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Chapter 140 - 134 The End of The Players_1

Chapter 140: Chapter 134 The End of The Players_1

Of course, this also meant that Mu You could not blink from now on, until the death of the bereaved!

He couldn’t be certain when the Ten Commandments would make their move, so he had to keep an eye on the glove and backtrack immediately if it disappeared.

For the rest of the time, Mu You sat on the grass, his glove in front of him and pocket watch in hand, eyes unblinking, watching the glove.

Surprisingly, he ended up doing so for a whole night. He didn’t even have time to do his patrols and hadn’t logged onto the game.

Until four in the morning when he started to feel a bit dreamy, the glove on the grass finally vanished in a flurry of light.

Luckily, Mu You was relatively lucid at the moment and quickly noticed the change. His fingers instinctively pressed down on the watch.

Time reversed, and the glove reappeared.

However, it disappeared again only five seconds later.

Mu You wasn’t in a hurry. As long as he waited for the right time, the rest was simply rolling random numbers, a task he was now familiar with.

Mu You kept his eyes fixed on the ground, pressing the pocket watch as soon as he saw the glove disappear.

This went on for about half an hour, probably reversing about 350 times, until the glove finally stopped disappearing.

But Mu You did not relax. He continued to hold his watch for another ten minutes. After confirming that the glove was still safely laid out on the ground, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

He opened his phone and logged into the game.

As expected, a new notification had popped up.

[You’ve obtained ’Saint Thief’s Glove’.]

Before Mu You had time to check the properties in detail, his phone rang. It was a call from Zhang Yang.

The fact that Zhang Yang had called him right after he had gotten the glove made it pretty clear what was happening...

Mu You deliberately waited for ten seconds before answering: "Hello ..."

"Brother, I just received the news, that little thief is dead!" True to his guess, this was the first thing Zhang Yang said after the call connected.

"What happened? How did he die?" Mu You kept his tone ’surprised’.

"I didn’t see the specifics, but it said he suddenly died of brain death, as if cursed by someone remotely. The Dragon Group’s experts couldn’t stop it..." Zhang Yang’s tone was very grave. After all, it was terrifying to think that someone was cursed to death under the watchful eyes of two Dragon Group elites. This was beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

However, Mu You knew it wasn’t that serious. During the day, Lu Yao had told him that the Ten Commandments had a way to prevent their members from betraying them. It was obvious that this remote cursing method must have strict preconditions, otherwise if the Ten Commandments could curse people to death indefinitely, the Dragon Group and the Alien Adjustment Bureau would’ve been eradicated long ago.

After some brief pleasantries, Mu You hung up the phone, reentered the game, and teleported to Drunkard Blacksmith’s place.

Now, he had obtained the Saint Thief’s Gloves, but this thing had to be used in conjunction with the skin to take effect, and Saint Thief’s skin was now presumably back in the hands of the Ten Commandments. He wouldn’t be able to get this in a short time; he had to think of another way.

He was about to ask the blacksmith for advice when a message popped up as soon as he went online.

[You see an owl flying in the sky. As it passes by you, it drops a letter.]

[You receive the letter and open it. It turns out to be a letter from the Pocket Toad, delivered by the owl. do you want to open it now?]

Mu You was stunned. At first, he thought the frog was back. As it turns out, it was just a letter.

Mu You clicked ’Check’.

[You read the letter. Turns out your frog was being chased by a group of knights passing by the ’Stanlo Freshwater Lake’ near the Imperial Capital. It escaped into the lake and was currently trapped there, unable to escape. It hopes that you have time to help save it.]

"What the hell?"

Mu You was stunned by the contents of the letter. Are these Imperial Knights idle and bored? Why would they chase a frog for fun?

Stanlo Freshwater Lake, a place Mu You had never heard of before.

However, since his ’frog son’ had asked for help, he, as its master, couldn’t just ignore it. Once he’s done with his current tasks, he’ll go take a look.

Shaking his head, Mu You carried a bucket of mixed water and grain alcohol to knock on the blacksmith’s door in the middle of the night.

Luckily, this tipsy old man was easy to deal with as long as there was alcohol involved. Despite the late hour, he dutifully opened the door for Mu You.

After handing over the bucket of alcohol, Mu You brought out the Saint Thief’s Glove and asked whether it was possible to modify its usage conditions, preferably removing the skin’s restrictions.

[The blacksmith tells you that this set of exclusive equipment can only be used by corresponding identities... unless you can find a precious ’Degradation Stone’ to decrease the item’s level, then it might be able to adapt to its lower rank identity.]

Mu You was startled and clicked on the ’Degradation Stone’ text.

[Degradation Stone: a kind of grindstone from the depths of the abyss, which can reduce the quality of equipment or items after use, weaken the effect, and lower the equip requirement.]

"By reducing quality to lower equip requirements..."

Mu You stroked his chin, considering this unexpected direction.

If the glove was downgraded, based on logical reasoning, the effect of guaranteed successful theft might change to chance-based success.

He had the Time Pocket Watch, so that didn’t matter to him. The key was that the equip requirement would only decrease by one level. That is to say, he still had to get a ’Thief’ skin first before he could potentially use this item.

"Degradation Stone, Thief skin..."

Mu You made a mental note of these two requirements.

Such things couldn’t be rushed. Whenever he obtained them he could return to the blacksmith.

Mu You, after teleporting back to the little wooden hut in Peaceful Village, cheerfully prepared to go and discuss life with the Old Cat Store Owner once again.

Unfortunately, the Old Cat Store Owner’s wares were too pricey for Mu You’s budget. The high-level spell that was offered was worth up to 3,000 years of life, and Mu You could only watch it longingly.

He hoped that today’s spell would be a bit more reasonable. Whether it was low-level or mid-level, he wouldn’t be picky about free things.

[You arrive at the edge of the village and see the Owl Shop in the distance. You prepare to greet them.]

[However, the Owl Shop owner sees you from afar, like they’ve seen something terrifying. They frantically pack up their wares, close the shop, and even after you knock, they refuse to open again.]

"???"

Mu You was completely baffled. Did the Old Cat Store Owner also become withdrawn like the Scarecrow? This didn’t seem right, the Old Cat Store Owner had welcomed him to come back anytime just yesterday...

Mu You was at a loss, when a new text window suddenly popped up at the bottom of his screen.

[Suddenly you notice two knights in armor appearing in the middle of the village and running toward you. Looking at their ornate armor, it appears they belong to the Imperial Capital’s honor guard.]

[19-level Honor Guard Knight: Strength 31, Agility 31, Intelligence 31, Constitution 73, HP 7300, Magic Value 3100.]

[You don’t know why such high-level knights would appear in a border village, but you understand well that you’re not a match for them. You choose to...]

There are three options: [Approach to inquire], [Initiate attack], and [Run away].

"Imperial Knights..."

Mu You’s brows furrowed. His Pocket Toad had just written to inform him that he was being hunted by knights. Now he, too, encountered Imperial Knights. Considering also the Owl Shop owner’s excessively fearful reaction towards him, tonight’s game was obviously rife with weirdness!

Mu You had a premonition that something big had happened in the game.

After thinking for a bit, he clicked on ’Approach to inquire’ first.

[You choose to politely inquire about what has happened. The knights, however, ignore you and draw their swords to attack you!]

[Your head is chopped off by the Guardians Knight, life -1, remaining life span 507 years.]

"What the hell? They attack without a word?"

Mu You’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly pressed his pocket watch.

[Time rewinds, you return to five seconds before. In the face of the two knights running towards you, this time, you choose to...]

[Run away!]

He had fully felt the hostility of these two men. Two level 19 knights, even if he changed into his vampire skin, he definitely wouldn’t be able to face them. Therefore, his only option was to run away.

Luckily, with his vampire skin on, his agility value had shot up to a full 40 points, it should be easy for him to escape.

[You switched to your vampire skin, transforming into the king of the night, fleeing swiftly out of the village, soon leaving the pursuers far behind.]

[The two knights chased up to the entrance of the village before giving up.]

[You are now safe!]

As expected, escaping was a success.

However, he still wasn’t sure why he was being pursued.

Mu You was about to pause the game and search the forums to find out what had happened, but suddenly, a series of new texts appeared in the game.

[Time-limited Mission Release: Destroy the Arcane Tower!]

[Mission Target: All Fools.]

[Mission Time Limit: 30 days.]

[Mission Explanation: The Arcane Tower, built by the Wizard’s Association and located in the Imperial Capital, has just been completed. The Radiating Arcane Magic envelops the entire empire, and within the range of the Arcane’s illumination, relics that conceal Fool’s identities will lose their effectiveness. You have been marked as a Fool!]

Due to your exposed Foolish identity, you will not be able to trade or communicate with local residents of the Star Spirit World. Stepping into the cities and villages of the empire, you and your familiars will be pursued by the honor guard knights.]

[Mission Objective: Within a month, go to the Imperial Capital and destroy the Arcane Tower that is in the process of upgrading.]

[Mission Reward: Successful destruction of the Arcane Tower will allow all Fools to regain their Star Spirit World Resident status. All those who participate in the tower destruction will receive additional rewards while the final tower breaker will receive a special reward.]

[Failure Punishment: After a month, the Arcane Tower will upgrade to the indestructible Eternal Arcane Tower, Fools in Star Spirit World will have nowhere to dwell.]

"Relic’s effects have been nullified?"

Mu You was taken aback. So, the reason for all the weird happenings tonight was because his Fool identity was exposed!

No, not just him - the mission was announced to all players, meaning that all players had their Fool identities exposed now!

Right now, other players must be, just like him, being hunted and running around in chaos.

It seems that because of this large-scale internal test, a lot of players had joined the game, thus causing the Wizard Association to feel threatened. So, they quickly set up a tower capable of differentiating player identities and started a large-scale manhunt.

Thinking carefully, this made sense. After all, the Star Spirit World was a real world. Having so many players suddenly entering the game caused unimaginable harm to its ecosystem. No reaction from them would have been surprising instead.

Mu You opened the forum for the Fools and glanced at it. As expected, the entire forum was filled with wails of despair.