Chapter 202: Becoming a Cat Girl

【Alchemist Lucy】 Max HP +8, Attack +5, Spell Strength +9, Defense +4, Resilience +2, Dodge +8, Speed +3, Precision Correction +10, Critical Hit Rate +4%.】 【Name: Lucy (Last Blood Clan · Alchemist) Level: lv21 (Elite) Race: Blood Clan · Bloodline 【Current status is Bloodline】

Age: 300 years old

Max HP: 52 Attack: 18 Spell Strength: 30 Defense: 10 Resilience: 6 Dodge: 24 Speed: 17 Precision Correction: 35 Critical Hit: 9%】 Level increased by 9, gained 45 attribute points.

But no new skills were gained.

It's alright, I suppose.

Yun Mu was relatively satisfied with this result.

Besides, even if she weren't satisfied, it wouldn't be of any use; after all, the Gold Coins spent couldn't possibly be refunded.

"They really don't last long."

Looking at the Gold Coin balance which had only 1 left, Yun Mu sighed casually, then closed the Game Panel.

"Right, almost forgot about this."

She suddenly thought of something, looked toward Eve, and used her hand to gently tug at the Cat Ear on top of her head.

"How do you take this thing off?"

Ever since she put this thing on her head, this Cat Ear Toy had become as if it were real cat ears.

Yun Mu could even feel the sensation of the Cat Ear being gently brushed by the Wind.

But a fake can never replace the real thing, after all.

Although there was tactile sensation, it couldn't hear any sounds, and even if she pulled on it with her hand, she couldn't feel any pain.

Moreover, no matter how much force she used to pull, let alone taking it off, she couldn't even pull out a single hair.

"It's very simple, meow."

Eve jumped onto Yun Mu's shoulder with practiced movements and extended her front paw to gently pat the back of her head.

The cat tail that had originally emerged from behind her spine immediately retracted, as if it had never appeared at all.

And the Cat Ear Toy on top of her head also returned to the appearance of an ordinary toy at this moment.

Yun Mu gave it a gentle tug with her hand and took it off.

"I look forward to the next time we meet, when you have grown cat ears, meow~"

Eve took the Cat Ear Toy from Yun Mu's hand; not knowing what methods she used, she just gave a casual wave of her paw, and the Cat Ear Toy vanished into thin air from her cat paw.

Come to think of it, could this cat paw actually hold that kind of thing!? Yun Mu only noticed this fact just now.

"The exit of the Dungeon must be just ahead, I'll take Amber back first, meow~"

Eve turned and walked toward the distance, taking Amber with her, and disappeared from Yun Mu's sight.

"What about the promised reward?"

After the other party's figure disappeared, Yun Mu suddenly thought of something.

"Forget it."

With a helpless chuckle, she simply assumed Eve had forgotten.

Looking at Lucy and the Scarlet Knight, as well as the newly recruited Goblin Brave, she said, "Let's continue forward too."

The Leader BOSS had already been challenged; according to convention, there would likely be a Treasure Chest ahead.

And after opening the Treasure Chest, she would most likely return to reality.

"The me in reality should be in the bathroom right now." Yun Mu recalled what she was doing before entering the Dungeon.

"Ah, it appeared, a Treasure Chest!"

A familiar wooden Treasure Chest appeared in her line of sight, and Yun Mu couldn't help but feel a boost in spirit, even her walking speed quickened quite a bit.

"What could be inside this..."

Rubbing her hands in excitement, Yun Mu stood before the Treasure Chest and flipped open the lid on top in one go!

【You obtained 【Gold Coin】 *3210!】 (Pickpocketing +7%)

【You obtained equipment 【Brave Medal (Blue)】】 【Courage Medal (Blue)】

【Attack +5 / Defense +3】

【Passive Skill · Courage】

【When it is not your own action turn, the Attack and Defense attributes provided by the medal are doubled!】

【And when the character deals damage to an enemy during a turn that is not their own, there is a 45% chance to immediately enter their action turn!】

【The medal gifted to the Goblin Brave by his father, the former Goblin Sage, which he stopped wearing after losing his courage due to not daring to resist Amber's rule, out of guilt.】

"Courage Medal?" Yun Mu softly read the name of the equipment, then took it out from the Treasure Chest and held it up to the sunlight to examine it carefully.

This was a wooden badge plated with Brass on the surface, with a complex circular pattern carved onto it, looking quite similar to the pattern on the Brass Shield that was reforged earlier.

Yun Mu guessed that this might also refer to the meaning of Aori.

As for the relationship between Aori and Courage, that shouldn't need her to explain in detail, right?

"It seems this piece of equipment can only be used by the Goblin Brave."

After carefully reading the equipment effects of the Courage Medal, Yun Mu thought to herself.

After all, the passive skill of this medal, the attribute doubling effect, can only take effect when it is not one's own action turn.

Although Yun Mu guessed that the 【Counterattack】 skill could likely also fully utilize the skill effects of this medal, it was obviously not as effective as the Goblin Brave's follow-up attacks.

Because 【Counterattack】 still requires the enemy to deal damage to the target equipped with 【Counterattack】, and generally speaking, if there is no Taunt skill, the effect of the 【Counterattack】 skill is actually quite hard to trigger.

By comparison, the Goblin Brave's follow-up attack only requires continuous attacking.

Each failure increases the trigger probability by 20%; as long as he attacks five times, it will trigger 100%.

And once the follow-up attack effect is triggered, there is a 45% chance to trigger the Courage Medal's effect of acting for another turn.

How did that saying go again?

Chain, chain, and chain again? Feels like that's not quite right... never mind.

No longer dwelling on such matters, Yun Mu put away the Courage Medal with satisfaction, then sent both the Scarlet Knight and the Goblin Brave back into the Game Panel.

Crossing the area where the Treasure Chest was located, she continued walking forward for less than two minutes.

Accompanied by the familiar "black screen," when the outlines of objects appeared in Yun Mu's vision once more, she had already returned to the real world, inside the bathroom of the Frostfall City inn.

【Congratulations on clearing the Dungeon 【Cat Paradise lv20 (Elite)】】 【Your understanding of cats has deepened. 【Cat Destiny Points +20】】 【Cat lv2 — Cat lv3】 【Your Max HP +2, Attack +4, Spell Strength +1, Defense +1, Dodge +12, Speed +2, Precision Correction +2, Critical Hit +4%!】 【You have gained the trait 【Cat Ear】】 【Charm +5 / Perception +10】

【Your hearing is extremely keen; you can hear higher-frequency sounds and accurately locate the source of a sound.】

【Furthermore, after appropriate training and study, you will master the technique of using echoes to judge the terrain of your surroundings and whether any creatures are hiding.】

Just after returning to the real world, the Dungeon settlement interface popped up before Yun Mu's eyes.

She only felt a wave of heat wash over her entire body, along with a persistent itching sensation on her scalp.

The former was clearly the attribute bonus brought about by the Path of the Cat being upgraded to lv3.

As for the latter... Yun Mu reached up to grab the top of her head and immediately touched a pair of furry cat ears. Ah, this.

Really turned into a cat girl.

Yun Mu thought, her expression somewhat dazed.

"This bracelet is useless now."

Yun Mu took off the 【Cat Bracelet】 she was wearing on her wrist and said.

The effect of this thing was to add one point of Cat Destiny Points every day until the Cat Path level was raised to lv3.

She was now, exactly, at 【Cat lv3 (0/80)】 points.

She had no more use for this item.

Although that was true, it was still equipment that had accompanied her for a long time; if she were to just dispose of it as junk, she certainly couldn't bear to.

Feeding it to Chester or something would also be a waste; it would be better to keep it as a souvenir.

Anyway, even if it didn't add that one Cat Destiny Point every day, didn't this thing still have the effect of Charm +1 and the ability to attract the attention of cats?

"Come to think of it, these cat ears are really sensitive."

Yun Mu looked at the mirror in the bathroom and saw, on top of her head, a pair of soft, pinkish cat ears—black mixed with a few gray hairs—twitching gently.

Countless sounds were constantly being transmitted into her brain.

The chirping of insects... the sound of breathing... even the sound of heartbeats in various rooms of the inn.

She could hear them all with perfect clarity.

The originally quiet night, after she grew cat ears, became like the scene of a symphony orchestra, with all kinds of sounds constantly intersecting and reaching her.

Fortunately, she could actively filter these sounds out; otherwise, if she just let these sounds echo in her brain like this, she was afraid she wouldn't even be able to sleep well! Come to think of it, there were still some things she was more concerned about.

Yun Mu looked at her attribute panel.

【Name: Yun Mu (8/15 Favored by the Gods · Civilization Spreader · Painter) 【Divine】】

Level: lv23 (Elite) Race: Frost Person · Bloodline

Age: 15 years old

Max HP: 82 Attack: 44 Spell Strength: 43 Defense: 17 Resilience: 10 Dodge: 70 Speed: 26 Precision Correction: 70 Critical Hit: 20%】 Her base Attack had actually already exceeded her Spell Strength; besides that, her Dodge and Precision Correction had both reached an astonishing 70 points! Furthermore, that 20% critical hit rate was also quite eye-catching.

Paired with various skills that could increase critical hits, when she entered a Dungeon next time, should she consider carrying the now lv3 【Cat】 Path? 【Cat lv3: Dodge +50, Speed +5, when HP is below half, critical damage doubles!】 【All your skills, attack range +3.】 My goodness, 50 Dodge, 5 Speed!

If she were to carry the Cat Path into a Dungeon, not counting the attribute effects of the various equipment on Yun Mu's body.

She would have 120 points of Dodge, plus 34 points of Speed! If she were to pair that with the painting 【Falling】, which reduces enemy Dodge by 50, Precision Correction by 30, and skill precision by 60.

Wouldn't that be roughly equivalent to invincible?

It's a pity that this is a Path born specifically for Dungeon combat, and it doesn't have the growth effect like Scarlet, which permanently increases HP after winning a battle.

Nor can it increase the harvest of loot like Desire.

When it comes to priority of use, Yun Mu would still choose from the other two Paths.

Unless she were to challenge a high-difficulty Dungeon far exceeding her own level, she would likely not choose this Path.

By the way, on this point, the Path of Civilization is in a similar situation.

It's not that Their effects aren't good; it's just that the Young Girl named Yun Mu is too greedy.

"Creak."

Pushing the door open with slow movements, Yun Mu walked into the room she and Brenna had booked at the inn, her gaze scanning the pitch-black environment.

Very good, there was no change here compared to when she left earlier.

Brenna had not been woken up by her either.

Then, it was about time for her to continue resting as well.

Yun Mu walked to the bed on tiptoe, her gaze lingering on Brenna's sleeping face for a moment, then she looked away with a guilty conscience.

Ahem, she just went to the bathroom, she didn't do anything else, why was she feeling guilty.

Climbing onto the soft bed, Yun Mu pulled the quilt over herself, closed her eyes tightly, and her consciousness soon became drowsy.

"Meow~"

In a daze, Yun Mu seemed to hear many cat calls, and at the same time, a feeling of being wrapped in fur from head to toe made her feel very warm.

"Where is this?"

Opening her eyes with a hazy consciousness, she discovered that she had returned to Cat Paradise without knowing when.

She was surrounded by an uncountable number of cats, and among them, Yun Mu even saw a few familiar figures.

"Is this a dream?"

Realizing she was dreaming, Yun Mu greeted the cats beside her while holding various toys, playing with them on the grass.

And in the process of playing, Yun Mu found that her line of sight was becoming lower and lower, and at the same time, it was becoming increasingly difficult to hold the various toys in her hands.

In the end, she even became as tall as most of the cats, and the toys she had originally held in her hands were pushed aside casually after she found she couldn't grasp them at all.

For some reason, an irrepressible wildness surged from the depths of her heart, and Yun Mu began to race against the fast-moving leopard cats.

They jumped onto the tall cat tree, darting in and out of the various wooden huts, before leaping down from the heights; she was the fastest among all the cats, naturally reaping the admiring gazes of all the participating cats and the onlookers.

Among them, Yun Mu noticed a familiar large orange cat, who was currently looking toward them with a gaze of admiration mixed with envy.

Afterwards, she lowered her head in some self-abasement to look at her own body, which was obese compared to the other cats, and her expression suddenly became somewhat dejected.

It was not that the large orange cat did not want to play with you all, it was just that this kind of exercise was truly not suitable for her.

Yun Mu immediately walked forward and took the initiative to invite the large orange cat to play together, only this time, they were no longer doing athletic competitive events.

"Meow meow meow~" (Little orange's body is so Soft, so warm, I love leaning against you to get warm~)

"Meow meow meow~" (Me too!)

Watching the large orange cat, who had quickly hit it off with the many cats, Yun Mu lowered her head and smiled silently.

"Hehe, it seems you are getting along very happily with the cats."

A pair of warm palms suddenly lifted Yun Mu up from behind.

She instinctively raised her head, and what came into view was a strand of silver-white hair hanging down, and a pair of emerald-green pupils filled with Divinity and maternal radiance: "You haven't forgotten, have you? This is the reward for a good child~"

The woman in front of Yun Mu said with a light chuckle.

PS: Oh no.

Suddenly realized, there seem to be a bit too many white-haired characters planned for this book.

Doesn't this mean I'm going to expose the fact that I like white hair.

Forget it, let it be exposed then. (Dog head)

(End of chapter)