The phone rings in the office, but it doesn't attract any attention from An Qingru.

After noticing that the two voices were basically the same, she rummaged through other more in-depth information to be on the safe side.

One sentence in the account of Middleton, the Lord of Fear, seems to be corroborative, and that is that he belongs to the mildest of the Seven Demon Kings.

After listening to or watching the written records, An Qingru confirmed that among the Seven Demon Kings of Hell, except for the King of Fear, the images of the other Demon Kings were not gentle at all.

The king of sin is three in one, capricious and the most evil.

The Plague King prefers filthy insects such as flies, and rarely communicates with humans, and in the limited recorded communication, it is almost impossible to get rid of words such as hoarseness, stickiness, and disgusting.

The Lord of Pain has a cold temperament and has no record of communicating with humans.

But from some of the rumors and information coming out of hell, it can be seen that it is a very poisonous demon king, and he does not hide his disdain for all beings except him, including but not limited to several other demon kings with the same identity as him.

The King of Lies......

"It can't be ruled out as a coincidence."

Tapping her fingers on the surface of the desk, An Qingru frowned and thought for a moment, and suddenly picked up her mobile phone and dialed a number that she had been following for a long time.

After a short wait, the other side was successfully connected, and a muffled voice with a slight nasal congestion was heard.

"Hello, who's that?"

"This is the customer service staff for the Radiant Lands game, and we found out in the background that you submitted a bug report not long ago." An Qingru imitated the tone of the customer service and asked, "May I ask if the report was submitted by you?" ”

"That."

The other side seemed to have a cold, and could faintly hear a snorting sound, "Didn't you say that I was targeted by a powerful NPC and the screen suddenly went black?" ”

"We're finding some data anomalies in the background."

An Qingru said in a tone without any fluctuations: "We are investigating whether there are other possibilities in this regard." So I'd like to talk to you about the situation at that time. ”

"So, what do you want to ask?"

"We need to determine what happened to you at the time."

"I think I remember saying this, right?"

The other side said: "I didn't encounter anything, but I was flying over there, and I suddenly died." And then the demon king down there was still in the bath. ”

"Is it Middleton, the Lord of Fear?"

"I don't remember if that's the name, but the Lord of Dread's words are." The other side said: "Anyway, it's the unlucky guy who changed from a boy to a girl." ”

"What was she doing?" An Qingru asked, "I mean, what was her state like at that time?" ”

"It's just stripping naked and taking a bath." The other side said sullenly, with a hint of disgust in his tone: "I guess she's working on her new body." ”

What about her attitude? Is it easy and natural, or is it something else? “

"It's just leaning on the hot spring stone with her bare shoulders and looking like she is enjoying it, and I was very strange at the time, because it is said that she is doing something in that royal capital."

"Okay, thank you for your cooperation."

Knowing the information she wanted to know, An Qingru said: "Next, if we determine that the incident is a bug, then the corresponding reward will be sent to you by email, and please pay attention to it when the time comes." ”

"Ah, okay, okay, I'll take notice."

"What kind of reward is it?"

……

After a few polite words, the phone was hung up, and An Qingru then leaned back in a comfortable office chair, looked up at the ceiling above her head for a long time, and finally couldn't help but raise her hand and pinch her frowning eyebrows.

"Looks like you're in big trouble......"

She sighed faintly.

If the Dreadlord is the creator of the guild system, or one of the founders, then it's not just a matter of the natives of the Radiant World invading her game mechanics.

Because the feedback from the system was to run away, she simply stopped the act of going to the investigation in person after thinking about it before.

But withdrawing from the matter does not mean turning a blind eye to this, a tentacle that has penetrated into her core interests, which cannot be ignored no matter how you say.

So during this time, she has been investigating this matter, and as the founder of the game company, her kind of investigation can see some background conditions of players.

A clue is very important, that is, before the appearance of the game guild and the guild mall, there was another hidden place that could not be ignored -

Treasure of Wafred.

This is also a mall, and it is also exclusive to the player who first created the guild just now.

The mall is relatively simple compared to the guild mall, and the goods in it haven't been updated for a long time.

An Qingru believes that this should be an experimental version of an existence before the guild mall was perfected.

And in her previous investigations, she basically revolved around this humble but vital mall.

There was no record or trace of this foreign invasion in her place, and she could not confirm the exact time of the mall's appearance, but she could find many clues from some appearances.

For example, most of the goods are ancient and have a deep connection to Hell, and this connection can even be related to the King of Dread.

Because the two goods that exist in it are completely exclusive to the Lord of Dread's realm in Hell.

One is the Crimson Knight's Gauntlet, and the other is the Book of Lava.

The former is the standard equipment of a certain Ghost Knights under the command of the Lord of Fear, and the latter is a unique treasure that is randomly born by burning human memories in that magma field.

But that's not the point of the clue, it's the prefix of the marketplace name.

Weaverred.

The surname Wifred is one of many kingdoms in the current Land of Radiance.

Historically, however, the name actually refers to a vast kingdom called the Ancient Empire, which once ruled most of the glorious lands.

Or rather, it involves a powerful family within the empire, as well as several emperors who were born into the family.

There have been many emperors in the Wefred family, but because the ancient empire had an electoral system, not every emperor came from Wifred.

And the emperor with the surname Wifred and even among all the members, the most famous, but also the most inconspicuous, belonged to an emperor named Ronan.

The inconspicuous reason is that there was a series of very serious conflicts between this emperor and the Covenant Church, which eventually caused all traces of him to be basically erased in this world.

This also directly led to the division of the ancient empire.

An Qingru could vaguely understand why there was such a conflict, because the emperor was not so much an aboriginal as a time-traveler, and his way of thinking and values were completely different from those of the aborigines.

Therefore, she initially thought that the time-traveling emperor might be behind the game's guild system.

But through various investigations later, she found that this possibility is not high.

Because countless clues can be used to prove that the emperor who was assassinated and killed has completely dissipated into this world.

In other words, the assassination of him was completely a long-planned operation, not only was the method very ruthless, but also many measures were taken to check and fill in the gaps afterwards.

As if those who opposed the Emperor were facing a highly contagious plague, the slightest suspicion would be thoroughly investigated.

This kind of investigation is not limited to the human world, but also the traces of heaven and hell, which means that all the relevant means in the world have been used.

So An Qingru doesn't think there will be anything wrong with the result, after all, the aborigines are not stupid.

So she later shifted the direction of her investigation outside the emperor.

Even though the Covenant Church of the Imperial Age did not maintain absolute control over the Shining Lands as it does now, it was already a kind of overlord-level behemoth at that time.

It is not only possible to confront such a hegemon by a high level of personal power or the control of a secular regime.

This must be centered on an idea, otherwise it is impossible to unite a force sufficient to oppose the church.

Because of the lack of information, An Qingru did not know exactly what this concept was, and this was not the focus of her investigation.

The point is that at the end of the empire, Wilfred was more of a spiritual symbol than a person's surname.

And what unites under this symbol is a group of powerful beings who share the same ideas and are able to stand up to the church.

So, where were these people after the assassination of the emperor?

It is likely that it was thoroughly cleaned along with the Emperor, but there is no guarantee that there are any survivors left in it.

So An Qingru's second target of suspicion is this kind of survivor.

But now, she discovers, that idea is just as wrong.

In other words, the level of danger in this matter is obviously higher......

Tapping your finger on the tablet screen to open the private section of a guild in the game forum, you will be greeted by a certain type of information that is particularly eye-catching, except for some small talk.

Click on one of these posts, which clearly states the current state of a sunken place.

"In the past two days, there have been more and more NPCs secretly praying for the seal, and the church can't control it, they seem to be fighting inward, I don't know much about the specifics, but when I went online just now, I heard a monk running into the street shouting something like not doing God's will, it sounds like attacking the archangel who made the seal."

"I heard it too, it doesn't look like he's attacking the archangel."

Someone added to the post, and then apparently copied the original sentence.

[Those who walk in the name of God, those who perform miracles in the name of God and fight against the devil, are not called God master, that is, they are God's people. Those who do not do God's will are evil, and God will only let him leave His kingdom.

"What do you mean by that?" Some people said they couldn't understand it.

……

"Good fellow, is this a direct excommunication of the Archangel?"

……

"At this time, I have to say a word, with the key, are you worthy?"

……

The information in the post seems to be nothing special to normal players, just a normal evolution of the game's plot.

However, in An Qingru's eyes, this information was particularly dazzling.

The experimental Marketplace in the name of Wafred gave rise to the Guild Marketplace, and the existence of the Guild Marketplace has created the current state of the Sunken Land's ability to function normally.

This status quo itself already represents some kind of existence that is faintly opposed to the current glorious land, and the recent devil advent event has detonated a fig leaf on the surface of the sunken land.

The conflict is now on the bright spot and is destined to intensify in the foreseeable future.

An Qingru had only one thought in her mind at this time.

This Pharos royal capital, like the treasure mall, is also a testing ground, or a breeding ground for fire.

And the purpose of the being behind it is likely to be to rekindle some of the elements behind the name of Wilfrid here, and then use these elements as the core to ignite the bigger stage outside!

Is the existence behind this the King of Fear?