Chapter 401

"No matter where I am, my luck is always terrible."

Ikki Kurogane shook his head with some helplessness, though he didn't pay it too much mind.

In any case, he was only preparing to test the effects of the points.

Following the advice of the people in the group, he used all 11 points to strengthen himself.

"Huh? My physical fitness actually improved?!"

The degree of improvement wasn't much, but relying on his superb control over his body, Ikki Kurogane noticed the change in an instant.

"No! It's not just physical fitness; even the total amount of my magic power has increased!"

Thinking of the impact this would have on him, Ikki Kurogane couldn't help but feel ecstatic.

After a moment of thought, his gaze turned back to the chat group.

Failed Knight: "Points can also increase magic power?"

Sea King: "When you don't limit it to strengthening a specific field, the strengthening effect of points is comprehensive."

Sea King: "As long as you have the magic power attribute in your body, then when you strengthen, it will bring your physical fitness along with it."

Sea King: "Of course, the strengthening magnitude will be lower than specifically boosting one field, so the specific allocation depends on personal circumstances."

Failed Knight: "I see, thank you for the lesson."

Thief Cat: "Sure enough, as soon as a newcomer joins the group, Lin Que pops up right on time."

Kaguya-sama: "Already used to it. jpg"

Furniture City Expert: "Thinking about it carefully, it seems Administrator Lin Que is indeed most active when newcomers join the group."

On normal days, the other party basically just shows up occasionally to chat for a few minutes, then disappears directly.

Compared to Asuna and others who chat every day, Lin Que, this administrator, is more like a ghost member.

Only when new members join or group members encounter a crisis does he become relatively active.

Furniture City Expert: "Is it because there are too many things to do on normal days, so there's no time to chat?"

Medium Shrine Maiden: "Brother Lin Que, he should be quite free on normal days, right?"

Ice Queen: "A guy who can have 24 hours of entertainment every day even while being an Emperor, would he be busy?"

Thief Cat: "Rather than saying there are too many things to do, it's more like he's having too much fun on normal days, so he has no time to look at the group at all."

Thief Cat: "As for why he shows up when there are newcomers, I think it's eight times out of ten to facilitate future visits, specifically coming out to confirm the new member's gender and world rank."

Passerby Heroine: "Agreed."

Fan Maxing: "Agreed +1."

Special Grade Chef: "Agreed +2."

Sea King: "Shut up, shut up, you guys just love to spread rumors about me, telling the cold hard truth every single day."

Demon Slayer Flower Pillar: "He admitted it directly, as expected of Lin Que."

Failed Knight: "Huh? What does 'visiting' mean?"

Seeing the conversation in the group, Ikki Kurogane realized something was wrong.

Failed Knight: "Could it be... that group members can visit each other's worlds?"

Book-chan: "It's possible, but usually you need to obtain the other party's consent before going over."

Tsukkomi: "Usually? Then what about non-usual times?"

Book-chan: "Non-usual times are when you encounter life-threatening danger, and a rescue notice appears in the chat group."

Book-chan: "Usually during this time, the chat group will temporarily cancel the travel restrictions, and you can go over directly to save people."

Tsukkomi: "Eh! Is it actually that friendly!"

After reading Asuna's words, Lucy had thought that the non-usual times the other party mentioned referred to forcibly traveling through worlds via some kind of item to invade and plunder others' worlds.

For this reason, Lucy even imagined tens of thousands of words of plot, and she became nervous.

Unexpectedly, the answer Asuna gave was unexpectedly peaceful.

Tsukkomi: "You guys are a bit too easy to talk to, are you really not intentionally lowering my guard?"

Sea King: "Newcomer, hurry up and post a photo! @Tsukkomi"

Tsukkomi: "Suddenly made a strange request!"

Sea King: "I'm just fulfilling your wish. jpg"

Tsukkomi: "No no no, please be normal, I don't have such a strange wish!"

Sea King: "You don't want me to say nice things, yet you hope I can be a bit more normal, I think you're making things difficult for me!"

Tsukkomi: "Ah, this..."

Lucy's cheeks turned red, and she felt a bit embarrassed.

Thinking about it carefully, this request of hers was indeed very excessive.

However, she had no other good way; it was her first time traveling alone since growing up, and if she wasn't cautious, it always felt dangerous...

Just as Lucy was torn, not knowing whether she should trust the chat group, new information popped up on the interface.

Sea King: "【Exclusive Red Packet · Tsukkomi】"

Tsukkomi: "?"

Sea King: "Claim it, a little gift for you."

Tsukkomi: "Mom told me that when you're out and about, you can't accept things from strangers casually, it'll be very dangerous."

Sea King: "Inside is 1000 jin of gold, if it's not enough, I can add more."

Tsukkomi: "Mom also told me not to refuse others' kindness casually, otherwise it will make both parties awkward."

【Group member 'Tsukkomi' has claimed the exclusive red packet.】

Book-chan: "The newcomer suddenly turned into a comedic character."

Kaguya-sama: "Looks like she's very short on money."

Passerby Heroine: "I don't think this can be blamed on her; if someone suddenly told me I could get 1000 jin of gold for free by clicking, I would also be unable to resist trying to click it."

Tsukkomi: "Exactly, exactly! That's just how it is!"

In fact, the main thing was that she was too poor.

Although she brought quite a bit of money when she left, Lucy only had expenses and no income along the way, and the reserves in her small treasury plummeted.

Suddenly hearing Lin Que say he gave her 1000 jin of gold, Lucy couldn't resist for a moment, and in a moment of obsession, she clicked to accept.

"I didn't expect it to actually be true."

Looking at the pile of gold that suddenly appeared in front of her, Lucy fell into a new distress.

The quantity is a bit large, how is she supposed to take this away.

Seemingly hearing Lucy's inner voice, new messages came from the chat group again.

Sea King: "Post a photo, I'll send you a storage item @Tsukkomi"

Tsukkomi: "Coming, coming! Selfie 1. jpg"

Kaguya-sama: "Is this the power of money?"

Special Grade Chef: "Thinking that the newcomer was so vigilant just a few minutes ago, my mood is very complicated."

Tsukkomi: "Hehe~ this is all for the sake of living, everyone don't mind~ don't mind~!"

Adjusting the angle, Lucy took several more photos in a row through the chat group's photo function.

Tsukkomi: "Selfie 2. jpg, Selfie 3. jpg, Selfie 4. jpg, Selfie 5. jpg."

Tsukkomi: "How is it? Is it enough! @Sea King"