Chapter 1290: 417. Darkness Breeds_3
After exchanging a few words with the Elf NPC, the Elf Guard pulled out a pen and paper, wrote a note on the spot, and sent it out via Magic Messenger.
About two minutes later, the loose players causing trouble in the corridor all shuddered as they received a system message. noveldrama
[You have violated a new clause of the “Academy Manual”:]
[Clause 134: Illegally interfering with the daily affairs of elf workers.]
[You will be confined in the Academy’s dark room. Please cooperate with the Elf Guard.]
“Is that even allowed?!”
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“I object! Why modify the ‘Academy Manual’ on the fly!”
“I’m speechless! You ignore those who maliciously occupy spots for side tasks but bully us loose players!”
The Elf Guards swarmed forward, casting a magic net to immobilize all loose players and dragged them toward the dark room of the Academy.
The corridor became quiet.
The trio, Cucumber Slice, didn’t receive any system message.
After hearing the loose players mention about the “temporary modification of the ‘Academy Manual’,” they then thought to open the manual to check.
Looking at the newly added Clause 134, Cucumber Slice clicked their tongues in amazement and felt somewhat surprised:
“This game is getting more and more realistic, huh~ NPCs can now modify the rules of an area in real-time based on player actions.”
Golden Dragon in the Sky didn’t care about what was real, he just knew he’d been tricked again, and anger was growing in his heart.
“Just endless! Is it because I completed the task a day earlier than they did? Why target me like this? Am I not stuck on the step of dealing with the Angel Enterprises Alliance?”
Golden Dragon in the Sky ranted loudly, opened the guild channel, and sent a voice message:
“Everyone keep an eye out! Try not to get into conflicts! You must find out who has been targeting us! If it’s ‘Arrogant Fantasy’ pulling these tricks, gather the evidence, and I’ll talk to them!”
After finishing speaking, Golden Dragon in the Sky took several deep breaths, gradually calming down, and then continued with the side task.
Just to be safe, he called a few additional players to help, to avoid being surrounded by loose players again.
At the same time, in the dark room of the Academy.
This place, located on the Third Underground Level of the Academy, was sunless and exuded a gloomy atmosphere.
Players who had committed offenses were confined by the Elf Guards in solitary dark rooms.
As first-time offenders, they only needed to spend 12 hours here before they could leave.
Once in, players were magically silenced, unable to speak or make any sound.
In the solitary dark rooms, they had nothing to do but read boring poems.
An Elf Guard stationed at the entrance of the Third Underground Level experienced an anomaly.
His gaze shifted from the distinctive icy indifference of NPC guards to a slightly fluctuating expression, revealing a contemplative demeanor.
This was the external manifestation of Noland Lee’s will arriving in this magic puppet.
He issued a command for the surrounding guards to continue their posts, then slowly walked toward the dark room holding the players, intending to find out why this group of loose players was causing trouble inside the Academy.
Noland Lee had to do this.
These loose players indeed had not joined any guilds, and were not newly created characters either.
All known players contaminated by the Dark Divine Cult had used new characters, but this group of loose players didn’t fit the characteristics of being contaminated by the Dark Divine Cult.
If they indeed had ties to the Dark Divine Cult, then Noland Lee needed to be vigilant.
For it meant that the Dark Divine Cult planned to extend its control from players who deleted old characters to those using existing characters.