Volume 8, Chapter 18 – NPC Clear Operation

In the demon camp stationed not far outside the Northern Fortress, countless demons had already gathered.

However, as their numbers increased, the demon army showed no intention of launching an active attack. Not only that, as time passed, the situation inside the demon camp began to grow chaotic.

The situation was chaotic, and the atmosphere tense.

Some of the newly arrived demons had no idea what was happening, while those who had long been in the camp vaguely sensed that something was off.

Still, these matters were not something the low-level demons could come into contact with. As for the demon lords standing at the very top, they had already begun secretly slaughtering one another.

Yes.

As more and more demon lords died, certain rules that could never be violated were now being completely ignored by all demons.

And as the rule forbidding mutual slaughter was broken, the demon lords directly brought the hatred of Inferno into the Main World, and began engaging in localized conflicts within it.

Clearly, the existence of the Abyssal Lord still made the demon lords wary. As a result, even their internal strife was tightly controlled, limited to chaotic battles involving no more than a hundred participants.

『Not enough. This kind of thing doesn’t even count as infighting. Isn’t this just kids playing house?』

Regarding the chaotic situation in the demon camp, Tianyin, the mastermind behind everything, puffed up her cheeks in dissatisfaction.

『Seriously, what does it even count as for just a few hundred demons to fight each other? If they fight like this, who knows how long it’ll take?』

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To be fair, the scene of demon lords fighting among themselves was exactly what Tianyin wanted to see. But sending only a few hundred demons to fight each other was also something she absolutely did not want to see.

「Pfft. Xiaoyin, this is probably because those demons still have their concerns, right? Next, all we need to do is break those concerns~」

At this moment, Samael quickly saw through the essence of the situation and directly pointed out the key issue.

『Mm. Concerns, huh… That really is the case. After all, the Abyssal Lord is the most terrifying existence to these demons. With the Abyssal Lord’s deterrence, those demon lords really don’t dare to make too big of a commotion.』

Although Tianyin had already seen the core of the problem through Samael’s reminder, in truth, she still could not think of any good solution for the time being.

『Wait… If the Abyssal Lord is what can deter these demon lords, then don’t we just need to weaken the Abyssal Lord’s deterrence over them as much as possible?』

「Pfft. Xiaoyin, isn’t what you’re saying exactly the same as what I just said?」

『I-It’s not!』

Tianyin’s little face flushed slightly red.

『Samael, what I mean is that I can use Lust from the Seven Deadly Sins to guide the thoughts of these demons… I can’t control those emotions, but I can see through the hearts of those demons. I only need to show what those demon lords want to see. If that’s the case, maybe it really can weaken the Abyssal Lord’s deterrence over them.』

「Hmm… That idea sounds pretty good. But Xiaoyin, do you have a concrete plan?」

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『Not yet. Tehee~』

Tianyin stuck out her tongue and acted a bit cute.

『Samael, even though there’s no concrete plan right now, please believe me. Next, I’ll definitely come up with a very, very good plan!』

With a look full of confidence, Tianyin’s words at this moment were unexpectedly infectious.

……

And while Tianyin continued advancing her plan, in the real world, a remedial operation regarding the resolution of Ascension opportunities finally began.

The guiding principle of this remedial operation was to completely control the entire game world under the premise of the fusion between the game and reality.

With that, without a doubt, the most dangerous entities to humanity at present were those existences in the game world that were not players.

Wild monsters, NPCs, and those powerful dungeon bosses.

Of course, for humanity, the primary threat was still those NPCs belonging to the various major factions.

Those not of our kind are bound to harbor different intentions.

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As natives of the game world, NPCs were bound to clash with the order of the real world once the game and reality fused together.

And what the high-level leadership of the real world least wanted to see was unknown existences breaking the already established rules of the world in the future.

Thus, without a doubt, those native NPCs became targets that had to be cleared.

“The existence of NPCs has already seriously threatened the stability of the future Ommo government. Therefore, we have now issued corresponding reward measures.”

“Massacring those NPCs has become an irreversible measure. For the ascension of all humanity, for the progress of civilization, and for the order of our world, these NPCs must be eliminated.”

With the decision made by the higher-ups, a plan named Clear Data surfaced.

And as the plan was launched, on the Subworld game forum, the official account of the world government directly released a post with exceptionally generous rewards.

“Clear Data Task.”

“Time. Unlimited.”

“Starting today, every time a player clears one NPC, they can obtain points rewarded by the world government. These points can be exchanged at the world government for various items, and even money.”

“Plan details. For each NPC a player kills, they will receive corresponding points. Ordinary NPCs grant 1 point, Elite NPCs grant 10 points… Epic NPCs grant 10000 points, Legendary NPCs grant 1000000 points, Throne-tier NPCs grant 10000000 points.”

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It had to be said that the world government’s sudden grand move shocked not only players with deep backgrounds, but even ordinary players with no special backing.

“What’s going on? You can get rewards just for killing NPCs?”

“Am I seeing this right? Is this really posted by the official account? I’m afraid I’m looking at a fake official account.”

“Hahaha, even though I don’t know what the purpose of this task is, killing NPCs to earn money. No matter how you look at it, this deal is totally worth it!”

As everyone knew, players possessed the ability to revive infinitely.

Although those players who used True Templates had already lost the ability to revive, in the entire Subworld, players who could revive infinitely still accounted for nearly 99 percent.

It could be said that for players in the game who could revive infinitely, hunting NPCs posed almost no challenge at all.

And just as all players shifted their attention toward NPCs, Yunchou, far away at the kingdom’s main headquarters, cast his gaze toward the direction of the Northern Fortress.

“While the snipe and the clam grapple, the fisherman reaps the benefit.” ¹ a Chinese idiom about a situation where two parties in a stalemate allow a third party to seize an advantage.

“But… when the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole lurks behind as well… ² a Chinese idiom about to be so focused on immediate gain that you ignore a greater, unseen danger lurking behind you. and that is something that cannot be predicted…”