Gamers of the Underworld

The first Gladiator Fight ended with the Pioneer Alliance as the victor.

This was expected. That being said, the casualty rate was high, especially the loss of Darting Birds. Changan City was completely destroyed, but it was a worthwhile battle because they could obtain 100 sets of Legendary Equipment should they win.

The second battle was announced, a 5v5 battle with the prohibition of all explosives.

This battle mode was made known via a full-service announcement. Gamers of Changan City immediately protested because the Pioneer Alliance had the most powerful gamer, Arthur. The Pioneer Alliance would have a huge advantage over Changan City!

The protest was in vain. If the game officials bothered with protests, they wouldn’t be labeled as lousy game producers.

While everyone was waiting for the start of the second battle, the screen in the middle of the arena flashed a few times before becoming dark.

“Hey, hey, hey. Can you hear me?”

The gamers and the locals were bewildered. They didn’t know why the changing images and the advertisements had vanished.

The screen was dark, but a voice was heard.

“Greetings, I’m a gamer. I’ll be broadcasting a video that I secretly took. The reason is that I love it. Please take a look.”

The screen flashed again and showed a small room, where an Orc sat behind an old table. From the green symbols above his head, he looked like the chairman of Changan City, MysteryMan. Beside him were two upper management members of the Guild.

The images were clear, looking as though it was a first-person recording. The image quality wasn’t important, though, the important thing was the content.

“Double the number of rumormongers. Don’t smear Arthur or the Pioneer Alliance, just concentrate on Raintea. If she leaves the Pioneer Alliance, there will be disagreements and dissension within the Guild. Then, we’ll frame it on Sylvanas, who will go crazy and make a fuss. With that, the Guild will collapse by itself.”

“Chairman, you’re awesome to have thought of such a plan!”

“I’ll go offline and contact the rumormongering companies.”

“I’ll let the two of you handle it. Don’t bother me with trivial affairs.”

The images stopped at this point, but the voice continued speaking, “Hmm, this is the information that I’m sharing. Happy gaming.”

The host appeared calmly on the screen as though there hadn’t been a video at all just now.

The local natives were befuddled, not knowing what the video was talking about. The gamers, on the other hand, were bursting with emotion. MysteryMan of Changan City was responsible for slandering Raintea and defaming the Pioneer Alliance. The video shown just now was the evidence!

This was like an 818 post with strong evidential proof.

It couldn’t be fabricated. In the game, there was no device or technology for doing that. The gamers were puzzled—where did the video recording function come from?

Soon, the gamers discovered the video recording function, which was similar to taking screenshots. They uploaded their 3-minute in-game recordings to the official website.

The video that was shown on the big screen was captured using video recording software.

Public discussion was plentiful even before the start of the second battle.

…

Sherlock sat in the VIP stand while observing the gamers who were talking below. The Poison Toadman was befuddled, not understanding why Sherlock requested to broadcast the video. He didn’t mind, though, as long as Sherlock was happy.

“Lord Sherlock, I’m impressed. The video exposed the misdeeds of Changan City’s chairman, who has no idea how the video was recorded. Hahaha!”

Bru laughed in Sherlock’s mind. Then he said, “Once we remove these rumormongers and clear Raintea’s name, she won’t think of quitting the game.”

“Remove? I had no intention of doing that from the beginning. Their purchasing power is strong. In this mission, MysteryMan donated hundreds of Magic Stones. I feel that they are still useful. After all, the factory needs this kind of worker,” Sherlock explained to Bru.

“But Lord Sherlock, if we don’t take them out, will Raintea’s case come to an end?” Bru asked with concern.

“It wasn’t easy for you to prepare everything to expose the truth. Aren’t you going to punish those evildoers? If you don’t take them out, I’m sure you know what’s going to happen.”

“Of course. They’ll continue with their smearing campaign and accuse Arthur of scheming or creating fake pieces of evidence.”

“They almost damaged your interests and will continue to do so. This doesn’t seem like your usual style of handling things,” Bru said confidently.

“My style? You must be mistaken. I’m not a righteous hero who protects the crying and weak. I’m not doing all of this to clear Raintea’s name or punish the perpetrators. I only need Raintea to remain in the game and perform to her potential.”

Sherlock looked at the screen that showed the Pioneer Alliance’s resting room. Within it, a gamer was using her Healing Mana Skills and motivating Arthur’s 5-member team.

“My goal is complete. A broken vase can never return to its original state, so it’s better not to be a vase. There’s no point moaning over a damaged reputation since it can be rebuilt. Though I’m unwilling to admit it, I’m in awe of the power of friendship.”

“Lord Sherlock… are you a Devil?”

“Of course.” Sherlock smiled and said, “I’m a superior Devil.”

…

The drama of saving the Little Fairy ended after three days. The Pioneer Alliance defeated Changan City after winning two battles, and they released the Little Fairy.

MysteryMan, who was depicted in the leaked video, was subjected to questioning by gamers. Some hot-tempered gamers swore to kill all members of Changan City in the wilderness. A lot of angry members also left Changan City, and they wouldn’t return the benefits that they had enjoyed.

The smearing campaign on Raintea had toned down. Due to Arthur’s intervention, the number of rumormongers was reduced drastically. The gamers were now focusing on the evil deeds of MysteryMan.

After Raintea rejoined the Pioneer Alliance, she joined other gamers to explore the Spiders’ Lair. She was howling in fear when she witnessed the jumping Spiders. However, Raintea was having a richer gaming experience and forming closer ties with her friends.

After releasing the Little Fairy, Lord Sherlock didn’t pay attention to this incident. He took Polio, Brainiac, and Eggface to Nicholas’ office.

He was going to handle the Black Volcano incident.