["President Ling, why are you firing me?"]
["I've worked diligently for the company for so many years. Even if I don't have great achievements, I've still put in hard work."]
["Not to mention today I even led the guild members to snatch the BOSS from the Blood Dance Guild and wiped out several hundred of their members! I made contributions in battle."]
["Is it just because that Rulebound is more skilled than me? Other than being stronger than me, does he contribute more to the company than I do? Is he as loyal to the company as I am?"]
The Divine Nation Judge argued his case for a long time.
Ling Xue couldn't even be bothered to reply with a single word. She just sent him a video.
The moment the Divine Nation Judge opened the video, it felt like the sky collapsed over his head.
["Bro! I know the people from Blood Dance are your friends. I can understand that you're in a tough spot right now."]
["But we're all just following orders. We don't have a choice. After all, Blood Dance is an enemy of the Divine Nation."]
["However, I can help you out of this situation. The brothers I brought here are all people who used to work with me in the company. If you want to let the Blood Dance members go, just say the word. I guarantee that what happens today won't reach President Ling's ears from them."]
Only then did the Divine Nation Judge realize.
"Rulebound!"
"Damn you, you scheming bastard! You secretly recorded a video!"
This time, the Divine Nation Judge was completely speechless.
He couldn't exactly say that he said those words on purpose to lure Lin Mo into betraying the guild, so he could use that as an excuse to kick him out, right?
If the plan had succeeded and tested Lin Mo's character, it might have counted as making up for his mistake.
The problem was, Lin Mo didn't fall for it at all.
He had only ended up shooting himself in the foot.
No matter how much regret he felt, he could only accept it.
But he wasn't willing to go down like this.
"Even if I die, I'll drag you down with me!"
With that, the Divine Nation Judge said to Ling Xue, ["President Ling, I report that Rulebound spent eight million to buy the BOSS from the Blood Dance Guild, effectively aiding the enemy. All the guild members present at the time saw it with their own eyes."]
["I know,"] Not only was Ling Xue not surprised at all, she said calmly, ["First courtesy, then force. He achieved the goal while preserving the dignity of our Divine Nation Guild. Rulebound did well."]
["Besides, before this, you only told Rulebound to go to the Ghost Cemetery to kill the BOSS. You never told him there was also a task to eliminate the Blood Dance Guild."]
["Rulebound didn't know Blood Dance was our enemy. And after he found out, he made the decision immediately to eliminate them. His loyalty, decisiveness, strength, and judgment are all flawless. I'm very satisfied with him."]
The Divine Nation Judge's mental state completely collapsed.
He thought he had hidden everything perfectly, but he never expected Ling Xue to know everything.
At that moment, another message appeared in the Divine Nation guild's main group chat. Ling Xue tagged everyone and sent a message: ["From this moment on, Rulebound is promoted to Vice President of the Divine Nation Guild. Liuli is promoted to Guild Elder."]
As soon as the message was sent, the guild chat with tens of thousands of members instantly exploded.
["Holy shit! K8 in the company in real life, Vice President of the Divine Nation in the game! Boss Rulebound is about to take off!"]
["Congratulations to Boss Rulebound on becoming Vice President! Congratulations to Boss Liuli on becoming Elder!"]
["Congrats Vice President Rulebound! Congrats Elder Liuli!"]
At the same time, the Divine Nation Judge received a notification, [You have been removed from the group chat.]
———
[Ghost Cemetery]
The hundred Divine Nation players around them, after seeing Ling Xue's promotion announcement about Lin Mo in the guild chat, all bowed their heads in submission.
"Greetings, Vice President!"
Lin Mo, who in his previous life had always lived under others' roofs, finally felt what authority was like at this moment.
As for the Divine Nation Judge, even at K4, his monthly salary started at 300,000.
How could he accept losing the position he had worked so hard to obtain?
So when he saw Lin Mo rising higher and higher, the Divine Nation Judge hurried over and tried to flatter him, "Vice President! What I said just now was only because I didn't want to put you in a difficult position. In the end, it was all for your sake."
"Can you help me plead with President Ling? I don't want to leave Ling Corporation. I don't want to leave the Divine Nation."
Lin Mo had already seen through all of the Divine Nation Judge's tricks.
"Pleading is probably not an option."
"But you can beg for death."
Perfect timing to test the authority of the Vice President.
Lin Mo ordered the surrounding Divine Nation players, "Those who betray the guild, kill them!"
A direct order from the Vice President, the Divine Nation players immediately responded, "Yes!"
They rushed forward all at once and killed the Divine Nation Judge on the spot.
Aside from authority, at this moment, what Lin Mo felt even more was success.
Although this success was achieved by sacrificing the Blood Dance Guild.
Lin Mo didn't originally want to kill Blood Dance. After all, in the future, they would be his strongest allies against the Divine Nation Guild.
But he had no choice.
He could only do it this way.
Because the Divine Nation Guild members had followed him here tonight, and Ming Yuexin had issued the order to eliminate Blood Dance.
Although Ming Yuexin wasn't present, through the hundreds of eyes of the Divine Nation Guild, she was constantly observing the situation in Blazing Ember City tonight.
Lin Mo knew very well that tonight was Ming Yuexin's greatest test for him.
No matter the reason, if he let the Blood Dance Guild members go, it would immediately arouse Ming Yuexin's suspicion.
All the groundwork Lin Mo had laid to join the Divine Nation would be completely wasted.
The trust and goodwill Ming Yuexin had built toward him would collapse instantly.
So he had to be decisive and ruthless.
In front of the Divine Nation Guild, he had to wipe out Blood Dance and show Ming Yuexin his stance and position.
Fortunately, he succeeded.
Because of this, he gained even deeper trust from Ming Yuexin and at the same time ascended to the high position of Vice President of the Divine Nation Guild.
In that case, Blood Dance's sacrifice tonight was not in vain.
'Right now, my identity and status in the Divine Nation Guild place me second only to one person and above tens of thousands. This identity not only brings me huge protection, but in the future, it will also be a sharp blade for me to destroy the Divine Nation and take revenge on Ming Yuexin.'
For this, the Blood Dance Guild was sacrificed.
Lin Mo felt guilty.
'I need to find a way to compensate them.'
So Lin Mo ordered the NPC army to start cleaning up the battlefield.
———
At the same time—
[Blazing Ember City, at the Resurrection Fountain]
Hundreds of Blood Dance Guild players all came back to life.
At this moment, they were filled with rage.
"This Rulebound is really an ungrateful, shameless bastard!"
"I never thought he'd be this kind of person! If I had known, Second Miss, you shouldn't have sold the BOSS to him! We could've kept it and killed it ourselves later!"
"Yeah! Now it's basically like handing over a Tier 4 BOSS to the Divine Nation Guild and helping them develop!"
Even Han Ruoxi began to doubt herself.
"Did I really misjudge you, Rulebound…"
Just as she finished speaking, her mailbox suddenly flashed!
Han Ruoxi opened it to take a look.
[Ding~ Player **** has sent you 42 gold coins via mail!]
[Ding~ Player **** has sent you Equipment · Ring of the Executor via mail!]
[Ding~ Player **** has sent you Equipment · War Armor via mail!]
[Ding…]
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