At this very moment, among everyone present, only the Villager King had ever had dealings with D.
From that time on, every event and every upheaval that happened in the Villager Kingdom was deeply branded into the Villager King's heart.
It was precisely because of those past experiences that the Villager King was now filled with extreme anxiety and unease.
After all, D was extremely calculating, and no matter what he did, he always had a clear and intense purpose. In order to achieve his goals, he usually stopped at nothing.
Even though everyone was not yet facing an immediate life-or-death crisis, this was absolutely not something to be thankful for.
It could be said with certainty that D was definitely plotting something in the shadows, and the people trapped in this special space had undoubtedly already become an indispensable part of his overall plan.
Thinking this, the Villager King forced himself to calm down and slowly began to organize his thoughts.
He silently reasoned to himself, 'Those 'lords' earlier all hid themselves before the Void completed its materialization…'
Then he continued analyzing, 'This is enough to show that they had already anticipated that once the Void became physical, it would come looking for them…'
From there, he further deduced, 'And the Void most likely intends to take those 'lords' hostage.'
'Or rather, the Void wants to satisfy some kind of private desire by tormenting those 'lords' in front of Our King, or use them as bargaining chips for negotiation…'
After layers of analysis, the Villager King's brows knit tighter and tighter. At this moment, the purpose behind the materialized Void capturing them seemed almost obvious.
'The materialized Void didn't find those 'lords,' so it had no choice but to settle for the next best thing, capturing us and making us hostages?'
Although the Villager King had already analyzed the purpose of the materialized Void, he was still puzzled by this answer.
'But why would he take us as hostages?'
After being rescued, the Villager King had been staying in the Lower Realm, but during this time, through his companions' accounts, he had learned everything that happened in the main world after he was controlled by the Void.
He had fully learned about Xu Yuan, the Land of Trials, the real HIM, and other information.
Although they had been hiding in the Lower Realm, everyone's information channels were provided by players under Pengpeng's command. The accuracy of the information went without saying, and it was basically all firsthand.
Because of this, the people in the Lower Realm already knew the general situation inside the Land of Trials.
Although the trial was not yet over, everyone clearly understood that the one most likely to ultimately win the trial was Xu Yuan.
So the one the Void had to face now was naturally Xu Yuan.
Obviously, the Void had already figured out exactly who its opponent was before putting its plan into motion.
This was precisely why the Villager King could not understand why the Void would capture people like them.
The Villager King could understand the idea of the Void wanting to take hostages.
Taking hostages was essentially grabbing hold of the opponent's weakness, using it as a threat to achieve one's goal.
In the Villager King's view, if one truly wanted to threaten Xu Yuan thoroughly, the hostages would definitely be those "lords."
Although the Villager King had never seen Xu Yuan interacting with those "lords," he could personally feel that the emotions those "lords" had toward Xu Yuan were not as simple as a subordinate-to-superior relationship.
The relationship between Xu Yuan and those "lords" felt to the Villager King like that of a family.
Those "lords" respected him, admired him, believed in him, and relied on him.
Emotions between people are mutual.
From the way those "lords" treated Xu Yuan, one could infer how Xu Yuan treated them.
Xu Yuan must also treat those "lords" like family, which was why he earned their love.
Because of this, the Villager King believed that those "lords" were actually the only perfect choices for hostages.
Because Xu Yuan had deep feelings for them, they were his weak point.
Even if the Void couldn't find any trace of those "lords," it shouldn't have turned to people like the Villager King and his group.
In the Villager King's view, Xu Yuan had never had any contact with them and would not have any emotional attachment to them.
So the Villager King felt that people like them, as hostages, simply could not pose any threat to Xu Yuan at all.
But the materialized Void still captured them.
Thinking this, the Villager King was utterly baffled, "Does he really think holding us hostage can threaten Our King?'
After pondering this for a moment, the Villager King thought, 'Or maybe this is just a desperate attempt made when he had no other options?…'
This idea was quickly rejected by the Villager King himself. It was as if he had suddenly realized something, and his whole body froze.
'This isn't an attempt! This is a trap!!!'
At this moment, the Villager King finally understood the true intent of the materialized Void.
If the Void captured those "lords" as hostages, then when it confronted Xu Yuan, it would only be a matter between the Void and Xu Yuan.
But if the Void captured seemingly insignificant beings like them, creatures who appeared to have no connection whatsoever to Xu Yuan, as hostages, then when it confronted Xu Yuan, it would become an issue involving all the living beings in the entire game world!
At that time, the Void would definitely use the lives of these hostages as bargaining chips and give Xu Yuan two choices.
First, agree to its demands and release the hostages.
Second, if he refused, then kill these hostages.
On the surface, Xu Yuan seemed to have two choices, but in reality, he had no way out at all.
If Xu Yuan chose the second option, then everything he had done in the Land of Trials, and everything those "lords" had done in the main world, would all be for nothing.
Everything Xu Yuan and those "lords" had done was meant to protect the living beings of this game world.
But if, for his own interests, he refused the Void's conditions and caused these hostages to die, then everything Xu Yuan had said and done would lose all credibility.
Even if after that Xu Yuan defeated the Void and united all factions, this matter would still become an insurmountable rift between Xu Yuan and the various factions forever.
So from beginning to end, the only option left to Xu Yuan was the first one.
And the Void's demand, the Villager King could figure it out even with his toes, was to make Xu Yuan disappear from this world forever.
Thinking this, the Villager King stood there completely stunned.
He had never imagined that people like them, who seemed so insignificant, would actually become the most critical chess piece for the Void to defeat Xu Yuan.
And the Villager King knew very clearly that this was a killing move, because he was certain that Xu Yuan would definitely choose the first option.
"No!! We have to do something!!"
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