time were only neutral units."
It was only after he pointed it out that the Players realized that something was wrong.
It was true that the strangers and non-attacking monsters were yellow-named neutral units the first time they met, so much so that the Players were used to it and didn't think about it.
But if he thought about it carefully, something was definitely wrong. The system had actually determined that the guards of the Count's hometown had the possibility of becoming enemies, and the possibility wasn't low …
"If that's the case, those people might have bad intentions towards the Lord?" "Then shouldn't we find a way to notify the lord?" Vela asked nervously.
"Don't panic. Sir Lord should know what he's doing. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so busy recruiting us. Also, with that girl at the banquet, there shouldn't be any big problems, "Edward consoled.
"Speaking of which, who is that girl?" Eggface couldn't help but say strangely, "It feels like that Lord's father respects her a lot, even though she looks so young …"
"I've tried to get some information from the guards before I came in," Edward said, having been prepared. "Her father was Count Ainsworth, a friend of the Silver Eagle Duke Horan. However, the Count had passed away and had no son to inherit the title, which was why the Empire had reclaimed his fief. Of course, that's not the point. The point is that the girl, Kinley Ainsworth, was taken in as an apprentice by the best alchemist on the continent. "
"The best alchemist on the continent …" Eggface gulped, clearly stunned by the title. "How did you find out so much? All I remember is that she was staring at Joe's chest in envy and jealousy."
Joe struck a bodybuilding pose in response, but everyone in the room tacitly ignored him.
"That's not all. There's another piece of gossip." "Miss Ainsworth was once the fiancée of our liege," Edward continued to throw out the information he had obtained from who knows where, "Miss Ainsworth was once the fiancée of our liege. However, when that alchemist took a liking to her and took her in as an apprentice, the alchemist completely disregarded the Faust Family's reputation and directly broke off the engagement between the two families. "
Xi Wei, who was happily eating his melon in his Divine Kingdom almost spat it out when he heard that piece of information.
What's going on? Not only was Angora looked down upon by his family, he was the son of a noble who was assassinated on his way to becoming Count, and had his engagement broken off? What kind of protagonist setting was that?!
If he hadn't saved Angora's life in time back then, a transmigrator might have taken over Angora's body after he was killed by the bandits and become Long Aotian, slaying gods and destroying buddhas, becoming the strongest in the world …
It was a pity that Angora wasn't a believer of the God of Games before, which was why Xi Wei couldn't find anything about Angora's past even if he flipped through his divinity memories.
Just as Xi Wei was considering if he should pay more attention to Angora in the future, the Players below him were starting to get restless.
Leaving aside the fact that Vela was a ferocious borderland girl, Edward and the others weren't the type to stay put either, not to mention the fat and skinny duo who would keep telling jokes even under torture.
"The guards at the door are meaningless to us, but it would be troublesome if things get out of hand. After all, the Silver Eagle Duke hasn't fallen out with our Count yet." There was no telling if she was worried about Angora, but Vela had placed the Silver Eagle Duke as an enemy. "After all, our Count is physically weak and can't compare to us."
It wasn't that she was looking down on the guards, but the Level 5 tag over their heads was simply too eye-catching, giving the impression that their combat ability was only Level 5. After all, even Vela, who was the weakest among the Players present, was Level 14. Moreover, she was an NPC with a certain degree of stat buffs, and wouldn't be much weaker than a Level 15 class-change Player.
"I wonder how many city guards there are in Tunaya?" Joe excitedly wanted to raise the level of trouble to city-level.
"A city like this would have at least two to three thousand guards, and there should be a military camp nearby." Edward replied. "But those guards aren't the main problem. The real problem is the sacred corps in the city. The Brilliant White Church and the Temple of Glory are helping to defend the city, and there are around five to six hundred of them in total. We wouldn't be a match for them at the moment. "
The city guards were just normal people, and the battle inside the city wasn't like a clash between armies on the plains. After all, the alleyways were only so wide, and there were only so many people who could enter. With Eleena and the others who had resurrection skills, the few Players present could grind down the thousands of guards with guerilla tactics as long as they found the right way.
On the other hand, the sacred corps blessed by God's Grace was more troublesome. With the Players' current ability, they wouldn't be a match for their leader even if they swarmed them. After all, both the Brilliant White Church and the Temple of Glory were major churches, and they had many champions who stood above the Rotten Bones Archbishop.
"That's why it's better to keep it within the castle if we want to do anything. After all, there are only a few mages in the castle." Edward concluded, slightly suppressing the Players' desire to cause trouble.
That was when Gou Dan suddenly spoke up. "Wait! The Count has replied in my livestream thread! He wants us to think of a way to infiltrate his brother Pompey's castle and see if we can steal any information. "
"Looks like the Count has found something at the banquet …"
Vela opened the Player forums and searched for Gou Dan's post. She didn't even look at Gou Dan's words and pictures, scrolling down to find Angora's reply, and fell into deep thought after reading it.
"Infiltrate? Leave the infiltration to us! "
Fat Terrosche's eyes lit up even though he had been quiet all this while. "We've infiltrated the Secret Eye Cult's base before and obtained much useful information, laying a solid foundation for our expedition!"
"That's right, we're professionals!" Scrawny Silva echoed beside him.
"Forget it, you guys …"
The corner of Edward's mouth twitched as he remembered what he heard in the Secret Eye Cult's base. "I remember that you're all warriors, not Shadow Blades. Infiltration is still …"
"What do you know! Don't underestimate us! " But before Edward could finish, Terrosche's eyes widened in anger and cut him short. "Shadow Blades are just assassins who know stealth. What the hell do they know about stealth?!"
"That's right! We're just contributing to the Count in our own way! "Silva shouted, raising his arm, refusing to be outdone.
Edward had wanted to argue, but suddenly realized that he could sneak in and complete his mission like last time with the two fools drawing the firepower.
So he simply swallowed his words of persuasion and did not continue to argue with them on this issue. Instead, he began to discuss a new topic. "However, the most important problem now is how to sneak out from under the eyes of the two guards at the door …"
But before he could finish, Terrosche had already dashed towards the door.
"[Kinetic Prelude]!" Then, he shouted the name of the skill, and with the momentum of a tank, he crashed into the door and rolled over it.
"It's here! That's the Kinetic Prelude that Big Brother Terrosche is so proud of, dealing twice the damage of most Players! "Silva explained excitedly beside him.
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