Chapter: Chapter 261
“Huh? You’re saying that Sandpiper wants me to join the Hero Association and work for her?” Leticia was stunned when she learned about the conversation between Miss Bai and Senior Sang last night.
This Sang person is truly hard to describe. Although her intention was probably just to recruit a powerful demon, this whole thing seemed ridiculously funny.
A human big shot wants a demon king to join the Hero Association to fight demon kings. Good grief, fighting myself?
“I’ve thought of something fun. After I join the Hero Association, I’ll have my subordinates bring me heads and experience points. If I grind for a few years, will I get the title of Grand Sage?” Leticia said with a sly grin. “And then, when they think I’m the savior of the new generation, I’ll suddenly reveal my identity, hahahahaha, that sounds so interesting.”
Foolish humans, you never expected it, did you? The savior in your hearts is the leader of the demons.
“I advise you not to stir up trouble. Besides, the Hero Association doesn’t just deal with demons.” Demons are only one aspect that the Hero Association pays attention to. Elves, beastmen, and even humans themselves are all within the Hero Association’s scope of work.
Heroes are actually similar to police officers. Compared to ordinary police, they probably just have decent superpowers but like freedom.
There are quite a few supersoldiers in humanity’s official forces. Their strong ones are no less than the S-class heroes in the Hero Association, and they even surpass them in numbers and combat power.
However, these powerful individuals rarely appear. Ordinary minor matters are usually handled by the heroes of the Hero Association.
The difference is probably that one is purely official and the other is semi-official. Heroes have slightly worse treatment, but their working hours are flexible. Anyway, the money earned each month is linked to the number and volume of matters handled. The diligent earn more, and the lazy earn less.
Most supersoldiers still prefer the Hero Association. It’s more liberating here, and there are human guardians overseeing it.
Lord Sword Saint is the idol of almost all humans.
Although he has retired and no longer appears in public, everyone knows that Lord Sword Saint is still here, still watching over this world.
“Alright, alright, but you just said someone is causing trouble in Central City. What exactly is going on?” Leticia asked about the most important matter, worried that her ancestor’s words would come true again.
When she is with Bai Ling, there is a high probability that various incidents will erupt around them, and these incidents are usually not small matters.
“Last night, One-Eyed Dragon sent me a file, and I’ve read it.” Bai Ling placed the file she brought on Leticia’s desk and explained the gist of the matter.
Basically, around the time Bai Ling set off for Seaside City for vacation, cases of unexplained slumber occurred in various parts of Central City. The affected individuals fell into a slumber from which they could not be awakened. According to research institutions, these people were all dreaming.
Yes, dreaming, a dream from which they would never wake up.
“Isn’t this no different from being in a vegetative state?” Leticia muttered softly. “It’s quite bizarre. It doesn’t seem like something a human can do.”
“That’s right. Even the most powerful psychics cannot make a person fall asleep for such a long time. Moreover, among those who are asleep, there are several supersoldiers,” Bai Ling agreed with a nod.
The most powerful psychic Bai Ling knows could probably hypnotize an ordinary person for three days. If she wanted to hypnotize them continuously, she would need to use her abilities again within those three days.
However, now, the victim who has been asleep for the longest time has been in slumber for nearly a month. And he was placed under strict supervision more than twenty days ago, making it impossible for anyone to approach him.
More than twenty days have passed, and that person is still in a state of slumber, with no signs of waking up. This is simply not something ordinary human supersoldiers can achieve.
“Indeed, if it were me, I would also need the assistance of a magic formation to achieve something like this,” Leticia nodded. Making someone fall into a slumber of nearly a month is not difficult for her.
But making someone fall asleep for such a long time with a single casting is very difficult.
Well, excluding directly hitting the brain and turning them into a vegetable.
In that case, it wouldn’t be a problem for a few years, let alone a month.
If ordinary humans cannot do such a thing, then the target of suspicion seems to only be the gods, who can never be speculated about with common sense.
If someone used divine power, it would not be incomprehensible to achieve such a feat.
After all, gods themselves are beings that transcend common sense.
“Could it be some god again? Is my luck really this bad?” Leticia began to sigh. How many times has this happened? Every time she stays with Bai Ling, various incidents will occur.
Gods are popping out like freebies, like weeds in a field. Are there really so many gods in this world?
“It’s hard to say. The best outcome is that this matter has nothing to do with gods,” Bai Ling shrugged. She was also quite helpless when facing gods. “Do you have any clues about a god who can control people to sleep?”
After suspecting that this matter was related to gods, Senior Sang went to check the prophecies held by humans. However, she found very little, not even enough to be called clues.
That’s why Bai Ling wanted to tell Leticia about this matter, hoping that Leticia could recall whether the demon’s prophecies mentioned any information about such gods.
Know yourself and your enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without defeat.
“I can’t remember. That book is always locked in the deepest part of the Demon King’s Palace, and I haven’t read it carefully. I’ll go ask Kira later. She should know more than me,” Leticia shook her head. In her memory, the demon prophecies did not mention such gods.
It is also possible that she read too quickly and missed something, so she needs to ask Kira to confirm.
“Don’t you have a lot of things to do today?” Leticia looked up at Bai Ling. “Hurry up and get busy. Don’t loiter around me, I still have to play for a while.”
Yes, when Bai Ling came to visit, Leticia was happily playing games.
As soon as she returned to this familiar place, she had no time to adapt and directly entered a familiar state of slacking off.
In her own words, “I’m going back soon, so I have to take advantage of this time to play more games.”
“Actually, I’m not that busy either…”
“No, you are very busy, please leave now, thank you.”
After sending off the reluctant Bai Ling, Leticia refocused her attention on the game. She was teaming up with Xiao Shuang to clear dungeons.
“Sorry, I was delayed by something just now. Let’s continue clearing.”
“It’s okay, I was just taking a break. I have plenty of time.”
After clearing a few dungeons, Xiao Shuang suddenly asked about the Guild Leader’s whereabouts. “By the way, Sister Qianqian, do you know what the Guild Leader is doing recently? Her account hasn’t been online for several days.”
What is the Guild Leader doing? Of course, she’s working hard as a corporate slave.
It seems that there are indeed quite a few things happening in Seaside City, so many that the Guild Leader hasn’t been on the game for several days.
“She’s probably working. The Guild Leader is a very busy person,” Leticia replied. The fact that she had met the Guild Leader was not a secret in the guild.
Among the guild members, Leticia and Bai Ling are probably the closest to the Guild Leader. Only the two of them have met the Guild Leader offline.
“What kind of person is the Guild Leader? I remember the Guild Leader just recently came of age, right? Is she working so early?” Xiao Shuang asked curiously, wanting to know more.
Normally, shouldn’t she be going to university?
Indeed, for ordinary people, this age is when they should go to university. But is the Guild Leader an ordinary person?
Although she can’t compare to Leticia, this girl is undoubtedly a genius.
“The Guild Leader, she’s very capable. You can just think of her as having already graduated from college,” Leticia explained. Even ordinary college students don’t know as much as the Guild Leader.
“So amazing!” Xiao Shuang exclaimed in surprise. She thought that an online gaming addict like the Guild Leader wouldn’t have good grades, but she didn’t expect the Guild Leader to be so capable. “Then what kind of work does the Guild Leader do?”
“It’s a secret.” Leticia chuckled. She had to keep the Guild Leader’s identity as an active hero a secret. She couldn’t tell Xiao Shuang. “I promised the Guild Leader that I wouldn’t tell anyone her profession.”
“Eh?”
“It’s not a bad profession, quite the opposite, it’s a very respected profession. Don’t worry about it too much, just knowing that the Guild Leader is the Guild Leader is enough.” Leticia said to Xiao Shuang, “Instead of caring about those unnecessary things, it’s better to find a way to get our guild to hit Purple.”
The current guild already has two experts, Bai Ling and Xiao Shuang. With Leticia, who has temporarily returned, their strength is already quite formidable.
“Then tonight, I’ll organize it. With Sister Bai and Sister Qianqian here, we can definitely get promoted with a perfect win rate!”
“Okay. Speaking of which, my biggest wish back then was to get our guild to hit Purple, but the guild members’ strength could at most maintain stability in Green, and to go further, we needed more powerful experts,” Leticia sighed, reminiscing about the ups and downs of the past few years. Was her wish finally coming true?
A Purple guild, this is the highest level for a guild in this game. Since the game’s launch, there have only been about twenty Purple guilds. Some of them have disbanded due to various reasons, and there are only fifteen Purple guilds remaining.
Tonight, this number might change again.
“Now that I have Xiao Bai and you, Xiao Shuang, our guild can finally touch that threshold,” Leticia said with emotion. “By the way, which guild were you in before, Xiao Shuang?”
“Ah, that. It was the Purple guild that disbanded not long ago due to some issues. I was a resource worker there,” Xiao Shuang said sheepishly.
Resource workers are commonly known as slackers. Their purpose is to contribute resources for the guild’s daily operations. Of course, this is not free work; the guild’s benefits are much more than their contributions.
“If Sister Qianqian goes, she’ll definitely be a main player.”
“Of course. I’m not bragging, but none of the main players in those Purple guilds can beat me in a one-on-one.” Leticia unreservedly accepted Xiao Shuang’s flattery. This was the truth, and there was no need to be humble.
The members of those Purple guilds who had fought her one-on-one said the same thing. One of the Purple guild commanders even wanted to recruit her.
But who was Leticia? Could she abandon her poor little Guild Leader?
Of course not.
“Haha. I’ve used up my stamina. Sister Qianqian, I’m going offline first. See you tonight.” Xiao Shuang laughed twice and bid farewell to Leticia.
They had been clearing dungeons for a while, and Xiao Shuang was feeling a bit tired. Moreover, they had guild wars tonight, so she felt it would be better to rest and take a nap.
“Mhm, mhm. I should also go offline soon.” Leticia stretched. It was almost time for lunch.
Speaking of which, did she forget something?
Uh, what was it…
After thinking hard, Leticia suddenly realized that she had forgotten Bai Ling’s request.
She still had to ask Kira if there were any records in the demon prophecies that corresponded to the current events in Central City.
As soon as she thought of this, Leticia quickly closed the game and rushed out of the room.
“Kira!”
“Sister, are you looking for me?” Kira, wearing loose and comfortable home clothes, poked her head out of the kitchen. She had an apron tied around her waist and looked like she was cooking.
“Kira, you’re cooking yourself?” Leticia asked with some surprise. Although she knew Kira could cook some simple dishes, this seemed to be the first time she had seen Kira cook.
“What, isn’t it okay?” Kira retorted with her hands on her hips, slightly annoyed. Her sister’s expression seemed to question her abilities.
“I’m just a little surprised… cough cough, let’s get to the point. Bai Ling asked me to ask you something.”
“Stop, wait until I finish cooking,” Seeing Leticia’s expression suggesting a long story, Kira immediately interrupted her. “It’ll be quick, just a few minutes.”
After speaking, Kira dived into the kitchen.
Leticia walked into the kitchen curiously, wanting to see what Kira was doing. Then, she saw several large golden meatballs rolling in the hot oil.
Wow, they looked delicious.
“Is this today’s lunch? It smells so good.”
“Yes. Although it was bought directly from the supermarket, this is Xiao Ya’s strong recommendation!” Kira nodded. She rather clumsily scooped the meatballs that had been frying for a while out of the pot and placed them on a plate nearby. “Okay, sister, what’s your question? Ask quickly now.”
“The thing is…” Leticia recounted what Bai Ling had just told her to Kira. “I can’t think of anything that corresponds to what’s happening now, so I thought I’d ask you, Kira.”
