The two messages Jiahao suddenly sent undoubtedly hit the pause button on the previously lively group chat.
After a brief, deathly silence, the entire group erupted!
[Immortal Star Crazy Young Master]: "???"
[God Never Laughs]: "Holy shit! Boss Jia, weren't the four of you heading to Winterhold to report the deaths?"
"At the game's walking speed, you should still be at least a day or two away from Winterhold! How did you suddenly get major intel?"
Not only were the newbies completely baffled, even Lu Ziye, who had been lying low to avoid handing out cash gifts, couldn't resist speaking up.
[Passing Pure-Love Warrior]: "Boss Jia, quit fucking keeping us in suspense!"
"Did you run into an army of Cultists on the way?"
"Or did Ma Lou get itchy fingers, try stealing from some NPC out in the wild, and get caught and beaten to death, sending him back to town?"
Faced with all the ridiculous guesses from those idiots in the group, he got to work.
[I'm Not Jiahao] hammered away at his phone screen, posting the complete account of their encounter with Kairils in Graycliff Town that evening!
[I'm Not Jiahao]:
"People my age really do have such limited imaginations."
"We didn't run into any Cultists, and Old Ma's occupational habits didn't act up either."
"Instead, we ran into our scenario's targets-the higher-ups from Winterhold-ahead of schedule!"
"In Graycliff Town up ahead, we encountered a squad of Second-Tier Knights from Winterhold who had just returned from the Wasteland secret realm!"
"The lead NPC is called Kairils. Judging by his background, he's probably one of the top talents among Winterhold's younger generation. With all those ice-and-snow effects on him, the game's art team must have sunk at least a million into him!"
Then Jiahao posted everything: how the guards