I Ascend to the Divine Throne through Arcane Means-Chapter 1573 - 874: Players Betraying Light for Darkness (Part 2)
"Even if we can’t make a move, there might be other Lords interested in Shadow."
"Yes."
The robed figure on the left nodded, then turned and left to handle the matter.
Once more gazing at the dome of the Underground City shrouded in darkness, Casimo said to the person beside him:
"Eliza, you once followed Spine to meet Shadow at Forbidden Fortress Donovan, what kind of person is he?"
"...Very powerful, so powerful that I couldn’t resist his strength at all."
The robed figure standing behind Casimo on the right said in a deep voice.
Then he described the scene of the battle from that time again.
"It’s truly terrifying. I heard he fought Spine and three other Legends simultaneously and still won. It’s unbelievable."
"But... hahahaha!"
Halfway through speaking, Casimo suddenly chuckled, words full of undisguised schadenfreude.
"Serves that bitch Spine right for failing, incapable of succeeding, only capable of failing!"
"Even if she competed with me, so what if she won? Now she died without leaving even ashes?"
"What a pity!"
Casimo sighed lightly, her right hand sliding from her full chest wrapped in gauze downwards, directly disappearing beneath her body, showing a look of intoxication and obsession on her face.
"Such powerful strength! Such a strong body."
"If that World Tree Favored Shadow could be my husband, then... ah~"
"Damn you, Spine, truly wasted a good opportunity!"
"But unfortunately, even if I could control this World Tree Favored, he would only become My Lord’s plaything, wouldn’t he?"
Shaking her head, Casimo turned and walked deeper into the Holy Temple, saying at the same time:
"Eliza, you go back first."
"Keep a close watch inside the camp during this time; I don’t want to make the same mistake as Spine, letting those church rats sneak in."
"Yes."
Eliza nodded and then walked towards the camp.
After leaving the Holy Temple, her body flickered and merged into the shadows within the camp.
Lurking in the shadows, Eliza withdrew her thoughts into her mind, her spiritual power touching a special rune shrouded in mist.
A moment later, a voice came from the rune.
"Eliza, what is the situation now?"
"Lord Shadow, Casimo has already learned from those Undead that you are in Ruiz Underground City and is preparing to inform Spider Queen Rose."
"Hmm, that’s good."
The voice appearing in Eliza’s mind carried a hint of laughter, as if this had been expected all along.
And this voice came from Shadow.
And Eliza, who appeared here, was the Dark Elf Legendary Assassin Shadow had controlled when exploring the Underground City and Forbidden Fortress Donovan while in the Pan-Continent Mage Association.
And during the subsequent raid and destruction of Forbidden Fortress Donovan, Shadow specifically let Eliza go, just to make full use of her later.
After all, Shadow didn’t think Spider Queen Rose would just let it go.
With such a legendary internal agent, Shadow could also learn a lot of secrets.
However, Shadow didn’t expect that after leaving Forbidden Fortress Donovan, Eliza would come to Kaleel Dungeon through the Abyss Channel.
Because each Abyss Channel connects to Spider Queen Rose’s domain [Deep Pit Demon Net], as long as the Abyss Channel, referred to by the dark elves as Holy Path, can bear their strength, they can travel among various Underground Cities this way.
It’s much more convenient than using the [Phillips Crystal] to travel between small worlds, comparable to the numerous group Transmission Arrays laid out by the Church of the Gods at great expense.
Since Eliza came to Kaleel Dungeon, naturally Shadow had to make good use of this advantage.
Therefore, Shadow had a relatively good understanding of the deployment of Dark Elves in Kaleel Dungeon.
In Kaleel Dungeon, there are three strongholds like the one Eliza is in, basically controlled by the Dark Elves.
In one of these strongholds, according to Eliza’s understanding, there are quite a few Abyss Demons coming to the underground city through the Abyss Channel.
However, these Abyss Demons seem to obey some order and stay obediently in that camp, without entering the underground city to fight with the Church of the Gods.
According to Eliza’s understanding, these three camps inside Kaleel Dungeon have special arrangements made by Spider Queen Rose and other Abyss Lords.
Trying to raid there is basically impossible.
This is also why Shadow did not directly make it a target for attack.
In addition, about the Demigod Rank Abyssal Demon in Kaleel Dungeon, Eliza also didn’t know intelligence related to it.
Otherwise, Shadow would find it much easier to resolve this demon beast.
"Alright, Eliza, just keep an eye on the situation, don’t do anything."
"If there is any intelligence related to Spider Queen Rose, or the Demigod Beast, contact me again."
"Yes, Lord Shadow."
After ending the contact in her mind, Eliza did not linger and continued patrolling the camp. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
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On the other side, in Ruiz Underground City,
Shadow sat in front of the [Heart of Origin Soil], his right hand supporting his head as he opened the player forum.
Seeing the topics such as [Betraying Light for Darkness!] and [What Should I Do in the Abyssal Side?] starting to surge in popularity, he nodded in satisfaction.
As expected, just like he anticipated, the Spider Queen Rose side, like the Church of the Gods, also noticed the players’ uniqueness and is attempting to win them over.
Shadow had been mentally prepared for this situation.
Although he established quite a deep impression in the players’ minds through a series of maneuvers, it didn’t mean he could control all of their actions.
One must understand that players absolutely cannot be coerced into anything.
Even with rich rewards and special scenarios to lure players, there will always be those who like peculiar and bizarre challenges and don’t follow the norm.
In the previous life, after the 4.0 main storyline version began, players could choose their own camp to join.
Even joining the Abyss Evil God side was an option.
During the subsequent Abyss Blood Battle, there were indeed quite a few players who enjoyed causing trouble sided with Abyss Demons, launching an invasion on Gaia Main World.
However, those who chose to join the Abyss side were, after all, a minority.
Many players joined out of curiosity and soon defected back to the light.
After all, compared to Gaia Main World, the environment in the Endless Abyss was so harsh that players found it challenging to survive.
Moreover, for players, the maps in the abyss were so peculiar that the vast majority could not accept them.
Therefore, Shadow wasn’t worried about players joining the Abyss side.
Additionally, this was also a good opportunity for Shadow.
He could let the players inadvertently disclose his information to the dark elves’ side.
Information revealed unintentionally is more likely to be believed by the other side.
Of course, Shadow did not pin all his hopes on the players.
If the players did not follow Shadow’s script, he would have to use Eliza to "deliver" the information.
But in that scenario, it’s hard to ensure Eliza wouldn’t arouse suspicion, and the effect wouldn’t be as good.
Now, that the dark elves’ side "actively" acquired his location’s intelligence laid the foundation for future plans.
Of course, now the dark elves’ side only knew this intelligence and hadn’t found the "right opportunity" to act.
Shadow was still quite confident about this.
As long as they were given enough "confidence" to feel assured of killing him, they wouldn’t be able to hold back.
As for this opportunity, it would have to be Shadow and people like Morris providing the other side with a "creation."
Thinking of this, Shadow took out a communication tool and said into it:
"Morris, notify the Earth Church, prepare to take action!"
