Chapter 972: The Key Figure in the Pure Abyss Plot
“Then here’s the question: do you know which Regent this badge belongs to?”
After they left the corridor, Mountain Sparrow toyed with the golden badge in his hand and asked Crazy Blade beside him.
Crazy Blade flashed a confident smile. “Ha! Brother, how could I possibly know?”
Looking at Crazy Blade’s expression and listening to his tone, Mountain Sparrow almost thought he’d misheard him.
It took him a moment to process what he’d heard. “If you don’t know, why are you acting so confident?”
“Is there something wrong with being confident?” Crazy Blade countered, then declared, “People should always be confident!”
“That’s not the point at all,” Mountain Sparrow said helplessly. “Forget it, I’m not going to argue about this. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know. It’ll just be a little more troublesome.”
As he spoke, Crazy Blade asked curiously, “What are you planning to do?”
“Obviously, we’ll just ask him directly. Since we’re going to alert the enemy anyway, we might as well take the initiative. We’ll use your favorite tactic.”
As he spoke, Mountain Sparrow made up his mind and went straight over to stop a Sea Demon attendant.
“Hey, friend, I was wondering… I found a badge in the corridor. Do you know who it belongs to?”
Mountain Sparrow held up the badge they had taken.
The Sea Demon attendant saw it and paused before answering, “Oh, I recognize this design. It belongs to our Regent, Ancient Fang Sovereign. Would you like me to return it to him?”
Mountain Sparrow shook his head. “No, there’s no need. I’ll return it to him personally. Could you tell me how to get to Ancient Fang Sovereign’s room?”
As he spoke, the Sea Demon attendant pointed in that direction.
“It’s the third room down that corridor. I’ll take you both there!”
With that, the Sea Demon attendant took the initiative and led Mountain Sparrow and Crazy Blade onward.
Following behind Mountain Sparrow, Crazy Blade asked in a low voice, “Is it really all right to go straight to his door?”
“Going straight to him is actually our best option. That way, we can test the Regent’s attitude. He did send bodyguards, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the Regent himself has an extremely close relationship with the Marauders. After all, it’s rare for Sea Demons to cooperate so closely with humans.”
“The best-case scenario is that the Regent himself hasn’t even met those two. Maybe he only reached some sort of deal with them through his subordinates and sent people to protect them.”
“But if a Regent really has formed a close partnership with them, we’ll have to find a way to deal with this problem as soon as possible,” Mountain Sparrow replied quietly. “At the upcoming auction, both the Mermaid’s Tear and the Lost Treasure are guaranteed to appear. A Regent’s wealth and connections would be more than enough to buy everything they need without breaking a sweat, then leave at their leisure. By then, even if we wanted to follow them, it would probably be difficult.”
Crazy Blade thought it over, then said, “Oh, wait… If that Regent really is backing the Marauders, and we manage to meet him… Those Noble boxes are very private. Maybe we could try killing or crippling the guy right there in his box?”
After Crazy Blade finished speaking, he waited a few seconds, then looked at Mountain Sparrow in confusion. “Huh? Why aren’t you saying my idea is too reckless?”
Mountain Sparrow shook his head. “Because that’s exactly what I was thinking too. If the Regent really is closely connected to the Marauders, we’ll kill him.”
“Of course, it’d be better if we could make him back down during the negotiations. Killing a Regent might benefit us in the long run, but it’ll make this dungeon much harder for us.”
As they spoke, the two of them had already reached the door of the box.
“Ding-dong!”
The Sea Demon attendant pressed the doorbell.
“Lord Ancient Fang Sovereign, two human guests have come to visit. They say they found your badge and would like to return it.”
As the attendant spoke, a response came from inside.
“Two human guests? A badge? Oh… I see. Let them in!”
The door to the box opened, and Crazy Blade and Mountain Sparrow walked inside.
Ancient Fang Sovereign’s private box was furnished in considerable luxury. Warm strips of lighting cast an orange-red glow that made the water inside shimmer. Three tables of varying heights were laden with a lavish spread of delicious dishes.
A huge, thick-backed sofa shaped like a shell faced away from the door. A fat, corpulent Sea Demon was lounging on it, devouring the food on the tables while watching a large crystal screen playing an underwater food documentary.
The door behind them closed, and the Sea Demon attendant left.
Only Mountain Sparrow, Crazy Blade, and Ancient Fang Sovereign remained in the room.
“Two esteemed guests from the Central Sea, two lovely human ladies. I never expected to see you again so soon,” Ancient Fang Sovereign said slowly, still facing away from the door. “What brings you here this time?”
Hearing him, Mountain Sparrow and Crazy Blade exchanged glances.
They had picked out the crucial information in his words…
Not long ago, Ancient Fang Sovereign had apparently met with the two Marauders!
It seemed that the badge worn by the Naga was some kind of token, too!
Crazy Blade thought it over, then spoke up clearly. “Sorry, Ancient Fang Sovereign, but there aren’t any ladies here. I’m afraid we’re not the guests you were expecting.”
Hearing Crazy Blade’s deep voice, Ancient Fang Sovereign was indeed taken aback. He stopped eating and struggled to turn his ample body around to look at Mountain Sparrow and Crazy Blade.
“Oh, oh, oh… These guests really are unexpected,” he said, narrowing his eyes as he stared at the badge in their hands. “Though I suppose it’s not that surprising… It seems you’ve already found the Naga I sent out.”
Hearing the chill in the other man’s words, Crazy Blade exhaled. “That’s right. To be honest… they were a little hard to kill, but luckily, we were a little stronger.”
Mountain Sparrow folded his arms. “That’s right. We know exactly what you’ve been doing behind the scenes, and you should understand where we stand now. We’re here for those two humans from the Central Sea.”
“Your position is fairly clear, but we still want to make sure. Can you call it off? There’s still time to stop and stay out of our way.”
Listening to Mountain Sparrow and Crazy Blade, Ancient Fang Sovereign’s expression darkened. “To be honest, at first, I was only doing a job for money… But I’ve weighed the matter, and this concerns the rise of our Sea Demon Kingdom. I won’t back down.”
The rise of the Sea Demon Kingdom?
Crazy Blade and Mountain Sparrow were secretly astonished.
They sensed that this matter was even more complicated than they had imagined. Something as significant as “the rise of the Sea Demon Kingdom” was far beyond the reach of one or two players.
At the very least, it wasn’t something Second-Tier players could decide.
So… Mountain Sparrow immediately reached a conclusion.
“This guy is probably the key figure in the Marauders’ plot in the Outer Sea of the Pure Abyss!”
Crazy Blade hadn’t thought it through as clearly, but he still reached one conclusion.
“We have to kill him!”