I've Become the King of Villains in the Game-Chapter 448 - 311 Center of Attention Manhunt

Chapter 448: Chapter 311 Center of Attention Manhunt

Chen Lun awoke from his dream.

He remembered the prediction delivered by “Dream Divination.”

‘The Ancient Reader Squad… and some kind of transcendental giant beast capable of disrupting space… So they are specifically limiting my Instantaneous Movement and Cloud Leap?’

Chen Lun mused for a moment.

‘And they are targeting Qiaoke, not Jack… This suggests that the exposed historical traces refer to the incident where the History and Ritual Association building in Peacock City was destroyed.’

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He sat cross-legged on the bed, then took out a brand-new deck of cards and used “Card Divination” again to confirm the prediction further.

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Shuffling…

Chen Lun’s hands moved alternately, the cards creating blurs with their swift movements, producing a dense, loud sound.

“The Ancient Reader Squad has the ability to lock onto my location…”

He muttered.

But soon, Chen Lun realized the question was too generalized, so he added:

“The Ancient Reader Squad pursuing Spade Knight Qiaoke has the ability to lock onto the target’s location.”

Shush!

Between the shuffling hands, a card popped out, hovering in front of Chen Lun.

Immediately, it flipped over on its own, revealing a red king.

The prediction was affirmative!

‘Can they lock onto my location…’

Chen Lun felt a headache coming on, as this opponent seemed quite troublesome.

‘Given this, I don’t know when they will make their move, so I temporarily can’t return to the vineyard, lest Jack’s identity gets easily exposed…’

Soon, he began a second round of divination.

“The Ancient Reader Squad pursuing Spade Knight Qiaoke is carrying a transcendent giant beast capable of impacting spatial abilities on the Path of Destiny.”

Chen Lun posed the question.

Shush!

This time again, a red king appeared, the prediction affirmative!

“The Ancient Reader Squad pursuing Spade Knight Qiaoke has a high-ranking Transcendent ready to take action at any moment.”

Chen Lun asked for the third time.

But this time, a black jack popped out, indicating a negative prediction.

Upon seeing this card, Chen Lun did not show any joy; instead, his brow furrowed. Logically, since his psychic protection “Maggie’s Tear” had been destroyed, it must have been the work of a high-ranking individual.

‘Could it be interference with my divination? But… the Immortal Realm holds significant influence; even the traces of Howard’s intervention are known to me; it doesn’t make sense to be completely obscured.’

Chen Lun pondered.

‘Perhaps there are two possibilities: either as the divination predicted, the high-ranking individual from the History and Ritual Association merely intervened to identify the real attacker and then backed off… or this high-ranking individual belongs to the rank of Angel, completely beyond my understanding.’

He thought it over and felt the latter less likely.

Because, in Chen Lun’s knowledge, Angels as well as Deities rarely appear or intervene. Although Spade Knight Qiaoke was “infamous” and had even made it onto the Empire’s S-class most wanted list, he still wouldn’t catch their eyes.

In short, he wasn’t qualified.

Not to mention he merely destroyed the History and Ritual Association headquarters in Peacock City. Even if he had obliterated all the association branches in Rock State, it wouldn’t prompt the Angels to pursue him.

Reflecting on his past life memories, the number of times Chen Lun had heard of Angels intervening were few. Each intervention was part of a major event, very purposeful, and ended very quickly, as if unwilling to waste even a bit of time…

‘Apart from the King of Slaughter, I haven’t seen any active Angels… From what I understand from Cat God Maggie’s situation, Angels seem to prefer stillness over movement and don’t like to show themselves in the mortal world.’

Chen Lun thought to himself.

Due to continuous high-intensity divination, he felt physically tired. He looked at his Physical Strength, which had dropped below half.

Nonetheless, he gritted his teeth and proceeded with one last card divination.

The question for the divination was about the danger level of this pursuit—

Shush shush shush!

Three cards popped out, turning over one by one.

Two Hearts and one Spade.

‘Dangerous, but within a tolerable range?’

Chen Lun took a deep breath, gathered the cards, and placed them calmly in his palm.

‘And the paired Hearts also suggest hidden opportunities…’

He downed a bottle of Thirst-quencher, pondering while restoring his strength.

After a while.

Chen Lun’s eyes suddenly lit up.

“That giant beast! Supernatural Creature Features!”

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Since he couldn’t return to the vineyard for the time being, Chen Lun simply stayed in Horn Flash City.

Although the Ancient Reader Squad had the capability to lock onto his location, he wouldn’t foolishly stay put and wait for them to arrive. Chen Lun planned to destroy the Red Apple Church here and then immediately head to the next Red Calamity Area.

He planned to indulge in a hunting spree, first maxing out his level and conveniently checking in on those History and Ritual folks.

However, to ensure his own safety, just in case, he contacted someone in advance.

Mr. Bales!

Now promoted to the Moon Saint, Bales was hunting in the second layer of the deep Spirit World, within the Dark World. In his words, it was to avenge Youlan, his lover, who had been killed by the polluted creatures of the Dark World.

At the same time, it was also to adapt to and familiarize himself with high-level powers, preparing to formally seek revenge against Terence in the future.

Bales had told Chen Lun that if needed, he could be contacted through the token, the Phantom Statue of Youlan, and he would definitely lend his assistance.

‘Mr. Bales counts as the highest combat power I could ask for at this stage… The Cat God has fallen into slumber, the King of Slaughter requires fine wine to be persuaded, which I can’t brew for now; the Witch “Your Majesty” is preoccupied, and the Moon Goddess… let’s forget about her, that’s even more elusive.’

Chen Lun calculated in his mind.

At the same time, he was surprised that he had such a wide network, though unfortunately, it was difficult to make use of it. After all, he was still too weak and couldn’t offer enough benefits to motivate these high-ranking beings to assist him.

‘But I still have the Golden Cup, which can summon a member of the Murder Club for support once for free… and I also have a dozen or so bottles of fine wine on hand, definitely enough to call a group of Silver Cup-level assassins for support.’

He revealed a smile.

“What made you guys get the illusion that the Spade Knight is just one person…?”

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Two days later.

Some posts appeared on the game forums.

“Shocking! Spade Knight Qiaoke appears again!”

“It’s been raining continuously in Rock State recently. I calculated and it turns out these are the tears shed by the Red Apple Church!”

“Three city sub-churches! Twelve town sub-churches! All uprooted! Spade Knight is the real doomsday of the Red Apple Church!”

“Main quest strong promoter—Spade Knight Qiaoke! Advanced the progress of version 1.0’s main quest by two percentage points by himself!”

These posts included screenshots taken by players active in the Red Calamity Area of Rock State over the past two days.

The figure, dressed in rusty armor, wearing a crimson cloak, and wielding a silver giant sword, was rampantly slaughtering scarlet-robed monks and Fallen Believers in various cities.

Screenshots from various angles were included, though not clear, they were all filled with violent aesthetics.

Blood, severed limbs, and the grotesquely twisted faces of the dead interwove into the knight’s masterpiece.

Quite a few players even saved these screenshots as wallpapers for their sleep capsules’ main interface. You couldn’t say he was handsome, just that he hit many male players’ exciting points.

Slaughtering the version’s boss forces like cutting melons, how could that not be satisfying?

Every time they looked at the screenshots, these male players seemed able to imagine themselves in the scene, wishing they could personally carry a kitchen knife to deal with the Red Apple Church.

Besides, another hot topic on the forums was the live broadcast by the Lost Name Guild.

As one of the three major guilds, Lost Name internally was divided into several “project groups,” the two biggest of which had joined the Red Apple Church and the History and Ritual Association.

But now, it seemed that Lost Name was quickly becoming a joke.

“You might as well just quit now! You still have the face to livestream?”

“Those colleagues of yours in the Red Apple Church must have been chopped up by now, right?”

“I guess they’ve been killed to the point they can’t log in anymore…”

“I suggest you change the title, still have the good fortune to participate in chasing the Spade Knight… Is that even a mission you qualify to interfere with? Don’t kid yourselves!”

“Being dragged around like a dog for two days, following and sniffing farts, hilarious.”

The vice-president of the Lost Name Guild, Landon, was constantly watching his own live stream.

Seeing those mocking and disdainful barrage of messages, he felt a fire building up inside, wishing he could immediately let the guild members gang up and severely beat that Spade Knight, smacking those trolls’ faces hard.

Landon was on edge, chain-smoking several cigarettes, and finally, unable to hold back, logged into the game himself and contacted his subordinates who were carrying out a mission through the guild channel to inquire about their situation.

“The guild finally got an A-grade mission, an opportunity to make a name for us! How come two days have passed and you haven’t even started? Our live room is full of trolls!”

“Vice-president, it’s not that we aren’t proactive, but that Spade Knight is too crafty… The top of the History and Ritual Association haven’t caught up to the target till now, and we can’t do anything either.”

The subordinate was grim-faced, along with a group of companions setting up defenses in a small town in Rock State.

The surroundings were all ordinary NPCs from the History and Ritual Association.

“And we’re only responsible for interception and surveillance, we might not even encounter the mission target…”

The more Landon thought about it, the angrier he became, and bluntly issued an order.

“Stop making excuses, no matter what, you at least need to capture the combat footage, or else all the resources we spent creating momentum for the livestream will have been for nothing!”

“Understood, vice-president, we’ll try our best…”

Just then,

Landon saw his subordinates stop communicating and, after a few seconds, one sentence came through:

“Vice-president! The Spade Knight has appeared! Quickly check the livestream!”

Landon was momentarily stunned, then immediately opened the game forum at the fastest speed and clicked into his guild’s livestream.

Through the barrage of messages on the screen, he saw the scene.

At that moment, heavy rain was falling from the sky, and through the hazy image, that terrifying knight, dragging a huge sword, was slowly walking from the end of the town’s main street.

Suddenly, a bright blue rift appeared in midair, and a group of people in yellow robes emerged one after another, directly landing in front of the knight.

Landon immediately held his breath.