The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 161: Ingrid’s 4-fold plan (2-in-1)

After Bobby was killed by the players, the remaining armed forces on the ship were unable to resist the players' offensive.

In fact, the defensive force deployed by Ingrid is really quite considerable.

The old wizard who was killed by the delicious wind goose before was probably also a fallen person.

Then these are the three Fallen who are equivalent to the peak of the Silver level, plus the "Bobby" who has the ability to restrain the players.

Bobby's strength is considered to be at the serious gold level, but it must be inferior. Even if the fallen person's ability is cultivated to the highest level, its ability priority is still not as high as the power of the elements, so she was borrowed Annan's power by Husky and was instantly defeated...

But she seemed to have no problem beating the swarms of silver. Among the players' forces, the only gold-level player who can move freely is Annan - Isaac's existence is a secret, and compared to players who can be infinitely resurrected, Annan will not dispatch him easily.

In order to prevent Annan's brain from twitching, Ingrid also specially drove the ship into the sea far away from the shore. He also sent someone to reveal the news about the devil's blood.

Although extraordinary beings have very strong oppressive power when they are on land. However, if they are trapped in the sea by a ship, they will also feel helpless because of the power of nature.

If you are a disabled wizard, you can freeze the water into an ice road; the idol wizard can allow you to breathe in the water; the shaping wizard can not only shape water into ice, but also directly shape it into a pallet, directly Shrimp fishermen started catching fish at sea...

…But that’s all.

Once other people are on the ship, surrounded by sea and far away from the shore, if they are directly sunk remotely, they will probably be dead.

After all, until they reach the silver level, extraordinary people are still mortals who need to breathe, eat, sleep and excrete... If they don't focus at all, they will still be drowned by water.

As long as the ship is sunk or burned from a distance, any small boats such as lifeboats are destroyed, and she is not given a chance to grab the ship, then in the end Poppy can only die in the sea with hatred.

...That's why they claimed that the ship was filled with demon blood.

Although the players and Annan don’t believe it, they still have to come and take a look.

Demon blood is the most precious "gold" grade among the cursed materials in this world - although it is the easiest to buy and the cheapest among the gold-level cursed materials.

On the black market, a portion of demon blood can be sold for eighty pounds.

In a relatively normal year, a farmer or fisherman's annual savings would be about one or two gold coins.

According to the current exchange rate, almost one gold coin can be exchanged for twelve or thirteen silver coins, which can buy about five books, or twelve or thirteen subway rides, a small bag of bullets, two iron daggers, two bottles of poison, five cents A finely forged steel sword, a twentieth of a young war horse, a fortieth of a rifle, and an eightyth of a complete set of metal armor.

The most expensive hotel in Noah costs more than one hundred gold coins per night; before Annan succeeded to the throne, the Principality of Winter suffered a loss of forty or fifty thousand gold coins every year.

A piece of devil's blood is equivalent to the savings of fifty years of work for the people at the bottom...but it may not be enough to stay in Noah's top hotel for one night.

In that hotel, whether it is the hand-woven wool carpets on the floor, the paintings on the walls, or the sculptures placed at the door, they are all made by famous artists. The guarantee is also at the level of Bishop Yaweng.

Even the chandeliers are crystal chandeliers inlaid with gold.

Of course, big businessmen are not fools.

If it was just decoration, they wouldn't spend this kind of money.

When you stay in that hotel, you actually get free high-end drinks and top-notch food. If necessary, there are also extremely beautiful singers and dancers who can perform shows at any time, or enter the room to serve at any time. It also has a built-in opera house, a hot spring, a library, a hunting ground, and is equipped with extraordinary guards and a barrier to isolate the ritual.

However, these services are still not comparable to this expensive price.

Because they are not selling goods, but services - of course, more importantly, they are selling concepts.

When Noah's "guarantors" meet, they will choose this hotel for safety reasons.

When the news spread, it became a treat trend.

In other words, it is not for the accommodation, nor for the entertainment services that can be provided during the stay, but precisely because "this is the most expensive", "here has the most luxurious enjoyment", "this is where the real big shots go" The concept of "A Place Where You Will Come" only became famous when its price was sold at such a high price.

The small nobles from other places will find ways to stay here in order to compete with the nobles of the royal capital and save money; while the big businessmen hope to get to know some big shots and convert their wealth into Power; the big shots in foreign countries will not show any cowardice - since you can live here every day, how can we not afford it?

It's closer to a club than a hotel itself.

Zhi Ji took Annan to live here before.

At that time, he also felt sorry for Zhi Ji's money.

When I met Ya Weng not long ago, I learned that it was given directly to Zhi Ji by the manager of the hotel.

Not just Paper Princess. All churches that may come to Noah always have a room in this hotel, which is carefully cleaned every day. This was used to accommodate popes, cardinals on business trips, or wandering gods.

The most powerful nobles in various countries...including the "Lin Dong Family" themselves actually have a room here.

Zhi Ji also took Annan to live in her room.

These occupied rooms account for 60% of the entire hotel rooms. But it didn't make the boss lose money at all. Instead, it became some kind of advertisement, making the boss make more money...

Annan was also shocked at the time.

What kind of business acumen is this ahead of its time? !

After careful questioning, Annan learned that this was the store opened by Lord Yin's previous pope, and it is still operated by the chamber of commerce controlled by Yin Jue's church. The old man wrote several books during his lifetime, specifically explaining various business techniques and marketing methods...

Compared to this kind of truly rich people, demon blood is not expensive at all, it can even be said to be cheap.

After all, it is not precious because of "rare production", "secret formula" or "extremely potent"...

The reason why smuggling demon blood is a capital crime is partly because it can quickly transform someone into a fallen person; and partly because the raw material of demon blood... is human beings themselves.

You must be a fallen person with a pure heart to be transformed into demon blood. This determination of purity of mind is relatively broad... that is, after the fall, if there is still no intention to harm others, it can be determined that the soul is pure.

After all, the process of degradation itself amplifies negative emotions.

Many seemingly honest social animals may suddenly turn into serial murderers after depravity. On the one hand, it is due to the sudden gain of power and too little understanding of the world, and on the other hand, it is because the path to fall itself is a test of will and morality.

——The road to sublimation tests one’s desires, while the road to degradation tests one’s will.

In other words...

Every time you make a piece of demon blood, it means that an innocent "good person" will pay his life for it.

If this ship is really filled with demon blood...

Calculated based on each unit of six bottles of Demon's Blood that are bundled together with shock-absorbing and light-proof embedded packaging and can be put into a suitcase. Excluding the number of guards, this ship can hold at least six to seven hundred units of demon blood.

Excluding the nearly 60% failure rate, this means that nearly 8,000 people will die.

...the population of sparsely populated towns is roughly the same. Even some underground cities cannot reach this population.

Even if you just let her go and arrest random people, you won't be able to arrest so many people.

So players have long been aware that something is wrong here. Although they are not sure what the problem is.

After the players took over the ship, they began to inventory the hull.

And got a good news and a bad news.

The good news is that there really is demon blood on this ship.

Eight hundred units of demon blood!

...In other words, eight hundred units of containers used to store demon blood.

The bad news is, most of them are empty.

Seven players carefully inspected it for more than two hours.

I found that there was almost always something in the outermost layer... but the further in, the emptier it became.

It is estimated that the final amount of demon blood that can be found is about a hundred units.

You will never get a thousand copies even if you try your best.

If there are items in the boxes of more than eighty units, it would be good to get five hundred copies of Demon's Blood.

The problem is...

How much demon blood did Ingrid get?

Did she bring these empty boxes to scare Annan, or did she really empty out the contents?

But soon, Annan noticed a detail.

That is... many boxes are empty at the beginning. It can be directly determined that Ingrid has stuffed a bunch of empty boxes into it.

And using this method must be to conceal how much demon blood she took away!

If you think about it carefully, Ingrid has pulled the same trick twice.

She had the "Vicious Hands" plunder the cargo ship, nominally allowing it to be hijacked by pirates and the cargo lost... but in fact Denisoya's navy was still guarding it, proving that it had never really been of theft.

It's just that this pot must be thrown to the "poisonous hands", so that Ingrid and a certain force behind her who can be on the "advisory committee" can monopolize this wave of wealth.

And her second level plan is to use this string of demon blood to lure players into being fooled.

Let's see if the "Poppy" she specially cultivated can restrain the resurrection of players - if possible, it would be best to use Poppy's ability to hijack some players for subsequent plans.

But if something unexpected happens and Poppy fails to kill the players, but is killed by them instead...

That is her third level plan.

She herself stole a batch of demon blood - and because the number of empty boxes exceeded the normal number, it was impossible to judge how much she had taken... and at the same time, it could lead to Annan.

Annan suddenly thought of a joke.

This is like the second uncle Yu Qian being hijacked by Somali pirates. The pirates wanted three million US dollars, but he gave them four million US dollars and asked for an invoice for 10 million US dollars...

She then told the person behind her that the demon's blood had been stolen by "unknown forces". Then there is no way to verify the batch of demon blood she secretly smuggled.

Although at this time, Annan only needs to admit that he is causing trouble and hand over these things to Danny Sawyer. Then he can get the right data and directly dismantle Ingrid's allies in Danny Sawyer's upper echelons.

——But it is impossible for Annan to do this.

Because this is not a small sum after all.

Even based on the market price and regardless of supply channels, the batch of demon blood in this hand is worth nearly 10,000 pounds. Even if the Principality of Winter now has Noah's investment and is not short of money for the time being... then wouldn't it be okay to distribute it directly to the players and let them buy houses, weapons, horses, etc.?

What's more, it's impossible for him to admit his identity. In that case, it would mean that he lost early.

Just like in Noah.

It is impossible for him to continue to control Denis Sawyer after exposing his actions.

There is only one chance to steal the country, and Annan must seize the opportunity to take Denisoya into his pocket. Until then, Annan must ensure that he remains a clean outsider.

And because Ingrid put in a large number of empty boxes, Annan was unable to match the correct amount with the demon blood he had on hand. So this is equivalent to hiding all the information about Ingrid's plan, the scale of her organization, and even where the demon blood was obtained.

Since she dared to leave these boxes here, she must have undergone ritual covering. Annan was also unable to track her through the ritual.

Researching this information also takes time.

What Ingrid lacks is time.

"Confirmed that the ability of the 'Wither Demon' can restrain players, and conducted experiments on the 'Youth Edition Living Desert'. Hiding it from both my superiors and Annan, I stole a batch that was difficult to obtain in large quantities through normal channels. of demon blood... Her plan should be considered a success."

Annan whispered.

He soon realized... why Ingrid had taken the risk and stole a batch of demon blood.

Her ability to mass-produce the fallen through the power of purification through the Sky Crane must be supported by the blood of demons. There are countless nightmares in a town. It is impossible for her to obtain a batch of curses out of thin air without being discovered... Demon blood is the most stable source of curses.

At this time, if Annan sells a large amount of demon blood - the people who buy it must be Ingrid's people.

Follow the clues and you can find her base.

In other words...

She stole this batch of demon blood not to take risks and gain money - but to hide her existence!

Once you figure this out. ~IndoMTL.com~ Annan’s thoughts suddenly became enlightened.

Attracting Annan’s hostility from Denisaw’s top brass...

Throw Annan out to attract other people’s attention...

Create the "power of withering" against players, and create a youthful version of the living desert that seems to have no use other than cooperating with the withering demon to fight the players...

So much so that she took a risk and swallowed a batch of demon blood...

It was almost unnecessary, leaving a large number of empty boxes to hinder Annan's investigation.

——All of these have one thing in common.

It’s not about defeating Annan, it’s not about defeating players...

But drag! Hard drag!

Smash out all the power, followers, and accumulated political connections that you have managed for a long time, and hold back Annan at all costs - make him hesitate!

This is her fourth plan in addition to her three plans.

It is an aboveboard conspiracy.

In other words... Ingrid actually had no plan to defeat Annan from the very beginning! All plans are smoke and mirrors.

She has only one real purpose.

Use all your strength to hold back Annan - there is only one possibility.

That is...

——Her ritual is almost successful.

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