Why are all the people in my chat group rumored to be from the outside world?

Yu Jin stopped and turned his head.

Gwyndolin looked at him, his voice soft yet carrying a divine promise: "Irithyll has received the grace of both of you today, and should be rewarded with the highest honors. However, the rebellion in the city has only recently subsided, and many troubles remain, making it impossible to hold a ceremony for you immediately. Therefore, I, the Darkmoon God—Gwyndolin, hereby swear: From this day forward, whenever you need anything, you may come to me. Furthermore…"

His gaze fell on Yu Jin. "You have restored me from my serious illness. This favor deserves to be repaid in full. Please state your needs, and I will do my utmost to fulfill them within my authority."

"Then I will try my best to keep the world in order; that is my only requirement."

Gwyndolin was completely stunned as he watched Ember leave without looking back after saying those words.

He has the power to bestow strength, authority, and wealth.

But what the other party wanted... was to keep the world in order?

What kind of demand is this? This is simply...

After a few seconds of deathly silence, Gwynedlin's pale lips curled up slightly, almost uncontrollably.

"What a... weirdo." He muttered to himself, his voice carrying a hint of unprecedented curiosity and...admiration?

Gwyndolin turned to look at Lorian, who remained where he was.

"Thanks to your timely arrival, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable. But how did Lothric know that Irithyll was in trouble?"

Looking at Gwyndolin, who probably thought he had come with the Lothric Knights, Lorian didn't know how to explain for a moment.

If he were to admit that he had previously refused to link the fire, he would likely have to face the gods at their peak.

Thinking of this, Lorian wiped away imaginary cold sweat from his forehead, but looking at Gwyndolin and Yorshka waiting for his answer, Lorian decisively shifted the responsibility to his beloved disciple.

“It’s Ember!” Lorian said with certainty. “It was he who guided the knights of Lothric to find Aldrich, and that’s how the knights discovered the anomaly here.”

“I see.” Gwyndolin accepted the explanation.

"Um!" Yulshka, who had been holding it in for a long time, finally raised her hand and asked, her eyes sparkling, "Ember... is he a dragon?"

"Probably... I guess so," Lorian said somewhat uncertainly.

Why do you sound so uncertain?

"Because I don't know anything about my apprentice either," Lorian thought to himself.

Seeing that Yorshka seemed to have many questions to ask, Lorian said, "You can ask him in person at Firelink Shrine later, if he's there, of course."

"Ok."

“The Firelink Shrine…” Gwyndolin repeated softly, a hint of reminiscence flashing in his eyes. “Well, it has indeed been a long time since I’ve been there. Once things are settled here, I should go and take a look.”

As one of the few remaining gods in the world, Gwyndolin naturally had a way to get to the Firelink Shrine.

Gwyndolin said softly, "I will no longer be able to entertain you, Lorian. There are some things I need to take care of."

"Could you please wait a moment? There's something I'd like to tell you."

Gwyndolin, who was about to leave, stopped and looked at Lorian.

"Anything else?"

“It concerns the embers…and also the rekindling of the fire.” Lorian’s voice became extremely serious.

"...Speak freely."

Lorian succinctly informed Gwyndolin that the Embers were attempting to seek a way to save the world from another realm.

After listening to Lorian's account, the spacious hall fell into a long silence.

Gwyndlin fell into deep thought.

After a long while, he finally raised his head: "I understand. Afterwards... I will personally go to the Firelink Shrine to find out what's going on."

“Well then, I also have important matters to attend to, so I shall take my leave.” Lorian gave a knightly salute.

As Lorian left, Gwyndolin looked at his younger sister, who was standing there with her face scrunched up, seemingly deep in thought: "Yorshka, what are you thinking about?"

Yulshika snapped out of her reverie, a mixture of confusion and envy in her voice, and muttered, "I just think... he's so amazing. I'm a dragon too, but..." She looked down at her slender hands.

Seeing his sister's longing yet slightly disappointed expression, Gwyndolin said softly, "Perhaps, when you meet him, you can ask him yourself?"

"Yes! Brother is right!"

-

After completing his mission of saving lives, Yu Jin finally remembered the plea for help from his two good brothers.

"Speaking of which, you actually escaped." Sitting at the top of a staircase, Ember looked at the still-moving Doctor with a regretful expression.

"Die, you beast!" The doctor raised his middle finger in respect.

"Keep cursing, keep cursing." Yu Jin picked at his ear, looking completely unconcerned.

"Enjoy your last moments."

"You two, stop arguing and save me first!" Kevin said with a worried look.

"Don't worry, I'm not like that beast over there. As long as you follow my advice, you'll be fine." The doctor patted his chest.

Kevin remained worried: "Are you sure it's okay? I don't have a good feeling about it."

"Don't worry, I'm incredibly reliable. Haven't my wisdom convinced you yet?"

Seeing the confident doctor, Kevin finally handed over—his girlfriend's phone number.

The Doctor was overjoyed, and Ember also came over, both of them showing excited smiles.

Not long after, a phone call came to a young girl.

Mei frowned as she looked at the unfamiliar number in her hand, but considering a certain possibility, she answered the call and put the phone to her ear. Just as she was about to politely ask, "Who is this?", a deliberately low male voice suddenly came through the receiver: "Miss Mei, right? Listen up! Kevin is in our hands!"

Another voice, also deliberately lowered but clearly suppressing laughter and sounding even more lewd, seamlessly followed: "You don't want anything to happen to him, do you? Then obediently come to this address to find us by yourself! Remember, only you! Can! Be! Alone! Hehehe."

Kevin covered his face, looking painfully at the two kidnappers who were squatting on the ground, straining their voices into their phones, imitating the lines of low-class kidnappers, and whose shoulders were shaking wildly from trying not to laugh.

"Is it really okay to do this?"

Kevin had a bad feeling.

The doctor, who had just hung up the phone, said indifferently, "You don't want to tell them what happened to you, so my method allows you to avoid explaining. What's wrong with that?"

"It seems... nothing's wrong?"

"That's right! Don't worry! My method can not only help you solve your problem, but it might also take your relationship with your girlfriend to the next level."

"...I hope so."

-

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The people who slowly joined the Firelink Shrine, and Otto who always watched over them from the throne.

Volume 1: Chapter 81 Kevin, You've Been Targeted by Bad Guys

Kevin, who had been missing for three days, was kidnapped.

This is the message Mei received; it's both good and bad news.

The good news is that the person is still alive.

The bad news is that the person has been kidnapped.

Looking at the phone that had been hung up, Mei raised her head and looked at the people around her who were already rubbing their hands together in anticipation.

"They've kidnapped someone right here in our Golden Courtyard! How outrageous! Don't worry, Sister Mei! We'll definitely help rescue Boss Kevin!" Padofilis exclaimed indignantly.

"Damn it, you took someone away right under my nose! Today I'll see what you really are!" Qian Jie, wearing a mask, suppressed his anger as he walked towards the door, clearly intending to go to the location mentioned in the previous phone call.

"Qianjie, calm down first. What you're doing might alert them." Aponia's voice was calm and admonishing, but her expression was somewhat unpleasant.

"It's better than staying here doing nothing!" Qianjie retorted loudly.

Everyone could understand his feelings at this moment. After all, he was the one who discovered Kevin's disappearance, and he was also the one who had been the most anxious these past few days. Now that there was finally a clue, how could he calm down so easily?

"Let's think of a solution first. At the very least, we absolutely cannot let Miss Mei go to a place like that alone." Sakura stroked her chin, pondering a countermeasure.

"Can everyone please listen to me for a moment?" Mei said, holding up her phone to show everyone. The crowd stared in surprise at the contents of her phone.

"Mei, could this be... a location tracking feature?" a pink fairy-like young lady asked uncertainly.

"It's the location tracking I installed on Kevin's phone."

Everyone:...

Suddenly I realize Kevin has had it tough too.

-

Kevin felt like he had embarked on a path of no return.

Because they didn't want to explain why they were missing for three days, they chose to be kidnapped directly. Isn't there something wrong with that?

Ember: "It's my first time being a kidnapper, I'm a little nervous."

Doctor: "Me too, but since we've chosen this path, we have to see it through to the end. As a person with professional ethics, we must do our job to the best of our ability! This is the line I prepared, so don't let it slip later."

Yu Jin patted his chest confidently: "Don't worry, I'll handle the performance. But you, will you be able to keep up with my pace?"

"Don't underestimate people."

"Hehehehehehehe~" x2

Kevin looked at the two excited kidnappers and had a feeling... it didn't seem like an act.

"Maybe we should just forget about it," Kevin wanted to say, but seeing the two guys already reciting their lines, he sighed helplessly.

Forget it, let them be.

Kevin chose to give up and let things take their course.

Kevin didn't want to tell his friends in the world what he had done during the three days he was gone.

His own world was an ordinary world... at least that's what he thought, and his friends were just ordinary people. There was no need to tell them about things like traveling to another world, fighting evil, and having great adventures.

Besides, people usually wouldn't tell others about this kind of thing.

After all, his world doesn't need to tell the people in his world, like Ember and the Doctor, that they can find a way to save the world in another world.

After finishing reciting the script, Yu Jin said with some regret, "This kidnapping is just the two of us, it feels a bit rudimentary."

The doctor shrugged: "What can we do? Xing is still traveling in space, Aige is still flying, and Raiden told us to stop saying things that insult her intelligence. Right now, the only people we can rely on are the two of us."

Ember shook his head: "I really envy Kevin."

"How to say?"

"Having such good friends as the two of us."

"You know what, it's true!" The doctor nodded in agreement.

"So, how exactly did you escape from Precyth's clutches?" Ember asked with a gossipy look, putting his arm around the Doctor's shoulder.

"I... I escaped with my life. Luckily, Amiya happened to be passing by in time, otherwise... otherwise, I don't even want to think about what would have happened." The doctor's voice choked up, as if he had suffered a great injustice.

I wasn't just passing by!

There are no coincidences or accidents in the world, only inevitabilities!

Although Yu Jin didn't see what happened, he felt that those guys must have come prepared!

Everyone knows that Ark is rich in gravity, and also has black... cough cough.

In short, Ember didn't believe it.

Looking at the doctor who had escaped a disaster, Yu Jin's lips slowly curled up. He would not expose these things. He wanted to see the blood flow. Bah, he just wanted his friends in the group to be happy. What did he do wrong?

"It seems Talulah needs to see you. She asked me to tell you so you can go to her place sometime."

"Is that so? Okay, I'll go there then. But did he say what he wanted to see me about?" Ember was a little curious about what Talulah wanted to see him about.

The doctor shook his head: "How would I know? I'm just a messenger, I don't know anything else."

This is a lie!

If a girl is looking for her eldest son, what father wouldn't find out more about her?