Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 387 Bloodstained Salon!
There are many goddesses in this world.

But the vast majority fall into two categories: prostitutes and green tea bitches.

So don't overestimate goddesses. Adhere to the principle of using what's useful. Don't miss out on good girls, and don't waste bad girls.

The luxurious mansion in front of you is a large-scale silver party jointly organized by the wealthy tycoon of Sergant and the Pleasure Cult. Of course, it's not as chaotic on the surface. At least the area around the main hall is filled with normal drinking and merrymaking, but the small rooms and corners around the mansion may be a different story.

However, seeking pleasure is just a process; the most important goal is to reach a cooperation agreement with each other.

Having fun also requires money.

What's the point of hedonism if there's no money to support it?

If it weren't for the goddess of joy, Lira, taking over the divine authority of wealth, the Cult of Pleasure wouldn't be able to indulge in such extravagance and debauchery. Before she became best friends with the goddess of wealth, the Cult of Pleasure was relatively poor.

A true best friend is someone who understands everything.

Regardless of what the goddess of joy thinks, the cults that serve her are single-mindedly trying to undermine the goddess of wealth. You see, the tycoons were originally devout followers of the goddess of wealth, Woking, and whoever is in charge of the divine office of wealth now, they are the supporters of that person.

If you have milk, you are a mother.

In Sergant, money can buy you everything you want, including faith.

This is a place where money truly reigns supreme.

Inside the magnificent, golden hall.

The Mother of Great Bliss looked down upon everything around her, her beautiful face slightly arrogant. Her full breasts and long, sturdy legs shone brightly under the magic crystal lamp. After nightfall, her snow-white skin seemed to radiate a faint spiritual light. Even without casting any spells, she could levitate and walk in the air. This was the divine grace of the Goddess of Joy, Lira.

It was also an ability she gained after being favored and enjoyed by the Goddess of Joy, transforming from a mortal into a levitation technique with almost no cost.

The Mother of Great Bliss is the leader of the Hedonistic sect, and she has many of the most beautiful courtesans in the world under her command.

She's beautiful, skilled, considerate, understanding, and good at handling things.

Social butterflies aren't necessarily promiscuous, because they understand that their goal is to please others. They become whatever others need, and they can be even more loyal than a virtuous woman until they meet the right buyer.

A skilled socialite would never turn herself into a promiscuous woman, because that would mean she wouldn't fetch a high price.

The more a maidservant resembles a courtesan, the higher her price.

Duncan watched the dancer of pleasure, Lila, leave. Her relationship with her human host was more like that of friends with benefits; to call them lovers would be a bit of an exaggeration. A cold and ruthless guardian of darkness, what lover would she have?

There are also many shared bicycles in the Pleasure Cult. Although the life is good, it is inappropriate to use public vehicles for private purposes.

Given his current reputation and power, the Mother of Bliss could only send high-class socialites like Lila to win him over. Lila was also casting a wide net and catching as many fish as she could. Besides Duncan-Starfall, she was also secretly flirting with other people.

None of us are good people, and the gods we believe in aren't exactly saints either, so there's no need to pretend to be a virtuous gentleman.

The human form was originally also "spend money when given it, have sex with people when given it", with the main idea being to not take initiative and not waste resources.

Duncan remained indifferent, ignoring the men having their trysts in the cubicles. Many business tycoons have their own ways of cultivating relationships, and there's no need to go into detail about their strange little quirks.

Because the human host even sensed a trace of demonic aura.

"Succubus."

"Aren't you afraid of being sucked to death by a succubus?"

Summoning demons also comes at a price. When mortals cannot satisfy their perverse desires, then the demons of the bottomless abyss become the best choice.

But ordinary people cannot summon demons, let alone control them.

Succubi can really kill people by sucking their blood.

Duncan's figure passed through a dark corridor, and as a ray of fire appeared ahead, he saw a shiny, reflective bald head and his signature red robe.

—Red-robed mage (neutral) (3-star gold).

Villarion - Flame Skull.

There's a small plot of land leased by a red-robed mage in Selgan, and it's unclear what kind of espionage they're involved in, but there are definitely things the red-robed mage wants near the Fallen Star Sea.

A group of evil sorcerers are bribed by tycoons and work for them.

The monk was short of money.

For the right price, a red-robed sorcerer can serve as a private advisor, assassin, employee, and so on.

"Is there still one missing?" Duncan frowned.

The other red-robed mage is a woman named Selena Shadoweater, a beautiful bald witch who possesses the ability to summon demons from the abyss. Duncan also knows that her pact with the succubus is not one of enslavement, but rather to help the succubus find some 'supplies' in the mortal realm.

There are always some people with extreme tastes, whose desires can only be satisfied by succubi in the bottomless abyss.

Not far away, Villarion Flame Skull glanced at Duncan and nodded slightly in respect. His human form had once been a guard of the Great Vault, a very special identity, after all, they were guarding the world's largest vault.

Soon, Duncan spotted another bald man, Selena Shadow Eater. Her eerie face was adorned with magical runes, and she held a magical whip in her hand. She seemed somewhat surprised that he had come here.

"What brings him here?"

"Has Lila seduced him into depravity? Has he started to enjoy the pleasures of life?"

Selena Shadow Eater is tall and slender, draped in a light robe. Her figure is graceful and her breasts are full. She never hesitates to show off her figure, because to her, her figure is also a kind of capital, a kind of resource.

Duncan Starfall is known for being serious and rigid.

As the guardian of the grand vault, he faces all sorts of challenges, the most troublesome being the chosen one of the Thieves God, who is also the world's top wandering master thief.

These master thieves don't need money; they'll never lack money wherever they go.

What they wanted was to please the god of thieves; stealing the church's great treasury (similar to a central bank's vault) would be an unparalleled honor for them.

No one knows Duncan Starfall's abilities.

According to rumors, he possesses the blessing of the goddess of wealth, and his combat power is similar to that of the Dark Guardian. He is known as the Golden Guardian or the Golden Warrior. He also has extremely strong perception and insight, and can even see enemies who are stealthy and invisible.

It's just unknown whether the Goddess of Wealth, Woking, retained this ability after his disappearance.

It is obvious that nothing was retained.

If such divine grace still exists, the human host would not be so easily assassinated.

"A rare guest indeed."

"Duncan-Starfall."

Selena Shadowstalker smiled seductively, unconcerned about being half-naked, and slowly walked forward. A suppressed moan came from the next room. Duncan smelled the scent of a demon, the unique bodily fluids of a succubus. They were very good at disguising themselves, and to mortals, it even smelled like a hormone.

"I wonder if there's anything I can do for you?" Selena Shadow Eater exhaled a fragrant breath, which was some kind of psychoactive drug, or something similar to smoking marijuana, called Lemongrass.

When extreme hedonists get together, they're capable of doing the most depraved things you can imagine.

Bald? Not interested.

Duncan glanced expressionlessly into the cubicle and saw a succubus wielding a bloodstained whip. Her venomous tail was slightly raised, and her snow-white skin was flushed red as she whipped the person in front of her. When she saw Duncan, the succubus's eyes instantly lit up with seductive light. Without a doubt, someone like Duncan was the best prey she could ever encounter.

Unfortunately, Duncan didn't even glance at her again.

He stared at Selena Shadow Eater before him and said slowly, "An assassin has infiltrated the mansion."

——Selena Shadow Eater (Neutral) (4-star Gold).

Throughout the entire mansion.

Duncan rarely sees any units marked with green; they are almost all marked with neutral tags, meaning they can cooperate with you, or they can betray you at any time.

Loyalty is valuable here.

Besides these, there are many neutral units marked in light red, indicating they won't actively harm you, but they can become hostile units at any time if there's a conflict of interest or something else. Even Lila, the pleasure dancer whose human form once slept with, is only marked as a yellow neutral unit.

assassin?

Upon hearing this, Selena Shadow Eater's expression instantly turned serious, as if her previous wanton demeanor had completely vanished. She raised her hand to cast a soundproofing spell and asked in a deep voice, "Are you sure, Your Excellency?"

The guard of the grand vault.

His words are trustworthy because the man in front of him is one of the most professional security personnel in the world.

I just don't know why he doesn't worship the guardian god, Heim.

Duncan nodded slightly, observing the entire mansion from a god-like perspective, and said in a deep voice, "Their targets may be the Mother of Great Bliss and the tycoon."

A four-star golden-robed mage.

This person is very strong.

Unlike the planes we explored before, the mages marked with four stars here are high-level professionals. They can unleash evocation spells that are like missiles bombarding the ground, and they can easily manipulate the will, mind, and body of others, and even summon creatures from other planes.

If it's marked with five stars, a legendary mage could easily destroy a city, because this world has virtually no restrictions on power.

of course.

After the fall of the second generation of the goddess of magic, life wasn't so easy for mages either, like Selena Shadow Eater in front of us.

Because the third-generation goddess of magic, Mystra, a mortal female mage named Midnight in her previous life, changed the alignment of the goddess of magic from lawful neutral to neutral good after her ascension to godhood, many evil mages found themselves in a rather awkward position.

Selena Shadoweater was evil, so she secretly switched her faith to the goddess of night, Shar, and at the same time joined forces with the Cult of Pleasure to corrupt a secret group of beast worshippers.

It's unclear who exactly it is, but it seems to be related to a fallen cat and a goddess of lust.

The red-robed witch before me.

She is both a magic advisor to the wealthy women and a collaborator with the Pleasure Cult.

If you can afford it, she can even summon a high-ranking succubus from the Abyss for you. If the money is right, she might even summon the succubus queen's maids for you.

He was a very influential figure in Sergant.

"An assassin has already infiltrated?" Selena Shadow Eater asked in a low voice.

Duncan nodded slowly.

Selena Shadow Eater gestured to her companion beside her, then quickly used the Path of Anywhere: "Your Excellency, please protect the Mother of Great Bliss first."

"I will send guards over immediately."

Even mages fear assassins.

She had made careful preparations beforehand, but she was still infiltrated, which means that the assassin who infiltrated her was no less skilled than her.

When Duncan came out again.

A sharp, cold iron longsword had appeared in his hand.

High-ranking rogues have infiltrated this area.

Duncan couldn't detect the opponent's presence with the naked eye, but he had a god-like perspective, allowing him to ignore all stealth effects and pinpoint the opponent's location.

— Wanderer (3-star to 4-star silver-gray).

—Ghostface Assassin (Legendary) (Five-star Silver Gray).

—The Whipper (Goddess of Torture) (Five-Star Silver Gray).

Permanent invisibility?

Duncan stared at the projection screen in front of him. At least five assassins had infiltrated the mansion. They must have drunk some kind of magical potion, which put them into a state of permanent invisibility. Even ordinary detection spells could not detect them. Moreover, there was a traitor among them.

The legendary assassin led his men toward the direction of the Great Mother of Bliss, while the other wanderers pulled out small daggers and quietly approached the pleasure quarters, their targets presumably the business tycoons.

"The human form's strength is marked as around four stars."

"Without armor protection, they are no match for high-level wanderers."

"It's a bit tricky."

Warrior-type professions lack evasion and armor protection, putting them at a disadvantage when facing wanderers in close-quarters combat.

Moreover, the enemies are all formidable, including legendary figures.

Duncan's gaze fell upon the Great Mother of Bliss in the second-floor hall. This woman loved to show off; she liked to flaunt her figure and display her curves in front of others, even wanting to expose her cleavage. Her long dress was slit up to her thighs. After receiving the divine grace of the Goddess of Pleasure, she preferred to float in the air, her body enveloped in a faint aura.

He's like a super bright light bulb in the crowd!

"idiot."

"Walking in mid-air all the time, isn't that just making yourself a target?"

Just as Duncan marked the enemy.

Suddenly, he made an unexpected discovery: there was more than one group trying to assassinate the Mother of Great Bliss. Clearly, the Ghost-Faced Assassin and the lurking Whiplashers were not the same force.

There were actually two groups of assassins from different factions at the scene.

Duncan couldn't help but glance at the bright and dazzling Mother of Bliss in the most prominent spot in the hall, thinking to himself, "Just how much is this woman hated?"
Click.

Just then, a highly poisoned crossbow bolt was fired, followed by a blanket of darkness. If Duncan hadn't had God's-eye view, he probably would have fallen into the range of the dark magic as well.

In this world, priests can also wear full heavy armor.

But the Mother of Great Bliss was an exception; this woman never wore heavy armor, and clearly the principle that less clothing meant higher defense did not apply to her.

Chaos erupted.

A woman's piercing scream rang out.

The scattered assassins suddenly attacked, blood splattered, and corpses exploded. At the critical moment, Selena Shadow Eater appeared, secretly summoning guards and pointing her staff forward.

—A mass human immobilization spell!

—The Death Finger!
An assassin was frozen in place in an instant, not far from Duncan, motionless. Without hesitation, Duncan stepped forward and beheaded him with a single sword stroke.

Blood spurted out wildly.

Within the range of the dark magic, an assassin who had suddenly launched an attack was struck by crimson lightning and instantly exploded into a shower of flesh and blood, which splattered onto the well-dressed guests nearby, immediately followed by another round of terrified screams.

This woman has amazing spellcasting abilities.

Could it be that she possesses the blessing of the Lady of the Night? That she can manipulate the power of the Shadow Fiend Network?

Duncan immediately locked onto his target.

A single move, a whirlwind.

Another assassin, along with a target marked in light red nearby (it's unclear whether they were an assassin or an enemy), was cut in half at the waist.

Let's take advantage of the chaos and kill a few enemy-marked targets, who cares about anything else!

A room full of people.

There isn't a single one marked green; the most friendly ones are all from the yellow neutral faction. So, if you die, you die.

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(End of this chapter)