Death Game: Starting as a Trickster, Pretending to Be a God

In the dark crevice of the rock, Robin came to her senses somewhat dazedly and looked at Lin Yu who was right in front of her.

Pitch-black shadows enveloped the two of them, seemingly isolating them from everything outside.

Robin blinked, speaking in astonishment.

”You... how did you...?”

Clearly, she found it very puzzling that Lin Yu, a mere First-Tier, would dare to come back.

Lin Yu in the darkness made a shushing gesture.

”Shh, although this thing is quite reliable, I’m not sure it still works in front of that person.”

Robin collected herself and also lowered her voice: ”You... why did you come back?”

Lin Yu sighed.

Indeed, returning here didn’t seem like a wise move at all.

Even though he had only met the Diviner for the first time today, judging by the operational style of the organization ’Marauders’ that he led, this guy was definitely not some kind-hearted person.

Being let off once was already incredibly lucky.

Coming back to risk saving Robin...

It really did seem too risky.

”I don’t want to make myself sound too noble, but I’m only considering this from a ’benefit’ perspective.”

”I just joined ’Order.’ If I save you, a Third-Tier ’Night Watchmen’ member, and moreover rescue you from the hands of the ’Marauders’ leader, it would probably bring enormous benefits to my future prospects.”

Lin Yu said sincerely.

Moreover, that way, the name ’May May’ would definitely resound throughout the player community again, and even everyone’s implicit assessment of his strength would rise considerably.

Later, if he continued operating under this identity, deceiving others into believing he had stronger items and abilities would also become much easier to pull off.

So what he told Robin was completely true.

But Lin Yu also knew that if he said it this way, it would instead make Robin think in the opposite direction.

”People who can join ’Order’ really are all single-minded fools,” Robin sighed, ”But regardless, thank you for saving me.”

”We’re not safe yet.”

Lin Yu reminded her.

Robin shook her head: ”Buying more time will be more advantageous for us. Fourth-Tier players... especially Fourth-Tier players like the ’Diviner,’ have significant restrictions on their activities.”

”Although the restrictions are much fewer in the game, there are still plenty of things they have to be cautious about.”

Hearing Robin’s words, Lin Yu pondered: ”Then since he’s already gotten what he wanted, if we hide well, is it possible he might let us go?”

”Possibly, but we’d have to hide extremely well,” Robin said carefully, ”Because this guy holds grudges quite strongly.”

Lin Yu exhaled.

”Then we’re really doomed. If I remember correctly, this guy should be quite skilled at finding people...”

”If he decides to finish this quickly...”

Before Lin Yu could finish speaking, he felt intense light fall from above, tearing apart the Corner of the Gloomy.

Looking up, he saw the white-haired man wearing a navy blue robe and cloth shoes, casually playing with three coins as he stood on the rock above them.

”Quite a nice hiding trick, ’Order’ kid... I rather admire you.”

”But you just had to come back to die.”

As the other’s words fell, three coins were thrown out, then clattered to the ground.

The moment those coins hit the ground...

Lin Yu suddenly felt his body grow heavy.

”What technique is this!”

He was practically pressed to the ground, all the bones and muscles in his body feeling incredibly heavy, even breathing became difficult.

Beside him, Robin was almost slumped sitting, speaking through gritted teeth.

”It’s his ’Heart Domain’... We’re already within his ’Heart Domain’!”

”What the hell is that?”

Lin Yu asked.

”You can understand it as an ability obtained at ’Fourth Tier,’ just like the Class Item you received at ’First Tier’...”

The Diviner beckoned, and the three coins flew back to his palm.

”Explaining ’Heart Domain’ to a ’First-Tier’ fellow is really too early, Robin... Moreover, both of you are already dead people.”

Lin Yu looked up.

”Then do it quickly... kill but don’t torture, you bastard.”

The Diviner spoke coldly: ”But what if I specifically want to torture both of you?”

Lin Yu laughed.

”Then that means I gambled correctly—don’t think I don’t know, your time is precious too!”

While he had indeed returned considering the benefits, he hadn’t completely disregarded the risks.

From his brief contact with the Diviner, although this guy was cruel, he indeed adhered to the principles of the ’Marauders.’

And the ’Marauders’ were never indiscriminate murderous maniacs—they practiced benefit above all else.

”Letting me go wasn’t because you’re kind-hearted, Lord Diviner, but because I have something you want on me,” Lin Yu exhaled, ”Right?”

”Logically speaking, a ’First-Tier’ player like me, even if I’ve made some small waves recently and even had some friction with your organization, shouldn’t be memorable to a player of your level...”

He recalled the inexplicable targeting he had received from the ’Marauders’ organization before.

Although the executor was ’Almond’...

But when he accessed information within the ’Marauders’ from ’Heavenly Artisan’s’ perspective, he discovered that the source of the investigation targeting him actually came from ’Fish’!

So, connecting all these incidents...

Made Lin Yu instinctively feel that something was off.

”I’m curious, what exactly makes you so interested in a newcomer like me who just joined ’Order,’ to the extent that you’d spare my life even in this situation.”

Lin Yu said calmly. The Diviner examined him, fiddling with the compass in his hand.

”To be honest, before you made that speech just now, I was also curious about what exactly made you so special...”

”But now I have some clues.”

As the Diviner spoke, Lin Yu immediately reacted.

”You don’t know what makes me special, but you believe I am special, so someone told you about me...”

”No, that’s not right... You’re the ’Diviner,’ so... when you were calculating something, you calculated me?”

The Diviner nodded slightly: ”Yes, including this Miss ’Robin’ here...”

”Previously, my capable assistant, that is, Fish whom you impersonated, encountered some confusion and asked me to perform a divination for her.”

As the Diviner spoke, he showed a reminiscent expression.

”How should I put it... originally I was supposed to resolve her confusion, but unexpectedly, I encountered a divination result that confused me so much.”

”So I used my ability, attempting to obtain a clearer ’revelation.’”

”However, the content of the revelation was even more chaotic and bizarre, absurd and laughable. At first, I thought my ability had malfunctioned, or that someone was playing tricks on me again.”

”But not until I experienced everything in this dungeon, not until just now when you asked me, did I realize...”

The compass in the Diviner’s hand stopped, and the coins fell to the ground again.

”Fate truly is full of twists and turns.”