Chapter 625: Chapter 34 Stranger and Counselor_3 Chapter 625: Chapter 34 Stranger and Counselor_3 …I hope “another me” can handle the trouble Karl left behind.
The reason the two always traveled together was because the Counselor knew how to deal with a Flame Demon gone awry.
But he had no time to attend to that matter now.
After all, the Counselor’s necessary mission was “to help Princess Isabel reach the Holy Nation safely.”
But the Counselor did not intend to cooperate with others.
—— Because his understanding was deeper than the others…
he knew the narrative styles of each Pillar God.
This was the promotion ceremony created by the Lord of Scalefeather.
The Lord of Scalefeather’s theme was Adaptation and Survival, so as long as one survived, there was a chance to complete the promotion.
In other words, who exactly accomplished the necessary tasks was not decisive——unlike other ceremonies, the necessary task of the Lord of Scalefeather could even be left incomplete!
[When someone completes the necessary task, or the ceremony time ends, the ceremony will immediately proceed to settlement; the three with the lowest points at the time of settlement will be eliminated.]
These were the rules narrated by Akpolis.
…I hope those two fools can realize this and not just let it go in one ear and out the other.
They had better come to understand that this promotion ceremony is different from the previous ones…
otherwise, I’ll have to assign them an additional five hundred pages of essays and three hundred pages of letters of remorse when we get back.
The Counselor thought.
The Counselor’s goal this time was to help his two students pass the promotion ceremony.
Even if he successfully escorted the princess to the Holy Nation with two children, it could result in someone having fewer points due to accomplishing fewer tasks, making their score lower than those who did not escort the princess.
those who chose to escort the princess held the advantage of “being able to decide when to end the promotion ceremony” at any time.
But since they were unaware of others’ points at the time, it still involved risk.
And even if they sent the princess away quickly, they could end up with insufficient points due to completing too few tasks and fail to acquire a superior Adaptation attribute.
Therefore, the Counselor planned to take a different route.
—— Secretly assassinate Isabel.
As long as Isabel died, everyone would inevitably fail to complete the necessary task.
They could only wait for the forced settlement at the end of the ceremony’s time…
and those unaware of Isabel’s death would certainly try to search for her.
With this event taking up time and dividing their attention, others would definitely have less time to complete tasks and earn points than his trio.
If they could eliminate at least three people on top of this, they could ensure none of them were eliminated and that they topped the rankings.
Assassination still held an advantage, at least it wouldn’t result in points deduction by inadvertently helping others complete their tasks.
“Are you awake, Sherlock?”
Aiwass’s voice rang out.
The Counselor paused and, with a weakened voice, asked, “Where am I…
“On the way to my house.”
Aiwass answered helplessly, “Lady Shafiya’s teleportation distance was a bit short…
“Because the preparation time given to me was too short!
He was about to explode suddenly, and I couldn’t accurately lock on…”
Lady Shafiya angrily retorted from behind Aiwass, “Anyway, it’s not far, just a few steps away.
Hurry back to see if Princess Isabel is safe…
I’m a bit worried that the man in black might attack her.
After all, he never showed up during our fight earlier.”
—— So Isabel was originally with Aiwass?
The Counselor’s thoughts stirred.
“You rest first, Sherlock.
Aiwass said softly, “I’ll treat you as soon as we get back.”
So, the Counselor nodded slightly and silently closed his eyes.