Chapter 929, Killing It Is Too Much Trouble

Translator: Silavin

 

After being a Dragon Tamer for so many years, now transforming into a Totem Master… It was a truly marvellous feeling.

 

Beyond granting Lu Fan a second set of Attributes and Skills, the Mask of Deception even allowed him to equip another complete set of equipment.

 

Of course, his equipment’s Attributes were not shared across the two Attribute Panels. Anything added on would only apply to the second Attribute Panel, and those currently equipped were ignored.

 

This way, Lu Fan could make his performance even more convincing.

 

Though Totem Master was a Support Specialised Profession, the equipment worn was merely Cloth Armour, similar to Mages and Priests.

 

If one wanted to pursue an Offensive Build, they would wear Mage equipment.

 

If one wanted to pursue a Support Build, they would wear Priest equipment. It was quite straightforward.

 

The same principle applied to weapons, whether a Mage’s staff or a Priest’s staff, Totem Masters could equip either.

 

Equipment was something Lu Fan certainly did not lack.

 

In his Inventory, unused rubbish equipment had practically piled into mountains. He could simply select a few to equip.

 

This set of equipment was a mix of both Mage and Priest pieces, jumbled together.

 

This way, as a Totem Master, Lu Fan possessed both respectable Damage Output and decent Support.

 

After all, even Diamond Grade equipment was considered trash to him now.

 

So, with this full set of equipment combined, the Attributes it yielded was quite remarkable.

 

Among Level 90 Fourth Profession players, his strength could be considered around the high-end. Though not top-tier, he was above mid-tier.

 

After preparing everything, Jin Zhan called everyone to prepare for departure to Cherry Blossom Country.

 

The five made a Party, then took the Transport Array to Cherry Blossom Country.

 

Currently, Cherry Blossom Country had no concept of national borders, much less soldiers responsible for guarding them. Therefore, even taking the Transport Array would not trigger any Detection Arrays.

 

Cherry Blossom Country now had virtually no defences. Infiltrating was far too simple—much more convenient than going to Feather Country.

 

Long before the five set out, Jin Zhan had already arranged the contacts they were supposed to meet.

 

After passing through the Transport Array and successfully meeting the assigned personnel, the five followed their guidance, taking multiple Transport Arrays and constantly transferring, finally arriving at a place called Sakazaki City.

 

This had originally been a first-tier city of Cherry Blossom Country, and was quite prosperous.

 

Now that Cherry Blossom Country had essentially been destroyed, and its national fortune severed, even such a city had become desolate.

 

However, the city ultimately still had quite a few people.

 

According to Jin Zhan, those Hidden Clans had arranged to gather in this city and had already reserved an entire hotel.

 

They only needed to present their invitation to check into the hotel. Two or three days later, once everyone had arrived, all would set out together toward Earth Tripartite to search for the Ancient Gods inside.

 

Upon learning this situation, Lu Fan discussed with Jin Zhan, “How about waiting until the hotel is full, then have my Pet Dragon drop a Forbidden Spell?”

 

These people were attempting to cooperate with an Ancient God to revive Cherry Blossom Country. They had basically betrayed Humanity. If they did not kill them, who should they kill!?

 

Jin Zhan smiled helplessly upon hearing this and said, “Killing them now is too early. This is only one portion of those going. From what I’ve gathered, in two other cities, there are two more groups from Hidden Clans who will also head to Earth Tripartite. It is just that the communication methods between those two groups are far more secretive and my intelligence agents haven’t been able to uncover much more than this. So I don’t know how they’ll meet up or where they’ll meet.”

 

“It was already quite difficult for us to infiltrate into this group. If we kill them now, those other two groups will definitely know their plans have been exposed and scattered like birds and beasts.”

 

“We came here not merely to search for the Ancient God, but also to completely annihilate these people. Acting now will only waste time. At the very least, we should wait until we reach Earth Tripartite and rendezvous with these people before deciding, right?”

 

Lu Fan nodded, quite agreeing with Jin Zhan’s thinking.

 

Though he had the strength, if these Hidden Clan members kept hiding, even he would have to exhaust a ton of effort to uproot them all.

 

It was not that he would not be able to kill them, nor that he could not find them.

 

If Lu Fan was willing, he could simply decimate Cherry Blossom Country with his Pet Dragons.

 

But the key issue was that it would waste too much time and energy, more loss than gain.

 

This group from the Hidden Clans were like bedbugs hiding.

 

Killing them was too troublesome.

 

Not killing them was bound to cause more trouble.

 

Right now, with the bedbugs gathering together, it presented such a rare opportunity. If they acted prematurely and let these bedbugs scatter again, getting another chance like this would be insanely difficult.

 

Therefore, Lu Fan agreed with Jin Zhan’s plan, intending to first go with Jin Zhan and the others to the hotel gathering point, travel with this group to Earth Tripartite, and then meet up with the other groups before making the decision.

 

Even upon reaching Earth Tripartite, he did not need to act first. He could let this group of people serve as cannon fodder to see what exactly the Ancient Gods in the Earth Tripartite were capable of.

 

Thus, the five together headed to check into the Sakazaki City hotel.

 

During check-in, Jin Zhan produced a specially crafted black card and handed it to the hotel reception desk.

 

The hotel receptionist had obviously already been bought off. Upon seeing this black card, their attitude toward everyone became much more respectful, immediately personally leading the five to their prepared rooms.

 

In the hotel, the five stayed for about three days.

 

During this period, when Lu Fan and the others had nothing to do, they wandered around Sakazaki City.

 

They observed that occasionally, groups of Players with quite terrifying strength and Levels would arrive at this hotel. After presenting a black card, they would be led to their lodgings.

 

However, unlike Lu Fan and the others who freely went out to experience the local customs when bored, these people basically never went out. Even their meals were delivered to them.

 

After three days passed, Jin Zhan finally sent word for Lu Fan and the others to head to the main hall in the hotel and look for him.

 

Lu Fan brought the girls to the hall. Upon arrival, they discovered that those strange Players from before had already gathered here, and there were over thirty people in total.

 

Judging by their groupings, they should be from five or six Hidden Clans.

 

Jin Zhan sat here, currently discussing matters with the leaders of these five or six Hidden Clans. The conversation appeared to be going well.

 

Seeing Lu Fan and the others arrive, Jin Zhan said to everyone, “Alright, my Clan members have all arrived as well.”

 

“I have to apologise that this is all that we can bring. Previously during the national crisis, many Elders in our Clan  sacrificed themselves to protect our land. So those coming with me today are all youths. And as young people, naturally they’re a bit more playful. These past few days, they’ve been running around outside. It is only now that I called them back.”

 

Saying this, Jin Zhan gave Lu Fan and the others a meaningful look, having them stand behind him.