Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

At the beginning,

he even thought that Baxter was deliberately being passive and negligent at work.

But look, the man was methodical, tackling three directions and accomplishing three major tasks.

This efficiency is simply off the charts!

In contrast, his own subordinates, aside from verbally jabbing at Baxter, hadn't achieved anything.

"Let someone else interrogate the centaur, you have a new task,"

Words seemed to burst forth from Mo Ga Ru's head.

"There's no need, the centaur is now my partner, she listens to me, stands by my side," Shen Ye said.

"How dare you! What gives you the right to contradict the lord? This is the lord's command!" one subordinate exclaimed.

Shen Ye looked at the man in surprise, then turned his gaze to Mo Ga Ru.

Mo Ga Ru, however, was looking at Karula.

Just when he mentioned handing over the centaur, indeed, Karula subtly hid behind Baxter.

It didn't end there.

Rosalia, the Dark Elf Assassin who had been standing by all this time, also stepped forward, positioning herself by Baxter's side.

She pinned the emblem of the Guard Commander on Baxter's chest,

appearing ready to faithfully serve him.

—This Baxter, he truly has a way.

Besides, centaurs are divine beings; if humiliated, they might commit suicide.

Surely they could serve a greater purpose in Baxter's hands.

Why bother?

"Fine, I'll listen to you on this matter—let's see who can find the whereabouts of the Nightmare Weapon first," Mo Ga Ru said.

"My lord!"

Several attendants turned with surprise.

Shen Ye stood to the side, watching the scene unfold with a playful look on his face.

The choice had already been thrown out.

If Mo Ga Ru insisted on handing Karula over to someone else, he would have a legitimate reason to openly break with him.

Then he could naturally make off with Karula and later disregard Mo Ga Ru's orders.

It would be the perfect opportunity to hide away and deal with the Jade Terrace bug issue.

If Mo Ga Ru complied with his request—

then things would continue as they were.

He would see how far it would go.

Perhaps even Shen Ye himself hadn't realized that, through his contacts with Mo Ga Ru and the Nine Aspects, he had begun to gain a bit of initiative over the situation.

"You go and negotiate," Mo Ga Ru began, "a group from Death Planet is attacking the Five Desires World, and I can't leave here now. I must stay to command and hasten the search for the Nightmare Weapon."

"Talk to them, and a ceasefire would be the best option."

"Whatever you promise them, once we find the Nightmare Weapon here, we can break with them and renege on everything,"

"Yes, by all means, feign agreement with them and drag things out, that's the spirit," Shen Ye said.

"Precisely," Mo Ga Ru nodded.

"Then I'm off, my lord, wait for my news."

"Good."

Shen Ye left the grand hall with Karula and Rosalia.

Leaving only Mo Ga Ru and his group of subordinates behind.

"My lord, could there be something wrong with this guy?" another subordinate said.

"No need to say any more, his talent is beyond your imagination; one day, I will promote him to be one of the strong in the Five Desires," Mo Ga Ru declared.

The people looked at each other with astonishment and doubt.

Mo Ga Ru began to arrange the subsequent search efforts.

Through Tian Luo's Divine Casket, he had actually obtained quite a few clues.

He was very close to the Nightmare Weapon!

Meanwhile,

in the Five Desires World,

Shen Ye landed, standing atop a high platform.

Everywhere were resplendent buildings of gold and jade.

Two teams of Professionals had already been waiting for some time and now all knelt on one knee, saluting:

"Greetings, Guard Commander!"

"Hmm," Shen Ye looked at the crowd and asked, "Have the people from Death World arrived yet?"

"They've arrived, they're slaughtering our folks on the plain, and nobody can stop them," a Dharma Realm fifth-level master said.

"Have you told them about our request to negotiate?" Shen Ye inquired.

"We've mentioned it a few times, to no effect. They say they haven't killed enough," another Sixth Layer of the Magic Realm expert said.

Shen Ye looked around at the people, most of whom were Dharma Realm five- and six-layer masters, now all kneeling before him with some discontent on their faces.

Ah, yes.

I'm only from the Triple Layers of the Law Realm, so it's normal for everyone to be dissatisfied.

"You have been assigned full authority over this matter by the lord; you must have a plan, and we will teleport you there right away," another Professional said.

Shen Ye waved his hand, saying, "Wait—"

His sentence was incomplete when the space around him began to fluctuate.

Whoosh!

He was directly teleported to the battlefield.

Karula and Rosalia were slightly stunned, but then they realized what was happening at the same time.

"What are you doing? Lord Baxter has not given an order yet, and you dare to teleport him to the battlefield on your own?" Rosalia exclaimed angrily.

"The master assigned him this task. We were just following protocol by teleporting him there. What's wrong with that?" a Professional sneered.

"Exactly, he's going to die anyway—the strong ones on the other side have already killed several negotiators. They kill anyone from our side they meet—there's simply no negotiating."

"With his death, it's as if he failed the master's task."

"True that."

"The master wouldn't care about such a worthless dead man."

The crowd talked over each other, with a very defiant look in their eyes.

News had already come from Nightmare World—

this young vampire named Baxter had won the master's praise.

If he managed to get everything done, wouldn't that make everyone else seem like they had been loafing every day?

More importantly, the lord would give him even more authority!
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A female voice suddenly rang out:

"Having ill intentions and jeopardizing our cause—don't blame anyone."

Two sharp sword glows burst out among the crowd, sweeping through them with fierce and tyrannical force.