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Chapter 359 City Lords Love Peace

It is impossible to shut down the invasion, that has become Sion's underlying logic.

There would be no fun if the invasion was closed, but the feelings of other city lords could not be ignored, so Gong Qiying thought of a way to have the best of both worlds.

Hey, I'll give each dungeon some props needed for invasion, so we can all join in the fight, right?
I believe that the bloodthirsty city lords who designed the supermodel Esti would definitely agree!

As it turned out, after Gong Qiying distributed the cracked blood-red eye orb, more than half of the city lords changed their tone on the spot and praised him as a genius who knew how to enjoy himself and exploit adventurers.

As expected, bloodthirstiness is the common character of city lords.

But of course there are also city lords who don't like this form of invasion. For such people, Gong Qiying will defeat them one by one according to their personalities.

When facing a conservative city lord, just say that everyone is invading. Then your adventurers will have no means of counterattack and will be beaten in vain.

When facing the city lord who doesn't like him, he said that if he doesn't compete with me in invasion records, I will bring your favorite Miss Lin Wei'er over to me.

Facing the peace-loving city lord. You have become the city lord and have reached such a high level of authority, and now you tell me that you love peace? You are not a one-horned dungeon that can only do marriage examinations, so stop talking nonsense here, come on, come on, quickly take these boxes of invasion props.

Not long after, Chiya received good news from Gong Qiying:
【Get it Done】

“It’s really efficient.”

Chiya convened a meeting of the city lords according to the proposal made by the other party, put forward several precautions and new rules regarding the "invasion", and rewarded the dungeons with good performance in the first three days.

The rewards offered by the other city lords are nothing more than the permanent right to use some kind of monster or item, or more bluntly, mental power.

But when it came to Gong Qiying who won first place in the dungeon on the first day of the event, Chiya really couldn't think of any reward to give him. In the end, he simply wrote it down and Gong Qiying could come to him anytime he wanted in the future.

I don’t know if it’s my illusion, but Chiya always feels that after some time, the person sitting here presiding over the meetings of various dungeons will not be himself, but Gong Qiying.

That would be good too. When he becomes the boss, I will encourage him to organize more events and then get some good things from him.

Chiya thought with a smile.

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Under the cover of night, inside the royal palace, an oppressive atmosphere enveloped this huge and magnificent complex of buildings.

When he was awake, Ainz III would stand by the window and look out at the city where he had lived all his life. Every old building held his memories.

Sometimes thinking of those happy memories would make him forget the pain temporarily, but when he thought of the city's impending destruction, the pain would come back doubly.

He had been looking forward to being sober before, but now it has become a torture for himself.

"The meteor shower is about to end, right?"

“It’s about to start.”

Ainz III looked into the distance. Those brightly lit places were where the adventurers who had just finished their work were having a party. Just looking at those bright lights could make people feel the joy and vitality.

He sighed again. Now he could only hope in his heart that when the unknown existence triggered the beast disease, most of the adventurers would enter the "what is it called? The Dungeon of Sen? I think it's called this name. I hope people can escape the disaster there.

As for the Sean Dungeon, he once learned about it from a maid in a rare lucid moment, asking her to tell him about the latest news in the royal city.

The maid happened to be Tus's sister. Influenced by her brother who was an adventurer, her knowledge of the Sen Dungeon was vague but comprehensive, and she could talk about a little bit of everything.

The legend of the Faran Undead Squad made Ainz III feel excited for the first time in a long time. Overlord Vornir made him want to make achievements. The various magics of Lienia of the Lake made him wonder:
If I had given up everything to become an adventurer, what would my life be like now?

Before he ascended the throne, he lived in anonymity and became an adventurer for a while. However, he was captured and taken back to the palace not long after, and he never got out again. Those days were quite unforgettable. I wonder how his former teammates are doing now.

But then again, when he heard from the maid about the secret ritual of infusing fire that could strengthen the spirit, he wondered if that thing could cure his illness.

Unfortunately, neither the unknown being nor Eliphis would allow him to go out. As for Minister Oro? That guy was loyal to the kingdom, but only to the kingdom. It didn't matter to him who was in charge of the kingdom, as long as he could govern the country well.

If there was someone more suitable to govern the country than Eliphis, Oro would probably stab Eliphis in the back without hesitation.

"Eliphis hasn't come these days."

What a pity! If that bastard dared to appear in front of him again, he would bite that guy’s pretty face no matter what.

Not long ago, Minister Oro came to visit him, a rare occasion. The only order, or request, that Ainz III gave him was -

Standing in front of the window, Ainz III could see a sneaky figure running around in the royal castle, dodging the patrolling guards while doing parkour, and finally climbing out of the palace.

That's Princess Selene. The child has gone out to play again.

Ainz III's only request was that Celina, a child he had not even been able to see once while awake, be at least allowed some freedom.

Without his help and the tacit consent of Minister Oro, how could the palace filled with guards and magicians allow Selene to go out and play?

Fortunately, she also knew her limits and had never really run away. She would go out and come back the same day. Perhaps she was enjoying the time of putting aside her princess status.

“My children are just beautiful.”

Ainz III muttered to himself with some pride, a rare sense of joy appearing in his emotions. However, the moment this emotion appeared, his transformation into a beast began again.

He fell to his knees in agony, his body becoming deformed again.

At the same time, Princess Selene had already run out of the palace, changed into ordinary clothes very quickly, put on a hood and removed her makeup. No one could recognize that she was the glamorous princess during the day.

People may wonder why an ordinary person like her can have such good skills, but in fact, this is also thanks to Sean.

Knowing that the princess loved things related to Thane, people would naturally consider Thane when choosing gifts. Among the gifts Celina received, there were items such as [Big Soul of the Unknown Warrior], [Experience Candy], [Magic Candy], etc., which were used to upgrade and become stronger. But she had never had the opportunity to use them before, because Eliphis didn't look like the kind of person who would allow her to enter the Thane dungeon.

But in recent days, Selene found a good opportunity. For some reason, Eliphis no longer came to the palace to meet her, and the number of guards who could obviously detect that they were Eliphis's people also decreased. She seized the opportunity to persuade Minister Oro and successfully let her follow the guards into the dungeon.

Although she just wandered around the safe Firelink Shrine and food area, the precious experience still made her feel extremely satisfied.

It was at that time that she used up all the things given to her by the nobles at the campfire.

After "eating" all the large soul and experience candies, her level soared to around 40, with the main increases being in Intelligence and Agility.

However, after improving her intelligence, she found that she didn't seem to have become much smarter, which made her feel a little disappointed.

There is no skill at all, it's all values ​​​​brought by money. Selene is the first person who can use so many upgrade items at once since the change in the Sion dungeon.

"Boss, I'm here again." Stopping at a barbecue stall on the street, Selina chatted familiarly with the boss.

"Oh, it's you. Is it the same this time?" The boss said as he grilled skewers, "By the way, I have to tell you some good news. Those guards who blackmailed us last time actually came to apologize to us yesterday. The gods must have heard our prayers. I'm in a good mood today, so I'll give you an extra portion of grilled brandy lobster!"

"Is it the ingredients from the Thane Dungeon? Great."

After hearing the guards come to apologize, Selene's mouth corners raised a little. It was self-evident who did this.

She was eating barbecue while strolling on the busy street. The vendors around her greeted her warmly. Someone said:
"Strange, this girl has only been here for a few days, why is she so popular?"

"Everyone keeps having good things happen to her after she showed up. This child must be blessed by the goddess of luck. Who wouldn't like her?"

After strolling around the familiar street, Selene turned around and headed towards the residential area. The further she walked, the darker the surrounding scenery became. This seemed to be the residential area where the Tuss family lived?
The reason she came here was because she had just heard that the residents here would stare at the meteor shower in the middle of the night. The scene was very strange, so she wanted to come and see it.

I really just took a look from a distance and definitely didn't go in depth.

The flickering street lights and the cold air created a terrifying atmosphere. She was excited just now, but now she was a little scared.

"Yes, or let's go back."

Although she said this, she still bravely walked forward.
"Isn't this nothing?"

The residential area was still the same residential area, no different from what Fingerly saw when he arrived that day; even the street lights had not been repaired.

The only change is that the residents who stood on the rooftops like telephone poles looking up at the meteor shower are gone, people are sleeping normally in their bedrooms, and there are embarrassing sounds of human creation.

Occasionally, there were groans, mixed with cries of regret, "Why did I go to the Senn dungeon to suffer?"

Selene was both relieved and disappointed, and she muttered, "Why should I believe in urban legends?" and turned to leave.

"Tap tap tap——"

Suddenly, a figure ran towards her quickly in the darkness!

"what!"

Selene screamed and fell to the ground, subconsciously closing her eyes and shouting that there was a ghost.

The figure stopped in front of her. Just as she was trembling with fear, an apologetic voice came, "Sorry, sorry, I accidentally scared you. Are you hurt?"

Selene looked up and saw a tall, handsome, blond man who was holding out his hand to her.

"No, it's okay."

She patted her chest lightly, obviously frightened, and chose to let the other party pull her up.

"I'm so sorry, I'm in a hurry, so I'll go first. Eh?"

The two people's faces were close to each other, and after seeing each other's faces clearly, Fingerly was stunned for a moment.

Selene became nervous. Could it be that she was recognized?
But in the end, Fingerly just ran away without saying anything, which made her feel relieved.

“Should I not go out today?”

Selene took a few deep breaths and left the unremarkable residential area.

A meteor streaked across the sky, and the local residents were fast asleep, no one cared about this place anymore.

It seemed that some people in other residential areas were looking up at the stars, but tomorrow morning, they would also enter the Sen dungeon.

Then, you will find that there is one more monument of glory.

The ranking of this newly appeared monument of glory has nothing to do with the number of captured meteorites; it has returned to tradition.

It has to do with the number of people killed during the invasion!
"Hey, I'm going to invade ten times today. Yesterday was so exciting!"

A Thane adventurer walks out of the Firelink Shrine, as the Eye Orb cannot be used there.

However, when he just walked out of the Firelink Shrine, he received a familiar prompt.

[The megalithic dungeon “Tepi” has been invaded! ! ! ]

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(End of this chapter)