Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

This delicate, doll-like girl possessed an arrogance and righteousness beyond her years. She believed the lies fabricated by Matt and others that "Dragon Kingdom players persecuted Charles, the leader of Western players, in an attempt to become the Golden Race and issue orders to all humans," and thus joined them with a sense of "justice and mission."

"Lily, say something." Matt's voice softened slightly. "Your talent is our most important weapon right now. It was thanks to the strength you displayed as 'Liu Nian' that we were able to successfully reach and persuade Leon, Aphrodite, and Selena—player leaders who were uneasy about the Dragon Kingdom's dominance—to form 'The Eye of Truth,' wasn't it?"

Lily raised her head, a hint of smugness flashing in her blue eyes: "Hmph, the dangerous power of the Banner of Exile shouldn't be held by just a small group of people. We must check and balance them, for fairness and justice, and also for... our own safety." She firmly believed that she was on the side of justice, to prevent Dragon Kingdom players from abusing their power, and to prevent something like Charles's from happening again!

If the players from the Dragon Kingdom try to use the Banner of Exile to exercise their voting rights and execute Charles, they will definitely fight back! They'll let them know that this isn't a place where the players from the Dragon Kingdom have the final say!

They will not allow the death penalty to exist in this place!

Matt found it amusing, but his face was full of approval: "You're right, Lily. You're key to us. However, the plan to rescue Speaker Charles... may need to be adjusted for the time being."

"Adjustments? Why?" Lily frowned. "Didn't we already gain the support of the 'Eye of Truth'? Are they unwilling to help?"

"No, that's not it," Yale interjected, a fake smile returning to his face. "It's just that, just in case, we have to prepare for the worst! You know, we're currently engaged in an upgrade war, and if we jump in at a time like this, they'll definitely accuse us of 'sabotaging the upgrade war'! That's politically correct these days! So... we have to have a foolproof backup plan!"

"Oh? Tell me, what's your backup plan?" Lily asked.

A glint flashed in Matt's eyes: "We need to place some 'key items' in core locations such as the administrative hall, the central square, and several major city gate defense nodes. These items need to be absolutely concealed, without arousing any suspicion. Only your transformation ability can allow you to approach and even enter some heavily guarded areas as 'Liu Nian' or other high-level Dragon Kingdom players to complete the placement."

He took out a fist-sized, dark red crystal: "This is a 'phase bomb,' extremely powerful but very stable. It requires a special magical frequency to detonate. You just need to place it in the designated location and cover it with the camouflage device we gave you."

Lily looked at the dangerous crystal suspiciously: "What do you mean by doing this? Are you threatening them?"

"This is just a way for us to protect ourselves!" Matt said. "To make them hesitant to attack us easily!"

"Yes!" said Yale. "Miss Lily, haven't you seen the movies? When the police go to gangster territory to negotiate, they strap bombs to their bodies. We're not doing this to destroy the city, but just to warn them that we have the capability!"

"Like nuclear deterrence?" Lily said thoughtfully.

"You could say that. There's a saying, isn't there? Not having something and having it but not using it are two completely different things," Matt said. "With this thing, they definitely won't easily break ties with us. After all, if a key node explodes, the city will be paralyzed, or even lose its status as a main city... Compared to that, releasing a former councilor who's already at level 0 seems insignificant, doesn't it?"

"Won't this backfire and actually cause an explosion?" Lily asked with some concern.

"Don't worry, this thing is very stable. Without special methods, even if you bombard it with a fireball, it won't react."

Lily was convinced.

As Lily and the others left the secret room, Matt's smile vanished instantly, leaving only a cold calculation.

"It's ridiculously naive." Matt rubbed the talent swap scroll in his hand.

He had originally planned to use this scroll to replace Lily's talent, but the arrival of the Ascension Battle made him change his mind.

Lily has been involved in these organizations for a while now and knows a lot of things. Before the plan succeeds, it's best not to push this girl to the opposite side!

Besides, all he needs to do now is successfully plant all the bombs in the city, and then detonate them!

The entire city was blown to pieces. As the mastermind and the one who detonated the bomb, he carried the achievements of sacrificing all the players and NPCs in the city, as well as the contribution and merit points from conquering a main city, which was enough for him to exchange for a [Legendary Magic Core] in the Ratman War Shop!

At that time, he will be promoted to the demon race, completely free from the war of the six races, and from then on will be a member of the "superior race"!

At that time, it didn't matter if you were a Wu Zhan, Liu Nian, or a rat-man or a pig-man, hmph, none of you were worth fearing!!

The secret room echoed with Matt's triumphant laughter, while Lily, completely unaware, was using her transformation ability to plant phase bombs disguised as "defense devices" or "energy nodes" underground or inside the walls of several strategic locations in the small blue town.

She personally buried the three most powerful ones under the floor of the main council chamber of the administrative hall, at the resurrection point and the fountain base of the teleportation plaza, and in the load-bearing pillar next to the main city gate on the east side.

While doing all this, she was even somewhat moved by her own actions, feeling that she was waging a secret and great struggle to "break the Dragon Kingdom's monopoly" and "fight for the rights of Western players"!

Little did she know that she had planted not only a bomb to destroy the city, but also a fuse that could ignite a split among the human players!

Meanwhile, members of the Eye of Truth, led by Leon von Hoffmann, Av Alkami, Selena Astra, and others, were holding another gathering at another secret location.

These players not only knew of Matt and the others' existence, but also of Lily's.

Because back then, they were easily crushed and humiliated by Liu Nian, who was actually Lily in disguise!

With the emergence of such a skilled player in their own camp who could rival Liu Nian without being at a disadvantage, they gained the confidence to say no to the Dragon Kingdom players.

Especially after Matt reasoned with and appealed to their emotions, saying, "Beware of the Banner of Exile! We absolutely cannot allow Dragon Kingdom players to act arbitrarily! To punish whomever they want!"

"If they can kill Charles today because of political differences, how do you know they won't kill you, Leon, Aphrodite, and Selena for other reasons someday?"