Chapter 391

With nothing in sight, how could they determine good from bad based solely on the moving lights? Finding it impossible to stop them, some simply ran away, while others formed a square formation and indiscriminately shot down all the moving lights.

Everything was in chaos. The night was no longer silent; instead, it became a cover for evil. Nobles were fleeing in the dead of night, and ordinary people were wailing helplessly. Perhaps only room 901 on the ninth floor of the Kingdom Hotel in the entire Rosen City still retained a sense of security.

This place became an isolated island, the lights shielding it from the chaos outside the window.

Holding the little girl in his arms, Yuki began his daily 'storytelling' routine. Of course, he wouldn't tell any stories, nor would he fall for the brat's tricks and reveal too many secrets. The so-called stories were merely analyses of the current stage of the dungeon.

But Mona listened with great interest. After dozens of dungeons, she had experienced all sorts of unbelievable and bizarre plots that no novelist could have fabricated.

On the contrary, this kind of tedious and boring logical analysis is full of novelty. Even if the root cause is fixed, she is very clear about her player identity and can get a sense of security from these analyses.

"Hidden in the shadows, using the Night Watchers to find other players, their intelligence network is far more extensive than we imagined."

"The darkness is the best cover, and the best stealth is when all the players you encounter are dead. That's right, just like what we did this afternoon. There are still two players from the 'Nindo Group' group, but they don't even know who killed their comrade, let alone seek revenge."

"Funina is a very important pawn, someone who can connect us with the Night Watchers leadership at crucial moments, allowing them to be used as cannon fodder? No, that's the most extravagant use. What I want is their secrets about the Night. Didn't you notice Funina's qualifications? The Night Watchers Academy admits students every five years, and she's the 187th class. That means the Night Watchers has been studying the Night for over a thousand years. I don't believe they haven't made any breakthroughs all these years."

"That's right, I not only want to hunt down players, but also complete the main storyline. The King of the Night is definitely epic-level, but there are many ways to defeat him."

Yuki spoke slowly and his voice lacked intonation, making him a terrible storyteller compared to Hiyori. Yet, Mona listened with great interest, and the more she learned about Yuki, the more terrifying she found him.

It's a chess player's mentality that transcends the game's mechanics; all 100+ players are just pawns. But upon closer reflection, he's not some cold-blooded schemer.

Clearing the main storyline can be beneficial for dungeons, like what happened in Wizard's Tower, where it essentially saved the world. However, he doesn't have the bad habits of those people in 'Hero Kingdom', and he has absolutely nothing to do with being a saint.

Interests and ideals coexist; it is both cruel and benevolent.

"I didn't realize you were such Savior," Mona teased with a chuckle.

Have you ever seen Savior has slaughtered countless people?

"There's no conflict between the two. I always feel like in the dungeons you've experienced before, you've always been the Savior?"

These words Yuki, who realized it was indeed true.

In the Demon Hospital, he eliminated Director Fukawa and liberated that altar of flesh and blood; blinded by his the Bystander Is Blind, he rescued the townspeople from a distorted religion; even in the Calamity of Blood, he ended the countless years of twisted bloodshed.

Not to mention the Cosmic Insect Disaster; the achievement "War-Ender" says it all. His statues are probably now displayed in every city in the world.

Yuki wasn't particularly excited; instead, he replied with amusement, "Is this some kind of new type of flattery?"

"There is good and bad in the Reincarnation Game. Shouldn't doing good deeds be praised? So, elder brother, you are truly a good person."

Yuki blue. He always acted with his own interests in mind; how could he possibly play the hero?

But when the sounds of weeping outside the window reached my ears, it made it hard to calm down, and I realized that there was some truth to what Mona had said.

Compared to those players who are cold-hearted and see the weak as ants, I guess I'm a pretty good person.

"I simply view every life equally, I am not afraid of the strong, nor arrogant towards the weak. Enemies should be killed, and friends should be treated with sincerity. That's all."

The man muttered to himself, Mona's eyes widened slightly. At this moment Yuki gave her a familiar scent.

He is very close to a true Epic Metamorphosis.

So now you have to make a choice again.

"You actually figured it out." Yuki somewhat surprised; he had indeed been thinking about tonight.

The chaos outside grew louder and louder. This was nothing like the clear-cut divisions in the background stories. There were hardly any Night Watchers. The conflict between outsiders and locals exploded in the darkness, and even screams could be heard from downstairs.

The night may engulf a person, but starvation, shooting, and stabbing can all lead to death; in comparison, the former is gentler.

"The benefits of my intervention in Rosen City are uncertain. It might win the favor of the Night Watchers and lay the groundwork for future cooperation, but the cost is that it will attract other players. For now, we should remain as hidden as possible."

He had no idea what players were hiding around him. The commotion in the afternoon must have alerted them, and Yuki had never had any prophetic abilities, so how could he accurately calculate every cost and benefit?

Mona listened quietly. She enjoyed listening to troubles. A player without emotions and with superhuman calculation abilities was like a supercomputer.

So what do you want?

"I want to try, this sound is so annoying, but reason tells me it's useless, the best thing to do is to stand by and watch." Yuki looked out the window, where it was pitch black, and the flames burning in the house were shrouded in darkness.

"Then let's do it. Even the Manas Consciousness can't see the future, who knows what will happen with each step we take?"

"What's the reason?" Yuki asked the girl.

"Since you want to do it and can afford the price, what's there to say? Just be a little reckless."

That's a completely illogical reason.

Yuki remained expressionless for several seconds, then suddenly laughed.

"Okay, I'll be right back."

"Okay, I'll wait for you for an hour, then come back and hold me while we sleep." Mona let go of his hand, suddenly no longer afraid of the dark. She watched Yuki suddenly disappear into the room, looked at the open window, the cold night wind blowing in, and comfortably opened her arms.

That's right, that's how I can call him 'elder brother' with a clear conscience.

Because I want to do it, and I can afford the price, is a willful and arrogant reason.

In an instant, Yuki appeared a thousand meters in the air, and some people had already noticed the lights flying high in the sky.

But isn't this also an opportunity?

Yuki carefully stored the mechanical carrier pigeon that had flown in, his mind racing.

He wasn't a pushover, nor did he deliberately do good deeds. At this moment, he was more focused on how to use this good deed to push the plan further and, incidentally, test the ideas he had developed over the past few days.

"Let's see if you can expose my identity."

He looked down at the earth, as if he saw countless fireflies dancing in the darkness, while all sorts of strange noises came from above.

Gunfire and cries continued, and countless people took advantage of the chaos to loot, while the military and police crackdown exacerbated the disorder.

Yuki couldn't see anything, but as a Monster IV player, he could discern details from the noise, probe a little, and lock onto the moving Soulfire.

"I knew it would cause such a commotion so quickly. It seems logical, but it wouldn't have happened without someone fanning the flames."

"Hmm, mental detection, it's that one from Oak Town."

Because he fought alongside Misaki Shokuhou, Yuki is extremely sensitive to mental detection. The fact that there are players hiding nearby is a deliberately crafted scenario.

The plan is to create chaos in the city to detect if there are any players in Rosen City. Given the personality of an ordinary player, they definitely can't stand a bunch of ants causing trouble nearby. It's too noisy, and by disguising themselves as ordinary people, they will naturally be dragged into the chaos by ordinary people.

Either use a barrier to avoid seeing or bothering them, or if they're provoked, eliminate them directly. Either way, anyone using Transcendental Grade power will be discovered, and then ordinary people will be drawn in like moths to a flame, while the player observes from the shadows.

"It's insidious, but you didn't expect me to impersonate Night Watchers."

When he left the room, he had changed into the Night Watchers uniform he had picked up on the battlefield, and was holding Hunter's Blunderbuss. At first glance, he looked no different from Night Watchers's Watch, and identifying one's identity by the Soul Lamp was the Night Watchers's prerogative.

Ordinary people can only judge by appearance, while slightly more skilled players can be judged by their Transcendental Grade abilities.

Coincidentally, I have an item that looks extremely similar to the Night Watchers. To determine whether it's real or fake, you'll need to get closer and use an identification item to tell if it's a dungeon weapon or Chaos Item players can steal.

"But do you dare?"

Yuki raised his shotgun and pulled the trigger.

Bang!!

The muffled gunshots echoed through the noisy night. The sound itself wasn't particularly captivating, but the exploding bullets created fireballs in the air, which, even though they vanished in an instant, silenced the bustling Rosen City for a moment.

Aside from the Soul Lamp, only the Night Watchers's Soul Blunderbuss can create light in the darkness, and the Night Watchers are the maintainers of order in the night, their image as enforcers etched into their very bones.

The reason why Rosen City fell into chaos was that almost all of its Night Watchers were dead, and a mere few dozen people could hardly maintain order. But then a burst of light exploded in the air, and hundreds of thousands of people looked up at the same time.

The fireball disappeared quickly, but the Soul Lamp a thousand meters above remained conspicuous. A motionless lamp could not possibly be from a steam airship, leaving only one explanation:

This is a Night Watchers, a Night Watchers who can stay a thousand meters in the air, a powerful figure beyond the Limit ordinary people's imagination.

"Whether local residents or refugees from other places, everyone must remain silent and stay put. The military and police must not fire their weapons without authorization. They should stand guard along the streets and wait for the arrival of the Night Watchers team."

"Thirty seconds. Those who obey will be forgiven; anyone who dares to disobey will be punished."

A majestic voice broke the silence; Yuki, with his LV8 physique, was like a super loudspeaker, shouting at the top of his lungs, probably similar to some kind of Lion's Roar skill.

He used the darkness to his advantage. In an ordinary world, who could see a figure in the sky in such a chaotic night? But the Dark Night Continent was different. In the pitch black, there was a point of light that anyone who wasn't blind could see.

One two three...

Yuki began the countdown. Three seconds later, thousands upon thousands of dazzling lights stopped in their tracks. These were people who had taken advantage of the chaos. Hearing the words "punishment" and "let bygones be bygones," they knew exactly which to choose, since they had already made enough money.

Ten seconds later, the fleeing refugees, who had been wandering around like headless flies, also stopped. The Night Watchers had protected the continent's night for thousands of years. Even if there were bad people among them, even if they were becoming increasingly unfair, they were still the only guardians of the night. Listening to them was definitely the right thing to do.

Rosen City began to return to its usual deathly silence, and the lights were the best way to tell. Yuki didn't need any Transcendental Grade abilities; he could tell the situation of the entire city, who was moving, and who was leading the way with just his naked eyes.

On the east side, clusters of lights moved in unison. Nobles and capitalists wouldn't be so obedient; with Night Watchers protecting them, traveling at night would be safer.

"They are the lackeys of the nobility!"

"Yes, they're leaving us here to die to cover the capitalists' escape!"

Sounds came from the factory and residential areas; several groups of hundreds of people were moving around, and many people who remained in place were shouting and yelling, which were very clear in the quiet night.

That's true, because not all of the remaining Night Watchers in Rosen City were involved in maintaining order; some were working with the military and police to cover the retreat of the powerful and wealthy.

The deathly silence of the night gradually began to stir, but Yuki paid it no heed, sensing the invisible hand of spiritual power.

The players hiding behind the scenes are still watching, but they hesitate because they don't know Yuki is a player or a real Night Watchers. If he is the latter, there is no need to get involved. There will be little benefit, and it will only expose their own identities.

So he used a clever tactic, using the natives to create conflict, to see how the 'Night Watchers' would choose.

"You should know best how to make the choice." Yuki turned around, took a step in mid-air, and swooped down towards the east side of the city. He did not use his full strength, and the Soul Lamp left a clear trail in the sky like a shooting star.

"Under the power of force, there are no classes."

As expected, the so-called Night Watchers were nothing more than lackeys of the powerful and wealthy.

Countless people were disappointed and prepared to continue with tonight's free shopping spree. There's nothing to say about that; if Night Watchers don't maintain order in the darkness, do you expect the people to do it themselves?

Bang!

But a burst of gunfire forced them to put their feet down again. The eastern part of the city was slightly higher, and they could see the Soul Bullet sweeping across like a storm, extinguishing hundreds of lights.

Oh, are you serious?

Yuki blasted dozens of exquisite steam cars to smithereens with a single shot. Don't underestimate the Hunter's Blunderbuss, a level 5 item that's outdated and couldn't even break through the Witch God's defenses. In a world with normal materials science, a shotgun shell can wipe out half a city block.

"Are you crazy? I'm going to report you to headquarters!"

"Where are the guards? What kind of Night Watchers are these? They must be Night's Minions in disguise."

"Doctor, quickly get me a doctor!"

Amidst the wails and curses all around, Yuki didn't even flinch. Facing the surging soul fire, he took a deep breath.

"I said, everyone stay put!"

The Roar, like a storm, swept through the night, paralyzing hundreds of soldiers and police officers and plunging the city, which had just begun to stir, back into deathly silence.

This shot tells everyone that the Night Watchers is no joke tonight; anyone who dares to disobey orders, regardless of their status, will be punished.

This is the duty of the Night Watchers, and also Night Watchers right.

Power brings immense deterrence. The nobles questioned it, the Night Watchers speculated, but most people breathed a sigh of relief, because in the midst of chaos, deterrence brought a sense of security.

Bang, bang, bang.

The meteor streaked through the city of hundreds of thousands of people, each shot representing dozens or even hundreds of lives. Yet, this brutal slaughter was strangely reassuring, making one wish that the Soul Blunderbuss all night long.

But after eight shots, Yuki returned to the sky. Not a single light dared to move in his eyes, and apart from the sound of the wind and collapsing buildings, no one dared to speak.

The deathly silence of night has returned, just as the background story says, the night should be deathly silent.

"Stay put and wait for dawn. Tomorrow morning, those who wish to leave will evacuate in an orderly manner, and those who wish to stay will be provided with accommodation by the Night Watchers."

Yuki issued his second order, glancing sideways at the distance where a troop was approaching along the road before coming to a neat halt.

The Rosen City branch was completely wiped out. These were the Night Watchers had come to reinforce the city. They looked at the sky with suspicion, wondering which sir had rushed over to maintain order.

Yes, the timing is perfect.

Yuki watched from afar and saw some Soul Lamp flying towards him. Of course, he dared not approach them, as others could easily expose his identity simply by the strength of the Soul Lamp. But the next step in the script had already been written.

"Night Watchers below level 5, carry out my orders. The rest, follow me to punish the Night's Minions caused tonight's disturbance."

Yuki swept towards the western forest. He could roughly determine that the spying came from this direction, and as soon as he moved, the Night Watchers, who were already trying to confirm his identity, naturally followed. The dark sky suddenly became dazzling.

One after the other, a dozen or so clusters of lights streaked across the sky like shooting stars. The one in front ran faster and faster, and the distance between the two gradually increased. But to the people on the ground, this showed that the first cluster of lights was invincible and, incidentally, hated the Night's Minions.

"I knew tonight's chaos was caused by the Night's Minions."

"Is this Lord Motesen? I've heard he's fiercely opposed to evil."

"How would I know from this distance? But logically, it should be brighter."