Chapter 72 Swan Castle (First Update)
Yu Naixin: "..."
...Just how much do you like that kind of reward?
Yu Naixin couldn't bear to look any longer and withdrew her gaze from the situation she was observing with the vampire duke and the elf prince.
On the werewolf knight's side, it took a considerable amount of time to digest the spiritual energy within the ghost wizard's body.
Yu Naixin's face remained expressionless as she quietly observed the werewolf knight. She watched as his expression gradually softened, becoming less ferocious and more peaceful.
After a long while, the werewolf knight finally opened his eyes again. He stood up from his crouching position, still a little unsteady on his feet, and hurriedly reported to Yu Naixin in detail: "Your Highness! I feel that my spiritual power coefficient has increased by almost 20 points!"
The Ghost Wizard's spiritual power coefficient is 180. The value mentioned by the Werewolf Knight is indeed about one-tenth of the Ghost Wizard's spiritual power coefficient, which verifies the correctness of the previous statement that "at most one-tenth of the spiritual power in the opponent's body can be absorbed".
At the same time, Yu Naixin also observed that the werewolf knight was in a state of high excitement. His eyes were wider than usual, his ears were more erect and trembling than usual, his mouth was involuntarily open, and his voice and tone were filled with extra excitement.
Coupled with his seemingly unsteady gait, the werewolf knight looked remarkably like he was drunk, a bit dizzy and disoriented.
Yu Naixin crossed her arms in front of her chest, revealing a thoughtful expression.
...The werewolf knight's reaction was terrifying not only because he had finally eliminated his mortal enemy and felt the exhilaration and joy of devouring him to strengthen himself.
I really don't understand what this female guest is trying to do, and what the point of all her actions is.
At the beginning of this episode, seeing how decisive and efficient she was, I thought I had stumbled into the live stream of some unknown guest with a title. But as I watched, I became more and more certain that she was just a newbie. Even a guest with a little experience wouldn't do something so haphazard and incoherent, completely clueless about what she was doing. It was basically a waste of time and energy and served no purpose whatsoever...
[There's nothing we can do; newbies don't know anything, so they often do useless work. But judging from the current situation, the female guest still has some control, and surviving until the production team gives her the option to leave shouldn't be a problem.]
The option to leave is a fallback and perk provided by the "Heartbeat 1000%" program team to the guests. As long as the guest survives for a period of time after the deadline, even if they haven't met the end conditions of the challenge, they have one chance to escape when the system asks if they want to leave. However, all rewards will be at least halved at the end.
[This female guest wouldn't go that far, would she? She could easily take the werewolf downstairs to hold a wedding and complete the mission's ending conditions.]
However, Yu Naixin not only had no intention of simply holding a wedding with the werewolf knight, but she also sent the werewolf knight out alone.
"Could you do me a favor, Sir Knight?" Yu Naixin asked softly, using the title that werewolf knights liked best. "Please go to the banquet hall on the first floor and assist the vampire duke in killing the elf prince."
Upon hearing Yu Naixin call him "Mr. Knight," the werewolf knight felt like he was floating on air and immediately replied, "Yes, sir!"
After saying that, the werewolf knight ran downstairs with unsteady steps.
Yu Naixin, on the other hand, returned to the lab table to continue making potions.
The viewers in the live stream were almost wailing.
Do you really love potions that much?!
[A mutated fusion instance with four male guests, yet all of them combined don't hold as much importance in the female guest's heart as a magic potion—what kind of fantastical plot is this?!]
[Fine, fine... I'll switch to the male guest's perspective...]
It didn't take the werewolf knight very long to travel from the third floor of the central round tower to the first floor.
The banquet hall on the first floor had been turned into a mess by the fight between the vampire duke and the elf prince. The vampire duke had the upper hand, but he was unable to truly injure the elf prince's vitals.
Because Yu Naixin had sent a message beforehand using a "blood pact," the vampire duke knew that the werewolf knight had come to help him.
Although the Vampire Duke didn't think the werewolf knight could play much of a role, he wasn't too surprised when the werewolf knight appeared in the hall.
The Elf Prince, completely unaware of the werewolf knight's arrival, subconsciously diverted some of his attention to this suddenly appearing competitor. While he was filled with doubt and vigilance, he discovered that the werewolf knight had joined forces with the vampire duke without hesitation, and the two of them attacked him together.
Elf Prince: "...?!"
When did these two start dating?!
His doubts and wariness deepened, and the Elf Prince tried to subtly inquire about the situation from the other side, attempting to sow discord: "Gentlemen! There may be some misunderstanding between us! Stop fighting now, and we can have a proper talk!"
"Even if you two eliminate me, there's still a wizard lurking in the shadows! Aren't you worried that after I weaken you, that wizard will take advantage of the situation?!"
[To be able to remain so clear-headed and respond so effectively in such a critical and tense moment, this elf is truly remarkable.]
The solution was actually quite clever, but unfortunately, the elf had no idea what the situation was between the two male guests...
[One of the guest characters in the same instance died, and none of the other guest characters in the same instance knew? I thought there would be some kind of premonition?]
The Elf Prince was completely unaware that the ghost wizard had already entered the werewolf knight's stomach.
The Vampire Duke would never admit that he fought so hard for Yu Naixin's "reward".
The werewolf knight chuckled twice after hearing the elf prince's words, and then proceeded to attack the elf prince with even more reckless abandon.
The Elf Prince was already struggling to deal with a vampire duke, relying mainly on his understanding of the vampire duke's weaknesses and his ability to suppress the vampire duke's bloodline, rather than his own spiritual power.
Now, another werewolf knight has arrived, whose spiritual power level has just increased. The Elf Prince's defeat is practically inevitable.
Having exhausted his last arrow, the golden longbow in the Elf Prince's hand shattered, and his pair of azure eyes finally lost all their luster.
The entire banquet hall on the first floor had been turned into a bloody hell by these three male guests. The vampire duke and the werewolf knight had countless wounds all over their bodies, and a small number of NPCs who were affected also lay dead on the ground.
The Elf Prince was covered in mud, his body splattered with blood that resembled sludge, making him look like a broken clay sculpture.
Although Yu Naixin had previously told the audience in the live broadcast room about this when she was at the top of the Swan Castle tower, this was the first time the audience had actually seen it.
【?! This is disgusting!】
I feel like throwing up just looking at it on screen...
[As expected of a guest on "Heartbeat 1000%", his style finally matches everyone else's!]
Yu Naixin's order was for the Vampire Duke to devour the Elf Prince. To be honest, looking at the Elf Prince like this, the Vampire Duke was extremely disgusted and had no desire to devour him at all.
This sludge is not only disgusting to look at, but it also smells like a sewer that has been fermenting for decades, with an unbearable stench!
But in the end, the vampire duke reluctantly released the swarm of black bats that were his clones, letting them absorb the elf prince's corpse.
The werewolf knight, whose sense of smell was already very keen, couldn't stand it any longer and ran up to the second floor.
Thus, the two remaining male guests in this episode lost contact and no longer knew anything about each other.
Just as the werewolf knight was about to run from the second floor to the third floor to find Yu Naixin, a sudden, intense burning pain came from his stomach.
The werewolf knight was in so much pain that he lost the ability to move on the spot, clutching his left stomach and collapsing to his knees with a thud.
The werewolf knight felt as if countless mouths were rapidly gnawing at all his internal organs from inside his stomach!
Upstairs from the werewolf knight, Yu Naixin stopped making potions and began to pay special attention to the two male guests who had devoured other dungeon guests.
The werewolf knight's pain didn't last long; in just a few dozen seconds, his stomach became an empty hole, which then spread outwards as if being gnawed by countless invisible insects. The werewolf knight's entire body completely disappeared.
Meanwhile, the vampire duke, who had already devoured the elf prince on the first floor, also began to sense that something was wrong.
The exact same fate befell the Vampire Duke a second time. The Vampire Duke only managed to struggle for a few dozen seconds longer than the Werewolf Knight before being completely devoured by the other dungeon guests in his stomach.
【Holy crap?!】
[My goodness... No wonder I've never seen dungeon guests devour each other before, not even a domain lord would do that. Is this the reason?!]
No wonder the werewolf said something terrifying would happen... it would hurt the enemy a thousand while also inflicting twelve thousand damage on yourself!
Wait a minute, doesn't that mean all the guest stars on the show are gone?!
I never dreamed that a TV show guest would actually cause all the guest contestants in the alternate episodes to physically kill each other, leaving no one alive...
The moment the vampire duke was completely devoured, a system notification appeared on the system screen that was forcibly displayed in front of Yu Naixin and in the announcements in the live stream.
[It has been detected that all four male guests for this episode have been eliminated. Your task for this episode has been completed in a special way. Would you like to end this episode now?]
Yu Naixin raised an eyebrow.
"You completed your task in this episode in a special way"?
That's an interesting point...
Without any hesitation, Yu Naixin directly chose "No".
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Author's Note: While battling gastroenteritis and menstrual cramps, I also feel like lots of worms are gnawing at my stomach, sob sob sob...
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