Being approached suddenly by an unknown Elf in such a situation naturally made Zeta feel wary. But Lenarya's attitude, which tended to be ignorant and to the point, made the current Zeta feel that she had wasted too much time trusting Lenarya.
Yes, it took about a week for Lenarya to make Zeta trust her.
Lenarya brought Zeta back to her house, which was separated from Madam Lin's employee residence for some reason. There, while waiting for Zeta to trust her, Lenarya explained everything Zeta wanted to know. Including the reason why she was helping her.
What kind of reason would make Madam Lin's right-hand woman like herself humble herself to help Zeta even if it meant betraying her employer.
Although Zeta knew that people like Lenarya were not people who acted on feelings. She never thought that Lenarya was planning a rebellion at that time.
Yes, rebellion.
Lenarya had intended to do so for a long time. The only thing that delayed her was the fact that Madam Lin was indeed the employer who saved her life when she was a child. Lenarya was not an ungrateful person. For this reason too, she had been loyal to Madam Lin for 70 years.
But as time went on, Lenarya became increasingly unable to tolerate Madam Lin's arbitrary behavior. The climax was when she saw the gambling that Delta did when she won against Madam Lin in the past. At that time, Lenarya realized that gambling should be pure betting and skill competition. Instead of what Madam Lin and Lord Durren were doing now. Right at that moment, Lenarya's determination to create an environment where gambling like that was what the Conqueror would see when they arrived on the 3rd Floor was completely rounded.
Unfortunately Lenarya realized that she was not that good at gambling. If she had a gambling match against the Ruler, it was certain that she would lose. Fighting directly was suicide. The only way she could win against Madam Lin was by utilizing the supporting variables that would move according to her strategy.
In this case, the existence of a person who is good at gambling like Delta is the biggest help in displacing Madam Lin and stabilizing the Eastern Region later.
However, when she told Delta about the plan when they crossed paths (when Delta was just a slave), Delta had become a person who could not trust others. She wouldn't even listen to a word from Lenarya. Let alone help her plan.
In that short period of time, all of Lenarya's efforts to get Delta on her side turned into a huge failure. Delta ended up being sold to Lord Durren before Lenarya had a chance to work with her. At that moment, Lenarya blamed herself. She was too passive in trying to persuade and gave too much space to think. She should have forced it, or she should have done whatever it took to get Delta to listen to her.
Regret always comes too late. There was nothing else Lenarya could do. At least make this an experience so that in the future, she wouldn't give people in urgent situations too much space to think.
Lenarya was dealt a big blow. She had to choose between waiting until she found someone else who was as good at gambling as Delta or saving Delta herself. Both were difficult choices. Finding someone who was so good at gambling that they could defeat the ruler might take decades. Meanwhile, saving Delta is not possible with her current abilities. Moreover, she was not sure she could persuade Delta when she was rescued later.
At that moment, Lenarya saw the figure of a 16-year-old teenage girl who claimed to be Delta's younger sister and made a scene at the casino to avenge her sister and force Madam Lin to get Delta back.
Well, even though in the end, the furor ended in the girl's destruction and defeat, Lenarya didn't care. There was only one thing on her mind. She had to save that child no matter what! That child would be the key to success in her strategy!
What happened after that was as described earlier.
Lenarya and Zeta agreed to work together to save Delta and avenge Madam Lin and Lord Durren. To do so, Lenarya needed to correct Zeta's naivety in thinking that everything could be resolved honestly and fairly. Despite the misleading nature of the situation, Lenarya taught Zeta all kinds of cheats, tricks and deceptions over the course of 4 months.
In those four months, Lenarya also explained her strategy. As long as Zeta followed the strategy, the success of her plan would grow.
The first important point in Lenarya's plan was to create a new identity for Zeta. Zeta's current identity (Seis) was clearly an enemy of Madam Lin. It would be difficult to move on Floor 3 if she was marked as an enemy of the authorities.
Fortunately, Zeta is a Gearborn. With a few techniques, Zeta can change her appearance. Zeta accelerated her physical growth rate so that in 4 months, she managed to grow as if 4 years had passed. Zeta also lengthened her hair and dyed her hair a striking bright red color.
In addition, in order to make her irises greener than before, Zeta reduced the melanin content behind her irises, causing a lack of light absorption and slightly increased her lipchrome pigment. By doing so, Zeta's gray-green eyes became even greener than before.
Zeta also created a second face that she would use. As much as possible, she changed her nature so that her true nature could not be seen. Not to forget, besides face and nature, Zeta also changed her hobbies, likes and fashion sense. The previous Zeta was not much different from Delta. But Zeta who has gone through all that, cannot be said to be similar to Delta anymore.
There was a reason why Lenarya waited 4 months. After 4 months had passed, the next novice Conqueror would come. She planned to infiltrate Zeta in that group. Lenarya had forged documents that she would submit to Madam Lin later.
Everything went smoothly. Zeta once again entered 3rd Floor as a new Conqueror named "Zeta". A 20-year-old woman who loves gambling, is ignorant, selfish and very concerned about money. Zeta claims to be a cyborg. So no one will be surprised if growth stops. Although actually, it is not Zeta's growth that has stopped, but rather she has arranged for her physique not to grow as much as possible.
Zeta's nature like that managed to attract Madam Lin's attention. As Lenarya had predicted, Madam Lin offered Zeta a job. And Zeta had to refuse at first and was a little cheeky by mentioning that her salary was too small. That way, Madam Lin wouldn't get suspicious and raise Zeta's salary. Although in return, the difficulty of Zeta's job increased.
The first phase of the plan had been completed. It was time to execute the second stage. In the second stage, Zeta had to succeed in becoming Madam Lin's trusted person like herself, so it wouldn't be strange if they met and interacted frequently. Until that happened, the two kept their distance from each other in the open.
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While doing so, Lenarya and Zeta also did behind-the-scenes work. They were gathering allies and information that would surely come in handy. Whether this was something to be thankful for or not, Madam Lin's nature made her many enemies so Zeta and Lenarya had no trouble finding allies.
What was really difficult was getting spies from their side into Lord Durren's place. It took time and struggle to do so.
All the strategies in Lenarya's plan were long-term strategies. Everything had to be done carefully and should not be rushed. Everyone involved in this plan knew very well that they only had one chance and they could not fail. Since they have already decided on it, they must complete it.
Destroy Madam Lin's power or it will be us who will be destroyed.
As time passed, Lenarya and Zeta had enough information and people to destroy Madam Lin and Lord Durren's power. But there was one last problem they had to solve. They still had to save Delta, the person who could replace Madam Lin and Lord Durren in gambling and the hostage who could make Zeta lose if she was used. That absolutely must not happen. If Zeta lost here and Delta was used, their entire plan could fall apart. This is why they bothered to play subtly so that not the slightest suspicion would be directed at them.
In a way, the core of Lenarya's plan was to stab them in the back.
Lenarya saw an opportunity to save Zeta when she heard the news that this year's 3 Rulers gambling would be visited by Envy in person.
How excited they were to hear that news. Now all the variables needed for success were complete. They even had some additional variables that could support this plan, talented rookies that hadn't appeared in decades.
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Character Information
Name: ZetaNova: V RedRace: GearbornAge: 20Status: GB Series VI Gen AvaAffiliation: 34th Floor Workshop (Ge-R) [https://img.wattpad.com/c455495082cb003a2fb2e52a7e0e5dfd9d02441f/68747470733a2f2f73332e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f776174747061642d6d656469612d736572766963652f53746f7279496d6167652f69576d566e66796f626c676c51413d3d2d313335313438303234302e313739373238303165346635616235643330353533343733313430382e6a7067?s=fit&w=1280&h=1280]
Name: Zeta
Nova: V Red
Race: Gearborn
Age: 20
Status: GB Series VI Gen Ava
Affiliation: 34th Floor Workshop (Ge-R)
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Name: DeltaNova: II OrangeRace: GearbornAge: 26Status: GB Series IV Gen AvaAffiliation: 34th Floor Workshop (Ge-R) [https://img.wattpad.com/7fdadd32f267b37ac77e2b9339abb3ba871c8110/68747470733a2f2f73332e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f776174747061642d6d656469612d736572766963652f53746f7279496d6167652f447a75506f6256746957625941413d3d2d313335313438303234302e313739373237666661616464333861383232373032353430363630352e6a7067?s=fit&w=1280&h=1280]
Name: Delta
Nova: II Orange
Race: Gearborn
Age: 26
Status: GB Series IV Gen Ava
Affiliation: 34th Floor Workshop (Ge-R)
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Name: LenaryaNova: UnknownRace: ElfAge: UnknownStatus: Madam Lin's AssistantAffiliation: Eastern Region 3rd Floor [https://img.wattpad.com/4872f83896c81ab8348f20049b37c0364e9364bf/68747470733a2f2f73332e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f776174747061642d6d656469612d736572766963652f53746f7279496d6167652f4a74674e46705651455a46546a413d3d2d313335313438303234302e313739373237666630313239336135383934343930363737363630302e6a7067?s=fit&w=1280&h=1280]
Name: Lenarya
Nova: Unknown
Race: Elf
Age: Unknown
Status: Madam Lin's Assistant
Affiliation: Eastern Region 3rd Floor
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Eastern Rebel Headquarters
(No, no, this is Zeta and Lenarya's room)
In the not-so-spacious room, Zeta and Lenarya were sitting on the bed with several other people there. Their faces looked happy because they finally no longer needed to hold back.
"Report!!! The casino has been frozen! The bunny's been sabotaging the machines to make the jackpot for gamblers more than usual!!! Hehehe!" grinned a bunny there.
The man standing next to the bunny stroked his head.
"Our team has closed the trade route. There will be no one to replenish Lord Durren's supplies for a few weeks."
"Our people guarding Lord Durren's arsenal of weapons and items have also deliberately lost a gamble against robbers (the robbers are also our side). Lord Durren's warehouse must be sold out by now," grinned a shota sitting at the window.
A woman sitting on the bed with Zeta and Lenarya gave a small grin.
"As for Madam Lin's slave quarters, we've 'accidentally' opened the gates and burned the slavery documents Lenarya gave us so that the slaves could 'accidentally' escape somewhere."
"Good, this way Madam Lin and Lord Durren's resources will be temporarily cut off," Zeta smiled.
"Thank you all."
The woman waved her hand in front of her.
"No need to thank me. What about you?"
"Me?"
Zeta pretended to put on an astonished expression before finally smiling slyly.
"Don't worry. I've shut down their lines of communication. My part wasn't as hard as yours."
"Mehh, it's not as hard as you say. You went here and there for that and ended up complaining to me," said the bunny, Koko.
"Oi, Koko, there's no need to mention that one 💢" Zeta said as she poked Koko's cheek.
The other three people besides Lenarya laughed. Well, at least the atmosphere wouldn't be too heavy now thanks to Koko.
"......"
Lenarya, on the other hand, was still silent with her usual calm face.
PROK PROK PROK
Their laughter and antics were cut off as soon as they heard the sound of Lenarya clapping. The five people became serious again.
"We've cut off Madam Lin and Lord Durren's sources of funds and side forces. But as you know, this alone is not enough."
"We still need to destroy the main source. Their main backing," said Lenarya.
"For that--"
TAAPP
Lenarya placed a flashdrive-shaped hologram that displayed a screen with a list of people's names and some information about them.
"-- let's start the next plan. We still have to make Madam Lin and Lord Durren's backups turn into their enemies."
"Okay!" they grinned.
Based on the hologram screen, information about the list of buyers of Madam Lin's slaves and Lord Durren's illegal weapons & items appeared. Surprisingly, some of them were people with good names and reputations in the Tower. Reputations good enough that no one would think that they were involved with such a world. What would happen if Lenarya used that good reputation to threaten them?
The information that Lenarya, Zeta and their colleagues had gathered so far from the inside, their main weapon was dangerous information that should not be spread which included:
Buyers' Identities
Complete information on the buyers involved in the illegal transaction. This includes their names, titles and backgrounds.
Evidence of involvement
Evidence strong enough to prove that the buyers were involved in the illegal transaction. This includes recorded conversations, financial transactions, and other documents that prove their involvement.
Transaction footprint
This is data related to delivery routes, payment methods, and networks used to carry out the transaction.
Relationship with Madam Lin and Lord Durren
The relationship between the buyers and Madam Lin and Lord Durren. This includes their level of involvement, the extent to which they are dependent on the illegal trade, and what benefits they derive from it.
The buyers' weaknesses and fears
This is the most important one. By utilizing this information, Lenarya intends to control the buyers' movements so that they withdraw their support for Madam Lin and turn against her.