Hell-Level Difficulty
Seeing the man breathe his last, the woman sitting on her knees let out a scream, then snarled at the female Player in terror. "Who asked you to stick your nose in..."
Unfortunately, before she could finish, her throat was slit in the same way.
"You're so damn loud." The female Player snorted and turned back into her room.
The door closed again. No one paid any attention to the two bodies in the corridor.
A long while later, the gaunt man from the front desk finally crept upstairs. His face twisted in anguish as he knelt before the woman's body and silently wept. But he soon wiped his face dry, hoisted the body onto his shoulder, and left. A moment later, he returned and dragged the man's body downstairs.
It was just a minor incident, and no one paid it any mind. But the next morning, when the Outer District Players staying in the building came out, they realized the female Player had disappeared.
"Has the guest in Room 603 checked out?" someone asked the gaunt man.
He smiled. "I didn't see her come out. Maybe she left early."
A few of the Outer District Players who had arrived the day before changed their expressions slightly, but said nothing. They silently walked out of the small inn.
The steady drizzle had yet to stop, and the streets were filthy with footprints. The sky was overcast, but in the light of day, this district looked even more unbearable than it had at night.
"That bastard definitely knows where she went," the Outer District Players murmured among themselves. "He was probably the one who tipped off Scepter City, too."
Xu Huo had already searched Dimension Below the previous night for basic information about this instance.
"King's Throne" was a