Chapter 128 Shadow
On the other side, Li Chengqi held up the barbecue skewer and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the pixelated and still disgusting giant centipede on the screen was completely dead.
This time it was really a bit dangerous. Li Chengqi didn't expect that his direct interference could be blocked, and even the contact with Viola could be blocked.
Players play the role of the Demon King and God in the game, but there are more than just players in the game.
From this perspective, it is not surprising that others can block your operations.
To use an inappropriate metaphor, it's like when you are playing a PFS game and a high flash is thrown from the opposite side, and you hear the sound of footsteps and gunfire.
At this time, you can either spin around in circles and shoot randomly, or you can take your hands off the keyboard and wait for the next round.
Li Chengqi had never encountered this kind of thing before, largely because Viola had never encountered believers of other gods before, especially those with strong hostility.
After hearing Aldai say that gods rarely interfere directly with the mortal world, Li Chengqi also thought that the demon king played by the player was Liu Bei, and he himself had literally intervened quite a few times.
He didn't understand why until today, because if you want to interfere, other gods will stop you.
When Li Chengqi tried to press the assassin with his fingers, he was blocked by the power of the Centipede Lord, but it didn't work, which didn't mean there was no consumption. It's equivalent to spending faith points in vain but getting nothing done.
Thanks to the second Demon King's Ring, it unlocked the 'miracle' ability and directly poured divine power into Viola. Otherwise, his number one believer would have died suddenly on the spot.
Having said that, the divine power in Viola's hands can not only be used for attack and defense, but also for treatment, which Li Chengqi did not expect.
He just saw through the character panel that Lord Walter was parasitized, and that the word 'transformation' was written next to the name of Lux Internal Affairs Officer behind the Lord, and then informed Viola about it.
Li Chengqi was also surprised when she punched him. What was even more surprising was that he could really use this very physical method to repel insects. Li Chengqi was just thinking about whether to go out to the drugstore at night and buy some insect repellent. Insecticide.
But then again, why would the Centipede Lord deal with Viola?
To be honest, this is the first time Li Chengqi has seen this name. If he were the plague goddess who had been slapped several times by him, it would be reasonable for her to come here for revenge.
For example, if I can’t find the Demon King God to take revenge, can I still find no followers of the Demon King God?
But Li Chengqi has never been in contact with the Lord of Centipedes. Could it be that this Dogecoin is an ally with the Plague Goddess, and came to seek revenge after seeing his ally being beaten?
For another example, this matter has nothing to do with the Plague Goddess. The Centipede Lord, like Li Chengqi, is protecting a certain demon kingdom. He feels that Viola's survival will affect the cause of the invasion, so it seems reasonable to come to deal with her.
But Viola's coming to Sailing City was an impromptu decision, and there was only a few days of preparation time. If it was an impromptu decision, could she really prepare a way to isolate the Demon King from interference?
I remember Aldai told Li Chengqi several times that the Demon King God is the most powerful god. Would the Hundred-footed Lord really want to provoke a powerful enemy for nothing?
From a profit perspective, it makes little sense.
Or maybe the existence of the Demon King God is a huge threat to other gods, so regardless of grudges or interests, we just want to prevent the Demon King God from becoming bigger?
There seems to be some problem. There are druids in Spring Grove who believe in the goddess of spring water, and I haven't seen the goddess of spring water making an oracle saying that the devil must die.
It felt like I had been beaten out of nowhere, and I still didn’t know the reason.
Li Chengqi scratched his head and decided to put this matter aside for now. He had to take a good look at whether other people in the castle still had problems. He might not be able to withstand it again.
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Someone assassinated the princess. Of course, such a big thing cannot be ignored casually. Everyone in the castle, including the guests in the banquet hall who looked confused and didn't know what happened, had to go through the sieve to make sure there was no problem.
With such a big incident happening, of course the banquet could not be held. We kept checking until midnight to make sure the guests were fine before letting them go.
"Come in."
Walter sat in the office and looked at the documents, rubbing his sore stomach from time to time. He heard a knock on the door and signaled the people outside the door to come in.
The person who entered the office was no outsider, it was Walter’s daughter Wendy.
"Father, are you feeling better?"
"Oh, much better. Your Highness's punch reminds me of the time when I was trained by your grandfather when I was a child."
Wendy snickered and sat on the sofa opposite Walter.
When the incident happened, Wendy and Reina were still entertaining guests in the banquet hall and had no idea what was going on. Otherwise, with her housekeeper Lena's combat power of level 37, there is no way she could stop the giant centipede from running away. "The servants and soldiers in the castle have almost done the screening. No trace of the shape-shifting creatures was found, but they dug out two spies."
"She's the maid in charge of tea."
"So you know?"
"I just kept them on purpose so that they could pass on some false information to the outside world."
"It's still being interrogated, but it seems to have nothing to do with this incident."
"Yes, if it was relevant, they would have taken action long ago, why wait until now."
Walter shook his head:
"Although there should be no need to care about any means on the battlefield, based on my understanding of the Kingdom Tiger, he doesn't like to use underhanded methods such as assassination. It may not have anything to do with the Subia Demon Kingdom."
"You think highly of your enemies."
"Your grandfather spoke very highly of his old rival. I listen to it every day, and my ears are almost numb."
Although the battlefield is cruel, it is also a place where heroes cherish heroes. The more powerful the enemy, his opponent will respond with high praise instead of simply belittling.
"But I really didn't expect that Lux's internal affairs officer, who has worked in the castle for ten years, is actually a transgender creature."
"The mages checked the barrier under the castle and found that the barrier had been tampered with. Its effect was weakened, so the deformed creatures were allowed to mix in."
The fangs of the Centipede Lord are special shape-shifting creatures that eat their victims empty and then get inside and manipulate the victim's body to disguise themselves.
In addition, the barrier had been manipulated, so he could sneak into the castle.
Wendy speculated that the transsexual creature might have bribed Lux Internal Affairs Officer to let him tamper with the barrier, then eat him and then disguise himself as him.
As for when it was replaced, it is unknown. It may be recently or it may be a long time ago.
Perhaps even from the beginning, Internal Affairs Officer Lux was a pawn destined to be abandoned.
Wendy was not just guessing, she put a document on Walter's desk.
"I just investigated the file and found that the internal affairs officer of Lux had a wrong spelling when filling in the place of birth. Such a simple mistake should not appear on a civilian in charge of the internal affairs of the castle."
Walter looked at the misspelling position marked in the red circle and thought: "This kind of spelling mistake is not like someone from our country would make it, but more like someone from the Demon Kingdom of Oswaya."
This is the furthest away from the Demon Kingdom of Avarus and one of the few neutral Demon Kingdoms in this war.
If Internal Affairs Officer Lux is a spy sent by the Demonic Kingdom of Oswea, then what is the connection between this country and the Centipede Lord?
"Father, who sent Internal Affairs Officer Lux?"
"Of course it's your father..."
Walter was stunned for a moment:
“No, it should be sent by the royal family. Ten years ago, you and your grandfather were still living in the capital.”
"Yes, grandpa probably doesn't know about this, but it's not normal for the royal family to interfere in the internal affairs of a regional lord."
"Wendy, what do you want to say?"
"Grandpa once mentioned to me that there is an unknown force lurking under the royal power in this world, manipulating the change of royal power. Grandpa has no evidence, it is just a feeling."
Wendy sat back on the sofa, holding her cane in her arms and thinking thoughtfully:
"What if that's not an illusion, and there really is something like a shadow?"
(End of chapter)