Chapter 71 Swan Castle (First Update)
【What?! I was treating this livestream like an online class, how did it suddenly turn into a conspiracy and assassination scene?!】
[I knew the little witch had been keeping quiet for so long; she must be preparing a big surprise!]
[Wait, wait, let me sort this out. According to the female guest, the ghost originally planned to tamper with the potion to harm her, but she discovered it beforehand and tampered with the ghost's potion in the same way?!]
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth! This way of getting revenge exactly as it was is so satisfying!
[Holy crap, didn't this female guest only start learning the most basic potion-making methods from Ghost just two or three hours ago? How long has it been, and she managed to drug Ghost, a potion master, right under his nose?! Ghost didn't even notice until the drug took effect and he realized something was wrong?!]
[Damn... I knew Ghost's talent was amazing from how she treated the female guests, but I never knew exactly how amazing it was. Now that you've said this, I finally have a direct understanding...]
[As expected of the Great Demon King, he's too strong!!!]
While Yu Naixin and the Ghost Wizard were conducting their teaching experiment, the Werewolf Knight remained absolutely silent, making no sound whatsoever.
Yu Naixin's passion for potion making was obvious to everyone, and the werewolf knight did not want to disturb the princess because of himself.
Moreover... he really couldn't get into the conversation between the two of them.
The werewolf knight could only understand a small portion of the words spoken by Yu Naixin and the ghost wizard. The vast majority of the words were as if he were listening to a completely unfamiliar language. The process of making the potion left the werewolf knight completely baffled, and he had no idea what they were doing.
The werewolf knight wasn't without jealousy and inferiority, but seeing Yu Naixin's enthusiastic expression, he ultimately endured it time and time again.
However, even the werewolf knight himself did not expect that Yu Naixin would notice his suppressed irritability.
When the Ghost Wizard tasted the potion for the second time to demonstrate it to Yu Naixin, the Werewolf Knight reacted even faster than the Ghost Wizard himself.
To prevent the Ghost Wizard from making any underhanded moves, the Werewolf Knight focused almost entirely on him. As a dungeon guest with exceptional talent and experience in head-on combat, the Werewolf Knight immediately realized that the Ghost Wizard had fallen for his trap.
The werewolf knight immediately went on alert. He guessed that the ghost wizard was about to do something, and he had to be careful that the ghost wizard didn't harm Yu Naixin.
However, the final result was not that the Ghost Wizard was going to harm Yu Naixin, but that Yu Naixin had already harmed the Ghost Wizard.
The werewolf knight was stunned for a moment before he understood the meaning behind Yu Naixin's words, but he was furious. How dare this damned ghost actually make a move on the princess he was supposed to serve?!
Immediately after the ghost wizard fell, the werewolf knight instinctively ran over to shield Yu Naixin behind him, to prevent the ghost wizard from hitting her.
But he soon discovered that, separated by an experimental table, the Ghost Wizard was leaning to the side and couldn't touch Yu Naixin at all.
Then, the werewolf knight heard Yu Naixin's smiling words.
The werewolf knight's pupils contracted for a moment.
But he didn't forget to honestly answer Yu Naixin's question: "...Yes!"
"The guest characters in the instance can devour each other!"
"However, the cost-effectiveness of devouring other guests in the same program is very low. The guests in the same program are not too far apart in strength, so it is almost impossible for them to devour each other."
"Moreover, even if it can devour, it can only absorb one-tenth of the spiritual power in the other party's body at most. The cost is too high, and the benefits are far from worthwhile."
“Under normal circumstances, very few dungeon guests would choose to devour their own competitors in the same dungeon. Even when I had this ghost on its last legs, I never thought of that…”
The werewolf knight scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed, and tried to explain to Yu Naixin, "If one of the guest stars in a show with two guest stars is swallowed by the other, something terrifying will happen once the 'Heartbeat 1000%' production team finds out..."
"I don't know exactly what will happen, but my instincts are warning me that I must not do it!"
The werewolf knight thought for a moment, then added uncertainly, "It seems that even domain lord-level dungeon guests, unless there are special circumstances, wouldn't devour other competitors in the same dungeon..."
Yu Naixin blinked.
There were such hidden rules before?
She found it strange during "Cocoon Village" why the fox demon priest didn't simply storm into the home turf of the paper doll boy and the white bone scholar and forcefully eliminate the two rivals. Now she finally knows the general answer.
“I was thinking that since you’ve always been such a dutiful knight to me, I should give you some kind of reward…” Yu Naixin’s tone carried a hint of concern. “I can forgo Mr. Ghost’s favorability rating, as long as I can help you a little, that would be fine. Unfortunately, this gift doesn’t seem quite right for you…”
[Wow, zoom in on the female guest's face! From her looks to her demeanor, she's practically the perfect template for someone who evokes pity!]
[Seriously, with her brows furrowed, her large eyes shimmering with tears, and her lips slightly pursed, she looked incredibly pitiful!]
[If I weren't a long-time viewer, I would have been fooled by the little witch... Although she didn't utter a single word about the werewolf devouring the ghost, every single word was actually a hint and urging! Her acting was terrifying!]
[This seems to be the first time I've heard of a guest character consuming another guest character causing the production team to pay special attention? Oh, I've never seen a guest character try to consume another guest character before... I've learned some seemingly useless trivia from this female guest ( ). )]
[The werewolf has a strong liking for the female guest. Judging from her appearance, even if there's a risk, he'll definitely risk everything for her and devour the ghost!]
Just as the viewers in the live stream speculated, the werewolf knight was deeply moved by Yu Naixin's thoughtfulness towards him.
Putting everything else aside, Yu Naixin's words "my knight" were enough to make the werewolf knight's heart flutter, and he would do whatever she said unconditionally.
The princess still cares about him after all!
"There are now more than two guest dungeon participants in this show!" the Werewolf Knight immediately stated. "It won't be like when I was in 'Moonlight Town'!"
He patted his chest and assured Yu Naixin, "I can feel it; it won't generate any more instinctive warnings when it wants to devour other guest characters! I can devour this ghost!"
[This is hilarious! The female guests are so good at fooling people!]
[It's not exactly cheating, but the Demon King directly gave the ghost to the werewolf to devour, but he genuinely gave up his share of the profits he would have received after the show ended!]
[Hiss, wasn't the werewolf already at maxed out by her? Was it really necessary to go through all this trouble?]
[Judging from the fact that Ghost still has the mind to use underhanded tricks on the female guest, his favorability rating won't be very high. But even if it's low, there should still be some, right? They'll all get Sweet Coins at the end of the event. Is this female guest so arrogant that she doesn't need this reward?]
The viewers in the live stream had no idea that they were in the midst of a simulation by Yu Naixin, so they couldn't understand why Yu Naixin was doing this, simply because she wanted to conduct an experiment to see what the results would be.
After making his promise to Yu Naixin, the werewolf knight wasted no time. He took two or three steps to the ghost knight, squatted down, grabbed the ghost knight's head with one claw, and shoved it into his gaping maw.
Bright red blood, indistinguishable from that of an ordinary person, spurted from between the werewolf knight's teeth. The werewolf knight then chewed up and swallowed the ghost wizard's entire transparent body in large gulps.
Wow, finally some blood in this live stream?
[Hilarious! Now that you mention it, I just realized that the previous episodes were all-ages! The female guest's worst move was somehow making the vampire scream in agony, but not a single drop of blood was shed.]
Speaking of vampires, they fought the elves and drew blood, but vampire attacks naturally produce a lot of blood mist, so it's unclear whose blood was on the elves...
[They're still fighting! What's the point of this brawl when no one else is around?!]
[Weren't vampires and elves previously guests on the same dungeon? It's perfectly normal for them to have a grudge; it wouldn't be surprising if they fought for whatever reason.]
The werewolf knight didn't take long to physically devour the ghost wizard, but after the devouring, Yu Naixin could sense that the spiritual energy in his body was becoming extremely chaotic, requiring him to adjust it himself.
Seeing the werewolf knight's rather painful and ferocious expression, Yu Naixin knew that this adjustment process would not be short.
She took the opportunity to check on the situation with the vampire duke and the elf prince.
Under the relentless pressure from the vampire duke, the elf prince had retreated to the banquet hall on the first floor. The two male guests were locked in a fierce battle, and all the surrounding NPCs kept their distance.
Yu Naixin attempted to use the invisible "blood pact" between herself and the vampire duke to send a message to her blood servant—
If you manage to devour the elf prince, she will grant him the "reward" he desires.
The transmission of information was not as smooth as when Yu Naixin used the Jade Bone Mahjong set. It was as if the middle of the circuit was not working properly, and Yu Naixin finally managed to convey her meaning after some stumbling.
The moment he received the message, the vampire duke's body involuntarily stiffened.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Elf Prince quickly increased the distance between himself and the Vampire Duke, utilizing the archer's advantage of ranged attacks. His arrow pierced straight through the Vampire Duke's right waist at a rather tricky angle.
With that penetrating force, Yu Naixin estimated that one of the vampire duke's kidneys would be ruined.
However, the vampire duke seemed completely oblivious to the pain of losing half his kidney. After a brief moment of processing the information, he launched into an even more intense emotional offensive against the elf prince.
-----------------------
Author's Note: I'll remember the second update I owe you and make it up to you as soon as possible QAQ
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
