Chapter 974: Chapter 974: Sleeping Beauty 8

Since they had decided to cooperate, to show sincerity, everyone exchanged their identity information.

The man with the hat was called Max, 39 years old, who used to work at the stock exchange.

The man with glasses was called Ken, 27 years old, an ordinary company employee.

Max believed that the missing Princess must be key to the game, and the castle was too vast to search effectively with just a few of them; therefore, the priority was to call other companions to join the search for the Princess.

Only by finding the Princess could they locate the sword.

Ken followed his lead without question.

Tan Xiao had no better ideas and also listened to Max.

Max then used the gowns in the wardrobe to estimate the Princess’s height and build, combined with the characteristic of blonde hair, to give them a direction to search.

They returned to the dining hall on the first floor, only to find that several companions were missing.

Max stopped someone and asked, “Wasn’t it agreed? To search nearby and then meet back here?”

“We did come back, but someone went missing, so we split into groups to look for him.”

Max frowned, “Who’s missing?”

“The tall and strong one…”

Before the sentence was finished, several companions rushed back, each in a state of panic, “Quick!… That guy, he’s dead!”

Max’s face instantly turned ashen, “Where is he?”

“Just ahead!” The woman in the group trembled with fear, “Who knows who did it, but there’s blood everywhere!”

“This is impossible!” Max found it hard to believe, “The game rules don’t allow murder!”

The group immediately headed to the scene of the incident and found a white body lying in a corridor not far from the dining hall.

As the woman had said, there was blood everywhere; the intense color of blood was so glaring amidst the dusty castle.

“How could this happen…” Max squatted down, inspecting repeatedly; the person was indeed dead, “This can’t be happening, it’s against the rules!”

Everyone exchanged glances.

Max looked up again, “What about the other one? Is he also dead?”

“No… but, he’s asleep…”

Max stood up, “Take me to see.”

…

The one asleep was Curly.

He had been extremely sleepy not long ago, and during the subsequent search operation, he began to doze off again since everyone else was preoccupied with finding the missing companion and didn’t wake him up in time.

And now, even if they wanted to, they couldn’t wake him.

Max glanced over the remaining companions.

10 people had entered, and now without any clear progress in the game, only 7 remained.

Max asked, “Who was with the dead man just now?”

“What do you mean by that?” a companion frowned, “It was me and Lucia; are you suspecting it was us?”

Max replied, “Everyone saw it; everyone in this castle is asleep, and now someone’s dead, isn’t anyone curious about what’s going on here?”

The woman named Lucia shook her head eagerly, “We didn’t do it! Killing a companion does us no good!”

“If there is a murderer, it must be that kid!” another person pointed at Tan Xiao with a burst of anger, “Our only enemy is him! Other than him, who else would attack us?”

“Hey! I was upstairs the whole time!!!” Tan Xiao retorted.

The other snorted, “Maybe you used some kind of prop? Who doesn’t know, this game often has weird props that can kill people from a distance!”

With this, the others also seemed to think it made sense.

“That’s right, we’ve been searching around here; other than those sleeping like dead pigs, there are no other living people in this area! I’d say there’s an eight or nine out of ten chance it was this guy! He wants to eliminate us one by one and monopolize the King’s sword!”

Tan Xiao, who hated being wrongly accused, rolled up his sleeves, ready to fight.

But Max just gave a cold laugh, “And then what? Even if you think he did it, what can you do? Go against the game rules and kill him too? Who wants to try?”