289 Eggfaces Mission (1/2)
Sherlock stood in a large Hall.
It was lavishly furnished. On a platform with ten flights of stairs was a throne, and 72 tall figures stood on the passageway beside the throne.
Sherlock surveyed the figures, but he was unable to see their faces.
The throne was empty, and there was no master.
A black figure walked out from the 72 servants and knelt on one leg as he said, ”Welcome back, Devil Master.”
…
Sherlock was missing, but the gamers didn't panic.
The gamers continued their Daily Missions, and they were able to obtain their rewards. They could do without Sherlie, but he was the main character for developing the Plots. Without Sherlie, they felt terrible.
They wondered if there was a main Plot without Sherlie.
The gamers didn't care if there were any Plots as long as they were able to play the game. It was an online game and not a single-player game. There were only a handful of gamers who were free enough to watch the Plot Animations anyway.
But not everyone was a gamer. For example, Eggface.
He wasn't even worried about Sherlock's safety! In fact, he was overjoyed.
In the Dungeon Lord Main Hall of Eternal Kingdom, after Sherlock had left for ten days.
”Ha? Treat you like a princess?”
Eggface was accessing a QQ software and was chatting with a female, BunHead, who said in a post—”I hope that you can treat me like a princess.”
Eggface was deeply troubled.
”What shall I do? Marry her off to Winterfell Dungeon Lord Andrew so as to build an alliance between Winterfell and Eternal Kingdom? Or should I find a King to marry the princess before I'm conferred as the Baron Glamorgan? Then I can attack Winterfell and assassinate the King to usurp the throne?”
Eggface went into deep thought.
It was too complex for Eggface. He preferred to play Crusaders King 2 and start in the year 1066 as the French Capetian Baron!
Eggface shut down QQ and initiated Crusaders King 2. A window popped up.
[Do you wish to play computer gamers forever?]
[Yes/No]
Eggface wanted to close the pop-up window, but he was unable to do so.
He intended to restart the computer. Eggface thought that it must be the age-restriction software at work.
[Wait, don't shut off the computer. Lord Sherlock needs you!]
New words appeared on the computer:
[If you help Lord Sherlock, you will have unlimited bloody chrysanthemum tea and computer game playing time. I guarantee that.]
The eyes of Eggface glimmered.
…
After communicating with Bru, Eggface understood what happened.
According to Bru, Sherlock lost contact due to some reasons. Bru intended to help Sherlock manage the Dungeon until his return, but he discovered he was unable to do it alone. Without Sherlock, he was unable to control the gamers.