Everyone's playing as a roguelike, starting with an extra Mythical Relic.

"Someone has a red name!"

It's unclear which door-opener shouted, but all the door-openers in the auditorium drew their weapons and warily stared at their minimaps and the other door-openers nearby.

This disrupted the process of Liu Yuanliang distributing the items.

What's wrong with these people?

What does "red name" mean?

"..."

Several students from the academy exchanged a few words in hushed tones. Just as one of the female students was about to step forward to restore order, another unexpected event occurred.

Upon learning that there were people with red names, those who pushed the door open instinctively began to move away from the red-named individuals.

The person with the red name also tried to blend into the crowd, but his strange behavior was still noticed!

"It's him! He's the one with the red name!"

"The one wearing the black cloak outfit, he's a red-named player!"

The only red-named player in the game was quickly identified.

He was holding a dagger, so his profession was clearly that of a thief.

"He seems to have been one of the first nine people to go up, right?"

One of the sharp-eyed people recognized this person as the one who had captured the orc general and pushed open the door.

A group of people who pushed open the door surrounded the person in the center. Many people were hesitating whether to make a move when two white wolves were suddenly summoned and rushed over.

Clearly, it was one of the beast tamers who made the first move.

However, this thief lived up to his reputation as someone who had captured an orc general alive; his attack speed was the fastest Chu Yang had ever seen.

With a single movement, he circled behind the wolf and unleashed several slashes in a second, instantly killing one of the white wolves with just ordinary attacks.

However, the beast tamer's move was like a signal, prompting the other gatekeepers around to also attack the red-named individuals.

In order not to harm other players who were attacking the red-named players, those who were besieging the red-named players were somewhat hesitant.

Even so, after a few minutes, the red-named player lost the ability to resist.

After all, none of the people who managed to get this far were weak.

The red-named thief was glowing red, clearly indicating that he was in a state of low health.

He knew he was doomed, so he put away his weapons and gave up all resistance.

I imagine he was already in despair when he entered the BOSS's door and saw so many people pushing it open.

Perhaps in order to compete for the reward of killing red-named players, in the final moments, the few players who were closest to the door all used their most powerful skills.

However, these dozen or so skills failed to take the life of the red-named thief!

A shield appeared out of nowhere and protected the red-named thief! Not only that, the lightning flashing on the shield formed a ring of lightning that spread outwards.

This forced the people pushing the door nearby to retreat repeatedly.

This is the storyteller on stage.

"Stop it, all of you!"

The sound came from above.

At some unknown time, Li Xinming, a scholar from the Jade Emperor Academy, suddenly appeared in mid-air above the red-named thief.

His blue cedar trees fluttered without wind, and streaks of lightning flickered beneath his feet.

At this moment, Li Xinming's expression was solemn and dignified, completely different from his demeanor when speaking on stage earlier.

"You are all human, and you share the same goal. You should be united against a common enemy, so why are you attacking your own people?!"

Li Xinming's sudden move did indeed shock some people, but many others were unconvinced.

"Fuck you! Who do you think you are! What right do you have to tell me what to do?!"

"Ha, just a bunch of NPCs, who knows what they're pretending to be!"

"..."

Several defiant individuals pushed open the door and attacked the red-named thief under the shield. One of them, a greatswordsman, had previously captured an orc general.

Li Xinming above his head snorted coldly, and several even larger electric rings generated from beneath his feet, repelling all of them.

If the previous electric rings only forced people back, this electric ring did indeed reduce many of those pushing the door to half health.

And this was even with Li Xinming intentionally suppressing the power.

However, among these door-openers were some formidable individuals. One of them, a greatswordsman, leaped through the air over the electric ring and simultaneously wielded his sword with both hands, delivering a powerful slash at the red-named thief.

This powerful strike wasn't a skill inherent to greatsword users, but judging by its imposing presence, it was of a high rank.

However, his sword still failed to hit the red-named thief.

It wasn't Li Xinming above him who was blocking his way.

Instead, he was a burly scholar, over two meters tall.

The scholar easily grasped the greatswordsman's weapon with just one hand, and no matter how hard the greatswordsman tried, he could not take the weapon back.

"Let go of my hand!"

The tall scholar remained silent but was very obedient, and he actually released his hand.

The greatswordsman glanced at the somewhat dull, tall scholar in front of him, then silently retreated to the back of the crowd.

Because he sensed the huge gap between the two.

Are these scholars all monsters...?

Just then, Liu Yuanliang also came down from the stage.

With a light tap on the floor, he landed on the stage next to the red-named thief.

His beautiful footwork alone makes him someone not to be underestimated.

Liu Yuanliang laughed and said to everyone, "Haha, everyone, don't be impulsive, let's talk things out."

"I can see that you may have reasons to kill this man."

"But could we, for the sake of the Ninth Academy, complete this mission peacefully first?"

"After this, our Ninth Academy will definitely not interfere in your past grievances, is that alright?"

The people who pushed open the door in the auditorium were all stunned by the strength of these scholars.

Crucially, there are still six scholars on the stage who haven't moved an inch.

If every one of these people possessed such power, then they would truly have no choice but to give them face...

So, starting with the doormen around the red-named thief, everyone put away their weapons.

Just when the scholars thought the farce was over and they could continue to arrange their tasks,

A snap of fingers suddenly rang out in the auditorium.

"Snapped!"

The snap of the fingers wasn't loud, but it made all nine scholars widen their eyes at the same time!

That red-named thief was instantly vaporized!

Along with the lightning shield surrounding him!

Also appearing was a small pit, about ten centimeters high, under the auditorium floor.

There's a purple treasure chest in the small pit.

This treasure chest is only visible to the person who pushes open the door, but no one dares to go forward and pick it up.

The people who found the treasure chest looked around in surprise.

"Holy crap! Who did this?!"

"What's going on? Why did the red name disappear?!"

"..."

A few gasps rang out, and the auditorium erupted into chaos once again.

This time, however, people were more shocked.

Shocked! Who was this person who could kill in front of these monstrous scholars?

Soon, they found out who had committed the murder.

Because Chu Yang walked through the crowd toward the treasure chest.

The tall scholar instinctively raised his hand to stop him, only to see Chu Yang transform into a fire spirit, easily passing through his arm.

The tall scholar was stunned for a few seconds when he saw his left hand on fire, seemingly unable to understand how his arm had been pierced through.

As for the flames on his arm, they posed almost no harm to him; they went out automatically without him even having to put them out.

Chu Yang, who had passed him, had already squatted down and put the items from the purple treasure chest into his backpack.

Although Chu Yang didn't like to show off, he had already killed someone, so why wouldn't he take the spoils?