Chapter 1368 - Presence of the Sixth (1/2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
It didn’t take long for the news to reach Rhode’s ears. The reason was simple: the entire front broke into an uproar.
Over at the side of the Country of Darkness, after Erin’s investigation, they were surprised to find out that such an incident had happened more than once. Not only did it happen to Erin, but the players in charge of the factories for the magical cannons also encountered something similar.
The method was the same: the other party disguised themselves as Canary, Mini Bubble Gum, or Erin, and inquired details and information. Since it wasn’t too big of a deal to begin with, and the other party didn’t reveal any flaw, so no one gave much thought about it.
If it weren’t for Erin, Canary, and Mini Bubble Gum, who were certain that they hadn’t been in the specific places at those times, even they would have wondered if they had misremembered. But after careful investigation, including inferences of time and everyone’s recollection, they confirmed that someone had disguised as them to steal information.
But what was most frustrating was that the other party apparently disguised as Mini Bubble Gum a lot more as opposed to Canary and Erin. It seemed like the other party also knew that Mini Bubble Gum was a delusional brat, and no one would comment anything even if she didn’t make sense in her words.
If the other party disguised as Canary or Erin, perhaps more suspicions would arise. On the other hand, everyone was aware of Mini Bubble Gum’s character. It wasn’t surprising to see her get carried away by a whim. Hence, disguising as Mini Bubble Gum and retrieving information was deemed as the little rascal being mischievous as usual and there was nothing to be concerned about.
After all, if Mini Bubble Gum were to learn that one spoke behind her back, she would definitely give one a hard time. Besides, there were two Mini Bubble Gums around, so even if a third were to appear, it wouldn’t arouse any suspicion.
It turned out that the other party had a clever mind. However, timing wasn’t on their side as they just had to disguise as Mini Bubble Gum and let Canary encounter her. One had to know that Canary and Mini Bubble Gum were closer to each other than most sisters.
Moreover, it seemed like the other party was able to copy Mini Bubble Gum’s appearance, but failed to duplicate her memories. Furthermore, Mini Bubble Gum loved speaking nonsense, so even if the other party disguised her appearance perfectly, they wouldn’t be able to speak about EXP, AoE, and whatnot like a true player.
On the contrary, the other party speaking too normally was the main reason why Canary felt dubious. Because unlike the others, Mini Bubble Gum had a sense of superiority as a ‘player’. It was like a person from a developed country coming to a developing country and watching the group of people speaking in a native dialect and fiddling in amazement with things that they were already sick of looking at.
The feeling of superiority was over the roof. Besides, the situation was also like when two people were in a foreign country, hearing a native accent always made them feel more intimate and familiar. In front of Canary and others, Mini Bubble Gum behaved the same as chatting in the game. Sometimes, she would even say some abbreviations like ‘LOL’ or ‘LMAO’ on a whim, just to bully the natives who couldn’t understand what she was saying.
One had to admit that such childishness was her trademark and no one could learn it. Hence, although the other party learned her mannerisms and tone perfectly, the Martian language couldn’t be learned. This was what caused Canary to be suspicious; otherwise, she wouldn’t have thought about it.
Of course, the two Mini Bubble Gums stamped their feet in rage after they heard this news and swore to find and pull out the bones of that bast*rd. However, everyone knew that they didn’t really mean it. For one to be able to pass through the dragon soul enchanted field set up by Erin and escape the detection of Canary, they were definitely not on a level the two Mini Bubble Gums could handle.
At the same time, similar news came from several other places as well. The dark elves had a fuzzy relationship with the Country of Darkness. But now, Angelina was considered Nell’s superior, so after the former gave an order, the latter and the dark elves noticed some movements in this regard using their incredible means of investigation, which weren’t inferior to the Country of Darkness.
The only issue was that the other party kept a low-profile in the underground (or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that no one was more delusional than Mini Bubble Gum in the entire Dragon Soul Continent). In the middle of the investigation, if it weren’t for Nell discovering that the other party disguised as her and headed to the war room while she was having a break, perhaps she wouldn’t have noticed any problem.
As for Lydia’s side, things also turned out the same. After all, Lydia and Erin were best friends, so after hearing Erin’s reminder, Lydia also traced back quickly and was surprised to find that her side had been infiltrated too. However, the other party didn’t use Lydia’s appearance much. It also seemed very clear to them that the archangel’s high profile apparently wasn’t suitable for the job.
Thus, Gaya was the one who was unlucky. She was the commander in chief of the floating fleet, so inspections all-over were indispensable. Besides, she and Lydia were very close, so it didn’t raise any suspicion even if she were to investigate anything at Lydia’s side. As a result, this left Gaya feeling incredibly frustrated.
As for the Void Territory, the situation wasn’t any better. Anne, Lize, and Marlene were responsible for the front line of the Void Territory. Anne was the first to hear about this news. She yelled about catching the spy and brought Lapis with her to investigate since Lize was busy. As a result, Lize was astounded to find that her side was also infiltrated. The other party disguised as Anne and herself and had wandered around the front line for days! On the other hand, the other party didn’t disguise as Lapis, perhaps due to the fact that she rarely headed out, so it wasn’t easy for them to take advantage of her.
Although these investigations were done privately, the leaders on all sides were well aware. Thus, after summarizing the situation, the entire front broke into an uproar instantly. Although an investigation had been conducted so far, it could be seen that the other party had at least gotten all of the important information about the layout, rotation, and supplies of the defensive lines. It could also be said that most of the secrets on their side were no longer secrets.
But fortunately, based on the results of the investigation from all sides, the operation was apparently run by only one person since the timing of the investigation was also sequential. At first, while the battle was chaotic, the mysterious person sneaked into the battle line of the Void Territory. After the battle stabilized, the person slipped into the Country of Light, followed by the Country of Law, and then the Country of Darkness. The results of the investigation on the side of the Country of Law weren’t out yet. But all parties agreed that it was definitely impossible for the Country of Law to be spared.
What puzzled the crowd was who that person was and what exactly he or her was planning to do with the information. No one thought that the person belonged to the camp of Chaos. After all, the invaded places were top secret areas of the various fronts like Erin’s manor with the dragon soul enchanted field she set up personally.
Even if Chaos broke through the defensive lines, her manor would be the last to fall. Order and Chaos opposed each other, so even if the person were a Chaos mutant from Earth, it wouldn’t be possible for him or her to be so godlike under the power of pure Chaos. Therefore, that person could only belong to the side of Order and was a very powerful existence.
But even so, this still couldn’t explain why that person was secretly gathering information. And now that almost all the forces in the Dragon Soul Continent had been mobilized, there was basically no such thing as a sect that had been hidden for a thousand years or whatnot. So what was this person trying to do by gathering this information?
Things had come to such a point that it was difficult to not let Rhode know about it. Everyone knew that he was currently supporting the Holy Sword Barrier and mustn’t be distracted, which was why no one told him yet. Despite that, Rhode was used to multitasking and naturally sensed the commotions on all the battlefronts.
After learning the situation, his heart sank. After all, this matter was too strange. Putting aside who that person was, the fact that he or she was able to pass through the defenses freely was worrisome enough. Gracier’s and Madaras’s ‘Stealth’ was powerful, but it was impossible for them to conceal their presence from beings at the level of Creator Dragons. Otherwise, the white elves wouldn’t have become extinct in the Creation War.
With that said, this mysterious person was stealthier than the Carlesdine’s ‘Stealth’ and went undetected before the eyes of Erin, one of the Creator Dragons. In the end, Canary didn’t discover anything odd due to the person’s strength and aura, but solely due to the ‘telepathy’ she had with Mini Bubble Gum. This was too ridiculous. If that person was so powerful, would his side still be safe? The only thing Rhode was certain of was that the person didn’t disguise as Karin. But what about the rest of the people?
Currently, Rhode and his younger sister couldn’t get away; one of them was responsible for the Holy Sword Barrier, and the other had to use the Door of Akasha to open the plane channel. However, there was no need for him to worry, because since they dared to focus on their task with full attention, they must have someone to fall back on. And it wasn’t like the seven deity wardens existed for nothing.
Thus, after learning about this matter, Rhode immediately threw this matter to Christie.
But what exceeded his imagination was that the matter was resolved faster than he had thought. On the second day after he handed the case to Christie, he learned the answer.
“Deity warden?”