I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 249, page 1.17, 26: A Night of Madness
Mu Yegui slightly turned her body to avoid the sudden attack, then turned her head to look at the King of cards deeply embedded in the ground behind her. Her cold silver eyes remained calm, even though the King of cards had almost pierced her neck.

"I remember that fighting is not allowed during rest periods, right?" Mu Yegui said slowly, looking at the two people in front of him.

It is unclear who launched the attack, but it must have been one of the two people.

The gentleman remained silent, his hand gripping the string holding the balloon tightly.

Fernana smiled gently and gazed quietly at Mu Yegui, without answering him.

Mu Ye lowered his gaze, took a step back, and drew a short sword from behind him. His cold, silver eyes fixed on the two of them, and he slowly said, "Then let's kill them both."

She didn't sense anything was wrong, nor did she hesitate to take action just because she had worked with Fernana before.

Mu Yegui's thinking was simple: she couldn't tell who wanted to kill her, so she might as well kill them all together; there was bound to be one right option.

Fernana's death was insignificant to her and wouldn't cause her much loss. They had only worked together once, weren't friends, and had never claimed to be allies.

So when facing an enemy, there's no need for pity or sympathy; just act decisively.

Anyone who stands on the opposite side, regardless of their past relationship, is now an enemy.

"You expressionless face, fighting on your own during rest time is not allowed," Mu Yin reminded him listlessly. Although he didn't think there was anything wrong with breaking the rules, he still wanted to remind him to avoid Mu Yegui changing his mind later and getting involved.

"I acted in self-defense," Mu Yegui said softly.

She was simply acting in self-defense; the other party attacked first, and she had no choice but to fight back to save her life.

No one would refute this reason, because it is indeed true; it's just that we have to ignore the fact that Mu Yegui used the excuse of self-defense to kill others.

"It was clearly excessive self-defense..." Mu Yin muttered to himself, then fell silent.

Without hesitation, Mu Yegui stood up and thrust forward towards Fernana's neck, but she leaned back slightly and used a red Ace of Hearts playing card to block the short sword.

"Have we been discovered?" Fernana asked, but it came out in a man's voice.

"You deliberately placed that advertisement there, didn't you?" Mu Yegui continued his attack, speaking casually as he attacked.

“Of course, I went to great lengths to arrange this meeting with you alone.” ’Ferna’ chuckled and placed her hand on the gentleman’s shoulder.

All that could be seen was the gentleman slowly closing his eyes and disappearing from the spot. Fernana transformed into a man dressed in a tuxedo and top hat, his attire exactly the same as the vanished gentleman.

He held a black gentleman's cane in his hand and looked coldly at Mu Yegui.

"See me alone? Unfortunately, I don't know you, and I have no grudge against you. I don't understand why you want to kill me." Mu Yegui paused and then said, "However, that doesn't stop me from wanting to kill you too."

"It's related to Qi, isn't it? Given our current relationship, you should call me master instead of trying to kill me here on your own initiative. Based on my speculation, you probably agreed to Fish's invitation without Qi's knowledge, and then used this opportunity to kill me. However, I'm not quite sure why."

There was indeed a point about the Ten Nights Corridor instance at the time: if she had cleared it, Jealousy would have willingly served her as its master. Although an accident occurred and the ritual didn't take place, the contract had already acknowledged her, so the difference wasn't significant.

Mu Yegui was well aware of what getting close to the instance's owner meant, but she had no regrets whatsoever. After all, neither side felt very real. Whether she became a part of this world or participated as a player, it made no difference, so it didn't matter which side she was on.

king……

Although the rules state that the crown prince can become the king, Phil also said that the crown prince and the dungeon owner are of the same level, which means that the crown prince can become the dungeon owner.

Perhaps becoming king is just a trap, a lie to deceive them into believing they can only remain in this world.

She didn't know if her guess would come true, but she wanted to try it out and see what would happen if she became the owner of the instance.

However, we need to find other people to test it before that, because it is not yet certain whether the conversion between the crown prince and the dungeon owner is a two-way or one-way arrow.

To this day, she has never heard of the king's whereabouts, even though the rules state that collecting 36 True Gems allows one to challenge the king. Even if she hasn't reached that point yet, having heard absolutely nothing about the king's deeds, she's starting to doubt whether this world even has a king.

Sher is the acting king, temporarily assuming the duties of the king, meaning that the current king does not exist.

Mu Yegui has an idea that he thinks is very likely to become a reality: before all 36 real gems are collected, a king will be born, and this king will either be born from the dungeon owner or be selected from among the players.

Then the king must accept a challenge from the crown prince. If he defeats the crown prince, he remains the king; if he fails, the crown prince becomes the king.

This explanation does make sense as to why there has been no king so far.

"I don't need to know, all I need to do is kill you." The magician chuckled, and with a flick of his wrist, a playing card suddenly appeared in his hand, which he threw at Mu Yegui without hesitation.

Mu Yegui casually knocked away the oncoming playing cards and tried to approach the magician again.

Why would a magician break the rules to attack her?
She didn't seem to be bothering this person at all.

A crisp 'snap' rang out.

Fisch leaned against the nearby balloon cart, watching the two of them with a smile.

"Oh dear~ Why are you fighting? It's break time now~" Beneath the dazzling golden hair, a handsome face wore a nonchalant, frivolous smile, while his azure eyes coldly stared at the magician who continued to attack Mu Yegui regardless of the consequences.

Fish exuded a dangerous aura, like a harbinger of an impending storm.

"Private matter." The magician approached Mu Yegui with a deck of cards in hand, but suddenly stopped.

A thin sword pierced his neck, and blood dripped continuously.

Fish stood behind him with a light laugh, holding the rapier in his hand, not feeling that there was anything wrong with what he was doing.

"Since you've broken the rules, even if I kill you, His Highness Jealousy won't blame me. Goodnight~"

A slight, frivolous smile played at the corners of his lips. His azure eyes looked down at the magician, their cold depths filled with a bloodthirsty killing intent, both insane and twisted.

(End of this chapter)