You tell me, this is called daily youth?

"Okay!" Peggy smiled happily and quickly presented the soul crystal. Just as she was about to leave, Yuki called her back.

"That merchant is quite powerful. He can even walk into the valley to bargain. Is he a wizard?" Yuki asked deliberately, rubbing his fingers on the hilt of the knife.

The man paused slightly, turned around, and said with an expression that said, "I forgot to tell you." "He's not a wizard, but a soulless person."

He is indeed a soulless person, but he has a soul, it is just not polluted.

Any other player would have been completely bewildered, but Hiyori had already informed him of the existence of such people and had made it clear in the records that they were related to the rebels.

Peggy didn't know that Yuuki knew the details of the Soulless Man because he had been staying in the small town and didn't look for clues everywhere.

Unable to use anything related to the soul crystal, but also not attacked by the witchcraft released by the soul crystal, isn't this the Sister of Silence?

"If I remember correctly, contact with soulless people is a serious crime."

"Haha, we mercenaries are already on the edge of crime. As long as there's profit to be made, we don't care who he is." Peggy's eyes were full of surprise, as if she was surprised that Yuki knew about the existence of the soulless. She laughed heartily, saluted with her hand on her chest, and strode away, deliberately greeting everyone.

"Brothers, keep moving forward in ten minutes and try to get the Tower Explorer into the tower before dark."

"There's something wrong with this guy. He's hiding a lot of secrets." Philen leaned over and whispered, "I have torture magic. Do you want to try it?"

"Can you ensure that the truth is told?"

"Given his strength, if he hasn't received relevant training, there's a 60% chance of that happening."

"Never mind. Also, did you notice that while we were fighting, the other teams didn't come to investigate? And just now, several lightly wounded mercenaries voluntarily withdrew. Without exception, they were all Peggy's confidants." Yuki had been observing, giving a mocking smile.

"This journey is quite complicated. On the human side alone, there are the Alliance, nobles, and rebels. On the other hand, the Tower side is relatively simple."

"And then there are the players. Each group of players will choose a faction to join. Generally speaking, these factions have irreconcilable conflicts..."

Phillen fell silent as she spoke, and she suddenly realized that Yuki had an immeasurable advantage.

He is a member of a team of three camps and theoretically has three choices. Now Sakurajima Mai is on the side of the nobles and is frantically absorbing all kinds of information, but Yuki can choose the opposite force.

"You finally understand our team's biggest cheat. Even if the camps have the best relationship, they can't be as close as us." Yuki smiled with satisfaction, clapped his hands, and looked down at others with disdain.

"In fact, the principle for solving such a complex incident is very simple—"

"Kill anyone who stands in my way."

Chapter 6: Shura Tower (K)

The adventure continues.

Ten minutes later the team set off again. The witch beasts in the forest were strong and numerous, but they could not withstand the large number of humans who attacked them. In addition, they had no intelligence, so they charged mindlessly wherever there were enemies.

On the other hand, humans gradually adapted and began to use dirty tactics such as ambushes and traps, and their coordination became more sophisticated with experience.

Facts have proved that no matter how sharp the claws of a beast are, it is still a beast and is no match for a professional hunter. Moreover, the scale of the beast tide is not that large, and it is more like a refueling tactic. Except for the team that is really too weak, almost everyone is approaching the tower.

The witchcraft light across the sky was getting closer and closer, and the smell of blood in the forest was getting stronger. Yuki stretched out his hand and grabbed a handful of air, and some dark red liquid was left on his palm.

"Finally, it has some of the flavor of Shura Tower."

Yuuki muttered to himself that he had received the report from Hiyori, which meant that they could conquer two towers in the same amount of time.

The situation is different in the Tower of War. The witch beasts are not violent, and their individual combat power is worse than that of the Shura Tower. They are extremely homogeneous, like copy and paste.

But they are smarter and know how to apply tactics. The "tower characteristics" mentioned in the prompt should be this.

Then this 'Soul Crystal' is of no use to me.

Crystal clear stones were thrown up and down. With the help of Philen, the team had already harvested 4 level wizard beasts. According to Peggy, the purity was very high and they would be worth thousands of gold coins after a little polishing.

There is only one game tip:

[Special Item: Soul Crystal (Not Activated)]

Players cannot use it, and the information does not mention that this thing needs to be activated. It can be used by removing the impurities left by the wizard beast and infusing it with the magic power purified by the wizard's body.

Is this the exclusive blue bottle for dungeon characters at this stage?

"Never mind, let's keep it for now."

Yuki put everything back into the storage space and turned to look back. Several merchants had been following him, either skillfully transporting the wounded or buying the freshly harvested soul crystals with gold coins on the spot.

There were five short encounters in total, with eight more people involved.

Yuki has been keeping an eye on these people. The former can be said to have come to help, but how to explain the encounter? Their opponents should be those invisible wizards. Each time was very short, more like dealing with scouts.

Judging from the direction from which the battle broke out, it was on the right side, where the noble army was, while Peggy and other mercenaries seemed to have seen nothing.

Without drawing his sword, Yuki knew the entire battlefield like the back of his hand, or rather, after calming down, his efficiency in gathering intelligence was no less than that of Hiyori.

"Sir, the tower is just ahead."

This was reported by Peggy herself. Yuuki turned around and saw that the vast dense forest had finally reached its end, and the witch beasts that appeared in the forest had almost been killed.

Everyone was covered in blood. The witch beasts in the Shura Tower were too violent and there was no need to search for them deliberately. Most of the mercenary group was killed, and now there are only about thirty people left.

After a quick glance, Yuki gave them a strange look: "Captain Peggy, your mercenary group's survival rate is quite high."

Back in the bar, this team was formed by several mercenary groups. Peggy's expression was very surprised. How could this taciturn big man remember the affiliation of the lowly mercenaries?

"Uh, well, our regiment is supposed to be more elite." The man was very uneasy, but he didn't expect Yuki not to ask any further questions.

"Aren't they coming?" Yuki pointed at the group of merchants and their guards. They were originally a hundred meters away from the team, and now the distance between them was even farther.

"Since you know they are soulless, you should be aware of the dilemma they face. This will lead to misunderstandings when you meet with other teams later."

What a misunderstanding! How many noble scouts have these people killed? Now they run away, and I have to take the blame?

Yuki moved his mouth. Considering the contradictions required to explore the secrets, and the fact that the senior sister had already boarded the noble ship, there was no point in repeating the strategy for this force.

"We, the chosen tower explorers, are not fools. We hate being forced into a pirate ship. If you have any problem, just come and see me in person." Yuki smiled meaningfully, tapped the dazed man with his whip, and rode past.

Strength is the basis for conquering dungeons. If he were still at the extraordinary level, Yuki would use strategies like pretending to be a grandson and using the Infernal Affairs tactics, but now these tactics are too troublesome for him.

The characters in the plot are both weak and strong. As of now, whichever side he joins will be the stronger one.

"I haven't seen that group of players yet." Philen came closer. The ones who were threatening now were the players and the alliance.

"They want to be the oriole, don't worry, I know how to deal with them."

"Where do you get your confidence from?"

Confidence is the head of an upper-rank evil spirit. It is impossible for someone like the Flame Pillar to betray you.

Yuki didn't explain and rode out of the forest. A huge tower was right in front of him, and several teams also came out of the forest a thousand meters away.

Most of the noble army's men were killed. They had the most men, so they naturally attracted more witch beasts. However, the three groups of tower explorers and their guards were well protected and suffered almost no damage.

Then, the alliance's direct tower explorers wrapped in black robes also appeared. They didn't even look at other people and walked straight towards the tower.

The Shura Tower has no gate, and the way to enter is very clever. First, kneel on your knees and pray, and then place your hands on the wall of the tower.

The metallic-lustered wall suddenly turned into mud, sucking people in within seconds.

"Is prayer necessary?" Yuki asked with a frown.

"Well, that's to pay respect to the witch god and pray for blessings. In fact, you can go in by touching the wall." Peggy answered hurriedly, with obvious panic on her face.

"Then there's no need to worship some damn witch god. Let everyone take a break and we'll prepare to enter the tower." Yuki expressed his attitude towards the witch god for the first time, and he saw a flash of surprise in Peggy's eyes.

Rebel, no wonder you've been testing me all the way.

Yuki recalled his observations along the way, such as the expectant looks in the eyes of the king and nobles when they sent invitations, and the mercenaries who were constantly being purified along the way.

These are all conspiracies, but unfortunately these conspiracies are too childish and too obvious to the old villain. Peggy still needs to practice more.

"Are you sure you want to get on their boat?" Philen was also observing. Peggy didn't hide it very well, but Yuki seemed to be going with the flow.

The rebels were courting death if they wanted to stop Tanta openly. They were standing against all the people of the Red Earth and did not seem to have the strength to confront the Alliance or the nobles head-on.

"If we really want to deal with the explorers, we have to go inside the tower. There's no point in engaging the army outside." Yuki began to empathize and speculate, "Only players can lead them into the tower. And we're the only ones who don't care about beliefs in witch gods."

"But players are also tower explorers, so in a sense they are also their enemies."

"Hmm, so I wanted to see what these rebels were planning to do. Do you remember the myth that Hiyori found?"

Philen was stunned for a moment, remembering the contradictory myth, and almost understood Yuki's choice.

He doesn't care about the clash of various indigenous forces at all. Yuki only cares about the witch god in the background. The rebels must have deep reasons for preventing people from exploring the tower.

"Are you saying they are the enemies of the Witch God? That's why they were hunted down by various forces?"

"Other than that, I can't find any reason to stop it. This grand ceremony of exploring the tower is beneficial to all classes. In any case, we should make contact first. It will be too late to make plans in the next stage."

Yuki was preparing for a rainy day. He didn't know the purpose of the tower's existence, nor was he sure whether the witch god was dead or alive, or what his attitude was towards the players. According to past experience, everything related to "god" was an enemy.

The matter was decided. If the alliance was not so mysterious, Yuki would even send Philen to contact them, and then make the nobles, rebels, and alliance all "his own people."

The mercenaries set up camp and began final preparations before entering the tower. Yuki noticed that a few more people had secretly joined the team, and he kept hearing prying glances at them, but he pretended not to see anything.

On the way, a messenger from the Noble Alliance came to find Yuki and said that the prince wanted to talk to him. Similarly, he refused without hesitation. One of the messengers said something harsh, so Yuki cut off one of his hands and sent it back to the prince.

The two camps were a thousand meters apart, and hostility spread. The army began to form a battle line, but there was no intention of attacking.

This proves that the restrictions that Peggy mentioned are effective. They are not allowed to fight each other before entering the tower for the first time. This vigilance is more of a defensive measure.

The players are going to leave anyway, so they don’t care about the quota. If real action comes, they won’t even be able to cry.

The subsequent situation of the mercenary group made the speculation more and more real. It was obvious that they had broken off relations with the nobles, but there were still more than 30 people who did not withdraw. The real mercenaries had already protected themselves and made a living.

"You guys are too lazy to even pretend?" Yuki was holding a teacup while Philen was making a fire to boil water beside him, glancing at the mercenary captain who looked well-behaved.

"We only have a dozen hours. We don't have time to slowly explore." Peggy said with a sincere and helpless tone, scratching her head. "But you are smarter and more straightforward than I thought."

The players just arrived at the town yesterday and indeed did not have time to carefully select. Similarly, the players knew nothing about the distribution of forces in the Red Earth Continent.

If Yuki is too stupid, they will quietly replace him with someone else and take a ride.

"Actually, you acted well. The probability of something going wrong is relatively small anyway. We were there for too short a time, and we also didn't have time to join forces with the nobles to set a trap." Yuki nodded approvingly. He also didn't like complicated interpersonal relationships. It would be better if everyone was straightforward.

"Tower explorers can't hide at all. We were targeted before we even entered the town. If I had agreed to the nobles' invitation, you would have abandoned me. It's precisely because I don't care about those princes and nobles, and I'm not as difficult to approach as some of my kind, that you keep increasing your bets. At the very least, you can get a free ride."

"Also, if I'm not mistaken, similar tactics have been used many times before. The reason they're so familiar to you is because they're the product of your predecessors' life experience."

Peggy smiled bitterly at first, then became serious, and finally the corners of her mouth began to twitch.

This Mr. Li is not only smart, he has planned everything out. He seems indifferent, but in fact he knows everything clearly. He said all their ideas, making his prepared speech completely useless.

That's right, this is the experience passed down by the predecessors. Any explorer in the tower is a trap. The only ones who can provide help are those chosen explorers who are indifferent to the witch god and act without scruples.

However, any chosen tower explorer who had any contact with the nobles could not be trusted. He was lucky enough to meet Yuki who had just entered the town, so at least he could ensure his neutrality.

"Since you know everything, why don't you ask?"

"Is there any need to ask? You just ran away on your own." Yuki sipped his tea, his casual demeanor carrying a heavy sense of oppression. "Everyone is a transaction, and transactions are based on profit, including now. You should know who the Chosen Tower Explorer is."

Players have no stance and only care about who has more chips and who can provide more benefits.

"By the way, you're lucky. If you had come to me any later, I would have killed all of you and taken your heads to the nobles to claim the reward."

In a flat tone, he said the cruelest words. Yuuki didn't like being treated as a fool unless they were important enough.

Peggy glanced at the two swords on Yuki's waist, and had no doubt that the other party could do it, so she knelt on the spot.

"Sir, we are extremely sorry. We have no choice but to resort to such a trick. If the scouts discover us, the mission will fail."

"You only found me as your target?"

"Well, there are other targets, but definitely not many."

Yuki nodded. A normal player would also choose the nobles who offered more benefits. If his seniors had not already taken this path, he would have killed these sneaky people to gain reputation.

"Tell me what benefits you can provide. Think carefully. If I'm not satisfied, I will really kill people."

"You don't have to threaten a mere minion like me."

"Little minion? Do you mean you have no power to make decisions at all? Or are you planning to talk to me about some nonsense like a pledge of allegiance?"

Isn't that right? You've been so direct, how dare I reveal core secrets?

Peggy was so stunned that she just kept silent.

According to the organization's plan, the first contact should be made after Yuki kills the other explorers. Once the deal is concluded, Yuki will leave the tower and use the remaining quota to bring the real core members into the tower.

"Oh, so you sensed the danger and were afraid that you wouldn't even be able to get a ride, so you sent someone to contact me in advance. Don't look at me like that, I can't read minds." Yuki slowly put down his teacup, his eyes indifferent and dangerous.

"An hour ago, five disguised mercenaries joined the team. Fifteen minutes ago, two of them sneaked away. Do you think they can escape from the forest if a fight breaks out?"

The atmosphere suddenly became tense. The mercenary captain, who was always fawning, became determined and stared at Yuki like a death warrior, as if asking him to give it a try.

The two sides looked at each other for a few seconds. The mercenaries scattered around quietly picked up their weapons, and Philen also put down his kettle and took out his staff.