VIP Chapter 540: Interlude: The Third Mastermind
Shuna prepared what might be her final letter to Will.
She placed it on the front of the coffin lid, slowly writing down the rich content on letter paper—a sufficiently detailed method for clearing the Death Hall, Daisianwei’s greatest weakness, and the purpose and rules behind the Dungeon’s creation…
As always, after finishing everything, she encrypted it layer by layer.
If she wished, she shouldn’t have been “writing a letter” here. The safest course of action would be to escape.
Not by communication, but by personally carrying the information to Will. This might be the most surefire way to ensure the information reached him.
But…
“Escaping” was too risky for her now.
Because the area where the Death Hall was located, regrettably, was not within Will’s Adventurer faction’s territory.
Although Will’s “influence” had already spread to many places after becoming the new President of the Adventurer’s Guild.
But…
It wasn’t something that could truly be controlled in less than a week.
Especially since the Death Hall controlled this region, and there were many followers of Carver’s ranking system who particularly cared about the Death Hall’s survival.
Simply put, they were Carver’s remnants.
Therefore, if she merely submitted this anonymous letter, she might still be able to get away with it undetected.
But if she wanted to truly drop the act and reveal her identity as an inside mole, she might not even be able to reach Will.
Within the Death Hall, especially as a BOSS beyond the hundredth floor, she had the “immunity” to death. If she stepped foot outside, Daisianwei could easily kill her.
More importantly…
She still had something that Will would be extremely curious about, something that even he might not know Shuna could obtain an answer to…
Li Wei’qi.
The “Empress of the Apex of the Galaxy who should have disappeared,” as Will called her. What exactly was she doing here? What was she planning with the many “conspiracies” hidden beneath the surface so far?
And more importantly…
Would her actions make her an enemy of them?
Could Li Wei’qi, who was both friend and foe, truly be considered a friend?
“I look forward to your victory. I will send you my heartfelt blessings at the end of your triumph. — S.”
With the last stroke of her pen, she folded the paper repeatedly and used magic to make it look like an ordinary advertisement flyer.
“Oh my. Miss Shuna, it seems the ‘hint’ I gave you last time was very useful. Your guide is already written~”
“!? ”
Shuna thought this person was truly at her beck and call.
Li Wei’qi wasn’t standing behind her this time. Instead, she slowly stepped over the corpses of the adventurers in front of Shuna, walking towards her with heavy footsteps.
“And… even like this. You’ve been working hard on your cover. You couldn’t win last time, but this time these adventurers have become your defeated opponents.”
Li Wei’qi said as she walked, turning her head to “look” at the corpses on the ground.
Even though she had maintained her “blind” persona, she was no longer acting. Her movements clearly indicated “eyesight.”
The corpses lay scattered everywhere.
According to the tradition of the Death Hall, these corpses would be collected by people from the Adventurer’s Guild.
Then, outside the Death Hall, they would “come alive” again.
“Mm-hm. As an experienced adventurer, I know better than anyone that a surprise attack can only be used once. If you try to ambush me again next time, it won’t be so easy.”
Shuna quickly put away the letter in her hand and picked up a dagger from beside her.
Her most trusted weapon, she spun it in her hand.
Although last time, Shuna had taken a risk to prevent Will from being defeated by the Undead Warrior borrowed by Carver, letting Li Wei’qi know how to disguise her letters.
She still didn’t want to have too much contact with Li Wei’qi.
If she could hide her letter, she would keep it hidden much deeper.
“I see. As a former top-tier adventurer, being the BOSS of this Dungeon is indeed an overwhelming advantage in terms of experience and ability. Hmm… top-tier adventurers are often the strongest ‘Dungeon BOSSes’…”
Li Wei’qi’s “gaze” shifted back from the “corpses” of the adventurers on the ground.
Her words carried a hint of sadness and loneliness.
Had someone said the exact same thing to her before? Did she suddenly want to use her own voice to utter this phrase that she considered meaningful?
Shuna’s intuition might not be enough to give her a definitive answer.
But…
She could sense it.
When she was role-playing as a Shuna who had “Will’s death,” there were always moments when she wanted to convey similar words spoken by Will in this manner.
What was Li Wei’qi’s purpose?
Come to think of it…
Her social circle was very “limited.” Apart from her contact with the man loyal to Carver outside the Dungeon, she had never been seen interacting with anyone outside the Death Hall.
Why was she so insistent on…
“You also want to defeat Daisianwei? Otherwise, why would you hint at the method to defeat her? Especially when this method is so ‘risky’.”
—overthrowing this Dungeon she had served since birth?
“Daisianwei and I are naturally at odds. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have joined forces with the Witches to distribute those Stones to the Dungeons that didn’t want to be controlled by her… would I?”
“…”
Shuna was surprised that Li Wei’qi said what she had done without any disguise.
“Then, why did you do it? If I understand correctly, you… weren’t born in this Dungeon? You couldn’t have become an inside mole of the Death Hall from birth, could you?”
“Didn’t your dear Will tell you?”
Li Wei’qi’s words held a hint of teasing as she leaned against the coffin Shuna was sitting on.
“…No.”
Shuna lied.
She knew Li Wei’qi had “information from outside this world that might be comparable to Will’s.”
After all, it was Will, and the information he shared was far beyond what others could imagine.
However, she felt her lie was probably meaningless.
Li Wei’qi probably wouldn’t believe her anyway.
“Hmm… it’s nothing much.”
Li Wei’qi crossed her arms, wearing a uniform-like outfit with tightly buttoned clasps.
She slowly reached out towards the chandelier hanging from the ceiling of the dim Dungeon.
The tip of her nose caught a faint glow from the candlelight, making her appear as if she was lightly gilded with sunlight.
“It’s just… because I want to go to the deepest part—but Daisianwei and the existence of the Death Hall will inevitably obstruct this process.”
Li Wei’qi’s lips, painted with a light layer of lipstick, parted, giving this answer.
Shuna had to admit that Li Wei’qi was indeed very “beautiful.”
She also possessed a certain “Heroine” allure, especially her ever-present “mystery” that couldn’t be instantly fathomed.
“Why do you want to go to the deepest part of the Dungeon? Daisianwei told me, and she must have told you too… there’s no meaning there.”
“Oh? You believed her? Well, I suppose so. After all, it was Will who told you, and you’d believe anything he said unconditionally. However, the deepest part of the Dungeon… really…”
Li Wei’qi moved closer to Shuna again.
She always wore an eye patch, having no “eyesight.”
Yet Shuna could always…
From her, she felt a strange “emotion.”
Towards Shuna, she seemed to have a bit of “nostalgia,” but more so a strange… hatred?
But she had no enmity with Li Wei’qi, so why would they become enemies?
“—no meaning?”
