I'm bound to the World-Destroying Witch

Chapter 840. The Red King's Frame-Up, the Poor Birdman
[The Red King prediction is in progress—]

[Correct guess! Since you were the one selected in the second round, you receive 80 Ember Stones as a reward for a correct guess! However, since you were not the first to guess correctly, you will not receive the double Ember Stone reward!]

[Currently confirmed winner: 3/8]

[Currently possesses: 430 Ember Stones]

I wasn't the first to guess?
As the Red King, Kim Si-in naturally cannot guess his own identity.

The person who made the initial guess is most likely an ally of Kim Shi-in.

As for why Kim Shi-in is the Red King, it all started with Kim Shi-in's A-grade spiritual artifact, the Memory Storage Cup.

When this magical artifact attacks a target, the more damage the target takes, the more and more important the things they forget will become.

Xia Feng didn't pay much attention when he got the Memory Storage Cup. He just thought it was a very good auxiliary spiritual artifact. It had a random probability of making the enemy forget their thoughts for a moment during battle. It could even be used like it did with Yufeller. After crippling Yufeller, it could make him forget why he was crippled, why he was captured, and forget the people and things that happened several hours ago.

With just this magical artifact, Kim Shi-in naturally couldn't deceive everyone, much less place his artifact thousands of miles away to clear his name.

But it would be different if Yufeller's spiritual artifact Dao Fruit were to help!

Spiritual Artifact Dao Fruit - Relic Transformation!
Borrowed spiritual artifacts can be transformed into 'spiritual artifact relics'. Spiritual artifact relics can be used by anyone, and can also be divided in two, with their effects also being divided in two and their power halved.

Yufeller transformed Kim Shi-in's spiritual artifact into two parts and hid them at the bottom of the Unsinkable Sea, thus creating an alibi for Kim Shi-in.

Afterwards, Kim Shi-in forcibly injured Yufeller and stripped him of his memories, thus achieving his goal of framing Yufeller without him even realizing it.

From this perspective, Yufeller was not an ally of Kim Shi-in; he was probably tricked by Kim Shi-in using some means, and he was just a pitiful victim.
In the second round, Xia Feng was unaware of the concept of relic transformation. He only judged that Yufile's Dao Fruit would have a similar ability to 'copy spiritual artifacts'. He wasn't 100% certain, so his decision at the time was somewhat risky.

Fortunately, the risk paid off.

Later, through his battle with Jufell, he gradually came to understand more details, which further confirmed his suspicions.

Logically speaking, Kim Shi-in's combat power is at most on par with Yufyl, and it is completely impossible for him to use the Memory Cup to make Yufyl lose his memory.

But Kim Si-in has allies!
Moreover, Jin Yangtian is a top-tier fighter whose combat power is comparable to Huang Zhaoyue's.

Although on the surface, Jin Yangtian and Jin Shiyin didn't talk to each other much and seemed like strangers, Xia Feng overheard their conversation when Jin Yangtian ambushed and 'killed' him with the Evil Mist Card.

The two had made an alliance long before entering the Sumeru Realm.

The meaning of their conversation at the time was somewhat ambiguous, but in hindsight, Xia Feng now recalls that their alliance agreement was that Jin Shiyin would help Jin Yangtian obtain the Jinyang Divine Realm, and Jin Yangtian would help Jin Shiyin obtain the Sumeru Throne.

With Jin Yangtian's help, that bastard Yufeller was naturally no match for him.

Xia Feng recalled that it was no wonder that when he encountered Yufeller in the Unsinkable Sea in order to obtain the beginner airdrop treasure chest, this birdman looked disheveled and covered in blood, and was even slower than him, the weakest Venerable One Spirit Master.

The birdman had actually arrived a long time ago.

However, he was pursued by Jin Yangtian and Jin Shiyin, so he fled from the Unsinkable Sea. After Jin and Jin joined forces to beat him until he lost his memory, he returned to the Unsinkable Sea in the same cycle to look for a basic airdrop, where he met Xia Feng.

Thus, Yufeller, the guy who possessed the magical artifact book, became a prime suspect. As for Xia Feng, Jin Jin and the other guy probably didn't expect the Spade Man to come; he was an unexpected addition and wouldn't affect their plan to solidify Yufeller into the Red King.

As for the benefits of doing this, it naturally allows Jin Shiyin to hide his identity as the Red King for longer, gain more rewards for concealing his identity, and at the same time makes everyone guess wrong, with Jin Yangtian being the only one who guesses correctly.

A successful second guess combined with a successful first guess would earn a reward of 160 Ember Stones, a substantial unexpected windfall, which Jin Yang Tianquan has now claimed. However, Jin Yang Tianzhi doesn't intend to claim the Sumeru Throne; he'll likely give it all to Jin Shiyin. The combined Ember Stones from the two of them would be enough to help him quickly ascend to the top.

Logically speaking, given that everyone was missing several key pieces of information, the two's plan was quite perfect. Unfortunately, Xia Feng happened to have copied the Memory Storage Cup, knew its specific operating rules and functions, and was also a veteran player in 'copying spiritual artifacts', 'borrowing spiritual artifacts', and 'stealing spiritual artifacts'. He could guess some of the functions of the Yufile spiritual artifact Dao Fruit just by feeling it.

He even learned that Kim Jin and Kim Shi-in had secretly formed an alliance and obtained almost all the key information. If he still couldn't guess that Kim Shi-in was behind it all, he would have to slap himself every night when he woke up in the middle of the night.

[As the Black King, you have an extra reward quest—you successfully completed 3 rounds of identity concealment and received 20 Ember Stones!]

[Currently possesses: 450 Ember Stones]

Settlement complete —

Looking at the nearly 500 in assets in his account, Xia Feng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It was really not easy. Now, his assets were definitely ahead of the leader.

Of course, the next step is to spend money lavishly again!

[The shop is now open. Private exchanges are now available. You have one minute to exchange for item cards. The shop will close after one minute.]

In rounds 1-3, you can sell your current item cards to the shop for recycling.

After being recycled, this type of card will no longer be usable.

Recycling is limited to the first three rounds; once you miss this opportunity, it will be gone forever.

Xia Feng glanced at his item cards. Unfortunately, all the level 1 cards were used up, and the level 2 and 3 cards were still useful, so there were almost none left to recycle.

Apart from two level 0 cards.

After a moment's hesitation, he decided to just sell the level 0 cards.

[Active exposure card *1, recording card *1 - Sold successfully]

You have obtained 12 Ember Stones.

[Currently possessed: 462]

The profit wasn't much, but it was still a freebie.

After all, he doesn't need allies to open the Emberlands now, so proactively revealing position cards is useless, and replay cards are even more pointless.

Recording cards are generally used by players without special identities to prove their innocence. They are players with identities and many secrets, so even if they are recorded, it is highly unlikely that the recordings will be made public to prove their innocence.

[Third Round Exchange - Shop Prices Increased by 150%]

[You have a Level 2 Mall Price Increase Card. Do you want to adjust the current mall price increase?]

The price of the "Outside the Boundary" item is 300. If the price increases by 1.5 times, it will be 450, which could directly drive him to the brink of bankruptcy.

Although suppressing price increases would also benefit other players, there's no other way now. This thing can't control the price of a single product; it can only control the price of everything.

Either they all rise, or none of them rise.

pit!
(End of this chapter)