Abstraction for a bad world

Chapter 196 Just be obedient and protect the king (4k)

Rush really couldn't feel at ease staying with these insects.

Not to mention how many of the remaining officials were merely respecting and obeying her on the surface, just pretending to do so - even if they really respected her, what would it matter?
If you weigh your respect for others against your own precious life, it's easy to come to the conclusion.

Even though Rush didn't bother to care about those senior officials who had thousands of thoughts in their minds, he was not interested in their different ideas.

However, the most important point is that gathering a large number of ordinary residents, extraordinary people, and scattered angels will definitely affect the interests of some, or even the majority of the remaining rulers in this royal city.

Because Rush's ostensible intention is to "gather the living forces to fight against the monsters from the abyss."

Even if she gave the order, the final order would need to be passed through layer by layer before it could actually reach the bottom level.

This will conflict with the goals of those who are only interested in self-protection.

Therefore, the simplest way is to eliminate the possibility of this situation occurring fundamentally.

"Sister Caroline, have you found out? How many prominent guys are left in the royal city?"

Walking away from a patrolling angel again, Caroline responded silently:

"According to your cross-validation method... um, there are still seventeen."

"Then bring them to me one by one without making any noise, that's ok, right?"

The face under the helmet collapsed:
"Huh...you want me to do such a small thing."

Caroline turned her eyes and saw that the number of white stripes rushing towards the royal city was increasing as time went by, and the number of white stripes approaching the royal city was also increasing.

Rush's helpless voice came: "There's nothing I can do, Sister Caroline. You're the only one I trust now, and you're the only one who can help me."

"Please, Sister Caroline~"

After a brief silence, Rush heard a brief answer:

"There's really nothing I can do about you..."

As expected of Sister Caroline, she can get the job done with just a few words of praise.

Rush smiled and added, "Then I'll wait for your good news in the side hall."

After using a spell to create a fake body, Rush stood up and walked into a small room not far from the main hall. A small room of more than ten square meters is perfect for controlling others using those dishonorable means, isn't it?

Only by personally using magic to monitor those who could influence or even misinterpret her intentions could Rush ensure that her orders were delivered without fail.

Use some small means to ensure the timeliness and accuracy of command delivery.

This is also what Farandelle taught her.

Many times, seemingly grand plans fail because of these insignificant little problems.

As it happens, Rush is one of those guys who takes these "little problems" very seriously.

"So, you just need to be obedient..."

Under the mask, a hoarse voice flowed out like a cold thread.
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"——Then I'll ask Sister Caroline to keep this secret for me."

After using one sentence to make Caroline willingly guard the door, Rush looked at the middle-aged man who was brought in front of him.

Rush didn't ask Caroline about this guy's position and identity.

Because those things are not important now.

"Misir, do you know where the large number of angels in the city have gone?"

Misir was the man's name.

"Your Majesty... As far as I know, this information has the highest confidentiality level. You should be the only one who knows where it went."

"Yeah."

Rush nodded without denying it, and the complex hypnotic spell at her fingertips had been completed and flew into the forehead of Michelle who was bowing respectfully.

To be precise, it is in the soul.

Then Rush asked the same question again, but the answer he got was still the same as before.

The large-scale disappearance of angels seems to be the work of this "new king"...

After letting him leave alone and letting Caroline monitor him from behind and bring the second person, Rush decided not to waste time exploring the reasons.

Caroline had told her before that more and more contestants with "high kindness value" were coming to the royal city or its edge.

As time goes by, there are more and more people.

Presumably, before long there will be someone who is very confident in his own strength who will break into the palace and try to take her head.

This is also very normal.

There are contestants who want to follow the so-called "plot", and of course there are also contestants who do not follow the rules, who want to directly obtain the big reward at the end of the level and then leave.

But the guy who dares to be the first to try this three-color light column must be very powerful.

It can even be said to be very strong!
The strength of the Core Casting Stage is the least, so it is not impossible that the one coming is someone on the list.

It’s not that Rush doesn’t believe in Caroline’s strength, but no matter how strong Caroline is, she is only at the same mercury level as her.

And in this Martial God Festival which did not differentiate between "youth" and "adult", the Mercury Rank was really not considered a strong person who could be on the stage.

Even if Caroline can defeat a hundred of her, what does it matter? Any Core Forger can do such an incredibly simple thing.

"Brother Zhuo..."

If the royal city is already bustling, then there is no reason why Zhuo Ge hasn't arrived yet.

Three hours later, after controlling the last senior management official with extraordinary ease, Rush handed Caroline the two surgical instruments in his hand that could be triggered by pressing hard.

"Find any angel and have him launch this thing directly above the palace."

Without telling Caroline the reason, Rush, who was sitting on the throne like a wooden man again, bowed his head slightly to her and said, "Please."

"After you're done with this, you can move around the palace with Sister Caroline for the time being."

The mask dotted with stars showed no emotions, but Caroline didn't care. She raised her hands and shouted "Great".

"Of course, we have to take off this armor first."

“Done in five minutes!”

Five minutes later, two strange huge magical patterns bloomed above the palace.

The first pattern is "Knights charging up the broken city wall".

The second pattern is a strange text.

Ten minutes ago.

Outside the royal city, refugee area.

Yuan Qingzhuo, who did not choose to enter the royal city immediately, tossed a handful of low-quality chess pieces in his hand.

"It's so easy just to sit here and someone will come to you."

Yuan Qingzhuo, who had changed two or three nesting sites in succession, sighed like this.

That’s right, Yuan Qingzhuo’s current approach is very simple.

It can be said that it is like sitting back and waiting for something to happen, or someone will take the bait if they are willing.

Because his good value is greater than his evil value, his coordinates among the contestants with high evil values ​​are naturally clear at a glance.

Yuan Qingzhuo only needed to expose his mercury-level aura without disguising it, and then pretend to be alert with Shitou...

No matter how you look at it, after more than ten minutes, there will be a wicked guy with a dull mind who will pick up a weapon at him.

Next, it’s time for some fun self-defense.

Of course, it's possible that he accidentally over-defended himself... In the noisy crowd, a shadow suddenly turned into a sharp blade and shot towards Yuan Qingzhuo's throat.

The surroundings suddenly became silent, without the sound of a third person's footsteps.

"Shadow barrier? The speed of its deployment is quite good."

Yuan Qingzhuo looked at the stone that had disappeared beside him, and then looked at the assassin who had hidden his aura perfectly: "A void with nothing in it suddenly appeared in a good space. Don't you feel awkward?"

No one greeted him, only sharp weapons and vicious techniques attacked Yuan Qingzhuo at the same time.

Amid the rapid whistling sound of the dagger, Yuan Qingzhuo stretched out his palm slowly but actually quickly, and accurately pinched the blade with two fingers.

Tilting his head to dodge the liquid poison arrow coming from behind, Yuan Qingzhuo suddenly grinned at the assassin who hadn't even shown his face: "Guess how many self-righteous assassins have attacked me before you?"

Still no answer.

Only tiny arrows engraved with spells, at least ten times faster than before, came from all directions.

"Don't you have any new tricks? To be honest, which organization do you belong to? Why do you always do the same old things... I'm afraid I'll wipe you out."

When Yuan Qingzhuo first saw this arrow formation with dozens of changes, he was a little flustered and almost got shot and lost a lot of blood.

But this is the first time...

Two three four five six?
Forget it, I’m too lazy to count.

How come there is an organization that specializes in bullying weaklings outside the royal city?
However, thanks to them, the quality of the chess pieces that Yuan Qingzhuo harvested was still relatively good.

"Okay, it's over."

In the assassin's confused eyes, Yuan Qingzhuo chuckled and clapped his hands.

And the next moment, those arrows engraved with spells, the dark barrier separating this place from the outside world, and the assassin who was still hiding his body were all turned into powder that was almost invisible to the naked eye.

Only a black soldier was left on the ground.

It barely reached exquisite quality, and the completeness was over 80%.

This is just a simple application of the martial arts will after possessing the reincarnation body.

——Turning the will of martial arts into waves, and then confining it to a certain space to oscillate back and forth, Yuan Qingzhuo only needs to adjust the speed of the wave oscillation according to the opponent's strength.

Although it puts a huge strain on the body, what does it matter?

Yuan Qingzhuo bent down, picked up the weapon and smiled.

But there are still 86400 selves who share the side effects with my current self.

The brief interlude ended again, and Yuan Qingzhuo began to leave this place with Shitou, who always looked stunned, to look for the next hiding place.

——Although the harvest is not huge, it is better than wasting time in there.

That’s right, Yuan Qingzhuo believed that it was not yet time to enter the royal city.

The new king could not have been unaware of the news that so many extraordinary people had appeared in the royal city, but even until now, Yuan Qingzhuo had not found even the slightest order from him.

The defense of the royal city seemed to be useless, and the contestants could enter as they pleased. It was like a big sieve with holes in it.

According to common sense, this is impossible.

Since the auditions had separated the Sublimation and Core Casting stages outside the Royal City from the beginning, it would definitely not be easy for those of us outside to enter the "Novice Zone" of the Royal City.

The new king has not taken any action yet. Maybe he is still waiting for someone.

Yuan Qingzhuo sensed the increasing number of contestants in the one-kilometer perception circle, and slowly curled the corners of his mouth.

If I'm not mistaken, there should be a big plot CG to go through next.

Just as Yuan Qingzhuo was thinking like this.

Two extremely shining, huge magical patterns bloomed right above the palace.

"Brother Yuan Qingzhuo, why don't you leave?" Shitou looked at Yuan Qingzhuo who suddenly stopped and looked up and asked, "Are we going to stay here?"

"--guard."

Yuan Qingzhuo stared at the pattern of a knight holding a broken spear and riding a horse charging up the city wall, and read out its meaning softly.

Others may have no idea what this strange pattern means, but it is one of the small building blocks that Rush places in the center of his home.

It means - a knight who fought his way back to the palace from deep within the enemy camp.

That is, "the knight who protects the king."

The meaning of the second pattern is even clearer.

"--urgent."

Rather than calling them patterns, it would be more accurate to say that they are some "codes" and "secret words" that Rush and Yuan Qingzhuo created when they were bored as children, which were only used for communication between the two of them.

Therefore, by connecting these two patterns together, it is very clear what Rashi wants to convey.

——It is urgent to protect the new king in the palace.

"Has Rush made contact with the new king yet?"

Yuan Qingzhuo slowly raised his eyebrows - he didn't expect that Rush actually regarded the new king as someone who needed his protection, and the recalled Randkiel didn't seem to be very useful.

Otherwise why would he need to take action?

As for the fact that this was not meant to be conveyed to him, there is no such possibility.

Because these two strange patterns are connected, he is probably the only one in the entire abyss who can understand them.

"But since it was Rush's idea, then she must have had her own intentions."

Rush was "born" in the royal city, so he knew much more information and secrets than himself.

——And now she doesn't come to see me first, but uses this method to convey the message to me. I guess Rush must be stopped by something and can't get away.

Overturning all previous thoughts and plans, Yuan Qingzhuo looked at the stone who didn't know what was happening.

Do you want to bring this little guy into the palace?
After a very brief thought, Yuan Qingzhuo gave up this idea - if, as Rush meant, there really were many people who wanted to kill the new king, then he might not be able to protect the stone completely during the fierce battle.

"Looks like we have to separate for now, Stone."

Patting the boy's head, Yuan Qingzhuo pointed to the royal city with a wall over a hundred meters high and said, "We have to separate after we go in. I have more important things to do."

"Is it because of those two patterns just now?"

Shi Tou did not express any extra emotions, he just asked this question.

"Yes."

"Then let's do it."

Shitou's hands were shaking a little, but after a few seconds he nodded silently: "Thank you, Brother Yuan Qingzhuo, for your help during this period."

"You're welcome."

Yuan Qingzhuo threw the black weapon he had just obtained to the boy: "Also, this is for you too."

The sudden farewell ended just like that.

In front of the palace, Yuan Qingzhuo, without concealing his face, strode towards the old man who was standing there motionless and behaving strangely.

——It was obvious that this guy was waiting for me.

"Mr. Zhuo."

Yuan Qingzhuo stopped and listened to his stiff words:
"Your Majesty invites you."

(End of this chapter)