Chapter 471

"Damn it! What's going on?!"

In his Divine Kingdom, Xi Wei, who was sipping his cola while compiling a new quest to solve the problem of the Western Continent's inhuman tribes in one go almost spat out his cola when he saw from the Players' perspective that Angora had been kidnapped out of nowhere.

He spun around where he was for a while before retrieving the records in his divinity to rewatch the scene of Angora and the others being ambushed, and only then did he understand a little.

"What the f * ck! The Shadow Creatures are out … "

While many scholars in the mortal realm believed that the Shadow World was a plane similar to the elemental plane, Xi Wei, who had transmigrated and was very sensitive to the composition of worlds could clearly sense that the Shadow World was not a plane, but a Mesosphere.

Unlike planes that were clearly divided, the Mesosphere was merely a layer of space attached to the Prime Material Plane. It appeared independent, but was in fact linked to the Prime Material Plane in countless ways.

To put it in simpler terms, it was the same as layers used in painting. The Shadow World was the background layer, while the Prime Material Plane was the main body of the painting. Usually, the background layer would not be affected no matter how the main body was altered.

That was also why the Players in the Unnamed Town could not see the HP bar of the invaders, allowing them to take advantage of the loophole.

Xi Wei had wanted to gift Angora with a divine item or skill to help him escape, but after some thought, he decided that it was a little thoughtless even if it was not a good idea to attack directly.

Moreover, he wanted to know who was targeting the Church of Games. After all, Xi Wei was not omniscient, and his vision was limited to the area around the Players. He would not be able to see where there were no eyes, and Angora, who had been kidnapped, could act as an eye.

"Hmm, but I can't completely ignore Angora. He's a Player I personally appointed to manage the game …"

While Xi Wei had a way to save Angora even if he really died, and it would be more natural to act in ignorance and expose the mastermind, Xi Wei still did not want his believers to be too worried — from a more utilitarian perspective, it was fine to deepen Angora's faith in himself.

At that thought, Xi Wei began to move his tentacles to save the nonhuman guide that he hadn't finished writing. Then, he created a new document and started typing away on the Pantheon Computer's keyboard.

[By the way, I've been using a book-reading app recently.

[Source Swapping App]

Read the book in memory, read it offline!

☆

Angora opened his eyes to find pitch-black darkness in front of him — something like a blindfold, and judging from the tremors beneath him, he must have been on a carriage or some other form of transportation.

Then, the memories before he fainted resurfaced in his mind.

Right, I seem to have been kidnapped by a group of people who emerged from the shadows. They dragged Vera and dragged me into the shadows.

His last memory seemed to have fallen into the ice-cold sea, and was swallowed by the boundless darkness …

He tried to move his body, but found that his hands and feet were tightly bound. Although his body was not tied to something like a pillar and could move, it was useless in this situation.

Seems like I'm in a pretty bad situation right now.

For some reason, Angora remembered the beginning of everything. Back then, he had been assigned to a barren and dangerous town by his father, and was almost killed by bandits on the way there. In the end, it was a gift from the God of Games that saved him.

Even though it hadn't been a long time, it still made him feel nostalgic.

Since then, as the overlord of the town, he had always been protected by the players. Even during the most tragic events, he only watched from the sidelines and didn't participate.

Be that as it may, Angora wasn't afraid.

Be that as it may, Angora was not afraid.

If the kidnappers wanted to kill him, he would have died a long time ago. They wouldn't have restrained his movements so openly, and even used a vehicle to transport him to another place. It was clear that they wouldn't hurt him.

They probably wanted something more valuable from him, and he would have died a long time ago. They wouldn't have restrained his movements so openly, and even used a vehicle to transport him to another place. It was clear that they wouldn't hurt him.

The other party probably wanted to obtain something more valuable from him.

Angora tried hard to think of what they wanted, and could only come up with two possibilities.

Either that, or they knew that he was close to a leader in the Church of Games, which was why they kidnapped him to learn the secrets of the Church of Games.

If that was the case, there was nothing to worry about. The Church of Games didn't have any special secrets, and if he had to mention it, the fact that there were remnants of the Tierra royal family amongst their hierarchy was interesting. Still, Angora wouldn't reveal that. As for torture … While Angora didn't have a combat system like the Players did, there were some basic settings that were the same. For example, he could feel pain, and torture wouldn't really work on him.

Aside from that, it could also be that these people had their eyes on his status as the only surviving son of the Silver Eagle Duchy and a future duke, and they wanted to use him to gain some sort of benefit for them.

Though the Silver Eagle Duchy wasn't huge, it wasn't small either. While its territory didn't have Illum crystals that were equivalent to money printing machines, it did have many common or even valuable ores, and its revenue was actually one of the top few in Valla.

Moreover, as a duke, many of his requests were granted special permission by the Empire, and it wasn't inconceivable that someone would target that privilege.

There was no third possibility.

Just as he was considering if he should kill himself to see if he could be revived, a translucent screen appeared in front of his blindfolded eyes.

[Quest Name: You think I'm a hostage? I'm actually a spy!]

[Quest Details: An unknown enemy had kidnapped you when the Players weren't paying attention. But don't worry, the Players are on a journey to rescue you, and your quest is to use your identity to spy on the enemy. Don't worry, the God of Games is with you!]

[Quest Requirement: Learn the enemy's identity and objective as soon as possible.]

[Quest Reward: 1-3 special building blueprints, + 1-5 quests per day. Reward values are adjusted according to quest rating.]

[Note: Go all out. You'll be reunited at the Lifestone even if you have to sacrifice yourself.]