1115 Thousand Waves Palaces Motive (2/2)

Wang Yu replied in a casual tone, ”Because before you arrive at the resurrection point, the Black Decree had been in my hand the entire time. If the Thousand Waves Palace was only targeting me, they could have done it at that point in time. Why did they wait for you to intervene before acting? It seems like they have predicted your arrival and planned to act only when the two of us made that transaction. They wanted to eliminate both of us at one stroke.”

”Right! That's it…” Just when Wang Yu finished his sentence, Unfathomable Mystery suddenly thought of something as he cried out, ”On my way to the resurrection point, I did meet a few people and I overheard them saying something along the lines of eliminating everyone together.”

”Oh?” Wang Yu questioned, ”What people?”

”I didn't manage to recognise them but the person who fought me was not weak at all. He even had two tiny rolls of beard on his face,” Unfathomable Mystery replied.

”Tiny beard?” Wang Yu thought hard as he furrowed his brows. He was certain that he had met such a fella previously.

”So what did they talk about?” Mystery Observer probed.

Unfathomable Mystery answered, ”I didn't hear the specific details but their general intention is to eliminate all of us the moment you get your hand on the Black Decree. Back then, there were many of them and they were all of decent strength. The moment I realise I cannot fight my way through, I've decided to kill myself but I was still too late.”

”My condolences, my condolences…”

Wang Yu comforted Unfathomable Mystery before continuing his inquiries, ”We don't know each other from before but they are targeting both of us. What does this even mean?”

”What do you mean?” Mystery Observer stood up and pointed at Five Flagtree, ”Why don't we just ask her?”

After saying that, Mystery Observer took out his dagger and walked sheepishly towards Five Flagtree. He threatened, ”Hurry up and tell me what you bunch of black-hearted fellas were up to? Do you see that resurrection point over there? Since I'm getting bored here, I really will not mind killing you just for the fun of it.”

Five Flagtree exclaimed when she realised the situation she was in, ”I… I really don't know. I'm merely an ordinary player in the guild to help them handle menial tasks. I do whatever I'm told to do so I have no rights to know any of the secrets she had.”

Players like that were mainly tasked to lure monsters, deliver the equipment dropped from monsters back to the city or deliver medicines to the other players in the squad. This way, they could work on their running ability which helped to increase their levels.

Characteristics of such players were evident: Weak but could run extremely fast… In order to lure monsters, they had to be long-distance players as well. Therefore, the majority of them were Archers.

Five Flagtree fit every unique characteristic of such a player.

Wang Yu knew just how tough the jobs of these low-level players were. When he saw how sad Five Flagtree looked, Wang Yu couldn't help but feel pity for her.

”Alright… Stop forcing her. How would she possibly know anything?” Wang Yu extended his arm to pull Mystery Observer to the side.

Mystery Observer was in disbelief as he argues, ”City Lord Iron Bull, she is the main culprit who got us here. Do you really trust her?”

”This is not a matter of trust,” Wang Yu continued, ”You know that there is no getting out of here and if she knew everything, why would she still be in here with us?”

”This…” Mystery Observer was slightly dazed as he kept his dagger.

Indeed, everyone played this game to have fun and getting trapped in this dungeon was equivalent to being stuck in prison. Why would any ordinary human make such a huge sacrifice?

This was especially true for professional players. The gaming world was one where anyone could strike it rich at any given point in time. Even though the chances of that happening for players of Five Flagtree's level was low, she was still receiving a stable income. Who knows if she could coincidentally bump into a God-grade equipment someday and strike it rich herself. Evidently, nobody would want to give up on that so easily.

Seeing how Wang Yu chose to believe her at this point in time, Five Flagtree was so touched that her eyes were filled with tears. She whispered, ”Big Brother Iron Bull, even though I don't know what my boss is trying to do, I do not believe they are simply doing this to go against you guys.”

Just because they didn't do anything to Five Flagtree didn't mean that they didn't have opinions of this lady. When Mystery Observer heard that, he was instantly infuriated, ”Now this is interesting. If she wasn't going against us, why did she trap us here? We can leave if she didn't want to see us so why did she have to resort to imprisonment? Are you still trying to defend your Boss at a time like this?”

”I'm not…” Five Flagtree tried to defend herself softly but chose to lower her head instead.

When Wang Yu heard their conversation, his eyes suddenly lit up, ”Little Five might be right. I feel like Shroom Devil King's target for trapping us in here might not be us.”

”What do you mean?” Mystery Observer was stunned.

If her target wasn't them, why did she punish them with life imprisonment? In that case, wouldn't she find a GM to remove them from the game if she was actually targeting them?

Wang Yu replied faintly, ”I'm guessing that they are trying to target someone else but they are worried that we might intervene which is why they trapped us here.”

”Big Brother, we are divided by an entire faction. Do we even have any mutual friend?” Mystery Observer asked.

Wang Yu replied, ”I'm not sure how many people you know but I only know people from Quan Zhen Sect.”

”I'm not even familiar with all the great Gods in Quan Zhen Sect.” Mystery Observer complained, ”Why am I even involved?”

”This…” Wang Yu thought for a while, ”You guys are probably here just to prevent any future troubles.”