Chapter 99: Falling into a trap

"On the one hand, it's because of our incompetence." Half the clerk said seriously. She tugged on his right arm. The other half of the clerks nodded their heads and looked outside again. She tugged on his left arm. "On the other hand, your request is too inappropriate. You know the consequences. But you still made such a request. It is a big challenge to protect your safety here."

"We need to think of a way. Boss."

The first clerk to speak answered immediately. "In the current environment, there is no stable method that already exists to ensure your safety. We need to 'self-think' a new method." She read out the words in a rather weird tone. Words starting with "autonomy". "We estimate this will take roughly ten hours."

"Twelve hours at most." The second clerk immediately added. "After twelve hours, we give up."

The first clerk did not continue to answer the call. It seems that they have come to a temporary conclusion. The so-called "independent thinking" should start from now on without any sense of ritual.

A cold wind blew from the gaps in the clouds, and the ghost began to sing songs about beheading and extracting bone marrow not far away.

However, Yi Cha has somewhat lost the novelty of them.

He had no objection at all to having clerks direct all operations—even welcomed it. But apparently there were times when the information they and he thought they should share didn't mesh.

For example, the two half-clerks were indeed always in places he didn't know about, keeping him safe in ways he didn't know about.

And - he glanced outside the gap in the clouds, everything was dim - he actually didn't know that the request at that time would bring about the current consequences.

"You can let me go." Icha said. "Also, how did you calculate ten to twelve hours?"

"oh."

One of the clerks raised his empty eyes and spoke a little hastily, as if she was dealing with an extremely busy matter and he interrupted her ignorantly. She let go of her hand and clasped it with the other hand that she let go at the same time. "We predict you'll only last ten to twelve hours. Boss."

"Isn't this a bit too pessimistic?" Yi Cha said casually.

It was really hard for him to get nervous. This has nothing to do with whether the specific situation is tense or not. "In fact, if we don't rush, I feel like we can stay here as long as we want. They don't seem to have discovered us yet."

"I found you, boss." The other clerk corrected him seriously. "They really haven't discovered you yet. But they already know you're here. You're in their territory."

"This is a very important development for them." The first clerk immediately answered. “They won’t pass up this opportunity.

At least three shadow generals have launched a search mission and began to search for your traces in a large area. And this is their home court. They are at an absolute advantage. Everything we do here is limited, and everything they do is amplified. "

"We have tried our best to ensure that you are not discovered here. But now we have to put our efforts into thinking of ways."

The other half of the clerk added sternly. “Based on what we know about them, we predict that the first shadow general will find our approximate hiding location in about six hours.

In eight hours, three shadow generals will gather here to find out our exact coordinates and report them to their top commander in the area.

After nine and a half hours, they launch a full-scale attack on you. A mixed force including ghosts, reanimated corpses, dissociated shooters, and dead soul knights will be applied to you with long-trained tactics against demons. The intensity was approximately seven thousand times greater than all the assassinations we had previously blocked combined.

If they still can't capture you, their leader will definitely issue an order to eliminate you. That is, all the media that begin to interfere with this area. And we don't have a solution for it yet. "

Yi Cha nodded seriously as they narrated.

"I really didn't expect you guys to know so much about this place. You should tell me more details next time."

He laughed. "Just say: They have always launched attacks in their own realm. And you have been protecting me by the laws that are beneficial to the edge of the realm. If I want to see those killers, I have to enter their realm myself. And that would be the same as throwing yourself into a trap. And throwing yourself into a trap is stupid as hell.”

The two half-clerks looked at him dully for a moment.

"We must pay attention next time." They replied in unison, pausing thoughtfully. "But you can see where they are now, right?"

"You can see it very clearly." Yi Cha pointed to the narrow gap in the clouds behind him, where singing was still coming from there.

"We are honored to meet your request. Boss. We are willing to do everything for you." The two half-clerks said politely. "Now it's time for us to get back to work. If nothing goes wrong, please don't waste any more of our precious time."

Yi Cha nodded seriously again.

He looked outside for a while. Until a large fog-like shadow appeared in the dark green sky in the distance.

The cold light of the black armor and the purple-flaming horse hooves revealed a malicious outline from the shadows.

The shadow general's team quickly dispersed. The general, who had no head but only a helmet, stood on a high place and looked around quietly. Several undead souls and the idle ghosts who were originally in this area stopped in one place, seeming to be having some kind of military communication.

"So before you come up with a solution, I have to protect myself. Two thinkers, right?" Yi Cha observed for a while and asked casually.

"right."

The two half-thinkers answered - they held each other's hands motionless, their heads resting on their fists, as it were. "And more than that. You have to protect us, boss. Protect us from being discovered, protect us from harm, so that we can better protect you."

"So convincing." Yi Cha said. "Due to my physical condition, it seems that I have to think of a new way."

"You'd better hurry up," said the two half-thinkers. "Or you're dead. Boss."

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"Oh my god!! Then why don't we go rescue him quickly!!" the angel's voice exclaimed. "He really might be finished this time!!! Uh...I shouldn't say 'finished'——"

"Based on the current situation and the latest emergency regulations, you can basically say anything now." Rammel said calmly. "In this case, briefly tell us what preparations we should make. When you return to the Source of Order from the Vientiane Forest, we can set out together to save Yichaint."

"What? No!! There's no way to set off!!" Ke Qier shouted. "The underworld is not a place that can be reached just by 'setting out'!!"