Chun began following the bats in stealth, and the bats stopped right at the Dog King's corpse.
No need to say, they were sucking the toxic blood filled with drugs from the Dog King.
Suddenly, Chun had an epiphany. Could it be that after Aileen's body was discarded, the bat also sucked her blood? So this blood is akin to her remains, and since she is soul-bound with me, I can see, or rather sense, the bat's appearance?
Indeed, nobles would only discard bodies at night, and nocturnal flying creatures like bats would be the first to arrive, followed by flesh-eating fish to devour the remaining body.
So, it's highly likely that Aileen's next task is to eliminate this bat, but that's simply impossible; I must avoid falling into this trap at all costs...
The closer to the bats, the fewer players there were around.
Great, with no interference from players, I can quietly hold my breath and practice swimming.
...
At this moment, the appearance of the Bat King threw the Divine Team into chaos, and the members could only jump into the water to avoid the bat's attack.
The swarm of bats ignored the players and clustered densely on the Dog King's corpse.
A team member reported: "That Chun has also swum over to the bats."
The Young Master was shocked: "He actually wants to ambush the Bat King?!"
The members were incredulous: "This is the hardest flying Boss to fight, normally only magic spells, arrows, or capture nets can be used—unless he has stolen some powerful item!"
The Young Master said solemnly: "Let's see how powerful the item he stole is! Everyone else, rearrange into a blockade formation!"
At this moment, the Young Master felt somewhat shaken. Initially, he hadn't planned to invest high-risk efforts here at the Count's Mansion; the so-called cooperation was merely to push Curry aside while creating a big red name. Now it seems that the potential rewards of success are unimaginably large, even if the basic objective of creating a big red name is achieved through failure. In comparison, deploying such a large force to block a player in the sewers seems less worthwhile?
"Peeping Immortal!"
"Young Master, I'm here!"
The Young Master asked: "Did you watch that Chun's infiltration video? If it were you, how confident would you be?"
Peeping Immortal answered: "As long as a large team can attract enough attention in the front yard, especially by pinning down those guardian dogs, I can try to climb the wall from the backyard. But I need three barrels to stand on and it's uncertain that I can enter the house to steal the treasures."
The Young Master frowned: "Can you set a fire to coordinate with the front yard?"
"Yes, I'll need 10 mining lamps, the oil from 10 mining lamps is enough to ignite instantly."
The Young Master was satisfied: "Prepare immediately."
"Sakamaru Saito, leader of the Warrior Corps, reports that the Northern, Western, and Southern Corps have all returned to the city gate! They are ready to respond to the stray dogs' harassment!"
The Young Master nodded: "Let me witness the training results of the Warrior Corps! Also, let those Curry folks see our prowess!"
"Sakamaru has received!"
However, the anticipated slicing and dicing of dogs did not occur. Faced with the gallant marching blade formation that looked like a parade, the stray dogs dared not approach, even the elite strays fled upon sight—truly showing their nature of bullying the weak and fearing the strong, or perhaps it was due to the loss of the Dog King's leadership.
Despite his disappointment, the Young Master was quite approving: "This is good too, though returning to the city was a bit slow, it's forgivable."
Just then, Singer's call came: "Mr. Shenqian, your Warrior Corps has amazed me, we have a better suggestion."
This was exactly the shocking effect he wanted! The Young Master thought, gleefully: "Let's hear it?"
"Since your Warrior Corps can deter the stray dogs and is positioned at the city gates, you can further extend the formation to encircle the stray dogs, driving most of them towards the Count's Mansion while releasing fish barrels. This way, most of the stray dogs will storm the Count's Mansion, increasing our odds!"
The Young Master suddenly hesitated: "You're clearly afraid of losses, aren't you?"
Singer laughed: "Just ask if you think what I said makes sense, Mr. Shenqian? Moreover, your warriors are all maxing out their levels, not having time to practice swimming, so they're not much different from ordinary players in the sewers, or in front of the Boss..."
Admittedly, this made a lot of sense! The Young Master even began to admire how Singer had pinpointed something he himself had overlooked.
The Young Master immediately asked the team member: "How are the Sea Merchants Association's fish barrels prepared?"
"They are loaded on the carriage, ready to be deployed. There's a group of stray dogs gathered around the carriage, the fish meat is effective for stray dogs. The personnel receiving the treasures are in position."
Very good, having white-named players receive the treasures snatched by red-named ones is the key!
The Young Master reviewed the procedure to confirm there were no errors, then contacted Singer again: "How is your preparation?"
"Perfectly ready!"
"Then let's proceed."
The Young Master didn't trust their standard of perfection, as long as nothing happened it was fine, and if something did happen, even better.
...
Golden Divine Throne.
The commotion in Black Iron City was so intense, escalating to the siege of the Count's Mansion, that Michael, the first player overseeing the entire operation, found it very intriguing.
The butler was worried: "Sir, really not going to intervene? You could stop them with just one call!"
Michael laughed: "Why stop a group of fools? Let them test the mansion's vulnerabilities, that previous flaw where one player could sneak in and quickly find the pills must be fixed."
The butler sighed, "The main issue is that the Count took the strongest guards to attend the banquet, otherwise such a low-level oversight wouldn't have happened."
Michael laughed, "So this gives an opportunity for AI learning, otherwise it's hard for artificial intelligence to mature."
The butler remembered something, "This Bat King is surely feeding on the Dog King's corpse. Bats are one of the monsters with the highest mutation rates; looking at the current situation, the chances of mutation are not low."
Michael nodded, "This is actually a rare testing opportunity. If the mental pleasure from a feast of foie gras is 3, the pleasure from sex is 10, then a real pill represents 100. What we need to do is to digitize the pill, making it the spiritual sustenance after consciousness is uploaded, so that once the consciousness departs the body, it doesn't turn into emotionless numbers. Such eternal life would be meaningless, so testing to upgrade the pill is very necessary. I'm indeed looking forward to this bat's mutation; it's the sublimation from ordinary data to high-level data! Once the mutation is successful, it will naturally trigger the in-game judge to recover the sample."
The butler was a bit anxious, "Will regular players discover this secret?"
Michael was unperturbed, "I actually hope they have all sorts of strange wisdom to help us solve various problems. I am getting increasingly impatient with that group of developers; their thinking is too restricted."
"Sir, they've taken action!"
"Looking forward to their performance! Besides, what's happening with Sariel?"
"Two hired ships have retreated, only the Silver Queen is struggling. The Mermaid's Song of Hypnosis is too powerful; even with Spirit Pendants, the NPC Paladins of Silver City can barely resist."
Michael sighed, "His privilege points should be running low."
The butler said, "It's not to disrespect Mr. Sariel, but with his design style, there will be some issues that are sure to succeed."
Michael sighed, "Perhaps! But the NPC intervention hasn't appeared, that's the real test."
...
Outside the walls of the Count's Mansion, under the encirclement of the Divine Presence Warrior Corps, a large number of stray dogs gathered in the aristocratic district.
Then three carriages broke through the dog crowd and stopped under the wall. Dozens of players, with their feet treated with bandages, skillfully unloaded barrels, poured fish, and stacked barrels in a seamless flow.
The Count's Mansion immediately sounded the alarm, and the players immediately turned red-named. Undeterred, they continued to toss barrels of fish into the courtyard, and the stray dogs, like a black tide, leaped over the barrels and climbed the wall, instantly joining the courtyard dogs in a frenzied brawl.
The next moment, tens of thousands of miners from the Tata-Curry Team charged like a dragon, attacking the high walls, and what came into sight was a literal bloodbath of stray dogs and courtyard dogs—the gap in combat power was like facing a meat grinder.
The miners relentlessly leapt into the courtyard, only to become corpses under the security's sticks. But it didn't matter; thousands of people were enough to drain physical strength!
And just then, a sudden blaze erupted in the backyard.
The unexpected fire instantly threw the Count's Mansion into chaos! With this, the miner flood finally broke through a breach and surged towards the mansion, tools knocking on doors, windows, and walls with a ringing that sent glass flying everywhere!
Just then, the Count's Mansion's alarm sounded again, and security personnel from nearby residences came over to support!
——Aristocratic District Alert: All personnel must evacuate the district within 1 minute! Otherwise, they will all be subjected to red-name penalties!
"Nani!"
"What the f*ck?"
The Young Master and Singer never expected that there was actually a joint defense mechanism among the nobles! Do we really have to retreat?
At this time, the Peeping Immortal, having just successfully set a fire in the backyard, was also ready to act according to the situation—though there was no way to return. Having completed the Young Master's arson task and still needing to conquer the bar dancer Vivian, getting a red name was not an option, hence there was only one way; jump into the fire and die before being seen and turning red-named.
Just then, a girl's voice rang out, "Warrior, come here!"
He was spotted!
Peeping Immortal looked in surprise and saw a little girl waving at him from a door in the backyard!
Am I not red-named? Did I trigger an event!?
Peeping Immortal didn't think twice and immediately followed. This was a laundry room with only a petite girl in a maid outfit and a mountain of clothes.
Sod off inside! This girl is a child laborer cruelly exploited by the nobles, so she is not on their side, therefore I won't turn red-named!
The little girl pointed to a box, "Hide in here!"
It really triggered! Peeping Immortal excitedly asked, "What's your name?"
"I'm Amy! Someone's coming, don't say a word!"
After speaking, she covered the box, followed by the sound of clothes being piled up on top.
More successful than anticipated, this was how you infiltrate the Count's Mansion!
Peeping Immortal immediately reported to the Young Master, "Young Master, met an insider, successfully infiltrated and hid!"
This great success instantly inspired the hesitant Young Master, who immediately motivated the equally hesitant Singer, "We can't retreat, now's the chance, destroy everything that can be destroyed—afterwards, the Count will surely hire workers for repairs, then we can blend in as workers and act again!"
Singer was apparently not stupid, "No way—"
The Young Master immediately said, "Another 100,000 on your card!"
Singer was instantly invigorated, "Then charge!"
Since the Tata-Curry Consortium was doing so much, the Young Master immediately secretly called back the Warrior Corps, "Everyone, evacuate the district!"
Blocking the city gates at the beginning, with so much investment, was to give the Warrior Corps time to train and occupy the village for development, the Warrior Corps simply cannot turn red-named and end up in prison.