Huh? Isn't This A Galgame?-Chapter 163 - 160: Degraded to a Plaything

At the foot of the mountain on the other side behind the Erin Group,

Yu Shujun held a lightsaber blade against Silver Thorn's neck, his gaze cold and deep.

Actually, not to mention the trash equipment Silver Thorn brought into this map, even if her master gave her god-tier equipment, with her eleven-star level, facing Jun Wuming, she might not withstand twenty rounds.

Even with six divine equipment, or even ten divine equipment, her chances of winning weren't high.

A trace of a cold smile appeared on Silver Thorn's face, blood trickling down from the corner of her lips, "Do you really think that man would be willing to use god-tier equipment on me? On such a hopeless battle?"

This was the truth.

As the nature of the Guild Leader of the Ghost Control Master Alliance, he wouldn't be willing to waste precious resources on one of his dogs.

And this fact made Yu Shujun's expression even colder.

Could it be... Silver Thorn put all her effort into snatching the players' "welfare items" and then climbed over this mountain at the fastest speed, fleeing all the way to the foot of the mountain... was it really to lure the tiger away from the mountain?

Yu Shujun's brows furrowed.

Impossible.

From the start, Yu Shujun was on guard against the other party using this trick.

The reason why he dared to leave Ye Jiu's side so recklessly at this critical moment and pursue here was because Yu Shujun had faith that Silver Thorn didn't have the ability to feint east and attack west, nor to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

Having been in this instance for so long, even though Yu Shujun spent most of his time by Ye Jiu's side, he had never stopped communicating with the NPCs on this map.

Through the information fed back by those NPCs, Yu Shujun could confirm that Silver Thorn had no companions, and this secret infiltration by the Ghost Control Master Alliance, even though he still couldn't ascertain the ultimate goal, Yu Shujun could be certain they only sent Silver Thorn alone.

Of course, this alone wasn't enough for Yu Shujun to let down his guard and pursue here.

After all, even without helpers, the other party could still use special equipment items, or skills, to create disadvantages for Ye Jiu.

Using soul threads to reversely control the character Zhang Beibei to approach Ye Jiu earlier was the best example.

Therefore, Yu Shujun immediately notified Qiqi, ensuring Qiqi stayed by Ye Jiu's side without taking any steps away.

As long as Qiqi was by Ye Jiu's side, any danger appearing around them, Qiqi would inform Yu Shujun immediately.

Up till now, based on the feedback from Qiqi, everything was going smoothly with Ye Jiu and the other players, as they were infinitely approaching the final endpoint of the main task.

There shouldn't be any deception.

Yu Shujun collected his thoughts, not wanting to spend too much time here, and decided to get straight to the main point, laying bare the most important question in his heart——

"Surrender the anomalies you embedded in this map."

At this moment, the confusion and bafflement on Silver Thorn's face deepened, and after a brief pause, she suddenly burst into laughter,

"Do you think the anomalies appearing in this map were caused by me?

"Hahaha, I say, the great Jun Wuming, how arrogant you used to be, no matter how many benefits that man promised you back then, you refused to submit, but now, why are you willing to let a player account be marked with the disgrace of being enslaved just to bring this account in?

"So... you already discovered anomalies in this map?

"Of course, within an instance, any movements couldn't possibly escape the eyes of you, Jun Wuming.

"You must have long noticed these anomalies aren't from a simple source, right?

"Even anomalies that your character account couldn't handle, don't you think in my current state, I'd have any ability to silently embed those anomalies?"

Hearing Silver Thorn's words, Yu Shujun's heart sank.

If it's not the Ghost Control Master Alliance's doing, are those anomalies... problems with this instance itself?

If so, then Silver Thorn bringing Yu Shujun to the foot of this mountain now...

"Luring the tiger away from the mountain?"

Ultimately... it was still luring the tiger away from the mountain!

Yu Shujun's eyes were filled with coldness.

"Hahaha!" Silver Thorn laughed again, a sharp, insane laughter, "Yu Shujun... Jun Wuming! There's actually a day you would be played by me around my finger!

"Hahaha! You thought luring the tiger away from the mountain would definitely be for harming that incompetent waste of a master of yours?

"No! Quite the opposite! I went to great lengths to first perform a scene of probing intelligence, then deliberately stole that 'welfare item' in front of you, all just to make you believe my goal was to sabotage the main task here, hoping you would obediently follow me here."

Saying this, Silver Thorn leaned forward, stopping just in front of Yu Shujun's face, and near his ear, said slowly:

"I'm telling you now, my goal, from the start, was to ensure your waste of a master smoothly, completes, the, task!"

Before her words fully settled, her head of silver hair stood up, like a white sea urchin.

Every strand of hair shot towards Yu Shujun, encapsulating him layer by layer in just an instant, like a giant cicada pupa.

"You have no more chances," Silver Thorn said calmly, "They've already reached the forge, even if you moved as fast as me now, you can't make it back to stop him from completing the task."

Why would staying by Ye Jiu's side make him want to stop the other from completing the task?

This question lingered in Yu Shujun's mind only briefly before being suppressed.

At this moment, Yu Shujun's face was dark as night, his voice cold to the point of freezing, "If you don't want to die, let go."

Silver Thorn was a hair ghost.

Her silver strands were her ultimate weapon, and could also be considered her true form.

Before being tamed by the Ghost Control Master Alliance, in her own instance, she took out countless players with that silver hair.

But those myriad silver strands, in Yu Shujun's eyes, were no different from dragon whisker candy, breaking at a touch, completely incapable of restraining him.

"Are you betting... that I don't want to kill you?"

"A worthless life, nothing worth betting on," Silver Thorn sneered, "I simply have no choice, using my life to hold you back is the last order I received from that man."

Yu Shujun furrowed his brows, intensely staring at her pale to near-transparent skin, "The Silver Thorn I knew would rather die than be tamed, why have you become like this?"

Silver Thorn's eyes reddened, followed by intense violence surfacing in her eyes,

"What right do you have to criticize me?!

"Weren't you the one who used to disdain characters who were tamed? Yet now, you're allowing your player account to bear the mark of a silver pattern!

"The control this pattern has over one's mind, you know it better than I do!"

Saying this, Silver Thorn's gaze shifted from Yu Shujun's eyes to the band-aid on his cheekbone.

The band-aid even bore two small pink hearts.

A rather cute design, yet at this moment it only seemed glaring to Silver Thorn, burning her heart with anger.

"Your incompetent waste of a master treats you quite considerately?

"Does this trivial benefit make you wag your tail like a dog at his feet? Even surrendering your main account?

"Where did the once defiant Yu Shujun go?

"Why have you been tamed so completely, in such a short time, so completely enslaved, willing to give so much for him?"

Silver Thorn posed the question without waiting for a response, raising her hand, pointing at her own forehead, answering herself:

"Because the moment that control pattern was lit, here, your soul was branded.

"You are being enslaved by that waste of a master.

"Not just your body.

"But even your soul, mind, emotions, every aspect, are being enslaved by him.

"You can be stubborn, you can deny, but the moment you sent your player account willingly to be enslaved by that man, you already proved with your actions, you've completely lost your own thoughts.

"Whether you admit it or not, you ultimately, have become his plaything."