Volume 3, Chapter 72 – Negotiation

Given Tianyin’s current actual combat strength, in order to rout the Beastmen she would have to use the power of the Seven Original Sins.

However, even though that was how it was in theory.

In Tianyin’s view, if it was just sniping the Beastman reinforcements, there was actually no need to use the Seven Original Sins.

After all, the Seven Original Sins had a cooldown of 24 hours, and those five minutes of active time needed to be saved for a truly critical moment.

While Tianyin was preparing her ambush, on the other side Xingyu Muxi was also making arrangements beyond just the ambush.

With the principle of making use of every bit of strength they could mobilize, when Tianyin set off for the ambush, Xingyu Muxi headed straight for the Graveyard army camped at the Northern Fortress.

Because of the special status of “outsiders”, Xingyu Muxi was not treated as an enemy right away. Not only that, after Xingyu Muxi openly revealed that she had a connection with the Frost Dragon Ysera.

She obtained an audience with the commander of this army, the Headless Knight Fischerna.

“Outsider? I don’t know what your purpose is, but for the sake of Ysera, the only Throne-class the Graveyard has left, I agreed to see you. However, I hope you can give me a reason not to kill you.”

The undead camp here was filled with a gloomy chill, and because of the special nature of the undead, the camp itself was built from some unknown pitch-black stone.

In that eerie undead camp, the knight without a head sat upright on her own main seat, speaking those words to the visiting Xingyu Muxi.

Toward outsiders, regardless of faction, high-ranking NPCs were always arrogant and rude.

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So in the face of Fischerna’s questioning, Xingyu Muxi did not show any displeasure.

“I came here because I do have something rather important.”

The beautiful elf girl spoke slowly, her gaze calm.

“Your army is stationed near the Northern Fortress. Your real target is actually the Kingdom army in the fortress, right?”

“So what if it is? Anyone with half a brain can see that, right?”

“I understand… but it seems the commander of the Kingdom army is a Legendary Paladin. And if I’m not mistaken, that Paladin should be your descendant, right?”

Xingyu Muxi directly pointed out in front of Fischerna that Fisiel was Fischerna’s descendant.

“So precisely because I know this, I specifically came to see you.”

“Hmm? what do you mean?”

It was true that as an NPC, Fischerna did not particularly like outsiders, in other words the so-called players. But she had to admit that it was a fact outsiders possessed bizarre information-gathering abilities. She had already experienced this back when the Graveyard was at its peak.

And Xingyu Muxi, who had directly identified Fisiel as her descendant, gave Fischerna a bad feeling.

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“It doesn’t mean anything in particular… Actually, the reason I said that was just to tell you that I know about this. And I also want to invite you to join Eden.”

Just like that, the elf girl shamelessly voiced her invitation for Fischerna to join Eden.

“Eden?”

Unlike Fisiel, the Headless Knight Fischerna did not know of Eden’s existence. Hearing such an “unfamiliar” name come out of an outsider’s mouth left her very confused.

“That’s right, Eden… My purpose in coming here is actually to invite you to join Eden.”

“Join Eden? Hmph, what are you thinking? You’re just an outsider. Leaving aside whatever kind of force your Eden even is, as the one who commands millions in the Graveyard, how could I possibly lower myself to join a force built by outsiders like you?”

NPCs had their own pride as NPCs. Of course, this was also because “players” did not belong to this world at all. As “outsiders”, players were fundamentally very different from native NPCs.

As for submitting herself to a force of outsiders, that might be acceptable for an ordinary NPC. But as a Legendary, Fischerna still had her own pride.

“Don’t tell me you came all this way just to talk me into joining Eden. Forget it. I will never join a force of outsiders. Give up!”

“Well… I actually expected that. It’s only natural you’d refuse. But please don’t be so quick to turn me down. After all, don’t you want to hear why I want to invite you to join Eden?”

“The reason?”

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The Headless Knight Fischerna had no head, but if she did, her face would no doubt be showing a look of disdain.

“Such things don’t matter in the slightest. Outsider, do you know what happens if you try to deceive and manipulate an undead?”

“Of course… I’m not just here to trick you. Everything I’m saying is true.”

The elf girl showed no panic. On the contrary, absolute confidence appeared on her face.

“In your previous life as a Paladin, you must have hated the undead, right? But after discovering that your descendant still insists on holding the identity of a Paladin, you probably don’t approve in your heart, do you?”

“All of that is my own business. What does it have to do with you coming to see me?”

Fischerna was completely puzzled inside.

“It does. This actually has quite a bit to do with me~”

Xingyu Muxi patiently explained.

“Because your descendant, Fisiel, has already betrayed the Kingdom…”

“Betrayed the Kingdom? Impossible. Paladins are all a bunch of old stubborn fools. How could they betray the Kingdom so easily?”

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It was obvious Fischerna was not going to believe the elf girl just because of her words.

After all, when it came to Paladins, no one understood them better than Fischerna, who had once been a Paladin herself.

“You don’t believe me? I can’t blame you. But it’s the truth. The Paladin Fisiel has joined Eden. If you don’t want to believe that, then in a few days news will spread from the Kingdom about Fisiel’s betrayal. When that happens, will you still refuse to believe it?”

“If it turns out like that, then I will choose to believe it. But for now… there is no way I will believe what you say, outsider!”

“So you’re saying that only when news comes from the Kingdom in a few days that the Paladin Fisiel has defected will you believe it?”

“If the news comes from the Kingdom, then I’ll consider it true.”

After all, when it came to a Paladin’s betrayal, especially the betrayal of a Legendary Paladin, the Kingdom could neither tolerate it nor possibly cover it up.

So if the news came from the Kingdom’s side, Fischerna felt she could believe it.

“In that case, in the next few days, please do not attack the army at the Northern Fortress.”

Seeing the Headless Knight nod in acknowledgement, Xingyu Muxi went ahead and voiced her request.