The Dungeon Master's
Chapter 215 - Spying
The battle between the Farna Kingdom and the Kingdom of Salvation continued.
At this moment, the Farna Kingdom was in a defensive position and suffered considerable damage to several Cities.
It was only natural that the Farna Kingdom could not attack just like that. All this is due to the ability of a player named Alice. With his teleportation ability, then the Farna kingdom did not know when they would be attacked.
In contrast, Salvation would be able to strike at will and could even escape at any time with Alice's Teleportation ability.
Right now, Arlond was busy thinking about that. How should he attack? If he attacked, who would defend the Farna Kingdom?
While the losses experienced by the Farna Kingdom reached 30,000 more soldiers who were NPCs. While the deaths coming from the Player's circles are quite a lot, it cannot be said to be a loss as they will be resurrected again in a few days.
Meanwhile, the damage that was on the side of the Kingdom of Salvation could be said to be non-existent. It was only natural that the distance between the two Kingdoms was far adrift and Salvation hid behind the borders of the other Kingdoms.
They were able to attack unilaterally thanks to Alice's Teleportation power.
Even so, the losses of their soldiers were not small. There was more to it than the Kingdom of Farna.
By this time, the Kingdom of Salvation had lost over 60,000 NPCs in total from the entire frontline of the battle. While the soldier who is the Player can no longer be counted.
Very large numbers because they attack suddenly and very aggressively. Coupled with the defense of the Farna Kingdom that was so sturdy and strong, then the loss of the Kingdom of Salvation soared to the sky.
In the end, Chris as King of Salvation decides to withdraw his entire army and let them all rest for one day.
Simple reason.
That is because of the failure of the intruder committed by three members of the Salvation Guild with the aim to kill the Hero Farna.
Therefore, Chris ordered Alice and Neo to conduct further investigations regarding the figure referred to as the Hero of the Farna Kingdom.
Meanwhile, the other Salvation Guild Members had been waiting for their turn. Including the previous three people who will soon rejoin because they only receive restrictions for one to several days.
Even so....
"What do you mean by that question, Alice?" Neo asked confusedly at Alice's question.
"I told you. What do you think of Chris? Or should I answer first so you can understand what I mean?" Ask Alice again.
Hearing that, Neo was speechless and just fell silent.
The two of them had even forgotten their true mission of spying. And now, Neo was focused on what was being asked of him.
'I thought about Chris? What does that question mean? Does Alice intend to betray Chris?' Neo thought in his heart.
At that very instant, Neo immediately answered the question that was considered stupid.
"Why ask me. From beginning to end, my answer will always be the same. Chris is an authoritative figure and has a very big ambition towards this world. Therefore, I will always support her to the end, no matter what kind of journey she has to go through." Neo replied with a very sharp eye.
Hearing this, Alice looked surprised.
"I didn't expect that you'd talk like that about Chris. You surprise me, Neo." Reply Alice with her eyes wide open. An expression that He rarely even shows to anyone.
At that very instant, Neo used his Unique Skill [Truth Seeker] to figure out the truth from Alice's words.
System notifications appeared before him.
[You have used Unique Skill: Truth Seeker!]
[The Genesis supercomputer is conducting an analysis.].
[Successful!]
[Target doesn't lie!]
It all happened in about 2 seconds.
As soon as the system notification was completed, Neo immediately went back to asking Alice the same question as before.
"Then what do you think of Chris? Now it's time for you to give me an answer, right?" Said Neo with a sharper gaze than before.
Hearing that, Alice only smiled faintly. Her face was quite small with her hair that was shoulder-length with a blonde color that looked very sweet.
But at the same time, his appearance was truly terrifying.
It's only natural because while playing. During her life, Alice very rarely made such a complex expression.
At the most distant Alice will only widen or narrow her eyes without any expression on the other part of the face.
Soon after, Alice gave her opinion.
"Chris is too greedy and unwilling to take the rights of others for himself. Even He also did not hesitate at all to his own subordinates. With such an attitude, his ambition would only bring about so many enemies in the future.
Alice ended her long answer with a big smile. He also closed his eyes and slightly tilted his head.
But behind all that....
Tears seemed to flow thinly on her face that was so white and gentle.
Neo is Neo.
Since He had the power of [Truth Seeker] that allowed him to know the truth of someone's words, it had become a habit for him to use that skill to his interlocutors.
Including....
His own co-worker who had even been with him from the very beginning joined the Salvation Guild.
The answer he got?
[You have used Unique Skill: Truth Seeker!]
[The Genesis supercomputer is conducting an analysis.].
[Successful!]
[Target doesn't lie!]
Of course, Alice said the truth from the bottom of her heart.
But before Neo could reply to Alice, the blond woman had pressed a few buttons on her menu window.
However, right before Alice pressed the [Log Out] button, Alice had said some last things to her.
"Neo. The whole time I spent with you was so much fun. I really enjoyed this game even to this day. However, I think this is the last time I'm going to play."
Along with that last sentence.
Alice turned into a beautiful white light. He has Log Out from the game in the midst of his crucial mission.
Neo had no idea that this was going to happen.
A coworker who should be very competent and professional in completing his work, will actually Log Out right in front of his eyes.
He even left the important work as if there was no burden on him at all.
Now....
Neo is alone in the dark of an old house.
He seemed to show a complex expression that even He himself was unable to understand.
'Mr....'
A drop of water, out of nowhere, seemed to fall on the wooden floor filled with dust.
Behind his face that seemed to be filled with an expression that was between sad, angry, annoyed, and confused....
Neo began to reveal his true heart.
"I.... I also know that all your words are true. But.... Can I go that easy like you? If only I could.... At least...."
'Mr...'
Neo seemed to pause his words for a while.
Until finally... His entire mind had been swallowed by one of the most powerful emotions.
Grief.
"at least.... Invite me to come with you.... Aren't we... an inseparable partner even today?"
Along with his last sentence, Neo fell to the old floor to reflect on everything that was happening right now.
Spy duty?
He had forgotten about it even since Alice had asked him that question.
A question....
That shifts the balance of power in this world.