Abstraction for a bad world

Chapter 194: The Nice Guy Card is sent, the situation is completely corrupt (4.1k)

"what?"

Even Yuan Qingzhuo couldn't help but make a sound of doubt.

What did he hear?
One of the twins was extending her hand to invite him to come with her, even under the watchful eyes of her brother above her head!
what is this?
Yuan Qingzhuo did not reach out, but just thought silently:

Brother, what happened in front of me?

Although he didn't know what had suddenly happened to this Vina Knight, who was known for his calmness, Yuan Qingzhuo knew that under such circumstances, Vina's invitation would never be accepted.

Poaching someone under the watchful eyes of her brother?

If there is no conflict of interest between the two parties, there is still a slight possibility, but... now it is the Martial God Festival.

Even if it is still in the audition with the weakest conflict.

Sure enough, after Yuan Qingzhuo pretended to be in deep thought for a few seconds, a figure in a black robe and black hair fell from the sky and stood between Vina and Yuan Qingzhuo.

"My sister, thank you for your concern just now."

Vic's face was full of smiles, and he didn't show any anger at all. He nodded slightly towards Yuan Qingzhuo and said, "Because Vina was injured and entered a special state, please just ignore what she said now."

"Little things, little things."

Looking at the increasingly tense relationship between the brother and sister, Yuan Qingzhuo felt that he could find time to leave - their family affairs had nothing to do with him, and it would be foolish to take action now to snatch the two chess pieces.

Regardless of how much strength the two have shown in front of him, even if he can kill each other, Yuan Qingzhuo feels that he will most likely lose a "resurrection" trump card.

Not to mention, how many snipes will be attracted during the battle.

——Although these are all small things.

It might take some effort to kill, or it might attract more enemies hiding in the dark, these little things don't matter.

——It’s just the difference of throwing a few more punches.

The key point is that Yuan Qingzhuo felt it was a pity to eliminate two such interesting opponents right at the beginning of the Martial God Festival.

Oh, and also understand the background and general plot of the audition world.

In Yuan Qingzhuo's mind, this matter ranked very high in priority - second only to joining up with Rush and the others.

After all, Yuan Qingzhuo would not pretend that he had never seen the villages, towns, and even cities that were filled with broken limbs and arms along the way.

And...if the Witch placed the audition stage in such a complicated and incomprehensible world, then there must be a reason for it.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be quicker and more convenient to just throw everyone into a world without NPCs to play a battle royale?
——Even if wild chess pieces are needed, there are countless simple ways to do it.

There's no need to make it as troublesome as it is now.

"Hey, Vicky, when is it your turn to decide for me?!"

Vina stepped forward, grabbed her brother's shoulder in a hostile tone, and looked him in the eye: "Don't you want to get to the royal city as soon as possible? Don't you want to completely ignore these passers-by? Of course you can - why don't you go alone!"

"There's no point in saying these angry words, Vina... If you want to accomplish something, or make me give in, I suggest you think carefully and think about it from the perspective of dispassionate interests."

Vicchi said slowly, pointing to his sister's waist: "If you can't stand it, you can also look through the notebook you wrote to yourself before coming in."

——It seems that in front of outsiders, Vic will never reveal even the slightest unnecessary emotion or weakness in his heart.

Things like anger, disappointment, and tension should only be shown to family members.

Yuan Qingzhuo felt that this was probably what the Vic in front of him was thinking.

However, is it really okay to lower your sister's face in front of outsiders like this?
Yuan Qingzhuo was afraid that they would start fighting on the spot - and by then he would have no choice but to get two chess pieces.

After briefly teaching Vina a few words, Vici turned back and smiled at Yuan Qingzhuo with embarrassment: "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you... Well, I also want to thank you for your help just now. What's your name?"

Veitch's choice of words is very clever.

Instead of saying "That's good that you didn't attack us while we were fighting just now", it is called "helping".

Although this can indeed be considered a form of "help", the meaning of this sentence is different when it comes from one's own mouth.

This represents an attitude of releasing kindness.

If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely be flattered by now, or at least feel relieved.

Yuan Qingzhuo just nodded and gently shook the hand that Vici extended: "Just call me Yuan Qingzhuo."

Vic still kept smiling as he withdrew his hand, but his thoughts had already started working at a very fast speed.

——Original clean?

This name seems familiar, as if I have heard it somewhere.

Where is it...

As he was retracting his hand, Vic looked up and couldn't help but see the spiral horns on Yuan Qingzhuo's head.

Yes, spiral double angle.

The guy who was photographed walking with Rush, holding each other's hands and put on the intelligence.

——and Rush have a very close relationship.

It turns out that this guy's name is Yuan Qingzhuo - if it were an ordinary person, this would probably be all they would remember.

But Vicky is different.

He has a better memory than the average person, learns more, and pays more attention to potential opponents and allies.

So, he remembered where he had seen this name before.

On the stone tablet in front of the Demon King's court... the three words "Yuan Qingzhuo" were engraved very clearly.

Another great demon at the level of a Demon Duke—but why does he also have a cult dog tag on him?
This was the only thing that Vicky didn't understand.

But this is not important. It is nothing more than some cooperation with the cult in certain areas - such as this Martial God Festival.

The cult has always played an important role in the Martial God Festival, not to mention that the championships of these years have been held by that pervert Andshia.

The two immature demon dukes participated in the Martial God Festival. In order to avoid being eliminated by Andesia in the auditions in advance, it was understandable that they chose to cooperate with the cult.

All the clues quickly became clear in Vic's mind.

Then, his relationship with Rush is clear.

Brothers and sisters, sisters or lovers.

This part doesn't matter. Vicci only needs to know that "Yuan Qingzhuo" and "Rush" have an extremely close relationship.

So, it's the enemy.

Want to take action?

Such a thought flashed through Vic's mind, but it was only a flash.

——The benefits of killing Yuan Qingzhuo right here are indeed considerable.

However, Yuan Qingzhuo was not included in the [Seed List], and almost no information was leaked, which made Vic a little cautious.

no need.

There was too little information about the opponent in hand - Vicchi didn't even know whether the mercury-level spiritual fluctuations that Yuan Qingzhuo was currently displaying were real or fake.

If we act now, the benefits are obvious, but the risks are totally uncontrollable. This is obviously a bad deal.

After hesitating for a second, Vic said with an unchanged expression: "My name is Vic, the older brother of the idiot behind you."

"I've heard a lot about you, Gemini."

Yuan Qingzhuo complimented casually, glanced at his palm with the corner of his eye, and then said with a fake smile: "Then, you two can continue to accommodate these adventurers here. I am in a hurry and I will leave first."

Vina, who was about to walk forward, was grabbed by the collar and nodded at him: "Then take care."

After watching Yuan Qingzhuo and the unknown indigenous follower leave from sight and from the dozens of warning spells that had been set up.

Vicki turned his head silently and looked at Vina who was still scolding him.

"It should be about time. When the limiter comes back on, you will know how stupid what you said now is."

After confirming that his sister was safe, Vina was too lazy to argue with her - Vina would only break the limiter once every few months or even a year, so there was no point in quarreling with her in this state.

"This can be considered a side effect of the limiter."

Vicky sighed.

If you suppress and limit your emotions for a long time to an extremely low level, it is very normal that when you suddenly release them, it will be too intense and lead to impaired judgment.

Rather, the fact that Vina did not swing the sword at herself and followed Yuan Qingzhuo was already a good performance of her adherence to principles and bottom line.

The Knights will keep their promises and never go back on their word.

This is particularly evident in Vina.

——From the eight virtues that you vow to follow to the number of times you can only do it in a month.

If Andshia is a paladin as warm as the sun, then Vina is the traditional role model of knights.

Therefore, Vicchi asked her to look at the little notebook on her body just now - it wrote down the things she must not abide by after entering the Martial God Festival.

"You need to give me an explanation! Vicky——!"

Vic just suppressed the count in his mind: "Five, four... one."

Bang, time's up.

The noise like a child's quarrel disappeared instantly.

Instead, there was a calm voice that made Vicky a little sad, but also more relieved: "Just now, I caused trouble for you, brother. I'm sorry."

Just as Vicky was about to say it was okay, he heard the girl speak again:
"But you have to remember, brother, I hate what you just said about killing these adventurers - this will not change."

"——I'm just telling the truth. Those people really only bring trouble."

"I'm just telling the truth. If you want to do it, I will stop you."

Vina looked in the direction where Yuan Qingzhuo left and added, "Also, what I said just now about wanting to go with that guy will not change."

Vic was stunned, his eyes flashing with disappointment that something precious had been taken away: "Why?"

"Is there any need to ask?" The white-haired knight stated as if he was stating the truth: "Because he is a good man. I can tell that at a glance."

"Good people are attracted to each other, don't you know that, brother?"

Vic was silent, wondering if he should be more kind and gentle in some unimportant situations in the future, otherwise Vina would seem to hate him more and more...

"Brother, don't try to bribe me with hypocrisy. It will only make me feel more disgusted. If I have to say something, I still feel more comfortable with this profit-oriented guy in front of me."

Vina shook her head: "Let's not talk about this anymore. I saw you cast a tracking compound spell on him just now. Was it erased?"

"No."

Talking about business, Vic quickly wiped away his complicated emotions. He raised his hand, and the coordinates of Yuan Qingzhuo's rapid movement were displayed on the unfolded virtual map.

Vina tilted her head: "He didn't notice?"

"How can it be."

He shrugged, stared at the coordinate's slightly abstract moving speed, and curled his lips:

"This guy deliberately didn't erase it to warn us..."

——His fingertips were fiddling with the spell that Vic had just thrown into his palm during the handshake.

This technique is quite advanced.

And it seems to be different from the path taken by the cult.

Yuan Qingzhuo wanted to try to take it apart, but once he had this intention, this technique, which was as complicated as a ball of wool, would explode if some hair of it was touched.

Yuan Qingzhuo had warned Vic about this behavior, but didn't Vic also have the idea of ​​showing off some of his muscles to Yuan Qingzhuo?
——"I put all these spells in front of you, can you move them?"

This technique that would explode once it was dismantled was the other side of the technique that Vic showed to Hara Qingzhuo, which was different from the previous pure power.

——This is not directed at Yuan Qingzhuo, but this kind of casual probing action has been engraved into Vic's bones.

Why not obtain intelligence at almost no cost and deter opponents?
"It's just like making a thousand-layer pancake. It's a relief that he could perform this technique in such a short time."

After trying several times without success, Yuan Qingzhuo opened his mouth, threw it into his mouth, and swallowed it in one gulp.

It explodes as soon as it is disassembled?
——That would be a perfect tool for you to use as your own suicide tool.

Yuan Qingzhuo thought happily.
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But Krush was not happy, not at all happy.

She even wanted to sit on the throne and cry silently.

There are too many strange things happening now... Let alone why the late king, the previous generation of Mercy, had to recall Randkiel from the front line and personally caused the collapse of the battle line.

Just calling back the angels stationed in various places and making them all disappear in less than a week is abstract enough, right?
Rush roughly calculated that if the angels were not recalled, the number of residents in Mercury Sky would at least increase by dozens of times.

This is not an exaggeration.

Because ordinary people and those sporadic extraordinary people have almost no ability to resist the erosion...it is no exaggeration to say that rivers of blood flow and corpses float for thousands of miles.

In addition, more and more ordinary people are being eroded into erosion species, and only one in a hundred people can escape alive.

Currently, there are no extraordinary people in the royal city who have risen up to try to overthrow her as the new king, and Lash finds it outrageous - don’t these residents even try to struggle?
There is a reason these people are able to live in this world.

Rush sighed.

Never mind, this is a good thing for me.

After realizing that the situation had completely deteriorated, Rush had abandoned his original idea of ​​"fishing for historical treasures".

Because there is absolutely no way to save it.

And the erosion of the abyss is real - although it is very slight and can be ignored now.

But if we really sit here and wait until Mercury Sky falls into the abyss, being eroded will only take a moment!

So... let's be realistic.

The Queen looked indifferent, tapping her knuckles lightly on the iron handrail.

——Let’s think carefully about how many contestants we can kill at once.

(End of this chapter)