Sky-excelling witch, night-slaying three wolves

Chapter 19 The Slaughtered Seer

Ling Zuo only had the perspective of the Werewolf Player 1 and was unaware of the subsequent actions of the ** cards.However, the commentators and audience could clearly see everything from the live broadcast.

Player 8 Yaya was the Witch. After learning she was targeted first night, she felt extremely frustrated.Helpless, Player 8 Yaya had no choice but to cast a random poison.After scanning the field, her poison finally landed on Player 3 Liuli.Coincidentally, Player 3 Liuli held the Seer card and had inspected Player 6 Shidao first night, confirming them as a good person.The last ** card, the i***t, was held by Player 9 Fugui.

With that, all night actions concluded, and all players' identities were revealed to the audience.

【1】Ye Xiao: Werewolf【2】Maoyi: Civilian【3】Liuli: Seer【4】Jinchang: Werewolf【5】Ling Zuo: Demon Hunter【6】Shidao: Civilian【7】Zhang Wei: Civilian【8】Yaya: Witch【9】Fugui: i***t【10】Puzhao: Civilian【11】Husha: Blood Moon Apostle【12】Tang Li: Werewolf

"Werewolf 1 was hunted first night, Witch 8 was targeted first, and Seer 3 got poisoned—this first night is truly exciting," commentator Agu exclaimed.

"When I saw Ling Zuo hunt down Werewolf 1, I thought the good camp had it in the bag, but the situation changed so quickly," commentator Xiaoyi echoed.

"With both Witch and Seer eliminated, the werewolf camp actually took the lead in turns," Agu analyzed the situation.

"Fortunately, Ling Zuo took down a werewolf; otherwise, the good camp would have no chance at all," Xiaoyi clearly sided with the good camp.

"Speaking of which, allowing Demon Hunters to hunt on the first night is a new rule change this year," Agu mentioned the format adjustment: "In last year's national competition, Demon Hunters could only start hunting from the second night."

"This rule change mainly aims to create more possibilities in the game," Xiaoyi took over the topic:"After all, if a Demon Hunter hunts on the first night, they can still reveal information even if they die.""In a way, it's similar to the Miracle Merchant, but the death rules are reversed.""The Miracle Merchant dies if they give their ability to a werewolf; the Demon Hunter dies if they hunt a good person."

Agu then shared his opinion:"The original intention of the rule change was indeed to increase player freedom and game possibilities.""Initially, first-night Demon Hunter hunts did gain some popularity and even appeared in official matches.""But gradually, people realized the low ***""Once you hunt wrong and get killed, you can only confirm one good person— the good camp still falls behind in turns.""This is quite different from the Miracle Merchant.""When the Miracle Merchant dies, they expose a werewolf. Whether the werewolf reveals themselves or gets eliminated, trading one god for one wolf keeps the good camp from falling behind.""Moreover, the confirmed good person revealed by the Demon Hunter's death is easily targeted at night without a Guard.""It's like a death sentence—impossible to escape.""Imagine if the Demon Hunter hunts the i***t, dies, confirms their identity, then the i***t gets killed— the good camp would surely lose.""The Miracle Merchant's Lucky One doesn't put them at a disadvantage, whether they're good or werewolf.""In contrast, first-night Demon Hunter hunts are high-risk: hunt a werewolf and gain an advantage; hunt a good person and fall behind.""It's entirely gambling with your own life.""More importantly, with 7 good and 4 werewolf cards among 11 players, the probability of hunting a good person and losing turns is much higher.""That's why fewer players like Ling Zuo dare to hunt first night.""Even if they suspect someone is a werewolf, they usually wait to hear their speech and decide on the second night."

After listening to Agu's lengthy explanation, Xiaoyi, nearly confused, quickly interrupted:"I actually think first-night Demon Hunter hunts are completely fine.""There's no strong or weak play style—only skilled or unskilled players!""Witches rarely use the strategy of not saving and casting random poison.""But Ling Zuo set a new scoring record with exactly that strategy!"

Agu: "..."

"Don't think the werewolf camp is leading. As long as Ling Zuo hides his identity and hunts werewolves every night, the good camp can still win!" Xiaoyi continued.

Agu: "..."

While the two commentators chatted, the audience discussed the first-night actions:

"God-tier moves—this first night is amazing!""First-night werewolf hunt—I thought the good camp had it, then the Witch gets targeted and poisons the Seer...""Demon Hunter awesome, werewolves awesome, Witch stupid!""Demon Hunter and werewolves are showing off, only the Witch is suffering!""Can't blame the Witch—random poison hits whoever it hits.""Poisoning my Goddess Liuli—this Witch must be jealous!""Sigh, Goddess Liuli is so unlucky. She gets the Seer card and gets poisoned.""Hehe, Husha's target selection is amazing—found the Witch immediately and turned the tide.""Pity Puzhao is so strong with good cards but only got a civilian.""Trading two gods for one wolf, with the Blood Moon Apostle still alive—the good camp is far behind. Little hope to win.""Only the Demon Hunter can catch up. It's up to Ling Zuo now."

Initially, after seeing Ling Zuo's first-night werewolf hunt, the audience unanimously thought the good camp had won. But with both Witch and Seer dead, opinions shifted to the werewolf camp being certain winners.

Werewolf games are magical like this—situations change in an instant. Each ability use can alter the entire game's trajectory.

At the venue, it was time for the Sheriff election.

"Day breaks. Please choose whether to run for Sheriff."

Knowing all werewolf identities, Ling Zuo needed to hide his identity, survive, and eliminate all werewolves one by one.

The most dangerous place is the safest. After brief thought, Ling Zuo didn't hide off-police but directly clicked the run button. The light before seat 5 lit up.

When the sign-up period ended, all partitions fell. The 12 players observed who ran for Sheriff and who stayed off.

"In this game, the Sheriff candidates are Players 3, 4, 5, 8, and 10.""Speaker order starts with 4.""Speaking in reverse order.""Reverse order speaking—Player 4, please speak. Player 3, prepare."

Only 5 candidates ran, but Ling Zuo wasn't surprised. He knew the werewolf strategy: one wolf on police, three off. Good players preferring to stay off-police was also normal—this being the first Top 100 game, everyone wanted to observe first.

Player 4 Jinchan, though speaking first, showed no panic. After confirming the candidates, he spoke directly:

"Player 3 is a werewolf. *** checks 9 and 12.""I'm the Seer. I inspected Player 3 last night—definitely a werewolf.""Why inspect Player 3? Simple—I targeted a werewolf.""After getting the Seer card, I kept observing everyone.""Player 3 is next to me, staring intensely—clearly suspicious.""What kind of card stares so intensely? Most likely a werewolf!""So I checked Player 3—and they're indeed a werewolf.""Player 3 will probably counter-claim immediately as the exposed werewolf.""In that case, I trust all good players to choose the right side.""If another player bluffs to save Player 3, I'll be even happier—finding two werewolves on day one.""I won't include remaining candidates 5, 8, and 10 in my ****""I suspect at least one is Player 3's teammate.""If any of them bluff, with two exposed werewolves on police, I'll temporarily set the other two aside.""If Player 3 counter-claims, I'll carefully listen to 5, 8, and 10 to judge their identities.""I've explained why my *** targets off-police players.""Choosing 9 and 12 has no special reason—random picks.""I'll adjust my *** after hearing off-police speeches.""I'm the Seer. Player 3 is a werewolf. *** checks 9 and 12.""Hoping good players on and off police will support me."

After speaking, Player 4 Jinchan clicked stop. As a wolf potentially sacrificed by teammates, his task was to maximize credibility.

With 5 candidates, bluffing the Seer was bolder than giving gold water to a later speaker. Player 4 Jinchan didn't hesitate, choosing to accuse Player 3, who spoke next.

Go big or go home!

Ling Zuo, knowing Player 4 was a werewolf, still admired his courage: a lone wolf on police, daring to accuse with a 1/4 chance against 4 other cards.

The audience, however, was already shocked:

"D*mn—he actually bluffed the real Seer!""Player 4 is awesome!""The Seer gets accused and counter-claims—good players will definitely choose wrong.""Game over for the good camp.""This Seer is so unlucky—poisoned and then targeted by werewolves.""My Goddess Liuli is being bullied.""The werewolves played well—deserve to win.""Pity the Demon Hunter.""Depends on Player 3's speech—can she turn the tide after being bluffed?""Trust Goddess Liuli—she's always the best!"

At the venue, Player 3 Liuli began her speech:

"I'm the Seer. Player 6 is my gold water. *** checks 10 and 11.""During card selection, Player 6 stared only at Player 5, ignoring others.""Curious about this behavior, I inspected Player 6.""I think Players 5 and 6 can't be colluding werewolves.""If Player 6 were a werewolf, Player 5 is likely good.""If Player 6 is good, I can hear their judgment on Player 5.""Player 4 accurately bluffed me—he must have wolf teammates on police, possibly more than one. So my first *** checks Player 10 on police.""In my view, if Players 4 and 10 are teammates, I'm most likely to get accused.""Second *** checks Player 11 because Player 4 ignored them.""Players 8 and 10 are on police, but Player 4's *** targets 9 and 12, skipping 11.""Among five consecutive seats, Player 11 was completely ignored by Player 4—likely his teammate.""For these two reasons, my *** checks 10 then 11.""Next, I'll explain why Player 4 isn't the Seer.""First, Player 4 claims he inspected me for staring suspiciously, but his *** on 9 and 12 is 'random'—contradictory!""Clearly, Player 4 wants votes but avoids offending off-police players, ** define 9 and 12.""I think 9 and 12 are likely innocent.""Second, with 7 off-police players, Player 4 only mentions 9 and 12—abnormal!""Player 6 is my gold water, so among 1, 2, 7, and 11, Player 4 must have at least 1, maybe 2 teammates.""These two points prove Player 4 is bluffing as werewolf.""My perspective is clear: Player 4 is confirmed werewolf. At least one of 5, 8, 10 on police is werewolf, and at least one of 1, 2, 7, 11 off police is werewolf.""Despite being bluffed, I believe good players will side with me after hearing this.""Player 6 is gold water. *** checks 10 and 11!"

Calmly stating her logic and perspective, Player 3 Liuli clicked stop to end her speech.

Watching Player 3 counter-claim Seer, Ling Zuo sighed—Player 4 had gambled right, successfully bluffing the real Seer! This made it hard for Player 3 to win.

But after hearing her speech, Ling Zuo changed his mind: there was still hope. Despite being bluffed, Player 3 spoke logically with clear perspective. Her identity definitions were partially wrong, but her perspective was valid.

Player 3 had done excellently despite a bad start. Now it depended on how good players would choose sides.