This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous-Chapter 1194 - 538: Thousand-Year Blood War

"These people didn’t apply for copyright with us and went ahead to forge our Secret Art Crystals; that’s piracy! Boss, why don’t we just storm their stronghold together and be done with it?" Lion suggested.

They now controlled two Sky Cities, and besides, players had already activated the Divinity system. With the power of Divine Arts now in their grasp, they somewhat looked down on the forces of the Star Spirit World.

"Don’t underestimate them; after all, this is the Star Spirit World, where combat revolves around Magic. The Divinity system doesn’t give us much of an advantage here, especially since we’re outnumbered," Mu You shook his head.

This matter involved the interests of Black Magic and was internal to the Arcane Association, so it wasn’t possible to let other player factions meddle. Therefore, only a few members of their association could take part in the action, while the opposition numbered in the tens of thousands.

"Ah? So, we just let them off?" Lion asked.

"Of course, we’ll take care of it, but there’s no need to force it. Wiping them out isn’t our goal. Our aim should be to obtain their research results and use their imitation crystals to complete our Secret Art Crystals into All-Series Crystals. It’s best to outsmart them," said Mu You.

The others also brightened up at these words.

The biggest limitation to a Sorcerer’s combat power was the card slot restriction of the Crystals, as well as their singular attribute.

Each Secret Art Crystal could only create a single Black Magic, and in battle, there were only three output card slots. Diversity in abilities could only be maintained by frequently changing cards.

If one Crystal could be expanded to twelve, everyone could study an entire series of Black Magic, and the combat card slots could be expanded to thirty-six. Frequent card making wouldn’t be needed anymore, saving them a lot of energy to develop new secret techniques.

Of course, the effects of the imitated Secret Art Crystals would likely be far inferior to the originals, but just imagining this prospect was enough to excite everyone.

"Boss, you tell us, what should we do?" asked Lion.

"My idea is to send a few people in to infiltrate this church and stay until they’ve ascertained the location and method of creating the counterfeit crystals and are sure they can get their hands on them. Then, we can discuss taking them down," Mu You pondered. "The fewer people we send, the better, to avoid exposure—kept under five people. Also, I’ve got some things to take care of lately and can’t spare the time. Discuss amongst yourselves and see who’s available to go." Mu You threw the decision back to the group.

The others looked at each other for a moment.

Cancer was the first to speak: "I’m quite free these days, I can go if needed."

"I’m good too, ready to move at any time!" Lion immediately agreed.

"That, um, I can go too..." Aquarius tentatively raised her hand.

The three expressed their willingness in turn.

The others hesitated for a moment, then Sagittarius apologetically shook his head, saying that the Ice Emperor was recently tackling a Secret Realm collectively and couldn’t get away.

Virgo also gestured that she was currently entangled in a mission and couldn’t go.

"I and Capricorn are available, but, our identities are special. As the Main and Deputy City Lords of the City of Twilight, every move we make is closely watched by local forces. If we try to infiltrate, we might just cause more trouble," Libra hesitated.

Mu You had also anticipated the situation of Libra and Capricorn. The Sky City, wherever it was, would attract attention, and the City of Twilight definitely had a lot of eyes on it; it was best for them to stay put.

Mu You then looked at Lin Xue.

Lin Xue nodded at him, indicating that she had no problems.

"Alright, then it will be Scorpio, Lion, Aquarius, and Pisces to take part in this operation. I’ll arrange for one more person to join you later. As for the specific action plan, you’ll figure it out after arriving and scouting the situation," Mu You announced.

"OK!" Lion raised both hands in agreement, and the others had no objections.

With the two matters addressed, the group then began the formal card exchange.

However, since the Real World and the Divinity system had only recently been released, everyone had been largely focused on the new maps, and the card making process had nearly come to a halt.

And since the cards already in existence had mostly been swapped in previous meetings, the atmosphere cooled down when they actually got to the card exchange. Everyone was holding a stack of unsold cards, resulting in only a few exchanges being made. The session ended in just a few minutes, and they spent the remaining time bragging and chatting.

Soon, an hour had passed, and the meeting was adjourned with everyone heading their separate ways.

Mu You and his two duplicates also returned to the pet shop. freewebnσvel.cøm

"The two of you, two tasks: One of you head to the Abyss to check on Taurus’s situation, the other join the others in the City of Twilight to participate in the infiltration of the Secret Art Society," Mu You instructed his duplicates once back.

For the two of them, this was no surprise. After all, being derived from the same source, they had guessed Mu You’s intentions when he mentioned at the meeting that he’d arrange for someone to accompany the group.

Now, with not much time left before Dawn City’s appointed time of flight, and with these Star Spirit World issues that Mu You couldn’t personally attend to, he had to let his duplicates handle them.

The duplicates exchanged a glance, naturally not declining Mu You’s arrangement; taking some of the burden off their original was precisely their purpose for being created.

"I prefer to operate alone," announced Medicinal Plant Gatherer, taking the initiative to speak.