Chapter 164 - 129: Clearing the Bounty

Chapter 164: Chapter 129: Clearing the Bounty

At an altitude of 5,000 meters, aboard a massive passenger jet, Milton held a newly printed test report and appeared once more inside the luxurious private suite.

"My Lady, everything proceeded very smoothly."

"The results are in."

Milton’s eyes were cast downward, not daring to let his gaze wander around the suite.

It was just that the group of celebrities was far too "dedicated," making the atmosphere in the suite a little too intimate.

"So the results are in!"

"I hope it’s good news."

Murong Yan beckoned, and the test report in Milton’s hand flew into hers of its own accord.

Milton wasn’t surprised by this at all. This lady’s power was definitely Silver or higher.

At that Realm, one could destroy a small city with a wave of the hand. Mere telekinesis was, of course, child’s play.

Milton hadn’t even detected any fluctuations of power from start to finish, a testament to the lady’s immense strength.

"Hahaha, so it’s already passed the critical threshold!"

"That means even that little Demon below can no longer change who has dominant control over the fusion."

"The Empire has waited so long, and it’s finally happened!"

Murong Yan was ecstatic as she held the test report, though she had long known this day would come sooner or later.

But for it to have arrived so quickly was still beyond her expectations.

’The great price I paid to come here this time was clearly worth it.’

Now that the dominant party in the fusion was decided, this [King’s Game] below wasn’t so important anymore.

...

Forty-four years ago, the birth of the King’s Game startled the [Observatory] of the Heaven-Reaching Empire.

At the time, Murong Yan’s faction received the news first and quietly covered everything up.

They then sent people to follow the readings, leading them to the Lanyu Kingdom.

It was the third week after Gutaf’s ascension to the throne, and the [King’s Game] had barely even begun.

The agents from the Empire had originally only intended to recover the remains of the [Heaven-Reaching Giant], but after witnessing the birth of the [King’s Game], they immediately changed their minds.

In that battle long ago, for certain taboo reasons, the Heaven-Reaching Giant had self-destructed after devouring the Azure-headed Demon Dragon.

Although the vast majority of its remains were scattered across the Outer Ring World and subsequently recovered by the Empire,

a small portion still fell into the Inner Ring World. At the time, the Empire paid a considerable price to recover those remains and repair the damage they had caused.

Though some insignificant residual cells had still escaped, the Empire could no longer be bothered with them at the time.

Unexpectedly, thousands of years later, that tiny bit of flesh and blood here on Lanyu Island actually completed a fusion with the power of the Azure-headed Demon Dragon.

One could say it had realized the Empire’s plan from millennia ago.

But at that time, dominant control of the fusion had not yet been established. In fact, because of Gutaf’s interference, it was leaning toward the Azure-headed Demon Dragon.

Naturally, this was not allowed.

Thus, with the Empire’s intervention, they successfully reversed the game’s dynamics through a series of high-pressure tactics, forcing Gutaf to release his suppression of the Heaven-Reaching Giant’s power.

Afterward, they used players to constantly push for game updates, allowing the Heaven-Reaching Giant to seize more control in the fusion.

Throughout this process, the Empire even sheltered the [King’s Game] from harm, forcefully driving away all prying eyes with ill intent.

One could say that this foolish Ancestor Demon, Gutaf, only survived because the Empire went to great lengths to protect him.

For the Heaven-Reaching Empire, determining a Demon’s origin by its aura was hardly a difficult task.

Back in the day, the number of Ancestor Demons the Empire had captured and dissected exceeded 300, including but not limited to those who were converted from humans.

...

"Hmph. A mere Demon dares to negotiate terms with the Empire?"

"Do you really think the Empire is powerless against you just because you’ve bound yourself to the game?"

"You pathetic Demon. You truly underestimate humanity."

Murong Yan walked to the window, looking down upon the small island below.

With a casual wave of her hand, she instantly froze the flock of chattering women.

In fact, it wasn’t just them; all the humans aboard the jet were frozen as well.

Only Milton, trembling from head to toe, remained conscious and alive.

"Relax. I’ve only sealed them temporarily."

"Our upcoming conversation is not for outsiders to hear."

A cold glint flashed in Murong Yan’s eyes. If this weren’t the Inner Ring World, and if she hadn’t been under certain restrictions from a promise she’d made before entering, she would have loved to fly down and utterly destroy the island below.

By doing so, she could have easily retrieved the fused power.

’Unfortunately, that’s just a thought. This isn’t thousands of years ago anymore.’

The World Government, led by the V5, strictly forbids Transcendent beings from slaughtering ordinary humans on a large scale, let alone annihilating a small nation.

Otherwise, where would that little Demon below get the nerve to negotiate terms with the Empire?

"How many of our people are in the game?"

Murong Yan turned to face Milton. The matter of infiltrating the game had always been the responsibility of the Nulis Federation.

More accurately, it had always been Milton’s responsibility.

"My Lady, we don’t have many people that we inserted directly into the game. Right now, there is only one Apostle and three ordinary players left."

"It’s not that we haven’t been trying, but that Demon has been consciously purging our personnel."

"We’ve paid too great a price to push the game’s iterations forward. More than ten Apostles have fallen one after another."

Milton explained, trembling with fear, terrified that this newly arrived lady would fly into a rage out of shame and anger.

’It really wasn’t that they weren’t trying. It was that the Demon learned from its mistakes and continuously used Judgment Day to purge their agents.’

’At their peak, five of the seven Apostle players active at the same time were from our Nulis Federation!’