Chapter 680: 481. Silver-haired woman, Lin Da ‘dead’?_2

“Is that ‘right’?”

A group of black-armored knights became visibly unsettled.

If it weren’t for the strict rules of the Judgment Knight Order, they would have lost their composure and screamed on the spot.

The team leader of the Phoenix Tail Flower Team must be joking, right?!

Anyone could see that there was no connection between Lin Da and the monster known as Dark Shadow Dai Lian. One was an exemplary citizen of the imperium, while the other a battle-hungry monster, a walking machine of slaughter. The gap between them was as vast as that between angels and demons; even a newborn baby could tell the difference!

“You, you, you, what are you saying, you idiot!” Kafni grabbed Lin Da’s ear in frustration, “Explain yourself, quick!”

Lulu approached Lin Da with a calm demeanor and bowed slightly to Captain Leo and the others: “My apologies, it seems our Captain has taken his joke too far. He’s actually a fan of Dark Shadow and dreams of becoming a powerful adventurer like Dai Lian.”

After saying that, she supported the limp Lin Da and started walking upstairs.

Captain Leo’s shocked expression gradually returned to normal as he wiped the sweat from his forehead and muttered, “I knew it, a Moon Rank couldn’t possibly be that monster.”

If Lin Da had claimed to be a mysterious Light Rank, Leo might have been half-skeptical and conducted an investigation. But Lin Da claiming to be Dark Shadow Dai Lian, that joke was too obvious.

It’s like a level 1 passerby boasting about slaying a giant dragon and taking it as his wife with pride… Anyone with a normal brain wouldn’t believe it.

And he wondered what that “Young Lady” was thinking, asking such an absurd question.

A cold sweat broke out on Lulu’s back.

She tried to walk steadily upstairs, supporting Lin Da. Lin Da’s condition was very strange, his body limp like a pile of mud, his pupils unfocused.

Lulu glanced at the silver-haired woman sitting on the sofa with a hint of anger rising in her heart.

“Stop.”

Suddenly, the silver-haired woman rose from the sofa.

Her light command was like a spell that immediately froze Lulu and Lin Da in their tracks.

Lulu’s heart skipped a beat.

What’s going on!?

Her body felt as if it was crushed under a mountain, and even with her level 42 Battle Qi at full force, she couldn’t move an inch.

That woman was not some “ordinary person without magic power” at all, but someone whose magic power was so profound that they couldn’t sense it!

“Let me ask you one more time, are you Dark Shadow Dai Lian?”

“Yes.”

“How can you prove it?”

Listening to their question and answer, the Phoenix Tail Flower Team members’ minds completely broke down.

For some reason, Lin Da became even more obedient than a two-year-old baby who had just finished his milk. Whatever the woman asked, Lin Da would answer.

Lulu tried to speak to wake Lin Da, but found that when she opened her mouth, she was in a state of “muteness.”

Apart from being able to move her eyes, every other part of her felt frozen, completely numb.

Lin Da, with a dull gaze, answered slowly, “I can’t prove it.”

“Can’t prove it?”

The woman’s brows furrowed under her veil, and she asked another question, “Where is Philo?”

She was referring to the magic sword Philo, a sword named for its Tool Soul. Lin Da instinctively thought.

“I don’t know.”

“Don’t know?”

“Mm, I don’t know.”

The woman fell silent again.

“Why have you become like this?”

“I don’t know.”

“Are you really Dai Lian?”

“Yes.”

“You can’t prove anything, yet you still think you are?”

“Right.”

“I don’t believe you.”

A flash of anger crossed the woman’s eyes.

Could it be that he is really just a fan of Dark Shadow as the werewolf girl said?

Then what was the point of her coming all this way!

Her time was incredibly valuable, each second worth a massive amount of Purple Gold Coins!

Whoosh.

The woman flicked her finger, and a sharp azure Battle Qi shot towards Lin Da.

If this Lin Da was not lying, after three years, he would at least be at the 80-Level Law Tier of strength.

In a life-threatening situation, she didn’t believe Lin Da could keep up the act.

In an instant, the grogginess vanished.

A piercing chill struck Lin Da’s heart.

The spell enveloping him was finally lifted!

No sooner had Lin Da regained consciousness than he saw a diamond-shaped surge of azure Battle Qi shooting toward his chest.

This wisp of Battle Qi was only the size of a palm, but the Magic Power fluctuations it contained were terrifying, surely beyond the defense of Moon Rank.

While thinking, Lin Da forcefully activated his Magic Circuit, trying to dodge the vital points. He also harbored a sliver of inexplicable hope that the detestable silver-haired woman was only testing him and had no reason to kill an imperial citizen.

Spurt!

Lin Da’s pupils contracted.

A large spray of blood burst from his chest.

He couldn’t even feel the pain; under the immense force of the impact, Lin Da was sent flying backward, hitting the wall.

In the center of his chest, there was a hole the size of a bowl.

“Captain–”

“Wuwuwu, Captain my Lord!”

“Lin Da!”

Anxious voices of his teammates filled his ears.

Lin Da’s eyelids grew heavier and heavier.

…

He didn’t know how much time had passed.

Whoa!

Like reaching the limit in a breath-holding challenge, Lin Da abruptly awoke, his lungs working forcefully, drawing in deep breaths of the fresh air in the living room.

“Captain my Lord, what’s wrong with you, why did you suddenly fall asleep, wuwuwu.” Monica saw him wake up and cried out in relief.

The other teammates also breathed a sigh of relief, appearing to be much eased.

Lulu was slumped on the couch, rubbing her temples, eyes red and swollen.

“It’s all that woman’s fault…!” Tasya said with murderous intent.

“It is indeed her,” Anna muttered to herself, thinking: “My judgment was right. If we don’t get rid of that woman, the Captain will be in danger.”

“Why has everyone turned into a speaker of riddles? Can someone tell me what happened?”

Lin Da got up and touched his chest.

The massive “blood hole” was gone without a trace. Other than feeling a bit dizzy, there was nothing wrong with his body.

Looking around, they were still in the living room, but the Black-armored Knights were gone, as was the silver-haired woman who had instigated everything.

“Wasn’t I heavily injured?” Lin Da said with a strange expression.

Kafni: “Are you sick? You’ve been talking nonsense since just now.”

It was only after their clamorous explanations that Lin Da learned the truth.

Apparently, after the silver-haired woman had asked whether he was Dark Shadow and he had left, nothing had happened.

She hadn’t attacked him at all.

Everyone had assumed he was joking and had answered “yes” to being Dark Shadow on purpose.

But Lin Da didn’t think so.

He walked to the window with a heavy heart.

Outside was the intense noonday sun; the scenery was as usual, with the noisy chirping of cicadas “wuma wuma” entering his ears.

He was still in the midst of his daily life, with not the slightest change.

“That silver-haired woman…” Lin Da hesitated.

“No doubt, it’s Evelyn. I’m certain of it,” Anna declared decisively: “Duke of the Cold Moon, Evelyn!”

The teammates also came to this guess.

Silver hair, standing 1.7 meters tall, and possessing terrifying mental attack abilities, making Lin Da mistakenly believe he was “dead” and suppressing all the Phoenix Tail Flower Team members so they couldn’t move or speak…

With these features, the likelihood pointed toward that Legendary Adventurer.

If Duke of the Cold Moon was still the same person he was three years ago, they wouldn’t be so worried. Both Lulu and Anna knew that Duke had long since joined the Demons, and Lulu had even accepted a mission from Duke’s forces, coming to White Dove City in search of an adventurer with the characteristics of Dark Shadow.

Lulu had found him, but the Witch’s Corruption within her was purified by Lin Da, naturally freeing her from the control of Duke and the Demons, successfully concealing Lin Da’s identity.

But it seemed Duke had some method of estimating the location of Dark Shadow…

Lin Da couldn’t help but think that maybe Evelyn knew something about the disappearance of Dark Shadow.

He closed his eyes and sorted through the game’s timeline in his mind.

At the point of his crossover, Dark Shadow was around level 69, one of Evelyn’s capable lieutenants. He had taken on many missions from the Cold Moon faction, completing them impressively and earning Evelyn’s favor.

But pulling the limited five-star [Cold Moon Fire] Evelyn was possible only in the mid-4.0 version of the game. Besides acquiring the character late, raising Evelyn’s favorability was especially difficult. There was no romantic storyline with the player before reaching 100 points of favorability.

Even at full favorability, it was open-ended, purely enigmatic.

For the time being, the only thing Lin Da knew was that if Evelyn had determined he was Dark Shadow, he wouldn’t still be here.