I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 108, page 1.7, section 25: Lias's Voyage
"Did something happen over there?" Dao Lin asked, somewhat puzzled. Mu Yin had run back alone, skewering several sea fish on branches and roasting them near the fire.

"Don't even mention it, scapegoat..." Mu Yin sighed as he was once again inexplicably blamed. He really was just a tool, always being moved wherever needed, and he was almost used to it.

Suddenly, his gaze fell on the grilled fish beside the fire. Mu Yin eagerly reached out his hand and said, "What's this? Grilled fish? I'm hungry."

With a 'smack,' Dao Lin slapped Mu Yin's 'wandering hand' away and looked at him coldly, saying, 'Not cooked yet.'

Mu Yin pretended to touch the back of his hand, which was completely unblemished, and pouted. His dark golden vertical pupils glanced at Dao Lin with a pitiful look, and he muttered to himself, "When you're hungry, how can you care whether it's raw or cooked? As long as you can eat your fill, that's all that matters..." As long as his stomach acid was flowing enough, he could conquer everything that was edible or inedible, since it could all be digested.

"What did you say?" Dao Lin raised an eyebrow and asked.

"That expressionless face has found another ally for himself. Aren't you curious?" Mu Yin leaned closer to Dao Lin and asked with a grin.

"Not curious." It was obvious that Mu Yin was awkwardly changing the subject, but it seemed a little pitiful to expose him.

"Why?" Mu Yin puffed out his cheeks angrily, his dark golden vertical pupils widening slightly before turning into round pupils for a moment, only to return to their original state the next second.

Dao Lin was whittling a tree branch with his military knife when he said, "I'll know who it is when I meet them and see everyone's attitude."

Mu Yin snorted and said, "Tch, I'm going to rest."

Dao Lin nodded and added, "Okay, I'll have Mu Yegui help you eat a few more skewers later."

Mu Yin: "..."

Sharpening the branch in his hand and placing it next to five or six other branches of the same shape, Dao Lin slowly stood up, grabbed them in his hand, and prepared to use them to spear some more fish.

Mu Yegui turned his gaze to the silent little boy, Lias, sitting by the fire, and suddenly spoke, “[The fifth person opened the box and released the demon, which disappeared. The demon went mad and took revenge on people, crashing and falling apart completely. It was really pitiful!] I remember you wrote that on that piece of paper.”

"I don't understand, what are you saying..." Lias's expression suddenly changed, his red eyes filled with a hint of panic, and he hurriedly denied it.

“I opened that crumpled piece of paper in front of you, so I can’t possibly forget what was written on it. The first three paragraphs describe me, Shu Ming, and Shui Qi, the last two paragraphs describe Xiao Yin and Dao Lin, so the third and fourth paragraphs in the middle are about Fernana and Moya. Based on the content and the personalities of the two people, I can deduce that the fifth paragraph describes Moya or Orseya.” As Mu Yegui finished speaking, Lias’s face gradually turned pale.

Her cool, silver eyes remained fixed on Lias. Seeing that the prelude was almost complete, she continued, "If each section not only expresses a person but also hints at their identity, then from the fifth section I can decipher 'Pandora,' which means disaster. It's obvious you know who this person is, but you are her adversary because you are from the fairy tale kingdom."

"How did you find out?" Lias looked down at his hands, which were tightly gripping his pants, his pupils contracting with a hint of fear and apprehension.

"The inhabitants of the Fairy Tale Kingdom like to use Morse code to hide secret codes, while the people of the Truth Kingdom choose the more complex Virginia cipher. However, you probably haven't learned the rabbit script yet, otherwise you would be quite used to writing an entire nursery rhyme in rabbit script, after all, there is no simpler yet more misleading script than rabbit script."

Honestly, Mu Yegui's favorite thing was the rabbit-shaped script of the fairy tale kingdom. It was not only interesting but also had multiple meanings. Sometimes the same character could represent completely different meanings, and you could only judge it by looking at the whole passage. Lias's hands, which were tightly gripping his pants, suddenly relaxed. It was like a secret that had been hidden for a long time being suddenly revealed. His first reaction was not tension but relaxation because he no longer had to hide it.

He slightly raised his eyes, looked at the burning fire, and slowly said, "That woman killed my parents when this instance first opened, trying to control me, so I've been looking for an opportunity to kill her. I started to make my move after she replaced Moya, but unfortunately I failed, and that item was also destroyed by you."

"Where did you get that book?" Mu Yegui found the book very interesting the first time she saw it, and she wanted it.

“This book was given to me by the Godfather, who said it could help me, but I don’t know where the original is. Besides, I don’t think the Godfather has the original, even though he is also the owner of the copy.” Lias knew what Mu Yegui was asking, so he simply told him everything he knew.

"What's the reason?"

"The Godfather is the only special existence who became the master of the dungeon without the Crown Prince prop. Even that person praised the Godfather's abilities." Lias's most admired person is his Godfather. He dreams of one day becoming as great as his Godfather and then going to pay homage to that person with his Godfather.

Seeing the sparkle in Lias's eyes when he talked about the Godfather, Mu Yegui said, "So, why kill her? Wouldn't it be better to aim higher and become the master of the dungeon in her place?"

"...I never even considered it." Lias paused slightly. Even if he dreamed of becoming as great as the Godfather, he wouldn't dare to dream of becoming a dungeon master. In his eyes, all dungeon masters were exceptionally powerful beings, and compared to that, he couldn't accept becoming a dungeon master like Orsiah by sheer luck. Not to mention that woman killed his parents just to control him.

While doing what he was doing, Daolin listened to Mu Yegui and Lias's conversation, his icy blue eyes slightly lowered, his expression calm.

Mu Yegui was manipulating Lias, inducing him to become hostile to the instance owner, so that they could sit back and watch the two fight without losing a single soldier. Besides, there was another advantage: Lias was easy to control and unlikely to betray them, making him the perfect weapon.

Of course, most importantly, he could also use this to lure out the traitor.

There are two enemies in total: the instance owner and the traitor. The situation with the last one is unknown, but getting rid of those two will make things much simpler.

It must be said that Mu Yegui's plan was excellent, drawing everyone into the trap without leaving any way out.

She wanted to quietly observe them and see who would ultimately emerge victorious and become the crown prince.

The next chapter will begin with the most exciting strategic battles in this dungeon, which will continue until the dungeon ends.

Everyone has their own thoughts and targets they want to eliminate. Who will ultimately emerge victorious and become the crown prince?
It's basically about maintaining a harmonious facade while secretly plotting to kill each other, and even having one's actions manipulated by the other party to steal one's thunder... In short, it's an extremely complicated set of interpersonal relationships.

However, as long as you can distinguish between each person's friend and foe, you can basically understand it.

NPCs of different nationalities represent different purposes, so peaceful coexistence is absolutely impossible unless there is mutual benefit involved.

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(End of this chapter)