Chapter 153: Pursuing the Invader
Chapter 153: Pursuing the Invader
System Notification: You have accepted the quest “Eliminate the Sea Clan Invaders”!
System Notification: You have obtained the item “Mirror of True Sight”!
Mirror of True Sight: A quest item, non-tradable and non-droppable, usable only during the Sea Clan siege period. It will automatically vanish after expiration. With this item, the player can use the skill “True Sight Eye” to identify whether a target is a Sea Clan Invader in disguise. The skill can be used once every five minutes.
“Time is urgent, brave one. Please quickly find and eliminate the Sea Clan Invaders who have infiltrated our city, or Eastern Sea City will face great danger!” the old NPC said again.
“Alright.” Chen Mo nodded. After asking the old NPC a few more questions and receiving no further instructions, Chen Mo left the City Lord’s Mansion.
Eastern Sea City had a faint magical barrier. The sea fog created by the Sea Clan could not enter the city.
As a main city, Eastern Sea City was not overly dark at night. There was a street lamp at regular intervals along the roads.
Chen Mo had not been in Eastern Sea City for long. He didn’t know what the city’s nights were usually like, but tonight, there were few players lingering in the city. Due to the monster siege, most players had either logged off or left the city to hunt sea creatures for points and rewards.
The number of players in the city was small, and the few who remained were hurrying to system shops and the trading area to buy supplies and items.
If Sea Clan Invaders had truly entered Eastern Sea City, they could act with almost no restraint.
However, the small number of players in the city made it much easier for him to search for Sea Clan players. If the city were crowded, finding them would be a nightmare.
The problem was that Eastern Sea City was neither too big nor too small. Searching blindly alone might only result in playing hide-and-seek with the invaders, without even catching a glimpse of them.
Given this, he needed to first identify where the invaders might be hiding and then go directly to confirm.
So, where could the Sea Clan Invaders possibly be?
Chen Mo lowered his head and pondered slightly.
The Sea Clan players had already entered Eastern Sea City, but so far, the city had not suffered any damage.
Clearly, the Sea Clan players’ destruction was not superficial acts like burning or killing. Otherwise, the city would not have remained unharmed until now.
There were two possibilities. One was that they had not reached the quest time yet and were merely hiding, waiting for the right moment when all invaders would act together.
The other possibility was that they had already begun their destructive work, but it was not ordinary destruction. Instead, they were setting up a massive magic array within Eastern Sea City. Once the array was complete, it would cause significant damage to the city.
Of the two possibilities, the second was undoubtedly more likely. The first seemed too trivial and pointless to implement.
Predicting the locations for a giant magic array was much simpler.
This giant magic array likely required Sea Clan players to place key items at specific locations. Once all items were in place, the array would be complete. All he had to do was identify the possible key locations.
Magic arrays were generally circular. Combined with the layout of Eastern Sea City’s buildings, finding them shouldn’t be too difficult.
However, Chen Mo was not familiar with Eastern Sea City. He could only search the game forum for a player-drawn map of the city. After studying it, he returned to Eastern Sea City.
Chen Mo had already formed several guesses about where the invaders might appear.
Under the cover of night, Chen Mo visited several important locations, including the City Lord’s Mansion, the Resurrection Point, and the Trading Area, but he didn’t see any suspicious figures.
“Hmm?”
Suddenly, Chen Mo’s eyes twitched. He noticed a thin player who visibly flinched upon seeing him!
Hahaha, you little rascal, you gave yourself away when you saw me!
Chen Mo immediately understood what was happening.
Those Sea Clan players were now afraid of him. This guy must have recognized him and thought he was there for him, unintentionally revealing a clue!
It seemed fame wasn’t entirely a bad thing!
These guys were really good at hiding. If they hadn’t given themselves away, he might never have noticed, especially since True Sight Eye could only be used once every five minutes.
True Sight Eye!
This time, Chen Mo didn’t hesitate and used True Sight Eye on that player!
A faint blue glow appeared over Chen Mo’s eyes. Through this glow, Chen Mo immediately saw the player shimmering with red light!
It was a Sea Clan Invader!
Sesshylow!
After calling Sesshylow, Chen Mo and Sesshylow sprang into action, charging toward the Sea Clan player.
The Sea Clan player had only been suspicious earlier, which was why he gave himself away. Now it seemed this guy was indeed after him.
Escape!
Knowing Chen Mo’s strength, the Sea Clan player had no intention of fighting. He turned and fled.
“Still trying to run? Dream on!”
Chen Mo was fast, and Sesshylow was even faster. It didn’t take long for the two of them to corner the Sea Clan player.
The Sea Clan player trapped by Chen Mo was a somewhat shifty, thin archer. Chen Mo looked at him, his eyes shifting, and told Sesshylow not to deliver the final blow. Only when the archer was near death did Chen Mo say, “Brother, how about this? Tell me the whereabouts of the other Sea Clan players, and not only will I spare you, but I’ll also give you some rewards!”
This guy was a Sea Clan Invader. Even if he didn’t know the exact coordinates of the other Sea Clan players, he surely knew their general locations. After all, the quest was confined to Eastern Sea City, so they couldn’t be too far apart. As long as Chen Mo knew the locations of the other Sea Clan players, he was confident he could eliminate most of them. Even if he let this thin archer go, the benefits he would gain would be immense.
“Don’t even think about it. If you’re going to kill me, just do it. I won’t leak information about the other Sea Clan players to you,” the thin archer snorted.
“So brave? It’s just a game,” Chen Mo said in surprise.
“Hmph, what do you know? We accepted this quest, and all our words and actions are monitored by the system. If we’re caught leaking faction information, being kicked out of the Sea Clan would be the lightest punishment!” the thin archer retorted irritably.
“So that’s how it is. You can go. Thank you for telling me this important information. As a reward, I won’t kill you,” Chen Mo nodded. He hadn’t expected such a setting in the game.
Not kill him? Let him go?
The thin archer was stunned, wondering if he had misheard.
Was this guy really that kind? Almost every player in the Sea Clan cities knew that this guy killed without mercy, happily racking up points.
Killing him, a Sea Clan player who had infiltrated the city, would surely grant Chen Mo more points and rewards. Would he really let him go just like that?
No!
This guy had ulterior motives! He wanted to let him go and then use a camouflage skill to track him, leading to the other Sea Clan players!
“I don’t want you to let me go. Kill me now!” the Sea Clan player hastily insisted.
This guy was too cunning! If he really went to join the other Sea Clan players and then this guy ambushed them, the system might mistakenly label him a traitor, and he would be utterly doomed!
Even if it meant death, he couldn’t let this guy succeed!
“What are you talking about? I said I’ll let you go, and I definitely won’t kill you. You can leave with peace of mind,” Chen Mo and Sesshylow stepped aside to make a path.
“Don’t try to trick me. I know what you’re planning. If you don’t kill me, I’ll just leave the city and escape, abandoning the quest!” the thin archer shouted.
Leading this guy around on purpose? If things went wrong, this guy would surely kill him.
Notify the other Sea Clan players and team up against him?
This guy was infamous. Even if other players were willing to take the risk and join forces, he couldn’t be sure they could kill him.
If they failed to kill him and were wiped out instead, he might even face accusations of colluding with the enemy, as he had no idea how the system would judge the situation.
In that case, it was better to just die at his hands. Early death meant early rebirth, and he could use the time to earn back some points.
“Sigh, it seems I’m not cut out for acting,” Chen Mo sighed. Since the other had said as much, what more could he say?
With a wave of his hand, Sesshylow finished off the thin archer.
System Notification: You have eliminated a special Sea Clan Invader and gained 200 points, with an additional 200 points!
Darn it, killing one Sea Clan Invader actually gave 400 points!
Chen Mo’s eyes lit up.
If he killed a few more, wouldn’t his points skyrocket?
Chen Mo felt invigorated and continued searching for Sea Clan Invaders throughout Eastern Sea City.
But over twenty minutes passed in the blink of an eye. Chen Mo had covered nearly half of Eastern Sea City but hadn’t found another Sea Clan Invader.
“It doesn’t make sense. Sea Clan players definitely entered the city, and there were quite a few of them. There aren’t many players in the city, and I’ve encountered a few suspicious ones along the way, but none were Sea Clan players. Something’s not right.”
Chen Mo stopped walking, pondering where he had gone wrong.
In over twenty minutes, he had used True Sight Eye several times but found nothing.
“The sewer?”
Suddenly, Chen Mo looked at a nearby sewer grate and had a sudden realization!
That’s it—the sewer!
To set up a magic array to destroy Eastern Sea City, placing it in the sewer would not only be equally effective but also safer and more suitable!
This also explained why he hadn’t been able to find any trace of the Sea Clan players.
Come to think of it, the Sea Clan thin guy he found earlier was also near a sewer grate!
Chen Mo immediately ran over, lifted the sewer grate, and jumped inside.
The sewer was pitch dark, but there were faint lamps at intervals along the way, though they were dimmer than the city’s streetlights.
Chen Mo and Sesshylow moved quickly through the sewer. He wasn’t worried about ambushes since no one knew he had entered.
Before long, Chen Mo saw several shadows moving in a lit area ahead!
He had Sesshylow use Mimicry to turn invisible, and he himself activated Camouflage, quietly approaching.
Turning a corner, Chen Mo saw several players bending over in a sewer nook, fiddling with something.
Grandma’s bear, I’ve finally found you