Chapter 35 Swan Castle: Your master isn't dead, so it's not your turn yet. ...

So the deadline for this episode is the elimination round for all the episode's guests.

Generally, there are two types of death scenarios: plot-driven deaths and elimination of other participants in the same instance. The vast majority of death scenarios are plot-driven, meaning that if a guest fails to reach a certain level of success with another participant at a certain point in time or event, they are forcibly eliminated by the storyline of that instance. For example, the Little Witch was sacrificed to the mountain god as a bride in the previous instance in Cocoon Village. Elimination of other participants occurs when the production team significantly loosens restrictions on them, allowing them more freedom to hunt down other participants within the entire show's location.

[The situation where the guest contestants clear the stage is much easier to handle than a scripted elimination scenario, because a scripted elimination is directly intervened by the production team and is basically unsolvable; while with a guest contestant clearing the stage, the guests can maneuver and fight back, and there is still a certain chance of survival. However, in this female guest's case...]

[This is a fusion-mutated instance! Four male guests with the power to distort the instance's rules are clearing the field and hunting her down... To be honest, this is worse than a scripted death. At least scripted deaths often result in a quicker and more painful death. Who knows what these four male guests will do to her in their fight for her flesh and blood...]

[I told her not to be reckless, but she insisted on doing something stupid and creating the worst-case scenario. Are you satisfied now?!]

[Maybe they're just pursuing this kind of extreme~ After all, they're the Ziwei Star that so many people eagerly anticipate, so even if they die, they'd choose the most painful way to die~]

I can't wait to see her smiling face covered in blood and despair!

[If she could still survive under these circumstances, it can only be because that person gave her a cheat code, right?]

The comments about "that person" were wiped out the moment they appeared.

The entire live stream was filled with pessimistic voices. Even viewers who had great confidence in Yu Naixin, the "big boss" and "little witch," couldn't imagine how she could possibly turn the tide.

No... I'm really going to cry, this is only the second dungeon!

[She survived both death thresholds in just two dungeons, which is quite rare among the show's guests. She's clearly a top performer who stands out even in these situations, so how come she's like most of the show's guests, unable to even make it through the first three dungeons?!]

[Since you can't do what I expected, at least give me back the Sweet Coins I tipped you! Damn it, how could I have misjudged you? I thought this crazy old woman was some kind of auspicious star?!]

The barrage of comments was already a bloodbath, and the situation inside the game was no less intense.

All four male guests hunted down and searched for the maids around them as quickly as possible, leaving none untouched.

They were clearly not doing this for the first time; in fact, they were quite skilled at it. Countless maids' lives were ended in an instant by their hands, with no time to escape or struggle. Countless black dresses and white aprons were stained with blood and bits of flesh.

The few female housekeepers were treated the same as everyone else.

This was a completely one-sided massacre.

Yu Naixin watched from the chandelier as their eyes lost their luster, as their bodies fell to the ground one by one, as they were carelessly discarded by those who killed them, like rotten flesh.

Yu Naixin remained expressionless, and the thin ice in her eyes hardened even more.

[Holy crap, this is the first time I've seen the Little Witch with a cold face. It's surprisingly captivating to see such a sweet face turn cold!]

[Wasn't she just looking on with amusement? She didn't seem to care at all, even knowing the deadline was approaching. Now that she's seen how cruel the consequences are, is she scared?]

[No matter how you look at it, she doesn't seem scared... she clearly wants to tear these four guest stars apart.]

[Pfft, but her abilities don't allow it, right? Judging by this female guest's character, she's probably angry about the NPC's tragic death, but it's completely useless, hahaha.]

【What kind of time is this to still be paying attention to those NPCs?! Can't you at least have some backbone and stop being such a lazy bum?!】

Soon, the male guests finished clearing the banquet hall and rushed out without hindrance to continue their unfinished work.

Although the male servants and butlers were not the targets of the four male guests, and in fact, the four male guests would not actively hunt them in order to save time and energy, under such a high-intensity killing background, their human bodies would still be affected when the four male guests made their moves, and they would not escape this calamity either.

The entire Swan Castle was plunged into an incomparably bloody abyss of hell.

Yu Naixin also analyzed and confirmed a crucial matter from the behavior of these four male guests.

Just like how the Vampire Duke didn't hesitate to attack Yu Naixin before, these male guests should have no problem controlling her or even causing her some harm.

Compared to the Paper Doll Boy and the Bone Scholar in the previous episode, who could only achieve her hunting conditions in a roundabout way, the four male guests in this episode are obviously much stronger and have much higher authority.

However, they ultimately did not reach the level of a domain lord. If they wanted to take her life as easily as the fox demon priestess, it would probably still be impossible, and at the very least, there would be considerable limitations.

The most compelling evidence is that when the four male guests were slaughtering the female NPCs in Swan Castle, they didn't act directly; rather, they took a preparatory step beforehand.

The vampire duke would always embrace his opponent, plunge his sharp, fang-like teeth into the skin of their right neck, and suck their blood.

Very typical vampire behavior.

The Elf Prince would gracefully bend down, take the other person's right hand, and place a gentle kiss on the back of their hand.

A deadly hand kiss.

The ghost wizard then continuously pulled out vials filled with pink liquid from his cloak and poured the liquid into the other person's mouth.

The medicine bottle contained what was likely a potion concocted by the ghost wizard himself.

The werewolf knight will kneel on one knee directly in front of the opponent, with his right hand on his left chest and his head bowed.

What appears to be a swearing of allegiance is actually the prelude to the plundering of lives.

These various preliminary actions should be the hunting conditions that these four male guests need to meet.

It is possible to carry out a hunt by simply applying the power unilaterally, regardless of the other party's wishes.

However, this is not a bad thing for Yu Naixin.

Simplifying too many hunting conditions still doesn't change the fact that it's still a hunting condition, giving her more room to maneuver.

Wait a minute, it seems like she's not just simply giving up!

[I knew the female guest had been so calm all along! Turns out she was stalling until now to observe what the male guest's hunting criteria were!]

The line of thinking is fine, even quite clever, but what's the point of observing these things now that the deadline has arrived?!

As the viewers in the live stream all know, the four male guests—Vampire Duke, Elf Prince, Ghost Wizard, and Werewolf Knight—are terrifying beings who have devoured a large number of the show's guests, causing the original instance to mutate due to prolonged lack of cleansing. Their strength is absolutely not to be underestimated.

Even though Yu Naixin's strategy was extremely unconventional and unexpected, and even with the powerful help of the priest's folding fan, she still faced the risk of being exposed multiple times under the carpet search of the four male guests.

After all, no matter how large Neuschwanstein Castle is, the space is still limited.

Yu Naixin had no choice but to move around and hide her tracks in every nook and cranny of the castle.

It was only at this point that the audience finally realized that Yu Naixin's ability to perform so many and so frequently flying, jumping, and leaping movements was not solely due to the priest's folding fan.

Rather, she herself possesses spiritual power!

【What?! What's going on?! Why does she have spiritual power?!】

Am I dreaming?! Why am I seeing a guest on the show using spiritual power during the second stage of the game?!

[Isn't spiritual power a reward that program guests can obtain by purchasing Summoning Pills in a special shop after successfully clearing three dungeons and accumulating a total cleansing level of over 10%?!]

[Is she really not cheating?! Where exactly is she cheating?!]

Amidst the stunned astonishment and bewilderment, some viewers were rationally analyzing the possible causes of this situation.

[Is it because she completed the beginner dungeon perfectly? There were no beginners who could complete it perfectly before her, so it wouldn't be surprising if she unlocked extra privileges.]

Don't forget she also has achievements like starting a new dungeon with a choice of three options, maxing out the guest guide progress in two dungeons, obtaining a domain lord-level special artifact, and temporarily achieving godhood—any one of these achievements is incredibly valuable. The "Heartbeat 1000%" program team really deserves to give her more rewards...

[Hiss, the more you talk about it, the more I feel it's a pity. Such a promising talent, how could he die so easily?]

Yu Naixin's spiritual power coefficient was only 10. After exhausting all her spiritual power to use the priest's folding fan to deliver a full-force attack on the vampire duke, she gave herself a dose of a basic Qi-nourishing medicine. She found that even though it was only a basic dose, the Qi-nourishing medicine could still replenish all 10 points of her spiritual power in an instant.

Spending those 60 Sweet Coins was definitely worth it.

If it weren't for the fact that my spiritual power coefficient has an upper limit, I wouldn't know how much spiritual power a single dose of basic Qi-nourishing medicine could restore.

To evade the pursuit of the four male guests, she also needed to constantly use her spiritual power. Yu Naixin glanced at the special shop, but the new day's Qi-Nourishing Medicine hadn't been refreshed yet, so she could only drink the intermediate-level Qi-Nourishing Medicine as well.

But this is still far from enough.

Not only were the viewers in the live stream excited, but even the priest with the folding fan, who had been trying his best to remain silent, panicked.

"Master!" The priest with the folding fan even stopped calling her "Miss Yu," "At this rate, we can't hold out much longer!"

It couldn't help but panic. Its entire spiritual artifact was bound to Yu Naixin. It could be without any spiritual power, but it couldn't live without Yu Naixin!

Once Yu Naixin dies, its own special spiritual artifact, which is also a domain lord-level artifact, will also be completely destroyed and disappear!

It had just experienced the scenery of one instance, and it didn't want it to be gone just like that!

If it had the ability to shed tears, it would be in tears by now!

However, faced with the priest's tearful expression, Yu Naixin only responded with two cold words: "Shut up."

Priest's Folding Fan: "..."

In a daze, the priest with the folding fan recalled how Yu Naixin hadn't shown any emotional reaction when the paper puppy was trampled to pieces by the vampire duke not long ago.

The priest didn't pay any attention at the time, because in its eyes, the paper dog was not a species at all; it was a being of a much higher level than the paper dog.

But now, the priest's folding fan belatedly realized that in Yu Naixin's eyes, it was probably no different from a paper dog.

They are all just props that can be used and discarded at will.

The fate of the paper puppy is very likely to be its near future.

"Instead of wasting time thinking nonsense, you'd be better off obediently following my orders." Yu Naixin glanced at the priest's folding fan, who was clearly in a low mood. "Don't forget, as long as your master is alive, it's not your turn yet."

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