Miss Player, please don't cast spells on me.

Kiyono asked a very subtle question, and it turned out that the seemingly innocent Miss Chestnut was also quite knowledgeable about this kind of thing.

While this may be somewhat ambiguous, in any player guild, an overly beautiful female player, who doesn't even need to be pretty or have a nice voice, could potentially become a threat to the guild's downfall.

After all, where there are more men than women, there will inevitably be disputes. Once a player guild gets into a fight over a female player, the guild is basically doomed to fall apart.

Nozomi Hitomi is undoubtedly the most beautiful woman Kiyono has ever seen. The fox lady's looks can compare to hers, but her figure is completely outclassed by Hitomi. Sakai Iori's figure can compare to Hitomi's, but her looks are slightly inferior.

While Sayaka can be compared to None Hitomiya in both aspects, but...

That world-destroying witch, once she gets desperate, truly has a terrifying personality that will ruthlessly kill or even torture anyone to achieve her goals until she gets what she wants... Most people probably couldn't stand it.

In conclusion, if this woman were in ancient times, she would definitely be a wicked and treacherous figure like Daji, or a terrifying nine-tailed fox demon.

It's incredible that she was able to stay in the Black Sword Knights for three years, and that the entire Black Sword Knights developed such strong cohesion around her.

"What Mr. Gavi said has already been considered by our team leader and deputy team leader. So we have an unwritten rule that when you want to confess to Miss Yang, you must choose a place where most people are present and you are not allowed to sneak away."

As she said this, she looked at Himiya Noon, who was as bright as the moon, with extremely longing eyes from behind the screen.

"Besides, Sister Yang Gong doesn't rely on her looks in the Black Sword Knights, but on her strength! Mr. Gavi, don't be surprised. Don't let Sister Yang Gong's appearance fool you... she's one of our guild's top three DPS players, and she also holds a very important position as the team commander."

"Without her, our strength is significantly reduced every time we raid a dungeon or participate in a guild war."

"Of course, it's mostly a blow to morale," Chestnut added later.

It turned out to be the case.

Miss Yang Gong possesses undeniable strength, and the Black Sword Knights have fair, just, and transparent competition rules.

Kiyono Hai roughly understood the status of Yotomiya Noon in the Black Sword Knights, and how the harmonious atmosphere of the Black Sword Knights guild came about.

Thinking about it this way, None Hitomiya is indeed very suitable for the title of 'princess'. The knights are all vying to show themselves off, all for the sake of one day being able to marry this powerful princess.

Meanwhile, Noon Hiyomiya also holds some command and management positions in the guild. For example, after rejecting that silly boy's confession, she started lecturing him.

It was probably a stern criticism of his failure to coordinate well with his teammates during the previous boss battle.

From this perspective, it seems quite difficult to pursue your teacher as a girlfriend.

After scolding her clueless junior, Yoshimiya Noon had her game character get up and walk to the side of the Black Sword Knights' decision-making meeting, which was between the leader and vice-leader.

"Commander Mikage, after obtaining the second-level map, how many days do you expect to shorten the time needed to conquer 'Dungeon Sanctuary 2'?" Yotomiya Noon asked the question that concerned her the most.

"The Sheep Palace? Don't worry, the entrance to the next level of the maze has been marked. We expect to arrive within a day. We don't need to disperse our forces and run around like before."

"If Mr. Gavi could also provide a map for the subsequent walkthroughs, we could clear this maze in as little as half a month."

The leader of the Black Sword Knights, 'Mikage', is a tall knight dressed in jet-black armor, just like the name of the order.

In stark contrast, his character has an extremely refined appearance and wears a pair of flat-framed glasses... He looks just like the God of Light and Exploration, a cunning and calculating fellow!

"That would be best. The new version of 'Sacred Stars' is coming out next month, and I don't want other guilds to steal the first kill of the new version's dungeon because of such a trivial reason."

Noon Hitomi expressed her true thoughts.

"Is that so?" Upon hearing this, Kiyono Ash instantly understood the player's mindset.

Ruthless, indeed cold-blooded.

Because Noon Hitomi had absolutely no desire to play the game "Dungeon Sanctuary 2," she only wanted to play it because the Black Sword Knights had accepted the commission to sweep through the dungeon and completely destroy its core.

They are probably currently focusing all their efforts on preparing for the new version of "Saint Stars", and Noon Hitomi is now completely focused on the new version of "Saint Stars".

As for "Dungeon Sanctuary 2"? It's a single-player game with no first kill rankings, dungeon speedruns, or PVP leaderboards... which really doesn't interest Noon Hinami, this 'monster who desperately craves everyone's approval'.

"Don't worry, I guarantee that it won't be long before we can conquer this maze. But, dear Yang Gong... the reason you rejected Xiao Liuyun's confession just now was 'not interested.' So I'd like to know what your reason was for rejecting my confession last time?"

At this moment, the leader of the Mikage suddenly launched an attack, looking at the turned and leaving Hitomiya Noon and asking.

"I thought that after spending three years together, our relationship had become better than just friends, so even if he rejected my confession, I still wanted to know his reasons."

Noon Hitomiya actually stopped walking. After a brief silence, the silver-haired elf turned around and looked at the leader of the Black Sword Knights.

"Because... I don't want you to become weak because of something as trivial as love. Leader Mikage, you are the strongest among us, so... don't let me down with the performance of the new version of 'Supreme Stars'."

This reason for rejecting a confession is far more sophisticated than simply saying "I'm not interested"!

This is tantamount to Hitomi no Oto admitting that her relationship with this Mikage leader is indeed more than just friendship, but that it is currently just a bond of comradeship in arms.

But being friends is enough!

"Really? Heh..."

The leader of the Mikage guild pushed up his glasses and couldn't help but laugh out loud. Then he replied in a tone full of fighting spirit.

"Then let's resolve the troubles and requests here as soon as possible, fight our way to the bottom of the maze to destroy its core, and then return to the world of 'The Holy Stars' to wipe out those who dare to challenge us!"

Commander Mikage's words ignited the Black Sword Knights' morale, and everyone shouted an inspiring "Oh!!!" in the voice channel.

Kiyono Hai, who had been listening in, also laughed out loud. This kind of laughter made the girl next to her, Kuriko, suddenly shudder and couldn't help but move away from Kiyono Hai.

Because Kiyono Gray is also looking forward to the Black Sword Knights reaching the bottom of the labyrinth as soon as possible!

As for the reason...

Kiyono Ash couldn't wait to see the princess wield her sword and slaughter the knights who trusted and admired her!

Chapter 50 I can't live without him

Qingye Hui thus lived a life where he divided his energy into three parts every day.

A portion of the consciousness is intended to serve the new female players who visit the "Rose Kingdom".

A portion of my consciousness needs to be used every day to comfort those injured relatives at the tea party offline. It's not just about giving them pep talks, but also about making them feel cherished and protected.

The last part of his consciousness was used to play the role of that elderly mage, exploring the labyrinth with the Black Sword Knights.

Qingye Hui's main focus is still on his offline self and the old mage NPC. As for the various Shanor in "Rose Kingdom", Qingye Hui adopts a hands-off approach.

After all, the general plot of "The Principality of Roses" has already been set, and the characters can act out their performances based on their memories of past interactions with players, just like real AI.

If a player does something truly outrageous or ruthless, Qingyehui can instantly sense it and take over manually.

Right now, Qingye Hui is mainly wandering around the labyrinth with the Black Sword Knights.

The Black Sword Knights underestimated the fox lady's determination to resist, even though she had handed over such an important bargaining chip as the labyrinth map to Kiyono Ash.

She showed no mercy when portraying the lord-level monsters in the maze.

The portrayal of this fox spirit god is more like a possession technique, as the labyrinth is inhabited by many extremely powerful monsters.

She will place these monsters at key points throughout the maze to hinder the Black Sword Knights' advance.

Once the Black Sword Knights encounter these lord-level monsters, the Fox God will possess the monster, granting it divine power while also allowing itself to take full control of every detail of this life-or-death battle.

However, the Black Sword Knights are also terrifyingly powerful. When they fight these lord-level monsters, they may be wiped out the first time due to the unfamiliar mechanics of the monsters they encounter.

But from the second time onwards, they will quickly summarize how to deal with this lord-level monster, arrange the most reasonable tactics, and use their superior execution and extremely exquisite teamwork to encircle and annihilate it.

Throughout the entire journey with the Black Sword Knights, Qingye Hui never saw them wiped out more than three times by a lord-level BOSS in the maze; even two times was rare.

Most of them are kills on first meeting, and sometimes they can't even do that.

"Takigami-senpai, give it your all!" Kiyono Hai thought to himself, but in the process, he also learned about the player's resurrection mechanism.

The player resurrection mechanism is more accurately described as 'recycling' rather than 'resurrection'.

Because a player's death state is closer to 'the body, soul, and equipment being shattered by a monster's slap!', and a player's resurrection is to collect and gather these shattered parts at the resurrection point.

During the recycling process, players may suffer penalties such as losing levels or experience, or having their equipment dropped, because this part is not recycled.

If all of a player's levels and experience are obtained from the game "Dungeon Sacred 2", then this recycling cycle does not require divine intervention.

However, the members of the Black Sword Knights inherited their experience levels and equipment from the game "Sacred Stars".

Therefore, after their deaths, the God of Light and Exploration needed to expend his own faith power to 'reclaim' them.

This might also explain why Miss Fox was so keen on doing everything she could to thwart the Black Sword Knights' advance.

Because every time a member of the Black Sword Knights dies, it consumes the faith power reserves of the God of Light and Exploration, or the pantheon of the "Dream City".

Unfortunately, judging from the current situation, the faith power reserves in "Dream City" are so large that this loss is negligible.

The Black Sword Knights have now successfully reached the fourth level of the labyrinth, where they encountered the very trouble that Kiyono Gray least wanted them to face.

Their supplies ran out.

Labyrinth Sanctuary 2 is a game where characters have hunger and thirst levels. The Black Sword Knights' large army of a hundred people means they can't always enjoy the 'Labyrinth Meal' buff.

Even if they maintain the minimum necessary supplies during their exploration, they will no longer be able to obtain supplies from the main city outside the maze starting from the fourth level.

There are many ways to return to the player's main city from the depths of the maze, such as evacuation points and teleportation scrolls, but these methods are all in the hands of that fox lady. She would never allow these guys to generously enjoy this way of returning to the city.

Therefore, the deeper they go into the labyrinth, the more difficult it becomes for the Black Sword Knights to resupply.

The Black Sword Knights' supplies are now so depleted that they can't recover by simply defeating monsters. Therefore, the Black Sword Knights made a decision they were destined to make from the moment they entered this labyrinth.

They set their sights on a village of monsters and decided to turn all the monsters in the village into 'supplies'.

"Did you evacuate all the villagers from Mushroom Village?" Qingye Hui asked the fox lady at this moment.

One of the advantages of infiltrating the Black Sword Knights is that Kiyono Ash can report their movements to the Labyrinth Lord at any time.

“I have already spoken to them, and they have sent the elderly, women and children to take refuge, but it seems that the men in the village are all going to stand up and resist.”

Miss Fox's voice was heavy. For a responsible God, perhaps nothing made her feel more powerless and humiliated than being unable to protect her believers.

"Is that so? There are always brave people in every world who are willing to sacrifice themselves."

"On the bright side, their final soul cores were taken in by the village of Shanor, established by the relatives of the Tea Party. Even if they were killed in this timeline, they can live safely in other timelines," said Kiyono Gray.

"Even if their lives could be reincarnated, I shouldn't let them experience the pain of having their family killed in front of them." At this moment, Miss Fox's heart was so heavy that she couldn't joke about anything.

"...I'm sorry." Hearing her melancholy tone, Kiyono Hai also stopped joking and softly apologized.

But Kiyono Gray's suddenly serious tone startled the fox lady, who quickly shook her head and said...

"Kiyono-kun, you don't need to apologize. This tragedy is all because I, this god, am too incompetent. On the contrary, I now need Kiyono-kun's help to ensure the safety of my believers. I should be thanking Kiyono-kun."

"Then it seems I have to work even harder. After all, you've bet everything on me, Takigami-senpai. I can't let you lose like this."

Kiyono Gray's heartfelt exclamation caused the fox lady to fall silent for two or three seconds before she stammered.

"Even if you say that, I won't be as easily won over by you as those other players!"

Your choked-up tone means you're shy, Takigami-senpai.