That brief moment of fragility and self doubt faded like a dream. Maple Syrup quickly returned to her usual ease, once again the flawless Maple Syrup with no visible cracks. She even curled her lips slightly and tapped her chest at BS Rita, this time an unmistakable provocation.

The gesture made Rita recall several past experiences of having her heart literally pierced by this woman, and an almost phantom ache stirred in her chest.

Rita shot Maple Syrup a glare and turned away to look for the seventh tier player. That player had already been cornered on the third deck by Nivalis and B80.

Another flag planting duel.

Rita pushed the invasion progress of Beacon and Verdant forward by another 20 percent.

This time the rewards were slightly different from before, but Rita still chose the option that granted the key player a random S tier skill.

At seven thirty, most players stopped whatever they were doing. Even those who had been walking came to an unconscious halt.

Their key players had returned.

One miniature figure after another appeared on the planets hovering around the players. On most planets stood clusters of tiny figures. The more key players a world had, the smaller each individual figure appeared.

A screen lit up in front of every player, visible only to the player and their pets.

The little Vineborne also returned, once again running across the sea of flowers like a hamster on a wheel. As she ran, Beacon spun even faster beneath her feet.

Beacon world key player ranking this Divine Game: 232

Key player score this game: 95 out of 100

Key player comprehended three S tier skills and learned limited magical knowledge as well as intermediate herbalism. In combat, she demonstrated adaptive learning and acquired a large number of basic combat techniques.

Key player delayed game progress due to greed, affecting final ranking.

Key player formed friendships with three unknown beings from the game world and two key players from other worlds due to abundant emotional capacity.

Key player obtained a perfect rare item due to cunning.

Key player deceived one being emotionally due to emotional abundance combined with cunning.

Beacon energy plus 5. Current energy and energy required for next star rank upgrade: 5 out of 100.

Vineborne evolution progress plus 5 percent. Current evolution progress: 5 percent. Current race tier: C.

Beacon world invasion speed against same star rank worlds increased. Current natural invasion speed: 8 percent per hour.

Beacon world gained 30000 honor points.

All invasion duel counts refreshed.

After reading the entire settlement report, Rita's expression twisted uncontrollably. She grabbed Beacon together with the little Vineborne and pointed at the lines on the screen.

Aba? Who exactly did you deceive?

The little Vineborne snapped her vine against Rita's finger, glaring at her with red eyes full of disbelief, as if saying how dare you question me.

Nivalis and B80 had already leaned close together whispering, clearly gossiping. Rita could vaguely hear phrases like you think so too and totally projected.

Rita tapped the little Vineborne lightly but said nothing more. The results were objectively solid.

The number of online players in this game was not as terrifying as in previous sessions, but it still exceeded twelve thousand. With restrictions placed on Abyss tier players, breaking into the top five hundred was already impressive.

She released the little Vineborne and Beacon and headed for the deck to meet up with Fat Goose.

Yet the look in her eyes was far from relaxed.

There were 12571 online players. Based on the announcements she had heard so far, she had not encountered a single repeated world name. That meant that at the very beginning, the universe had contained at least that many distinct worlds.

How many were left now?

A familiar figure entered Rita's field of view, and she immediately abandoned those thoughts and jogged over.

Lightchaser.

At that moment, Lightchaser was frowning as she locked eyes with the miniature figure from her world. When she noticed her apprentice approach, she responded with a distracted sound.

Rita's gaze was drawn to that world as well. A blue water sphere, and atop it sat a black haired little figure cross legged with arms folded in a sulk.

Rita pulled a full set of equipment from the gacha machine and stuffed it into Lightchaser's hands as she asked, Aba Aba? Did you draw BS as your world?

Lightchaser was pinching the bridge of her nose in irritation. She did not refuse the equipment and even took a moment to pick a cloak color.

Rita pointed at the black haired little figure and asked, Aba? What personality tags does she have?

Lightchaser hesitated for a few seconds before answering. Unyielding. Strong desire for knowledge. Highly guarded.

That was basically herself. Rita grinned and pointed at the little figure on BS. Aba. Then her performance must be pretty good.

Lightchaser shot her a chilly look, gathered her world and key player, and walked away, leaving only a single sentence behind.

The results are hard to say, but she is extremely irritating.

...

With the ability to advance invasion and counter invasion progress by 20 percent every hour, and with the little Vineborne bringing back various rewards from her outings, the game felt easy for Rita, at least for now.

That changed at ten thirty, when the fourth Divine Game session ended and every world's key player returned. Players immediately launched another round of flag planting duels to push invasion progress further.

And this time, the fastest advancing group, Rita included, could fully max out their invasion progress with just five duels.

That was when the problem emerged, or rather, when the game truly began.

Player Tiger EarQuex has successfully completed their first invasion and marked BS Rita as their target for this Divine Game. If Tiger EarQuex ranks within the top ten at the end of the game, the target player will be transformed into a Celestialkin and transferred to Tiger Ear.

Player Lania Kaia Maple Syrup has successfully completed their first invasion and marked BS Mistblade as their target for this Divine Game. If Lania Kaia Maple Syrup ranks within the top ten at the end of the game, the target player will be transformed into an Oak Owl and transferred to Lania Kaia.

Player Nuclear Flash NightFury has successfully completed their first invasion and marked BS Pine Bloom as their target for this Divine Game. If Nuclear Flash NightFury ranks within the top ten at the end of the game, the target player will be transformed into a Wordfruit and transferred to Nuclear Flash.

Player Marmang Lulumi has successfully completed their first invasion and marked BS Crab as their target for this Divine Game. If Marmang Lulumi ranks within the top ten at the end of the game, the target player will be transformed into a Sea Squirrel and transferred to Marmang.

Player Dawn Cicada has successfully completed their first invasion and marked BS Rita as their target for this Divine Game. If Dawn Cicada ranks within the top ten at the end of the game, the target player will be transformed into a Vineborne and transferred to Dawn.

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