Chapter 987 - 819: Vine Drains Blood Throughout the City, Alt Account Sets Out

Chapter 987: Chapter 819: Vine Drains Blood Throughout the City, Alt Account Sets Out

The judge solemnly said, "Then I formally pronounce the verdict of Sage Raymir’s misconduct, making him unfit for the position of Customs Supervisor—"

Raymir waved his hand dismissively, "Privilege Exemption!"

The judge said, "Given the immense value of the power assembly, the impact you’ve caused is too adverse, and your remaining Privilege Points are insufficient for an exemption; it will result in a negative balance."

Michael was suddenly shocked, "Negative balance again? What on earth is this judge—"

Raymir found it hard to believe, "Impossible! I still have 600,000 Privilege Points; isn’t that enough? What kind of power is so valuable?"

The judge waved a hand, and the white room immediately switched to the scene of Tifa’s exploded basement.

Even the Ten Lords, as developers, couldn’t help but be shocked, "How is this done?"

At this moment, the basement outside had already been cordoned off. Although the basement exploded, it only blew up the walls, and the assembled power unit was relatively intact.

The judge then waved again, a module inside the assembly opened, and a crystal core, shimmering and surrounded by a circle of blurred spatial fluctuations, appeared.

Raymir was shocked, "What is this?"

The judge said, "Ancient Void Battleship Power Crystal Core!"

The Ten Lords were in uproar!

Raymir and Metatron’s expressions changed drastically, "Is the NPC framing us?"

Raymir was utterly shocked and angry, "I won’t admit this! Even though I prevented inspectors from thoroughly examining it, I am sure there was absolutely nothing like this when it passed Customs."

The judge said gravely, "Are you questioning the physical evidence on site?"

Raymir angrily said, "Of course I question it, who knows who put it there?"

The judge nodded, "Then, do you request to defer the trial?"

Raymir was stunned for a moment, subconsciously replying, "Request a deferment."

The judge waved his hand, "Then let’s defer the trial."

The next moment, Raymir was pushed out of the white room and once again locked in the small dark room.

Raymir was baffled, "Locked me back in again?"

Gabriel anxiously said, "This isn’t right; as long as there’s no conviction, you should be released, not continuously held."

Raymir was confused, "I admitted to misconduct!"

Gabriel exclaimed, "That means the judge can continuously hold you under the pretense of deferment?"

Raymir panicked, "Do I really have to spend my privileges into the negatives?"

Metatron was even more panicked, "I’m the next one! If NPCs can frame and falsely accuse, how am I supposed to respond?"

Gabriel quickly said, "Of course, never admit to any of it!"

Sela sighed, "Actually, since the City Beauty has escaped, just say it was all her doing, and you knew nothing about it."

Gabriel said irritably, "That’s too much of a bitch move!"

Sela laughed, "What else can you do? It’s the only way—Look, Mei didn’t come out to object immediately; she’s hesitating, hahaha!"

Metatron became anxious, "You bitch, shut up!"

Just then, Metatron’s small dark room door opened.

Metatron’s heart tightened; perhaps Sela was right. Tifa might understand my difficulties. After all, she’s the City Lord’s daughter; the connection is too significant. No matter what big things happen, the Empire can only downplay it, and she has the strength to bear this burden for me...

But it was only the breakfast delivery person who came in.

Metatron was stunned, "Just breakfast? No interrogation?"

The delivery person shook their head, "Not within my jurisdiction, no comment."

Metatron was dumbfounded, "Could it be that the opponent predicted I’d try to shift the blame and decided to capture the City Beauty first before proceeding?"

Gabriel was astonished, "So, they’ll keep confining you like this?"

All the Lords looked to Michael, "Boss, say something?"

Michael’s face was ashen, "I suspect this judge is the Emperor! Would even resort to false accusations; the Emperor must have made up his mind to eliminate all of us sages! Sariel and Raphael must prepare for the worst. Fortunately, we still have Rachael, Uriel, Samuel, and Sela, who are not under the emperor’s control. Sela, develop to your fullest; this ruin sweep is your chance to soar."

Sela felt a tremendous responsibility, "Boss..."

Sariel said gloomily, "Looks like I have to arrange a safe retreat for my beloved Mermaid too..."

...

Desert ruins.

—— Yatnass 1.99Plus+ version prompt: Your Divine Craftsman Level Mechanical Technique has successfully scanned the core assembly, obtaining blueprints "No. A0001", "A0002", "A0003"... "A0047"...

Chun was quite pleased with the scanning speed of blueprints, but the sheer number of them was almost overwhelming, just one cabinet yielded dozens and it wasn’t over; if the entire engine room were scanned, it’d probably be thousands? Building an aircraft carrier here? Can’t this game just not be this realistic?

Then Chun heard various noises of hisses and fleeing coming from outside the house.

Chun immediately asked in the guild channel, "Elder, what’s going on?"

Silva replied, "Guild Master, don’t worry, a giant monster is pursuing these sand demons all over the city."

Oh really?

Though knowing the arrangement by the Ten Lords must have deep meaning, since you have to act, you should act properly.

Chun asked, "Then after the giant monster wipes out the sand demons, will the crystals be obtained by the giant monster?"

Silva patiently replied, "Yes, but the giant monster will consume a lot of energy and Physical Strength, making it easier for me to use Divine Possession to concentrate all strength to eliminate the giant monster... At that time, the crystal cores will all burst out, saving us the effort of taking them down one by one, so rest assured, Guild Master."

Logically reasoned, one must be reassured indeed.

But since scanning now is easy and time-consuming, Chun certainly had the luxury to do something else, like growing vines outward to drain blood from those killed small monsters around the city. There’s quite a bit of vitality in the city, and it’s a waste not to drain it, plus the Vine only reached Grandmaster, and it’s far from Divine Artisan level. Perhaps absorbing the giant monster would elevate to Divine Artisan?

Moreover, since the Grandmaster level vine grows fast, after spreading out, it could also easily search some tavern spots for thousand-year-old wine—hmm?