Chapter 87: The Beginning
Where is the plague mage Bekaz himself doing now?
Ever since he suddenly thought of this question, Rococo felt that his whole body suddenly became restless.
At first, she didn't know that there were ghosts inside Lancarros, so she rashly sent the news that there was an undead army hiding in the valley to the city lord's mansion. Although in the end, although no undead army was found, Lancarus still began to be alert to Becarz's undead conspiracy and the recent plague in the territory, but because of the existence of this inner ghost, Becarz should have known about Lancarus's plan for the undead invasion - or the undead's plan to feint against Lancarus.
From Bekaz's point of view, what will they do next after learning that Lancarros' side has seen through their plans?
If it is true that the whole undead invasion is a conspiracy designed to weaken the power of Lancarlos, which is currently the dominant power in the Free Federation, as Rococo envisioned, then in essence, from the beginning of the impeachment of distrust in the council against the city lord Farouo, and the success of forcing Farouo to step down tomorrow to face the investigation, Bekaz and the inner ghost's original goal should have been achieved in their cognition, after all, they could not have thought of it at all, There will be an alien adventurer like Rococo who can help the main city faction find evidence that can turn the tide in such a short period of time.
Considering that the ultimate goal of that inner ghost is to completely suppress the strength of the main city faction of Lancarros, then using the undead army in the valley and public opinion bribery to frame Farouo will only be the beginning. The next thing they need to do is to completely confirm Farouo's charges in the investigation, which is not difficult for Bekaz and the inner ghost side at all, as long as Bekaz himself seizes the right time and secretly throws something that can represent him into the city lord's mansion, then Farouo is absolutely speechless...... But the question is, will Bekaz and the inner ghost be satisfied with this alone?
The loss of Farouo is indeed a major blow to the main city faction, but from the overall point of view, at least for a short period of time, the main military power of Lancarlos and the official system in various places are basically in the hands of the main city faction, which is obviously not enough to make Lancaros "change the sky".
You must know that in the previous life, due to the full-scale outbreak of the undead invasion, officials and military generals from all over Lancaros died in large numbers in the sudden undead invasion, and finally lost a large number of backbone talents in various posts. This was the case in the previous life, and Rococo has reason to believe that even if the script is changed this time, the other party's appetite will not become so small.
is clear, but what the other party will do, Rococo is really clueless. In the worst-case scenario, the other party may directly attack Dicha, another pillar of the main city faction, who was killed by Bekaz on the battlefield in his previous life, and blame Farouo, and even if he doesn't use such drastic means, the other party at least has the hole card of undead invasion. Although the plague in the city has begun to be alerted, as long as this inner ghost hidden in the upper echelons of Lancarus is not caught, the undead army that Bekaz has created will remain threatening for a long time, after all, they are too close to Lancarros.
So the key point is to find out the inner ghost as soon as possible and completely eliminate the threat of the other party...... However, even so, Bekaz's mysterious whereabouts still made Rococo very concerned.
A level 90 plague mage, even if such a character is hidden behind the scenes, his sense of existence and deterrence are still too strong, especially Rococo is also very clear, this guy actually has the potential to reach the human limit level 100, otherwise Bekaz would not have rashly found the Holy City in the game in his previous life to fight with the guide Orlanardo.
Thinking about these things all the way, Rococo secretly followed behind Dicha's troops in the direction of the council station, since it was now after the player went offline, during the nine o'clock night time period in the game, such an obvious big move by the NPC army in Lancarus City did not cause any commotion.
If it were in the real world, even if the players weren't there, the residents of the city would have realized that something terrible might be happening tonight when they saw their army patrolling around the city on a large scale so late. But in the gamified world, the few remaining pieces of intelligence of the ordinary NPCs in the city, after determining that this matter has nothing to do with them directly, still maintain their usual nocturnal behavior, at home when they should be at home, when they should go to the bar to drink, and ignore the soldiers passing by on the street. The tension on one side is as if a skirmish war is about to break out, while on the other side the civilians are still singing and dancing, and there seems to be a strange sense of incongruity.
Looking at this scene, for a moment Rococo suddenly felt funny, and at the same time felt a little sad.
Ginzes is right, maybe for her and Arya, this world is just a "disease", as long as chaos can be driven away, and Arya's godhead can be put back together, then this world can still be restored to its original state, but in the eyes of the natives who don't know about these world-class insiders, it is true that this world has completely collapsed from the moment of gamification, and has become a time and space full of absurdity and unbelievability.
In the blink of an eye, Rococo's mind inadvertently reappeared with the same expression that Kinzes had spoken when she had rejected her, and she felt as if she had actually misunderstood something.
The world in which he lived completely collapsed, and only he survived normally...... But Jinzes has neither the ambition of Bekaz, nor the salvation compassion of the Black and White Dragon King, nor the chaotic existence of the Chaos who only wants to completely destroy this world...... So is he really cynical about the Honkai world and the players who came here to occupy the magpie's nest? The man who was known as the "Great Thief" among mortals was actually just really feeling the powerlessness he felt when facing a collapsed world, right?
"Xiao Ke, it's here!"
Because it was NPC mode, Arya had already left Rococo's body at the moment and floated in front of her to reconnoitre, so she didn't notice that Rococo was wandering behind her. And after Rococo was pulled back to his thoughts by Arya's words, he also secretly slapped himself on the face, reminded himself to cheer up, and began to pay attention to the things in front of him.
Rococo didn't follow Dicha and the others, and her status as a village girl in NPC mode did not qualify for this. Rococo just followed the team from a distance to the gate of the council residence, watched the Lancarus army surround several exits of the station, and then Dicha dismounted with the leaders of the main city faction and walked towards the interior of the council.
Whether the main city faction obediently relinquishes the position of the city lord tomorrow and allows Farou to be placed under house arrest for investigation, or the parliament is in chaos after discovering the lie, and finally the top of the council is forcibly taken away for interrogation by the Lancarus military, or the two sides make concessions and draw each other, it depends on the game in front of you.
"Arya, we'll have to find a way to get in, too."
"That's ......" Arya looked at the outskirts of the council residence not far away, and spun around in the air a few times with some anxiety, "But Xiao Ke, it's difficult to get in with our current means, it's okay if you've recovered some of the original goblins' abilities, otherwise I don't think you can blend in with your disguise now, after all, you can't become a player now." ”
Rococo sighed, and said the same, although she still had the search warrant she had asked for from Dicha in order to go to the Wheat Ear Flower Chamber of Commerce to find evidence, but a village girl running to such a place with a search warrant in her hand would only make people feel suspicious, she could scare those players who didn't know anything and the small merchant who controlled the Wheat Ear Flower Chamber of Commerce, but she was absolutely not confident that she could bluff the regular army directly under the real Lancarus Boss.
It would be nice if she could switch to player mode, after all, these NPCs are kind of indulgent to the "adventurers" to some extent, but now it's time for the player to go offline, and her player mode is also locked down, so she can't switch.
Rococo pursed her lips, it was really a mistake, she didn't expect that Dicha's actions would be put after the player's offline time, originally she actually wanted to go in and watch the scene of Dicha's verbal confrontation with the council.
Of course, she has no interest in winning or losing in the political arena, and is only bent on finding out who Bekkaz's accomplices are. After all, if the other party is really Bekaz's accomplice, then the other party is either the same godhead holder as Bekaz, or is controlled by Bekaz who has his own will, no matter what, this ghost's action pattern will definitely be different from ordinary dull NPCs, as long as she can observe and contact it up close, there is a great possibility that she can see it directly.
"Xiao Ke, what should I do now?"
"Wait, I'll figure it out."
Rococo said this, and began to look at the wall around the station, but it really couldn't be done, so she had to find a place where no one was there and climb over the wall to get in......
Just as Rococo was thinking this, a mutation suddenly occurred.
A loud bang rang out from the courtyard of the council residence, and immediately after, all kinds of magic and fighting brilliance suddenly exploded in the courtyard, and Dicha's recognizable roar could be heard clearly from the outside of the station.
"The Lancaros Army is ready to fight! There's an army of the undead! ”