According to Dark City law, those fighting in the city without cause could easily find themselves jailed.
Yet Mu You was not concerned. His efforts for last week’s good will mission weren’t wasted, he had already become familiar with these dark elves on patrol duty.
Moreover, he had previously accepted a secret mission from the Dark Elf Queen to support either the werewolves or vampires, defeat the other side, and was currently on that mission.
In short, he was ’conducting official matters’. Neither practically nor emotionally, these dark elves wouldn’t give him a hard time.
[You explained to the patrol members what had happened just now: You were merely passing by, saw a group of werewolves chasing an innocent girl from the Blood Clan, righteously stepping in to help.]
[The werewolves cried foul, claiming they too were just passing by and had no intention of fighting anyone, only to suddenly be subjected to brutal beatings by the elves!]
[The captain of the dark elf sentry team, facing the polar opposite statements of you both, did not rush to believe either side. Instead, he looked expressionlessly at the werewolves, asking, "Why were you chasing this girl from the Blood Clan?"]
["We...we weren’t chasing her...just passing by...simply passing by...," the werewolves stuttered.]
["They’re lying!" May stood out unexpectedly, confidently accusing the wolves, "All twelve werewolves, they started chasing me from the Magic Gift Shop in town. They chased me all the way here, trying to snatch the treasure I was carrying. The shop owner can testify. It was these well-meaning passersby who saved me!"]
["You are clearly in collusion!" a werewolf angrily pointed to May.]
["Yes, they deliberately ambushed us here! This is a trap set for us!" werewolves cried out to the sentries.]
["Even traps need you to jump into them to work," the captain of the sentry team looked at the werewolves, asking the last question, "Who made the first move?"]
["They made the first move!" All the elves and May pointed to the werewolves simultaneously. The werewolves, feeling guilty, reacted slower. By the time they were ready to refute, the patrol members had already made their judgment.]
["Twelve werewolves, in violation of Dark City law, openly attacked ordinary citizens within the city limits, will be thrown in jail, for a one-month sentence. Besides the seven of you, a warrant will be issued for the remaining five fugitive werewolves, temporarily stripping off their Dark City citizenship, which can only be restored after serving the sentence."]
["Take them away!" At the captain’s command, the elves bound the few werewolves, who were led off in the direction of the jail, bristling with indignation.]
[After the patrol team left, some other elves present looked at May.]
[May protectively covered the map fragment hidden in her chest, her gaze becoming wary again. After uttering a quiet thank you, she quickly left the scene...]
Meanwhile, somewhere in South America on Earth...
In a grand building, a young man forcefully threw his glass onto the floor, a local curse escaping his lips.
On a couch at the front of the hall, a bald black man, large as a bear and covered in tattoos, looked over questioningly.
He was the president of the Scarlet Dawn Organization — Tyrant!
The four people sitting around the round table in front of him were his most trusted aides, the founding elders of the Scarlet Dawn Organization with him.
"We were tricked, this is a setup by the Ghost Captain!" the youth said angrily, his game character was Cold Night, who had just been killed by Ghost Captain.
"Are you referring to the Vampire Earl? Is he the Ghost Captain himself, or just an NPC?" Tyrant asked with a frown.
"Still uncertain, because that Vampire Earl never appeared. The one carrying the fragment was a female vampire native. Even if she’s not the Ghost Captain, she definitely already reached an agreement with him. Today’s events were all premeditated by them, with the purpose of luring us in!" Cold Night said.
"Ah..." a mixed-race woman on the other side exclaimed.
"What happened?" The others turned to look at her.
"The fragment got blasted... and the werewolves involved in the operation were arrested by the patrol team, it seems like Cold Night and I were also wanted in Dark City..." the woman said awkwardly.
Their operation could only be described as losing both the lady and the soldiers.
"Which fragment did you bring?" Tyrant asked immediately.
"That’s not too bad..." Tyrant breathed a sigh of relief.
The third fragment wasn’t particularly important, and it conflicted with the route of the fragments the other side currently held. Even if they got it, it wouldn’t be much use.
Tyrant then leaned back on the couch, deep in thought.
"Seeing as they were so quick to take action and issue a wanted notice, it appears that the other party came prepared... you two, do not enter Dark City for the next few days to avoid giving them new weapons to use against us."
The crucial period for the struggle over the City of Eternal Night was approaching when all hands on deck were required. Now, these two seemed to have been added to the ’blacklist’ of the Dark Elves. In the future, there was no need for direct confrontation, they simply needed to lead them to the Dark Elves, who would readily take on the task of capturing them.
If they were caught and tossed in jail, they would be incapacitated in the game for the next month.