They wanted to escape, but they found that the entrance to the passage behind was blocked by a bloody spider web at some point. After their attacks failed to break through it, they gave up and cast a vigilant look at the BOSS that emerged from the stone statue of the priest.
But what was somewhat beyond their expectations was that the black spider queen did not attack them, but looked around with great interest, as if she was greedily enjoying the air around her.
"I never thought that there would be humans who would be so foolish as to do what was written on the stone tablet."
The Black Spider Queen has a melodious voice. If one can ignore the terrifying spider body beneath her, she is qualified to play the role of the slender and graceful heroine in those operas.
However, rather than being attracted by her delicate voice, everyone was more concerned about another aspect. After hearing the Black Spider Queen mumbling to herself, they couldn't help but be stunned.
As if she could sense the puzzled looks from everyone, the Black Spider Queen said calmly, "You have helped me a lot. In return, I will simply answer your questions."
"I am Tiffany, the demon described in the stone tablet. When the Knights came to the temple to attack, although I used ancient black magic, I was also affected by the magic and turned into a stone statue along with them."
"There is no doubt that the stone tablet was indeed left by the priest, but I have slightly changed some of the contents."
"And the last words left by the priest were for those who came later to flee from here as soon as possible."
"The Golem Heart on the giant Golem Guard, the monster I summoned, can remove the Knights' petrified state, but it can also remove me from the influence of black magic."
"Because they have lost too much vitality, even if they are revived, they will not be able to fight against me who still has most of my strength left."
"So these are the answers to everything. How about it? Are you satisfied?"
When Tiffany's voice fell, Alice and the others who were informed of the result were shocked.
After all, the content on the stone tablet had been tampered with, and they were actually secretly guided step by step by the other party. Even if they experienced this series of events personally, it still made people feel unbelievable.
Some people were reminded by Tiffany's words and recalled details that they had previously missed.
"Come to think of it, there really seems to be traces of modification on that stone tablet. I thought it was just scratches..."
"Wait, I remember now, there is another statue among those stone statues that looks similar to the priest. Could that be the real priest?"
But whether these are hindsight or facts is no longer known, or perhaps it doesn’t matter.
The important thing is that they lifted the seal on a demon. Although it was an unintentional act, if it was discovered by the Church of Light, they would most likely be subject to certain sanctions, and in serious cases, there would even be permanent attribute penalties.
"Why did you have to explain so much to us? It's definitely not just out of kindness, right?"
I frowned and asked out loud.
In the eyes of everyone, there was nothing strange about this action, because they were also reminded by my words, realized the problem, and couldn't help but look over.
"It's simple. I hope you can do me a favor."
However, before Tiffany could finish her words, she was interrupted by another clear voice.
"Don't try to threaten us. Our actions were unintentional. As long as we go to the church and confess our mistakes, we won't be punished too severely." Luoxue Fengye decisively refused. "But if I agree to you, it will be equivalent to cooperating with the dark camp. Once discovered, it will be the crime of colluding with the hostile camp."
As a hidden professional judge, Luoxue Fengye knows more about this kind of thing than other players.
If the crime of colluding with the hostile camp is proven, all levels and equipment will be cleared, and you will be expelled from all major empires and will not be protected by any forces in the light camp.
Such a severe punishment frightened everyone and made them secretly alert.
He secretly wondered if this monster would attack them after being rejected.
But Tiffany did not show any dissatisfaction. After hearing what Luoxue Fengye said, she showed a unique and moving smile, "Then do you think that the crime of killing the church elite will be light?"
Killing church elites?
Alice and the others only felt a sudden flash in front of their eyes. Although they soon regained clarity, the scene in front of them in the stone chamber had new changes.
All those collapsed stone statues had unexpectedly transformed into figures of paladins, clergymen, and priests at this moment, their armor and robes still bearing traces of fierce attacks.
Everyone was shocked when they saw this, this was obviously caused by the attack they had just launched.
And Tiffany's voice further confirmed their idea.
"The change just now was just an illusion cast by me. These Knights lost most of their vitality due to the curse. I approached you just to ask you to help me resist a little and recover my strength."
"However, you attacked so decisively, even I did not expect it."
When Tiffany finished speaking, Alice and the others were stunned.
"mean!"
"how so……"
Even Luoxue Fengye and the others, who were usually calm, couldn't help but be startled.
Especially the falling snow maple leaves and the autumn colors like water. They were very clear about the status of the Church of Light in various empires. Even if they were affected by Tiffany's illusion, the fact that they killed the members of the Knights was established.
And those who can come here to fight against the command-level demons must be the elite members of the church as Tiffany said.
Even though it was not as severe as the crime of colluding with a hostile camp, the punishment for killing the elites of the Church of Light was not any lighter.
For a moment, the entire stone chamber was silent for a long time.
Until Tiffany seemed to see the uneasiness in everyone's hearts, and her voice rang out again.
"But you don't have to worry. I have another choice. Even if you are abandoned by the light camp, you still have the opportunity to serve the great Demon King."
As Tiffany's voice fell, a different system prompt popped up in front of almost everyone.
Chapter 127: Dark Legion
System prompt: You have been invited by the Dark Legion, do you want to join them?
Dark Legion?
Alice and the others were stunned. Although they could learn from Tiffany's words that through this invitation, they seemed to be able to transform into the dark camp and avoid the punishment for killing church members.
But it feels like Tiffany is deliberately controlling me, and I don't know what kind of restrictions I will face after joining this dark army.
Fortunately, this opportunity did not require an immediate decision. According to Tiffany's explanation, everyone found a small black mark on the back of their hands.
When you have thought it over, you can choose to accept the invitation and activate the lines.
"You have plenty of time to think about it. The Demon King respects everyone's choice. But at the same time, if you refuse, you will miss such an opportunity. So please think carefully."
"Then I still need to deal with Antia's affairs, so I will take my leave for now."
As if she had accomplished her mission, Tiffany smiled slightly, and her huge body slowly dissipated in the stone chamber like a phantom.
The pressure from the command-level BOSS disappeared, and the stagnant atmosphere in the stone chamber finally eased.
After leaving the stone chamber and coming to a relatively safe area, Alice and her group finally breathed a sigh of relief, but for a while they had not recovered from the previous series of experiences.
You looked at me and I looked at you, until a moment later, discussions began to be heard in the team channel.
"What on earth is this Dark Legion..."
"My head is about to explode."
"We are not really going to be convicted of killing members of the church."
"If you don't mention it to others, then I don't know..."
Even Luoxue Fengye, my aunt, my sister-in-law, and sister Qiu Ru all looked like they were deep in thought. They were obviously troubled by what had happened before and the invitation from the Dark Legion.
After all, they are different from ordinary guild members, and there are undoubtedly more and more complicated things they need to consider.
And the person who is the president of the guild is also not idle at this moment.
After observing the channel for a while, I found that although most people had complaints to some extent, which was inevitable within my expectations, none of them had the intention of putting the blame on the guild.
Even if these people, in addition to friends, relatives and classmates, were all master players whose character he had confirmed in his previous life, human minds were still unpredictable after all.
Especially when it comes to a situation involving vital interests within the game, and involving more than 200 people, it is even more unpredictable.
This is also the reason why I asked guild members to vote before entering the channel and accepting the mission, instead of simply making a choice in the name of the guild. I wanted to avoid it as much as possible.
But just in case, I still spoke out in the channel.
"I'm sorry this happened."
The pitiful voice of Loli, coupled with her self-blaming words, immediately aroused the comfort of everyone in the channel.
"It's okay, it's not the president's fault."
"Yes, this is a decision we all made together. It has nothing to do with Tongtong~"
"Don't blame yourself. We don't mean to blame you."
"Honestly, who could have imagined such a thing?"
"That is to say, there are many accidents in this world."
Seeing this, I felt somewhat relieved in my heart. Fortunately, these people are responsible and will not shift the blame to others. Otherwise, if that kind of person really appears among them, it will be more troublesome to deal with them later.
These people did not see the acting skills of a certain loli. Even my aunt, sister-in-law and sister Qiu Ru thought that I was blaming myself too much and could not help but comfort me softly.
Luo Xue Feng Ye was not good at comforting people, and said calmly, "It's useless to complain about what happened. What's important is to think about what to do next."
Awakened by Luoxue Fengye's words, or perhaps they were not the kind of people who liked to complain, Alice and the others temporarily put aside other thoughts and expressed their ideas in the channel.
Some of them think that they can choose to accept it, some express doubts, and some think it is better to wait and see for the time being.
But no matter what everyone's opinion is, almost everyone holds the same idea, that is, everyone should act in unison, either all accept the invitation or all refuse it, and maintain collectivism.
Because this choice concerns their future development in the era, only when everyone stands on the same boat can they guarantee each other's "safety".
This situation was developing as I had expected. When I saw the time was right, I said, "If only I knew what it would be like if I accepted the invitation."
Everyone thought it was just a child's sigh and didn't take it too seriously, but they didn't expect that an equally childish voice would respond to them.
"Hey, don't you know?"
Hearing the sound, Alice and the others turned their heads and noticed that several petite figures emerged from the passage. They were Ivan's little fellows. It was obvious that they had not followed the team just now, and only caught up now.
"Where have you been?" I asked with a helpless expression.
"Play hide and seek."
Yiwen and the others' answers made everyone blush, while Luoxue Fengye was a little confused about what he had said before, "Yiwen, what did you mean by what you just said?"
"We accepted the invitation. These extra capabilities are really amazing."
Ivan blinked his eyes, as if out of a child's desire to show off, and followed Cecilia and the two sisters beside him to demonstrate to them the abilities of the members of the Dark Legion.
After hearing Ivan's answer, everyone in Alice didn't know what to say for a moment.
But after seeing the demonstration of Ivan and the other little guys, he no longer felt like blaming them. The reason was that the members of the Dark Legion were extremely powerful, just as Ivan had said.
Adding attributes, additional skill trees, etc., these abilities are not the key. The important thing is that you can switch seamlessly between the dark camp and the light camp, and you can hide or change your name and appearance to ensure that you are difficult to be exposed.
Previously, most people in Alice were resistant to this invitation because they subconsciously felt that by accepting the invitation, they would be transformed into the dark camp.
Although this dark camp, which is rarely mentioned by other players, means more opportunities, at the same time, everything that one has managed in the light camp will be discarded.
It is difficult for ordinary people to make such a risky decision, let alone elite players like them, especially those who include Luoxue Fengye, An Rou, Qiuse Rushui and others. They also have a guild as large as Alice there.
However, the ability of the Dark Legion now undoubtedly dispelled all their concerns. Rather than being a perfect retreat, combined with the other abilities demonstrated by Ivan and the other little guys before, it would be more appropriate to say that it was a special opportunity.
Chapter 128: Gradual Pace
I clearly felt the change in mood among the people around me, and they cast admiring glances at Yuwen and the others.
It is natural to resist unfamiliar things, as can be seen from the discussions of Alice and others in the channel before. The overall nature of the idea is naturally within my expectations.
In this case, we should start from this point and demonstrate the capabilities of the Dark Legion. Of course, the person who demonstrates this also needs certain considerations.
If someone else were to demonstrate it, they would still have some concerns in their hearts, thinking that the other party had some special purpose.
But if the targets were Yiwen and the other little ones, the effect would be completely different. No one would doubt what they were thinking and would think that they just wanted to demonstrate the effects of their abilities to them.
After all, how could a cute loli have any bad intentions?
From the expressions of the Alice members around me and the trend of deflection in the channel, I knew that my plan was already half successful.
It's not so difficult if it's just one or a few people. After seeing the demonstration, they have probably already made the decision. But if they want to turn the overall decision in the direction they want, they still need to add more fuel.
So I also prepared another plan, or to be more precise, another complementary part of the plan.
"Anyway, that place won't be discovered for the time being, and we still have plenty of time to think about it. Why don't we go back to Antia first and let the brothers and sisters think about it carefully in the next few days?"
I spoke out loud in the channel.
This proposal received everyone's support.
"I think so. Such an important choice cannot be made lightly."
"Yeah, let's go back first. I think my brain is going to explode."
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