Death Game: Starting as a fraudster, pretending to be a god

#663 - Convergence in the Spider Tide

"What a powerful move, Seagull!"

Gao Shan couldn't help but praise as he watched the falling meteorites smash the spiders to death and destroy and ignite the spider silk that had condensed into webs of various sizes.

Hearing Gao Shan's praise, Seagull couldn't help but proudly perform a hand seal and strike a handsome pose.

"Of course, this is a secret technique I learned from my master in the Black Marsh Realm—of course, my version definitely isn't as good, but this is the genuine article from my Black Marsh Realm master!"

The eagle-faced, tiger-clawed phantom in the air continued to exert its power, and meteorites continued to fall, indeed creating a small safe zone amidst the tide of spider silk and spider swarms.

She straightened up, shook the blade to remove the sticky liquid left from chopping spiders, and scratched the white-streaked bangs on her forehead: "And you, Seagull... you just got out of jail; stop showing off!"

Seagull looked at her, somewhat dissatisfied: "Hey, Snow Owl, I don't understand; what does my release from prison have to do with this—didn't I just turn the tide and save you two from danger?"

"You saved a shovel," Snow Owl exhaled. "Can your move kill all this spider silk and spiders? Once this witchcraft ends, won't we still be surrounded?"

"This move can only be used once before you go to your master to recharge—you just casually used this strategic-level killing move; what are we going to do next?"

Snow Owl said, exasperated.

Seagull also felt a little helpless: "Then what can we do? You were already debuffed with a 'curse' when you entered the instance, so you couldn't unleash your full strength. If I hadn't used my ultimate move just now, Team Leader Gao Shan and you would have been injured... These spiders are all strange, and the NPCs we encountered along the way seem to be manipulated, which is likely related to these spiders and spider silk."

"What if being injured is the condition for being 'manipulated'?"

Snow Owl said through gritted teeth: "We have to gamble and fight at this time; what's the use of delaying?"

Team Leader Gao Shan quickly smoothed things over: "It's still useful; at least we did get a chance to breathe and think..."

"But then again, why did these spiders and spider silk suddenly appear?"

"This [instance] clearly has six players, but we can't even see the other three... The goal is to 'prevent Willow Town from manifesting'—but we don't even know what Willow Town is?!"

"Only the letters on the corpses of the bandits at the beginning pointed to some 'escort team'... But the problem is, where is the escort team? There's no sign of them!"

Gao Shan steered the topic to the instance itself, also diverting Snow Owl's anger.

"Indeed, this [instance] is the most inexplicable of all the instances I've played," Snow Owl said unhappily. "I already hate Prison Mountain; it's so hot, and the food is the worst in the Six Realms. I can only roast demon meat in the wild to eat..."

"Now it's even worse; a bunch of spiders, and there's no meat to eat!"

Snow Owl said sulkily, and Seagull empathized.

"Indeed, the conditions in Prison Mountain Realm were already harsh... And this [instance] isn't as simple and crude as the previous Prison Mountain Realm instances," Seagull sighed. "Can someone descend from the sky to save us? Aren't there still three other players?"

"Don't be silly; this instance is likely a confrontation type," Snow Owl said with a sigh. "The other party should be in the escort team, guarding the goods we're supposed to rob..."

"Don't even mention whether they'll save us if we encounter them; just with this area of spiders and spider silk, the possibility of them getting past these terrifying creatures to find us is extremely small."

Snow Owl said, raising her long knife again: "We must prepare for the worst..."

Hearing Snow Owl say this, Seagull and Gao Shan both sighed.

At this moment, the phantom in the sky was almost dissipating, and the frequency of meteorites falling was also decreasing.

Gao Shan took out his police baton again, while Seagull took out a "notebook" and prepared for battle.

However, just then...

Snow Owl suddenly frowned slightly.

"What's the situation?"

As the meteorites became scarcer, the spiders and spider silk that had been cleared away were approaching them again.

But at this moment...

Snow Owl noticed that the spiders and spider silk suddenly changed direction, ignoring them!

Not only did the spiders in front of them turn around and run, but even the spiders beside them directly bypassed them and ran in one direction.

"Swish swish swish—"

They were now even more relaxed than when Seagull had summoned the meteorites.

Although being relaxed was a good thing, Snow Owl wasn't happy about this sudden change of attitude.

"What does this mean? Why did they suddenly ignore us?"

"What were they doing so desperately trying to kill us before?"

Snow Owl said, somewhat confused.

Gao Shan also fell into thought: "Could it be that they were scared by the meteorites?"

"That doesn't make sense; they weren't afraid when the meteorites first fell, but now they're afraid when it's almost over," Snow Owl looked at Seagull. "Does this move have a fear effect?"

"No... but could it be that their boss recalled them?"

Seagull denied Snow Owl's question and also offered his own guess.

"That's even more outrageous; I always feel like they were drawn away by a greater temptation or threat," Snow Owl frowned. "Could it be that some expert from Prison Mountain Realm has taken action...?"

Gao Shan raised his head: "I think Snow Owl is right, and we should get an answer soon; look."

Gao Shan pointed to the not-too-distant front, where there was a bulge of spiders and spider silk rising and moving rapidly—as if spiders and spider silk were constantly pouncing on something, but being blocked from the outside.

It looked like a hamster was stepping on a hamster ball under the sand, causing a bulge to appear on the sand.

And the purpose of this thing was also very clear—it was coming for the three of them.

"Wow, real reinforcements!"

Seagull became excited.

"Although the other party doesn't seem to be liked by these spiders either, it's still not necessarily reinforcements."

Snow Owl said, holding the knife in both hands in front of her.

And just then...

"Bang!"

Several spiders that were knocked away flew towards Snow Owl, and after she sliced them open in the air with three slashes, she also saw the figure that appeared after the spiders.

Snow Owl quickly glanced over, and no one was familiar.

But from the attire, it could be seen that this was definitely a player.

Snow Owl remained vigilant and spoke in a cold voice.

"'Night Watchman', 'Snow Owl', state your names!"

The tall girl who looked like the leader among the three also spoke.

"I'm from 'Riverside Hall' of River City—friends of 'Night Watchman', hello there!"