Catastrophe Card King - Chapter 1524

Chapter 1524: Chapter 466: S-level Plot, The Legend of the Haunted Castle_2 Chapter 1524: Chapter 466: S-level Plot, The Legend of the Haunted Castle_2 Although it wasn’t their first time infiltrating the ancient castle, which might mean fewer rewards, it was relatively safer.

If they were normal trial students, of course they could afford to wait.

Like Garfield, David, and a few others.

They didn’t mind getting fewer rewards; they trusted Leonard Churchill’s judgment more.

But if someone took other issues into consideration,
Then they probably couldn’t wait.

Leonard Churchill felt that if there was something questionable about Jessica’s identity, she must have also realized that there was something seriously wrong with this trial by now.

It could have been called a coincidence before, but now with this stele, anyone who knew what it was would certainly know what it meant.

So, the six of them just waited at the entrance of the cave.

Listening to the battle over the castle, people like Garfield were itching to join, but no one said anything.

Leonard Churchill just sat cross-legged in meditation on site, incorporating the newly acquired clues into his mind and reimagined, “A plotline related to the Demon God must be S-level difficulty. This isn’t something where numbers alone can assure victory. The Red Dragon Royal Family’s frontal assault team might just be a decoy. The best approach would be to have someone distract those bandits while sending the elite to infiltrate inside the fortress to achieve their goal… But, what role does that ‘Mysterious Non-Player Character’ play in this storyline? And how did the vampires get involved…”

While he was pondering this, Enlightenment appeared again, “Congratulations to the Red Dragon Royal Family’s thirteenth team for successfully storming Black Crow Fort’s outpost. Story exploration degree +30%, extra trial reward +20%”
“A-level bravery storyline triggered: Annihilation of Bandits. The Red Dragon Royal Family has broken through the outpost and encountered fierce resistance from the bandit group. Bandits attacking the villages are quickly returning to their defenses. Trialists, please support the Black Crow Fort battlefield as soon as possible, kill the bandits to obtain an additional 100% Points reward, and increase the probability of getting Rare Cards…”

“An A-level storyline has been triggered!”

Looking at Enlightenment for a moment, Garfield and the others on the cliff’s edge also became excited.

Although it was their first time participating in the Alternate Dimension, they had heard countless times from senior students at the academy–the completion of an A-level storyline during a trial meant it could make it onto the Trial Honor Roll!

Moreover, this particular storyline even indicated double Trial Points, meaning that participating in the extermination of the bandits now could lead to a very considerable final score!

An A-level mission was something that even the seniors had rarely truly completed.

With Enlightenment’s announcement, not just the impulsive Garfield, but even Serli was tempted.

But since it was a team effort, his thoughts flickered as he first looked at Leonard Churchill.

Seeing Leonard Churchill still meditating, he thought for a moment but stayed silent.

His wisdom certainly allowed him to discern that guarding the cave entrance might not be less rewarding than going to kill the bandits.

Thinking it over, he still didn’t speak.

Garfield and the rest did the same; seeing both team leader Serli and Leonard Churchill unmoved, the words on their lips were swallowed back, each of them eagerly awaiting with itching hearts.

The more intense the emotional swings in the situation, the easier it is to expose a disguise.

Once Leonard Churchill began to suspect, his logical reasoning was fully focused on Jessica, who was not far away.

He also suddenly realized something, thinking to himself, “Interesting… A Witch Demon’s Secret Skill? Or some kind of Soul Secret Skill?”

It wasn’t that Jessica had been flawlessly disguising herself before.

But that she had not been disguising herself in the first place.

It was just that seeing the stele just now, touching certain specific conditions, triggered some “deep consciousness”.

This was somewhat similar to the God Stealer White Family’s God Summoning Skill… calling upon a consciousness that did not belong to oneself to take over.

Or perhaps there was something wrong with Jessica’s soul itself.

As for how Leonard Churchill knew?

Apart from witnessing the White Family’s methods before.

More importantly, because this avatar’s brain also had a similar setup!

This was to prevent the avatar from being too weak and revealing too many secrets, so part of the cognition was deliberately shielded.

But it was triggered upon reaching certain special conditions.

Now, Jessica was no longer the Jessica they knew before!

Sure enough.

Everyone could wait.

But Jessica couldn’t!

Seeing that even the brash Garfield held back from speaking, she could only speak up herself, “Um… Are we not going now? If there are any hidden storylines in the cave that we miss, we might lose a lot of Trial Points. Plus, I suspect that the frontal assault might be a diversion; other teams have possibly already infiltrated the castle…”

Saying this, as if to give her argument more validity, she added, “Now that the Red Dragon Royal Family is assaulting Black Crow Fort, their several teams are bound to score very high. In this case, our chances of making the top ten might be slim.”

The rewards for being in the trial’s top ten were very substantial.

Previously, their team had aimed for this goal.

So even for a dangerous plan like a nocturnal foray into the deep forest, they decisively participated.

But now that their exploration had come to a sudden halt, it gave them a sense of crisis.

Having said this, recognition surfaced on the faces of Serli, Garfield, Gale, and David in private, then all eyes simultaneously turned to Leonard Churchill.

Leonard Churchill heard these words, and although his expression did not change, he internally exclaimed, “As expected!”

What he was waiting for was for this person to speak up.

Moreover, judging from the urgency with which Jessica had spoken, she likely saw some situation that even he was unaware of.

Leonard Churchill was not blind to the reasons.

After all, that “behind-the-scenes manipulator” was covertly causing trouble in the Sky-reaching Tower trial, which was inherently in conflict with the Holy Church.

Whatever they planned to do, Jessica would not just let them succeed.