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Chapter 831: Cleaning Up Part 2
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On the other side of the Seoul wall, another battle took place. The Warlord Guild and The Shade Guild split up to divide the Legion Guild's force instead of fighting head-on, two against one. That way, they weakened the Legion Guild's defense by a big margin since the Legion Guild had to split their force. It was the four guilds' plan to take the Legion Guild down.

Chup Seung-Gi, The Warlord Guild's leader, led his people to attack the crumbling wall. With the help from The Shade Guild's mage armies, they managed to make a hole on the wall for them to enter. The next step was to break the Legion Guild's defense and rush toward the Legion Guild's smart base. However, it was not easy to break the Legion Guild's defense.

"You guys are so persistent. Why don't you just die peacefully?" Chup Seung-Gi took a deep breath as he got away from Yoo Kwang Sung and Yu Jin Sang. He had to fight the two Vice Leaders if he wanted to get into the Legion Guild's territory. The Warlord Guild encountered fierce resistance even though they won in numbers.

"Heh, even if we lose the battle, at least, I will bring you down with me," Yoo Kwang Sung grinned.

"Why are you so pessimistic, Kwang Sung," Park Jin Sang nudged his friend with his spear's shaft. "We are here to win, not to lose. So, stop wasting your breath on him and kill him. We have to help the others after this."

"Bahahaha…." Chup Seung-Gi let out a loud laugh while shaking his head. "Killing me? You two? We have been fighting for an hour, yet you can't even touch me. Also, you should be worried about your smart base instead of defending your outer wall. The Black Knight and The Giant Guild should have made their way there already."

"You should be concerned for your own well-being, Chup Seung-Gi!" Yoo Kwang Sung and Park Jin Sang immediately looked to the back as soon as they heard the familiar voice. Park Nam Hoon was walking toward them with a big smile, the smile of happiness. "The reinforcement has arrived! Let's drive the enemies out!" Park Nam Hoon rallied his people as he rushed to his friend's side.

Yoo Kwang Sung and Park Jin Sang were surprised with their Guild Leader's arrival. This was not something they expected because Park Nam Hoon brought a quarter of their force to fight a whole guild, the Shade Guild, around twenty minutes ago. The plan was to drive the Warlord Guild out before they helped Park Nam Hoon, but it was Park Nam Hoon who came to help them instead.

"Huh!? What happened? Did you win against the Shade Guild? But how?" Park Jin Sang asked his Guild Leader. He tried to think of how his Guild Leader defeated the Shade Guild with the quarter of their force within twenty minutes. But no matter how hard he thought about it, he could not get the answer.

"Calm down. We win; the reinforcement has arrived." Park Nam Hoon was being suspenseful to his friend while smiling mysteriously.

"Damn! How can Park Nam Hoon be here? What is the Shade Guild doing? They are so useless!" Chup Seung-Gi cursed under his breath as he stared at the perfectly fine Park Nam Hoon. At this moment, he heard the screams of people from his right side. He looked toward the scream, but he saw nothing. Then a scream resounded from his left side; he subconsciously looked to the left. He saw ten of his people fall down with an arrow on their foreheads.

Before he could proceed with what happened, he heard more screams from behind. He turned around and saw his backline force fall down one by one. The archer and the mage ran around as a shadow moved between them, cutting his subordinates' heads one by one. He could not figure out what the shadow was, then he sensed something dangerous from his front.

Chup Seung-Gi raised his spear and directed it forward. He found a black-furred cat right in front of him, three meters away from him. "Meow," The cat meowed at him. He did not know the cat breed, but it was the biggest cat he had ever seen in his life, almost a meter long. "Huh!? Why is there a cat here?" He just muttered those words when the cat suddenly became a pitch-black shadow and expanded in size. The shadow was like a giant mouth that wanted to swallow him.

Chup Seung-Gi's eyes widened in shock, and he was about to leap backward. However, the monster in front of him was just too fast as the shadow swallowed his upper body. The shadow disappeared after swallowing half of his body, and Chup Seung-Gi's upper body also disappeared along with the shadow. It happened in two seconds. The lower body walked backward, step by step, as blood spurted out from it. After walking seven steps backward, the lower body fell off.

Yoo Kwang Sung and Park Jin Sang were shocked to witness the death of Chup Seung-Gi. They had fought the man for almost an hour, and they only managed to exhaust Chup Seung-Gi's stamina. However, a stray cat came out of nowhere, killing Chup Seung-Gi in a flash. It took a while for them to accept the reality.

"Where's the cat? There's a monster here, be careful!" Park Jin Sang meant to remind his people, but then a hand tapped his shoulder. "Chill. It's not just a monster, but our reinforcement." Park Nam Hoon calmed down his friends. "It's Your Majesty's familiar, Greed."

"Huh!? Your Majesty's familiar?" It took them a few moments to understand what Park Nam Hoon told them. Park Jin Sang and Yoo Kwang Sung immediately understood what had happened. The reinforcement had arrived, but that reinforcement was not Park Nam Hoon and their quarter force, but Your Majesty Tang Shaoyang from the Tang Empire.

Everything made sense for them now; why Park Nam Hoon could regroup with them in twenty minutes after leaving them, was because of the reinforcement from the Tang Empire. The screams continued to resound in the air, and all the screams came from the Warlord Guild's people. Yoo Kwang Sung and Park Jin Sang looked at the battlefield.. There were two shadows hunting the Warlord Guild's people, and there were also arrows killing their enemies.

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Chapter 886: Second Floor ⁓ Outwitting The World Government!?
King Braanz slammed the armrest and stood up from the throne. His eyes widened in surprise as he stared at Hines Myers, "You are not lying to me, right?" The King's voice deepened, indicating the seriousness behind his words.

"We are not lying, Your Majesty. All the factions from my world have been fighting against this oppressive group of players. The reason we come here is not just to warn you but also ask your help to fight them before they come for you and your kingdom, Your Majesty," Hines Myers shook his head while making a sad expression.

"If you can prove to me that you are not part of this world, then I will believe you," King Braanz changed his stance and motioned the guards to pull back their weapons. He gave Hines Myers, Collin Morton, and Scot Moran to prove to him that they were players.

Hines Myers made a troubled expression when The King asked him the proof that he was the foreign player. The only way to prove it was to show his window status, which would state his faction. Showing his window status would reveal his identity to the king that he was not part of the other kingdoms.

"The only way for us to prove it is by showing your window status, showing our affiliation..." Hines Myers paused as he was about to request to call one of his subordinates to show the window status. However, the effect of showing his window status and his subordinate's window status would be different. If he showed his window status, The King would consider his sincerity and honesty. That way, he could obtain the King's trust and pit the Bharuskh Kingdom against the Tang Empire.

"We will show you our window status, but I have to apologize that we can't show you everything," The World Union's Leader made the decision for the other two as well. Krishan Adwani of the Shiva Federation and Scot Moran of the Blue Vest Guild was surprised and angry that Hines Myers did not consult it first with them.

Hines Myers turned his head to the two leaders and spoke without sound, telling the two to follow his plan silently. Clearly, Krishan's and Scot's reactions satisfied the King. Their reaction was to tell the King that was showing the window status was never their plan.

The three came closer to the King and showed their window status. Of course, they just showed the profile one where the King could see the affiliation and their rank. They did not show the stats and also the skills. They were stupid to show that to the King.

The King looked at the window status in silence, 'World Union? Shiva Federation? Blue Vest Guild?' He had never heard of these three names before. The window status showed that the three were the respective leader of this faction, so they were not lying with all those stories. Even so, King Braanz did not trust Hines Myers completely even after showing the window status.

King Braanz motioned the three leaders to return to their seats, "We will consider your good intention of warning us of the incoming threat, but This King needs to discuss things with my people. Can you wait for a few days for our answer? If you are worried about the other human kingdoms. This King will inform them about the potential threat, so you can stay and relax in my castle as the honored guests of the Bharuskh Kingdom."

Hines Myers maintained his composure while deep inside, he beamed in happiness because his plan worked. He managed to pit the inhabitants against the Tang Empire, not just one kingdom but the other kingdoms as well.

After the three leaders left the throne hall, a figure appeared next to the throne as the King leaned his back against the throne, "I don't think the story is true, but the time has come." King Braanz muttered in a low voice.

"Are they really the players from outside the tower, Your Highness? Did you confirm it?" The figure in full red plate armor spoke in a respectful tone.

"Have you heard of the World Union? Shiva Federation? The Blue Vest Guild? You should already know that this damn tower did not allow us to make a new faction, right?"

The red armor figure did not respond to The King's words. After a momentary silence, the figure spoke once more, "So, what should we do, Your Highness? Should we help them to clear the second floor just like what Our Ancestor told us to?"

The King closed his eyes and leaned his head back. The Nahom Family had a sacred ground where only the King, his successor, and his trusted aide could enter. There was nothing precious but a mural left behind the Bharuskh Kingdom's founder, the first King of the Bharuskh Kingdom. Everything was written on the Mural, from where they were and how they were trapped in the dimensional tower.

The Mural was not just an annal of the kingdom's history but also a message from their ancestor. In that message, The First King told his descendant how to get out of the dimensional tower. There were two ways to get out of the dimensional tower. First, working together with the players who came to clear the dimensional tower and joined the player's faction so they would gain access to get out of the tower. Second, hinder the players from clearing the dimensional tower, forcing the dimensional tower mechanism called Tower Break.

The first time King Braanz saw the Mural, he laughed at it, thinking it was a joke from his ancestor. However, he did not expect that the players truly came in his era. He could work together with the other eleven kingdoms and hinder the players from clearing the dimensional tower. That way, they would not become dependent on the players, but it was a different story when the Myth Rank Dragon was involved.

"I don't think hindering the players from clearing the dimensional tower is the best plan for us. That will only benefit the people on the third floor and above while we bleed and sacrificed for them. There's no point in going out of the tower if we lose too many people because we will just become the other forces' prey when we get outside," King Braanz opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling.

"The best choice is to look at the faction with the Myth Rank Dragon and ally with them if possible. We will lose a lot to taking down that dragon even if we work together with the other kingdoms. I don't think it's worth the sacrifice, and the dragon is an assurance that the faction can clear the third floor and above. Remember, it's two dragons, not just one," King Braanz wondered how that one particular faction had a dragon as he spoke.

"The first issue is, what should we do to the World Union, Shiva Federation, and the Blue Vest Guild? Clearly, they are the enemy of the faction with the dragon," The figure showed the first issue to the king, "Second, those three told you that the faction with a dragon is a tyrannical faction. Do you think they want to work together with us, Your Highness?"

"We will make the decision later, Hammal. First, we will inform the other three kingdoms that the players have entered the tower. We will inform them to find the faction with the dragon. Second, you can't just trust what Hines Myers told us, Hammal. They will exaggerate everything because they are the enemy. We will meet with this Tang Empire and judge ourselves if they are worthy of working together or not. Third, we have the third option, remain as a neutral party. We will help all the players to conquer the second floor, but we will not take any side but the winner," King Braanz smiled cunningly..

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Chapter 884: Second Floor ⁓ Entangled With Athilia's Affairs? - Part 2
Kang Xue watched the little girl devour the food. She smiled at Larissa and reminded her not to eat too fast, "Eat slower, or you will choke; no one will take the food from you."

Only then did Larissa eat slower, and Kang Xue put the water bottle next to the little girl, "Here your drink,"

Larissa's little hand reached the bottle. She tilted the bottle instead of opening the bottle cap with a frown on her forehead. The little girl was clearly confused about how to drink the water from the bottle. She tried to pull the bottle cap, but her effort was futile.

Kang Xue cracked into an amusement smile and stood up, "This is how you open the bottle." She twisted the bottle cap and gave it to the little girl, but Larissa did not take it. It was a mix of shyness and fear from the early encounter. She looked at her mother; only then did she take the bottle when her mother nodded to her.

Melina watched Kang Xue teach her daughter how to drink the water from the weird bottle. Various kinds of thoughts crossed her mind. She thought this group might not be bad people with how they treated her and her daughter. Giving them good food and water, not treating them like a prisoner. Then she looked at the food in front of her, and she had never eaten food like this in her life. At least she never saw this kind of food in the four human kingdoms.

'Who are they? Where are they from?' Those two questions kept popping out in her mind. Then Melina recalled all the questions thrown at her, 'Dimensional Tower? Players? Are they part of a cult or something?

"Eat the food, Lady Melina. That might be your last food," Kang Xue's voice brought Melina back from her own thoughts. The Queen raised her head and looked at Kang Xue, "What do you mean?"

"You are not supposed to see our faces, yet you barged in and saw our faces. I would like to help you out of this situation, but it all came down to my Supreme General's decision. Come up with an equal trade, then it may change the outcome," said Kang Xue.

"Why do you help me?" Melina looked at the black-haired girl across from her.

"We are not mindless murderers. We avoid killing you and your guards while trying to achieve your goal, especially children. I don't want any of us to kill your..."

Kang Xue did not finish her words, but Melina could fill the rest of the words by herself. The girl was not helping but being burdened with killing her daughter.

Melina fell into deep thought, thinking about what she must do to save herself and her daughter from these people, 'An equal trade for my and my daughter's life? But I don't know what they want from us, and I don't think they are money-orientated as well. What can I give them?

"They want information about the players and the dimensional tower.... So they want information, but I don't have valuable information for them.... Wait...! Melina did not know why, but this reminded her of her husband's secret vault. The only place she could not enter was the castle. She did not know why, but she did not bother asking. If her husband did not want her to know, there was no need to know. However, it was different now as that vault might contain information these people were looking for.

'But I don't know if that vault has the information these people want. What if the vault does not have the information they want? Let's take the bet rather than doing nothing,' Melina started to eat the food in front of her. "You must be one of the strongest warriors. Are you sure you're staying here instead of helping your friends?"

Kang Xue shrugged, "They should have returned by now. They don't need my help." As soon as she finished her words, the door opened. Zhang Mengyao returned, and her black armor was stained by blood, a sign that she had just returned from the battle.

Zhang Mengyao took off the armor at the sight of two people eating the food. Behind the armor, she was wearing casual clothes, long black pants, and a white shirt. She stretched out her arms and sat across from Larissa and Melina, "Continue eating. We will have to talk after that." After that, she took out her own food from the inventory and started eating together.

Melina's mouth hung open as she could not believe Zhang Mengyao had already returned. It was not even ten minutes had passed since she left the room. This was just too fast, including the traveling time to reach the rebellion force and return to this village; this was just too fast. From this, she learned one thing. This unknown force was strong, without a doubt. Even though the number of the rebel army was just a few hundred, the fight should take longer.

Larissa stealthily looked at Zhang Mengyao. Upon noticing Zhang Mengyao did not mind her eating, the little girl continued devouring her food. Ten minutes later, everyone finished her food. Zhang Mengyao wanted to say something, but she stopped and looked at the little girl. She was uncomfortable speaking with the mother with the daughter here.

"I don't think she wants to leave me in this foreign place," Melina indicated that Larissa would cry if she was separated from her mother. Of course, there was also a selfish objective why Larissa had to stay with her. She wanted her daughter as a chip to soften the two women, so the negotiation could go smoothly.

"I have told her the consequence of seeing our faces, and I have told her to come up with an equal trade if they want to keep their lives. So let's hear what she has to say," Kang Xue smoothened the talk so the little girl did not hear the words death, kill, and other traumatizing words.

Melina nodded her head at Kang Xue. She was thanking the latter for helping the talk and sparing her daughters from the violent words. The Queen took a deep breath and spilled her husband's secret vault. She told them that her husband might know about this Dimensional Tower and players. She told Zhang Mengyao that only the King and his successor could enter the vault. Of course, Melina did not forget to explain the situation with her kingdom, which was currently going through internal strife.

Zhang Mengyao furrowed her brow, "I see, you are saying your husband has the information we want, and you are willing to be the bridge between your husband and us, but your kingdom is currently going through internal strife. So, you are saying that we have to help your kingdom's internal affairs, then we can meet your husband. Is that what you are trying to say? You want to use us to quell the rebellion? What a smart Queen."

Melina flinched and straightened her back. She regretted trying to use these people to fight the rebellion army. Then she noticed Kang Xue was shaking her head.

"Let's change the deal. I will ensure your and your daughter's safety from the rebellion army, and in exchange, you have to be the bridge between your husband and us. Then, we want information inside the vault in exchange for your and your daughter's life. Realize your position; you are not in the position to negotiate with us!" Zhang Mengyao said her piece and stared at Melina.

Melina let out a sigh and nodded in response. There was nothing they could do since her and her daughter's life was in these people's hands. She was not in the position to make an offer. It was a quick discussion. After that, Melina left with her daughter, heading toward their temporary lodging with her niece, Carina Stanion.

Meanwhile, Zhang Mengyao called her people into the room and opened up a discussion, "We have to change our approach. I have talked with the noble, and one of them is a Queen of the Athilia Kingdom, the woman in the red dress. However, even she does not know anything about the dimensional tower and players. Our target is the King of the Athilia Kingdom. The King may know something."

"As for how we approach the King, we will use the Queen and the princess. We will hide our identity as the players that must clear the dimensional and approach the King through the Queen. I have a plan in my mind. The Athilia Kingdom is currently in a tough position because of the internal strife, so we can be the hero for the Athilia Kingdom and help them quell the rebellion. We will make the King indebted to us and get the information from the King. That's a tough route, but we will cut one of the potential enemies. Or we can exchange the Queen and the princess for the information."

The first one to raise their hand was Virion and Moonsong. Both raised their hands together, "You can speak first, Legion Commander Moonsong." Virion allowed his superior to speak first.

"I am sorry that I have to say this, but I don't think we should trust humans. They are cunning. Even if we help and save the kingdom from the rebellion, the King may not share the information with us. All our effort and sacrifice will be useless, so let's not take the risk and exchange the Queen for information." Moonsong voiced his thoughts regarding humans. Of course, he said that from his experiences in Lukan when the human kingdoms betrayed them repeatedly.

"I agree with Legion Commander Moonsong," Virion voiced his agreement..

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  Chapter 885: Second Floor ⁓ The World Government In Action
  "That's my thoughts as well, but I am considering the long term. Do we need to antagonize all twelve kingdoms? Once we clear the second floor, should we kill all the living beings on the second floor? I think it would be better to have them manage the second floor instead of killing them all," Zhang Mengyao shared her thoughts.
  
  That was one of the issues they had to face because the second floor was more vast than they thought. It was not just an issue on the second floor but also on the first floor. They had to deploy a large number of people to manage the first floor as well. It was like a whole continent itself, and they needed thousands of people to manage that. She felt like using the inhabitants to manage each floor instead of killing them. Once they conquered the first ten floors, there was no more Tower Break mechanism, so the inhabitants should no longer be hostile to them.
  
  "That's true...." Marshal Alton nodded in agreement. The Tang Empire still needed people to rebuild their territory on Earth; they could not afford to split their people to manage their floors in the dimensional tower. They were fighting for the resources, so all their efforts were useless if no one managed this floor.
  
  "Then let's meet the King first. We can decide later whether they are worth working with or not. We have Selena to hold the oath ceremony, so we don't need to worry if the King will go back on his words," Wei Xi felt like the concern that the King would back down from his promise was nothing to worry about with Selena.
  
  "Allying ourselves with one of the kingdoms will be a great help for us too. We know so little about this second floor, so there will be more benefits than the disadvantages of becoming The Athilia Kingdom's ally," Kang Xue supported the idea.
  
  Kang Xue and Wei Xi supported Zhang Mengyao, and Marshal Alton leaned toward The Supreme General too. Legion Commander Moonsong and his Vice Legion Commander Virion said no more, as the decision was most likely made.
  
  "Then it's decided. We will approach the Athilia Kingdom as an ally and help them to quell the rebellion," Zhang Mengyao then scanned the people around and told them the plan in her mind, "We will help the Athilia Kingdom to face a little part of the rebel army and meet the King in the pretense of returning the Queen and the Princess to him. Then, with the Queen's help, we will try to pry some information about The King of the second floor if he knows anything."
  
  "What if the Athilia Kingdom's King does not know anything about the King of the second floor or the dimensional tower? We are doubling the work and getting nothing in return," Vice Legion Commander Virion voiced his doubt.
  
  There was a big chance that the King did not know anything about the true King of the second floor and also the dimensional tower. Of course, part of it, he was reluctant to work together with the human kingdom, pushing him to say that.
  
  "Nope, our effort is not useless. We can ask for their help to find the true King of the second floor. With a whole kingdom helping us, it will be easier for us to find the hiding King," Zhang Mengyao explained.
  
  Virion just did not like the plan despite the convincing words from the Supreme General. He did not like it because the Empire did not have full control of the Athilia Kingdom by doing that. He liked The Emperor's method more, where they took over the authority with brute force and had full control rather than making the kingdom their ally.
  
  "I will talk with the Queen, and I think we will move out of this forest soon. If the Stanion Family notices that their third young miss goes missing for too long, they will deploy an army to search for her," Zhang Mengyao looked at Wei Xi and Marshal Alton, "Get our people ready to leave anytime."
  
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  Meanwhile, on the other side of the second floor, The Kingdom of Bharuskh, one of the four human kingdoms.
  
  "Are you saying you are players who come to conquer our world? Are you saying Consana Continent is just a second floor of a giant tower? Trapped inside the tower? Don't tell me you expect me to believe you!?" Braanz Nahom questioned.
  
  Braanz Nahom was The Bharuskh Kingdom's King and currently had an audience with three men inside the throne hall. As the King raised his voice, the thirty guards in the hall pointed their spears toward the three men. With how upset the King was by his voice, the guards were ready to punish the three men at any time. The guards waited for further order while the King stared at the three men, asking for an explanation for what they told him.
  
  "Why would we lie to you, Your Majesty? What's the benefit of us telling you this lie with the risk of losing our lives?" Hines Myers shook his head in regret, "I don't know how we prove that we are not from this Consana Continent, but we are coming with a good intention to you, your people, and your kingdom."
  
  "What do you mean by good intention? What will happen to my kingdom and my people?" Braanz Nahom grew solemn and stared straight at Hines Myers, sending a chill to the latter's back.
  
  'This king is one rank above me. So this is the Ancient Rank?' Hines Myers thought to himself. He was halfway through the plan, so he would not stop here, "We are not the only players that come into this dimensional tower. And not everyone like us, who come with peace and righteousness. We are here to warn you about the other group of players who come to destroy everything in their path, including your kingdom, Your Majesty."
  
  Braanz Nahom furrowed his brow as he got more confused about the situation. He tried to understand these three people's purpose in approaching him, but he got nothing so far, 'Are they from the Gienas Kingdom? The Athilia Kingdom is in a mess right now, so they want to use this chance to attack my kingdom?
  
  The Bharuskh Kingdom and The Athilia Kingdom were in alliance, and he intended to send reinforcements to Athilia to quell the rebellion. But he would not be able to do that if the Gienas Kingdom came to his door.
  
  'No. The Gienas Kingdom is also Athilia's ally. They also want to help The Athilia Kingdom to quell the rebellion, especially for the Stanion Family,' King Braanz looked at the sincere expression that latched on Hines Myers' face. He could not tell if the man was lying or not.
  
  "I have hundreds of thousands of armies and knights. Do you think I will be afraid of foreign threats?"
  
  Hines Myers smiled when the King took the bait. He knew that the King tried to get more information from him, "I will not come here to warn Your Majesty of the incoming threat if that group of players doesn't have the capability of destroying the kingdom and slaughtering the people, Your Majesty. They have a dragon, not just one, but two. One of them is Myth Rank evolution. Do you think you can defeat them without a well-thought-through preparation, Your Majesty? If you think so, then just ignore this man's words.."
  
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  Why dont they just infiltrate the Palace, subdue the king and take him to the vault without anyone knowing? Much easier since they are all much higher level than the royal guards and the king himself..! Nobody would suspect a thing and they'd have their answer by the end of the day... Sigh
  
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    Lachlann 3 May 2022, 04:40 ➥ Guardian of souls
    
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    nearby kingdom king is at Ancient level and rest would be too if not higher. most Tarriors at 300-600 lvl with handful of Epics in leadership. though i'd say... power levels in this novel are over the place
    
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      Guardian of souls 3 May 2022, 13:12 ➥ Lachlann
      
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      Legend is one level above ancient and they have at least a couple of them not counting the mc
      
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        Lachlann 3 May 2022, 15:25 ➥ Guardian of souls
        
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        epic, ancient, mythic, legend, that 2 levels. i think Virion was Mythic or whatever elf prince was called(king now) but then you wont have a chance to level troops. remember the purpose of tower outing to train not to bulldoze with people who get 1xp per kill out of millions xp required. i also recall each kingdom having 70 epics or something. if they do brute worse then they either suffer personnel loss or development loss. in reality though, author trying to make suspense after screwing up power levels and this is common problem in chinese novels. enjoy face slapping and turn off ye brain haha
        
        PS: MC is epic doing ancient test. if MC at epic could snap legends then there somewhere in author woodwork is character that can do so too
        
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        Guardian of souls 3 May 2022, 15:37 ➥ Lachlann
        
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        I was saying infiltrate, not bulldoze
        
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        Lachlann 3 May 2022, 15:59 ➥ Guardian of souls
        
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        alright, what next? kill the king? when World Gov throwing them black pot? release him so he would lead crusade of vengeance? plot along with World Gov?
        
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        Guardian of souls 4 May 2022, 00:42 ➥ Lachlann
        
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        Dont know, and that's the point. It's not predictable and creates space for plot dev. This on the other hand is just a way of dragging the plot in a forced way, I think.
        
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        I think the issue here is like Virion pointed out in his inner monologue all the earthies are softies,
        
        Longer explanation besides the emperor every1 else still thinks with their modern world view and so you have a situation where they try to communicate instead of domination.
        
        Also Author wants to faceslap world covernment and thats not possible if they steamroll everything, but I do agree this whole tower thingy seems like a giant filler, there are so many more story arcs to explore besides the tower and it just seems irrevelant
        
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Chapter 882: Second Floor ⁓ Waste Effort?
Carina Stanion looked at her surroundings with a shocking expression on her face. Her family managed this territory, yet they were not aware of such a big force hiding here. The third young lady of the Stanion Family realized that this force was a big threat to the Stanion Family, but she did not know what to do at this moment.

"Where are we going, Mommy?" The little girl held the lady in a red dress tightly. Her eyes darted around the forest. Fear could be seen in her eyes, but she endured the situation well, holding her cry.

The lady with the red dress picked up her daughter and rubbed her daughter's back, "It's okay, Baby. We just need to speak with these uncles, then we will meet your Uncle Stanion." The lady with the red dress was a blood-related sister to the current head of the Stanion Family.

She pressed her daughter's face onto her chest, so she could not see the other people. However, she did not know that her high-tempo heartbeat only made her daughter get more uneasy.

After following these people for twenty minutes, they arrived at a small village. From the look of it, these people just built a small village not a long ago.

"Only these two ladies and the little one can enter the building! Everyone else stays outside, including you two," Revalor pointed at the three protectors of the two ladies and added with a threatening tone, "We are kind enough to let you guys keep your weapon, so don't try to haggle with this."

Alvarina nodded and motioned the two female knights to stay close to her, "But we will stay here."

Carina Stanion entered the building with her aunt and niece. Even inside the building, the leader of these people did not take off their helmets. She immediately became aware that these people were trying to hide their identities from her.

"Please sit," Zhang Mengyao motioned for the three people to sit.

It was a lie if Carina was not nervous about the situation, but she faced the situation calmly, "Are you targeting my aunt? Do those traitors hire you to catch us?" She tried to take the initiative in the talk to gain more information about this unknown force.

"Rule number one, we are the ones who ask the question, not you. Your job is to answer all our questions in exchange for your and your guard's lives. Rule number two, only answer what we ask. Rule number three...." Zhang Mengyao paused, "There's no need for rule number three. Call Selena to hold the oath ceremony. Before we start, we will start an oath ceremony, and if you are lying, you will face the consequence."

Carina was about to complain, but the lady in red dress interrupted her, "We will agree with the oath ceremony if only you also take the oath ceremony to guarantee our lives. Not just us, but the guards as well."

Zhang Mengyao smiled, "You are smarter and more experienced than this girl. Good, I will also take the oath ceremony."

Selena entered the wooden building and held the ceremony. The content of the oath was that Zhang Mengyao would guarantee their safety, and they must answer all the questions honestly. The consequence of lying was death, but if they lied three times. The punishment for the first lie was a huge jolt of shock, the second lie's punishment was a lighting strike, and the third lie was death.

"Good, then we will start with the basics. Who's your full name?" Zhang Mengyao looked toward the lady in a red dress.

"Melina Weingartner, and this is my daughter, Larissa Weingartner."

"Mnn, what's your relationship with the Stanion Family?"

"I am Bastian Stanion's sister."

Zhang Mengyao did not immediately ask about the King of the second floor or stuff related to the dimensional tower. She dug out Melina Weingartner's background and found a surprising discovery. The lady with the red dress was actually a Queen of one of the human kingdoms. She was the Queen of The Kingdom of Athilia, but there was a rebellion happening there, so the King sent her back to her family along with their daughter while they quelled the rebellion.

After digging out their background, Zhang Mengyao entered the real topic, but her question was not direct because she was still trying to hide the fact that they were players, "Do you know about the Dimensional Tower?"

Melina furrowed her brow before looking at her niece. The latter shook her head, indicating she did not know anything about the Dimensional Tower, "I never heard of it." The Queen shook her head, and the oath did not respond to it, meaning Melina was not lying.

Zhang Mengyao thought she had found a jackpot since the one in front of her was a Queen, but she was surprised that even a Queen did not know anything about the Dimensional Tower. If the Royalty did not know anything about the Dimensional Tower, then there was a big chance that no one knew about it but the King.

"What about players? Have you heard this term before?" Zhang Mengyao changed the question, but she received the same answer. Melina did not know anything about the players, and the oath did not react to her reply, meaning she was telling the truth as well.

Zhang Mengyao realized that she would not get any information from Carina and Melina. If they did not know about the Dimensional Tower and the players, they would not know about the King of the second floor. They were not aware that they were inside the tower.

"We will take a break for a moment. My people will lead you to your temporary dwelling and prepare food for you and your guards," Zhang Mengyao dismissed Carina and Melina. Asking the two more questions might reveal their identity that they were not from this world. Yes, these two were thinking that the second floor was their world, not a floor in a humongous tower. It was not wrong to call it a world since the tower had its own world inside.

After Carina and Melina left the building, Zhang Mengyao took off her helmet and leaned back against the chair, "What now? Even a royalty does not know anything about the dimensional tower." She was not expecting it would be this tricky for the second floor. The first floor was a straightforward game, while the second floor was a mind game. They needed to figure out the King of the second floor.

Wei Xi opened his helmet and was about to say something, but then someone knocked on the door, "Come in."

Yeon Hee and Viona entered the building without Lu An, "We discovered hundreds of armed forces marching toward us. We are waiting for your instruction, Supreme General Zhang."

"It's quite fast for the Stanion Family to notice their third young miss goes missing," Zhang Mengyao frowned as she did not like where this was going. They got nothing from kidnapping them, yet now the trouble came for them.

"I am afraid they are not the Stanion Family's force, Supreme General. They have a different flag," Viona cleared the misinformation. The flag was not the standing lion but the bear's head with a singular horn.

"I am sorry I overheard your conversation, but the flag you just said belongs to the rebellion army," Melina entered the building once more and said, but then she saw everyone's faces..

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  Chapter 883: Second Floor ⁓ Entangled With Athilia's affairs - Part 1
  Melina stayed outside, talking with her personal guard, who was concerned about her well-being. The door was not fully closed, so Alvarina could hear what Viona and Yeon Hee reported. Hearing the flag description, she felt like she needed to explain the situation because that force was coming after her and her daughter.
  
  However, she was not expecting everyone inside would take off their helmets. After telling them the incoming force was the rebellion army, her mouth gaped open as she realized her mistake. These people tried to hide their identities from her and her niece, and now she saw their faces.
  
  The purple-haired girl disappeared from her sight and appeared again behind her, and she could not see how the girl did it. The door was closed as Viona pushed Melina forward.
  
  Zhang Mengyao put back her helmet and stood up from the chair, "I thought royalties know some basic courtesy, but I guess I was wrong," She walked toward Melina and said, "Stay here while we take care of the incoming force. We have a lot of things to discuss, and don't try to escape because we will hunt you down, and the people around might get involved as well."
  
  Sweat started to come out on Melina's forehead, but she convinced herself that they would not kill her because of the oath, 'Why would you become such a busy body, Melina.'
  
  "You can take my personal guard, Alvarina, with you if you intend to fight the rebellion army. You guys got involved because of me, so let me do my best to help you," Before Zhang Mengyao opened the door, Melina spoke. She had a good intention as she involved these people, but deep inside, she was trying to redeem herself and get into these people's good side after seeing their faces.
  
  "My people don't need your help. We can raze the City of Fanvas if we want to, but war is not our goal," Zhang Mengyao opened the door and left the building.
  
  Wei Xi chased after Zhang Mengyao, leaving Kang Xue, Viona, and Yeon Hee. Kang Xue waved her hand at Viona and Yeon Hee, "You guys can return to your team. I will watch her."
  
  "Please take a seat, Lady Melina. Don't worry; we will not hurt you or your daughter. You will be safe here," Kang Xue gestured to the lady in the red dress to sit across from her.
  
  "Lady Melina, are you inside? I thought we were going to our dwelling?" Alvarina knocked on the door, forcing Kang Xue to put her helmet on. Kang Xue had not allowed the guard to enter the building, but Melina's personal guard opened the door. She held the sword in her right hand as she entered the room.
  
  "Believe me, don't try anything funny, or you will regret it," Kang Xue warned Melina and Alvarina. She could tell that Alvarina was thinking of escaping from this place while Zhang Mengyao handled the incoming force. But she was not worried in the slightest, remained on her seat while watching Alvarina's movement. "If you take three more steps from where you are, then I will take an extreme measure."
  
  Alvarina stopped her steps as a frown formed on her forehead after hearing a different female voice. It was clear that the one sitting in front of her lady was not the leader, and this was their chance to escape. She looked at Melina for further instruction. If The Queen ordered her to take action, she would make a move and fight Kang Xue.
  
  "I will stay here until the leader returns. You can help them to fight the rebel, Alvarina," Melina ordered her personal guard to step back. She was unsure of how strong this force was, so she did not want to take the gamble where she could lose her daughter.
  
  "Are you sure you want me to help them, My Lady?" Alvarina remained unconvinced. This was a golden chance; there was no need to hesitate at all.
  
  Melina nodded, "Yes. They get involved with the rebels because of me, so it's natural for us to help them. Go and help them."
  
  Alvarina's frown deepened as she glanced at Kang Xue. She bowed toward Melina and left the room after a little hesitation. As soon as she came out of the building, she told the two private knights to keep watching the building and Queen Melina before she followed the track of the Tarriors.
  
  Alvarina was level 1321, an Epic Rank, the Sword of Athilia, which was a specialist class for the Kingdom of Athilia. She was the third strongest in the kingdom after the King and the Commander of the Athilia. With how the King deeply loved his Queen, he assigned Alvarina to be his wife's private guard.
  
  "Hah..." Alvarina let out a sigh and muttered in a low voice, "The Queen is softhearted even in this situation. Why would we need to help these suspicious people? It would be best if the rebellion force and these suspicious people destroy each other. I have to tell everything to the King if we return alive."
  
  She ran with the maximum speed and caught up with the Tarriors in the following minute. With how things turned out between them, Alvarina did not report her presence to the leader as she followed them quietly. She would help if they truly needed help, so she kept herself in the dark.
  
  Seven minutes later, the group met with the rebellion force. Alvarina estimated the unknown force had around ten thousand people with them as they only brought part of their force to intercept the rebel force. Not it did matter since the rebel forces only had five hundred people. The rebel force was surprised that a big army intercepted and tried to speak their way out, but the unknown force did not give a damn about the rebel force.
  
  Alvarina watched from the sideline that the rebel force was devoured by the unknown force. She watched the leader of this unknown force tearing apart the rebel's knights. The knights were helpless and were slaughtered by an unknown force. She expected the unknown force to win because of the number, but she did not expect the battle to result in no casualties from the unknown force.
  
  After the rebellion force was slaughtered, a ferocious fire mage burned them down, leaving a burning mark on the ground. That was it; the battle lasted only three minutes. It was not a battle but a slaughter. The slaughter took three minutes, and the rebel force was wiped out. That was a mind-blowing result in the eyes of Alvarina. Especially with how the general of the rebel force was killed.
  
  "What are you doing here? You are not supposed to be here. Are you spying on us?" Then she heard a male voice from behind her. Alvarina was startled because she could not sense anything from the back. She turned around and found a young man staring at her. She did not recognize the man, but she recognized the two females behind the young man. Those two were the ones who reported the incoming rebel force to the main camp.
  
  "Let her go, Lu An. We don't want to hurt our guest," Zhang Mengyao had noticed Alvarina earlier, but she let the Queen Protector follow them..
  
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Chapter 881: Second Floor ⁓ Swift Operation
The carriage roof split open after Captain Patrido said that. The blade shot toward Moonsong, but Revalor blocked the blade with his sword. He reflected the blade, but more blades came for the two Legend Ranks. Eight blades formed around two of them as they lost their footing from the carriage's roof.

"You are getting old, Moonsong. How can you be this careless to cause us in this situation," Revalor said in a mocking tone, but he was still smiling despite the eight blades surrounding him.

Before the eight blades could do anything, a whirlwind formed around the two and destroyed the eight blades. The two then jumped away from the carriage, looking toward the carriage.

"I am sorry, I guess?" Moonsong smiled while shaking his head, "I don't know you have this side of you, Sir." The Revalor he knew would never say something like that, especially in a battle like this. He was all serious and strict, especially on this occasion.

"Guess this is a positive change for me, no? Those Tarriors are nice to chat with, and I don't know if it would be this comfortable to become a normal soldier," The ease smile disappeared in the next moment, and Revalor nudged the Chief of the Moon Tribe, "That's enough with the casual chit-chat, Moonsong. Lady Zhang Mengyao does not like this; we have to get the job done before things escalate further."

"Get ready to fight!" Captain Patrido immediately yelled and pulled out the sword in his waist. The fight was unavoidable, so they had to fight until reinforcements arrived. They had to make the commotion so the guard in the watch post would notice the fight.

The carriage was split open after the initial fight, and there were six persons inside the carriage. Five women and one girl. Two of them wore fancy dresses, and the other three wore plate armor. The three women with armor were clearly the guard for the other three.

"You two stay close with her Majesty and Lady Stanion. Find a way to escape if possible. I will use my body to make these two busy," The lady with long black hair, holding a sword that was similar to her height, spoke to the two women knights.

"No! We will leave this place together, Alvarina. I will not and can't leave you alone! If we have to die, then we will die together," The lady in the red dress shouted.

"This is not the time for this, Your-" Alvarina did not finish her words because she sensed someone coming for her. Moonsong was right in front of him with two short swords in his hand. "You should not lose your focus in the fight, Lady."

Alvarina subconsciously raised her sword to block the incoming attack, but she quickly noticed the attack on her was a distraction as she saw the blurred figure pass her. She turned her back to Moonsong as she was about to chase Revalor. She let her back open, but Moonsong did not attack her as the bunny-eared beastmen appeared in front of her, "You can't go anywhere, Lady. And better for you to stay there before blood spills."

"You are talking as if you are not going to harm us!" Alvarina said icily, but her eyes were on the lady with the red dress.

"You will know soon enough," Moonsong shrugged as he did not have an intention to fight the lady called Alvarina. His job was to keep the strongest guard busy while Revalor did the work.

The two lady knights clearly did not expect Revalor to pass Alvarina so easily. They scrambled up their defense, putting up a barrier for the three people behind them.

It did not take a lot of effort for Revalor to split the barrier. He slashed the barrier with his short words, and it split up. Before the two knights could put up some fights, they were surrounded by a fierce whirlwind.

The lady in red dress was holding the little girl from getting swept away by the wind, while the lady in blue dress defended herself from the wind.

"Don't move, you two!" Revalor threatened the two lady knights, "The two ladies behind you may get hurt if you move."

The two lady knights were aware the elf was the one controlling the wind. They did not dare to make any move when the elf threatened them. Revalor easily walked past the two knights to the ladies and the little girl.

"Who are you!? I am the third daughter of the Stanion Family!" The lady with the blue dress tried to use her luck once more by using her family's name.

Revalor shook his head, "My leader told you already. We meant no harm, but just want to ask a few, no, a lot of questions from both of you." The former Elven King pointed at the two ladies, "We don't want to hurt anyone, but we will do so if that means to achieve our goal. So, can you two just cooperate with us?"

"Let's be realistic. If we want to hurt you, there's no need for all this talk. We will just kill all of your guards and kidnap you if you are our target, right?" Revalor tried to explain the situation.

The two ladies exchanged glances as they felt what the elf said was true. The forces that surrounded them did not attack any of them, and in fact, it was them who attacked first.

"Stop using your family name, lady. It will never work, and you should realize that by now," Revalor immediately silenced the lady with the blue dress as soon as he noticed the lady was about to speak something. "I don't care about your identities. Follow us willingly, or we will use force. My leader does not have the patience to play the waiting game. If you don't give me the answer within ten seconds, then we will kill all your guards and bring you three with us."

"We will follow you! Don't kill anyone. They are innocent!" The lady with the red dress responded fast. With that answer, the whirlwind slowly disappeared.

"We don't have to destroy your carriage if you listen to us," Revalor lowered his swords and headed toward Zhang Mengyao, "Don't make any suspicious move if you don't want these two ladies to get harmed." The former Elven King warned the knights..

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Chapter 880: Second Floor ~ The Stanion Family
"I think we should kidnap the noble instead," Virion, The Elven King voiced his agreement with Lu An, "Attacking the noble is far easier than the merchant groups with their hired guards."

"Care to explain why it's easier to kidnap the noble than the merchant group? They are noble and travel with twenty guards; they must be strong since the merchant group had to travel with hundreds, even thousands of guards," Wei Xi did not agree with targeting the noble because it had the risk of revealing themselves to the kingdom. They did not want to start the war with the kingdom right now with how little information they had.

"Attacking the merchant group requires us to take down all the guards first before we focus on the merchant, but it will be different if it's a traveling noble with a small group. We just need to target the person inside the carriage, and the twenty knights will be helpless," Marshal Alton was the one who responded to Wei Xi, "Those hired guards will try to escape when they know they can't win against us, but the knights can't run because the person they must protect is in our hand. So, if we decide to attack the traveling noble, we have to focus on the person inside the carriage instead of the knight."

Wei Xi nodded his head understandingly. No matter what, it would be much easier to attack the noble than the merchant group, especially with their numbers.

"Then we will kidnap the noble," Zhang Mengyao made the decision, "The Epic Ranks will focus on the knights on the horse. I want Revalor and Moonsong to focus on the person inside the carriage." She made the two Legend Ranks kidnap the noble while the Epic Ranks focused on the guard. That was a decent plan since they needed to secure the noble to make the guard stop fighting back.

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The traveling noble traveled much faster than the merchant group, still not as fast as the car. The Captain Knight and the Vice-Captain Knight were leading the group in the front, and they noticed something different. The Captain exchanged glances with his trusted subordinates before he raised his right hand and signaled the group to stop.

"Do you feel it too, Captain Patrido?" The Vice-Captain asked with a concerned tone.

"Yes. I feel like we are being watched since a while ago, but the feeling has become more apparent," Captain Patrido nodded his head as he scanned the forest around him. He was confident there were people watching them; that was why he told his team to pick up their pace. However, the people who watched them had prepared an ambush ahead, so he stopped the group.

"Who are you? Come out! How dare you spy on the Marquis Stanion Family carriage!?" Captain Patrido declared. Indeed, he was part of the Stanion Family, and this was the Marquis's territory. That was why they traveled with a small number; there should be no one dared to attack the Stanion Family carriage in their own territory.

However, if these people still dared to make a move even with the Stanion Family flag above the carriage, that meant these people were not just a band of bandits. The enemy was prepared for them, and maybe they were the target. 'I have to notify the guard post...' But he quickly realized they were far from the nearest guard post.

Zhang Mengyao came out of the hiding spot. She was wearing the complete set of Fallen Set, having her face covered with the helmet with only her eyes visible, "We will like to avoid unnecessary battle too, so will you and your people, including the person inside the carriage, follow me to the forest. I am just going to ask a few questions to the person inside the carriage."

There was no way Patrido would accept that absurd condition. If he was that stupid, he would not be the Captain Knight today, "I am the Captain Knight of Stanion Family! Trust me, you don't want to offend the Stanion Family."

"I know it already, and I don't want to hurt any of you as well. Just follow me and answer my question honestly, then we will let you leave," Zhang Mengyao tried to persuade the knights. She knew there was only a small chance for this to succeed, but it was worth giving a try.

"Get your weapon out! We will not let this evil take us!" Captain Patrido had enough with the nonsense and motioned his subordinates to be ready for the fight.

"You should accept the offer and follow us quietly, Captain Patrido," Marshal Alton came out, and he had a helmet to cover his face as well. He raised his right hand, and the elven archers came out of their hiding spots, directing the arrow toward the group. At least there were three hundred elves surrounding the twenty knights.

"You are from the Elven Kingdom!" Captain Patrido yelled out as he saw a hundred elves surrounding his group. But a frown formed on his forehead as he was confused with the situation. The Elven Kingdom was far from this territory, and the elf must cross two kingdoms to reach the Gienas Kingdom. Why the elf in the deep part of the Gienas Kingdom?

"Unfortunately, we are not part of the Elven Kingdom you are talking about," Captain Patrido heard the male voice from behind. He turned around and saw two figures standing above the carriage. His eyes widened in shock because he did not sense these two people's movements. One was an elf for sure because of that pointy ear, but the other one was for sure a beastmen. Those bunny ears told him who the other one was.

'Elf and beastmen!?' He could not believe that the elf worked together with the beastmen because of the blood feud between the two races. The situation was getting even more confusing to him, 'Don't tell me the elf and the beastmen worked together to fight us?'

"We advise you to follow us quietly, or we will use force," Moonsong had his face covered with a black cloth just like the other elf. He squatted down and placed his palm on the carriage.

But then, Captain Patrido smiled, "Unfortunately, you guys are wrong if you think the person inside the carriage is weaker than me.."

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Chapter 879: Second Floor ⁓ The Mystery
"What should we do, then? If we cause a commotion in this city, we might get found out by this King," Yeon Hee was concerned with the cunning King. If they could not clear the second floor, they would die or be trapped on the second floor.

"I thought clearing the first ten floors within an hour would be easy with how fast we cleared the first floor, but it's not as easy as I thought," Viona let out a sigh, "I think we should head back and report this to Supreme General Zhang first. If we cause a commotion inside the city, we may alert the kingdom, and the King may notice the Players' arrival."

Viona and Yeon Hee turned toward Lu An. He was the leader of this operation, so he made the decision. Lu An was reluctant to return empty-handed, but this was the best for now. He had to talk it out with Zhang Mengyao about the situation because a small blunder could cause the twelve kingdoms to hunt them down.

"Alright, let's return for now. We will wait for further instruction from Supreme General Zhang," Lu An listened to Viona and decided to retreat from the city.

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Lu An returned to the operation base in the middle of the forest. So far, they had done well to hide from the twelve kingdoms. Upon returning, he reported all the information, including the speculation that the King of the second floor was hiding in the dark.

Zhang Mengyao heard all of that with a frown on her forehead, "We need more detailed information to confirm your speculation. We need more information from the other kingdoms. Maybe only people from The Kingdom of Gienas do not know about the dimensional tower."

"What about asking the traveling merchant? We can stop one of the merchant groups and interrogate them," Lu An voiced his idea. Gathering information would take a long time with how vast the second floor is. On top of that, they still did not know the location of the other kingdoms aside from the two kingdoms next to The Gienas Kingdom.

"That's a better idea for collecting information," Wei Xi agreed with the plan. That was the best way to collect information than visiting all the kingdoms. The traveling merchant should have broad and general information about the twelve kingdoms, and they might know something about the second floor.

"I feel like we have become a group of thugs now," Kang Xue let out a sigh because they were talking about kidnapping as if it was a normal thing to do.

"Rather than a group of thugs, we are going backward in time to the ancient time where war was something common," Zhang Mengyao chimed in before looking toward Lu An, "Follow the main road, and we will kidnap one merchant group to interrogate them. You will search for the target, and I will lead the operation. However, we are not going to kill them this time, so make sure to cover your faces."

Lu An left with his small team. That small team was a group of three, including him, Viona, and Yeon Hee. Since they were choosing the target, he only brought his subordinates with shadow affinities.

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"The forest is dangerous, huh? Why would the merchant group bring these many guards with them? Lu An complained in a small voice. The merchant group in front of him only brought five carriages, but the group had around one hundred if not two hundred guards with them. This was less crazy because the previous group brought five hundred guards with them.

The mission was not to make a commotion while kidnapping the merchant, but if there were too many guards, they were bound to make a commotion. Even though this was in the middle of the forest, Fanvas City built watchtowers to ensure the visitor's safety.

"This group had fewer guards; maybe we will take them? Yeon Hee voiced her thoughts. This was the third merchant group that passed this road and also the merchant group with the least guards. With the two earlier first two groups, she doubted there would be a merchant group with less guard than this one.

"Let's wait longer. Maybe we will hit the jackpot by waiting for another hour," Lu An shook his head. Since this was a no-kill mission, it would be harder to knock down hundreds of people at the same time, so he did not take the risk.

The jackpot never came because the following five groups had at least five hundred guards with them. There was one merchant group bringing twenty carriages, and they had a thousand guards with them. It was like an army instead of merchant guards.

"We should gamble with the third group," Yeon Hee sighed. "Let's wait longer," Lu An was patient with the mission, and his patience paid off.

Two hours later, they got the jackpot. There was only one carriage, but this carriage was meant for passengers instead of goods, and the carriage was fancier than the merchant carriages. The white carriage with a golden line around the window, and there was a flag with an emblem above the carriage. The emblem was a lion standing up with hind legs with a pair of wings.

Along with the carriage, there were twenty white-armored knights riding the horses. Two on the left and two on the right carriage, six following behind the carriage, and ten knights in the front, leading the carriage. The carriage itself was pulled by ten white horses, and for some reason, it mattered how many horses pulled the carriage.

"Let's not get this one. If ten horses pull the carriage, it means Royalty inside, or at least a Duke or the duke's family," Viona shook her head. "I am not sure because the royalty of the Lionax Kingdom only has eight horses to pull the carriage, so I am not sure about this Gienas Kingdom."

Lu An and Yeon Hee were baffled by the newly acquired information, "Does it matter how many horses pull the carriage?" Lu An blurted out that question.

"Of course. The noble can't have more horses than your Royalty to pull their carriage. That's considered an offense to Royalty!" Viona nodded seriously. She was a former noble, so she knew about this.

"If the person inside the carriage is a duke or even Royalty, then it's better. That person should know more information than those merchants, no?" Lu An insisted on making this carriage their target despite the warning, "But it's not up to me or you to decide, but Supreme General Zhang. Keep watch on them; I will return and ask for Supreme General Zhang's decision.."

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Chapter 877: Fanvas City
"Wouldn't it be better if we split up and disguise ourselves as the inhabitants of the tower?" Wei Xi thought this plan was brilliant, but Zhang Mengyao did not agree with the plan.

"What about the beastmen and the elf? Straying in the wilderness? They can't disguise themselves as inhabitants because the inhabitants will recognize them at a glance because of their race. On top of that, wouldn't the kingdom become suspicious that their city was swarmed by thousands of new people? The risk is too high, and we will end up exposing ourselves," Zhang Mengyao shook her head while explaining her reasoning.

"The fact that we can hide with a hundred thousand forces is good enough, and we don't want to mess up until we have the full info. Let's wait for Lu An and his team to return for now while the Luminous Legion gathers more information about the territory on the second floor," Zhang Mengyao did not want to take the risk because there was a big difference between the first floor and the second floor.

On the first floor, the only Epic Rank was the king, while everyone else was around level 300 to level 700. On the second floor, one kingdom had seventy-one Epic Ranks, and the King was Ancient Rank. That was the reason she did not want to take the risk because there was an Epic Rank. Of course, she was not afraid of them because she had two Legend Ranks on her side. She just did not want to take the meaningless loss.

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The Kingdom of Gienas, one of the human kingdoms on the second floor, was also the closest kingdom where the Tang Empire was. Lu An led a small team consisting of five people.

"We will do the same thing. Viona, Yeon Hee, and I will sneak into the city by entering one of those people's shadows. You two secure the escape route for us," Lu An spoke to two of his subordinates. The mission was to kidnap, so he did not want to bring a big group for the mission. Three people, including him, should be enough even though the target was The General of the armed force.

The former Major General Zuo Ren and former Major General Wu Shuan nodded their heads in response. Even since they changed sides to the Tang Empire from the Suzhou Survivor Establishment, they had been helping Lu An to shape up the Tang Empire Intelligence Division. This was the first real mission for the two since they joined the Tang Empire.

Lu An trusted his back to the two former Major Generals and focused on the main gate of the city ahead of him. There was a stream of people waiting in line to enter the city. Most of the people had carriages behind them, seeming like a merchant bringing their goods to be sold in the city.

Lu An pointed his finger at the carriage in the middle of the waiting line, signaling the two girls to follow that carriage. The two girls nodded and followed Lu An. They became the shadow itself and blended with the carriage's shadow. They could just climb the wall, but they chose the safest route since the city wall was tightly guarded.

It took fifteen minutes for them to enter the city with the carriage's shadow. Not a long process, the guard asked the carriage's owner what they wanted to do in Fanvas City and paid a sum of money. Fanvas was one of the six cities under the Kingdom of Gienas' reign. This place was known as the merchant city, which explained why there was a long line at the main gate.

Once they entered the city, they were greeted by the medieval atmosphere. The building had medieval architecture, and it included the dress people wore as well. After leaving the main gate, the three sneaked out of the shadow and entered the small alley between the building.

"What's the plan?" Yeon Hee asked. She was quite nervous because this was also her first official mission, "We can't disguise ourselves as one of them with our clothing, but we need information about where this General lives."

"Its not hard to get similar clothes. I will get the clothes, stay here for a moment," Viona used her shadow movement and left. Just like she said, it did not take long to get similar clothing, just around three minutes before she returned with the clothes. She had to steal since she did not have the currency on the second floor. These people did not use Game Coins but a physical currency: copper, silver, and gold.

"This is your clothes, Sir. Can you give us a private space, Sir? We need to change up," Viona politely asked Lu An to leave. Lu An left and returned to the same alley ten minutes later.

By the time he returned, Viona was in her blue dress while Yeon Hee was wearing a red dress. His eyes stopped for a moment when he looked at Yeon Hee before snapping out, "What to do, now?" He turned silly for a moment to ask that because he was the leader. He should be the one making plans. Yeon Hee tried to hold her smile as it was rare for Lu An to act like this.

Fortunately, Viona saved his face in front of Yeon Hee, "Yeon Hee and I will go to a bar or something, and we will find more information about the city. We don't have to kidnap a General, but the important people in this city will do, such as the mayor, if this city has one, or maybe the mayor's secretary. I don't think we can kidnap a general quietly like we kidnap a soldier."

"For now, we will look up everything we need to know about the city and return to the same place in an hour, or maybe two hours. How does it sound, Sir?" Viona and Yeon Hee looked at Lu An.

"That will do," Lu An nodded his head, "We will regroup in this spot in two hours then."

Viona and Yeon Hee left the alley with their shadow movement, but Lu An stayed there. After the two girls left, he tapped his cheek two times, "What's wrong with me? Do I fall for her?" He furrowed his brow, then he shook his head, "My brain stopped working for a moment back then, and I am confused, why don't we just kidnap another soldier and interrogate that soldier? The knight of this city should know everything about the city."

Lu An scratched his head, but since that was the plan, he had no choice but to follow the plan. He left the alley and headed to a random crowded place..

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  Chapter 878: King Who Hides In The Dark
  Lu An brought back a man with casual cloth and threw them against the wall. The unconscious man woke up, he was about to scream, but someone closed his mouth. The man's eyes widened as he looked at the young man in front of him, "HMMMMMM."
  
  "Scream, and you will die," Lu An formed a dagger with the shadow and placed it on the man's neck. The man's eyes widened in fear as he was terrified after feeling the coldness from the dagger on his neck. He was a knight on duty and was about to return home after his night shift. On the way back, someone knocked him down, and here has. The man shook his head, indicating he would not scream.
  
  Lu An took out his palm from the mouth, but he noticed the man was about to scream. His left hand moved faster, forcefully opened the mouth, and pulled the man's tongue. The man could not scream because Lu An pulled out his tongue.
  
  Lu An placed the pitch-black dagger on the man's tongue and let the blade cut the man's tongue. Of course, Lu An did not cut the tongue completely, he just sliced the tongue open a little bit, telling the knight he was not joking around. The knight struggled when he felt the pain, but Lu An sent a kick to the man's stomach to suppress the knight once more.
  
  "Let's make things simple before things get completely ugly between us. I will ask you questions, you just need to answer me, and I will leave you alive, understand?" Lu An stared at the knight's eyes with his left hand still holding the knight's tongue. The knight nodded his head as he was surrounded with fierce killing intent. It shocked him how the young man in front of him could have this kind of aura. He felt like the young man had killed more people than him despite being younger.
  
  Lu An proceeded with the interrogation, everything about the city from the highest rank to the bottom rank. Everything about the city, from a to z. After he was done with the questioning, the knight looked up at Lu An, "Who are you? Why are you doing this?"
  
  "You don't need to know about me. That's for the best for you if you want to stay alive. Or, I can entertain your curiosity and end your life after I tell you everything about me," Lu An smiled. But it was like a devil smiling at him from the knight's perspective. The knight shook his head furiously.
  
  "Good," Lu An hit the knight on the back of his head, knocking the knight down unconscious once more. "This is the best thing I can do for you since you are cooperating," He then stabbed the knight in the back of his head, killing him instantly. Giving the knight a painless death was the best present he could give the knight. There was no way he would let the knight alive after the interrogation.
  
  Lu An attempted to ask about the King of the first to the knight, but the knight seemed not to understand what he said. The knight did not know the King of the second floor, and the knight did not even know what the second floor was. The only thing the knight knew was the king of his kingdom and the other kingdoms.
  
  "It seems the knight does not know he is inside the Dimensional Tower," Lu An muttered by himself. Things became weirder with the difference between the first and the second floor. Almost all creatures on the first floor knew they were trapped inside a tower, yet not everyone knew about this fact on the second floor. "Maybe the ruler of this city knows something about that,"
  
  The City of Fanvas was ruled by a Marquis Stanion. The Head of the Stanion Family was the mayor of the city, and the heir of the Stanion Family was the General who led the main army. So, they had to deal with The Stanion Family if they wanted more information on the second floor. Marquis of a kingdom should know something about the second floor.
  
  "Viona is right. We can't just kidnap the General or the head of the city like I kidnap this knight. They are Epic Rank, and they will not get knocked out with just a simple whack on their heads," Lu An fell silent as he was thinking about how to finish his job. He thought it was just a simple kidnapping mission, but it was more complicated than he thought because they had to do it quietly.
  
  A few moments later, Viona and Yeon Hee returned with one unconscious man with them. Yeon Hee furrowed her brow at the sight of the dead man in the corner. She was not used to seeing this kind of scene, but she knew she just needed to get used to this because she would see more similar things in the future.
  
  "I assume we don't need to interrogate this one, do we?" Viona asked Lu An as she tossed the unconscious man next to the dead body.
  
  Lu An nodded and shared his information with the two girls. He got to know where the Marquis Estate was, but the issue was it seemed to be impossible to kidnap the Marquis himself or even the General quietly. They would cause a big commotion trying to kidnap an Epic Rank.
  
  "I see. I think it will be hard to clear the second floor," Viona rubbed her chin, "Let's confirm it by interrogating this man," She was talking about the information about the second floor of the dimensional tower. She slapped the man to wake him up and started the interrogation.
  
  Fifteen minutes later, Viona ripped the lower hem of her dress and wiped out the blood in her hand, "I think the second floor is more complicated than we thought. I think the real King of the Second Floor is hiding the information about him and the dimensional tower from the inhabitants."
  
  "But why, though? Is there a reason for the King to hide that information?" Yeon Hee asked, a little bit confused with the situation.
  
  "To hide from us, the players. It will be hard for us to clear the second floor if we can't find this king. At this point, I am not sure even the Marquis knows something about the real King of the second floor because the King set up the second floor orderly like this," Viona explained..
  
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Chapter 875: Abandoned City?
The first thing Gan Shuo did was contact his superior, Legion Commander Cao Yuntai. He reported the situation when he found a captured city. At the same time, he sent a small team to investigate the city wall to find out the city's defense, how strong it was, and more details about the city.

"How is it, Commander Gan Shuo?" Ma Ping represented everyone who gathered together and asked. Gan Shuo was the only one who could contact the superior through the Communication System.

Gan Shuo shook his head, "I am still waiting for the reply. Sir Cao Yuntai needs to consult the higher-up, but he told me that this might be one of the few survivor establishments in our country."

At this moment, Zhen Yang returned with nine people to report the situation, "This is weird. There are no people above the wall, and it seems the wall is defenseless." He came back with a strange report, "I don't see anyone in the gate and don't find anyone above the wall. It's more like an abandoned city."

Gan Shuo looked at the top wall. Even though his vision was not that clear, he indeed did not see any people above the city. Then the second team returned with the same report, and the third team also came back with the same report.
The suspicion grew inside Gan Shuo. It was an abandoned city, or the city was captured by the zombie. He still remembered the zombies that could talk and establish a kingdom, so he was not surprised if a zombie captured a city.

Field Commander Gan Shuo immediately sent an updated report to Cao Yuntai. This time, he got a quick reply from Cao Yuntai. [Where's your location? Give me the coordinate! I will send you reinforcement to investigate the city.]

Gan Shuo sent the route he took with his people to Cao Yuntai. In the next twenty seconds, he received another reply: [Keep watching the city, but don't make any movement until the reinforcement arrives! This is an order!]

Cao Yuntai emphasized that it was an order, but even with that, Gan Shuo did not plan to make any movement. He did not want to bring his people into a perilous situation. He closed the Communication System and told his subordinates to wait for reinforcement. Everyone thought the reinforcement would arrive in a while, but the reinforcement arrived in fifteen minutes.

The green-feather beastmen descended from the sky in the middle of the formation. The beastmen's sudden appearance surprised them, but they were relieved upon the sight of a familiar figure. The one who just descended was Wen, the Jade Eagle, Wen.

"Are you the group asking for the reinforcement?" Wen asked the closest person, but this person was clueless about what he was talking about. The questioned person looked confused, but Gan Shuo came in time, "Yes, it's our group, Sir Wen." He ran over to the Jade Eagle beastmen.

Wen turned his head toward Gan Shuo and nodded his head, "Then I will investigate the city from the air, and you guys wait for my signal here. If I give you a signal, that means you can approach the city, but without my signal, you can't get closer to the city, understand?"

"Yes, Sir," Gan Shuo replied in a firm tone.

The Jade Eagle nodded and flew off into the city. The Jade Eagle disappeared into the sky in the blink of an eye. He did not tell Gan Shuo what kind of signal and just disappeared like that, leaving Gan Shuo scratching his hair in confusion,
"Maybe it's an obvious signal." He convinced himself in a low voice.

Sure enough, he received the signal, and the signal was so obvious for him not to notice it. A giant whirling appeared near where the group was camping, and he quickly realized it was the signal from Wen. Gan Shuo got up and led his people to the city wall. They headed toward the city gate, and they met with Wen there. The four-meter-tall gate was opened, and Wen talked with four people there.

"I have done my job here. You take care of the rest," Wen was about to fly, and he remembered something else, "Ah, I also have sent a message to Cao Yuntai. He said he will send more people to help you to take care of these people."

That was it, the Jade Eagle did not even bother to tell the real situation inside the city and left Gan Shuo to do the remaining work without knowing what he should do with these people. He wanted to call out, but he did not have the courage to do so since Wen looked in a hurry to leave.

The four people looked toward Gan Shuo and his group, but Gan Shuo focused on the oldest among the four people. The oldest man was standing in the front, indicating he was the leader of the group. That was how Gan Shuo identified the person he needed to speak to find out the situation in the city.

"Hello, Sir," Gan Shuo approached the old man politely, "My name is Gan Shuo, a Field Commander of The Tang Empire."

The four men exchanged glances when they heard the last part from Gan Shuo. Field Commander was a weird rank in their mind, the empire was too ancient in this modern era. However, the four people were aware of why Gan Shuo was here, so they did not question those weird things.

"Hello, Sir Gan Shuo. My name is Pu Jiaobai, and I am the Head of the Zhenjiang Community," The forty-three-year-old man smiled while reaching Gan Shuo's hand for a handshake.

'Head of Zhenjiang Community? What a weird faction name,' Gan Shuo thought to himself. He maintained his smile and inquired in a polite tone, "So, can you explain to me the situation inside the city, Sir? How can we help you? As you see, my friend is in a hurry to leave, and he does not tell me anything about the situation."

"What about if we talk inside? Your friends look tired," Pu Jiaobai looked at the people behind Gan Shuo. They were sweating because of the hot weather, so he was being considerate to give them a place to rest.

Gan Shuo nodded in response and walked into the city with the four people. He found out why these people named themselves the Zhenjiang Community. It was not an official faction because the faction that captured the city left the survivors in Zhenjiang City, hence they called themselves Zhenjiang Community.

A group of police officers banded together with the soldiers from Zhenjiang's military post, creating an establishment before finally having the smart base. It looked promising for the survivors until one day, the police officers and the soldiers disappeared in one night. After a week of their disappearance, the survivors in Zhenjiang called themselves Zhenjiang Community. They started to defend themselves from the danger outside the city.

"No one of you knows where those people disappear to?" Gan Shuo felt it weird that those people suddenly disappeared. The story just did not make sense to him. Why would the people responsible for this territory suddenly leave when this territory was the safest place from the zombie?

"Ah, we have a few people that worked with them. You can ask them, Sir Gan Shuo. They might know something," Pu Jiaobai remembered a few people that did not disappear with the main group..

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  Chapter 876: Trace of The Great Wall Party
  Gan Shuo told Pu Jiaobai to call the few people who left the main group, but he did not immediately question them. He waited for the reinforcement Wen talked about because Miss Li Shuang was in that reinforcement. The Prime Minister came here by herself, so he thought it would be better to wait for them to question those few people.
  
  People called her Prime Minister because she had been taking care of the Tang Empire's infrastructure and economy. Of course, only insiders called her Prime Minister. It was not an official people, so the normal people did not know that. On top of that, Gan Shuo was not confident with his interrogation ability, so he decided to wait.
  
  Gan Shuo investigated the city while waiting for Li Shuang's group. The situation was worse than he thought. Now he noticed that people were actually starving in this city, “You guys don't have enough food?" He asked The Head of Community, Pu Jiaobai.
  
  The forty-three-year-old man smiled bitterly while shaking his head, "The main group brought the majority of food when they left, and we can't go outside because the zombie has gotten much stronger. The only group who could get out of the city to find food was the people who left the main group, but the food they brought back was never enough for seven thousand people. We can only eat once a day to ensure we don't finish all our supplies."
  
  "Gather all the people around the smart base. I think we can share some food with you guys," Gan Shuo immediately decided to share the food. If PM Li Shuang came herself, meaning she put great importance on these people, he might as well treat them well. That was one of many reasons, of course, he just could not bear to see the children and his fellow countrymen starving like this. It came back to his nationalism to help his own people.
  
  Supplies for a thousand armies used to feed seven thousand people. Thanks to the inventory, they could save the cooked food inside, and it did not go bad. Yeah, the food was prepared for them like days ago but remained in their inventory. It did not go bad inside the inventory, so the Tarriors made sure they had three days of supply in their inventory before the expedition.
  
  While Gan Shuo shared the food, the reinforcement came. Li Shuang was accompanied by a legion of Tarriors, meaning she brought ten thousand Tarriors as a reinforcement. Gan Shuo was surprised because they had secured the city, there was nothing dangerous around here. He felt there was no need to bring a legion as a reinforcement, one squadron should be enough.
  
  One legion consisted of ten thousand people, so the sudden appearance caused a little commotion among the people in the city, "Its okay, calm down, Guys. They are my friends and come to bring you guys back to the city. They are the reinforcement!" Gan Shuo immediately calmed down the people before rushing to the Legion Commander.
  
  "Field Commander Gan Shuo is reporting to Legion Commander Cao Yuntai," Gan Shuo raised his right hand to the eyebrow level. Cao Yuntai nodded his head, "What about the situation inside the city? Have you ensured they are not armed?"
  
  Gan Shuo opened his mouth, but no words came out of it for a while, "I thought they were just ordinary people, Sir. I don't doa thorough check," he lowered his head a little bit.
  
  "What? Lady Li Shuang is coming, and you don't secure the area?" Cao Yuntai raised his voice. Even though her position was not official, her position as Tang Shaoyang's woman was known to the others. He felt Gan Shuo must secure the area upon knowing Lady Li Shuang would come over.
  
  "It's fine," Li Shuang waved her hand at the two as she walked closer to the people. The people stopped eating and looked in her direction in fear. They seemed to be afraid that the ten thousand armed people suddenly entered the city.
  
  "Ask their representative if they want to join the Tang Empire or not. Never use oppression, but tell them they must leave the city if they don't want to join the Tang Empire," Li Shuang ordered Cao Yuntai. She told him not to use Oppression but asked people to leave the city if they did not want to join.
  
  Cao Yuntai was not confused by the order. He knew well what she meant by not using oppression. It was more like physical oppression than intimidation. Also, people who wanted to live in the Tang Empire's territory had to sign the System Contract. If these people did not want to sign the contract, then they had to leave.
  
  "Lead me to the people you said, Field Commander Gan Shuo."
  
  Gan Shuo nodded and led Li Shuang to the former soldiers, while Cao Yuntai delegated the job to the Vice Legion Commanders and followed Li Shuang. He must be next to Li Shuang since Gan Shuo had not secured the city yet, just in case this was The Great Wall Party's trick.
  
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  Gan Shuo brought Li Shuang and Cao Yuntai to the room where four people were waiting for them. Li Shuang did not bother with the proper introduction as she sat in front of them and went into the main topic directly, "Are you four the former members of The Zhenjiang Survivor Establishment?"
  
  The main reason she brought a whole legion to the city was that she had a suspicion that the city was under the Zhenjiang Survivor Establishment. Zhenjiang Survivor Establishment was part of the Great Wall Party which was part of The World Government. She thought there would be a fight, but she did not expect the Zhenjiang Survivor Establishment to abandon the city.
  
  The four men did not try to hide it from Li Shuang as they admitted and spilled everything. The main group of this city was indeed the Zhenjiang Survivor Establishment. After the Earth Tournament was over, their leaders told them to prepare to leave the city out of nowhere. The main group left a week after the tournament ended.
  
  "Why did they abandon the city? This city has a smart base, which is the most essential thing for a faction, but why did they leave?' Li Shuang was confused. "Do you know why and where they left?"
  
  The man called Pe Yunchang answered her, "We don't know why our leaders want to leave, but I think I know where they go. They said they headed to Beijing in order to rebuild the government city. However, they told us not to bring our family: that was why we sneaked out from them and stayed here."
  
  The conversation lasted for another fifteen minutes. Li Shuang had asked for everything she wanted, and she let the four people leave, "Keep watching them, just in case this is a scheme from the Great Wall Party." She asked Cao Yuntai to watch the four people.
  
  Li Shuang believed what they told her, but this was just a precaution for the worst. However, she found out the reason why Zhenjiang Survivor Establishment abandoned the city. It was to regroup with the other establishment and escape from the Tang Empire. After declaring war on the Suzhou Survivor Establishment, they should know it was just a matter of time before the Tang Empire reached this city and did the same to them.
  
  "What are they planning?" Li Shuang was quite concerned that several establishments had regrouped. If she let them be, they could bea threat to the Empire, "But I know where they went to. Maybe we will focus on expanding our territory toward Beijing's direction and destroy the Great Wall Party before they grow to become a threat." She muttered in a low voice.
  
  "This is not my domain. I will just make the report and let Mengyao make the decision," Li Shuang stretched out and glanced at Cao Yuntai, "We will stay in Zhenjiang for a few days while waiting for those people's answer. Get some teams to retrieve the food from the nearest outpost and make sure not to let those civilians starve."
  
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  Earth Dimensional Tower, Second Floor
  
  There was a big difference between the first floor and the second floor of the Dimensional Tower. If the first floor did not have a clear hierarchy, the second floor had a very clear hierarchy. There were twelve kingdoms, four of them were human kingdoms, three demon kingdoms, one elf kingdom, and four beast kingdoms. Those twelve kingdoms were the rulers of the second floor of the Earth Dimensional Tower.
  
  Zhang Mengyao got that information after kidnapping one of the soldiers from the human and interrogating the soldier. Since there was a clear hierarchy on the second floor, it made the situation more complicated. They had to defeat the King of the second floor, but it would be hard to find this king with twelve kingdoms with equal power standing on the second floor.
  
  "Does that mean we have to kill all twelve kings from the twelve kingdoms?" Wei Xi scratched his head. Warring against the twelve kingdoms with a hundred thousand people was just absurd. Those kingdoms had millions of people and armies. Added with their special status as players that had to clear the dimensional tower, the twelve kingdoms might band together and fight them once they showed up.
  
  The inhabitants of the tower wanted the players not to clear the first-floor tower within a year, so they could get out of the Dimensional Tower. In order to achieve the Tower Break, the inhabitants would put their differences and fight against the player together. If the mission was to kill the twelve kings, an open war against the twelve kingdoms was not a good idea. They must deploy an assassination method to kill the twelve kings.
  
  "I don't think that's the case," Zhang Mengyao shook her head. That would be too hard for the second floor if that was the case, especially when they could not communicate with the people outside the tower. "Let's get more information," She then looked at Lu An, "Let's kidnap someone with a higher position."
  
  Lu An made an okay signal with his right hand and smiled, "Leave it to me. I will kidnap their Commander this time.."
  
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Chapter 873: Corruption
"Glory for Your Majesty!" The three meters tall zombie shouted those words before he killed the other two. After finishing the three people, the scythe turned back into the flesh wing, and the zombie flew deeper into the territory.

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Beijing's smart base

The zombie made a path for one zombie to pass through. That one zombie walked along the path, approaching the smart base. If not for his purple skin, this one looked like a normal person instead of a zombie. His skin color differentiated him from a normal human. The purple-skinned zombie walked in leisurely as if he was walking on the red carpet.

When the purple-skinned zombie arrived in front of the entrance, he stopped for a moment there and said, "So, this is the smart base? If we capture the smart base, then we can produce an upgraded version of the zombies I want?" Clearly, he talked to himself as no one was around him. "I can't wait to turn this smart base into a Breeding Tower. I want to meet my new lovely children."

After the monologue, the purple-skinned zombie entered the smart base. His five trusted subordinates were already waiting for him with one human inside the smart base. The human was tied, and his mouth gagged with flesh meat, but the man struggled as tears kept coming out of his eyes.

One zombie was five meters tall, his body was not buffed as he had a similar frame to the human, but a little bit bigger frame. This zombie was topless, but he could transform his skin into black armor. Two zombies were giant hulks, around seven meters tall, with extremely buffed bodies. One slam of his fist might destroy a five-story building. Another one was a zombie that could transform his hands into a weapon he liked. It could be a scythe, sword, spear, or even Shield. The last one was a zombie with a pair of bat wings and red skin. Her skin was cracked, and from that crack, she released heat, raising the room's temperature.

"Is he the leader of this territory?" The purple-skinned zombie asked the female zombie and frowned, "Just one leader? I thought the human system was quite complicated with many leaders in it, but why do you only capture one?"

The female zombie shrugged and threw the hulk-like zombies under the bus right away, "Ask Nou and Shong. They just can't hold back and destroy everything in their face. If not for me coming in time, I might not be able to capture this guy alive," the female zombie kicked the man.

If Zhang Mengyao, Cao Jingyi, Li Shuang, and Kang Jiayi were here, they would recognize the captured hostage. He was the leader of the Great Wall Party, General Wang Zhengju. The General tried to persuade the Tang Empire to hand over everything.

"But don't worry, Your Majesty. He is the highest leader of these humans, so he is supposed to have all the information you want," The female zombie assured the purple-skinned zombie.

At this time, the chunk of meat fell off Wang Zhengju's mouth, “I will tell you everything you want to know. Please spare my life. I will do anything for you all, but please don't kill me! I don't want to die!" He wailed and begged for his life as tears and snot came off. He tried to reach the purple-skinned zombie, but one of the zombies transformed his hand into a long sword and cut Wang Zhengju's both hands.

"Don't you dare to touch Your Majesty with your dirty hands, Human!" The zombie warned Wang Zhengju.

The purple-skinned zombie was surprised the man did not even scream after his hands were cut off. The human endured the pain and put his head on the ground, "If your friends survived, I may spare your life and devour your friends instead. Alas, fate speaks otherwise."

The purple-skinned zombie's body split into two like a creature opened its mouth. A black tongue came out of it and pulled Wang Zhengju into the mouth.

"NOOOOOOO-" Wang Zhengju's voice was cut off as the purple-skinned zombie's body returned to normal. The purple-skinned zombie nodded his head a few times before a frown appeared on his forehead and muttered, "The Tang Empire? There's a bigger and stronger force than this one? The World Government? I see, we have acguired a lot of targets to eradicate."

That was right, the purple-skinned zombie acquired Wang Zhengju's memories by devouring him. That was the purpose why he told his subordinates not to kill the leaders. He was supposed to get more information if his subordinates did not go on a rampage.

"Our main target will be the World Government, but we will look for the Tang Empire first since the Tang Empire is closest to us," The purple-skinned zombie spoke to his subordinates, "But let's take a break for a while before we come for the Tang Empire. I also want to know what kind of a new family we will have."

The purple-skinned zombie approached the black stele and placed his right hand on it. There was a screen that popped out in front of him.

[Do you want to corrupt the smart base? (Yes) (No)]

The purple-skinned zombie chose yes without hesitation, as it was the main purpose of attacking this territory. He

wanted more than just information and the smart base to change it to the Breeding Tower to produce his army. The reason he delayed the attack on the Tang Empire was that he wanted to produce more zombie armies. He acquired crucial information from the human he just devoured that the Tang Empire was stronger than the human force he just ran over. For assurance, he delayed the attack.

The floor around the black stele suddenly turned black, and it slowly spread out to the whole building. After the whole building turned black, the black stele slowly transformed into red flesh. From the black stele, the floor turned into flesh and spread out to the whole building. When the whole building turned into the whole face, a gate made of flesh formed in front of the purple-skinned zombie.

"Let's see our new family member," After he said that, a zombie came out of the gate. The zombie was around four meters tall with countless spikes on its back to the back of its head. The purple-skinned zombie's forehead formed a frown as he clearly did not like with what he got. However, he did not give up on the new zombie, "Show me your ability!"

The zombie with the spikes curled up, and then it rolled forward. Looking at this, the purple-skinned zombie made a surprised expression with a smile followed afterward. "This is perfect. We can now run over everything!"

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  Chapter 874: Captured City
  "Don't you feel it, Uncle Gan? I feel like the zombies we fought have become a lot stronger," Zhen Yang sat next to Gan Shuo and shared some of his concerns with his Captain.
  
  "Do you feel it too? I feel the same even though they don't kill each other, and we can't find the survivors in this dead City too, so how do they level up? Do they level up differently?" Liao Zhenya joined the two men and said the same concern.
  
  The three were part of the Huzhou survivors who ended up joining the Tarrior. They were the people who joined the Tang Empire during the Territory War against the two Zombie Kingdoms. Despite being traumatized by the war, they ended up joining the Tarrior.
  
  "So, I am not the only one to feel that," Gan Shuo said with a concerned look, "I will report this to Commander Cao Yuntai. But we can do nothing about it for now but to keep fighting."
  
  "But this is good for us, no?" A young guy came over, bringing his own plate of food, sitting next to Captain Gan Shuo. "We get more experience by killing the higher-level zombies."
  
  "That's not the issue, Wan Yongzhen. The fact that the zombies get stronger without killing other creatures is something we should worry about. If that's the case, then what about the zombies in the remote area that we can't reach? They will get a lot stronger and maybe will become even stronger than us if no one kills them," Liao Zhenya tried to explain the critical thing behind the issue to the youngest.
  
  Wan Yongzhen just turned sixteen a month ago, but he was labeled as the gifted Tarrior. The boy finished the training with the Tarrior within three months. Within those three months, he managed to convince Wei Xi that he was ready to fight the zombies despite the Tarrior's restriction that one should be eighteen or above to join. While he did not stand out in the main force, he was someone with the fastest growth within the Tarrior as he had reached level 351 by now. That was a massive improvement as he was just level 81 when he finished the training.
  
  "Isn't this issue is important, and we need to solve it early, Uncle Gan? With The Tarrior and the newcomers from the other worlds, it should be easy for us to take back our region from the zombies," Zhen Yang felt that the Empire had to take this matter seriously. At least they had to take back China from the zombies before everything got out of control.
  
  "You guys haven't heard the rumor?" Gan Shuo took a sip of the water in his hand and looked at the three. The confused look on their faces was the answer he needed as it told him they had not heard it yet, “The other factions tried to ambush Supreme General Zhang in the tower area. They tried to kill Supreme General Zhang, that's why we mobilized the main force to the tower for war. I don't think the Empire can mobilize more armies to investigate this issue unless the war is over."
  
  "What? They dare to assassinate Supreme General Zhang? Aren't they afraid of Lord Tang Shaoyang?" Wan Yongzhen innocently said that out loud.
  
  Zhen Yang rolled his eyes, "They don't know how strong our Emperor is, so they aren't afraid to do that."
  
  "Then what happened to Supreme General Zhang? Is she injured?" Wan Yongzhen asked worriedly.
  
  "Nope, she is fine, not even a single scratch," Gan Shuo smiled while shaking his head, "I heard the five factions back down after Lord Tang Shaoyang's familiar appeared. They made a lame excuse and ran away."
  
  "What? Lord Tang Shaoyang did not kill them?" It was Liao Zhenya's turn to be surprised as she did not expect to end up like that. She thought The Emperor would go on a rampage upon knowing those people tried to kill Supreme General Zhang Mengyao.
  
  Gan Shuo shook his head, "I heard there's a punishment for fighting in the area around the tower, so there's no fight. However, the war is inside the war if the five factions dare to enter the tower. If they don't enter the tower, then there will be no war."
  
  "Alright, the break time is over. Finish your food and join us after that, Wan Yongzhen," Gan Shuo got up and saved the cup in his hand into the inventory. Gan Shuo was part of the expansion force, and their duty was to clear the zombies and capture the city. After capturing Suzhou City, the Tang Empire pushed further up. He was Field Commander and led a thousand Tarrior to clear the zombie and also the mini-game.
  
  Gan Shuo led his people in one direction while the other Field Commander led their people in another direction. That was how it worked, and he would report his discovery and the place his team explored. Of course, they would get two days a break at the weekend, quite generous considering the Empire's massive expansion.
  
  "It seems we are in a new territory," Gan Shuo muttered in a low voice as they came out of the city area. Ahead of him was a forest with a road in between. The forest was surrounded by white fog. “The forest area is not our job, so we will take the road instead."
  
  Gan Shuo led his people to follow the road, and the stronger team would explore the forest. The forest held an unknown thing that might be stronger than his team, so he was instructed not to enter the forest. The weirder thing was that if he and his team followed the road, the creature inside the forest would not attack them.
  
  Sure enough, no creatures attacked them in the fifty minutes journey. By the time they came out of the forest area, they had arrived in the new city, "Huh!? Another group captured the city," Gan Shuo saw the seven-meter-tall wall three hundred meters ahead of him. The only way for them to build the wall was by capturing the city.
  
  "What should we do, Captain Gan Shuo?" Vice Field Commander Ma Ping asked. This was the first time they encountered the already captured city..
  
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