Chapter 658: New Large MMORPG Quest: World of Warcraft

"Is this the true might of Master Ezio?" Irina and the other Assassins were utterly speechless; only within the game could one ever experience such fluid perfection, where every strike and every counter-reversal was practically flawless!

That seamless, breathtaking choreography was, quite simply, a feast for the eyes.

"Is he truly an assassin?!" The Assassins watching the magical projection inside the prison were likewise stunned.

In all honesty, had it been any of them, the moment those black-robed Ascetics appeared, they would have likely been skewered through and through.

The assassins of their familiarity were supposed to lurk in the shadows, dealing a fatal blow only when they manifested.

Yet now... looking at this floor covered in corpses, and the ground outside the temple earlier, which had been just as strewn with bodies...

How could someone be so staggeringly fierce?!

In their impression, were assassins not meant to remain concealed in the dark, taking lives in a single strike?

In truth, many of them came from humble origins, possessing talents and martial techniques inferior to others; without relying on such methods, how could they ever defeat their opponents?

The reasons they became assassins varied: some did so to rebel against reality, while others went underground purely because they could no longer survive under their original identities.

Thus, being an assassin was merely a choice forced upon them, a path where they were slighted at every turn, with nothing else to commend them aside from assassinations and sneak attacks.

But now... they felt as though they were absolutely falling in love with this brand-new profession!

A massive contingent of guards had already burst inside.

Yet what they witnessed was that these assassins, who had just thrashed the jailers, were neither rioting nor fleeing; instead, they were gathered collectively in the courtyard, watching a magical projection.

"...What on earth is so captivating?" The guards raised their eyes, looking toward the magical projection in the center of the courtyard.

They saw that around the hooded, white-robed assassin, the black-robed Ascetics lay scattered all over the ground, while Luther and the High Priest were nowhere to be found.

What was the situation...? What had happened?! How did it turn out like this after we stopped watching for just a brief moment?!

Right then, Owner Fang finally turned his head, prompting several assassins to let out a loud cry: "6666!"

Having learned this phrase from the internet cafe, they applied it with great practical efficiency!

Owner Fang inquired, "Hmm? Where is everyone else? What about those priests and the like?"

"Ah...? Oh... it seems they fled!" Irina pointed toward the main gates.

"Aren't you going to pursue them?" Owner Fang stared at Irina and the remaining assassins in utter bewilderment. "How could you just let them slip away like that?!"

Just standing on the sidelines and shouting "666"? Could it be they were waiting for him to give chase? He had already completed his quest; he couldn't care less about the rest!

"Ah...?" Irina seemed to only just snap out of it, crying out in alarm, "Quick... quick, pursue them!"

"???" Owner Fang froze, wondering if there could possibly be teammates as incompetent as these.

Irina felt a wave of vexation: We were just... so utterly engrossed in watching, how can you blame me!

"Quick, give chase!" Irina hurriedly shouted.

"Wait... wait..." Several Brotherhood assassins who were on the verge of collapsing crawled up with failing breath. "First..."

Irina looked at Owner Fang, then back at the assassins on the ground.

"Save your teammates before chasing people!" Owner Fang slapped his forehead. "Do you even know how to play in a party..."

"Lord Luther and the others have already fled?!" At that moment, the temple guards of the Kingdom of Stan who happened to witness this scene through the magical projection suddenly cried out in surprise. "Quick, report to Lord Caesar! I fear a major crisis is brewing!"

"Then what about these assassins..."

"Send men to keep an eye on them first!"

...

Over on Fang Qi's side.

"Senior Haxin, take a look at this." A young assassin handed several parchment scrolls to Haxin.

These magical parchment scrolls could record a vast amount of information and preserve it exceptionally well; they were frequently used to store archives and dossiers, as well as crucial intelligence.

"This is..." Haxin was violently startled. "This is evidence of Count Seven accepting bribes! Recorded here are the vast treasures he received from the temple, the buying and selling of official titles, and the forced conversion of faith in Grey Eagle City! Fantastic!"

Meanwhile, Irina arrived holding the corpse of the red-robed High Priest in one hand and dragging Count Seven with the other.

"Where is Luther?" Irina demanded furiously.

"...He... he fled!" several assassins spoke up. "By the time we rushed over, he had already departed via the teleportation array!"

...

The following day, a colossal scandal suddenly erupted within Grey Eagle City of the Morning Light Empire and the Judgement Temple. The execution of the assassins, which everyone had originally anticipated, had actually escalated into the assassins wiping out the entire Grey Eagle City temple; even the red-robed High Priest had perished on the spot, and the envoy Luther’s fate remained unknown.

This was not even what astounded them most; what truly shocked the populace was that the Judgement Temple had actually attempted to develop the entirety of Grey Eagle City into a miniature state of faith through bribery and forced conversions.

Confronted by countless voices of doubt, St. Dulan's face turned uncharacteristically livid at this moment.

"We do not rule out the possibility that these wretched assassins are slandering and spreading rumors. Everyone should be well aware of the nature of these damnable fellows. Of course, if such isolated incidents do truly exist, we will handle them severely and tolerate absolutely no leniency!"

Very quickly, these words from St. Dulan spread to various regions via projections.

Only then did St. Dulan breathe a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, these assassins do not possess control over the magical projections across the lands."

He casually summoned a knight: "Regarding this matter, are there any survivors who escaped from Grey Eagle City?"

"Yes! Lord Luther!" the knight reported.

"Lord Luther has forsaken the glory of God—you understand what I mean!" St. Dulan took a deep breath, and then tightly closed his eyes.

"Understood!"

The masses were easily fooled, but some people were no fools. This matter was destined to have someone shoulder the blame; otherwise, proselytizing in other nations that did not share the faith of the Judgement Temple would become utterly impossible in the future.

They had already lost the untapped territory of the Elven race; they absolutely could not afford to lose their own backyard as well!

...

And at this moment, while Owner Fang completed his quest, a new massive online multiplayer game quest had also unlocked.

New Quest: The Masterpiece of an Era, *World of Warcraft*

Quest Objectives: 1. Achieve a popularity rating of over one hundred thousand for the new shop.

2. Have foreign races among the shop's players (including Elves, Orcs, and Dwarves).

Quest Privileges: Obtain the authority to acquire the original promotional CGs and independently plan and design promotional CGs; obtain the authority to host small-scale events.

Quest Rewards: The Cultivation Rooms (both Movie and Game versions) will be upgraded and merged; obtain 10 days of cultivation privileges in the new Cultivation Room.

Subsequent quests for *World of Warcraft* unlocked.

Owner Fang patted his forehead: "..."

He suddenly felt that his task was immensely arduous.

Popularity, as the name implied, merely required people to know of the shop's existence and what it did; they did not necessarily have to come to the shop to play games.

But one hundred thousand was still clearly a massive number.

As for Orcs and Dwarves...

Those were things he truly hadn't caught sight of ever since arriving in Canglan City.