This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous
Chapter 203 - 174: Wait for me to attend a meeting_1

Chapter 203: Chapter 174: Wait for me to attend a meeting_1

Indeed, a gap of nine full levels is like a chasm for ordinary players. Being trapped in such an environment, they are basically left at the mercy of others.

Unfortunately, he, Mu You, is not an ordinary player, but a Sorcerer. He also has Vampire skin, which significantly changes his attributes between day and night. Regrettably for his enemy, they had chosen to imprison him deep in the night, when his power was nearing its peak...

Presently, Mu You’s basic attributes are 13 points of strength, 26 points of agility, 39 points of intelligence, 17 points of constitution. With the bonus from the Vampire skin doubling all his attributes, aside from intelligence, he surpasses his opponent in everything else!

So, in terms of attributes alone, Mu You is not at a disadvantage, but actually holds the upper hand.

The real problem lies in the rank suppression. His opponent is one evolution level higher than him, doubling their offense and defense, thereby greatly enlargening the gap in combat power.

Despite this, Mu You also has the actual damage provided by the Vampire Claws, which can offset part of the suppression effect.

Moreover, he has another hidden advantage unknown to the opponent, which is the existence of the Sorcerer’s Association!

Mu You could only say that this guy was unfortunate. He didn’t come early or late but chose to come right before the Sorcerer’s Association meeting.

Vivian had just informed him that the red teleportation array of the Sorcerer’s Association wasn’t a normal spatial teleportation but a higher-level dimensional shift.

It’s like when a player logs out, their character in the game would disappear right from their spot. When the twelve of them attend the Sorcerer’s Association’s meeting, their real bodies are still there, but they’ve just entered a collapsed state and become unobservable.

Therefore, the teleportation for the Sorcerer’s meeting won’t be constrained by this bottle.

As long as he can participate in the Sorcerer’s meeting, there will be more options. The existence of the "Reaper’s Pact" card allows him the possibility of borrowing power from the other members.

I alone might not be able to beat you, but all of us as a whole might be a different story.

"What is it that you want?"

After confirming his ability to retaliate, Mu You stopped panicking and looked up to ask his enemy.

The guy had locked him up but didn’t act in haste, seemingly wanting to talk.

Which suits Mu You just fine since it’s already 11:58, his task now is to drag out the last two minutes.

"The unicorn relic should be on your person, right?" the black-robed man asked.

"What unicorn?"

Mu You countered. Knowing that he killed the werewolf, it was inevitable that the black-robed man would link the unicorn matter to him.

"Heh."

The black-robed man gave a cold laugh as if he had already confirmed this. He then said, "Three conditions: Firstly, hand over the Unicorn. Secondly, give me the Elf Horn, the relic of the werewolf. Thirdly, disclose Lu Yao’s whereabouts."

"If you agree to hand these over, I’ll let you off the hook this time, won’t kill you, and will even give you a chance to join the Ten Commandments as a peripheral member," said the black-robed man.

Mu You made no comment on the three conditions the man posed, instead, he pretended to be persuaded, biding time, before saying, "Joining you all...What are the benefits?"

"Heh, there are many benefits. Firstly, anything other people can offer you, we, the Ten Commandments, can provide as well. Secondly, there are many benefits to joining us that other factions could never offer."

"Such as?"

"For instance, if you perform well enough, you can officially join the Wizard Association where you can learn from amongst thousands of spells. Additionally, there are various precious skins that you can use for free. For instance, the skin of the Butcher Wolf. I can let you keep using it, and won’t reclaim it..."

"..."

After hearing this, Mu You suddenly realized: no wonder the Ten Commandments recruit players from Earth to wear precious skins like the Butcher Wolf and the Phantom Thief. Because they themselves are from the Star Spirit World and lack the ability to wear skins, they enlist players to serve as ’skin models’ or ’consumables.’ They work them to death, then take back the skin, and repeat with the next person...

They’re certainly playing a wise game...

Mu You cursed inwardly, but on the surface, he was stroking his chin, appearing to give it serious thought, "Hmm, the conditions are not bad..."

Seeing Mu You still deep in thought and not giving a reply, the black-robed man started to grow impatient and frowned, "My time is limited. If you’re interested, make a decision quickly. Otherwise, don’t blame me when I turn hostile."

Hearing the slightly threatening tone of the other person, Mu You looked up at him.

"Are you sure that if I fulfill those three conditions, you’ll let me go, and even allow me to join you all?"

"Heh, you can rest assured. If it weren’t for your considerable skills, which caught my eye and made me want to recruit you, I would have attacked directly. Do you think ordinary people are worth me wasting my breath on?" the black-robed man sneered.

"I see...then it’s a deal," said Mu You.

"Hmm, hurry up," said the impatient black-robed man.

"Are you sure you won’t back out?" Mu You continued to ask.

"Are you joining us or not?" The black-robed man started to frown. Despite being slow, he could tell that Mu You was intentionally stalling him with his repetitive questions.

"Haha, well, I’ve thought it over carefully and I feel that our styles are not quite compatible, so I’ve decided not to join you all," said Mu You.

"You!"

The black-robed man was furious. He finally realized that he had been played.

"Since you’re choosing death, don’t blame me!"

With anger, the black-robed man raised his magic wand.

"Wait!"

At this moment, Mu You suddenly extended his hand, making a pause signal.

"What? Begging for mercy? Too late!"

The black-robed man sneered. This man, trapped by him, daring to challenge him like this, made him lose his last bit of patience. He had decided that no matter how this man begged for mercy, he would never let him off!

However, to his surprise, Mu You didn’t show any sign of surrender, but instead pointed his finger diagonally towards the ground, projecting a bloody red teleportation gate on the ground.

"No, I mean, I have an urgent meeting to attend. You wait here and don’t move. I’ll be right back!"

After Mu You finished speaking, he stepped directly into the teleportation array, then decisively took off the ring. The teleportation gate quickly shrunk and disappeared.

By the time the black-robed man rushed over, the teleportation gate had just vanished from its original location.

The black-robed man frowned at the spot where the teleportation gate had disappeared, but soon relaxed: "A phase shift, huh? You have to come back sooner or later. I want to see how long you can hide!"

...

On the other side, the scene changes, and Mu You and Vivian appear in a familiar palace.

Mu You first glanced from left to right. Surprisingly, neither Taurus nor Gemini was on his left, yet all other positions were completely filled.

On the Pisces’ seat next to him, Lin Xue was also attending the meeting this time. As soon as she walked in, she looked at him inquiringly.

Mu You shook his head slightly at her, indicating that he was okay.

"Eh? That’s weird. Taurus and Gemini didn’t come today!"

Across, Leo was the first to express surprise at the meeting’s attendees.

"It turns out that the heir of Pisces has finally arrived. Now, all twelve of us are here." Libra glanced at Lin Xue, "It’s finally a full house."

"Haha, welcome to the newcomer. Don’t be afraid, once you’re in the association, we are all family. Feel free to speak your mind here!"

Leo took the lead in applauding to welcome the newcomer, and the others also symbolically clapped a few times.

The applause was scattered, but Leo didn’t mind. He quickly turned his attention to Lin Xue: "By the way, miss, do you need a briefing on the meeting’s rules and procedures? Let me tell you..."

"Wait a minute, Leo!"

Seeing Leo about to launch into a lengthy explanation, Mu You hurriedly interrupted him. There was quite a bit to discuss in today’s meeting, and if he let Leo start, who knows how long it would take.

"Oh, Aries granted me a pause? What’s up, boss?" Leo immediately shut up.

"Today’s meeting is quite special. Before we start exchanging Magic Cards, there are a few things that I need to talk about." Mu You said.

No one responds, all eyes turned toward him, indicating that they are all ears.

Mu You looked around the room, then suddenly asked, "First off, I need to confirm something. Is anyone here currently in the Poisonous Swamp in the Star Spirit World?"

At these words, others looked at each other in surprise.

Mu You observed the individuals, noting that no one reacted strangely, except Sagittarius who looked surprised.

After a few seconds of hesitation, Sagittarius admitted, "I am in the Poisonous Swamp."

After confessing this, she looked at Mu You with a puzzled expression: "You asked about this... Could it be, Aries, that you’ve also joined today’s operation?"

For Aries to mention the Poisonous Swamp, it indicated that he definitely knew about today’s events and very likely, he was in the swamp at the moment.

The first thing Sagittarius thought was, could Aries possibly be one of the Godlike Players participating in the operation?

Mu You shook his head: "No, I didn’t participate in your operation. I’m just a solo player and haven’t joined any forces. However, I fortuitously received some confidential information a few days ago, knowing that the Illuminati and the Ten Commandments would stir up significant trouble in the Poisonous Swamp today, so I rushed over to assist."

"The Illuminati?"

Sagittarius was taken aback: "Are you saying that the Illuminati also participated in this event?"

"Wait a minute, Aries, what are you guys talking about? Can you please explain first, what event are you referring to? How did the Illuminati and the Ten Commandments end up together?" Leo asked hurriedly, as too much information has been revealed in the exchange between the two.

"Well, this incident is closely related to our association, and, there are some things I’ll need your help with later on."

Mu You nodded, then explained the collusion between the Illuminati and the Ten Commandments, as well as the general causes and effects of the Sea Tribe’s invasion that had broken out in the country today.

Everyone was absolutely stunned after hearing it.

They had heard of the crisis that had broken out in the Yangtze River area today, originally thinking it was another space fissure, but they never thought that the incident was artificially orchestrated by the Illuminati and the Ten Commandments behind the scenes.

Leo even exclaimed: "Damn, those two jerks, conspiring with the Ten Commandments, they are doomed."

"We’ll settle the score with these two later. Now, let’s talk about the immediate crisis." Mu You redirected everyone’s attention.

Then he took out four cards from his pocket.

"This Magic Card, named Reaper’s Pact, allows the user to transfer his magic powers to another person after activation. However, the transfer process requires a continuous consumption of lifespan."

"Now, I want to give these four cards freely to Leo, Libra, Virgo, and Capricorn. The condition is that within one hour after the meeting ends, you need to activate this card in the game and lend your powers to me from afar!"