Chapter 382: Byeol's Plan

Why was Byeol still doing nothing? If it did not act soon, it would be too late!

Could it have fallen asleep?

The moment this thought appeared, Joo Joowon shook his head and dismissed it. Byeol would never do something so unreliable.

He suppressed the anxiety in his heart and resisted the urge to take action himself.

Byeol must have had its reasons for doing this. Joo Joowon still had enough trust in it to believe that.

However, his anxiety did not ease just because he trusted Byeol.

Watching an enemy grow stronger with his own eyes while being unable to do anything to stop it was enough to make it difficult for anyone to remain calm.

Just as Joo Joowon was growing increasingly anxious, he suddenly felt an enormous amount of Star Fiend being returned to him.

The sheer quantity of Star Fiend made him vaguely realize that once he returned and absorbed it, his level should increase by one or even two levels directly.

This feedback of Star Fiend had not come from Seong Seungmin. Joo Joowon immediately understood what had happened. Clearly, MusclePotato404 had met with disaster.

The next second, the system confirmed his guess.

[ System Notification: You indirectly killed player MusclePotato404. The Dead Man Treasure Chest has been automatically mailed to your territory. ]

[ System Notification: The Temple of the Profound Darkness's favorability toward you has increased to [Hostile]. ]

[ System Notification: Please be aware that when faction players and NPCs encounter an enemy, they will prioritize attacking players whose favorability rating has reached [Hostile] or above. They will also issue a wanted notice within the faction and notify all faction members. ]

After hearing the system notifications, Joo Joowon was not surprised. His expression remained calm.

In fact, this was precisely why he had hesitated before taking action.

There were no secrets in the Transcendent world. Even if there were, it was only because someone lacked sufficient strength.

No matter how carefully someone cleaned up after themselves when taking action, or how convinced they were that they had left no flaws behind, everything would inevitably be exposed as long as a high-level Transcendent was willing to investigate.

Therefore, Joo Joowon was not surprised at all that she had been found almost immediately after MusclePotato404 died. Naturally, she had no regrets about her decision either.

Although, judging from the mutated groups and special events, there was a high probability that the next expansion would be related to the Eternal Lord of the Dark Light after the zombie expansion ended.

By then, as the other party's temple developed and grew stronger, or as more players joined the faction, Joo Joowon's situation would inevitably become dangerous.

This was especially true if he still had his territory by that time. His territory would essentially become a fixed target, and quite a few people might set their sights on him, hoping to use his defeat as an offering to prove their loyalty when joining the temple.

But so what?

Since Joo Joowon had already anticipated the consequences, he had naturally prepared himself to face an entire powerful faction of enemies in the future. There was no need for him to lose sleep or appetite over it.

After all, he had already made an enemy of them long ago. This incident would hardly make much difference.

Moreover, it seemed that his actions this time had even disrupted some important plan of theirs. Otherwise, their favorability toward him would not have jumped directly from [Dislike] to [Hostile].

After all, there was still another favorability level, [Hate], between those two ratings.

Regardless, the members of the Temple of the Profound Darkness should not pose much of a threat to him in the short term.

The current expansion was [Zombie Horde], which meant that the Eternal Lord of the Dark Light was destined not to be the main character of this expansion. At most, it was just a preview of what was to come.

What Joo Joowon was more worried about was whether the Temple of the Profound Darkness had discovered his profession when they found him.

The fact that he was a Transcendent who followed the Path of Fate should be impossible to conceal, but that detail was not important.

The Path of Fate did not have only one profession, the Astral Diviner. The Astrologers belonging to the Astral Palace faction were one example, not to mention various other professions, such as Shamans and Astronomers.

As a separate Transcendent path, the Path of Fate had at least a hundred basic professions. Among them, the Astral Diviner was not even a particularly famous profession that ordinary Transcendents would immediately recognize.

What Joo Joowon was worried about was whether the Temple of the Profound Darkness had uncovered more detailed information about his profession.

For example, whether they had discovered that he was a Astral Diviner, or had gone a step further and learned which Star Fate he belonged to.

If they knew those details, things would become extremely troublesome.

If they only knew that he was a Transcendent who followed the Path of Fate, then the mystery and unpredictability of this path would make them think twice. Even if the Temple of the Profound Darkness issued a wanted notice against him, the people who dared to come after him would probably be stronger, but their numbers would definitely be smaller.

However, if they learned more detailed information, the mysterious veil surrounding the Path of Fate would be lifted. They could then choose methods specifically suited to counter him, leaving him completely restrained with little room to fight back.

However, when it came to such a serious matter that directly concerned his own safety, Fate would surely send him a warning unless the other party was at least Level 70 or 80. Therefore, he was not particularly worried about it.

To put it simply, even if he had indeed disrupted a rather important plan of theirs, the situation was not serious enough to warrant an investigation by an expert of such a high level.