Chapter 1041 - 863: Prince’s Assassination of the Mermaid_2

Chapter 1041: Chapter 863: Prince’s Assassination of the Mermaid_2

The Mermaid’s playful, irreverent smile vanished instantly, turning serious and thoughtful.

Sariel was even more gratified—that meant she’d understood and become aware of her own situation.

The Mermaid suddenly got interested: "I feel like every City Beauty is a one-in-a-million genius among humans, that kind of existence should be super rare, right? Yet the Emperor’s family just casually pops out five sons and they’re all geniuses way beyond City Beauties?"

Sariel froze! Wait, at this critical moment, how is her focus this weirdly specific?

But she had to admit, that question really stumped her: "Probably... I mean, they’re the Emperor’s sons. Of course the Emperor’s bloodline is strong!"

The Mermaid said in surprise: "Then the Emperor just needs to grind at having kids. In a thousand years he could crank out a whole army of genius sons, right?"

The group of Astrology Old Ladies nearby were scared stupid: "Lord of the Divine Throne, Sage Lord, taboo! That’s taboo!!"

Sariel also jumped—only now remembering the Emperor has taboo abilities, people are not allowed to talk about him.

But the crowd in the chat were enjoying the show: "Kinda makes sense though?"

Gabriel laughed: "The Head Maid already said all of the Emperor’s clones are batch-processing tasks, so clearly the Emperor is very hard at work making children—but he can’t guarantee the success rate on geniuses."

Michael said: "We only know that in the new patch the Emperor suddenly has five more Princes. As for other extra trash sons, we haven’t heard any news about them getting tossed out."

Gabriel chuckled: "That’s just because the boss never bothered to look. If someone seriously investigated, there should be traces."

Raphael said in surprise: "Judging from how different the five Princes look, is it possible that their mothers aren’t all human?"

Sariel said in a deep voice: "Highly possible! I was already pissed they dared pursue my City Beauty. If they’re a bunch of mixed-blood Demon Race mongrels, I’m even more pissed..."

Right in the middle of this, a group of Bishops from the Church hurried over: "Divine Throne Helen!"

Sariel instantly sensed something was off!

The Mermaid asked in surprise: "What is it?"

The group of Bishops saluted: "In light of Lord of the Divine Throne devoting herself wholeheartedly to defending Gem City from monster sieges, we have decided, per your request, to grant you the position of Gem City temporary Guardian God. Please, Lord of the Divine Throne, accept it!"

Raphael was stunned: "I’ve tried negotiating with these Bishops and failed. They absolutely refuse to hand out positions this easily!"

Gabriel said in surprise: "Exactly. It’s just the little cannon-fodder phase of the siege. The Mermaid basically hasn’t done anything. What do you mean ’devoting herself wholeheartedly’?"

Sariel said in a low voice: "There’s only one possibility: they know the Prince is coming to assassinate the Mermaid, so they instantly give her an official post. That way even if she wants to run, she can’t. If she flees mid-battle, they can directly trigger the dismissal procedure!"

The Mermaid was quite magnanimous: "Sure, I accept!"

——Gem Starlight City Announcement: The Church of Gem City formally bestows on Silver Guardian God Divine Throne Helen the concurrent post of Gem City temporary Guardian God.

...

On the tournament grounds, Chun chugged more than two hundred bottles and finally blacked out and got knocked out of the match.

——Yatnass ver. 2.02 Plus+ Prompt: New-version data has been collected. My database has been updated. Please keep up the good work.

Nice. Keep this up and I’ll turn into a walking, self-propelled system.

He looked over at Aileen, who was fully immersed and fiercely raiding Silva, while the freshly bathed Libnahi had changed back into her maid outfit and was sitting by the bedside watching.

This... this setup really has a certain special flavor to it.

Just then, Chun saw the world announcement! Holy Shit, the Mermaid actually pulled off the side job? That’s crazy... Switch to an alt and check it out first.

Mei spoke up before he could: "Warrior, did you see the announcement?"

Chun could tell from her tone something was wrong: "There’s a scheme?"

Mei said grimly: "Normally this kind of concurrent post is almost impossible to get, and on top of that I actually haven’t done anything. I just received some uncertain intel—four Princes were just above us and went to Gem City, they might be coming to assassinate me! And once I take this side job, I can’t run. I have to fight to the death, or I’ll be dismissed. I’m really not confident."

Chun was shocked: "So what can I do right now?"

Mei said: "The Princes won’t move openly. They should be hiding on Airships near Gem City, operating from there. Warrior, you can try to locate those Airships and sabotage them first."

Chun suddenly remembered something: "Can I leave this space right now?"

Mei laughed: "You can already teach me Space Law, you should be able to do it!"

Right, I have to be able to!

But first he had to wake up Earth Lotus—she’d left a segment of Vine outside. If he Instant Teleportated out recklessly and yanked it off, that’d be bad.

"Earth Lotus, wake up!"

Earth Lotus’s voice was still very weak: "Father?"

Chun almost found it hard to speak: "I’m about to Instant Teleport out of here. Can you connect to the Vine you left behind?"

Earth Lotus said: "I can’t connect, but... I can bear the price if it gets torn off... If it doesn’t tear, it might become a huge new breakthrough."

Chun said in surprise: "What huge breakthrough?"

Earth Lotus said: "It means I leave behind a root here, so I can draw energy from the Arctic for Father at any time... It’s worth trying. Father doesn’t need to worry about me, just act."

Chun’s heart trembled—leaving a root behind at all times? And an invisible one, like Pinocchio’s invisible puppet strings...

Anyway, with the Mermaid’s safety on the line, Chun had no choice but to try.

"Then Earth Lotus, I’m going to move!"

"All right, Father."

Chun activated Space Law. His perspective instantly shifted to a god’s-eye view—more precisely, it felt like a game 3D modeler’s camera. His multicolored chaotic space was at the very bottom, above that was the seawater space, and above that was the Arctic sky.

Holy Shit, this game’s level design really is plain and honest, perfectly matching the multi-layered mille-feuille world concept.

Then he clearly saw an Airship on the sea surface, lights flashing as it slowly cruised along.

There’s still a Prince on board? Will I spook him?

Chun went Invisibility first, and to be safe, set his teleport location directly above, just one "wall" away!

——System Prompt: You are about to use Instant Teleportation via Space Law. This operation will consume 200,000 Privilege Points and 3000 Mana Value! Proceed?

Holy Shit, it costs 200k for something this close! Good thing I hoarded a few million Privilege Points in the desert.

Proceed!

The next second, Chun appeared above in the seabed with zero warning, smooth as silk.

He really made it!

This maneuver was exactly like the Emperor Judge’s kind of silky smooth scene transition.

But Chun’s first reaction was to check on Earth Lotus: "Earth Lotus, you okay?"

Earth Lotus said in astonishment: "I feel... nothing at all!"

Holy Shit, that’s insane. As expected of Creation Law, a GM skill—completely beyond normal game logic.

Chun immediately started swimming toward the shoreline: "Earth Lotus, how about now?"

"Still fine, but I can kind of feel my Vine now, like a thin filament stretching out—no pain."

Chun’s current vision couldn’t see the filament, so he tried flipping Space Law back on and looking again. Sure enough, he saw it: at his heel there was a thread like a transparent lotus root fiber.

This mechanic is... beyond words.

And right then, a weird patch of light and sound came from the seabed up ahead.

Is that the Airship’s submersible? Have they spotted me?

Chun was already getting addicted to Space Law—figuring he might as well practice, he went for a big teleport, jumping straight to the very edge of his current view, one move to escape the Airship’s sensors.

——System Prompt: ...This operation will consume 50,000 Privilege Points! Proceed?

Ha! I just tanked 200k for a cross-layer teleport. A mere 50k is nothing...

Teleport!!

Sure enough, the movement was smooth as butter!

Without thinking, Chun kept moving, continuously jumping away——System Prompt: Warning! Consecutive use of Space Law causes cumulative cost. This operation will consume 100,000 Privilege Points! Proceed?

Holy Shit!

Proceed! Might as well learn the mechanics—that is, you can’t spam it. Even under normal conditions, the Ten Lords only have around over a million Privilege Points; they wouldn’t survive this kind of repeated 100k, 200k drain.