Xingtie: My mission master joins the chat group.

Chapter 991 Kiana & Xing: I knew Old Yang still had things he hadn't taught me!

"Oh! I remember there was a Hilichurl tribe here, wasn't there? Were they wiped out by some kind adventurer?"

"..."

With a gloomy face, Ying approached Paimon, but found no trace of Xing nearby. "Where is that bastard who tricked me?"

She said she had something to do and went back first.

"I'm so angry!" Ying's face showed anger; anyone would be angry if they were tricked.

At the same time, I felt a little regretful that such a good plan was still seen through by Xing.

Displeased, he glanced back at the scattered Hilichurl tribe.

"Let's go, Paimon! We're heading back to the Adventurers' Guild to collect our reward!"

at the same time.

Nata.

"Oh? How come Smoke Mystery Master's Obsidian Grandma is here? It's the Abyss's active period now, and the road from Smoke Mystery Master here is not easy."

Vulcan Mavica crossed her arms and looked at Cetalli, who was panting and looking travel-worn, with surprise.

"Fire, Lord Fire God."

Sitali, hands on her knees, was panting heavily. She had run all the way from the Lord of Smoke to here, and she was almost exhausted on the way.

Upon meeting Mavica, he began to explain why he had come to see her.

After listening to Sitrali's description, Mavica first glanced in the direction Sitrali had come from, then looked at her with a serious expression.

After pondering for a long time, he shook his head and said, "I did not see the illusion you mentioned, nor did I sense the aura of the abyss on you."

Cecilia gasped, her mouth agape. "No, this can't be! It's right in front of me, such a huge piece!"

It's one thing if you can't sense the abyss's presence.

Even the mighty Vulcan could not sense the abyss's presence.

Could it be that this thing isn't the abyss?

The thought popped into my head, and the next second I was strangled by Sitrus.

impossible!

This must be another instance of the abyss bewitching me!

They want to lower their guard, believe what's in front of them, and then use them to achieve their dirty goals!

Hmph! Grandma is very smart! She definitely won't fall for it!

Mavica pondered, "Hmm—although I didn't sense the abyss's presence, it's possible that the abyss used incredibly sophisticated methods on you, even managing to deceive my senses."

Although she is the goddess of fire, even gods are not omnipotent.

There are things that even the gods cannot cover.

If the Abyss is on guard against her, she might not be able to detect it.

"Can you describe what the hallucination looked like?"

Mavica asked.

Sylvia's next words caused Mavica's expression to change slightly.

He looked at Sitella with a strange expression, listening to her nonsensical words.

Is there something wrong with my ears, or is there something wrong with Cetalari's brain?

"?"

Sitrali looked up and saw Mavica's strange gaze as she stared at her in confusion.

Mavica repeated what Sitella had said.

"No! That's not what I said!"

“As expected.” Mavica nodded. “There’s some kind of force at play, preventing others from knowing what happened to you… It does seem rather suspicious.”

After discussing for a long time, Mavica and Sitella finally spoke up: "Let's try to contact the illusion and see what they're up to."

"If they join the Abyss to use you as a breach to invade Nata, then let them out. But if they want to harm you, then refuse them."

"Won't it cause trouble if we let it out?"

"This is the only way at the moment. Only you can see this illusion, and I haven't sensed the abyss's aura on you. The only way to solve this is to lure it out."

Mavica continued, "Under the illumination of the Holy Flame, the power of the Abyss will be greatly weakened. Even if the opponent comes out here, he will not be a match for me."

These words dispelled Sitrally's worries.

She nodded gently and began to make contact with the illusion of the abyss, as Mavica had instructed.

The purpose of exploring the abyss.

"How should I start?" Seth Lari struggled with the question at the beginning. As everyone knows, the beginning is always the hardest part of anything.

"They all seem like they want to chat with ordinary people... Say hello first, then just chat casually, but don't act like you're asking around."

【Ding dong! 】

Obsidian Grandma: Hello, everyone.

Alicia: I'm alive again!

"What do you mean 'come back to life'? I've never died!"

Sitella thought to herself.

Xing: She's already here? I thought she wouldn't appear in the chat group until Ying went to Nata.

Ying: @Xing, your mother is dead.

Xing: Where did you die? Please tell me! I need to go burn paper money for my mother!

Funina:?

Is this something a person can say?

Seth Lari: "..."

confirmed!

This group is definitely from the Abyss in disguise!

"You can't even pretend to be a decent person! Would a human say something like that?"

Sitella crossed her arms in her heart.

Mavica, on the other side, gazed at the bowed Sittrali, focusing all her attention on her, yet still could not sense any power that did not belong to her.

If the abyss truly is what caused Sittrali's hallucinations.

That only means that the abyss's lurking nature has become even stronger.

Even she, the Goddess of Fire, couldn't detect it when she was close by.

Let alone others?

This conclusion made Mavica feel a sense of urgency and tension, but she did not panic.

She believed that even the abyss could not easily employ such a method.

It must have come at a very high price.

Such methods can be used without any cost.

The Abyss has already taken over Nata.

Instead of having only one person like Cetalari appear over hundreds of years.

……

【Ding dong! 】

Alicia: @Star @Firefly, that's enough! Don't scare the newcomer away again!

Xing: Run? Does our chat group have a leave button?

Lin Mao: Watch out or I'll kick you out!

Kiana: ? The chat group has been updated? There's an option to kick people now?

Upon seeing Lin Mao's message, Kiana scrolled through the group chat but couldn't find an option to kick someone out.

Xing: Hehe, you've been exposed!

Xing wiped the cold sweat from her forehead; she had almost been scared out of her wits, but thankfully Kiana spoke up in time.

Lin Mao: ...

Not afraid of god-like opponents, but afraid of pig-like teammates.

The value of this statement is self-evident.

"What is all this?! I can't get a word in edgewise! How am I supposed to find out what the Abyss's purpose is?!"

"Chat groups, kicking people out, updates... Is this something new that I don't know about? How do I respond? How do I start a conversation to seem like I can keep up with these guys and fit in?"

Sitella couldn't help but bite her nails.

【Ding dong! 】

Kiana: I thought the chat group had been updated.

Lin Mao: How could that be? Everyone would definitely get a notification when this thing is updated.

Kiana: That's true.

Alicia: Another newbie has died.

Lin Mao: Old Yang, right? (Performs Yang's sit-up.)

They died and came back to life, and came back to die.

But somehow, it just won't die.

Kiana: Old Yang has this trick up his sleeve?

Xing: Old Yang has this trick up his sleeve?

I knew he had some secret techniques he hadn't taught me!

"..."