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Tang Mo followed the team.
Initially, he had been skeptical about Salvador’s secret research on the demonic seed in the Imperial City.
Now, he was even more surprised that Ed and his men could bribe the royal family guards and even control the western entrance of the city.
Had the Empire’s royal family already been infiltrated to this extent?
The players tried to take all details into account and those at the entrance were already prepared. They immediately cupped their hands at Tang Mo, “The royal family has been controlled by a villain. We are willing to pledge our loyalty to His Highness Tang Mo! We will reveal Salvador’s true colors!”
Tang Mo frowned when he heard this and looked at Wei Tao, who was following closely behind.
Without waiting for Wei Tao to speak, Ed said in a deep voice, “Your Highness, this is the people’s will. The guards know about Salvador’s dirty deeds in the dark, so they don’t dare to show any dissatisfaction since they are usually threatened. Now that Your Highness is here, the guards are naturally willing to go through fire and water for Your Highness.”
“Okay,” Tang Mo nodded solemnly, temporarily putting aside the doubts in his heart.
“Let’s go!”
In the dark night, Johanna’s team met up with Ed’s team and continued to move toward the Hall of Divine Martial Arts on the right of the Imperial City’s inner city.
After combining all the information he had obtained from Yu Ruichen and his brother of the Alchemy Society, Ed was very sure that there was a huge secret hidden in the lower level of the Hall of Divine Martial Arts!
This secret was related to the “demonic seed”!
In fact, similar rumors had been spreading among the large-sized guilds for a long time. However, the difficulty of the related missions was extremely high, and they even involved the Empire’s royal family. With the strength of just one player guild, it was impossible to explore further.
Only this time, with the help of the Saint’s inheritance, the influence of the Land of Plague’s Feudal Lord Fang Heng, as well as the influence of Tang Mingyue and Tang Mo, were the major game forces united.
In the blink of an eye, Ed led his team and sneaked into the outer perimeter of the Hall of Divine Martial Arts.
“Who is it?”
Outside the main hall, the guard standing at the entrance saw a group of suspicious people suddenly appear and was instantly shocked. He immediately shouted, “Who is it?”
Chi!
A long sword streaked across his eyes.
The guard was surprised to find that the attack was actually from his teammate next to him.
“Have you gone mad!?”
“Go! Don’t let them trigger the alarm!”
Seeing this, Ed shouted and led his team toward the direction of the hall!
At the same time, a mission hint appeared on the players’ retinas.
[Hint: The player team has triggered a mission – the secrets of the royal family]
Seeing the game hint, Ed was relieved.
Their judgment was not wrong! This was a sure win!
The player party immediately swarmed forward!
Before they came, the players had already made thorough arrangements and figured out the defenses of the entire Hall of Divine Martial Arts as well as the surrounding areas. They immediately intercepted the guards who wanted to sound the alarm.
The guards in the Imperial City did not expect that their teammates would suddenly turn against them!
In less than five minutes, the Hall of Divine Martial Arts area was easily controlled by the players.
The people Tang Mo brought didn’t join the battle and just stood to the side.
After the battle was over, Tang Mo followed them into the main hall of the Hall of Divine Martial Arts.
After looking around and seeing nothing unusual, Tang Mo looked at Ed and asked in a deep voice, “Where’s the evidence I wanted?”
“Your Highness, please step back. I’ll demonstrate it to you immediately.”
Yu Ruilin walked out of the crowd under everyone’s gaze until he reached an unremarkable corner at the edge of the hall.
There were red circular decorations on the wall.
Yu Ruilin found one of the discs. He injected his mental strength into it and gently twisted it.
“Crack, crack, crack…”
The machinery fused with an alchemy magic array was triggered, and the sound of mechanical gears turning rang in the hall.
The floor at the front of the hall slowly lifted, revealing a wide passage leading down.
Seeing that the mechanism was successfully activated, Yu Ruilin nodded in his heart and turned around to explain to the crowd.
“I once assisted in transporting the enlightenment stone replica in the Alchemy Society. When no one was paying attention, I secretly memorized the way to open the secret passage. The Empire’s security of the underground palace is very tight. I wasn’t allowed to enter the underground palace, so I don’t know the specific situation below. However, I’ve heard some news from the Alchemy Society. Salvador is using the enlightenment stone replica to conduct some live sample experiments on the “demonic seed” in the underground palace. The Empire military sends people, and the experiment has entered the second stage, which is very dangerous.”
After saying that, Yu Ruilin stepped back.
Tang Mo’s expression changed slightly as he walked forward to look at the entrance of the underground palace.
This was the first time he had heard that there was an underground palace in the royal family.
Apart from the current Empire’s Emperor Salvador, Tang Mo couldn’t think of anyone else who could build such a huge underground palace here.
“Let’s go in and see. I want to see the evidence with my own eyes!”
“The patrol team that passes by the Hall of Divine Martial Arts at night will patrol once every ten minutes. Our people who are disguised as guards outside will be easily discovered. Act quickly.” As she said that, Johanna looked at everyone. “Team two, stay here. If there are any special circumstances, go offline and report it. The rest of you will follow the team into the underground palace to explore.”
“Understood!”
…
Lincoln City.
Lord Chadwick and the player teams successfully infiltrated the city through the entrance of the abandoned canal.
The journey was unexpectedly smooth. After the team entered the city, they encountered a small group of resistance. After easily dealing with the resistance, they successfully took control of the City Lord’s mansion and rescued the surrendered soldiers who were locked up in the dungeon of the City Lord’s mansion.
Then, they led the soldiers back to the main city’s entrance and opened the gate to welcome the reinforcement team outside the city.
Outside the city, the Empire’s General Deng Wen had just arrived with the Empire’s main forces and was still preparing to set up the siege weapons.
When they saw the city gate open, they immediately launched an attack and successfully took back Lincoln City.
Chadwick also met up with the Empire’s General Deng Wen, as well as the other suzerains who had come to support him.
Although the city had been reclaimed as his territory, Chadwick felt an indescribable strangeness in his heart.
This was too strange!
Other than some weak resistance at the start, they only encountered a few sporadic Lickers during the entire ambush. They did not encounter any decent teams at all.
They had not seen the terrifying undead flesh puppets and strange worms from before either.
Chadwick couldn’t help but be suspicious.
Where were the enemies? Why had they suddenly disappeared? Could it be a trap? Could it be that they were perhaps hiding in a corner of the city and preparing to launch a surprise attack?
“Reporting!” A soldier of the Empire hurried over and reported, “Commander, the city has been searched thoroughly. We didn’t find any enemies in the city.”
Chadwick became increasingly uneasy as he listened, and hurriedly asked, “You can’t find them? Have you guys truly done it meticulously?”
