One careless move, and the whole game is lost

Casting aside the unease he had just felt, Angler happily resumed counting his gains on his fingers.

The next moment—

"Huh?"

He suddenly froze.

A big spender had appeared in his Angler's Shop and was spending Star Metal like crazy.

What was going on?

It was a fourth-level continent called the Seven-Eight-Nine Continent. He remembered that it had never done anything particularly remarkable. Where had all this Star Metal come from? In this short span of time, it had already spent twenty or thirty tons.

And...

It was still spending like crazy!

Then he faintly heard a crisp cracking sound.

"Holy shit!"

He couldn't help crying out. That was the sound of his KPI being met. After all these years, he had only reached the halfway mark. How had the remaining half suddenly been completed in an instant?

Could he leave this World Battlefield whenever he wanted now?

Was this for real?

Happiness had arrived so suddenly that he couldn't believe any of this was real.

Before he could react—

"Get out here."

A calm voice with a trace of anger suddenly sounded in his ear.

That was... that was the King's voice!

The Eternal Night Continent was currently stationed near this World Battlefield.

At some point, a fishing boat had appeared on the waters outside the Northbank Defense Line. An elderly man wearing a bamboo hat sat on its deck, looking at Chen Fan on the defense line with a hint of amusement in his eyes.

"Young friend."

"I sensed the King's presence on your continent."

"And just now, I heard the King's voice."

"If my deduction is correct..."

"The King has decided to side with the Human Faction in the upcoming Third Dark Turmoil, hasn't he?"

Chen Fan looked at the fishing boat before him with a slightly