Chapter 29: Order Cards (4)
“ERROR.” Su Qiong called to him again, silently asking with his eyes what was wrong.
“I didn’t hear any strange sound.” ERROR glanced back and told him softly, “But something here feels deeply wrong. I just can’t remember what it is.”
“A sense of incongruity?” Su Qiong frowned, his marshmallow-soft face sinking into deep thought.
At the same time, on the vast grassland where the tall horses galloped—
Moi clutched her chest, feeling as though a huge piece of her heart had suddenly vanished.
“Qiyi… who is that?”
The herd thundered across the land, kicking up towering clouds of yellow sand that buried every trace behind them.
Countless neighs rang through the air. Amid the noise, no one noticed a small, scrawny horse letting out a sorrowful cry.
The guild channel remained flooded with messages.
[Shi Yuntian: I’m exhausted. How long are we supposed to keep running?]
[Yu Qimiao: According to the rules, one carousel ride lasts thirty minutes. Only ten minutes have passed.]
[Shi Yuntian: What? We have to keep doing this for another twenty minutes?]
[Lu Shufan: I don’t think it’s that simple.]
[Blank ID: Mm.]
Just as they predicted—
Ten minutes after the game began, the system issued another announcement.
[System: The carousel has completed one full lap. Has everyone been enjoying themselves?]
“Enjoying your ass!”
“Listen to yourself! Does that sound like something a human would say?”
[System: To provide everyone with an even better entertainment experience, the carousel will now be upgraded to Version 2.0. The rules for Version 2.0 will now be announced.]
Hearing that a new mode was about to begin, everyone immediately focused.
[Carousel Version 2.0 Rules: The system will open the Circular Horse-Fighting Arena and randomly select one player among you to be matched against an exceptional warhorse. Defeat the warhorse to receive ten minutes of safety.]
[Reminder: Even while playing games, you must obey order~]
“What’s with the ‘must’ and the tilde? Are you sick?!” Shi Yuntian cursed furiously.
After the system announced the upgrade, the yellow sand around them gradually dispersed.
Their vision cleared, revealing an enormous circular pit.
Tiered seating surrounded it, making it resemble an ancient colosseum.
The bottom of the pit was mottled with blood. Severed horse limbs lay everywhere, a literal scene of being torn apart by five horses.
Several barely surviving horses cowered in the corners, missing limbs and in miserable condition.
No wonder there had been so many mutilated horses on the carousel platform.
When had the innocent little marshmallow ever witnessed such a scene?
Su Qiong looked down at the enormous circular horse-fighting arena, then at the horses circling around it, and muttered in disbelief, “So this is what a carousel is?”
“No, no, no!”
“Believe me, carousels aren’t normally like this!”
“In the human world, a carousel is a relaxing and cheerful family attraction. This game does have horses, and they do rotate, but…”
“Stop explaining. You’re only making it sound worse.”
“In any case, I never want to ride a carousel again for the rest of my life. I’m having that carved on my gravestone.”
They argued noisily for a while before hoofbeats sounded from the opposite side of the pit.
Dozens of majestic tall horses appeared, each radiating the heroic bearing of an undefeated warhorse.
Order Cards descended once again, three appearing in succession.
[During the horse-fighting match, visitors may not leave their mounts or attack horses. Only horses may attack horses.]
[Tall horses are absolutely stronger than short horses.]
[The horse-fighting match may not be paused. It will continue until one side’s horse falls or dies.]
“Su Qiong, are any of those False Orders?”
“Probably not. Even if there is one, there can’t be more than one.” Su Qiong grew even more puzzled. “There are far too many True Orders in this game. The balance is completely distorted. Why?”
No one could answer him.
Only a small horse nearby let out a sorrowful whine.
—Hurry up and realize it!
Qiyi, now transformed into a horse, screamed anxiously inside her mind.
Hurry and realize that False Orders can become True Orders!
The True Orders they believed they could trust and had to obey would ultimately kill them!
But after Qiyi became a horse, the system classified her as one. She was no different from the surrounding short horses.
She had lost her status as a player. Her quiet whimpers sounded identical to the other horses’ cries.
Of course there was no difference.
The instant Qiyi transformed, she had realized something.
There had never been any short horses on the carousel platform!
Every short horse was a player who had violated an order and been transformed.
“In any case, as long as we win the horse-fighting match, we’ll receive ten minutes of safety. Then we only need to endure another ten minutes before the carousel ends.”
“That sounds easy.” Shi Yuntian rested his heavy blade across his shoulder and urged his horse forward. “I’ll do it. Killing is what I’m best at.”
“You can’t volunteer,” Su Qiong reminded him. “The system said it would select someone randomly.”
ERROR’s gaze swept repeatedly across the surrounding herd with feigned casualness.
The sense of incongruity was becoming stronger.
—What exactly was wrong?
A remained silent, his brows slightly furrowed.
If their group could choose, either he or Shi Yuntian would undoubtedly be the best option, though the others would not necessarily perform poorly either.
Ultimately, everyone had fought their way through the beginner zone. No matter who was chosen, defeating a single horse should have been easy.
If so, why did the system insist on matching them?
What kind of scheme was hidden within that decision?
Before they could reach a conclusion, the system announced the selected participants.
Two glowing arrows appeared, one above the herd of tall horses and the other over the short horses on opposite sides of the arena.
“As expected, it’s making us fight a tall horse. How sinister.”
“Wait. Something’s wrong!”
Su Qiong followed the arrow and discovered that the one over the short horses had landed on a small, frail mare beside him whose hooves were still bleeding.
The selected player was—
Moi, mounted on the most majestic tall horse and looking exceptionally heroic.
Compared with the adults who had spent ten minutes racing through the Gobi Desert and were now coated in dust, Moi had suffered no losses after being sent to the grassland.
Then there was her powerful, athletic tall horse.
A single kick from it could send the short mare flying hundreds of times over.
Wasn’t this practically free points?
“Moi, you’re the hope of our guild. Do your best.”
“Go, little sister Moi! Kill that horse, and we can rest.”
Once Shi Yuntian saw the two opponents, he shouted encouragement at Moi.
Lu Shufan joined him, but when he turned and saw the silence of the others, he realized something was wrong.
Wait.
Would the system really be kind enough to give the players an advantageous match?
Everyone except Shi Yuntian sensed that something was wrong.
Yet no matter how hard they thought, they could not identify it.
“This is only my personal opinion…” Su Qiong’s CPU was nearly burning out, yet he still had no answer. Troubled, he said, “I think we should stop this match.”
“I agree,” A said.
“I’d like to support Su Qiong’s idea, but this match isn’t an Order Card. It was directly announced by the system.” Yu Qimiao looked deeply troubled. “Even if we initiate an Order War, we can’t stop it.”
“Besides, we can’t even give a specific reason for stopping it.”
ERROR narrowed his flaxen eyes and stared fixedly at the selected short mare, trying to identify what was unusual about her.
The mare was timid and looked nothing like a fierce warhorse. She released a weak, mournful whine.
She desperately tried to retreat but was forcibly dragged into the arena by the system.
As she passed them, a crystal-clear tear slid from her eye.
A horse could cry?
Did it understand what was happening?
The short mare entered the arena, where Moi and her tall horse were already waiting.
The tall horse resembled a legendary supreme warhorse. It pawed at the ground several times, its eyes burning with competitive hunger as though it wanted to tear the smaller mare apart.
Sitting on its back, Moi felt the emptiness in her heart grow even stronger.
She looked at the short mare and experienced an indescribable feeling.
If she defeated it, she could secure ten minutes of safety for the team.
The carousel lasted thirty minutes. Ten minutes represented one-third of the total, bringing them extremely close to victory.
Yet Moi could not bring herself to move.
Perhaps the horse before her looked too frail and miserable.
It stirred an inexplicable urge within her to protect it.
The short mare’s large eyes shimmered with tears as she stared directly at Moi.
Why did it have to be her?
If it had been any other player, Qiyi would have fought with everything she had to seize even the faintest hope of survival.
Even if she failed, she would have no regrets.
She and her sister shared life and death. As long as her sister lived, she lived too.
Her sister would always remain beside her.
Since entering IF, they had faced so many dangers, and her sister had always protected her.
Her sister…
Her sister was going to kill her now.
Qiyi slowly closed her eyes.
Her front legs bent, and she knelt on the ground.
The game was dangerous. Resisting might injure her sister.
As long as her sister survived safely, it did not matter how Qiyi herself disappeared.
She released a resigned, mournful cry.
Inside her heart, she said—
Sister.
I love you more than anyone in the world.
“Hey, look!” Shi Yuntian closely watched the arena below. “That short horse knelt down!”
“Why isn’t it fighting back?”
“The system must have chosen it for a reason, but we don’t know what that reason is.” Su Qiong anxiously bit his knuckle. “Maybe we were supposed to know, but the system interfered with us, so now we don’t.”
“It shed a tear before entering the arena,” ERROR added.
“It can cry?” Su Qiong voiced the same doubt ERROR had felt.
Inside the arena, Moi looked down urgently at the short mare, trying to discover something.
The tall horse beneath her could wait no longer. It released a thunderous neigh, reared high on its front legs, and charged directly toward the smaller mare.
“Stop! Stop!” Moi had no time to think. She pulled hard on the reins, desperately trying to restrain it.
The horse did not stop.
Instead, severe pain struck Moi.
A silver-backed Order Card appeared before her.
[During the horse-fighting match, visitors may not leave their mounts or attack horses. Only horses may attack horses.]
“I didn’t attack it!” Moi hurriedly explained. “I only wanted it to stop!”
The system remained unmoved and dropped another card.
[The horse-fighting match may not be paused. It will continue until one side’s horse falls or dies.]
Wrapped in murderous intent, the tall horse charged straight at the mare.
Its powerful hoof struck the mare’s soft abdomen.
The small horse rolled across the ground like a torn plastic bag. She finally stopped only after crashing into the corpse of a dead horse at the arena’s edge.
Her head slammed against the ground, and she vomited a mouthful of blood.
Seeing the blood, Moi felt as though her heart had been torn apart. Tears suddenly poured from her eyes for no reason.
Why?
Why did seeing one horse suffer make her so unbearably sad?
Shi Yuntian, who had been closely observing the fight, suddenly felt guilty and muttered instinctively, “What a sin. Who the hell dragged those girls into this game?”
Su Qiong was still thinking furiously. Hearing those words, he suddenly realized something important.
“Shi Yuntian!” Su Qiong called excitedly. “What did you just say?”
“Huh?” Shi Yuntian repeated blankly, “I said, what a sin.”
“No, the next sentence!”
Shi Yuntian thought for a moment before saying, “Who dragged those girls… Wait. Why did I say ‘those girls’?”
“That’s it!” Su Qiong nearly floated into the air with excitement. “I remember!”
“Remember what?”
“The girl who originally followed you wasn’t Moi. She was the one who led you to Rebirth at the End and stopped the sacrifice.” Su Qiong clutched his head and struggled to organize his thoughts. “Normally, players who fail an instance and players who clear it are transported to different places. Under normal circumstances, players who clear an instance can’t possibly find Rebirth at the End. She found it because… because of what?”
“Don’t rush. We’re close.” When ERROR appeared, the players had already gathered at Rebirth at the End. He did not know what had happened before and could only offer Su Qiong a useless attempt at comfort.
Something vague appeared in A’s mind, but he could not grasp it.
On the way to Rebirth at the End, he had followed Su Qiong closely and focused entirely on whether Su Qiong was the Circle Lord. He had paid no attention to those around them and naturally had not noticed Moi’s situation.
The group fell into another stalemate.
Inside the arena, the tall horse relentlessly pursued the short mare, determined to drive her to her death.
The small mare showed no desire to survive. Like a ruined doll, she allowed herself to be trampled.
Occasionally, when the pain became unbearable, she struggled to lift her neck and looked toward the girl on the horse’s back.
Although she wore the appearance of a horse, her eyes were pure and clear, filled with the devotion of a willing sacrifice.
A sacrifice?
Shi Yuntian finally remembered why he had said “those girls.”
He had witnessed the same scene once before in a beginner-zone instance.
A little girl had been driven into a hopeless corner, her body pierced by several blades. Blood covered her eyes so completely that she could no longer open them.
Yet she had exhausted her final strength to block players far above her level and screamed desperately toward the younger girl behind her.
“Run!”
“Don’t worry about me! You have to stay alive!”
Shi Yuntian had always despised the strong bullying the weak. He charged forward and saved the girl, but he was one step too late.
Her health bar had already reached zero.
On the verge of death, the girl whispered weakly, “I’m going to die. Please protect my little sister…”
“Qiyi!” Moi clutched her temple as her memories shattered the system’s interference and flooded back into her mind.
How could she have forgotten?
Her beloved little sister, more important to her than her own life, was now—
Moi looked at Qiyi, who lay covered in wounds and could no longer stand.
Ignoring everything else, she jumped from the horse.
The system placed an Order Card before her. She violently swept it aside and rushed over to embrace Qiyi’s transformed body.
Blood stained her clean clothes red.
Tears fell from Moi’s eyes one after another onto Qiyi.
“How did this happen? Why…”
Qiyi could not speak. She released anxious cries.
She heard the system announce that Moi had violated an order and saw the tall horse behind them, now maddened by bloodlust, raise its hoof and charge toward Moi.
“Ah!” Moi felt herself shoved violently and slid several meters across the ground.
She hurriedly climbed up and saw the tall horse pinning Qiyi beneath its hoof.
One hoof lifted high, aiming directly at Qiyi’s head before crashing downward—
“No!” Moi panicked and scrambled toward her sister.
Before she could approach, a familiar figure carrying a heavy blade appeared in front of her.
“Sorry, sorry. I can’t believe I forgot what I promised you.” Shi Yuntian scratched his head and apologized guiltily. “Don’t worry. I’ll protect your little sister.”
“You…” Moi stared as Shi Yuntian descended from above and landed with both feet on the ground.
Leaving his mount would trigger punishment.
Shi Yuntian also heard the system announcement but paid it no attention. He shouted upward, “Su Qiong!”
“Hold on for another ten seconds.” Su Qiong took out his wand and used its bandages to restrain the Order Card, forcibly dragging it before ERROR. “There’s no time. Hurry and touch it.”
“…”
ERROR thought, You really do treat me well. Not even slightly worried about the backlash.
His body, however, responded honestly. Using the most brutal method possible, he destroyed the card stating that visitors could not leave their mounts or attack horses.
The moment Shi Yuntian saw the card ignite, he drew his weapon and charged the tall horse without hesitation.
A moved even faster. He slashed a long trench across the ground, preventing more tall horses from charging over.
The remaining short horses in the arena showed complicated expressions.
“If I’m correct, they’re the players who disappeared earlier.”
Su Qiong came to Qiyi’s side and spent his few remaining KPI on a healing item to preserve her life.
Instances often imposed restrictions upon players, such as preventing them from exchanging for items or using healing supplies until they left.
NPC exchanges had no such restrictions.
Their only disadvantage was the outrageous price.
Even an ordinary low-tier healing item cost fifty KPI—equivalent to fifty Level 1 players.
Su Qiong had already spent too much KPI obtaining his body. After exchanging for this low-tier item, his balance reached zero.
It seemed he needed to find a way to earn KPI diligently.
“They must have triggered a card that turned them into horses,” Su Qiong said. “We need to find that card and destroy it.”
“Qiyi, do you know where the card is?”
Lying in a pool of blood and barely alive, Qiyi raised her head weakly and looked toward her hind leg.
“She’s extremely weak and has only one breath left. How can she tell us?” Shi Yuntian asked.
“Shh. Stop making noise.” Lu Shufan held him back. “Qiyi is trying to tell us something.”
“But I don’t understand horse language.”
“Qiyi!” Moi crawled over and held her with tearful eyes, trying hard to sense her thoughts.
After a while, she said with certainty, “The key to triggering the card is the hind leg.”
ERROR belatedly recalled, “Qiyi’s hind leg was injured before she entered the arena.”
“So the key is injuring the hind leg? Do I have to cut mine?”
“Probably not.” Taking advantage of his light body, Su Qiong leaped across the arena and inspected all the short horses. He quickly reached a conclusion. “Every one of them has a large bite mark on its hind leg.”
A large bite mark.
In the desolate Gobi Desert, there was no third possibility besides the horses.
After several rounds of silently passing responsibility with their gazes, Lu Shufan was pushed forward as the test subject because he was currently the least useful.
His talent lay in social interaction.
Everyone here was already an ally. Was he supposed to socialize with a horse?
Lu Shufan sighed repeatedly, found his own mount, and held out his leg.
“Bite gently. Do me a favor, brother.”
…Previous statement withdrawn.
He truly could socialize with horses.
The instant the horse bit his leg, Lu Shufan caught the card that would transform his foot into a hoof and prepared to initiate an Order War to turn it into a False Order.
“Wait a little longer,” Su Qiong reminded him. “There should be another one. You’ve grown a hoof, but you haven’t become a horse yet.”
Sure enough, only after Lu Shufan’s foot completely transformed into a hoof did the crucial card appear.
[Horses possess hooves. Anything possessing hooves is a horse.]
Before they could read the writing clearly, Shi Yuntian raised his heavy blade and struck the card head-on.
The card endured his attack without suffering even the slightest damage.
Everyone saw a large number four in the center of its silver back.
The World of Order contained eight tiers: four True and four False.
A Tier-Four True Order was properly known as a Supreme True Order—the highest and most irresistible order within the World of Order.
The price of changing a Supreme True Order’s property far exceeded that of the first three tiers.
The moment Shi Yuntian attacked the card, he triggered an Order War.
Countless tall horses suddenly appeared around him, gripping the ground with their hooves and glaring at him fiercely.
“I think I understand what the order tiers mean now.” This was Su Qiong’s first encounter with a Supreme True Order. Recalling the previous cards, he summarized the pattern. “The lower an order’s tier, the weaker its factual basis. Tier-One and Tier-Two True Orders can be either true or false. A Supreme True Order represents an objective fact that definitely exists.”
“Correct.” ERROR gestured toward the faintly visible card pool overhead. “Can you see it? There are many Tier-Four True Orders.”
Su Qiong stared carefully and actually spotted several.
[Water is a colorless, transparent liquid.]
[Humans will die without air.]
[IN OFF is the most entertaining game in the world.]
[…]
“Is the third one serious?” Su Qiong was stunned.
He had never imagined a system could be so shameless.
“Ignore the third one for now.” As IF’s biological father, ERROR had complicated feelings.
“The first two are objectively existing facts. The World of Order changes whenever an order changes,” ERROR explained. “For example, if you turn the first card into a False Order, all water in the World of Order will cease to be colorless and transparent. If you change the second, humans will no longer die without air.”
Su Qiong’s eyes lit up. “I want to change the third one!”
ERROR was silent for several seconds before asking, “Would that achieve anything?”
“No!” Su Qiong answered loudly. “But I want to.”
“All right,” ERROR said. “Before we leave Circle One, I’ll help you change it. First, deal with the current problem.”
Since a Tier-Four Order represented an objectively existing fact, changing its truth value would not be easy.
Shi Yuntian had initially been perfectly relaxed and had not taken the Order War seriously.
Then he discovered that every horse with hooves in the entire world was charging toward him.
As the saying went, two fists could not defeat four hands.
Much less four hooves.
Shi Yuntian began to feel troubled.
“Shi Yuntian, don’t confront them directly!” After discussing the World of Order’s mechanics with ERROR, Su Qiong understood it more clearly and shouted, “You only need to prove that a horse can exist without hooves, or that something with hooves isn’t necessarily a horse!”
“Huh?” Three question marks practically appeared over Shi Yuntian’s head. “You want me to write a proof? That’s too much!”
Thinking was Shi Yuntian’s greatest weakness in gaming.
Faced with the charging herd, he had no idea what to do.
A appeared at the right moment.
He drew his sword and severed all four hooves of the leading tall horse.
The horse released a long scream and collapsed.
The others became furious and rushed over, attempting to trample A into pieces.
“Stop. I know you can understand human language.” A pointed his sword at them. “I severed its limbs, so you’re angrier because you consider it one of your kind, correct?”
The horses could understand speech but had limited intelligence. They appeared to agree.
“It no longer has hooves. Is it still one of your kind?”
“…”
The herd stared at the leading horse and seemed to fall into thought.
Su Qiong hurried over and began reasoning with them in his soft, adorable voice.
“Let’s make an assumption. If you believe it remains one of your kind without hooves, then you admit that something can be a horse without hooves.”
The herd fell silent.
Something seemed wrong, but they could not identify what.
“Let’s use another assumption.” Su Qiong pushed Lu Shufan forward and showed them his newly grown hoof. “He has a hoof. Is he one of your kind?”
Several horses neighed differently, clearly disagreeing with one another.
Su Qiong continued, “If you believe he has a hoof and is therefore one of your kind, then Lu Shufan also believes he belongs to our kind. Correct?”
“Correct!” Lu Shufan, now being used as a prop, cooperated enthusiastically.
Su Qiong released his hoof in satisfaction and continued his argument.
“He belongs to your kind and ours. Following the principle of equivalent substitution, that means I belong to your kind. But…”
Su Qiong lifted his cloak and showed them his feet.
“I don’t have hooves. Are you going to admit that something without hooves can still be a horse?”
Su Qiong was obviously not a horse. The tall horses shook their heads.
“If you refuse to accept that, then you’re refusing to acknowledge Lu Shufan as one of your kind merely because he grew a hoof. Therefore, possessing hooves does not necessarily make something a horse, and a horse may exist without hooves.” Su Qiong finished and pointed toward the Order Card. “I deny this order.”
The horses had been completely confused by Su Qiong and abandoned their attack.
Some lowered their heads and pretended to eat grass. Others raised their heads to admire the distant scenery.
The system seemingly weighed the situation for a long time before reluctantly announcing:
[Denial accepted. This order has been changed into a Tier-Four False Order.]
[The False Order contradicts objective reality. Card invalidated.]
The silver card vanished before their eyes.
At the same moment, Qiyi returned to her original form.
The other players who had become short horses also transformed back into humans, each overwhelmed with joy.
“My God! Am I dreaming?”
“I thought I’d spend the rest of my life as a carousel horse!”
“Su Qiong, thank you!”
“You really want to thank me?” Su Qiong turned toward them, his voice soft and sweet. “I’ve run out of KPI. Could you give me some?”
“Of course!” The players were so grateful that they agreed without hesitation.
Five minutes later—
The unfortunate players were tied up in bandages while Su Qiong struck them repeatedly with the shaft of his wand. Large bumps had swollen on their foreheads, and their expressions were utterly lifeless.
“I’ll let you kill me. Could you at least do it more efficiently?”
Su Qiong somehow felt wronged instead. “I’m tired too, but I don’t have an offensive ability.”
He gently touched the bump on the player’s head and comforted him like a child.
“Don’t cry, don’t cry. The pain will fly away~ Once I earn enough KPI, I’ll exchange for a healing item and treat you.”
“No! Absolutely not!”
The players had already developed psychological trauma and refused frantically.
Lu Shufan watched the scene with lingering fear and secretly rejoiced. “Fortunately, my level is low. This is all Yu Qimiao’s fault. What kind of nonsense did he teach Su Qiong?”
“You have a problem with it?” Yu Qimiao glanced sideways.
“No!”
“Good.” Yu Qimiao checked his level and shook his head in disappointment. “Only Level 8. We’ll raise you a little longer before letting Su Qiong farm you for experience.”
Having shown excellent foresight, Shi Yuntian hid among the horses and asked the others, “What levels are you?”
A had no fear of becoming an experience pack and answered first. “Twelve.”
Moi and Qiyi hugged each other and said timidly, “We’re both Level 9.”
“I’m Level 10 now. Not bad, not bad.” Shi Yuntian looked toward ERROR and waited for his answer.
ERROR held out his bracelet and showed them his information.
Level 1.
Experience: 0.
“The system wiped everything because I violated the rules and destroyed a card,” ERROR answered openly.
Everyone fell silent.
They seriously suspected ERROR might have done it deliberately.
That way, Su Qiong would never use him to farm experience.
After harvesting a large circle of players, Su Qiong happily exchanged for a mid-tier healing item and handed it to Qiyi.
Her condition improved slightly, though she remained very weak. She struggled to thank him.
Su Qiong waved his hands nervously. “Don’t thank me. If I’d noticed earlier that the system erased you, you wouldn’t have been injured.”
Moi hugged Qiyi tightly and cried until her face was covered in tears. Inside her heart, she vowed that this would never happen again.
In the blink of an eye, the carousel’s operation time was nearly over.
Su Qiong felt a rotational force pull at his body.
When he steadied himself again, he was standing on the platform.
The short horses had disappeared, replaced by the players who had previously gone missing.
The players still waiting in front of the platform had no idea what had happened and wore expressions of complete confusion.
Su Qiong stepped off the platform and discovered a glowing door opening directly ahead.
Inside stood a man mounted on a large horse and holding a weapon, waiting for them to enter.
[System: Congratulations on completing the Carousel challenge. Reward: One opportunity to authenticate an Order Card. Successfully authenticated cards will receive an enhancement from the guardian.]
[Hint: The Carousel Guardian is the guardian of Tier-Two True Order—the Knight of Light.]
[Hint: True Order guardians recognize only True Orders. If a player attempts to authenticate a False Order, the guardian will destroy the card and punish the player.]
The Knight of Light gave them a wide smile. Even his teeth reflected light with a sparkling gleam.
Facing Su Qiong’s group, he changed poses several times, displaying his excessively muscular body from every possible angle.
His abdominal muscles bulged like freshly baked loaves of bread.
For once, Su Qiong did not feel envious at all.
He might not have abdominal muscles.
But he would not accept those even for free.
The Knight of Light declared confidently, “Children blessed by the gods, come and receive the reward I shall bestow upon you.”
“…”
The air fell silent.
After a long while, someone finally complained—
“He’s so greasy.”
