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Join the ServerBefore Yingning and the others had finished their login cooldown, I logged into the game first.
Returning to the home in the pet space, the little ones were indeed starving. They stared at me with wide, watery eyes, looking wronged as they scrambled to climb all over me.
I quickly pulled out the gold-grade幼宠 food I had exchanged from the event.
The little ones had been born for over two days, so they no longer needed to drink milk; they could eat this kind of幼宠 food.
The gold-grade幼宠 food cost a whopping 5 points per bag to exchange. That was incredibly high, considering most players had only earned a dozen or so points in total. Apart from me and Yingning, who had gotten a large amount of points from our 14 consecutive kills, the next highest player had barely reached 1000 points.
However, the gold-grade幼宠 food was noted to increase the幼宠 experience gain rate by 200%, as well as improve the breakthrough success rate and the probability of obtaining rare talent skills after breakthrough. So, without hesitation, me and Yingning exchanged for several hundred bags of gold-grade pet food.
Since the little ones knew how to control their food intake and wouldn’t overeat to harm themselves, I simply went full-on rich and filled the bathtub with pet food, letting them eat as they pleased.
Just as I finished feeding them, a video communication request rang in—it was Shirley.
I quickly answered the call.
“How are you all now?” I asked hastily.
Shirley looked much more haggard than before. She sighed: [So, you already know… I see. Now this matter has spread across the continent, and everyone knows how that justice-preaching Aleksia is actually a brutal executioner… Hah…]
Suddenly, Shirley raised her head, her pale golden vertical pupils gleaming with sharp cold light: [What about you? What will you choose? No matter what you choose, I can understand… When the wall collapses, everyone pushes it. The tide has turned, and it’s wisest to preserve oneself. Besides, you have children to take care of. Only a fool would throw away their life for a hopeless cause.]
“Indeed, I’m sorry.”
Hearing my response, Shirley’s eyes dimmed slightly.
“I’m sorry, but I’m a fool. We’re all fools. So maybe we can’t turn the tide, but we’ll stake everything.” I smiled. “Don’t be moved. We’re only doing this for the mission reward after victory. We seek fortune in danger. Don’t worry, nothing can scare us unscrupulous adventurers. For treasures and experience, we’ll risk everything without hesitation.”
[Honestly, you’re not an adventurer… Tsundere.]
Shirley pouted.
“Anyway, we’ve settled on a plan. Starting from the Alliance’s three-instance final judgment system, we’ll try to clear Aleksia’s name as much as possible… So we need your help. We need you to provide information to increase our chances of winning this trial.”
[It’s useless,] Shirley’s ears drooped weakly. [The lawyers are all people of the Alliance. No lawyer is willing to defend Ale. Even if there were, it would definitely be one the Alliance uses to crush our last hope.]
[The Alliance’s prestige is too high. Now, we’ve lost all support. In all of Adell, apart from you, we have no one we can trust.]
[So, when the court convenes, I’ll have to defend Ale personally. Even though I know nothing about law… but there’s no other way.]
“Don’t worry about the lawyer. My master is a lawyer. A professional one.”
[What? Really?!]
Shirley’s face lit up with joy. This was clearly the only good news she had heard in days.
“We’re all in the same boat. I have no reason to joke about something this important.”
At the same time, Yingning and the others logged into the game. I invited them to join my conversation with Shirley.
[Ning Beibei: Shirley-sama, Ale-sama won’t lack a defender now.]
[Shirley: Lack! We lack everything!]
[Ning Beibei: Then may I…]
[Shirley: No problem!]
Thus, it was decided that Yingning would act as the defender to appear in court for Aleksia.
Suddenly, Shirley’s expression turned solemn. She looked at the five of us: [Are you sure you want to step into this muddy water? Think carefully about the consequences. This is opposing the entire Alliance, the entire continent! Unlike last time, we are no longer heroes. We are criminals. And you are those who shield criminals, accomplices to evil… If you fail, you will be wanted by the whole Alliance. There will be no place for you on this continent. For you adventurers, that means no future.]
[And, to be honest, our winning rate is about zero.]
The setting sun was as red as blood, casting a bloody sorrow on Shirley’s face.
She did not intend to survive alone.
[System Announcement: SSS-rank mission – ‘Blooming of the Stars’ has officially started. Do you accept the mission to stand with Aleksia and Shirley through thick and thin?]
[System Announcement: Failure penalty – Become the Alliance’s highest-level wanted criminal. Unable to use auction house, mail, warehouse, purchase potions, or any Alliance-affiliated functions. Become hostile to all Alliance-affiliated NPCs and players. Please consider carefully and do not act impulsively.]
The failure penalty was indeed too severe.
Logically, we had no reason to stake everything on a mission with almost no hope of victory.
But perhaps we were already too immersed in this game, unable to distinguish reality from illusion, and simply didn’t want to witness a tragedy unfold before our eyes.
Or maybe we were just madmen, with no word for failure in our dictionary.
Even though we knew this gamble of unknown returns could very well turn everything we had fought for into nothing.
Even though we were only a few virtual friends who met by chance in an online game.
But this time, none of us let each other down.
We exchanged smiles and spoke in unison.
“Accept mission.”
Shirley cried. When we said those four words, it was unimaginable that this high-and-mighty, utterly shameless Saint-tier adult would have two clear streams of tears flowing down her cheeks.
[How embarrassing. The first time I cry in my life is in front of adventurers… Ale is going to make fun of me again…]
None of us spoke, because we knew that from this moment on, like Shirley, no matter how vast the continent, there was no place for us.
If we didn’t succeed, we wouldn’t die either.
At the moment we confirmed accepting the mission, a gigantic golden book suddenly appeared before all adventurers across the continent, occupying their entire field of vision.
On the book’s cover were a few ancient and sharp black characters.
【Chronicles of the Adell Continent】
Under the shocked gazes of all players, the cover slowly turned, revealing the table of contents on the title page.
The table of contents was blank. As light flowed, the first line gradually appeared.
【Chapter 1: Blooming of the Stars】
【World Announcement: A player has triggered an SSS-rank chronicle mission. From now on, the pursuit will enter the ‘Hero – Chapter of the Stars’.】
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