Chapter 589 Welp, so did we get played?

INSIDE THE THRONE ROOM

"Wew, I expected to be congratulated for winning, but not this way. Tsk, the one who created this world sure is a pain in the a.s.s…"

As the voice announcing his victory continued to echo, Alex did nothing but complain under his breath.

"Sigh, and the voice chose to make the announcement when I just finished raiding this continent. Tsk, wouldn't this makes things more difficult for me?"

Although he had appeared to win, Alex did not look like he was happy at all.

Even when he was already stepping on a silver throne laced with countless gems and minerals, Alex appeared to be not impressed with his situation.

And even when this throne was giving him a sense of control all over the Celestial Carp Continent, Alex only felt that the situation around him was getting more and more chaotic.

"Sigh… from what Immortal Empress had told me earlier, there are certain steps that must be followed before someone can successfully raid a continent. First, you must form a large group of Travelers under you wing, and then a.s.sume yourself as a leader." Alex rapped his knuckles on the throne as he thought of this, creating rapping sounds that echoed inside the throne room like a melodic drumbeat.

The nearby Alina winced upon hearing this sound, making it appear as if she was pained with what Alex was doing. Alex ignored this of course, as he was more engrossed with his thoughts.

"Once you have a group, you can then start raiding a continent. But you cannot just raid the continent by yourself. Even that has Its rules. One rule is that once you have a group under you, they must be the one who fights for you. You cannot just fight by yourself."

"That is the reason why the Returning Travelers had not yet made any attack on other continents. Only their subordinates can attack, and that makes it hard to know if you can win…."

Alex stopped rapping the throne at this point, as a fierce glint appeared on his eyes. This glint however pa.s.sed by quickly, as he closed his eyes before he leaned back to the throne.

"Only when your subordinates have defeated the subordinates of another Returning Traveler that you can s.n.a.t.c.h control of the Control Room from them. But of course the situation will not be that easy…"

"Once the subordinates were finished fighting, the only enemy left will be the Returning Traveler himself. And as for that Returning Traveler, he/she will be standing in the Control Room, preventing you from obtaining it."

"If you want to get the Control Room for yourself, then you must find a way to disable the Retuning Traveler. Only when that Returning Traveler has been defeated that you can be free to obtain the Control Room…"

Alex suddenly felt an itch on his back, which he quickly scratched by rubbing his back on the throne chair.

"So to summarize:"

1. Make a Group

2. Make that group fight the group under the Retuning Traveler.

3. Once the enemy group was defeated, defeat the Returning Traveler.

4. Once the Returning Traveler was unable to defend the Control Room, swoop in and obtain control of it.

5. Victory!

"That's how a raid of a continent should have been done, something that I should experience too. But due to some circ.u.mstances, my victory appeared to be laughably easy." Alex was now saying these words straight out of his mouth, with its volume loud enough to be heard by others.

Alex of course intended this to happen, as he wanted to let them hear of his thoughts.

"The Immortal Empress was currently disabled by Great TimeMaster, so steps 3 and 4 are already fulfilled. As for step 2, it seems like Professor Frances' h.e.l.l Body Training Diagram have worked well. Too well in fact, that I am thinking of trying it out too."

Alex looked out of the control room as he said this, with his gaze landing on the Rookie Travelers outside, who were all silently celebrating their win. Alex took note of the doubt on their faces, especially Marcus', who seem to not know what to do next.

"With all that said and done, there is only one thing that I can say. And that is that we have won, and have taken control of the Celestial Carp Continent. However, do you really think that this should have been this easy? It looks like… there was a scheme that landed us here. What do you think, Delia?"

Alex did not specifically look at Delia as he asked the question, but the prompting tone in his words was enough to make Delia answer.

"Tsk, why are you asking me? We just won fair and square. That's it. Our target this time was just unlucky and weak. That's why they were defeated." Delia angrily replied, with her face looking like she was stung by a bee in her b.u.t.t.

Her angry look was unnatural, given their current victory, but her next words had shown why she seemed to be suddenly p.i.s.sed.

"Hey, instead of talking about your suspicions, why don't you let me seat on that throne too? I'm the co-leader of this group, so I should have the right to sit there too!" Delia exclaimed as her eyes glinted faintly. The wings behind her back also quivered with these words, making it obvious that she had been waiting to say this since earlier.

"…"

"Hey, what's with that stare, Alex? Don't want me to sit at all? Tsk, that's a bold move there, Alex… If you continue doing this, I will be really angry…"

Delia's anger appeared to boil at this point, as if Alex's actions were enough to make her temper reach its peak. Such change was enough to unsettle Alex, who did his best to talk sense to her.

"It's not that I don't want you to sit here, Delia. It's just that… I was waiting for something to happen. Something, that I suspect will happen now…" Alex slowly replied, with his calm voice and relaxed posture clearly made to calm Delia down. "I won't really tell you what I suspect will happen, but I think it will really happen…"

"Hah? What the h.e.l.l, Alex? What are you waiting for at this point? You have already won, so shouldn't you be relaxed already?" Alex's mystifying reply did nothing to appease Delia's temper. Instead, it just flared her up more. "Hey! If you don't explain this more, I will really-"

[CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE GREAT TIMEMASTER AND HER GROUP u003cTIME SEEKERSu003e. THEY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY DEFEATED THE ARCANE SORCERESS AND THEY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY CONQUERED THE IMPERIAL EDICT CONTINENT.]

[THE DETAILS OF HOW SHE WON WILL NOT BE TOLD HERE, SINCE THERE IS NO USE. JUST ACCEPT THAT SHE WON, IN THE SAME WAY THAT TRAVELER ALEX DID.]

"!!!"

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[THIS IS KURO SPEAKING, AND I HOPE YOU ALL A GOOD DAY.]

"Alex, that is…"

"Well, that's what I am waiting for, Delia. Wait, why do you look surprised? Don't tell me you did not think this would happen?"

"…"