Volume 3, Chapter 88 – Surfacing

After annihilating the Beastmen at the Northern Fortress, life in Eden finally enjoyed a rare period of peace for a while.

However, those peaceful days did not last very long.

Further north of Eden, within Stronghold’s sphere of influence, Stronghold dispatched a Beastmen army five hundred thousand strong to press toward the Northern Fortress.

The Beastmen force of five hundred thousand advanced aggressively, and this time, when sending out their army, Stronghold did not use the sneaky style of the previous few times, but marched openly on the Northern Fortress.

“They are obviously up to something!”

Stronghold’s brazen mobilization of its army, this sudden move, drew the eyes of a huge number of players and the upper echelons of the various factions, and under such a high-profile action from the Beastmen, the Beastmen’s objective this time… a newborn power called “Eden” suddenly surfaced in the eyes of the world.

Eden was located north of the Northern Fortress, close to Stronghold’s sphere of influence, and before the invasion of the Undead, there had been no Eden in that place, so… almost everyone concluded that Eden was nothing more than a newly arisen player force.

However…

After further investigation by those who took an interest, they were shocked to discover that the reason that very popular knight girl Fisiel had betrayed the Kingdom seemed to be that she had joined Eden…

“Wait… what kind of move is this supposed to be?”

This was just too baffling. Paladin Fisiel was a Legendary-tier existence. In the eyes of the players, a Legendary-tier leaving the Kingdom to join a “player faction” was something completely unimaginable.

“Wait… the administrator in Eden seems to be that 【Fairy】 who disappeared for more than a month…”

Fairy, a female player ranked among the top hundred strongest players, mysterious, powerful, and also possessing looks that drove male players crazy and made female players jealous.

And when news spread that Eden’s administrator seemed to be that 【Fairy】, the level of shock it caused was in no way inferior to when they had previously learned that Fisiel had defected.

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After all, one was a wildly popular Legendary-tier Knight Princess, and the other was the woman said to be the most mysterious among the world’s top hundred players.

“Just what is this Eden’s background?”

“Building a city in the heartland of Graveyard, not only not being attacked by Graveyard, but on top of that winning over a Legendary-tier Knight Princess… just what kind of existence is the mastermind behind this Eden?”

As bits of information about Eden were dug up one after another by the all-resourceful players, when they tried to investigate who exactly stood behind Eden, the players unexpectedly discovered that whether through the internet, their own intelligence networks, or the game company’s internal intel… they could not find even the slightest scrap of information on Eden’s leader.

Mysterious…

Yes, that result without a doubt made people feel just how mysterious this existence was. As they grew curious, the players also began to worship Eden’s unknown leader.

The unknown inspires the most awe…

This existence with absolutely no information made even those players who thought of themselves as top gods feel enormous pressure.

After all, they were still just messing around under the protection of the various factions, while Eden had already gone straight to clashing head-on on the front lines with Stronghold, one of the Eight Great Factions…

“Sigh… I am not as good as him!”

As for this sudden “player faction” that dared to wrestle directly with Stronghold, those players who were at least somewhat famous, such as Andrew, who had founded the “Arcane Empire” and styled himself the Arcane Emperor, were publicly sighing that they were not as good as Eden’s unknown leader.

……

And at this moment…

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That Eden leader, whom outside players called mysterious, powerful, and full of presence… was curled up in a ball in a chair and dozing away.

Her long silver hair was tied into twin tails, and on her delicate little face, those star-like eyes were struggling hard not to close…

“That sums up the concrete actions from here on. This time, the Beastmen offensive is out in the open, so any schemes or tricks are useless. What we can do is crush the enemy head-on on the battlefield!”

In the room where Tianyin was, the 【Fairy】 whom the players admired was speaking with a serious expression to everyone present.

As for the people there, besides Xingyu Muxi, who was speaking, and Tianyin, who was dozing, Fisiel and her high-ranking Knights of the Round Table, as well as Sharl and Orgum, were all present.

“Facing the enemy head-on will be put in the hands of Fisiel and the Knights of the Round Table under her command to deploy, and the rest of us will cooperate with everything we have.”

“Yes!”

The Beastmen army was already on the way, and this was a brief pre-war meeting that Xingyu Muxi held before the Beastmen arrived.

“Since everyone is clear on what needs to be done next, go back and get ready…”

After everyone in the room had left one after another, Xingyu Muxi finally turned her gaze to Tianyin, who had been dozing the whole time.

“Honestly, when I was up there talking, Xiaoyin, you should at least listen properly…”

Her words were helpless, yet at the same time they were full of endless affection.

As she said this, the girl walked up to Tianyin, then reached out and gently pinched Tianyin’s little nose.

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“Xiao~yin~ are you very sleepy?”

“Wuu… wuu…”

With her nose suddenly pinched, Tianyin gave a little start, and at the same time most of her drowsiness instantly vanished.

“Xiao… Sister Xiaomu… g-good morning~”

“Morning what morning, Xiaoyin, did you forget where we are right now?”

“Uweh?”

Hearing that, the silver-haired loli looked around, and only then did she realize that this was not her own room.

At the same time, her somewhat muddled brain was gradually waking up.

“Ah… I remember I came to attend the pre-war meeting… mm, Sister Xiaomu, why haven’t those people arrived yet?”

“Not arrived? Xiaoyin, you were nodding off from the very start. You basically didn’t take this meeting to heart at all, did you?”

“Wuu… no, absolutely not, I just… just got a little sleepy, so I slept for a bit…”

“Alright, I can’t be bothered to go after you over this anymore, but don’t do it again next time, got it?”

“Mm-hmm, Sister Xiaomu’s the best~”

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Tianyin nodded like a pecking chick, looking all well-behaved.

Looking at Tianyin’s adorable appearance, Xingyu Muxi could not help showing a helpless smile.

“You really are such a handful… just like a child who never grew up…”

“Because I have Sister Xiaomu~ as long as Sister Xiaomu is by my side, everything’s fine~”

Pouting, Tianyin answered in a tone that made it sound only natural.

“I know, I know, honestly, but you cannot rely on other people for everything, you silly Xiaoyin.”

“I am not silly at all, Sister Xiaomu!”

“Okay, okay, Xiaoyin’s the smartest~”

Watching Tianyin puff her cheeks up in anger, the girl gently patted her head to calm her down.

Translator Note

Finally our loli will go public!

Anyway~! There are 14 chapters remaining for Volume 3~!