CHAPTER 145: AGAIN

Time had already pointed to the early morning.

At this moment, the moon was bright and the stars were few, and the heavens and earth were bathed in a crimson glow. The mist in the mountains was illuminated as if like flowing rosy clouds.

At the foot of a mountain, Carlotta was flying at a low altitude, summoning her intelligence and checking it, her heart filled with anticipation.

[ 1: The distribution of tokens within the Sky Island’s inner area is as follows (a map).]

Here it comes, it really came!

Carlotta’s spirit immediately perked up, and she quickly clicked on the map, her gaze fiery as she began to read.

On the vast map, a large number of digits appeared. Some numbers were large, and some were small, distributed in different locations, representing the locations of different tokens.

Even some of these numbers were moving, because the tokens were on some people, and as people moved, the tokens naturally moved with them.

Carlotta also saw a number representing Olivia Garcia in a very distant location, which indicates that the other party was also in that location.

This makes Carlotta’s heart rejoice. This intelligence not only told her the location of the tokens but also the location of the strong individuals.

She only needed to compare the number of tokens with the number in the Sky Ranking to know who that person was on the Sky Ranking. Then, she could also determine the opponent’s rank through the Sky Ranking and judge whether this person was someone she could deal with.

For example, in a recent location, Carlotta saw someone with 202 tokens. She immediately stopped flying, opened the Sky Ranking, scrolled down, and found the person ranked 202 in terms of tokens. She directly saw their rank.

’How is it a Resonator?’

Carlotta was speechless.

A dignified Resonator only had 202 tokens? Had they entered Sky Island not long ago?

This person was on Carlotta’s path. Carlotta immediately grabbed Amelia’s hand and flew off in another direction.

"What’s wrong? Why did you suddenly change direction?"

Amelia couldn’t help but ask.

"Uh... this..."

Carlotta’s eyes rolled, and she thought of a suitable excuse, "I think the scenery over here is better. I feel it’s a rare thing to come to Sky Island, so I want to go over there and take some photos with you."

Amelia’s expression immediately became a little strange.

Not long ago, Carlotta was still looking for tokens everywhere. Now, she suddenly said she wanted to take photos. It seemed a bit contradictory, didn’t it?

However, she was also thoughtful and didn’t ask further. Having been with Carlotta for so long, she naturally knew that Carlotta had some secrets. Since they were secrets, unless Carlotta was willing to tell her volunteer, she wouldn’t ask.

There was one thing Carlotta didn’t say wrongly: the direction she was flying in now did indeed have more beautiful scenery.

There, it had not been ravaged by battles. The trees were lush, the lakes were crystal clear, and the scenery was exceptionally beautiful.

She landed with Amelia and actually took out her photo cards to take pictures of each other.

At the same time, she looked at the remaining intelligence.

[ 2: Alistair Carlisle, leading the group, has entered the Kingdom of Brandon. Upon learning of the existence of Sky Island, they have rushed towards Pine Town. However, given their distance and speed, they will not be able to arrive before Sky Island ends. They will most likely witness the departure of Sky Island after arriving at Pine Town.]

Seeing this intelligence, Carlotta’s expression became much more serious.

Alistair Carlisle, those guys from the Carlisle family were chasing after her.

Previously, one piece of intelligence mentioned that Alistair had separated from the investigation team. The investigation team continued to stay in the Kingdom of Augusta to search for her, while Alistair led the Carlisle family to the Kingdom of Brandon.

These people had finally caught up.

Although according to the intelligence, Alistair was destined to miss Sky Island, he will appear at the same time as Sky Island disappeared. This meant that if she left Sky Island, she would be in the same town as the other party.

This made Carlotta subconsciously touch her face in a thoughtful expression.

She was wearing the Illusion Mask, so the other party might not recognize her. She will quickly leave then.

This piece of intelligence also allowed Carlotta to reduce another matter: Sky Island was indeed coming to an end.

Alistair had already entered the Kingdom of Brandon and was rushing towards Pine Town. It shouldn’t take too long to arrive. Since he couldn’t make it to Sky Island, it was enough to show that Sky Island didn’t have much time left.

The acquisition of tokens also needed to be expedited.

Carlotta thought to herself and looked at the third piece of intelligence.

[ 3: Amelia did not expect Carlotta to dare to compete for first place despite such a large difference in rank. This courage made her greatly admire Carlotta and she decided to do her best to help Carlotta. She really liked this fearless attitude, as it made her feel safe.]

Carlotta’s expression was slightly subtle.

So, Amelia liked this feeling.

Carlotta silently remembers this. If there was an opportunity, she could show this side more often, allowing Amelia to feel the sense of security she brought.

[ 4: Rolf Frank, the leader of the Shadow Adventure Group, suspects that Carlotta and Amelia have entered the inner area. He believes that the two people he saw from afar earlier are the targets. He is already aware of what happened in the outer area and harbors extreme hatred towards these two who have caused significant trauma to the Shadow Adventure Group. Once they meet, it will inevitably be a fight to the death.]

Carlotta secretly curled her lips.

She had nothing to say to such fated enemies. If she had the chance to kill them, she would definitely not hesitate.

There were only four pieces of intelligence today, not many, but Carlotta was still very satisfied. The first piece of intelligence alone brought enough value.

She looked at the map provided by the intelligence, with herself as the center, and looked at the tokens in the nearest locations. She found that there were still many with single-digit token counts. Those should correspond to monsters, right?

Each monster dropped tokens upon being hunted, but hunting monsters now is too inefficient. Carlotta naturally disdained to focus her gaze on these monsters.

Finally, Carlotta’s gaze fell on a target person with a token count of 133.

She opened the Sky Ranking and looked for the value of 133. She found that the person was a middle tier Listener.

Among Listeners, Carlotta had nothing to worry about. She immediately took Amelia and rushed over.

The mountain trees swayed, and the night wind howled.

Several people were in a cave. The entrance of the cave had been completely blocked by rocks. They planned to sleep and go out to compete when daybreak came.

But at this moment...

"Boom!"

All the obstacles at the cave entrance were blasted open. The huge commotion woke everyone up, and they woke up in shock and uncertainty.

"Did a monster attack?"

"It might be people, let’s go out and see."

There were five people in total, men and women. They immediately left the cave in a menacing manner.

A group of people charged out aggressively, but upon seeing Carlotta and Amelia floating in the air, the hearts of the five people chilled.

Flying?

Resonators?

"No, they have wings on their backs. They’re flying by other means... it should be flying cards."

A man among the five spokes. His name is Aug Michael, the middle tier Listener in the group.

Furthermore, because Carlotta and Amelia were flying in the air, he immediately saw that both of them were early tier listeners.

"Just two early tier Listeners daring to seek trouble. Heh heh, this is my luck. If I kill you, your tokens will be mine."

Aug decisively chose to attack. Because he couldn’t fly, he was afraid Carlotta and Amelia would escape, so he unleashed his full power from the start. He gripped a great broadsword, leaped high, and quickly approached Carlotta.

A blue halo had already appeared around Carlotta. She calmly took out the Judgment card and infused it with magic to activate it.

The next moment, the golden card shot into the sky, transforming into a massive golden pattern. Within it, golden blades came to life and then rained down, engulfing Aug.

This scene shocked Aug. He quickly swung his sword to resist, but was still blasted back to the ground in an instant.

"Ah!"

Amidst a scream, Aug was instantly chopped into pieces, his blood splattering the ground.

The four people following Aug, who had been smiling and expecting Aug to take down his opponents, were truly caught off guard by what happened before them. In just one exchange, Aug, who was of a higher rank, died. They were momentarily stunned.

Carlotta’s gaze shifted to the other four, showing no mercy.

The Judgment’s blade flashed, golden light shot into the sky. In an instant, all four remaining people were directly cut down before her.

After finishing them, she landed on the ground and searched Aug’s corpse. As expected, she obtained 133 tokens.

With these tokens, Carlotta checked her ranking. She was still in 3rd place and hadn’t moved up.

Because in the past few hours, everyone else had been acquiring tokens through various channels, and everyone’s token count was increasing.

Carlotta even noticed that the gap between her and 4th place had narrowed slightly, and she could be surpassed at any moment.

4th place was Heimric Dalsheim, the president of the Adventurer’s Guild of the Kingdom of Brandon.

Different countries had their own Adventurer’s Guilds. Heimric was just the president of the Kingdom of Brandon’s Adventurer’s Guild, but his status was still considerable.

’Does this guy know his son cheated? And was almost beaten to death by his daughter-in-law?’

Carlotta muttered to herself.

She was even involved in that matter. The news of Heimric’s son, Tristian, cheating was spread by her.

Retracting her gaze, Carlotta began heading to her next destination.

With the map provided by the intelligence, her subsequent actions became much easier. She could accurately pinpoint her targets and continuously harvest tokens.

Half an hour later, she gained over a hundred tokens.

An hour later, she gained over fifty tokens.

Two hours later, she gained over two hundred tokens...

Because she had precise targets, Carlotta’s collection speed was very fast, incomparable to anyone else.

Even a Weaver, had to search aimlessly, wasting a lot of time in the process.

By the time the sky lit up, Carlotta’s token count had surged to over five thousand.

"What a satisfying harvest."

Facing the dawn, Carlotta sobbed, feeling refreshed in both body and mind.

Undoubtedly, she had returned to 1st place!

With over five thousand tokens, she had solidified her first-place position. The second place hadn’t even reached four thousand...

With such a massive lead, let alone others, even Amelia, who had been following her all along, couldn’t help but show surprise.

She felt that Carlotta’s luck was truly incredible tonight. No matter where she went, she could find opponents she could deal with and harvest their tokens, which was why she had acquired so many tokens in one night.

’Is her secret the enhancement of her luck?’

Amelia couldn’t help but speculate.

She didn’t want to pry too much into Carlotta’s secrets, but it was truly difficult not to overthink, because Carlotta’s performance tonight was too lucky and highly illogical.

In fact, within the Sky Island’s inner regions, this night had been a complete uproar...

"What a joke? Why can this person named Moon acquire tokens so quickly? How did they do it?"

Princess Olivia Garcia of the Kingdom of Brandon had a very displeased expression, staring at the sky ranking speechlessly for a long time.

The Captain of the Royal Guard, Mona Durant, was also speechless. They had been working desperately to acquire tokens, but compared to this person named Moon, it was nothing.

...

The vampires from the Scarlet Kingdom also had grim expressions.

Zorn Wilson punched the ground in anger, creating a large pit.

"Why can this Moon improve so quickly?"

He was furious. With this person named Moon’s rank rising, he had dropped to third.

And not long ago, someone else had risen and pushed him to fourth place, which made him even angrier.

...

Heimric Dalsheim and many nobles were discussed intensely.

"Let’s pledge allegiance to the Princess. Give all your tokens to the Princess, otherwise, you might not even be able to keep first place."

"Stop trying to compete on your own. You can’t even get into the top three, Guild Master Dalsheim."

"You were fourth place before, but now you can’t even hold onto fourth place. Even fifth place is precarious. This really won’t do."

"Pledge allegiance to the Princess."

The nobles were all advising him, making Heimric’s expression unsightly.

He looked at his fifth-place ranking speechlessly, even this fifth place seemed very precarious.

...

General Soul Reaper had charged into third place.

She was very strong, her methods were extraordinary, and with good luck, she had successfully reached this point.

However, looking at the sky ranking, even she frowned.

"Who exactly is this Moon? Why can she acquire tokens so quickly?"

She had been observing the sky ranking and saw the significant increase in Moon’s token count, rising by tens and even hundreds at a time. This indicates that the opponent had encountered many people ranked outside the top 100.

Were those people so easy to encounter?

General Soul Reaper was somewhat bewildered.