Abstraction for a bad world

Chapter 192: Mercury in History, the Incompetent King (4k)

Suddenly, a screen full of white strips of varying lengths appeared in Caroline's field of vision.

The number is more than two or three times more than before.

Caroline squinted slightly, even enough to see a long white stripe dozens of kilometers away - that was probably a guy who had done too many good things.

Rush asked, "How's it going?"

"It was very successful. At a glance I could see thousands of people doing good things."

Caroline answered, and then sheathed her sword. She stared closely at her own evil value, which had skyrocketed, and breathed a sigh of relief when she found that it had not decreased.

Rush stood up, straightened his dress and asked, "Have you seen Brother Zhuo?"

"Little Rush, you might have made a mistake." Caroline stared at the white stripe that was less than 200 meters away from the palace gate and was even slowly approaching: "I can only see the coordinates of the positions of those whose goodness value is greater than their evil value. As for who these people are, I don't know."

Rush showed no disappointment, she nodded slowly.

Anyway, now I understand a little bit.

Caroline's evil value can indeed be increased in this childish way, but her good value cannot be increased as a result.

The reason doesn't matter anymore.

What is important now is the fact that you cannot gain a large amount of good points in order to gain the trust of a large number of NPCs.

I am currently still in a state of balance between good and evil, and no effects have been exerted on me.

Then, of course, one's own coordinates cannot be seen by those with high evil values.

In that case...

"Sister Caroline, please give me your chess piece for now."

As soon as he finished speaking, the exquisite little red Caroline flew through an arc and landed in Rush's hands.

"Don't you want to ask what I do, Sister Caroline?"

Rush was stunned, and then got the latter's answer with his hands spread out: "It seems that you must have those complicated plans in your mind again. I probably won't understand even if you tell me, so I'm too lazy to ask."

The moment she got Caroline's chess piece, Rush could feel that as long as she wanted, she could instantly disqualify Caroline from the game.

So normally the chess pieces will merge into the bodies of the contestants.

Gazing at the three-color beams of light shining against each other above his head, the corners of Rush's lips slightly raised.

Since it is impossible to gain good points, the method of quickly gaining the NPC's trust has failed.

Since plan A fails.

——Then just sit on the throne and disguise yourself as an indigenous queen. The final boss is also a good choice.

This was the plan B that Rush quickly came up with.

That's why Rush asked Caroline to hand over the chess piece to her.

One reason was to enhance her reliability as an NPC - after all, the Martial God Festival had just begun, and how could someone obtain a complete chess piece with more than three epic levels without a large-scale battle breaking out?

Therefore, the idea that “capturing or killing the queen will give you three complete epic or higher chess pieces” becomes very credible.

The strength of other contestants may also be utilized.

Secondly, in order to prevent Caroline from being identified by others, she also needs Caroline to disguise herself as an NPC to collect information - a single beam of light can easily be identified by other contestants as a contestant with epic or above chess pieces.

"Sister Caroline, please get me another set of clothes."

Rush transmitted his voice to Caroline's mind: "As for the location, it's in the room 70 meters left from the door. If there are masks, please get one for me as well."

"Hey? Get some clothes?"

Caroline stared at the hem of the skirt that was torn to pieces by Rush himself, and blinked in surprise - if you want clothes now, why did you destroy the skirt before?

What confusing behavior.

Caroline was about to walk out when Rush stopped her and handed her the heavy helmet.

"For me?"

"Yes."

The dragon girl tapped the helmet with her knuckles. "Although this thing is quite strong and has a few useful spells engraved on it, it blocks my vision."

Looking at Caroline with a question mark on her face, Rush explained seriously: "More importantly, it can cover your face, Sister Caroline."

I’m not some famous person on the list… What level of understanding is this?

Caroline was puzzled.

So Rush carefully explained to her the plan to disguise the two of them as the real queen and knight.

Of course, Rush simplifies a lot of this.

Caroline was amazed after hearing this.

"Little Rush, are you really a genius?!"

Caroline, who had put on her helmet, exclaimed, then looked at the white stripe who was getting closer: "Someone is approaching, should we kill him first?"

After all, in Caroline's eyes, this was a conspiracy between her and Rush. It would be useless if someone heard or discovered it.

"That should be the bait."

Rush sneered.
"No one would be stupid enough to take the risk of exposing their position 100% before sneaking over here - the biggest possibility is that the real scout is still hiding in the dark."

Caroline thought about it for a moment and found that it was indeed the case.

"But I can pull them out together..."

The dragon girl bumped her fists together.

Rush shook his head: "No, I set up a barrier, they can't hear it - compared to this, Sister Caroline, you should be a good guard of the queen first."

Of course, the purpose of using this contestant is to spread the news that "there is a queen with three chess pieces sitting in the palace."

But there's no need to tell Caroline this.

"Then I see, little Rush, wait a moment."

Caroline was about to walk out of the huge palace when she heard Rush helplessly say to her, "Call me 'Your Majesty' or 'Your Highness' from now on. Don't give it away..."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Looking at Caroline who suddenly turned around and saluted him solemnly, Rush couldn't help laughing - he got into the role quite quickly.

five minutes later.

Wearing a new black dress, Rash sat on the throne, gazing at the mask in her hand that was dotted with stars.

——It can completely conceal its own breath and spiritual fluctuations.

This should have been a pleasant surprise.

But this mask was found by Caroline in the cloakroom. It was said that it was placed on the table that could be seen as soon as the door was opened, as if the mask was afraid that no one would find it.

Things were going a little too smoothly.

So, is this really an accident?

Rush didn't know.

It doesn't matter either.

The important thing is that this mask is very useful for the current situation. Slowly putting the mask on his face, Rush felt a soft touch.

Caroline, who was standing in front of her, felt strangely that Rush's breath suddenly disappeared. She could only see and touch him with her naked eyes, but could not sense him at all.

It's almost like it's haunted.

Rush used magic to make a water mirror and looked at himself in the mirror and thought for a moment - it was generally okay, but the details still needed to be adjusted.

For example, the spiral horns on her head, her height and frame are some of the more obvious features...

Flandel had already taught her the simple disguise technique to change the body.

After a surge of spiritual essence, the horns on Lash's head disappeared, and his height increased by at least 30 centimeters to the level of an adult female.

Of course, the face was also disguised - although it was protected by a mask, the possibility of the mask being knocked off must of course be considered.

Finally, Rush took out the small crown that he had been carrying with him since the first Royal Court Council, injected spiritual essence into it to restore it to normal, and then put it on his head.

After a few seconds of silence, Rush spoke in a completely different, hoarse voice: "How do I look now?"

The silver hair fell like tassels, the purple eyes behind the mask of stars were indifferent, and the king with a pure black crown on his head sat alone on the throne at the top, overlooking the whole world.

Caroline looked left and right, then finally grinned and gave a thumbs-up:

“It’s perfect.”

The Queen replied indifferently: "That's good."

"Well then, my only personal guard... go and circle the palace and find out what happened."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Caroline walked out of the palace in silence and began to patrol according to the map Rush had just given her.

First of all... this guy has already come here?
Caroline's steps did not pause as the corner of her eye glanced at the shadow in the corner.

——She sensed that there were three guys with very strange auras a few hundred meters away, and there were others with the same auras even further away.

It's most likely a maid or a guard.

It wasn't until Caroline actually saw the three "strange-smelling guys" that she realized.

No wonder it doesn’t look like a human—it turns out it’s an angel.

Twelve pairs of dazzling light wings swayed back and forth in front of her eyes, and the aura of the sublimation stage was clearly visible.

The angel guards, also wearing heavy armor, who were diligently looking at every corner within sight, noticed her arrival.

Then, the three angels turned straight around in an instant and saluted her respectfully.

"Good afternoon, Lord Randekiel!"

Caroline was stunned for a moment, and then responded calmly: "Good afternoon."

Then she walked forward in accordance with Rush's sudden instructions.

What went wrong?
Inside the helmet, Caroline raised an eyebrow.

The original plan was for her to ask these guards a few basic questions, then move on and ask a few more questions - this way, Rush would have enough intelligence in no time.

But within ten meters, Rush's stunned voice appeared in Caroline's mind: "Sister Caroline, what did they just call you?"

Caroline replied casually: "Randkiel."

On the other side, Rush suddenly fell into a deathly silence. If the communication technique had not clearly shown a connection, Caroline would have thought the connection was broken.

After a while, when Caroline was almost approaching the second group of angels, Rash's dry voice slowly came: "If they call you Randkiel, then guess who I am?"

Before Caroline could answer with a smile, a voice suddenly came from the other side.

"mercy!"

Rush's voice became noticeably louder: "If this is Mercury Sky and you are the guardian angel Randkiel, then I am Mercy!"

"So what?"

Caroline, who had hardly learned the history of other races, didn't quite understand what this meant.

In her opinion, mercy is mercy, it’s just the guy who was chopped to pieces by Flandel.

"Sister Caroline, you may not know that in the Triple Abyss - Ran Dekiel and Mercy have never met each other, let alone the former serving as the latter's personal guard."

Rush took a deep breath and continued, "Before the Triple Abyss became the Triple Abyss, Randkiel would hardly stay by Mercy's side."

"There is only one situation in which the guardian angel Randkiel will stay by Mercy's side."

On the throne, Rush held the armrest tightly:

"——That was the eve of the Mercury Day in history falling into the abyss!"

Flandel told her a long time ago that means such as virtual life can isolate the threat of death.

But it cannot isolate the influence of the abyss...

Even if this erosion exists in the history that was intercepted by someone and comes from countless years ago.
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"Because the angels in the village disappeared a few days ago, these monsters rushed in and killed everyone. Although the angels didn't tell us why before they left..."

Shitou's eyes dimmed a little: "But I guess that maybe the angels have all gone to the royal city."

"And the most powerful guardian angel in history, Lord Randkiel, is stationed in the royal city, so the royal city must be the safest place."

At this point, Shitou couldn't help but grit his teeth:

"That incompetent new king! He clearly could have solved any problem by letting Lord Randkiel take action, but he only dared to let Lord Randkiel guard him day and night!"

——The world is about to be destroyed by the abyss, and only the royal city is safe. The angels who serve as the fighting force have also returned to the royal city, so everyone wants to go to the royal city.

Yuan Qingzhuo simply summarized Shitou's words in his mind and felt that no matter how he looked at it, the stage for the auditions was the so-called royal city.

As for why I was born so far away...

Yuan Qingzhuo recalled the strength of the Heart-Eating Demon and the mercenaries—these two guys were not weak at the Sublimation Stage. What would happen if they were put together with those White Iron Stage contestants?
Killing indiscriminately.

Therefore, this birth pattern is easy to understand - it is probably centered on the royal city, and the farther the distance, the stronger the strength.

Those below sublimation are born in the royal city, and those above sublimation are born outside the royal city.

"The new king? Randkiel?"

Based on Yuan Qingzhuo's many years of gaming experience, this NPC whose name even country children know must be a key figure in the plot.

Although the auditions follow the rules of a battle royale, it is always a good idea to pay attention to key NPCs.

"Yes... the new king who inherited the throne three years ago, not only did he fail to repel the monsters once after taking office, but he also allowed Lord Randkiel, who had been struggling to maintain the front line, to return to the royal city."

At this point, Shitou was silent for a moment: "The war on the front line collapsed quickly... and my father died because of it."

Shitou gritted his teeth and looked at the village that had become a ruin. "Now, he has asked the angels stationed in various villages and cities to leave."

The boy let out a long sigh of anger, and after a while, he bowed slightly towards Yuan Qingzhuo:
"That's all I know, Brother Yuan Qingzhuo..."

"That's enough!"

Yuan Qingzhuo nodded and threw the incomplete white weapon in his hand to Shitou:

"I will set off now to take you to the royal city. I will keep my word."

Shitou picked up the [Soldier] and was slightly stunned: "What is this?"

"Feel it for a moment. Do you feel anything when you hold it?"

Before Yuan Qingzhuo could finish his words, the broken [weapon] in Shi Tou's hand turned into a stream of light and quickly rushed into his body!
(End of this chapter)