The Innkeeper

Chapter 1174 Must be someone else

Chapter 1174 Must be someone else

The Midnight games had begun, countless guests were inside the Inn, but for some odd reason, the most popular Inn workers seemed to be absent. Many of the regular guests began to wonder where Z or Velma were, and those who saw Lilith but not Gerard wondered if something was amiss. In fact, quite a few faces seemed to be missing from the Inn, yet no one paid it too much mind.

After all, while the Midnight Games were happening, due to the large influx of guests, the Inn still needed to prepare other forms of entertainment. As such, the Inn finally saw the much anticipated return of the machines of torture, or rollercoasters as some folks called it.

Theme parks returned, cultural fairs were organised and there were even a number of local fights between guests who could challenge each other in the ring. Of course, those fights never became nearly as popular as the main fights of the games, but it still attracted some attention.

The Mountain-man, who had been sleeping for years and years, and had essentially become a tourist attraction, finally showed signs of waking up when another Mountain-man, or rather, Mountain-woman, appeared at the Inn as well.

At the same time, Lex was swamped. There were only so many things he could delegate to others, but now that most of his integral staff was outside the Inn, he could delegate even less. Moreover, now that the system was much more active, with a little over 40% of its functionality returned, if Lex spent too much time away from the Inn, it gave him stupid quests with extreme punishments for failing.

Furthermore, in certain circumstances, it insisted that Lex himself handle the situation. With so many guests at the Inn, and more coming every day, there were obviously others who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity.

They did not cause trouble, no. Instead, they wanted to host their own events simultaneously, and take advantage of the massive crowd at the Inn. Lex had to accept or reject all such applications himself.

As such, soon there was a circus set up near one of the new cities, run entirely by gnomes. In another place, someone set up a fishing competition, trying to catch the Magikarpets, while in another someone wanted to host a butterfly catching competition.

But they were unfamiliar with the nuisances that were the butterflies in the Inn.Their wings were razor sharp, and they cut through the nets and then began kidnapping those who tried to catch them.

Lex refused to lend any aid to those who had been kidnapped by the butterflies. Before he approved the event, he also gave a disclaimer. It was not his fault no one listened.

The fishing well also once again became popular. The well was now connected to three realms, namely the Midnight realm, the Origin realm and the Crystal realm, so the randomness of what one could pull out had increased even more.

But by far the most popular thing in the Inn, almost even surpassing the actual Midnight Games, causing Lex to seriously reassess what he wanted for the future of the Inn, was the daycare. DiiScôver new stories on

Those who left their kids in the Inn daycare were more than satisfied, as not only was it safe, it kept the kids satisfied and occupied without causing a scene.

Over the years, the daycare in the Inn had evolved tremendously. Once Lex created a massive daycare area filled with toys and rides and places to ignore. While that place still existed, as the Inn grew larger, that area became too small to handle all the kids. It was relegated to being a side or small daycare.

Once all the energy was gone, one of the figures extended something out, as if they were holding a wand.

"Now watch this," the person said with a hint of pride.

He did... well, he definitely did something, because a second later the man screamed out in horror, and then blew up.

Everyone was stunned, and then retreated in case they got caught up in whatever had happened. Yet nothing more happened. They also didn't have answers for why that person had suddenly blown up, until another figure, that was invisible up until now, revealed themselves, if only marginally.

"The aura of divine energy was a trap," the figure said. "It was baiting someone to look behind it. But hiding behind... is the aura of a Dao Lord. This matter seems to have become very big."

All the figures who were standing in the air, lording over the sword cut that reached into the centre of the planet, suddenly pulled in their necks.

A dao Lord? They did not want to get involved.

"Who the hell did this? Why would someone with the backing of a Dao Lord go around committing petty theft like this?"

Yet if any of them had an answer, none of them revealed it. Most of the figures, at that point, retreated. They wanted nothing to do with this anymore. But two figures remained.

"You think someone is targeting you?" one of the figures asked.

"Maybe. But if it were the Henali tracking us down. They wouldn't be hiding their tracks. I can't think of who could be responsible."

"Forget about it and focus on the Games. Since a Dao Lords aura has been revealed, then let the Dao Lords on our side handle this matter."

"Very well."

Both the figures disappeared at that point, leaving the once thriving, now barren land behind.

"Could it be him?" one of the figures wondered, thinking of his grandson who was increasingly popular these days. But that didn't make sense. How could he get in contact with a Dao Lord?

It must be someone else.