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Chapter 881 The Four Young Ladies Report for Duty

For the top ten players, the biggest pain point is the lack of transparency. Without an informational advantage, their judgment is not much different from that of ordinary players.

We know nothing about the prince, the airship, the Siren pirates, or the Gem City's response. It's pointless to send more team members to the scene to broadcast and record live.

After such a major accident, Raphael could already imagine his fate: "Will I end up like Metatron, taken away for investigation and locked up in a dark room?"

Metatron sighed, "If the Emperor takes this opportunity to get back at you, your crime is far more serious than my arms smuggling. Your only hope is to severely injure this Shadow Stream Guardian Demon God, which would also be considered a merit. It would be even better if that Guild Master could also severely damage Shadow Stream City as well."

Sariel said in a deep voice, "The premise is that this Shadow City is preferably not an internal asset of the Emperor! Otherwise, it's simply unthinkable."

Raphael tensed up: "Could it be a traitor?"

Sariel sighed, "What do you think? From the very beginning of the pioneering era, Gem City received assistance from the Shadow Demons to build a complete city surveillance system. Considering that the Shadow Demons are a vulnerable species in Hell, it's quite reasonable for them to pledge allegiance to the Emperor."

Metatron said, "That makes sense. Although this Hell Passage was secretly modified by Alpha in the background, the intelligent deduction system does need to give this passage a reasonable reason, and siding with the Emperor is obviously the most logically consistent with the deduction."

Raphael panicked: "Then what do we do?"

Michael sighed, "Assuming it's reasonable for Shadowstream to side with the Emperor, there's another possibility: the Emperor can't completely control Shadowstream! So he's supporting an Andariel succubus to keep it in check. If this battle defeats Shadowstream and allows the Emperor to gain real control, it might even be considered a merit."

Raphael's hope was instantly rekindled: "Then let's bet that the mermaid can win!"

Sariel said in a deep voice, "Assuming the boss's prediction is correct, then the Emperor's optimal solution is to let the mermaids and Shadow City fight to the death. Otherwise, the Gem City Church wouldn't have cooperated so much in holding a grand prayer event for the mermaids."

Michael suddenly realized, "Sariel is right! How is the prayer situation in the five cities?"

The steward reported: "The churches in Black Iron City and Gem City are organizing their citizens to pray all night on a large scale. Silver City is in great chaos because of that irritable priest and has not yet formed a certain order. Oak City and Bronze City only have a small number of citizens."

Michael said, "Assuming my guess is correct, then the Emperor's premise for letting the mermaids and Shadow City perish together is that they must be evenly matched. What will happen once the Emperor discovers that the mermaids can't hold on?"

Sariel blurted out, "The churches of Oak City and Bronze City also inexplicably come out to pray!"

Michael thought for a moment: "How about Sariel confirms with the mermaid?"

Sariel was stunned, then realized: "You mean, I should tell the mermaid our theory directly, and have her cooperate by deliberately showing weakness to see how Oak City and Bronze City react?"

Michael: "Yes!"

Sariel was conflicted: "There are four city beauties and five old ladies here. Can we talk about this in front of so many people? Won't it trigger the Emperor's taboo?"

Michael thought for a moment: "Let's not mention the Emperor's name, but hint at it and see if the mermaid can understand."

"Let me try."

Sariel then stepped forward and said to the wailing mermaid, "Your Majesty, why don't you try taking a break?"

The mermaid ignored her.

Sariel continued, "Your Majesty, suppose that person wants you and the Shadow Guardian Demon to fight to the death, that person will definitely secretly control the prayer situation of the citizens of the five cities..."

The mermaid paused for a moment, then activated her second voice, which didn't interfere with her howl, and asked, "Who is that?"

Sariel reiterated: "The one who can control the prayers of the citizens of five cities, currently only has two and a half cities praying for you!"

The mermaid blinked: "Then I'll rest?"

Sariel was overjoyed: "This god-level AI is truly worthy of being my little darling; she understands as soon as I say it!"

Raphael was gratified: "It wasn't for nothing that I destroyed the guardian deity of my Gem City..."

Sariel said excitedly, "You can't just rest. You have to pretend to be gradually losing ground so that you can secretly build up your strength."

The mermaid laughed: "Interesting..."

After saying that, the howling sound indeed dropped a notch.

Sariel exclaimed excitedly, "Butler, keep track of the prayer situation of the citizens in the five cities in real time!"

Butler: "We are monitoring it closely."

Then, as the mermaid's voice grew softer and softer, she even heard breathing for the first time.

Then the steward brought news: "Order is beginning to be restored in Silver City, and the citizens are beginning to pray in an orderly manner."

Sariel shuddered: "So, it really is the Emperor who's in control?"

Michael said, "It mainly depends on the situation in Oak City and Bronze City..."

At this point, Uriel and the others grew impatient: "Raphael, have the team members over there seen my Emily?"

Raphael immediately inquired, and the team members provided live surveillance footage: "No one came at all; the four believers were still praying in the same spot."

Uriel was stunned: "At her flying speed, she should have reached that distance!"

Raphael: "Perhaps we're lost. Shall we wait a bit longer?"

Uriel frowned: "This is a succubus that has evolved over a thousand years. The system has loaded so much information, how could it get lost?"

They waited for more than ten minutes.

In those ten minutes or so, the prayer order in Silver City was fully restored, and the mermaid indeed stopped her declining tone in time, so she continued to perform and continue to test the waters.

But Uriel was going crazy: "Haven't you seen Amel yet?"

Raphael also realized something was wrong: "No! Is it possible that she used her invisibility ability to sneak past these four believers at the entrance?"

Michael said, "It's entirely possible. The four believers are praying with all their might, and they're probably not strong combatants themselves. For a thousand-year-old succubus, bypassing them shouldn't be difficult. As for ordinary players, they're even less likely to be seen."

Uriel was astonished: "She went around to the city? What could she possibly be doing there?"

Raphael speculated: "Could it be to contact Andariel? They're both succubi anyway? Or to control an official and implement her so-called art of deception?"

Uriel was stunned: "If that's the case, then her abilities are a bit unimaginable."

Michael said, "The stronger the ability, the better. Uriel, focus on retreating."

……

Black Iron City, at 5 a.m. during the game, the sky was filled with the glow of dawn.

The church organized a massive, hours-long prayer festivities for all citizens of the city, halting all early morning work. Even the villagers of the northern fishing village and the murloc guardian deity prayed in their village. This momentous event was spearheaded by a player organization under the Ten Elders of Gem City, a player with absolutely no Black Iron reputation. If they hadn't driven away the Stalker Immortal, the Stalker Immortal should have gained considerable merit and reputation. Instead, the Stalker Immortal was relegated to the sidelines, receiving no benefits whatsoever, and his resentment was beyond words.

What's even more infuriating is that the little mountain god reports his cultivation progress to the young master from time to time. It's like a petty person getting ahead of himself. How despicable!
Just then, a subordinate on the monitoring team reported: "Team leader, four very classical and gorgeous young female NPCs with wheeled suitcases have arrived at the teleportation array! They look like the imperial noblewomen from the old version."

The person taking the photos suddenly froze, wondering what event this had triggered.

In short, make up for it and get through this quickly.

When they secretly took the photos, they saw a large group of players surrounding them and trying to chat with them. They were extremely annoyed and shouted, "Get lost!"

It must be said, this classical attire is indeed quite different from the current female nobles of the five cities. The key is, she also has a terrible temper! Very good, this will filter out ordinary players.

He secretly flashed his title as the vice president of the Shangri-La Guild and his newspaper reporter's ID, which he never showed to players, as he squeezed into the crowd: "Four esteemed ladies, is there anything I can do for you?"

The four glanced at him impatiently, clearly thinking too highly of him: "You're the vice president?"

The person taking the photo respectfully replied, "Yes."

The leader, a very charismatic young lady, said, "We're going to the Night Rose Tavern."

The man who was secretly filming shuddered: "I'm Vivian's good friend, the owner. I can take you there, but as you ladies have seen, a large-scale prayer ceremony is underway in Black Iron City. Ms. Vivian is organizing a group of citizens to pray, and she's been doing it for half the night, so we can't go back to the tavern yet. But I can take you to the tavern for a meal and to settle you in first..."

The young ladies were stunned for a moment, then chattered among themselves: "They can even organize prayers? That seems pretty impressive."

"Let's skip the tavern for now and see how Ms. Vivian organizes things."

"Alright!"

"Wait, could this person be a bad guy who's luring us into a secluded alley and kidnapping us?"

The chaotic scene made the person secretly filming break out in a cold sweat. They immediately retorted, "I'm the vice president, and the Chamber of Commerce vouches for me! Besides, the whole city is in prayer right now; bad people wouldn't dare to act recklessly!"

"That makes sense. Then lead the way."

Amidst greetings from other players around him, the man who secretly took the picture breathed a sigh of relief: "It's a great honor."

Then the ladies chimed in, "What's the ranking of your Shangri-La Chamber of Commerce in Black Iron City?"

"What happened during this prayer?"

"Does Ms. Vivian have many acquaintances in town? What's the ranking of her tavern in town?"

They secretly filmed me and answered each question; I was completely overwhelmed!
At the same time, they also need to open their laptops and record their questions so the AI ​​can analyze what type of NPC template they are. In terms of personality alone, these four could be found among similar temperamental young ladies in the five cities, but the situation of a group of four is exceptionally complex! Theoretically, as long as they can handle the powerful leader, they'll be fine, but this also means that someone among them will inevitably disapprove and oppose them…

So this is the most despicable group of best friends! Now, all you can do when taking photos secretly is to reveal your identity and be humble and cautious, you absolutely cannot make a mistake, and you don't even dare to inquire about their background or names.

Finally, the paparazzi led them to a shopping plaza, where a temporary platform was erected by covering vegetable trucks with tarpaulins. Several church members stood on the platform, directing thousands of kneeling citizens in the plaza to sing hymns.

The person who secretly filmed the incident said, "That's the lady in pajamas on the platform. Because of the emergency, she didn't have time to change her clothes."

The four ladies responded with an "Oh," and said, "It's too far away; we can't see very clearly."

"Let's go closer and take a look."

"Let's go up to the high platform to take a look."

The person secretly taking photos panicked: "Four distinguished ladies, they are praying! We mustn't disturb them!"

"We can go and pray!"

"Let's go and pray with Ms. Vivian."

“That’s right, given our status, how can we pray with these ordinary citizens?”

As he spoke, he pulled his suitcase and walked confidently through the kneeling crowd towards the high platform.

The paparazzi photos are unbelievable! This is the Celestial Dragons of the Empire—so arrogant and lawless! But, being able to get in touch with them feels pretty good too.

Follow suit without hesitation!

Then, to the priest's utter bewilderment and shock, the four ladies found their suitcases stuck on the high steps and couldn't be lifted up.

The person secretly filming immediately stepped forward and whispered, "Miss, let me help—"

"Get out of the way! This is Lafrente, don't touch her!"

Upon hearing the name "Laurent," Vivian immediately lost her piety and turned to look down. Although unsure of the situation, she still stood up and asked, "Should I help?"

The young lady in charge smiled and said, "Thank you, Ms. Vivian. We're here to pray too!"

Vivian asked in surprise, "You know me?"

"I came here specifically to see you!"

The priest coughed dryly in dissatisfaction.

Vivian gestured for silence and helped carry the suitcase first.

Upon hearing this, the young lady in charge suddenly noticed the ring on Vivian's hand and her eyes widened in surprise!
The person taking the photos was a little confused. He met the gaze of a player under the Gem City Ten Elders on the high platform, and waved his hand to signal the person taking the photos to get lost.

This time, the paparazzi must pretend they didn't see anything. Previously, they hadn't known the incident would escalate to such a large scale, so they held back. This time, they're going all out! They can't let that naturalized villain gain power…

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The standoff between the mermaid and the guardian demon god had entered a dead end, and the group of guys unknowingly leaned back in their cockpits and fell asleep.

Only Uriel, anxious and desperate, was still holding on. Perhaps because they were nearing the entrance, the Shadowstream City's regular army finally stopped chasing and withdrew.

Of the thousands who retreated before, Uriel now has only a little over a hundred troops remaining. Actually, that's for the best; fewer people make it easier to hide. The key is to sift out the truly elite; the most eager to join the Minotaur and Lizard teams are mostly still there. However, Uriel dares not continue towards the entrance.

So, where did Emily go?! Was this supposed to be the art of deception, just a lie to me?
Just then, a team member reported in the live stream: "An anomaly has occurred in Black Iron City. Four female Imperial NPCs have appeared. Find Vivian."

Uriel looked up and saw that these were the four noble female NPCs who had been pushing the cart for Da Chun. Why did they arrive so quickly, and why were they so bold as to run up to the sacrificial platform as soon as they arrived?
Uriel should still remind you: "Everyone... Sila! You've all had a good night's sleep, resurrect from the hell!"

Seeing no response, Uriel helplessly called over the butler: "Wake up Sila! Get up and get to work!"

(End of this chapter)