This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist-Chapter 1183: Invasion Compensation & An Unsolvable Question
The moment Fury Prayer’s words were spoken, Rita could feel the gaze of Mistblade, Pine Bloom, and Smoke Tune on her. Even Sea Pony, who had been running off to play with Nivalis and B80, quickly returned, wide-eyed, staring at BS Rita.
Mistblade sighed. "You did that on purpose."
Rita, as Adjudicator, could have exercised her authority to send a message to Lania Kaia through BS, but instead, she deliberately used the world chat channel. The reason? It was likely the very thing Fury Prayer had said.
BS Rita was taking the opportunity to retaliate for Lania Kaia’s invasion of BS. She intentionally provoked multiple worlds, forcing Lania Kaia to offer compensation to get BS to experiment in Lania Kaia. Of course, Lania Kaia could gamble that the plan wouldn’t succeed, but if it did, the cost for them to seek peace with BS would skyrocket.
Now was the best time to seek peace.
Mistblade thought further. BS Rita’s purpose wasn’t merely revenge. She wasn’t the type of player who let hatred outweigh profit and practical realities. After all, if she did, she wouldn’t have chosen to merge with Pine Bloom and BS in Player Relic.
Besides revenge, BS Rita must have another goal, and she was also cautious about one thing—she didn’t want to leave BS with a world skill.
Even though, after this God Game, BS Rita would have gained a world skill reward, it didn’t suit her cautious nature to have an additional world skill without increasing her security.
She wanted to take this chance to resolve the issues between Lania Kaia and BS, while also guarding against the possibility of trying to take the moon fox back to Lania Kaia.
In the aftermath of the pendulum’s arrival, the rules would change in an instant, and anything could happen. If there was a chance to take the moon fox back to Lania Kaia, would Mistblade seize that opportunity?
The answer was certainly yes. Because, for now, the survival rate of Lania Kaia-Dawn was greater than that of BS.
While BS had Snowfield, Lania Kaia still had the moon fox.
But if BS and Lania Kaia could cooperate from now on, it would be a different story...
Mistblade closed her mouth, no longer speaking. Not only did BS Rita possess strength, but her temperament and methods had long since proven her to be a proper The One Above.
She was not swayed by emotions. Everything was measured in terms of profit and practicality, and after considering all factors, she chose the one that brought the most benefit.
Soon, Mistblade saw one of the answers in the chat channel.
[Lania Kaia Wither]: What do you want?
[BS Rita]: 100 million honor points as invasion compensation, and the removal of the curse placed on me by Lania Kaia Bone Shade. If you can’t remove it, kill him.
Had it not been for the rules restricting her from killing players in other worlds, she would have gone straight for Bone Shade the moment she returned from Quiet Mountain.
Other worlds were still spamming the chat, but Lania Kaia Wither quickly gave an answer.
[Lania Kaia Wither]: Done.
[MarmangLulumi]: Can you even afford that?
[Nuclear Flash NightFury]: Even if you have a lot of Lania Kaia God Game players, you won’t be able to gather that much!
[Dawn Cicada]: I’ll contribute some, is that alright?
[BS Rita]: Looking forward to the collaboration.
She didn’t deny it. Everyone knew her relationship with The Mechanoids was special, and the rankings of the God Game players weren’t secret either. How could The Mechanoids not calculate it?
But the exact amount of honor points spent by the two worlds was uncertain, and they could only estimate.
This 100 million honor points wouldn’t completely drain Lania Kaia and Dawn’s reserves, but it would certainly take at least 90%, if not 95%.
Pine Bloom glanced at the three small robots on the wall, wondering to herself, "Isn’t this a violation?"
Y1130: "7777 can temporarily block the rules, and calculating honor points isn’t a serious violation. It’s like how I can figure out that your personal account has only 285 gold coins, 32 silver coins, and 8 copper coins. If you want to stay at her place, I heard she even gives Smoke Tune pocket money, living expenses, and decoration fees."
Pine Bloom: "...Lidian wouldn’t say something so hurtful."
Y1130: "You haven’t even gotten close to Lidian, and I can already smell you. She’s hiding in BS Rita’s backyard cat nest right now. Do you want me to go drag her out and make her talk to you? Wow, I never knew you needed someone to coax you! I get it now, BS Pine Bloom is a baby."
Pine Bloom: ...She decided not to talk to Y1130 for the rest of the day.
As they were speaking, Rita had already received the honor points from Lania Kaia and Dawn, jointly awarded to BS. She immediately transferred 50 million honor points to Shadow.Q, instructing her to use all of it on BS players.
She then transferred 10 million honor points to Smoke Tune, allowing her to purchase various decorative items or tools for BS from the honor shop.
20 million honor points were spent on energy to increase BS’s defenses and health.
The remaining 10 million honor points were kept in reserve for emergencies.
As fellow leaders, Mistblade and the others could hear these notifications. After all, the honor points were now in BS’s account. But as Adjudicator, Rita could spend them without needing their approval.
With the notifications ringing in their ears, Mistblade and the others watched as BS Rita spent 90 million honor points in less than a minute. She was radiating a carefree joy, as if tomorrow was no concern of hers.
The lantern, floating behind her, suddenly flared up for a moment, blinding their eyes before the light softened back into gentle moonlight.
[Temporal Stroll] unlocked.
[Temporal Stroll]: You can briefly return to the past or move into the future. The time span (days) cannot exceed your level, and the duration (minutes) cannot exceed your intelligence value. This skill has no cost and a cooldown of one hour.
[BS Rita]: Is Bone Shade dead?
[Lania Kaia Bone Shade]: I’m afraid you’re disappointed. Hehehe.
[BS Rita]: Not disappointed. Waiting.
[Lania KaiaFat Goose]: You just had to say it...
[Lania Kaia Wither]: BS Rita, Lania Kaia always welcomes BS to visit.
The topic ended, but Rita lingered for several seconds before closing the chat window.
Noticing her gaze linger, Sea Pony, always one for mischief, said, "Are you waiting for Lania Kaia Maple Syrup?"
The most important thing about skilled trash-talk isn’t manners, but intelligence, quick thinking, and information synthesis. Those who excel at talking trash are never fools.
Combining the gossip Sea Pony had heard, she quickly guessed why Rita’s gaze had stayed so long.
Seeing Rita stay silent, Sea Pony added, "Are you waiting for her to ask why you didn’t think of this plan last time the bell rang?"
Rita shook her head. "Even if I had proposed the plan back then, do you think Lania Kaia would have dared to gamble?"
"I don’t care about solving the problem, so how would I know if it’s unsolvable."
Those who don’t want to solve the problem wouldn’t care how to fix it.
