After Lin Yu stood up, he also noticed that Stiller glanced inconspicuously in his direction.

Lin Yu's face was disguised by the False Face, making him look like a somewhat fierce fellow, vastly different from his original true appearance.

This was also a suggestive arrangement Lin Yu had left behind regarding his identity as a "Rakshasa".

But precisely because of this, Stiller actually recognized Lin Yu more quickly.

At the same time, for the same reason, Stiller didn't have to worry that his gaze would expose Lin Yu.

"After all, it's normal for people to take an extra look at this face of mine now."

And after seeing his "boss" also happened to be here, Stiller couldn't help but perk up even more.

Facing the Barbarian's accusation, Stiller stepped forward to respond firmly.

"Hey, barbarian, watch your language!"

"If it was us who did it, we would have already taken you two out while that unlucky guy over there was still poisoned!"

"What's more, we don't have any means of poisoning;there's no one among us who knows how to poison."

Stiller stated categorically.

Even though he didn't know these Players well, Stiller still said it.

After all, he was now the backbone of this group of Players.

Just as Lin Yu had anticipated, Old Zheng had put in great effort to help Stiller integrate into the Player group. At the very least, the initial introductions of Stiller's profession and identity had been explained by Old Zheng to get through.

But reaching his current position as the team's backbone and leader...

Actually, it was more due to Stiller's own personal charisma!

Although Stiller had never been a "Player" before, he did have work experience leading a team.

Back when he worked for CEO Paris in the Truth Corporation's Security Department, as the leader of an elite action team, Stiller knew very well how to be a good leader.

Especially the Truth Corporation's action teams, which were even quite similar to his current situation.

They were all small-scale teams assembled for the purpose of combat operations.

And in such a situation, when faced with external accusations... Stiller almost acted on muscle memory, doing what he would have done at the Truth Corporation.

Whether it was his team member's doing or not, deny it first and then turn the tables.

"In my opinion, it's quite possible you poisoned him yourselves and then wanted to frame us! You're afraid internal strife sounds bad and are scared of being purged by your own people, right!"

Stiller said sternly.

Instantly, the Barbarian who had been somewhat calmer spoke coldly, "Human, are you trying to start a fight to the death with us?"

"The ones clearly looking for trouble are you," Stiller said coldly. "At this festival, why would I go to the extra trouble with you? If I really disliked you, couldn't I just fight you directly?"

"Again, if I had hostile intentions toward you, do you think you'd still be standing in this tent talking to me?"

After he finished, several Players behind him also boldly chimed in.

"That's right, as if we're afraid of a few barbarians like you!"

"If we wanted to deal with you, would we need to use poison?"

Several Players said one after another. Watching this scene, Lin Yu felt even more satisfied with Stiller.

"Not only the backbone, but clearly quite authoritative too..."

Lin Yu instantly realized that with Stiller's current prestige and credibility index among these Players, not to mention telling them something that sounded like a fantasy but, upon careful thought, wasn't impossible, like "there's a suspected Rakshasa in this dungeon".

Even if he said there was actually Ultraman Tiga in this dungeon, these Players might hesitate and wonder if it were true.

"But the belief I'm currently receiving is clearly not as much as the 'firm belief' from five people," Lin Yu pondered this situation that was obviously inconsistent with reality. "So... in Stiller or Old Zheng's judgment, haven't they found a suitable opportunity yet?"

"Or, even though it looks on the surface like Stiller is the leader now, could there be something off about one of the five Players around him?"

Lin Yu quickly considered various possibilities.

The latter possibility was quite high!

After all, currently, only two people were excitedly echoing Stiller.

Although Lin Yu could tell from those two's performance that there was almost no acting involved...

But he couldn't discern the thoughts of the remaining people who weren't as excited or exaggerated in their reactions.

Although Lin Yu was skilled in acting and often silently observed people and speculated about others' behavior for the sake of acting in various situations, making him quite adept at discerning whether others were "acting".

Lin Yu's ability in this regard hadn't reached the level of mind-reading.

He still had to observe a lot of behavior to reach a comprehensive conclusion.

In other words, judging solely from the current performance...

Lin Yu only knew that among this group of Players, the two currently putting pressure alongside Stiller definitely trusted him more.

"In that case, maybe I can find an opportunity to help Stiller later, at least to figure out which ones among this group of Players are the more 'troublesome' individuals."

As Lin Yu was thinking this, Fern also woke up because of the commotion over there.

"So noisy," Fern said, bleary-eyed as she sat up, clearly having been asleep just moments ago. "What's going on?"

"Two groups are arguing," Lin Yu said calmly. "The Barbarians are accusing those Humans over there of poisoning, and the Humans are denying it."

Hearing this, Fern looked left and right, and an expression of anticipation also appeared on her face. "Oh, it's even Players and NPCs going at each other."

"This is getting interesting... I wonder how this Monster will handle it?"

"Perfect timing, I also want to see how exactly the rule of 'no fighting allowed inside the Healing Station' takes effect!"

After all, most rules within each dungeon aren't absolute or mandatory.

Most game rules are that dungeon's special mechanics, relying on NPCs or items within the dungeon to implement, rather than being enforced by the system.

Only a small number of games have rules that directly restrict Player behavior through the system.

Even Players whose profession isn't Ruffian can actually break the rules in the game—as long as you have enough strength to withstand or evade the cost of breaking the rules.

And over at Stiller's side, a fight was indeed about to erupt at any moment!

The Player side was relatively okay, because compared to the combat-proficient residents of the Black Marsh world, these Players from the real world generally valued their lives more.

Saying it was about to erupt was entirely because the Barbarian side was already red-hot with anger.

"Humans, you poison and then slander our brotherly bond, this is too much!"

That Barbarian could no longer care for his big brother, throwing him on the ground, and drew a pair of bone blades from his back.

"I'll slaughter you all! To avenge my big brother!"

Stiller looked at the other's appearance and opened his vision that could see emotional energy.

Seeing the other's nearly one hundred percent anger, he finally realized the difference between the Black Marsh world and his original world.

"I really have to take back my earlier words, these guys are even crazier than the Great Wasteland people!"

He originally intended to gauge a level of provocation that would anger the other side but not lead to a fight. But who knew, just these few sentences and the Barbarian was already prepared to fight for his life!

Stiller even wanted to remind the other...

Your big brother isn't dead yet, maybe try treating him first!