At the same time, in the Violet Empire, Violet Territory, near the imperial capital Saramun:
A young woman in a mage's robe with long orange hair yawned lazily, pointing at the magnificent city in the distance that was exceptionally impactful: "Is that the imperial city of the Violet Empire?"
"Yes, Miss Shuangye." Kasi, the leader of Fire Claw Territory's Shadow Unit, a beast elf, nodded: "That city is the imperial capital Saramun, but although it looks close, we still have about half an hour's journey until we can..."
Shuang Ye waved her hand distractedly, interrupting: "You don't need to explain so much; it only looks close because that broken city is too big, and I understand that much."
She raised her hand to adjust her glasses, jumped down from the Snow Plume Deer specially prepared for her by Fire Claw Territory, and gazed into the distance at the giant city, which ranked among the largest on the entire Innocent Continent, her small hand hidden in her sleeve gently clenching.
【Captain Ned... Krab... Salazar... Sister Yinna...】
Behind those slightly cute round glasses, a pair of bright eyes gradually sharpened, and cold anger burned tragically. A feeling somewhat unfamiliar to a girl made her nose ache, but it did not turn into childish tears. Instead, it merged with the flames in her eyes, intertwining into an uncontrollable malice...
Malice named Chaos!
Not considering means, process, morality, or even humanity... Malice that emanated solely to bring peace to one's own heart and to achieve a satisfactory outcome.
The reason she stood here at this moment was never to help Fire Claw Territory, for the displaced slaves, or for the future victims who might become even more numerous...
Noble, righteous, and kind—such adjectives never applied to this talented young girl who looked much younger than her actual age.
【I am a very selfish person.】
She tilted her head slightly, a mischievous smile playing on her lips.
【So much so that I still don't understand whether what I'm about to do is to avenge everyone, or just to make myself feel better.】
"Everyone~" The girl turned and smiled slightly at the delegation slowly stopping behind her, snapping her fingers lightly and casting a sound amplification spell: "Ten minutes, please change into your outfits as quickly as possible according to my previous suggestion. Gentlemen, please roll to a place where I can't see you to change. Thank you for your cooperation."
【But at least one thing I can confirm...】
She took out a snow-white letter from her satchel, examining it closely in front of her, her smile as beautiful as a flower.
【Without any beliefs, and not being a good person, I shouldn't have any reservations.】
The bitterness and confusion that had filled the girl's heart a few days ago had long since vanished.
【And I, without the slightest reservation, am very strong!】
Shuang Ye opened her friends list, found a certain person who was both an enemy and... it seemed no matter how she thought about it, not a friend, and sent a string of messages.
【Besides~】
With a large number of bodyguards and enforcers now beside her, she winked slyly.
【Selfish, timid, and smart girls always have good luck!】
Twenty minutes later, the delegation set off again.
...
Game time, PM 20:11
【You have been urgently disconnected. Please choose whether to reconnect.】
"Please hurry up!"
【Reconnection starting...】
【Connection complete, loading character information】
【Welcome back, lawful good Mo. Innocent World will now load. Good evening to you.】
...
After another unpleasant blackout, Mo Tan came online.
It must be said that today's blackout time was very bad...
After all, compared to his relatively free 'Black Vatican' and 'Tan Mo' characters, Mo Tan had a job when he was 'Mo'!
Everyone must not have forgotten that they needed help rebuilding the 'Mistletoe' tavern. According to the previous division of labor, Ji Xiaoge and Ya Ya's working hours were from morning to afternoon in game time, followed by Mo Tan and Jia Deka, who were responsible for the evening. Because everyone's physique was somewhat stronger than ordinary people, even without male-female pairing, it wasn't very tiring.
And within these three days, Mo Tan, in his 【Absolute Neutral】 phase, was quite considerate of himself, meaning he would actively switch personalities when the 'Mo' character was supposed to be working, trying his best not to cause trouble.
And Mo Tan in his 【chaotic neutral】 phase didn't have much to do, so he didn't cause too much trouble for 'himself.' Aside from occasionally being mischievous, he would also actively switch personalities.
So everything went pretty smoothly...
"But I really can't control blackouts!" Mo Tan grumbled as he walked towards the nearly completed tavern nearby, muttering and quickening his pace. He didn't want Jia Deka to take on too much work for him.
Soon, a swift figure came bouncing over!
A clear, joyful cry echoed in the night.
"Woof! Mo's here, woof~~~~"
Mo Tan immediately squatted down quickly on the spot without a word, then raised both hands, sinking his qi to his dantian and holding his breath!
Thud!!
A certain beast-eared girl crashed into his arms.
【Great, I wasn't knocked over this time!】
Mo Tan, whose chest was aching, gave himself a mental thumbs-up. Then, skillfully, he kneaded Ya Ya's two fluffy ears and said with an embarrassed smile, "Sorry, I'm late. Jia Deka hasn't already started working..."
"Woof yes!" Ya Ya comfortably narrowed her eyes and shook her head, grinning: "Wang Deka wanted to woof first, but Ye Ge sister woofed him down, saying that without Mo woofing, Wang Deka's staff easily woofs!"
Mo Tan nodded with a serious expression: "..."
Ya Ya: "Woof?"
Two seconds.
Mo Tan nodded again, his expression already much more relaxed: "I understand. So, Ye Ge stopped Wang De... Pfft, stopped Jia Deka from working alone, right?"
"Mm!" Ya Ya nodded vigorously: "But Wang Deka didn't want us two to work overtime, so he kept woofing for you to come back, ugh, I was so woof bored, I woofed around for a long time~"
Why hasn't this girl's common tongue improved at all...
Mo Tan rubbed his forehead, feeling a headache, then rubbed Ya Ya's head with a pained heart, smiling: "Then let's hurry over~"
Two minutes later.
"Oh, Mo, you're back?" Ji Xiaoge, who was wiping tables in the shop, smiled at Mo Tan as he walked in, then affectionately patted Ya Ya with the wings on her back: "Ya Ya's back too."
Mo Tan was slightly surprised; "Wasn't Ya Ya here just now?"
Ji Xiaoge then put the rag aside and sat on a nearby bench, shrugging at Mo Tan: "Ya Ya went out for a stroll for almost an hour earlier."
The latter thought about it carefully before realizing that the 'woof' in Ya Ya's previous sentence, 'I was so woof bored, I woofed around for a long time,' meant 'stroll,' which is to say—I was so bored, I strolled around for a long time~
Mo Tan suddenly felt exhausted. Then, after looking around, he suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "Why do I feel like there's nothing left to do?"
Although he only glanced around briefly, he found that the small tavern, rebuilt by the combined efforts of several people, seemed to have no flaws. Both the interior furnishings and the entire architectural structure looked brand new, and even the tables and chairs seemed to have just been polished...
"There was nothing to do anyway~" Ji Xiaoge said, resting her chin on her hand: "You and Jia Deka always over-completed the work, so today during the day, Ya Ya and I just sped up a bit, and pretty much everything is done."
Three days to complete, the progress was pretty much as expected, so Mo Tan wasn't particularly surprised, but...
"If that's the case, then why did Ya Ya say Jia Deka was waiting for me to come back to work?"
Mo Tan expressed some curiosity.
The girl in front of him, who was trying to wrap herself in her hair, pouted: "Because there were still a lot of things that hadn't been wiped, so Jia Deka wanted to wait for you to come back and wipe the tables, and he didn't want us to help."
"Hmm? Weren't you wiping tables just now? And where's Jia Deka?" Mo Tan asked.
"He's fainted in the kitchen," Ji Xiaoge replied casually. "Male chauvinism isn't good, so to help Mr. Jia Deka understand what gender equality is, I gave him a small cookie, hmm... one I made myself."
【What does understanding gender equality have to do with you poisoning him?!】
Mo Tan roared (correctly) to himself, then gave a dry laugh: "Uh, is he okay?"
"He's fine, he's fine~" The girl playfully stuck out her tongue, then casually pulled out a small cookie from her satchel and offered it to Mo Tan: "It's just this, I've eaten it myself!"
【It doesn't count if you've eaten it yourself...】
Mo Tan, who had already learned about Ji Xiaoge's 【self-produced and self-marketed】 talent in previous days, twitched the corner of his mouth, then took the small cookie she offered. Hmm, don't misunderstand, he wasn't trying to do anything reckless, he just wanted to look at the item description...
【Small Phantom Bear Cookie】
Producer: Ye Ge
Consumable
Usage: Restores 1.4% HP, restores 1.4% Stamina, applies severe hallucinatory status.
Special Trait: Excessive consumption will cause internal bleeding and gastric calculus effects, duration depends on quantity consumed.
【Note: Blah blah blah, anyway, this thing that was absolutely impossible for anyone else to fix actually gained new life in the hands of a certain player. With her skillful hands, she flattened the crack with fried dough sticks, and then bonded the fissure with millet porridge and black sesame paste. The effect was completely comparable to the Rune Metal Beta personally crafted by Master Lu. Even more remarkably, the two 'floating' runes that had originally detached due to exceeding the expected tolerance range were forcibly glued back by this little beauty with 'sticky bean buns'! Although the effect was not as significant as before, this miraculous act still allowed the express train to regain its ability to soar through the sky, and the reduced speed caused by the weakened floating effect made it even safer! Well done! Well done!】
Mo Tan: "..."
Chapter 125: The End