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Chapter 862 Inducement of Confession
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The group had grown tired of Sila's increasingly weak groans and turned their attention back to the monster siege of Gem City and the so-called siege of the Earl's Mansion in Black Iron City.

It's already 7 PM, the time when the siege monsters are making their most powerful moves.

Soon, Raphael discovered something interesting: the siege monsters were almost all being blasted to death by the heavy firepower of the NPC siege mages, in large numbers, so players couldn't get any kills at all.

I was worried that there were too many mage players in Gem City, and that the benefits were too generous, but now it seems there are no benefits at all, haha!

The most crucial point is that the NPC mages were incredibly reckless. They discovered that the monsters were numerous but weak, and in their quest for merit points, they would fly out of the city and perform all sorts of fancy maneuvers, effectively turning the area within two kilometers of the city walls into a monster-free zone, making it even harder for players to gain merit.

This also revealed a weakness to Raphael: Judias could appear once most of the NPCs guarding the city had left or their mana was nearly depleted.

Just as the players were grumbling, they were forced to follow the NPCs out of the city in an attempt to snatch some scattered monsters. Raphael also dispatched troops out of the city, not to kill monsters, but to track and record the NPC mages, noting their spellcasting. The recordings were then compiled into the wargame simulation system for repeated calculations…

At this moment, over the Arctic Ocean.

After several hours of searching by the Arctic Fleet, the numerous submersibles had completely exhausted their energy, but found nothing.

The eldest prince sighed, "Ladies, if we find nothing, there are only two possibilities: either it was destroyed, or it escaped. But we can't confirm either of these possibilities, so we can only assume it escaped."

Eve bowed and said, "Your Highnesses have all done their best, and on behalf of Gem City, I express my heartfelt gratitude. Gem City is currently under siege by Hell, and I must return immediately."

Sariel immediately added, "That's right. Since Gem City has no guardian deity, one can imagine the motives and intensity of this Hellish siege. We must return to the city as well."

The Crown Prince said, "It's nighttime now. Flying directly back from the Arctic would be extremely costly and could lead to unknown dangers. So, I'll take these ladies back to the city with my ship."

The other princes exclaimed in surprise, "Boss, our ships can only operate near the Arctic Circle."

The eldest prince said in a deep voice, "I know, so I will go, and try to avoid being seen by ordinary people at night. The four of you, if you still have questions, can continue to stay here and search."

The fourth prince said, "I'll stay here and continue searching."

The eldest prince became interested: "Why is that, Fourth Prince?"

The fourth prince sighed, "I just really miss that very special water element. Perhaps our power is too great, scaring it into pretending to be dead and not daring to move? So I want to try waiting until everyone leaves and see if any unusual things happen."

The eldest prince said, "Very well, then I'll set off."

Just then, the Fifth Prince spoke up: "I'll go with the eldest prince too."

The second and third princes also realized what was happening: "Let's go too!"

The eldest prince frowned: "I'm breaking the rules, are you all going to break the rules too?"

The Fifth Prince laughed and said, "Since the Fourth Prince isn't going, won't we have enough dance partners for the ball?"

Sariel was furious and immediately retorted, "Your Highnesses, this is not the time for a ball! If you are punished for violating the rules because of this, the ladies of the city will also be affected!"

The second prince laughed and said, "Actually, my thinking is very simple. If I stay where I am, then I will become another suspect in the boss's report of violations. I would rather be punished along with the boss than let the boss suspect me."

The fourth prince said irritably, "Second brother, what do you mean? So if I stay here, I'll be the most suspicious? Fine, all four of you go, I'll report you all!"

Without further ado, the eldest prince ordered, "Full speed ahead."

Sariel was a little confused: "Your Highness, why can the Arctic Fleet only operate within the Arctic Circle?"

The Crown Prince smiled helplessly: "Since Miss Tifa isn't here, I'll just say it: because it's too advanced, it will make it difficult for Bronze City's airships to sell."

Sariel was taken aback: "That's it?" "That's it."

Metatron didn't believe it at all: "While this reason is valid, I feel there's an even bigger reason."

Sariel said, "That's right, I have a feeling that if those four ships go, our siege plan might go wrong."

Michael said, "Let's just keep observing."

Just then, the door to Metatron's small dark room opened.

Metatron's heart skipped a beat: "They've kept me locked up for so long, and now they're finally going to interrogate me about this!"

Michael said in a deep voice, "Remember what we said before, insist that the other party is making false accusations!"

"understand!"

The next moment, Metatron reappeared in the white hall and saw the judge in black robes again.

For some reason, the thought that this judge might be an avatar of the emperor, and that the avatar of the emperor would conduct batch processing operations with the concubines, made Metatron inexplicably want to laugh.

Sure enough, the judge threw a tabloid at him: "Metatron, what do you think?"

Metatron roared, "This is a frame-up!!"

The judge said, "Actually, in my opinion, this is a very good way to deal with evil gods. It can be handled according to the city wartime defense law. If it is wartime law, you are actually innocent in this respect."

Metatron was stunned for a moment: "Boss, what's going on?"

Michael was also bewildered: "I've never heard of this law? Did the new version of the system update automatically?"

Gabriel exclaimed urgently, "What if there's no such law? Then it's just a case of the judge trying to induce a confession! We can't fall for it!"

Metatron shuddered: "Entrapment?"

Michael came to his senses: "Given the Emperor's ruthless methods against us, this is possible. Let's confirm if such a law exists."

Metatron immediately asked, "Your Honor, forgive my ignorance, but I don't usually pay much attention to legal provisions. May I take a look at these provisions?"

With a wave of his hand, the judge produced a law book in Metatron's hands.

"It's on page 37."

Gabriel exclaimed anxiously, "What if the book is fake too?"

Metatron didn't rush to flip through the book, but instead looked at the publication date on the back cover—it had been published decades ago.

Raphael immediately took a screenshot: "You're stalling for time, I'm going to check the license number... Butler!"

Metatron then slowly turned to that page and read it carefully, and was truly astonished: "If such a law really existed, not only would I be innocent, but I would also have great merit!"

Gabriel exclaimed urgently, "Having meritorious service makes it even more like an attempt to extract a confession!"

Fortunately, the butler was incredibly quick, providing the result in less than two minutes: "The book has the ISBN! But the original title is 'The End of Philosophy'."

The crowd erupted in uproar: "It really is a forged law book!"

(End of this chapter)