Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 930 - 436 The Goodwill of Multivision Association_2

Chapter 930: Chapter 436 The Goodwill of Multivision Association_2

[It turned its back to you and took out a familiar-looking tiny mineral, which it ground into powder and poured into a snuff bottle...]

[Smelling the slightly sweet scent, you knew that the mineral was the ’Apezite’ that could excite people excessively.]

[’Sage Randor’ took a deep breath from the snuff bottle and immediately felt his body heat up, as if he had endless energy.]

[Just as he was about to turn around and start enjoying his happy time, he felt a weight on his shoulder, cold to the touch!]

[A thick Crimson Greatsword, unbeknownst to him, was already resting on his shoulder, and a man’s equally chilly voice came from behind him, ’Don’t move, or I’ll kill you!’]

[The greatsword was wrapped in a bloodthirsty and brutal aura; he did not doubt that any abrupt move from him would result in his head being severed by this greatsword.]

[His heart was filled with terror, and as you instructed, he did not dare turn around, but he quietly opened the eyes located on the back of his head to get a clear look at you.]

[Where was the plump, obedient female scholar to be seen?]

[Behind him stood a stranger, a warrior wielding the Crimson Greatsword, and from the oppressive aura you emitted, it was clear your strength was no less than that of a sage like him!]

[You spoke coldly, saying you ask, he answers, and if he dared to tell half a lie, you would make him wish he were dead!]

[’Sage Randor’ suddenly became sincere, ’Surely you must be the noble ’True God’s messenger’?]

[Messengers need not act like an enemy; as said in the prophecies at the hall, the Polyvision School sees you as the savior, unlike the Direct View School, which bears malicious intent toward you.]

[You can sit down and talk things through with him...]

[You knew that the Polyvision School would not be as simple as they verbally claimed; otherwise, why would they falsely declare that the ’True God’s messenger’ had contacted the association and would attend a banquet in three days?]

[There must be some conspiracy or hidden motive!]

[You did not relax your vigilance, and the edge of the Crimson Greatsword remained against his neck...]

[You pressed ’Sage Randor’ for an explanation of what he had just said in the hall.]

[He immediately answered that the School had intelligence sources within the Direct View Association and knew that the Direct View School had found you first.]

[And you, using your powerful strength, broke free from the siege and fled to the vicinity of the Multivision Association, encountering a confrontation with one Great Sage and four other sages.]

[A few Polyvision scholars happened to reach near the battlefield, and after the fight ended, they saw the Great Sage of Direct View, but unfortunately, the association received the news too late to provide you with support.]

[According to the intelligence, only the Great Sage of Direct View returned to the association, while you and the other sages were missing...]

[Presumably, you must have killed the four sages and then successfully escaped from the Great Sage’s clutches.]

[As for why he had uttered that lie... it was all to find you.]

[Sending scholars to find you in the vast fog was virtually an impossible task, and after suffering persecution from the Direct View Association, you would hardly trust the friendly demeanor of the Multivision Association.]

[So, after discussions among several high-level association members, they resorted to this strategy out of necessity.]

[The association spread the fake messenger’s message through the mouths of many scholars, knowing that only the true messenger would realize something was amiss.]

[When someone was impersonating your noble identity, if you learned of this message, you would most likely come to the association to verify it in secret.]

[There you go... you came much quicker than the expected three days.]

Lin Xun was dumbfounded for a moment; Sage Randor’s explanation sounded plausible, leaving him momentarily unable to spot any flaws.

"Could it be that the Multivision Association’s malice towards me is just a lie told by the Direct View Great Sage, aimed at preventing me from contacting the Multivision Association to seek powerful allies?"

Though Sage Randor’s explanation appeared impeccable, and based on the Polyvision School’s prophecies, there was no reason to hold any malice against him.

Yet he still felt something was amiss, not knowing if it was due to the Underworld Game or paranoia instilled by the Direct View Association.

Lin Xun’s gaze turned icy: "Better to kill mistakenly than to let one escape!"

He used the ’Flesh Authority’ to control his strength and, with a horizontal strike of his sword, knocked Sage Randor unconscious.

He then threw him into the "Time Prison," employing a torture technique that used absolute darkness to shield the senses, in order to subject him to severe interrogation.

But this time, it seemed like he was truly mistaken.

Sage Randor emerged from the tiny dark room sniveling and weeping, clutching at his thighs and wailing about his innocence, insisting that the Multivision Association held no ill will towards the envoy of the True God.

[...]

[As you watch ’Sage Randor’ with tears and snot streaming down his face, shaking uncontrollably, do you choose to believe his words?]

Lin Xun did not press any options.

He narrowed his eyes, already realizing where the flaws in Randor’s explanation lay.

[You grip the hilt of the sword tightly, the crimson blade always against its neck...]

[You suddenly ask out loud why it was in the guise of a ’female scholar’ before, but in the blink of an eye, took on the appearance of a warrior.]

[The sage, however, showed no sign of confusion or doubt, clearly having received news prior to this and aware that the envoy possesses the ability to alter appearances.]

[’Sage Randor’ nods incomprehensibly.]

[Your gaze grows even colder as you question aloud whether the upper echelon of the Multivision Association, those scholars of profound learning and brilliant minds, really never considered that when surrounded by the Direct View Association, with only the Great Sage remaining, there might be another possibility or outcome?]

[’Sage Randor’s face changes color, and he opens his mouth, but doesn’t know what to say.]

[You continue, saying that of course they were aware of another outcome, and in fact, the most likely one was that you killed the Great Sage of the Direct View School and took on his appearance to return to the Branch Association.]

[Since they had a source of intelligence within the Direct View Association and hidden informants, knowing of the descent of the True God’s envoy, of the envoy being encircled and attacked by the great sages, and knowing that only the Great Sage returned to the Association...]

[How could they not suspect that the ultimate victor was the ’envoy of the True God’?]

[If informants were privy to the aforementioned secret intelligence, how could they not know that upon your return to the Association, you pillaged all its resources and even incidentally replenished the ’Sea of Knowledge Magic Array’?]

[The real Great Sage would never rob the Association’s resources, and based on this intelligence, they must have known that the current ’Great Sage of Direct View’ was none other than the envoy of the True God!]

[Even if it were mere suspicion rather than concrete intelligence, there’s an eighty to ninety percent probability that the envoy of the True God has already taken on the guise of the Great Sage.]

[If they truly knew that the Great Sage was the ’envoy of the True God,’ why wouldn’t they dare to approach the Direct View Association to find you and express their goodwill in person?]

[Because they’re guilty and afraid, since they dread the ’Sea of Knowledge Magic Array’ and fear that they can’t defeat you within the Direct View Association, and therefore, can’t control you.]

[Otherwise, wouldn’t it be easier for them to directly visit the Direct View Association, to speak frankly within the attack range of the ’Sea of Knowledge Magic Array,’ to make you lower your guard and more readily sit down for a proper discussion?]

[’Sage Randor’ breaks out in dense cold sweat on his forehead, his lips moving continuously, but he can’t utter a single word.]

[Gripping the hilt of the sword, you continue, stating that it’s precisely because they lack the confidence to defeat you in the Direct View Association that they deliberately set a conspiratorial trap, trying to get you to come to the Multivision Association on your own volition...]

[Because only here do they have the full confidence to defeat you and achieve some unspeakable motive!]

[Unfortunately, they did not expect you to arrive so quickly, they did not foresee that the news had not yet spread, and you had already reached the Multivision Association...]

[Although you have already understood everything, there is still one thing that doesn’t make sense, and you earnestly request Sage Randor to enlighten you.]

[According to the prophecy of the Multivision Great Sage, you are the true savior, and they should have no reason to harbor ill intent towards you.]

[So why would the high-level members of the Branch Association target you, why set up this scheme to deal with you?]

[Isn’t their action a direct contradiction to the intent of the Great Prophet’s prophecy? Could it be that the prophecy of the Multivision Great Sage was also fabricated?]

[’Sage Randor’ turns ashen, tightly pursing his lips, refusing to utter a single word.]

Previously, Lin Xun’s use of the ’Time Prison’ against this sage couldn’t make him reveal anything; it seems he must possess some secret method of withstanding torture and coercion.

If secrets can’t be extracted from his mouth, then they’ll have to be extracted from his mind!

[Your eyes sharpen, and with a flick of your wrist gripping the hilt, a crimson light, as if blood, bursts forth!]