Mountains Mistblade leaned against the sofa with her eyes closed, thinking about how to get the Order Badge back.
Star Sea Xunge's concealment and escape skills were both powerful. If not for her Deprivation Skill earlier, Mountains Mistblade would never have been able to trace that faint ripple of skill energy to find her.
Even this time, she had not detected her presence.
Perhaps the only good news was that the Order Badge could not be bound and could only be used in the Quiet Mountains...
She still had options. Before finding the Order Badge, she could borrow Yan Tu's badge to enter a game once and extend the countdown to her erasure.
Mountains Mistblade's brow furrowed tighter and tighter. She opened her eyes in displeasure and looked at Mountains Xunge, who was looking down at her from above and practically filling her entire field of vision. A few curling strands of black hair fell beside Mountains Xunge's face, and her red stud earrings swayed annoyingly. "Need something?"
Mountains Xunge said, "You betrayed me eighteen times in the Demon Game. Only Maple Sugar did it more often."
Mountains Mistblade could not be bothered to explain that those had been her assigned tasks, nor could she be bothered to mention that she had pledged her loyalty to her twenty-one times. She threw Mountains Xunge's earlier words back at her. "So?"
Mountains Xunge changed the subject without asking. "What did you write in that diary of yours?"
"A curse wishing you'd soon die alone in madness."
"Oh."
Now that was the right attitude. Mountains Xunge left, satisfied.
She left behind only one remark: "I like that blessing."
Fourth day of the game.
Yu Xunge shared all the information about the Order Badge and the Demon Game's rules that she had extracted