Chapter 1340 1340: 1340: Divine Game: Graveyard of Bones 62

When your max HP drops below 30 percent and all your fatal weaknesses are glowing, the worst choice is to stand and fight.

QM Rita had indeed rolled back several of the strongest Starsea players, but with soul fire drained by lightning and every fatal weakness exposed, even the most mentally strong players couldn't stay calm.

Even Rita wasn't sure she could remain composed with only one life left. The fun of the game came from retrying again and again. Once that was gone, everything changed.

And with fatal weaknesses appearing as bright red points, it was almost impossible for players not to mess up their movements.

Very quickly, the number of Quiet Mountain players dwindled. Even Quiet Mountain Frost Deer, who had just respawned earlier, was killed again.

Only QM Rita managed to escape. When her HP dropped to 60 percent, she broke through the lockdown and used a divine escape skill, vanishing along with her demon cage.

Notifications flooded in.

Congratulations to Starsea Rita for killing QM Maple Syrup. Contribution 21 percent.

Congratulations to Starsea Rita for killing QM Mistblade. Contribution 11 percent.

Congratulations to Starsea Rita for killing QM Cicada. Contribution 17 percent.

…

Congratulations to Starsea Rita. You may reduce 2 fatal weaknesses.

Rita still had 17 fatal weaknesses left. She clearly wasn't satisfied. Still too many.

But an even more shocking system message came after.

Starsea has completed 20 kills. Order Clock halted for 2 days. Estimated arrival in Starsea in 8 days.

The battlefield fell silent again. Almost all Starsea players looked up at the gods of both sides.

But amid the sound of waves, BS Rita disappeared on the spot.

Lightchaser paused, then vanished as well.

Tingo JE asked, "Where'd they go?"

Fury Prayer replied, "Camping the respawn point."

JE immediately rushed off. A few others followed, though not many.

After such a battle, plenty of Starsea players had already realized the gap between themselves and Quiet Mountain players.

As the players dispersed, the gods in the sky also began to leave.

No more spectacle. Time to go home. Following players around would be embarrassing.

The bell of Graveyard of Bones still rang. It was the celebration of QM Rita fully igniting her soul fire, her true departure from being a player. It would last about five minutes.

When QM Deceitful Bloom disappeared, Starsea Deceitful Bloom also prepared to leave.

"Deceitful Bloom."

A gentle voice called from the ground.

But she vanished even faster.

Foolishness lowered her gaze, looking at Byme, and didn't leave immediately.

Byme looked at where Deceitful Bloom had disappeared and asked casually, like talking about the weather, "When do you think she'll forgive me?"

Foolishness tried to be funny. "Maybe when BS Rita hugs her leg and begs her to control her."

Meaning never.

Byme fell into thought. "She likes that? That doesn't sound right."

Foolishness went silent and quickly left.

…

Rita chased and killed Quiet Mountain players until it was time for the king to appear.

11:02:23.

B80, who had been hiding in the pet space during the battle, popped out to announce the time.

Rita exited Load state, summoned Cat's Ideal, and called out six vice captains.

Ignoring their looks of disbelief, she held the helm and waited.

Cheese asked, "You're just going to wait for the king to come to you?"

"Yeah… I found Lynx Duke this way." Rita asked carefully, "Do you think it'll work?"

The cats looked everywhere but at her. Probably not.

Rita frowned, leaning on the helm. Time was almost up. She still couldn't sense Nivalis at all.

What was wrong?

She looked at the row of cats. Cat's Ideal…

Then she suddenly asked a very dumb question. "The king is also a cat, right?"

The cats looked at her like she was an idiot. Of course.

This Cat Right Here. Waste Guide. No Logic. Absolute Freedom…

"The answer is in the divine relic…" Rita muttered, realizing something.

She activated This Cat Right Here and turned into a calico cat.

All six cats lit up, nodding rapidly, then immediately shook their heads.

So close but not quite.

"The idea of turning into a cat is right?"

All six nodded.

"The fur pattern is wrong?"

They hesitated, then nodded and shook their heads again.

"The breed is wrong?"

This time they nodded like crazy.

That was a problem. This Cat Right Here had a two hour cooldown.

Rita canceled the skill and switched to Animagus transformation, letting the vice captains judge.

Tabby. No. Maine Coon. No. Cheese. No.

Ragdoll, Siamese, Persian, Bengal, Devon…

She tried almost every cat she could think of. The six cats were having fun watching, but none were correct.

Time reached 11:06:45. Only thirty seconds left.

Rita asked, "Do you think the king took Nivalis?"

Maine hinted, "You and Nivalis both carry our scent."

That was basically a yes.

Right. What divine will would randomly kidnap a player's pet for twenty days?

What kind of cat would make Nivalis react like that without even leaving a proper hint?

Rita's expression grew strange, then calm. She remembered something from long ago.

She touched the cat head accessory on her collar, Cat's Schedule, and activated Almost Starved to Death to reset This Cat Right Here's cooldown.

11:07:11.

She transformed again.

This time, into a hairless kitten.

A rare breed she had never used before.

All six cats raised their heads and started screaming in excitement.

Even B80 made a shocked noise.

Two seconds later, a cat riding a mini ice dragon descended from the sky and landed in front of her.

"Hello, handsome captain."

Rita looked at tearful Nivalis, then looked up. Sitting properly on Nivalis's back was a hairless cat.

A long time ago, when Rita was still new to mahjong, she used to visit a parlor every day with Nivalis. Nearby was a cat cafe.

They would sometimes stop by.

One day, a hairless cat appeared there. The moment Nivalis saw it, she somehow learned the BS national essence on the spot.

Hairless cat Rita stood straight. "Hello, captain. Reporting for duty."

The king nodded repeatedly. "Very good. Excellent taste."