Miss Serena's daily rent collection in American comics

In fact, Serena, who had no idea about the situation, nodded at Lilina, and the female knight, who was talking with a dry mouth, took out her water bottle and started drinking.

"So...what should we do after this?"

Seeing that the female knight ignored her, Selena asked again.

“Ahem…Huh?”

Hearing this, Lilina, who was still drinking water, spit out the water on the spot. She couldn't believe what she heard!

"I, I, I've said so many things, and now you ask me what to do next? Shouldn't you think of a solution and come up with a plan?!"

Lilina looked at the mysterious woman with the words "no reason but strong" written all over her face in disbelief. Her voice, which was originally a little calm, began to tremble a little...

"When did I promise to find a solution for you, you stupid woman? I'm just simply curious about what went wrong with Her Royal Highness Princess Sternberg to go to such a bad looking ruin. Not only did she have an accident there, but she didn't even dare to tell her family."

Hearing this, Lilina screamed out in surprise. Fortunately, there was no one else in the Adventurer's Guild except the two of them. Otherwise, the group of rich and noble young masters would have surrounded the place.

"You don't think that the lies you told to those nouveau riche people in remote areas can fool the nobles of the kingdom, do you?"

Seeing Lilina's terrible performance, Serena couldn't help but roll her eyes at her, even though she couldn't see it at all...

As a staunch Skip fan, even though Selina clicked Skip to skip most of the plots, this did not prevent her from checking the world view of Fallen Ark itself while understanding the core mechanism of the game. After all, the core gameplay framework of Divinity: Original Sin is group play, and when it comes to group play, you can't bypass the famous Baldur's Gate. Since you already know that in group play, you can even use the words to make the BOSS perform a "I kill myself" show. The more specific settings you know, the more fun you will have when rolling the dice.

The main reason why Lilina exposed her identity in front of her was the name and rank she held. As for how she discovered that the princess lied to the poor President Sergei... the reason was also very simple. The country was called the Third Principality of Sternberg, and Lilina's full name was Lilina Sternberg.

So now, here comes the problem.

Why did Sergei call her 'Lady Lilina' instead of 'Princess'?

Obviously, the other party lied to Sergey.

She might have made up an identity for herself as the daughter of an earl or a duke, and among the group of adventurers outside, those who could really be seen as descendants of nobles were generally around level 15 to 25. The accompanying thugs were the real second-level echelon, that is, the 40-level "tough guys".

Honestly, their level in the game's Novice Village was simply outstanding. Especially the level 120 Lilina, as long as the opponent let go, she could easily block the newbies at the resurrection point and kill them.

But what many people don't know is that after Serena's main character reaches level 150, she can freely enter many places that ordinary players can't enter because she has maxed out the favorability of the Sword Master of Helen. So she is also very clear that the real nobles of the kingdom are basically above level 80 before their descendants appear in the plot.

This level of strength is nothing compared to other players of the same period. But compared to the group of "nobles" standing at the birth point now, that is the real difference between the rich and powerful and the country folk...

"Pass on my order. Everyone, put down everything you are doing and enter the ruins! It doesn't matter if you are a guard under the Lord of Shiyan Town or a personal attendant of the nobles!"

The midday sun shone on the overgrown green land, which was full of vitality. Under the breeze, the half-man-high waves rolled up like the sea. The staff of the Adventurer's Guild and Sergei's own confidants kept running back and forth in this small camp. The sound of people, horses, and heavy objects being moved was endless. The originally lifeless camp suddenly became noisy, as if it was full of vitality in an instant.

"The witch has ordered that all of your servants be requisitioned to gather the monsters in the underground ruins together."

On the path that was temporarily cleared by serfs wielding sickles, Sergei was talking to several young nobles who had not yet figured out the situation.

"Can......"

A young man wearing a family emblem wanted to say something but was interrupted mercilessly by Sergei.

“Don’t ask questions that you shouldn’t ask. He’s a legendary professional. Let alone us, even if someone from the palace comes, they have to retreat three points.”

Hearing this, the young man could only hold back what he wanted to say. Although his strength was quite impressive, he also knew that an unknown ruin was definitely not a place for them to interfere. Before, they didn't dare to say anything just for the sake of the knight inside. But now that even a legendary professional has appeared, they dare not say anything. What's more, this camp is only separated from the wasteland outside by a circle of simple wooden fences, and there is no guarantee of safety at all.

If a few monsters in the ruins escaped, they would probably become lunch for the other party...

All I can say is that the witch who suddenly appeared can really order people around.

But living in such a class-divided world, facing this situation, there seems to be no better choice than to accept fate...

(PS: I reached out my hand secretly, then put it in the bowl and started waiting for the tickets.)

Chapter 264 There are always more problems than difficulties

"By Isis, this is such evil and blasphemy!"

Since there are soldiers who are responsible for holding the line in the team, there will be no shortage of doctors responsible for treatment. But as everyone stepped into the dark ruins passage, several priests from different sects immediately cried out in shock. The pure evil seemed to have life, constantly crawling in the air. The entire ruins seemed to have life, trapping the blasphemous breath that was enough to tear the plane apart and attract the abyss lord to spy on it inside the ruins, and dared not cross the line. Many church priests with high spiritual vision and perception were stimulated by the terrible evil power and vomited on the spot the moment they entered the ruins.

That is to say, the group of muscular and simple-minded professionals did not feel the danger of the ruins at all. They only felt that the ground under their feet was a little soft, and there was an ominous and sticky strange texture everywhere...

"Damn... I finally understand why this place... attracts legendary professionals."

An obviously elderly priest of the Church of Light stood in the underground corridor of the ruins with a frown on his face. His white robe emitting a light golden glow and the large words "Lv.85" on his head showed how extraordinary his identity was.

"My divine magic sequence has been limited to only 10 slots. How is the situation over there?"

The other priest of the natural religion looked quite calm, but what he said was not good news.

"This dungeon is filled with strange powers from another world. They must have drifted here from somewhere outside the Crystal Wall System. The moment we stepped into this ruin, we must have entered another dimension. That's why the connection between us and our respective gods was cut off, and even the sequence of divine arts was restricted."

The oath breaker, who was also not young, stood at the front of the team. After receiving the news of the new ruins, they rushed here from all over the country. The consumption of teleportation arrays and various magic scrolls along the way was enough to cover the tax revenue of Shiyan Town for most of the year. This was also the main reason why Sergei felt that his net worth would shrink by a full tenth...

"Not only the divine spell sequence, I can also feel that the magic network here is also beginning to become very unstable... It seems that this relic is not very friendly to spellcasters."

The accompanying wizard had a frosty face. He originally wanted to put up a shield for himself and his group, but the various signs of restlessness in the magic net made it impossible for him to successfully release spells above the fifth ring.

"Okay... We now know the details. So what level of challenge do you think this relic should be classified at?"

Hearing this, the Life God priest who spoke first sighed. Suddenly, he changed the subject and started talking about the definition of challenge levels.

"Level 7...Legendary."

Taking a deep breath, the Oath Breaker turned around and answered in an unquestionable voice...

"This group of people...why are they so slow?"

After waiting in the cabin for a long time, Serena, who was so bored that she wanted to poke ants with her heels, finally couldn't help but stand up from her chair. As for the princess over there, after being mocked by someone, she went straight into a decadent state, holding a plate of cookies and nuts, and ate for more than half an hour. It was not until Serena at the opposite table couldn't help but stand up that she stopped what she was doing.

"It's just a simple trick to lure out a monster. Why waste so much time?"

Serena, puzzled, ignored Lilina who was hiding under her robe and peeking at her, and left the guild gate and walked straight towards the ruins.

During this not-so-long waiting time, Serena used the system panel to familiarize herself with the specific usage of each piece of equipment and how to use those skills. These should have been taught to her in the novice tutorial, but due to the appearance of the ruins, she could only explore on her own. Fortunately, the operation method of her system was almost the same as in the game. So after a short period of running-in, she was familiar with the functions of the entire system.

For example, she found that she could turn off the permanent display of summoned objects in the settings to make the 12 floating cannons floating around her disappear. They would only reveal their true form when they needed to attack. In this way, even if she did not manually cancel the summons, she could still keep the 12 floating cannons hidden around her and not be discovered by others.

Not only that, she also discovered that the stealth function of the Nightmare Cloak can actually be changed from passive triggering to manual triggering. To achieve this goal, it is enough to set a guidance option before the stealth skill is triggered.

Skills that are not directed towards you will not take effect and will not trigger stealth effects.

And because the stealth effect brought by Nightmare Protection can only be removed by attacking, there is no time limit, which allows Selina to accumulate the number of stealth times in the background. Although the damage is not increased, she can trigger the stealth time unlimitedly through the guidance option...

Logically speaking, this kind of thing should be impossible in the game. The newly added guidance option can only switch the target, but not directly change the usage mechanism of an equipment.

But I don't know if it's because the game has become real, or if there is a bug in the MOD itself. Anyway, Selina has now changed the passive trigger of the cloak to a manual trigger that can increase the number of uses infinitely by modifying the skill guidance options...

"Why are you all standing here together? Didn't I tell you to gather all the monsters in the ruins together?"

As soon as she walked out of the wooden house, Selena saw the group of people who had gathered but were not taking any other actions.

"It's not that we don't want to go, it's just that..."

Seeing Selena coming out, Sergei, who had been waiting there for a long time, hurried forward. Not only did he have an extremely exaggerated mournful expression, but there was also a hint of smile in his eyes.

"The church and the Senate sent people down to designate the ruins as a seventh-level dungeon. Only legendary professionals can enter."

Sergei and his cronies sang the same tune and performed a big play of passing the buck on the spot...

(PS: Think for a moment, and then try to trap Piao Piao with your tailヾ(??▽?)ノ)

Chapter 265: Stealing Monsters is Part of the Online Game Experience

"The Church and the Senate?"

Sergei's poor acting skills certainly couldn't fool someone who was knowledgeable about the game, but the words "church" and "Senate" he mentioned almost stunned Selina who wanted to accuse him.

As the most notorious NPC organizations in the game Fallen Ark, the full names of the Church and the Senate are "Human Faith Pope Association" and "Noble Supreme United House". Although the names of these two organizations sound very impressive, in fact, they are just a group of like-minded rabble, a deformed product formed by gangs and factions among the people. It is called the "Human Faith Pope Association", but in fact, no one in this association is a real pope, and some are just a group of priests with some fame and strength in local towns.

As for that thing called the 'Supreme United House of Nobles', it is even more heavyweight!

According to the game, about 40 years before the main storyline began, that is, when the players first entered the Novice Village, there was a newly promoted earl of Helen named Greva. After seeing the glory of the House of Lords, he suddenly had the idea to form a joint house on his own. It stands to reason that no matter which country in history this happened, the final fate of this little genius would not be much better than the extermination of the nine clans. But the problem was that at that time, there were wars everywhere in Helen, and communication was relatively closed.

So Count Greva sent his men to the homes of nobles with lower titles than him to lobby and notify them.

This led to him accidentally creating a senate system that belonged to the lower-class nobles during the period when the Helen royal family was suppressing rebellions in various places...

By the time the Helen royal family reacted, Count Greva had already done what was done. The Helen royal family, who had just finished suppressing the rebellion, had not yet fully recovered. They were incapable and did not dare to offend the minor nobles again and become the target of public criticism. So they turned a blind eye and ignored this ridiculous parliament that brought together a bunch of "rabble".

But the problem was that the Helen Kingdom's royal family greatly overestimated their ability to resist risks. It took them 30 years to regain their former glory just when the Fallen Ark was about to be launched.

But by that time, the United House, which was originally just a bunch of "rabble", had already grown into a behemoth that encompassed almost the entire country, including several neighboring countries, all the lower-level nobles and lower-level lords you could imagine...

The reason why this shabby house of representatives was able to develop so rapidly was mainly because Count Greva had learned a very modern development path without any guidance - pyramid selling.

Until now, Serena still remembers how crazy those big spenders who spent money to buy gold went when they found the shortcut of the United House of Representatives, which only required 500 gold coins to directly "unlock" the noble titles and titles. They spared no expense to use real money and silver in reality to collect all the currencies they could find around the Novice Village at that time. They successfully collected 500 gold coins and went to the United House of Representatives to buy their noble status.

The result was that I got a useless envelope and a medal, and the favorability of all NPCs in the Novice Village was reduced by 50......

After all, Selena had mentioned before that the United House, after decades of wild growth, had already turned into an organization full of scammers and hated by everyone.

It is said that the king of hell is easy to meet, but the devil is difficult to deal with.

As an organization composed entirely of "little devils", I think everyone can guess how annoying it is without having to say it.

Even the Pope's Association is a group of low-level priests with strange ideas in their heads. They are the product of imitating the success of the United House...

But even so, these two organizations would not become so serious that even the players would hate them so much that they want to kill them all.

The reason why they made all the players in the server so resentful was mainly because these stupid NPCs actually stole the equipment in the dungeon... To be more precise, they robbed the players of their ownership of the dungeon loot.

Selina knew that the official of Fallen Ark did this, but in fact, they just wanted to learn from the Diablo series next door. They used something similar to the Great Secret Realm Key to slow down the players' online time and growth curve.

But when Serena heard from Sergei that the people from the church and the Senate had occupied her ruins and would not let anyone in, she truly realized that if these two annoying things became reality, they might be even more disgusting than she had imagined...

After realizing this, Selena began to emanate an extremely cold low pressure from her whole body, causing the onlookers around her to shiver.

Without saying any more extra words, Selena tapped her feet and turned into a flash of lightning, instantly disappearing from the sight of the adventurers.

In the blink of an eye, they crossed the hundreds of meters between the guild headquarters and the ruins.

As expected, Selina saw three groups of people confronting each other in front of the dark ruins gate...

"This is our greatest sincerity, Bishop Lawrence. Since this place has been defined as a seventh-level underground city, we should proceed according to the development guidelines formulated by our Pope Association and the United House. We can only give you 20% of the financial resources in the ruins as hard work fees. If you continue to obstruct our actions, we will have no choice but to act according to the law."

The man in a gorgeous suit and velvet held his head high, not at all intimidated by the 70-level difference in strength between the two sides. It was as if just by mentioning the organization he mentioned, this team composed entirely of senior professionals would retreat.

"What do you think the seventh-level dungeon is? Is it an excuse you use to rob other people's property? A bunch of guys who can't even get a platinum qualification certificate, they usually rob the things of the rookie adventurers, and they really think they are someone important. What do you think this place is? Is this a place you can come to! Now this relic has begun to affect the stability of the surrounding space. If it is not dealt with, it will soon tear a crack in our plane leading to the etheric realm! I advise you to get out as soon as possible and don't stay here to hinder our work!"

The bishop named by the man in fancy clothes did not speak. Instead, a man in heavy armor and holding a big sword looked at the mob blocking the entrance of the ruins with a stern face.

(PS: Stretch out your hand secretly and start waiting for votes.)