Nobody told me this wasn't a game.

Zuo Chang appeared hesitant, as if he didn't know what to do next.

It was at this moment that the door was opened.

The "Liangzi" they had met before walked to Lady Yaotai's side and whispered in her ear, "My lord, I have important news to inform you. Please come closer."

Ryoko was highly regarded by Lady Yaotai.

She must have judged the news to be extremely urgent, which is why she barged in so rashly.

Lady Yaotai stood up and said with a slight apology, "Gentlemen, I have been impolite."

The master and servant walked out of the room.

Without wasting words, Ryoko took out a file folder and said, "My lord, we've investigated the man the young lady brought home. Here's his information."

"...Just for this?"

Lady Yaotai frowned.

Ryoko lowered her head: "It's extremely urgent!"

Lady Yaotai opened the document bag and took out the contents.

It was a stack of photos, which were obviously taken secretly, and they all showed Zuo Chang.

Ryoko said, "After you gave the order that day, I had Yoshijiro follow that young man. These are the photos he took while he was following him."

The photo documented Zuo Chang's itinerary for one day.

He first went to the train station with Mayumi and played the Ancient Battlefield once, and then played the Ancient Battlefield alone again.

Afterwards, Zuo Chang went straight to the Tianwangcheng Inspectorate.

Lady Yaotai asked, "What is Zuo Chang doing at the Inspectorate?"

Ryoko glanced at her master and prompted, "He stayed at the Inspectorate for nearly eight hours."

"Really? If it's for handling business, it shouldn't take this long!"

Ugh!

Why is my lord so slow to understand?

Ryoko made her point clear: "My lord, please look at the last photo. After taking that photo, Kichijiro had no more intention of following them. He had met General Tenno once, and he asserted that this new friend that the young lady knew... was very likely General Tenno!"

Lady Yaotai trembled suddenly and pulled out the last photograph.

The photo still shows Zuo Chang.

When Zuo Chang realized that Qian Wuyi was going to harm Xue Qiangwei, his calm demeanor vanished, revealing his sharp edge!

With just one glance, Lady Yaotai seemed to see lightning.

Looking at Zuo Chang's expression in the photo, she found it completely matched the image of the Heavenly King General in her mind.

Not like.

This is!

But...how is that possible?

The Heavenly King General should be dead! There were no survivors in the God-Slaying War; the remains of all his followers have been identified. The Heavenly King General was utterly defeated!

Ryoko continued, “Isn’t it too much of a coincidence, my lord? The Inspectorate is in charge of public order and has virtually no other business. If this ‘Zuo Chang’ had any inconveniences in his life, he should have gone to the Immigration Bureau or the Citizens’ Office. But he stayed in the Inspectorate for eight hours and left within half an hour of Blood Rose’s return… He was waiting for Blood Rose.”

"Blood Rose was once the Heavenly King General's most beloved attendant. It is only natural that the Heavenly King General would find her again."

"Furthermore, Blood Rose became the head of the Inspectorate of Heavenly King City nine months ago, while Heavenly King General disappeared a year ago... Now we know why someone as blindly loyal as her would switch allegiance!"

Lady Yaotai remained silent.

Her eyes were sharp, and her fingers tightened, causing the photo she was holding to begin to distort.

Ryoko felt the pressure and seriousness of her master for the first time in a long time, and quickly lowered her head and said, "This... this is just my guess. The truth still needs to be verified."

"Yes. Not necessarily."

After a moment, Lady Yaotai snapped out of her reverie.

She turned to look around the room, a cold smile playing on her lips: "But we'll soon find out the answer. 'Zuo Chang' just seemed very nervous and uneasy. I thought it was the weak's awe and wariness of the strong, but now it seems... ha! 'An unexpected reunion' would probably be a more accurate description!"

Ryoko looked up: "My lord, what do you intend to do?"

“I plan to do nothing. If he is just Zuo Chang, he will certainly be uneasy, but he will not dare to run away without permission, because he respects us and would not dare to leave without saying goodbye; if he is Tian Wang, he will definitely disappear without a trace! Because he is not afraid of me and Commander Ying at all, he is just uneasy about the status quo, so he vanished into thin air.”

"Next, Commander Eagle will have two of his men take Zuo Chang to collect the first-encounter rewards on the second floor. For my great ex-husband... that's an opportunity to escape."

Lady Yaotai looked at Liangzi.

The delicate and sorrowful feeling vanished, and Lady Yaotai's face was now frosty.

Her golden eyes gleamed, like those of a snake.

"Whether Zuo Chang is the Heavenly King General... we'll find out soon enough!"

……

……

About the same time.

Eagle General laughed and said, "Put other things aside for now. Sky City is a first-time dungeon, and no team has reached the second level yet. There are plenty of rewards for the first time! Today, let the bat and the toad take you around and get all the rewards you can, okay?"

Bats, toads?

Those two adventurers from the fourth realm?

If it were just the two of them, Zuo Chang was confident he could escape!

He hesitated for a moment, then said, "Well... alright!"

Commander Eagle smiled and nodded: "Bat and Toad are already waiting for you at the door. You can set off at any time. Toad knows where the rewards are. Just follow him."

Zuo Chang stood up: "I'll go now."

96511 is truly a treasure trove; whatever he desires comes true, and he even has to play himself.

Wasn't General Misato missing?

I couldn't find it before, but now it's popped up out of nowhere! It's scary!

Zuo Chang went back to his room to get the Moon Crown Sword, put on his original battle armor, and strode towards the door.

He didn't want to stay in this godforsaken place for even a second longer.

Sky City Lord's Mansion

Doorway.

"coming."

The tall, thin bat looked at Zuo Chang approaching from afar with disdain and said with dissatisfaction, "Toad, what do you think Commander Eagle is thinking? Why did he give all the initial reward to this kid?"

The toad replied indifferently, "I don't know."

“We’ve been with the Commander-in-Chief for a year and a half now, why haven’t we seen him being so generous! Sigh, the Commander-in-Chief often says that the Heavenly King General is biased and owes him something, but isn’t he the same way himself?”

The bat let out a cold laugh.

"I finally got a first-time dungeon, and I thought I could get some good stuff, but now I can't even get the soup!"

Upon hearing this, the toad felt somewhat indignant.

Commander Eagle brought four men with him this time.

The four of them joined around the same time. The gecko and centipede were at the fifth realm, while the toad and bat were only at the fourth realm.

That's understandable, after all, geckos and centipedes do a lot of work, so it's normal for them to receive some preferential treatment.

but……

Why?

Why is it that Zuo Chang, who appeared out of nowhere, gets all the first-meeting rewards?

He even had bats and toads lead the way!

The bat sighed heavily, full of complaints: "Fine! We two are born to be laborers. We get all the work, and all the benefits!"

"...Last night, Commander Eagle gave us a detailed list."

Suddenly, the toad opened its mouth.

He looked at Zuo Chang, who was getting closer and closer, and continued, "The list includes a defensive magical artifact, a skill stone, two hundred ancient crystals, and a magic scroll called 'Great Ice Cloud.' These items can easily fetch three million yuan on the market."

Why say all this?

The more I talk about it, the more it hurts!

I won't go into detail about magical artifacts and skill stones; they are all treasures.

Ancient Crystals are Tier 2 Experience Stones, suitable for adventurers at Realm 5 and above, and are quite valuable.

The Great Ice Cloud is a field spell that summons a biting cold mist that covers an area of ​​five miles. It's difficult to sell, and while there's not much demand for it, it's not cheap either.

The bat felt so bitter that it couldn't contain itself, and was about to burst into a tirade when it suddenly realized something!

He turned his head sharply and asked, "What do you mean?!"

The toad's eyes, the size of soybeans, gleamed with a fierce light. He slowly said, "General Eagle is no good leader. He clearly knows the bitterness of being ignored, the resentment of being treated unfairly, yet he doesn't understand how to put himself in others' shoes... What's the point of being loyal to such a person? Bat, what do you say?"

The bat hesitated for a moment.

Adventurers are divided into two categories.

One type is to join an adventurer's party, literally practicing the way of adventurers, and fighting and profiting in dungeons;

One type of person, unwilling to endure the hardships of living a life of hardship, chooses to pledge allegiance to a certain power, becoming a retainer or private servant, and receiving a stable, fixed income.

Regardless of their type, adventurers all share a common pursuit—

A better life.

If their needs are not met, the former will leave the team, and the latter will betray their master!

Seeing that Zuo Chang was about to reach him, Bat gritted his teeth and said, "If he does the first day of the month, I'll do the fifteenth! Commander Eagle is no good, I'm rebelling!"

The toad gave a half-smile: "This Zuo Chang is only at the fourth realm, nothing to be afraid of. Just in case... I will use the dungeon mechanics to kill him silently."