In the world of Ao, there are nine major factions based on their methods of doing things.

  For the chaotic camps pawns, 【Red Knights Strategic Chessboard】 is a joke. Because you can never measure a chaotic pawn with common sense. So, choosing the chaotic camps pawns as the target of this strange object is courting death.

  But Ellison is different.

  Lewin was quite clear that Ellsworth, despite his fondness for plotting and scheming, was actually a very methodical person. Like Lewin, Ellsworth was a very typical Lawful Evil character.

  This high-IQ way of always measuring gains and losses gave Raven a chance.

  After learning that her enemy was Ellison, Raven poured three predictions into the "Red Knights Strategic Chessboard" in one breath:

  Firstly, after being unable to grasp Ravens whereabouts through divination, Elrond would choose to re-examine Ravens data once again.

  Secondly, when faced with the choice of personally hunting down Raven or staying in Golden City to auction off [Pure White Frost Dance], Ellison would choose to stay and auction.

  After the strongest tracker under his command was killed, Elrison would choose to suspect other priests of the same church at the first time.

  Making predictions is also simple, this is more like a bet, holding the chessboard and silently thinking about your expectations of your arch-nemesis in your heart, the chessboard will determine how valuable this prediction is based on your idea.

  Now, on the Western chessboard, the white side representing Ellison has three pieces of "Imperial Guard" crossing the middle line at the same time.

  However, Raven found that these three pieces had been directly stabbed to death by the black pawns representing him when he returned to Karins side before dawn.

  White -3, Black +3 on the edge of the board.

  Leiwen suddenly wanted to laugh, Elrond had a belly full of bad water, in the previous lifes game he had schemed against countless people and gods, probably he wouldnt have thought that this time before he even made a name for himself he would be schemed against first.

  From this moment on, Elrond is fine as long as he doesnt encounter Raven. Once its related to Raven, Elrond will immediately receive a penalty of +3 misfortune value.

  In the game, Misfortune +3 is already terrifying.

  When +1, its easy to lose your wallet.

  When +2, many strange factors will appear that make your attack miss what youre aiming for.

  When +3, even walking on flat ground can lead to a fracture or something.

  Of course, after all, the "Red Knights Strategic Chessboard" is just a piece of golden equipment. The temporary good and bad luck it gives to both sides are limited. Raven remembers that the most is probably +7. If there is more, then it would be another way of playing.

  Lei Wen thought for a moment and then added two more ideas.

  This time, White moves two pieces representing horses: Knights.

  "Carine, wake up, its almost daylight."

  The little girl wiped her eyes and lazily looked at Levin: "Is it dawn? Its been a long time since Ive slept so comfortably."

  Levin was speechless. Kalin, of course, felt comfortable, sleeping on the rope bed made from the transformed rope. Rope Ones wisdom was apparently not low, as it used the smoothest and softest part of the soft rope for Kalin to sleep on, no wonder Kalin didnt want to get up.

  "Were going to leave the Golden City."

  "Brother, is it done?"

  "Lets buy some essentials and get going."

  In the world of Azeroth, traveling has never been a simple matter. Even in areas considered newbie zones, such as near Goldshire, there are still an endless number of low-level mobs to contend with, like the Defias Looter that Raven previously encountered.

  Apart from high-ranking professionals, people often travel long distances by joining merchant caravans or traveling in groups. Raven wasnt without the thought of taking Karin and Tiao on a solo journey, but considering that Elison still had the Lin Feng card in his hand, Raven decided to follow the merchant caravan instead.

  Raven didnt know how effective Jacobs substitute would be, but he didnt want to take too much risk before Karin was safe.

  Before leaving, Levin glanced at the data on the rope and smiled.

  In becoming a Raven Servant, the power of the soul is supplemented and the real strength of Tsun starts to recover slowly: Strength 70 (84), Agility 47 (64), Constitution -, Intelligence -, Perception 44, Charisma 4

  Roughly calculated, Xiang Yis current strength is probably equivalent to that of a beginner Silver Rank.

  Its calculated that if there is sufficient soul power supplement, the rope may possibly recover its full strength before facing Erisson.

  The idea is beautiful, but reality is harsh. Raven has not yet found a good way to replenish the soul power for Sheng Yi.

  The sky is slightly bright, and the miscellaneous market of the Golden City has opened.

  In addition to food and dry rations, Raven also bought a tent, sleeping bag, portable tableware and seasoning bags.

  The town of Arrothi where the Shuni priestesses are located is 100 kilometers from the Golden City, and Ravens other target: the town of Salith near Shadow Valley is over 200 kilometers.

  Only areas with the most prosperous trade had such cobblestone-paved roads at that time, and most areas were still muddy roads.

  The south is even more miserable, with only a small part of the area being plains, and most of it is mountain roads.

  Raven auctioned off 【Pure White Frost Dance】 insisting on three days because it would take three days to walk 100 kilometers. After settling Carin for three days, Raven can have fun with Erisen.

  In the City of Gold, every day there are caravans coming and going to all parts of the continent. Raven easily found a small caravan with only eight carts, Raven told the manager of the caravan that he was traveling with his sister to visit relatives and had one cart.

  Levin arrived at the South Gate after his preparations, where two groups of people had gathered in the open space outside the city. This was the local merchants and the caravan conducting their final goods exchange. The leader of the caravan, despite knowing Levin was coming, couldnt help but blink when he saw Levins entourage.

  Levin and Karin changed back into their poor peoples clothes and even deliberately made themselves look a bit uglier. This was no problem.

  The problem was that the carriage was too good, with a brand new rain cover wrapping it up quite tightly. The horse pulling it looked like a typical draft horse for traveling, but the horse was so majestic that the manager almost suspected it could be used as a military horse.

  Lei Wen smiled wryly, he also had no way out, this thing was too heavy. Its said that, any kind of demon statue is not light.

  The rope weighed nearly 300 kilograms, roughly the equivalent of four adult men. A small traveling carriage would not have been able to accommodate it, so Raven had to buy a large-sized traveling carriage and a sturdy horse. This cost Raven 60 gold coins.

  "Haha! Ill bring some dry goods along the way." Levin said with a dry smile.

  "Hey, this is different from what was agreed upon! The price for joining as a merchant and the price for joining as a traveler are two different prices."

  Lei Wen could only pinch his nose and admit it, having paid an extra sum of money.

  When Raven and the others left, Ellison was at his wits end.

  Because he found things were out of control.

  He originally thought there were only three short days until the auction and didnt expect many competitors to rush over.

  He still underestimated the appeal of the three words "Floating Island".

  First came the news that a legendary strong team was rushing over day and night. Then it was the priest group of Loshanda, the Morning God, who also wanted to come, with a high-ranking priest bringing a ticket of holy warriors. Next were their own people, one of the twelve priests under Shirekes command, Lundagos, would arrive tomorrow. Finally, there was the priest of Mersk, the Thief God, which was the key point.

  As an organization skilled in making money out of thin air, the Thieves Guild possesses wealth second only to that of the Church of Wealth, even the dragon island that has been accumulating wealth for thousands of years cannot compare with these bastards who steal day and night.

  The total assets of the Church of Wealth can still be roughly estimated. These thieves... even the God of Thieves himself doesnt know how much money he has under his command.

  Eriol really hates Raven.

  He had already written the script, first using Hei Sun to eliminate the target, then having Hei Sun take care of himself, and incidentally getting his hands on the treasure map without spending a single copper coin.

  Now the whole world knows that there is a treasure map fragment on Zhangs floating island, and even if Elison takes a photo of it with his blood, he will worry about how to transport it back to the church.

  Shreks chaotic nature made him fond of spreading prophecies, causing the church to split into many mutually hostile factions. If Elric asked Shrek for protection, it was possible that when the time came to provide support, it would be his own people who stabbed him in the back.

  As a newly-minted priest, Elrison felt for the first time that he had too few cards in his hand.

  He had no choice but to send out the remaining Bloodhounds to hunt down Raven. These slave-born human hunters, apart from the deceased Parker, numbered 11.

  "There are 30 pieces of Alchemy Fire here, the amount is enough to burn five Bronze-ranked Executioners statues into ashes. That kid is a bit tricky with his statue, but the rest are not worth mentioning."

  Eryndor Thorne gazed out at his team, a motley crew of rough-looking individuals with various unsavory habits, but when it came to pursuit, they were experts among experts. Four of them were peak Bronze professionals, the rest were Bronze beginners and mid-tiers.

  To deal with a little devil who only had black iron rank, Elricson felt like he was being overly cautious.

  But that night, if Ellison were to come on the scene and see this sight, its likely that harsh reality would shatter his illusions.

  The blood whips easily crushed the merchant teams guards, and the only eight guards were almost killed in an instant.

  Their prestige ended there.

  With a dull thud, the Blood Scythes bodies contorted in mid-air, flying off in exaggerated arcs. A mixture of entrails, blood and brain matter splattered out from their bodies.

  Various colored liquids shone brightly under the reflection of moonlight, appearing eerily mysterious due to their terror.

  At least three half-brained were hit and flew, one of which even flew to the top of the carriage canopy of the merchant teams manager who was shrinking. The corpses with internal fluids escaping in the dark fell to the ground with a loud noise under gravity.

  This sound told of the Blood Scourges suffering and also activated the merchants fear.

  Kanji forced himself to stick his head out of the carriage, at least wanting to know who the hero was that saved the merchant caravan.

  Unfortunately, the scene before my eyes is too tragic and inhumane. The bloody smell caused by brutal slaughter makes me feel nauseous. More importantly, the so-called heroes are tearing peoples limbs apart like a sausage, and the heads caught in the noose are bursting open like a crushed watermelon.

  Under the enormous pressure, the existence of the armor becomes meaningless. Accompanied by the folding of the human body, the armor twisted and compressed by the huge force emits a series of teeth-aching sounds.

  The strong and sturdy body honed through years of whipping has become its greatest weakness.

  Because there were two guys who even though their bodies had already turned into two piles of dough fritters, they still hadnt died immediately.

  Is human life too resilient, or are creatures mainly atoning for their former bloodshed?

  There was another guy rolling desperately in the mud, his legs had been strangled to death, but he still tried his best to get away from that huge rope demon, struggling to escape far away from this terrible source, even if its just one more second.

  "I dont want to die! I dont want to die!" Blood Whip wailed, the fresh blood and tears on his face mixing together in a mess.

  Levin tightly hugged the trembling Karin and gave a command: "Speed is settled."

  The rope tightened around his neck, and then the whole world fell silent.