Four Split Personalities

Chapter 2606: Chapter 1232: Deadly Game · Undertaking (VIII) - The Road to Survival

At the same time

[Blood Girl Arena], central area, underground control chamber

"Very interesting... extremely interesting..."

Maeve stood on the stone platform in the center of the room, her gaze dreamy as she looked at the diamond crystal core quietly floating on the black demon crystal base, slowly rotating, and her dull eyes seemed a bit brighter.

This place, which should have been tightly guarded, was unusually quiet now. Except for a few supervisors armed to the teeth who had fallen dead on the ground, Maeve and her group of companions were the only ones present, including the previously mentioned thirty-odd spellcasters; as for higher-level guards, they were absent today.

This wasn’t due to the results of behind-the-scenes maneuvering, but because over the years, the Gray Lizard Hunters’ small team leader Blitz, responsible for watching this place, would skip work at this time each week to return to a gathering place west of Duan Tou Cliff to meet his mistress. Given that his wife was also a member of the Gray Lizard Hunters, Mr. Blitz was extremely careful each time and skilled at seizing every opportunity.

Among these ’opportunities,’ the 3rd day of , , and each month were the most reliable times, because during these three days Blitz was in charge of the underground control chamber’s guard duties. Since competition days typically consist of the last three days of each session, i.e., the 7th to 10th day of , , and , his workload during this time is incredibly minimal.

In brief, he would take his men underground, snack on some fruit and blow on some bovines, casually passing the time.

Initially, during the first two months, Blitz was relatively conscientious. Though not exceptionally diligent, he stayed honestly within the control chamber, strictly adhering to orders from above, relentlessly guarding the barrier core he couldn’t understand and didn’t want to understand, without taking a step away.

However, good times don’t last long. Over time, Blitz’s thoughts wandered, and soon his restlessness couldn’t be contained.

This is normal, after all, the control chamber is situated at the heart of the [Blood Girl Arena]. On days without competitions, even under unusual circumstances when some small trouble arises, it never spreads to this place and is always extinguished early by the guards and supervisors.

The Gray Lizard Hunting members stationed here were less about maintaining order, more about boosting presence on competition days at Duan Tou Cliff, idle beyond measure.

Thus, Mr. Blitz began to slack off, increasingly so. Initially, he only missed work occasionally to nap in his dormitory, then it evolved into occasionally visiting those female gladiators led by Maeve, until now, he even leaves the arena a day early, carousing with his mistress lady overnight.

And indeed, as they say, "the head eats meat, and the followers drink soup," over time, Blitz couldn’t enjoy this alone, so he took several other Gray Lizard Hunting members along, generously handing out money each time, emphasizing enjoying food, drink, play, and keeping mouths shut.

In fact, a major reason the escape plan was set for today was due to Blitz’s lifestyle issues.

As to how this was discovered, credit goes to Motan, who played as [King of Medicine’s Poison] Haru Kuttata. Despite how this old chap was jailed amid the rebellion, as the ’left arm’ of the previous leader, his influence behind the scenes wasn’t easily cleansed even after five years.

In truth, not only some still powerful Duan Tou Cliff officials but also members within [Gray Lizard Hunting] had ’comrades’, like assigning people like Kuton and others here as guards, secretly dealing with ’Blitz’s negligence’ was handled by these folks.

In conclusion, during this well-calculated operation, taking advantage of the commotion haru and others stirred outside, Maeve and her group successfully reached this place. Though encountering some scattered resistance, under Maeve and the fully recovered spellcasters’ lead, it was resolved without even triggering alarms.

During the ’resolution’ of these people, Maeve displayed combat methods as cruel and ruthless as can be, even the gladiators living precariously every day were terrified, fearing this crazy woman would accidentally cause friendly fire.

Yet fear aside, words still need to be spoken — time is still finite. One, Haru might not be able to delay long over there; two, Maeve stood dazed before the diamond crystal core for a full three minutes now. If this continues, even if it’s temporarily safe, unforeseen changes might occur.

So...

"Lady Maeve."

Stepping forward, an elderly dwarf clad in worn robes and a thick beard couldn’t help but speak softly: "We should... hurry to solve this barrier issue, if delayed further..."

"Patience."

But Maeve shook her head before he finished, saying lightly, "The last time I looked... it seems I overlooked something, something very serious."