Chapter 1348 1348: 1348 Divine Game: Graveyard of Bones 70

The battle that had failed to erupt in Graveyard of Bones now broke out in Starsea's tavern in another form.

The dark-skinned hairless cats unleashed chaos across the room. With one full hour on the clock and locked health bars, the Quiet Mountain gods clearly planned to wipe out the Starsea gods first, then search slowly. If they bombarded enough of the tavern, they might even blast the hidden Starsea player out directly.

On top of that, the five dark-skinned cats began pulling out items. Hourglasses, bells, piggy banks, buttons, and more.

One look was enough to know they were tools prepared for this exact situation.

But Starsea had the numerical advantage. Control skills came one after another with almost no gap. The tavern was also Starsea's home field. Both the air and the floor were full of hidden traps.

That caused Quiet Mountain plenty of trouble. For the moment, neither side could gain the upper hand.

Rita and Nivalis piloted their tiny boat through the storm of skills.

Wind, fire, water, lightning, petals, gems, waves, candle flames. All kinds of things flew back and forth overhead.

Insults occasionally cut through the noise.

"If I were a Starsea player who'd lost seven eras in a row, I'd drink myself stupid in a tavern every day too."

"Copy."

"Who still remembers that Starsea and Quiet Mountain couldn't even use 'chaotic' or 'silent' as prefixes back then? Now even Order Clock defaults to Chaotic Starsea and Silent Quiet Mountain. What a tragedy."

"Copy."

"Quiet Mountain only got five slots because five is enough to deal with Starsea."

"Copy."

"Are you done?"

"The copy is mad. The copy is mad."

Rita and Nivalis stared at Starsea Deceitful Bloom, who was hopping around while cheerfully taunting her opponent.

Something called a filter shattered.

So even gods as elegant as her still opened voice chat during games.

Rita muttered, "…It's the game's fault. It turned Vineborne into something we barely recognize."

Nivalis said, "I hereby name this the Starsea Village versus Quiet Mountain Village War."

Rita nodded rapidly.

As punishment, the silver-haired hairless cat moved near her when a skill exploded, then whipped her tail hard across the back of Rita's head.

The Starsea hairless cats worked together with impressive coordination.

Several entered stealth and hid, while the others pretended to protect them. They were trying to confuse Quiet Mountain's judgment.

No Starsea god guarded Rita in one fixed position for long, but they kept moving around her. At any moment, two or three Starsea gods were nearby, ready to protect her if something happened.

Nivalis's voice trembled with excitement. "This is the life I was meant to live. B80 would be so jealous."

Rita stared straight ahead and said nothing.

Nivalis continued, "The moment I came back to you, Starsea gods started a team fight for us. Holy Cup, how can B80 even compare? You must have been so bored without me these past twenty days."

Rita: "......"

"Why aren't you saying anything?"

Before Rita could think of a way to coax Nivalis, a familiar voice pierced through the chaos and reached her ears.

"Found her."

It was QM Deceitful Bloom.

In Rita's mind, Starsea Deceitful Bloom was terrifyingly capable. That meant QM Deceitful Bloom was just as dangerous.

If she said she found her, Rita found it hard not to believe.

Countless thoughts flashed through her mind, but she did not act rashly.

She was worried Quiet Mountain was bluffing with some kind of skill. She told Nivalis mentally to stay quiet, then used her peripheral vision to watch the five dark-skinned hairless cats.

At the same time, the coin continued spinning at her fingertips.

It turned out QM Deceitful Bloom was not bluffing.

A dark-skinned hairless cat with a Vine around her ear dropped from above. Her pitch-black paw was about to stomp on BS Rita's face when a pink-haired hairless cat shot in from the side and tackled her away.

Their hair flowed dramatically in the wind.

Two punk-style hairless cats flew over her head.

Rita had no time to wonder how long it would take to forget that image.

She pressed her paw to the helm and used Absolute Freedom, teleporting to another table she had reached earlier.

Then she did nothing else.

She waited quietly.

QM Deceitful Bloom, who was fighting Foolishness, swept her eyes across the wrecked tavern. This time, her gaze did not stop anywhere.

Rita frowned inwardly.

So she really had found her just now.

Starsea Deceitful Bloom suddenly spoke as if to herself. "She's deceiving you. Empty your mind. Don't react to anything she says, or she can follow your thoughts to find you."

Rita thought, That shameless?

Starsea Deceitful Bloom replied, "I can do it too."

Rita immediately started chanting in her mind. So amazing, so amazing, if you're so amazing why are you still listening to my thoughts, so amazing?

Starsea Deceitful Bloom cut off the link with a headache.

The small boat set off again.

The game had been going for less than five minutes. Eleven minutes had passed since she left the King's Burial Time.

She only needed to grab one bottle of alcohol within the next forty-nine minutes and hide until the ship returned automatically.

Rita looked around the tavern with growing concern.

She had originally planned to use the chaos to grab a nearby bottle. But only a few minutes into the fight, nearly twenty percent of the drinks had already been shattered by stray skills.

The easier a bottle was to grab, the faster it disappeared.

What alarmed her more was the next exchange between several Quiet Mountain gods.

"That Starsea player must have a reason for sneaking into the tavern. A move this strange is probably related to upgrading a divine relic."

"Who was watching before we arrived? Which players entered divine Burial Time?"

"Starsea Rita and Starsea Cicada."

"Wrathful Moon, Cat's Ideal. What does Starsea Cicada have?"

"A demon relic obtained after killing QM Mojie. Extremely high compatibility."

"That Silent Stranding?"

"Yes."

From the moment that conversation began, Rita and the Starsea gods who overheard it all tensed.

A familiar sense of helplessness washed over Rita again.

She could reverse death, play with time, and rewrite rules.

But she could not stop smart people from thinking.

For a moment, she was tempted to use Pirate Entrance to steal their current thoughts.

She held back.

Quiet Mountain gods could not confirm the final answer. An uncertain capture was not a capture.

If Order Clock wanted balance, it would not allow Quiet Mountain gods to eliminate wrong answers through reasoning and then guess. If that were allowed, Starsea gods might as well package the drink and shove it into Rita's paws.

After waiting a few quiet seconds and hearing no notification, Rita wiped away imaginary sweat.

Now she could only pray that QM Deceitful Bloom and Quiet Mountain Lynx Duke stopped analyzing.

Any more, and they might reach her actual mission.

QM Deceitful Bloom leapt backward and kicked an orange-haired hairless cat away.

She said to Quiet Mountain Lynx Duke and Quiet Mountain Howl, who were not controlled, "Destroy the drinks and vessels first… No, clear the field."

If they could not find the mission holder, they would destroy every possible mission item.

Rita said to Nivalis, "…If only every Deceitful Bloom in the world had their IQ reduced by a hundred times."

Nivalis asked, "What about Starsea Deceitful Bloom?"

Feeling a chilly gaze, Rita immediately replied, "Even after losing a hundred times, she'd still have enough."