Chapter 1373: Chapter 1223: Demanding Accountability and Watching the Show

"..."

Looking at Fredri, who was earnestly staring at the bead, warning herself not to act rashly, the will of the Master of Ten Thousand Spirits fell into a long silence.

From a rational perspective, by integrating the astral realm and the spiritual domain, I would leap to become the strongest among all the root descendants. Although the number of roots I control is not as many as No. 1, it is enough to completely lock her will, preventing her from acting against me.

So, No. 1’s warning is most likely an exaggeration; she isn’t worried I’d lose to the Food God, but rather fears I’d take advantage of her inability to intervene, defeat the Food God, and seize the roots in the Food God’s hands.

Therefore, not only should I not heed her warning, but I should also do the opposite, maximizing "benefits," but...

Recalling the Dream Resting Master, who was gnawed to death after two and a half months of wailing, and the Pure White Holy Mother who was dug out from the crevice of the Food God’s teeth, the Master of Ten Thousand Spirits, after a brief silence, ultimately refrained from retorting, and instead, quietly extinguished this part of its will, disconnecting in silence.

I’m not really afraid of making a move on the Food God; it’s mainly that No. 1 is too cunning. Her sudden reminder might be a trap, so I need to think it over carefully and see what the situation actually is... Yes! That’s exactly it!

Good, it seems at least before I wake up, she shouldn’t go causing trouble, and from her response, the person who suddenly "surpassed" me earlier wasn’t her.

Gazing at the bead in her hand that had dimmed again, Fredri pondered with furrowed brows for a while before reaching out to move the bead representing Spirit aside, and then lightly tapped the bead glowing with starlight beside it with her fingertip.

"Uhh-ahh— Uhh-ahh—"

The penetrating bray of a donkey rang out, breaking the tranquility around Fredri. After humming a few notes happily, the iconic loud voice of the Suspended Star Master transmitted from within the bead.

"No. 1? Why are you looking for me? Planning to introduce another ally to me?"

"Nah, there’s no one else to introduce to you."

Seemingly in a good mood, Fredri spoke with a smile:

"This time I’m asking about how you feel; what do you think of the allies I introduced to you this time?"

"Ah, they’re all quite good~"

The Suspended Star Master responded cheerfully:

"No. 3 is quite interesting; besides his poor taste in naming, insisting on renaming the alliance to ’Anti-No. 1 Alliance,’ everything else is decent, and his strength is quite impressive. Joining forces with him should be enough to deal with you."

"Is that so?"

Fredri raised her eyebrows in curiosity and asked:

"Seems like you two get along quite well?"

"Yes, pretty well."

The bead representing the astral root nodded, swaying up and down, and then the cheerful voice of the Suspended Star Master emerged.

"I get along with him quite well... I was worried he was sent by you to harm me, so I didn’t help when he fought with the Pure White Holy Mother, but he didn’t hold a grudge against me. He even reached out to build a good relationship; his character is quite commendable. I feel he would be a very good ally."

"Is that so? Then congratulations."

As if discussing something inconsequential instead of an alliance formed in opposition to herself, Fredri laughed and offered her congratulations, then continued to ask:

"What about the other ally I ’introduced’? What do you think of No. 11?"

"No. 11, huh..."

The misty, starlit bead paused for a moment, followed by a regretful sigh.

"She is a good person; if only she were really No. 11."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing the words of the Suspended Star Master, Fredri couldn’t help but raise her eyebrows and, with a smile, asked:

"You figured it out too?"

"Yes, it’s quite obvious."

The starlit bead bobbed up and down, then the Suspended Star Master’s clearly displeased voice rang out.

"No. 11 probably failed in her pursuit of the purest root, so she simply dissolved her main consciousness and merged with the highest ’Ancestral Spirits’ in the Ancestral Land of Ten Thousand Spirits. Then she used the deer spirit from this visit as the main body and infused a small portion of split-off will; when she acts at full strength, the aura is a bit off.

So when she and No. 3 teamed up to subdue the Pure White Holy Mother, I noticed something was wrong. That little deer is likely not the real No. 11, just a facade she’s put forward... By the way No. 1, are you collaborating with No. 11?"

Under Fredri’s somewhat surprised gaze, the voice of the Suspended Star Master, filled with curiosity, asked:

"No. 11 has long been on friendly terms with No. 12 and is now trying all means to infiltrate my ’dead donkey alliance,’ surely with ulterior motives. And I remember No. 3 mentioning that you also hold a part of the dream root.

Astral realm, dream realm, spirit, will... Looking at it this way, almost all conditions are met. Is she planning to integrate the three spiritual domains and then steal my root, fully connecting the astral and spiritual domains?"

You’ve figured that out too?

Although the purpose of this "call" was originally to trip up the Master of Ten Thousand Spirits, Fredri couldn’t help but laugh and shake her head when the Suspended Star Master realized the reason even before she hinted at it.

"I can’t say~"

"Got it, you both have a pact, mutually not to disclose information to the target, right?"

Nodding knowingly, the will of the Suspended Star Master also began to gradually dissipate, voluntarily withdrawing from the bead, and remarked with interest:

"Very well, since No. 11 has her plans, I will take a trip with No. 4, temporarily lending her the Hanging Horn Star Gorge."

"Huh?"

Surprised by the choice of the Suspended Star Master, Fredri couldn’t help but inquire in bewilderment:

"You’ve figured out No. 11’s plan, why don’t you stop her?"

"Why stop her? It’s so interesting!"

The Suspended Star Master laughed happily:

"If she really connects the astral realm and spirit domain, it will surely lead to many fascinating incidents afterwards. And even if she succeeds, I won’t die, at most I’ll lose some roots, so let her do it~"

"..."

Well, with your personality, it makes sense to have such an idea.

Feeling a bit helpless about the Suspended Star Master’s playful personality, Fredri shook her head and didn’t try to persuade him further, but took the initiative to change the topic, curiously asking:

"No. 2, you mentioned earlier that you plan to travel afar with No. 4? Where are you planning to go?"

"To the real world, to find No. 3."

Not minding leaking his whereabouts to his enemy at all, the Suspended Star Master answered cheerfully: 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"No. 4 has recently been feeling unwell, and after checking, it turns out the death root is problematic. Someone is altering his predetermined death, trying to contaminate him this way, so he’s going to settle the score in person, and I’m going along to watch the excitement."