I've Become the King of Villains in the Game

Dong, dong, dong, dong...!!

A series of dense, thunderous noises.

The Gentleman immediately felt half of his body go numb from the vibrations, the powerful force transmitted through, almost causing him to drop the Silver Shield from his hand.

"Cough!"

He spat out a mouthful of blood.

"How can a 'Sequence Nine' possibly be this strong?!"

An incredulous shout came from inside the Silver Pot.

Whoosh—!!

The ferocious dark-golden figure threw another punch, its entire arm tracing a curved arc, bypassing the Silver Shield and striking towards him.

"!!"

The Gentleman was alarmed.

Grinding his teeth, he dived towards the ground, retracting the Silver Shield in his hand just in time, folding it back into its original staff form.

Chen Lun's snake arm swung out into empty air as the Gentleman had already burrowed into the earth, his body sinking halfway into the ground.

"Trying to escape?"

Chen Lun uttered a cold snort.

He transformed his fist into a palm and lunged at the Gentleman, but his grab was deflected by a bump from the Silver Pot, ultimately only grazing the latter's shoulder.

Crack!

Debris fell, and the Gentleman's figure had vanished.

This was the ability of 'Sequence Nine – Tomb Robber': after burrowing, they were quite fast, but if the Gentleman thought he could escape like this, he was probably underestimating Chen Lun's tracking ability.

In his Great Serpent Form, his senses had been enhanced once again, not to mention that even though the last grab had missed, his fingers had touched the target's shoulder.

In that instant, Chen Lun had deployed 'Snake's Kiss,' injecting a dose of Supernatural Toxin into the Gentleman's body. This Supernatural Toxin not only possessed lethal power but was also an excellent tracking pheromone.

"Floey, wait for me here..."

Chen Lun turned his head towards Floey and spoke.

"I'll be back soon."

No sooner had his words faded than he transformed into a dark-golden afterimage and disappeared from the spot.

...

Laburnum Women's Academy.

In a corner of the campus, the soil of a flower bed suddenly churned.

Majery slowly climbed out, dusting off the minor amount of dirt and mud from her body and staggering toward the dormitory area.

Bang!

The door to the staff dormitory was flung open, and she nearly fell to the ground.

Propping herself up on a table, she took off the Silver Pot on her head, revealing the face of a young man, his complexion ashen and blood seeping from his mouth and nose.

"Is he really a 'Sequence Nine'? Even if it's a hidden pathway, it shouldn't be this powerful!"

Majery muttered as she wiped the blood from her mouth and nose.

'The Gentleman' was Majery's alias, a false identity used for activities within the mysterious society. Her real identity was that of a lecturer at Laburnum Women's Academy, responsible for helping the professors organize teaching materials and prepare lessons, sometimes stepping in to teach when they were too busy.

Majery sat down at her desk and took out a first aid kit to bandage herself.

It had been too long since that time; she could no longer utilize Historical Retrospection to heal. However, while bandaging her wounds, she suddenly spewed out another mouthful of black blood, her pupils contracting.

"Big trouble now... Aside from Historical Retrospection, I don't have a good solution for this kind of Supernatural Toxin."

Majery casually wiped away the stench of black blood with a tissue, forcing herself to calm down.

"I'll just have to ask Teacher for help..."

She bit her lip, coming to this decision.

If it weren't a last resort, she wouldn't want to do this. For one, because of her own greed and carelessness, which had almost led to her being killed, she would incur her teacher's disdain. It also risked exposing the teacher's current identity and drawing the attention of the Red Apple Church.

The teacher is now tormented by the pursuit of those red lunatics, a slight misstep could result in even more severe consequences.

Majery quickly wrote a letter and then took out an inconspicuous textbook from the bookshelf.

He opened the textbook and took out a green bookmark from one of the pages.

"Huuh..."

He let out a sigh of relief, holding the green bookmark carefully in the palm of his hand.

This was something he had inadvertently found in a tomb when he had just joined the secret society; the items found alongside the bookmark were a silver pot and a silver staff.

These were originally Mysterious Objects buried deeper in the tomb, and as a Transcendent of the Earth Faction, tomb robbing was Majery's forte, naturally making it easier for him to discover them.

Majery had also speculated about the identity of the sacred being who buried these items but never found the answer, simply considering it a stroke of good fortune.

While he had mastered the silver pot and silver staff, the nature of this green bookmark eluded him completely.

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He had tried the supernatural powers of various factions using techniques of Historical Retrospection but ultimately managed to pry open the green bookmark with the force of the "Conspiracy Faction, Sequence Eight—Locksmith," though not completely successful, a title page had accidentally fallen out.

He discovered that this title page had a strong suction but could not be looked at for too long; otherwise, it would suck out his Sanity, causing immediate loss of control.

Since he couldn't figure it out, he simply traded it to someone else, hoping they'd help him understand it. As long as he could use the preparatory work done on the title page to track down the target, he'd be able to recover the fruits of his efforts.

It just never occurred to him that this time, the target he picked wasn't a simple Sequence Nine but someone whose strength far surpassed his own. Majery was full of regrets and now only thought about how to save himself.

Ever since he had pried open the bookmark and a title page fell out, no matter how much he tried, there was no response. But Majery had a premonition that it was anything but simple; there definitely was a deeper secret.

After packing his belongings, Majery picked up the letter and was ready to leave.

The moment he opened the door.

What came into view were five black, shiny fingers clenched like a knife, stabbing towards his throat.

"Dodge!!"

Majery cried out inwardly, his body desperately trying to evade to the side.

But the next second, he heard a flat command:

"Stand still."

The seashell-shaped necklace on the other's chest emitted a faint glow, and for some reason, Majery's mind wandered at this critical moment.

Puwch—!!

Blood like ink splattered on the wall.

A head floated down, and as it tumbled, one could still see the horror on Majery's face.

Thud!

The headless body slumped to the floor.

[Kill a member of the History and Ritual Association, Majery (Gentleman), "Sequence Eight—Historian" (Earth Faction), obtain 3000 Experience Points!]

[The History and Ritual Association's Affection towards you has decreased! Currently, it is Disgust!]

Chen Lun walked into the room unhurriedly, closing the door behind him.

He first checked around the room to make sure there was no hidden trap, then picked up the letter of plea written by the Gentleman, looked at it briefly, and burned it.

Only then did he begin to gather his loot.

The Gentleman's silver pot and staff, a green bookmark, an artificial Mysterious Object the size of a tennis ball, three piece of low Sequence Mysterious Substance, and over a hundred Gold Pounds.

Chen Lun couldn't help exclaiming, "Wow!"Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"The Gentleman," although a bit scheming, turned out to be a generous person... so wealthy and still thinking of delivering packages to him.

Chen Lun had planned to follow him after the society's gathering, but the rat he was tracking got stomped to death by him.

Now the guy had come to him on his own, no telling what was going on in his head.

[Philip's Relic has been obtained, completing the hidden C-rank mission: Philip's Legacy!]

[Receive the mission reward: You've already got it all; what more do you want for a reward?]

"??"

Chen Lun was utterly baffled.