Death Game: Starting as a Trickster, Pretending to Be a God

Chapter 832: Waking Up and Missing the Target

“Whoosh—”

A blazing white light streaked across the sky as Fish soared through the air, carrying Lin Yu with her as she glided freely.

Behind her, several floating thrusters were attached to Fish’s back, helping her change direction with ease—while these thrusters weren’t enough to let Fish fly on her own, they were more than capable of slowing her descent and adjusting her angle once she was already airborne. She flew almost right against the dome of the sky, one hand raising a monocular telescope as she scanned the area below.

Soon...

In the forest out in the wild, Fish spotted where “Phoenix” was located.

“Should be right around there.”

The process went smoothly—far more than expected. But this wasn’t just down to Fish and Lin Yu’s good luck; it was because...

Out in the wilderness, Phoenix’s location was far too conspicuous!

The outskirts of Lilee City were already open and flat, and in this moonlit night, the spot where Phoenix’s field survey team was located had a ring of blazing orange-red flames burning around it—the neat shape and vibrant color revealed that this was definitely no ordinary campfire or torch, but something deliberately created by someone.

“I think that’s the spot too... Chances are, Sister Phoenix set that up herself.”

As Lin Yu spoke, Fish immediately manipulated her floaters to dive, braking sharply just three meters above the ground before landing steadily with Lin Yu in tow.

And here... members of the Holy Flame Church and the Tribunal of Heresy were lying all around, sprawled out in a haphazard mess.

Phoenix, meanwhile, was slumped against a rock, sitting on the ground. Though she had fallen unconscious, she still held her staff tightly in her hand, standing upright before her.

The flames burning around her were, of course, a spell that had continued to persist even after Phoenix had passed out.

It seemed she had realized what was about to happen before losing consciousness and had immediately used her final moments to construct a spell.

And that spell...

Was simultaneously able to remain active after she fell unconscious, possessed a certain defensive capability, and was bright enough to make it easy for her teammates to find her.

“Truly remarkable. Her mastery of magic is nothing short of incredible.”

Fish didn’t hold back her praise as she walked up and patted Phoenix’s cheek.

However, Phoenix didn’t wake up that easily—while her magic resistance and mental resistance were high, they weren’t strong enough to withstand this “Death Sleep Technique.”

Especially since she’d been ambushed.

Fish wasn’t discouraged, though. She immediately crouched down, pried open Phoenix’s mouth, popped a candy inside, and poured in a little water before tilting Phoenix’s chin up and shutting her mouth, then tipping her head back.

“Gulp.”

Under gravity and reflex, Phoenix naturally swallowed the candy.

A moment later, a terrifying wave of power erupted from Phoenix’s body, then immediately receded.

She opened her eyes and saw Fish crouching in front of her. She let out a sigh of relief.

“It’s you... What’s the situation now?”

“The Inquisitor of the Tribunal created a new dark creature in the twisted space underground using a Monarch-tier snake descendant’s corpse, so we fought him beneath the tribunal headquarters. After Schreiber negotiated with him, he chose to leave Lilee City.”

“As for the barrier over the city, it was cast by the five snake-descendant experts who were drawn here. They originally planned to negotiate with him or steal that new dark creature, but they don’t know that what they wanted is already gone—so they went ahead and cast a group spell called the ‘Death Sleep Technique,’ putting everyone in the city into a deep slumber.”

“And since we happened to be underground in that twisted space, we didn’t get hit.”

Fish gave Phoenix a full rundown of everything that had happened. The detailed explanation left Phoenix, who had just woken up, feeling dizzy and overwhelmed.

“Wait, let me process that...”

In no time, Phoenix had sorted it all out.

“It sounds like we got the order mixed up—you two accidentally fought the hidden area’s hidden boss first and skipped the hidden area through negotiation...”

“But we still have to clear the regular final boss like normal... Five of them—that number was definitely designed deliberately by the ‘Death Game.’”

Phoenix sighed.

“So Schreiber and I decided to regroup with everyone first. Sister Phoenix, I don’t have any more candy, and I figure that stuff only works on you anyway. Can you wake up the others?”

“No problem. It’s just the snake descendants’ ‘Death Sleep Technique.’ As long as I stay awake, it won’t be an issue to help the rest wake up,” Phoenix said with a sigh. “But... the fact that even I got hit, and that the Death Sleep Technique covered the entire city of Lilee... If it’s confirmed that there are only ‘five’ snake descendants, then things might get a bit tricky.”

“It would take five ‘Monarch-tier’ snake descendants to pull this off... Or it could be that they had set things up within the city for a long time.”

“But no matter which possibility it is, while waking the rest is easy, defeating them will probably be a tough battle.”

As Phoenix spoke, Fish waved her hand dismissively, looking unconcerned.

“Don’t worry, leave the fighting to me—I drew the ‘Otaku (female)’ card for this round, and I ate a bunch beforehand. Even though the fight under the tribunal headquarters was intense, I’ve pretty much recovered by now.”

Fish said, and Phoenix nodded. “I wasn’t planning to run from the fight either... Anyway, let’s head into the city and find ‘Lone Boat’ and ‘Kui.’”

Phoenix said, and Fish pulled out the walkie-talkie again.

“Let’s find Kui first—I’ve already locked onto her position. Back in the city, I ran into a native who’s a fellow disciple from my sect—he’s already helped me locate Kui.”

Fish said, then led Lin Yu and Phoenix back into Lilee City.

As for the others lying unconscious in the wild... it would cost Phoenix a lot of mana to undo the “Death Sleep Technique,” and to ensure she wasn’t too weak for the coming fight, she naturally couldn’t wake all the natives right now.

While those natives could have been helpful, leaving them unconscious also reduced variables, so she simply decided not to wake them.

After all, once the snake descendants were defeated, they’d wake up on their own anyway.

The three soon returned to Lilee City and, following the location hint Raymond had given, found where Kui was supposed to be.

According to what Raymond had said—Kui was in a civilian house, unconscious alongside a squad of the City Defense Knight Corps.

But when they arrived at the location, the three were shocked to discover...

While there were indeed many members of the City Defense Knight Corps lying sprawled on the ground.

There was no sign of Kui!

Throughout the entire room, there was no trace of Kui.

“That’s strange... Raymond shouldn’t have lied to me, right?”

Fish scratched her head in frustration.

“He really didn’t lie to you—look over there, the way those two knights are lying is a bit odd... like their limbs have been moved.”

“And... judging from their positions on the ground, there should have been another person between them.”

“Kui must have already woken up!”

Phoenix analyzed calmly.