novelraw Chapter 294: Capture the Groom? Players Nearly Wiped Out
Chapter 294: Capture the Groom? Players Nearly Wiped Out
The initial game requirement was to ensure the smooth progress of the wedding ceremony.
As players, they needed to eliminate all potential issues during this process.
But where exactly were the problems? Where lay the difficulties?
Was anyone actually obstructing the wedding? From appearances, everything seemed to be proceeding normally.
The only anomaly seemed to be the princess herself. Xie Antong had suspected from the beginning that she might be unwilling to go through with the wedding.
Perhaps the princess was some hidden boss character - mentally unstable, ready to kill any player who dared speak favorably of the ceremony.
Yet now, it appeared otherwise. The princess didn't even seem fundamentally opposed to the wedding...
What crucial piece was missing? How significantly did this issue impact the game?
Xie Antong instinctively felt this was the key point - perhaps even representing the true danger of this Hell Mode game. Otherwise, why would it be classified as such?
Just because "Sin" was causing trouble here?"Cough...cough cough!!"
As Xie Antong pondered deeply, the princess beside her began violently coughing, as if her body could collapse at any moment.
"I love him...yet I hate him... Do you understand why?"
Xie Antong remained silent.
"You should rest first. Are you alright? Do you need medicine?"
Xie Antong hesitated while observing the woman before her, concerned by her fragile appearance.
The princess weakly waved her hand, looking utterly delicate. "Leave...just go... I've nothing more to say to you..."
Just as Xie Antong prepared to speak, the door opened.
Two guards marched in robotically, their expressionless gazes sweeping the room.
One announced:
"Visitor time concluded! Return to your quarters!"
This time, Xie Antong wasn't driven out by the princess - she'd lasted until the time limit expired, making her the most successful player so far.
The guards ignored the princess's tear-streaked face and disheveled state, mechanically performing their duties.
After a moment's hesitation, Xie Antong rose without protest. She retrieved a towel from the cabinet and handed it to the princess before following the guards out.
Thud!
The door closed. On the bed, the princess stared blankly at the towel before wiping her face.
Mentally, she now appeared significantly more lucid.
For the first time since meeting Lu Ce, she regained normal logical reasoning capacity.
After drying her tears, she looked up at Lu Ce sitting nearby.
"Do you two know each other?"
Lu Ce didn't respond - he saw no need to answer others' questions.
Not expecting an answer, the princess sighed, "She's much more human than you..."
"Where's your intended groom?" Lu Ce ignored her meaningless comment.
"The wedding approaches. Why isn't he here? Must I wait two more days?"
The princess shook her head bitterly, "He'd better not come!"
"That won't do," Lu Ce replied.
The princess fell silent.
"Don't waste my time. If there's conflict between you, tell me his location."
"Capturing him now would expedite resolution."
The princess was speechless. She'd much prefer conversing with the previous girl than this unreasonable man.
For some reason, his oppressive aura provoked her resentment.
Thud!
The next player's visitation time began.
The new attendant entered wearing an identical expression - first shocked upon seeing "Sin", then offering the same stale greetings to the princess.
Soon the princess descended into madness again - cackling that she wasn't the princess, wailing like a banshee.
Watching this repetitive farce, Lu Ce's golden mask darkened with irritation.
After witnessing two more attendants get driven out by the hysterical princess, Lu Ce decided inaction was no longer tolerable.
He leaped down from the boulder.
"Your inefficiency vexes me. Must we wait for some excuse to expel these nuisances?"
"I'll handle this. Let's proceed to the next phase."
The princess, still semi-delirious, merely shook her head slightly.
Internally, she lamented that none of the subsequent visitors matched that insightful girl.
No one else had asked, "Do you love him?"
Thud!
The door opened. The next attendant entered wearing immaculate attire, only to find a towering figure blocking his path.
Though Lu Ce wasn't exceptionally tall, the newcomer felt like he'd encountered a mountain.
The dazzling golden presence radiated such pressure that the attendant instinctively retreated two steps - right back through the doorway.
Before he could speak, Lu Ce addressed the guards outside:
"He left."
"Remove him."
"Wait! Hold on!" the attendant protested, but the guards, seeing him exit immediately, accepted Lu Ce's assessment and forcibly escorted him away.
Soon another attendant entered.
This one didn't retreat, but during his stunned hesitation, Lu Ce spoke first:
"She's not the princess. There is no princess here - only the king."
Attendant: ?
"You..." the attendant began.
"Spare your words. That deranged woman behind me will start howling if you provoke her."
"Leave. Your presence is unnecessary here."
"Who are you?! I came to see the princess!"
Lu Ce glanced back at the princess. "Press it. No more delays."
"...Oh." The princess nodded obediently and pressed a button.
Two guards entered and seized the newcomer.
"Your time is up. Out!"
Attendant: ?!
What kind of game mechanic was this?!