This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist-Chapter 1144 Divine Game: Quiet Mountain 27

BS Rita had quieted down, but Deceitful Bloom did not fully relax. The eyes illuminated by the Flower of Deceit continued to flicker, signaling that the being under the influence was still resolutely strong-willed and difficult to sway. Moreover, Deceitful Bloom’s words had gravely contradicted BS Rita’s very nature.

Having planted the Flower of Deceit in various beings, Deceitful Bloom knew the best way to use this skill. For those with an unshakably strong will, she would align the Flower of Deceit’s influence with the target’s character, instincts, desires, and goals at the moment. Only in doing so could she reduce resistance and increase the chances of success, allowing the target to retain their initiative and strength rather than becoming a useless puppet.

From the first time Deceitful Bloom saw BS Rita, she noticed something odd—BS Rita’s name had a note beside it: [Delirium Mode]. This could explain why she seemed to be in such an odd state.

Whether this was the cause or not, the fact remained that BS Rita had repeatedly entered the Demon Game and survived, completing task after task. This meant that BS Rita had unconsciously ingrained completing these tasks into her soul, making her susceptible to being manipulated through them. Using a task to manipulate BS Rita was highly effective.

The moment Deceitful Bloom arrived at Quiet Mountain, she had already formulated the deception. "Divine Game task: your current teammate is SS Deceitful Bloom. She will be your only ally in this game. Your goals and interests are aligned. Trust her and follow her until the ’Quiet Mountain’ game ends."

However, when it came time to use the skill, Deceitful Bloom couldn’t help but add a prefix and restriction. Merely having BS Rita trust her wasn’t enough—she needed BS Rita to trust her unconditionally.

BS Rita’s red eyes flickered faster, and the Flower of Deceit began to wither within her gaze. After so many Demon Games, BS Rita’s mental strength had become terrifyingly sharp.

Attributes are the manifestation of a being’s physical condition, and while BS Rita’s strength, constitution, and agility were still represented by numerical values, her intellect had become a question mark—indicating she was on the verge of transcending the concept of divine gifts.

Deceitful Bloom realized something was wrong. She quickly shot out a Vine, wrapping it around BS Rita’s wrist.

In an instant, BS Rita’s eyes turned back to their red hue, the flickering slowing down. A few seconds later, BS Rita’s eyes still emitted faint red light, giving them the appearance of flawless gemstones, but the glow finally stabilized, and the enchantment was complete.

—"When she wakes up, she’s going to be extremely mad! You know she still hasn’t forgiven you, right?"

—"Yes, you tried to deceive her, and then you made her trust you unconditionally."

—"I never thought I’d provoke her like this."

The voices came from within Deceitful Bloom’s hood.

It was Nivalis and B80, though the two of them were too frightened to show themselves.

Deceitful Bloom’s eyebrows lifted in amusement. "Oh, well, we’ll just wait until she wakes up."

She understood why BS Rita wouldn’t be angry at her for "abandoning" Nivalis and B80. For Deceitful Bloom, it was a point of pride that BS Rita, a being who could become her rare weak point, had unconditionally trusted her.

Similarly, while she was BS Rita, from this moment onward, she would have BS Rita’s unconditional trust.

This, for Deceitful Bloom, was a captivating deception worth savoring. Both situations were, in essence, quite similar: the rarer something was, the more rewarding it felt when it was obtained, especially when its owner was so dazzling.

Their conversation caught BS Rita’s attention. The gaze that had been fixed on Deceitful Bloom’s face moved to the hood.

The hood instantly went silent.

Deceitful Bloom glanced at the time. The 6 AM Demon Game entry window had passed, so there was still time to remedy the situation.

She placed a gacha on the table and then addressed BS Rita, "Our most important task right now is to destroy this. Only then will your Divine Game contribution points reach the highest, and now you need to give it your all and destroy it."

BS Rita’s gaze fell upon the flower cage imprisoning the golden thunder.

Deceitful Bloom understood. BS Rita was conscious now, so there was no need to worry about the thunder turning back into a downpour. She released the flower cage, and sure enough, the moment the thunder exploded, it turned into golden raindrops that flew into BS Rita’s right hand, forming a golden greatsword.

But that wasn’t all. BS Rita’s Vine had already wrapped around her left wrist, twisting and extending, forming a flower sword in her palm.

The white flower sword and the golden thunder sword rose up to her brow, crossing in the air.

With a light leap, she twisted her waist, spun, and stretched, moving like a light and graceful bird, the sword swinging down in a slash.

A faint golden mist immediately spread throughout the wooden house, with white petals floating in the air. A breeze seemed to blow through the mist, sending the petals swirling like birds in flight. Every "flower bird" that passed would summon a bolt of thunder.

From the flower cage to holding two swords, then to the spread of the faint golden mist—this entire sequence of movements was completed in the blink of an eye.

Deceitful Bloom realized something was wrong too late. She found herself within the mist and couldn’t use her mobility skills to escape. Quickly, she shifted tactics, setting up a protective shield for herself and the pets in the hood.

This was BS Rita’s strongest battle skill created in the latest Demon Game—Caged Bird.

As a petal floated above the gacha, it was destroyed in the strike of thunder, along with the Order Badge inside the gacha machine.

[Congratulations, Player BS Rita, for progressing 10% in this game’s task. Contribution Points +100,000.]

This was a controllable skill. Once the gacha was destroyed, BS Rita ceased the skill. The flower sword turned back into Vine, and the golden light sword dissolved into little rain.

Deceitful Bloom, not bothering to argue with her about being less obvious, immediately said, "Let’s go."

That skill had triggered the wartime defense system set by Forest Sea’s main city. Players from Quiet Mountain had been immediately teleported, and all teleportation skills were blocked.

BS Rita quietly followed Deceitful Bloom as they dashed out of the nearly collapsing tree tower. The Vine between them stretched, but the distance never exceeded 2 meters.

Deceitful Bloom was both exasperated and amused. She wasn’t used to how obedient BS Rita was, but the problem was that she was too obedient. When asked to destroy something, she went all in with her skills.

The two of them ran between the tree towers.

Forest Sea was starting to bustle. It felt as though the slumbering forest had awakened, with onlookers and soldiers rushing toward them.

Though the two Uncharted Star Sea players didn’t have the noble reluctance to kill within Quiet Mountain, their speed was so great that the average soldiers couldn’t catch up. Their murders would only slow them down.

There was no immediate danger. Deceitful Bloom just wanted to get BS Rita out of Forest Sea, which had now blocked teleportation, before the Divine Apostles surrounded them.

Quiet Mountain’s plan had already failed halfway, and Deceitful Bloom had to stay cautious about potential changes to the plan—perhaps they wouldn’t rely on SS Rita entering the Demon Game again but would instead summon the Divine Apostles to keep SS Rita.