All my teammates online are my girlfriends

The commotion here naturally reached Lin Qiu, who was taken aback.

"Alice, are there that many spies in your knightly order? I've already triggered several traps."

"Ok??"

Alice stared blankly at Lin Qiu. One or two would be acceptable, but any more than that would be wrong.

Are the rest all spies?

"That shouldn't be the case. Most of the remaining ones are veteran knights; it's impossible for so many to have infiltrated."

"Forget it, they'll all be gone by tomorrow or the day after, so there's no need to drag them out. As long as the traps we set can stop the transmission of intelligence, that's fine."

Lin Qiu didn't pay much attention to it. After feeling another tremor from underground, he quickly sped up his journey.

Alice looked at the composed Lin Qiu, her expression momentarily dazed.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, she couldn't help but ask—

"Lord Lin Qiu, is there anyone among those three that you like?"

075 - That night, everyone in the city saw it...

Why are you asking this all of a sudden?

Lin Qiu looked at Alice with a puzzled expression. "Your approach to artificial intelligence is a bit off."

The Knight Commander should be thinking about how to protect Shutrinia, right? You're turning into a maid and gossiping, something's not right!

"Just out of curiosity!"

Alice spoke without changing her expression, but her eyes remained fixed on Lin Qiu, as if she wouldn't give up until he spoke.

Lin Qiu rubbed his temples, feeling a bit of a headache.

"I'm not in the mood for dating right now; I just want to take risks."

"That's good."

Seeing Alice's obvious relief, Lin Qiu's eyelids twitched.

Are you that happy to be single?

However, before he could say anything, as if noticing something unusual, he paused for a moment, grabbed Alice, and dragged her into a side alley.

As their bodies pressed tightly against the wall, their surfaces also turned the same color as the wall, blending in like soft mud.

Shortly after they disappeared completely into the alley, a small group of people hurriedly followed them in, their eyes glazed over as they scanned the empty alley.

"What about people?"

"I just saw them go inside."

"We've been spotted following you. Go report to the squad leader first."

"go!"

The group arrived quickly and left just as fast, as if they had been specially trained, without any hesitation or delay.

Lin Qiu, who had been watching their actions from beginning to end, stealthily followed them from inside the wall.

Alice, standing to the side, watched Lin Qiu's amazing abilities in astonishment; she had never seen such a power before.

Adventurers always seem to possess some extraordinary abilities...

"Were you followed as soon as you stepped out the door?"

"They must have planted spies nearby. They saw us traveling and followed us. Let's see if we can find Liu Yu by following them."

As Lin Qiu spoke, his eyes were fixed on the direction the team was heading. If they had already set up a base in the city, he could take the opportunity to destroy it!

Unexpectedly, the tracking team's final destination was not far away. After turning two corners, they stopped at an inconspicuous three-story building.

Under Lin Qiu's analytical gaze, there were no fewer than thirty patrol members lurking nearby, covering almost all four corners.

Another eagle circled in the air, as if looking down at all the unusual movements below.

"They're really keeping a close watch on things. Liu Yu is probably here."

"That's not necessarily true. It could be a high-ranking subordinate or some kind of bait."

Lin Qiu muttered to himself that if it were him, this kind of place would be perfect as bait.

Make the outside heavily guarded, and then set up a bunch of traps inside the house, along with a suicide explosion spell.

In this way, as long as the people outside can catch the enemy, that's fine. Even if they can't catch them, the pit inside the house is enough to torment them.

"Want to try it?"

"This distance won't work. If we attack, we'll be out of my current position, and being surrounded will be a bit troublesome. Let's retreat a bit. We already know the general patrol situation."

"Ok!"

Although she didn't know what Lin Qiu was planning, Alice followed him silently back, trusting him completely.

Only when they had created enough distance that even the eagles in the sky could no longer be seen did Lin Qiu and Alice finally break free from the wall.

"We'll split into two groups later. You go around to the east side, and I'll shoot down the eagles up there to lure the enemy over. Then you get close to that building, but remember not to go inside. Just smash the glass of this doll and throw it in."

"Lord Lin Qiu, what's with this childish harassment...?"

Even Alice couldn't help but make a comment when she saw the comical clay doll that Lin Qiu had pulled out.

Normally, shouldn't we take advantage of the internal weakness and directly eliminate the leader? Throwing this thing over there is only for taunting, it's useless!

"Just listen to me, this thing does a lot of damage! After you throw it, run immediately, the faster the better. Don't linger. Run towards the fork in the road to the east, choose the left path, got it?"

Lin Qiu patted Alice's shoulder solemnly and gave her some instructions. A stream of magical light flashed from his hand and completely caught her attention.

Alice stared subtly at the comical clay figurine in her hand, her lips twitching as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she just responded.

Let's just do as Lord Lin Qiu says for now, and we'll adapt to any unexpected situations!

"Go ahead, pat me on the shoulder three times when you're in position, and I'll know you're ready."

Lin Qiu called out, and Alice didn't linger. She carefully carried the clay doll and hurriedly left.

After watching Alice leave, Lin Qiu's attention returned to the patrol eagle in the distance.

Eagle meat is also an ingredient, I think. I'll collect it and ask Zhai Zhai to make some dishes with it.

Muttering to himself, Lin Qiu shifted his position and took out a longbow that was entirely purplish-black from his backpack. The bow looked quite rough, as if it hadn't been polished at all, and he simply pulled the string.

But as Lin Qiu drew his bow and pulled the string, a terrifying black light suddenly shone from the bow, as if it had a mind of its own and condensed on the string, turning into a blurry arrow.

As the arrow was fully formed, a tremor suddenly came from Lin Qiu's shoulder, indicating that Alice was in position.

The arrow tip was aimed at the patrol eagle, and the release was slight—

"Whoosh-"

Without any flight path, the black arrow appeared instantly in front of the patrol eagle as if it had traversed space, piercing its skull without mercy.

Before it could even land, the dead body seemed to be drawn slowly and rapidly flying in a certain direction.

As the patrol eagle was shot down in an instant, the alarm blared loudly—

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!! Pursue them to the south!!"

The patrol team that had been keeping watch suddenly erupted into a riot, shouting as they chased after Lin Qiu.

Seeing that Lin Qiu had lured away all the guards in one fell swoop, Alice began to believe it.

Liu Yu might not be here!

"Let's do as Lord Lin Qiu says."

Alice's admiration for Lin Qiu grew even stronger. Her eyes narrowed slightly, and as she rushed towards the small building, she suddenly threw something—

“Swoosh—bang!”

The clay figure smashed through the glass with perfect accuracy and flew into the house, while Alice, having dealt with the situation, ran away without looking back.

Although it was only for a moment, she still caught a glimpse of a blinding white light suddenly shooting out from the doll the instant it smashed the glass.

Just as Alice ran a few hundred meters away in terror, a horrific earthquake swept through the entire city of Shutrinia...

076 - The grudges between the big and the small are not so easily resolved!

"hiss--"

Looking at the mushroom cloud slowly rising in the North District, Liu Yu, who was in the teahouse, gasped.

This scene seems a bit familiar...

The first image that popped into her mind was that of a ruthless and insane man.

That bastard destroyed the stronghold he had worked so hard to build and even killed the princess's avatar. The losses were greater than originally expected!

"It seems your bait didn't work."

Just then, a soft, intrigued whisper came from across the table.

Pulled back to her senses, Liu Yu quickly turned her head to look over, and the girl in front of her didn't seem surprised by the situation.

She took a graceful sip of the steaming hot black tea, a hint of interest showing on her delicate and beautiful face.

"Should we really recruit him?"

"It's beneficial to be friends with such people; at least you won't be on the opposite side."

The girl explained, clearly very satisfied with Lin Qiu's current performance. As long as he could join her side, her plans would progress much faster.

Liu Yu frowned. Although that guy was quite to her liking, he was beyond her control. What if he turned against her one day...?

"Don't worry too much."

Seemingly sensing Liu Yu's worry, the girl's azure eyes gazed at the gently rippling waves in the glass, and after a moment's thought, she explained—

"So far, adventurers have been operating on the premise of interest. As long as we offer appropriate rewards, we are not afraid of not being able to recruit them."

"But according to my subordinates, he funded the construction of Shutlina's Temple of Knights, so he doesn't seem to be short of money. Money alone probably won't be enough to sway him."

“I have investigated as quickly as possible. The reason he is hostile to us is simply because Alice of the Knights issued a mission to protect Shutlina.”

"If we start with Alice, as long as we change her attitude and she meets with Lin Qiu again, there will be no obstacle."

The girl was clearly very confident about this plan to win them over.

As long as it's not a problem at its root, there's no one you can't be friends with!

"To show our sincerity, let's put aside the dispute between you and that...fish-stealing cat. It's just some prejudice, there's no need to let it drag on any longer."

"Got it, Princess."

In front of the girl, Liu Yu appeared exceptionally compliant, but whether she had put aside her dispute with the fish-stealing cat over size was uncertain.

As for Lin Qiu, who was completely unaware of the situation, he was standing on the roof of a building, staring at the crowd below who had given up resisting after being trapped by various traps.

They've already thoroughly ravaged it; they should be able to get some information out of it.

As Lin Qiu pointed his finger in the air, several magical chains suddenly shot out from the void, binding the remaining people who were still panting tightly.

After confirming that these guys were unable to resist, Lin Qiu jumped down from the roof and deployed several more magic arrays to block all their escape routes.

"Tell me, where is your master?"

Lin Qiu patted the uncle who looked like the patrol team leader and asked lazily.

However, the other party stared intently at Lin Qiu, looking as if he refused to yield.

"If you refuse to talk, then I'll have to resort to torture. You should know that I, Lin Zhonghuiyuan, am notoriously ruthless in Origin Town. If you fall into my hands..."

"I'll tell you everything!"

"..."

Brother, your quick surrender is a little embarrassing! In TV dramas, they always portray characters who would rather die than submit, only revealing information after being tortured beyond recognition.

Lin Qiu glanced subtly at the captain in front of him, and with a wave of his hand, he controlled the others to be thrown more than ten meters away and firmly imprisoned in place.

"I will interrogate them one by one, and if I find any discrepancies, they will all die!"

"I'll speak my mind without reservation!"