The last qualified Order Keeper was a woman. Her possession situation was rather tragic: she was a female player who had fallen into the hands of mountain bandits, terrified of being humiliated and abused, tried to commit suicide but failed, and ended up fainting from fright.

This Order Keeper had also purchased spells from the Mage Guild. She used a level-one illusion spell to create an illusion that looked exactly like herself to stay in place, then cast a zero-level invisibility spell on herself, and quietly slipped out of the bandit lair without a sound. On her way out, she even helped herself to the gold coins the bandit leader had painstakingly saved.

From start to finish, it was easy and carefree.

Illusionist mages have powerful support abilities that can play a key role at critical moments, so she was naturally selected.

Other Order Keepers, although some survived, didn’t have any outstanding performances and were all eliminated by John Brooks.

Out of four hundred apprentice Order Keepers, almost everyone had purchased plug-ins, but buying them was one thing—you also had to know how to use them, and use them well!

Being an Order Keeper isn’t that easy.

In this round of trials, only three people stood out and became hero escorts.

John Brooks issued an order: “Distribute the specific tasks. Have the three of them meet up with the hero as soon as possible. Also, contact Charlie and tell him his followers will arrive soon.”

“Yes, Director.” The staff skillfully locked onto the coordinates of the three and began sending data.

In the forest, as Brian Clark was moving forward, his mind suddenly buzzed, and some new information appeared in his head.

The hero’s name was Charlie. He had entered the Dragon World a bit earlier than the apprentice Order Keepers and had already been there for half a year.

Currently, he had managed to earn a baron’s title under the lord of White Cloud City. The task for the apprentice Order Keepers was to immediately head to White Cloud City to meet up with him, become his followers, and obey his commands.

They also received an image of Charlie, along with a detailed map of the entire Dragon World.

The Dragon World was truly a small world—judging from the map, it was only a little over a thousand kilometers across. At the borders, there were either insurmountable mountains, endless seas, or the perilous Black Forest encircling it.

There were fierce beasts in the mountains and giant monsters in the sea, all of which hindered ordinary players from exploring.

“Damn it.” While looking at the map, Brian Clark suddenly cursed.

This Shuer Virtual Company was still too inexperienced, actually contacting Order Keepers directly through a data link.

This kind of data link was indeed quite secure and could block most saboteurs, but this time, there was an expert among the saboteurs.

Just now, during the data link, there were some extremely subtle vibrations—signs of eavesdropping.

To be able to eavesdrop on a data connection of this security level, the opponent’s skill was at least on par with the bronze Order Keeper Charlie.

Brian Clark was certain that the saboteurs had already obtained a lot of information about the Order Keepers—at the very least, they had their exact locations, since locating through a data link was the easiest thing.

What’s done is done; all he could do now was try to make up for it.

As soon as he finished receiving the information, Brian Clark decisively cut off the data link with the game company, hurried several kilometers away, then found an open space in the woods and began using Ice Spike to write large characters on the ground.

He had to remind the big boss of Shuer not to foolishly use data links and get people into trouble.

Now, the hero Charlie was definitely under close watch by the saboteurs. If he died, not only would it be a huge embarrassment, but although their Order Keeper commission wouldn’t be a total failure, it would be seriously delayed and they’d lose many opportunities.

Chapter 9: Dragon Attack on the City

Brian Clark’s actions were seen clearly by the monitors in the Divine Palace.

The monitor immediately turned to report, “Director, Number One, Brian Clark, is behaving abnormally and is casting spells randomly in the forest.”

John Brooks hadn’t realized the seriousness of the situation and casually ordered, “Contact him and ask what’s going on.”

The monitor turned to make contact, then after a while turned back and said, “Director, unable to contact Number One—he’s refusing the data link.”

As if he’d answer! If he did, Brian Clark’s exact location would be exposed to the enemy again. With the enemy in the open and us in the dark, that’s not how you play the game.

“What’s going on?” John Brooks frowned, paused for a moment, and instructed, “See what he’s doing.”

Brian Clark’s screen was immediately enlarged, showing him continuously casting zero-level Ice Spike spells at the ground.

Each spike, over thirty centimeters long and diamond-shaped, stabbed into the ground, starting to form specific words.

Brian Clark’s casting speed was quite fast, and he was using both hands—casting with left and right almost simultaneously, firing off two ice spikes per second, demonstrating his high level of control over spell data.

A line of white ice characters quickly formed on the ground.

“Information leaked, Charlie in danger, rescue quickly!”

As soon as he finished writing, Brian Clark immediately left and continued on his way, confident that the game monitors would see the message.

In fact, the other two Order Keepers were in just as much danger, but compared to Charlie, it didn’t matter as much.

After reading the message, John Brooks was shocked and didn’t bother to check on Brian Clark anymore, immediately ordering, “Shift monitoring focus to White Cloud City!”

The feed of White Cloud City was instantly enlarged, pushing the other screens aside.