"That pen... I've seen the final piece you're missing."
Bai Zhu stopped and turned to look at the Pope's head in Milluki's hand.
"Where?"
The Pope had barely opened his mouth when Milluki raised his hand.
"Wait! I'll talk, I'll talk right now!"
The Pope hurriedly twisted his neck.
"My clones share my vision. One of them followed my master to the Dark Continent, and the final pen-body component appeared there."
The anticipation on Bai Zhu's face quickly vanished.
Whoever wanted to go to the Dark Continent could go. Bai Zhu turned and left.
The Pope panicked.
"You're not going to ask anything else?"
"I can't afford to go to that place."
"You have such great power—"
"I just want to live a little longer."
Milluki followed behind with the rope in hand, casually hanging the Pope's head by his leg as he went.
The underground space outside the ruins had already changed completely.
The area beneath the rock walls was packed with Orcs, so many that there seemed to be no end to them.
Bai Zhu stopped by the doorway, his hand resting on his sword hilt.
"Why aren't they moving?"
Knov adjusted his glasses.
"Look above their heads."
A mushroom grew from every Orc's head.
A green figure squeezed out from the mycelium.
One look was enough to tell it was Gao Mao, though it was probably just a clone. His real body was currently completely lost in the game.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh. I've got them all under control."
Piyu raised her phone and aimed it at the Orc horde.
"Under control? You controlled them?"
"They're being very obedient now."
"What I'm asking is whether you stripped them of their free will."
"More or less."
Piyu lowered her phone.
"Release them."
"No."
Gao Mao answered without hesitation.
Piyu