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Chapter 867 The Prince Assassinates the Mermaid

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Watching the lively ten-minute live stream from Black Iron City, and then seeing the Black Iron Police Station enter the Earl's Mansion and tie up dozens of thief players, Ten Lao was dumbfounded: "That's it?"

Raphael scoffed, "It seems that even after a month, we can't expect anything from Curry and Baka."

Gabriel scoffed, "This fire and smoke illusion is Alpha's skill, right? Its purpose is probably to cover his infiltration. It's still worth looking forward to..."

Raphael chuckled, "Perhaps when Sira returns and visits the Earl's mansion, he might discover something."

Gabriel laughed, "I'm so envious of Sila, she's been knocked unconscious by Fak several times..."

Raphael laughed and said, "She was already exhausted from staying up for two nights straight. She's probably asleep right now, like she's sleepwalking, fucking in her dream."

Metatron said, "That's right. Extreme fatigue can cause sleepwalking, like some troops who, during extreme marches, fall asleep but continue walking. Sira's case is a rare subject of study..."

……

At this moment, after two or three hours of full-speed sailing, the Crown Prince's warship, where Sariye and the Four Flowers of the City were located, had already spotted Gem City in the distance from high above.

Eve said, "I can't trouble you Your Highnesses any longer. I can go back from this distance."

The eldest prince laughed and said, "That's fine. If we get any closer, we might be discovered, and then the airships from Bronze City won't be easy to sell."

The second, third, and fifth princes also bid them farewell, saying, "Ladies, see you at the ball next time..."

Sariel had long since grown tired of the princes' incessant boasting and pedantry along the way and was eager to leave as soon as possible.

But when he looked back, the four warships had vanished without a trace.

Sariel was puzzled: "Everyone, these are four airships! They must have consumed a lot of crystal core energy to get here. Is it really just to bring back four city beauties?"

Raphael laughed and said, "The city flower certainly deserves this treatment. Just like a high-value NPC in the immigrant empire, the nearby imperial cruise ships will specially dock to pick her up."

Sariel said, "That one is enough!"

Raphael said, "It's the competitive spirit of the four princes, of course."

Gabriel said, "Is it possible that these four princes were just passing by and secretly came to assassinate the mermaid?"

Sariel was suddenly startled: "Given the strength of these four princes, it's very possible!"

Gabriel said, "But given their status, they couldn't possibly appear in person; they must be controlling puppets!"

Metatron added, "If that's the case, they could easily power the puppet with the power of four warships. The closer they are, the better the control effect. That's why they brought the warships close to Gem City. These four warships shouldn't be far away either."

Sariel panicked a little: "If it's a puppet powered by a warship, how strong would it be?"

Just then, Remia said, "Eve, there are no guardian deities in the city now, let's help guard it too."

Sariel was overjoyed: "That's great! As long as the four city beauties help out, we can withstand the puppet's assassination attempt without any problem!"

Eve was a little embarrassed: "But everyone has been gone for too long, isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Fafnir laughed and said, "But it wouldn't be good to go back like this."

Eve was deeply moved: "Thank you everyone, you've all been so worried about Gem City."

Remia sighed, "It has nothing to do with Gem City, it's just because you're our good sister..."

To be honest, while Sariel couldn't stand the princes' boasting, she also couldn't stand these women talking about sisterhood—it was so cheesy…

Finally, the group of five flew close to the main city area of ​​Gem City and saw various NPC wild mages hunting outside the city. They greeted them one by one: "Hello, ladies of the city!"

To show off, these wild mages would even gather all their magic power to unleash various powerful fireworks.

Sariel chuckled inwardly; that was exactly what he wanted—for them to wear them down quickly.

Sure enough, the steward came over to report: "Gentlemen, the wargame simulation system has calculated that the defending mage's mana is below the depletion threshold. The optimal time to attack the city is five minutes from now."

Uriel was getting impatient: "Then, Sariel, shall we begin?"

Sariel thought for a moment: "Uriel, could you talk to Judias and ask him to attack the four princes if their assassination attempts occur?"

Uriel sighed, "He's already inside the Creation Forge of the Demon God's Temple, so there's no way to communicate with him. You should just talk to your precious mermaid directly, so she can be on guard—or, while she hasn't been appointed by the church and has no responsibility, just use the teleportation array to retreat."

Sariel retorted irritably, "This is an opportunity to gain faith, how could we possibly retreat!"

But it must be said that Uriel is also a solution.

Sariel first found the mermaid who was sitting on the city wall in command: "Your Majesty, I have returned from the North Pole. Unfortunately, I was unable to rescue Lord Judias."

The mermaid laughed and said, "What's so unfortunate about it?"

Sariel was getting anxious. In front of a group of well-informed old astrology ladies, she had to put on an act at least a little.

Forget it, there's no time to pretend anymore.

Sariel got straight to the point, but dared not speak openly about the princes: "Lady Helen, we returned on an airship carrying four imperial princes, and I have a nagging feeling that I'm uneasy..."

The mermaid asked in surprise, "Are the four princes really that strong?"

Sariel was very pleased, as his baby's intelligence always grasped the key points: "Extremely strong! Their talent is no less than that of the City Flower, and their individual strength is actually stronger than the City Flower's. If they were to have the support of their warship, they would be indescribably strong."

The mermaid's carefree smile vanished instantly, replaced by a serious and thoughtful expression.

Sariel was even more relieved that she had understood and realized her own situation.

The mermaid suddenly became interested: "I think every city beauty is a genius among humans, one in ten thousand. They should be very rare. But in the imperial family, five sons are born who are all geniuses who surpass the city beauties?"

Sariel was suddenly taken aback! No, why was her focus so unusual at this crucial moment?
But it must be said that her question really stumped Sariel: "Probably, after all, he is the emperor's son, so of course his imperial bloodline is strong!"

The mermaid exclaimed in surprise, "Then the emperor only needs to work hard to have children, and he can produce an army of genius sons in a thousand years, right?"

A group of elderly astrology women nearby were stunned: "Your Majesty, Your Excellency, this is forbidden! Forbidden!!"

Sariel was also startled, only then remembering that the Emperor had forbidden abilities that others could not discuss.

But the big shots in the chat group chuckled: "That seems to make sense?"

Gabriel laughed and said, "The head maid said that the Emperor's clones are all processing operations, which shows that the Emperor is actually working very hard to have children, but he can't guarantee the success rate of geniuses."

Michael said, "We only know that the Emperor has five more princes in the new version, but we haven't heard anything about throwing away the other useless sons."

Gabriel laughed and said, "That's because the boss hasn't paid attention to it. If he had been more interested in investigating, there should still be some clues."

Raphael exclaimed in surprise, "Given the significant differences in the appearances of these five princes, is it possible that their mothers weren't human?"

Sariel said in a deep voice, "Very likely! I couldn't stand them pursuing my city's most beautiful girl, but if they were a mixed-blood demon cultivator, I would stand even less for it..."

As they were talking, a group of bishops from the church rushed over: "Serious Queen Helen!" Sariel suddenly sensed something was wrong!
The mermaid asked in surprise, "What is it?"

The bishops bowed and said, "In view of Your Excellency's diligent efforts in defending Gem City from the monster siege, we have decided to grant you the position of temporary guardian deity of Gem City, as requested by Your Excellency. Please accept this, Your Excellency!"

Raphael was shocked: "I've tried negotiating with the bishops before, and they're absolutely unwilling to give up their positions so easily!"

Gabriel exclaimed in surprise, "Exactly! In the mere cannon fodder stage of the siege, the mermaid didn't contribute anything at all. How can you say she did her best?"

Sariel said in a deep voice, "There is only one possibility: they know that the prince is coming to assassinate the mermaid, so they immediately give the mermaid a position, so that she can't leave even if she wants to. Otherwise, it's a case of desertion, and they can immediately initiate the dismissal process!"

The mermaid was quite magnanimous: "Okay, I accept!"

—Announcement from Gemstone City: The Gemstone City Church has officially appointed His Holiness Helen, the Silver Guardian, as the Temporary Guardian of Gemstone City.

……

Da Chun drank over two hundred bottles of alcohol at the competition and finally blacked out and was eliminated.

—Ayatnas 2.02Plus+ version notification: Data information for the new version has been collected, and my database has been updated. Please keep up the good work.

Great, if this continues, I'll become a humanoid walking system.

Then look at Ellen, who is completely absorbed in the intense lovemaking with Sheila, while Libnashi, who has just finished showering, is sitting on the edge of the bed watching, dressed in a maid outfit once again.

This...this scene is truly quite charming.

Just then, Da Chun saw the world announcement! Holy crap, the mermaid actually succeeded in her part-time job? That's amazing... Let's switch to an alt account and take a look first.

Xiao Mei spoke first: "Warrior, did you see the announcement?"

Da Chun sensed something was off about her tone: "Is there a conspiracy?"

Xiao Mei said in a deep voice, "Originally, it would have been almost impossible to get this kind of part-time job, not to mention that I haven't actually done anything. I received some uncertain news that four princes had gone to Gem City and might be trying to assassinate me! Since I started this part-time job, I can't run away and I have to fight to the death, otherwise I will be dismissed. I have very little confidence."

Da Chun was shocked: "Then what can I do now?"

Xiao Mei said, "The prince won't make any moves in the open. He's probably operating from an airship near Gem City. Warriors, you can try to find those airships and destroy them first."

Da Chun suddenly remembered something: "Can I leave this space now?"

Xiao Mei laughed and said, "You can teach me the laws of space, you should be able to do it!"

Yes, it absolutely has to work!

But first, I need to wake up Di Lian. She has a section of her vine left outside, and it would be bad if I accidentally teleported and broke it.

"Di Lian, wake up!"

Di Lian's voice was still very weak: "Father?"

Da Chun hesitated, then asked, "I'm about to teleport away from here. Can you contact the vines you left behind?"

Di Lian said, "We can't contact each other, but I can bear the cost of breaking... If we hadn't broken, there might have been huge new progress."

Da Chun asked in surprise, "What tremendous progress?"

Di Lian said, "That means leaving a root here, so that it can absorb the energy of the Arctic for Father at any time... This is worth trying. Father, you don't need to worry about me, let's do it."

Da Chun's heart skipped a beat. A root left behind at any time? And an invisible one at that, like the unseen threads of Pinocchio...

In short, since it concerned the mermaid's safety, Da Chun had no choice but to try.

"That lotus, I'm about to take action!"

"Okay father."

Da Chun activated the laws of space, instantly switching his perspective to a god-like viewpoint, or more precisely, a 3D modeler's perspective. His own colorful chaotic space was at the bottom, above which was the ocean, and above that, the Arctic sky.

Holy crap, the character models in this game are really simple and unpretentious, which fits the game's multi-dimensional, layered world view.

Then suddenly, a lighted airship slowly sailing on the sea came into view.

There's another prince here? Won't that alert him?

Da Chun first went invisible, and to be on the safe side, he placed the teleportation point above his head, just a "wall" away!
—System notification: You are about to initiate a teleportation using the laws of space. This operation requires 20 privilege points and 3000 mana points! Proceed?

Holy crap, it costs 20 for something so close! Luckily, I've accumulated a few million privilege points in the desert.

conduct!

The next moment, Da Chun appeared on the seabed above without any warning and with perfect smoothness.

It actually happened!

This operation is really similar to the smooth scene switching in The Emperor Judge.

But Da Chun's first reaction was to ask Di Lian, "Di Lian, are you alright?"

Di Lian exclaimed in surprise, "Completely...I feel nothing!"

Holy crap, this is too powerful! No wonder it's the law of creation, a GM skill, it completely exceeds the logic of ordinary games.

Da Chun immediately swam towards the shore: "Di Lian, are you alright?"

"It's nothing serious, but I can feel my tendrils stretching out a bit, like a thin thread being pulled longer, though it doesn't hurt."

Da Chun's current vision is not able to see the fine threads, so he tried to look again after activating the spatial laws. Sure enough, he saw it. There was a transparent lotus root-like thread on his heel.

This way of playing is indescribable.

But at that moment, a strange light and sound came from the seabed ahead.

Is it a submersible for an airship? Has it been discovered?

Da Chun is now addicted to using the laws of space. As if he had mastered the technique, he simply teleported a large one directly to the very edge of the field of vision, escaping the airship's surveillance in one step.

—System notification: ...This operation requires 5 privilege points! Proceed?

Ha! I tolerated 20 cross-realm teleportation, but a mere 5...

Teleport!!

Sure enough, the movement was incredibly smooth!
Without a second thought, Da Chun continued his movement, attempting to escape—System notification: Warning! Continuous use of spatial laws will result in cumulative consumption; this operation requires 10 privilege points! Proceed?

What the hell!

Let's proceed! This also serves as a way to understand the usage, which is that it cannot be used consecutively. Even under normal circumstances, the top ten masters only have around a million privilege points, which cannot withstand such a continuous consumption of tens or hundreds of thousands.

(End of this chapter)