T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World

"Hurry, hurry up... my lungs hurt!"

After the people from the Grelian group left, Jingxin accompanied Shuishan to rest.

With no outsiders left in the hall, Jiang Heyi asked with a smile, "Your Majesty Kurien, is this the result you wanted?"

Kurien couldn't hold back any longer and burst into laughter.

"It's even better than I expected!"

I thought it would be good enough if Renee could develop a grudge against the family, but I didn't expect to actually witness her running away from home.

The "future" that Grelian was so proud of truly was "promising."

"But I'm still curious, were the symptoms Renee exhibited before falling into a coma really as simple as you described?"

Seeing several people stealing glances at Jiang Heyi at the boundary between reality and illusion, Kurien understood and raised his hand to indicate that there was no need to say anything.

"If it were a few decades earlier, I would have pulled you into the adventure team without hesitation."

Wick chuckled and said, "That's the highest praise His Majesty can give to someone."

"Your Majesty, since we have exceeded our mission expectations..."

Before Kurien could speak, Wick jumped out first.

"Please spare His Majesty's treasury."

The Lion King chuckled as he looked at his old friend, and instinctively punched him on the shoulder.

This was not how an emperor should treat his subjects.

“We don’t want the items in the treasury,” Jiang Heyi said. “It seems that His Majesty’s squad once established a temporary base in a cave outside what is now Fengjia City.”

Kurien froze, his gaze becoming unfocused: "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have completely forgotten. We did put some small items inside, but most of them are worthless. If you want to dig, then go ahead."

The inability to give up is a common problem among players.

Even if the NPC explicitly states that there is only trash inside, you must empty all the trash cans before you are satisfied.

Even before we reached the streets after leaving the palace, we could already hear people whispering about Renee.

Just like when Renee ran away at the age of 10, the entire Grelian family mobilized frantically to search for her.

The difference is that 10-year-old Renee is not powerful enough, and the distance her spatial magic can tear is limited.

Now, she is a high-level mage.

Back at the manor, Renee unsurprisingly sat in the hall, waiting for the boundary between reality and illusion.

"Not bad, you can understand my hints." Mint nodded repeatedly. "Have you thought about what to do in the future?"

Renee shook her head: "I have no idea, but since it's a rare opportunity to leave home, I'll definitely want to travel around."

Mint was overjoyed: "Then join us! There are lots of weird and wonderful people in the guilds on the border between reality and illusion. Don't you want to chat with a mage like Eleravie?"

This time, Renee didn't refuse the invitation; she nodded shyly.

Jiang Heyi quickly used guild resources to craft a precious jade.

The moment Renee finished logging in, the permanent population at the boundary between the virtual and real worlds increased by one.

In the past, people were busy navigating the boundaries between the real and the virtual worlds. Renee's appearance filled the void of the permanent residents being unable to evade people.

The jailer checked his experience bar with some confusion.

He muttered to Jiang Heyi, "Why does it feel like a phase of the story has ended, but the rewards haven't arrived yet?"

Jiang Heyi sighed helplessly.

You might say the jailer is stupid, but he can also pull off a god-like maneuver by predicting the corpse explosion and flipping over Dussel.

He's not stupid, but he's also quite forgetful.

"We haven't even dug out and destroyed the container where Dussel stores consciousness yet."

The jailer suddenly realized, "Oh, right!"

The location where a ninth-tier mage stores his soul container must also house some of his collections.

It remains to be seen whether Düsseldorf, having already faced death once, can still offer them some surprises.

"The question is: how do we find it?"

Renee raised her hand: "I might be able to offer some clues."

Chapter 408 The End of the Ninth Rank

Dussel, a renowned figure in the Mage Tower, is undoubtedly the chief of spatial magic, possessing his own dedicated floor and a four-story magic tower.

Renee was fortunate enough to be led on a tour by him once; the tower contained many interesting magical artifacts.

French Fries thinks that given Dussel's personality, he most likely wouldn't place his most valued item in the Mage Tower's area, much less place the container that holds his consciousness in the most easily associated place.

Dussel is quite cautious in his actions, and even in his daily interactions with Renée, which lasted for several years, he did not reveal much about his private information.

If it weren't for his fateful encounter with demons, facing two demons in succession and battling twice at the boundary between reality and illusion, only time could judge this infamous high-ranking scoundrel in Anna's history.

If we omit his act of killing his teacher and fiancée in the snowy mountains and only look at his life after he survived, we can understand his life story.

Under 30 years old, Rank 7.

In the same year, he earned the title of Chief of the Mage Tower and named an entire floor of the Mage Tower after Dussel.

They launched a course on spatial magic, creating their own unique style.

The empire bestowed honors and titles upon them.

Wealth, status, and partners—he can acquire them instantly if he so desires.

He experienced everything that comes with early fame.

40 years old, level 8.

He achieved great success in middle age, and the magical community even dedicated a page to his spatial magic.

Jiang Heyi never quite understood why Dussel, who had already reached the top of Anna and whose position as the chief of spatial magic was as dazzling as a star, was still so fixated on a "talent".

Isn't he the most powerful embodiment of talent and hard work?

It was Jingxin who enlightened him.

"If I could understand Düsseldorf's obsession, I should have warned Mint to stay away from you guys."

With no further clues at the moment, we can only follow Renee's train of thought.

How do we get into Düsseldorf's private magic tower?

The jailer scratched his head.

The Imperial Mage Tower is the area with the highest combat power in all of Anna.

Trying to get your hands on the item without alerting anyone is no less difficult than beating up an Origin Elemental while naked.

Seeing the troubled looks on everyone's faces, Renee suddenly grinned and said, "Actually, it's very simple."

Late at night, the mage tower of the Anna Empire was brightly lit under the illumination of the lighting crystals.

Far from the mage towers, private towers built by qualified high-ranking mages are scattered throughout the mountains, protected by barriers of varying structures.

Ripples spread through the space as several furtive figures easily passed through the barrier, cleared a path inside the tower, and appeared on the first floor of what was called a tower in Düsseldorf but was actually a warehouse.

Entering Dussel's warehouse should have been extremely difficult. Although the physical body was dead, the protective magic array of the warehouse was still in operation, and even spatial magic could easily interfere with it.

But Dussel left a special exception for his most outstanding apprentice, Renée.

Considering his long-cherished desire to force Renee into marriage, and all the goodwill he showed, it can be considered a typical case of playing the long game and patiently building up his favor.

Rene can touch props that other students are not allowed to touch.

Even though no one else is allowed in the warehouse, Renee is permitted to enter.

With the persistent indoctrination of the idea that "only Renée is special," and considering the Grelian family's absurd actions of not understanding human nature, if the boundary between reality and illusion were blurred, Dussel would most likely have succeeded.

Unfortunately, his physical body was reduced to ashes.

The "bait" left for Renee ironically allowed the group of petty thieves at the boundary between reality and illusion to take advantage of the situation and climb over the hook.

The first and second floors house mostly artworks in Düsseldorf.

Anna boasts numerous masterpieces by renowned sculptors and painters.

He had no artistic taste whatsoever, and even Renee thought he was just being pretentious, trying to appear sophisticated when entertaining guests.

Pushing open the three-story door, one is greeted by a large number of doll accessories.

“Teacher…” Renee paused, then changed her words, “Dussel has been studying puppetry techniques for the past few years.”

"He often jokes with me, saying that he is getting old, his learning ability is declining, and he always stumbles when practicing puppetry skills."

Now, looking at the parts scattered all over the floor, Renee suddenly understood what Dussel's urge to learn new knowledge stemmed from.

He has mastered mental magic and learned how to create containers to store consciousness, which is most likely some kind of unspeakable evil path.

Dussel hoped to quickly transfer his consciousness after death, rather than struggling to find a new host.

The art of spirit body swapping is still in the exploratory stage throughout Annadu, requiring puppets and mental magic to complement each other.

The doll was his final step toward semi-immortality.

The group carefully examined the dolls in the room to confirm that Dussel was not "living" inside.

French fries suddenly shivered.

"What's wrong? Is the uncanny valley acting up?"

Suddenly noticing that Fries' face had turned pale, Jiang Heyi, who had always treated her like a buddy, poked her cheek with a mischievous grin.

French Fries tugged at his sleeve and whispered.

"Do you think... Düsseldorf might have already succeeded?"

"What success? Weren't they all wiped out by us?"

"I'm talking about real history."

A chill spread, and Jiang Heyi shivered violently.

Halfway through the story, he wondered how the real-life Renee had become a sage.

Showing kindness to mint signifies reconciling with your awkward past self.

But could it be...?

By the time of the apocalypse, Renee had already been replaced.

Dussel painstakingly traversed the path to semi-immortality, only to discover that the world had entered an infinite loop. Thus, he took Renee's place in seeking cooperation with other sages of the apocalypse.

The others snatched three red materials from the doll and happily prepared to continue upwards. Watching the potato and fries couple whispering to each other, the mischievous jailer sighed.

Seeing the two of them instinctively duck down, he burst into laughter and disappeared in a flash.

What elementary school boy?

Upon reaching the top floor, everyone was pleasantly surprised.

He took two glass bottles from the bookshelf: "Star Sand, he actually has two portions?"

The Primarch pulled a scroll from his desk: "Mind Barrier Potion. After taking it, greatly increases resistance to mental magic."

Orange Tea touched the cloth armor on the display case with surprise: "Spirit Devouring Guardian Set?"

The item description is just a brief sentence: "Forged by an anonymous craftsman."

Golden suit, three blessings.

Soul Devouring Technique: Transforms equipment's maximum withstand capability from spiritual magical impact into tangible magical damage for counterattack. This withstand limit is achieved using the Suther Heart Stone.

The remaining two are optional blessings.

"It's all preparation for countering demonic mental magic," Jiang Heyi clicked his tongue. "Why didn't you bring it in the end?"

Regardless of the consequences, the players fully exploited their nature by blurring the lines between reality and virtuality, sweeping away all the interactive and portable items in the room.

After checking the area thoroughly, Düsseldorf's presence was not present.

Mint clapped her hands and stood on the table, looking down at everyone—Jiang Heyi was curious why she had to stand so high.