In a World of Eldritch Horrors, I Ascend with the Fourth Calamity
Chapter 296

The silent town of Graycliff

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Lin Shen's fingers flew across the screen as he laid out his reasoning:

"Cried Already and I only just accepted the quest. We've been out for less than an hour."

"If, half an hour later, we swagger back to the main base with you two second-tier powerhouses and claim we happened to run into you in the vast Black Forest..."

"Even if the High Priest had his head slammed in a door, he'd definitely notice something was wrong!"

"It's the middle of the night, and the Black Forest Edge covers a huge area. The odds of that chance encounter are more ridiculous than winning the lottery!"

[You've Cried Already] chimed in below:

"In our line of work as undercover agents, everything has to look natural!"

"If we rush things, we'll only make that old fox of a High Priest suspicious. Let's make it tomorrow at noon!"

"Tomorrow at noon, Phone Bro and I will meet you near Fog Town's west gate!"

"Then we'll put on a little show of having to ask you three times before you agree to help. That'll make you two experts look a little more impressive!"

After hearing the undercover duo's analysis, Lu Ziye and [God Never Laughs] agreed that it made sense.

Although the two of them couldn't wait to stir up trouble in the villains' lair, blowing their cover just to get ahead faster really wouldn't be worth it.

In the end, all four agreed that the time [You've Cried Already] proposed was sensible and decided to meet near Fog Town at noon the next day.

Watching these four chat and laugh in the group while preparing to "stir things up" at the enemy's main base, the other players could only stew in envy.

Just as the group filled with bitter, jealous wails...

Ji

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