Chapter 423: Silver Moon

"Ah, it's you." Laidun saw Yun Mu, a faint smile appearing on his weary face.

He exerted a little force with his legs, wanting to stand up from the ground, but because he was missing an arm and was overly exhausted, he nearly fell over.

"You just stay seated." Yun Mu hurriedly pressed down on his shoulder, then looked at the Dwarf recruit lying beside Laidun.

Noticing Yun Mu's gaze, Laidun sighed helplessly.

"There are no fatal wounds on the body; the cause of death was excessive blood loss. Perhaps, if I had noticed sooner..."

"No." Yun Mu shook her head, comforting him: "The blood loss had been going on for some time; I'm afraid it happened before the battle had even ended."

As a Bloodline, she could perceive the scent of blood in the air and could even judge how long the blood had been outside the body; besides that, blood could provide a lot of information.

For example, the strength of the blood's owner, their status, and so on.

And this Dwarf recruit... had been unconscious for a long time.

"With the wounds on your legs not yet healed, why couldn't you just stay honestly in the camp?" Looking at the Dwarf recruit who had closed his eyes, Yun Mu thought with some helplessness.

And as for the answer to this question, she actually knew it very well herself.

There were many Dwarves who died in the war, but when she saw a familiar face, she still couldn't help but feel a bit sad.

Honestly, when she saw that Laidun was still alive, she was actually quite happy inside.

But more than that, there was only silence left.

One by one, faces that had not yet been erased from her memory were unearthed by the Survivors. Watching those faces that were laughing just last night but had now turned cold, Yun Mu could not help but lament the ruthlessness of war in her heart.

Thinking that in the true history where she did not participate, Laidun probably didn't survive, Yun Mu felt even more depressed.

However, these negative emotions came quickly and went just as quickly.

When everyone finished collecting the bodies and left the Portal, Yun Mu was already thinking about the bonus stage after defeating the Dungeon Leader.

Don't think Miss Yun is heartless because of this~ She just doesn't want to immerse herself in these negative emotions.

Besides, those Dwarves, to be honest, weren't that familiar to her.

It was just because she saw people she was relatively familiar with die in the blink of an eye that she had such a lament.

But then again, are there few such things in this world?

Yun Mu had no ambition to change the whole world, and even less ability to do so.

The only thing she could do was to protect the people around her.

Do not let the kind of tragedy that might happen befall those around her! "Rustle..."

The sound of footsteps beside her grew fewer and fewer. She didn't know when it started, but the Dwarves who were originally acting together with Yun Mu and the others had now disappeared from their side.

Just as Yun Mu was silently on guard, wondering what kind of tricks the game Dungeon was going to pull, a Treasure Chest with patterns inlaid with gold on its surface appeared on the opposite bank of the river, not far away.

Yay, a Treasure Chest! According to past experience, after defeating the Leader boss, if you continue moving forward, you will obtain a Treasure Chest before the Dungeon ends.

As for what might be inside, that was completely unknown.

Yun Mu crossed the surging underground river with ease and arrived in front of the Treasure Chest.

This chest was not locked; for some reason, this actually made Yun Mu, who had been eager to try, a little disappointed.

No lock is no lock, let her see what good things are inside. Skillfully rubbing her hands together—Yun Mu believed this could increase the probability of getting good items—she then—

Clatter.

The golden lid of the Treasure Chest was lifted by Yun Mu. Following a burst of dazzling orange-red light, a ring with a silvery-white texture and an inlaid fire-red gemstone appeared before her.

【You have obtained 【Gold Coin】 × 60500 (Harvest +12%, Pickpocketing +9%)】 【You have obtained equipment 【Burning Ring (Orange)】】 【Burning Ring (Orange)】

【Charm +2】

【Precision Correction +15】

【Critical Hit +8%】

【Speed +2】

【Passive Skill: Demon's Contemplation】

【When the wearer shows a contemplative expression and rubs the ring with their thumb, it will accelerate the consumption of Spirituality and increase their own Focus by 15 points!】

【Passive Skill: Burning Will】

【When the wearer's Focus ≥ 20 points, any spell skill released will carry 10% 【True Damage】】

【True Damage: Damage effect that ignores all defense, resistance, and characteristics.】

【Active Skill: Ash Annihilation】

【Designate a single enemy unit for a one-on-one duel. The duration is two rounds. When either side defeats the opponent, the Barrier is lifted. Furthermore, when the user defeats the enemy, they can briefly plunder most of the defeated enemy's attributes.】

【It is said that this ring was the favorite item of the Burning Overlord Sargeras, but it was lost during the last invasion war to the main world. In order to retrieve his ring, the Burning Overlord Sargeras swore that sooner or later he would return to this world and take back everything that should have belonged to him.】

Is this also equipment of the Burning Monarch? Yun Mu looked at the equipment description at the end of the ring with some surprise.

Hmm... the attributes of this thing are really good, and the skill effects are also very good.

It's just that she doesn't know if that Burning Monarch in the real world will notice.

Precision Correction, Critical Hit, and Speed—these three attributes are all quite good.

As for Charm?

Her Charm is already very high; even adding the 2 points from the Burning Ring wouldn't make much of a difference. And the skills of this ring, whether it's 【Demon's Contemplation】 which can increase Focus by 15 points, or 【Burning Will】 which makes all spell skills add 10% True Damage when Focus is greater than or equal to 20 points, are both very good.

It's just unclear what the specific effect of the active skill Ash Annihilation is; she can find a time to test it later.

Just looking at the text description, it's still hard to imagine what the specific effect is like.

However... the description of locking someone in a dark room for a one-on-one "real man's duel" is still quite interesting.

It reminds Yun Mu of a certain game character.

That said.

"Things like rings are so troublesome to wear." Yun Mu couldn't help but complain.

It somewhat affects her holding a sword or holding a staff.

However, it seems there is no other way; to enjoy the effects of the equipment, one must at least equip it, right? Considering that the skill 【Demon's Contemplation】 requires rubbing the ring with one's thumb, Yun Mu put it on the index finger of her right hand to make it convenient for her to activate the skill's effect.

And after putting on the ring, she immediately tested how the skill's effect was.

She was seen frowning slightly, revealing an expression as if she were thinking about something, and then she used her thumb to rub the gemstone on the ring.

【Focus +15】

In a trance, Yun Mu realized that her thinking speed seemed to have become much faster, her brain felt unprecedentedly relaxed, and thinking about anything became incomparably simple.

And in this state, many things she could not figure out before became easy to solve.

Right!

She suddenly remembered that in this Dungeon, she had also obtained a Rotten Wood Staff that could increase Focus, thinking speed, and inspiration.

The equipment's skill effect required her to prop the tip of the staff on the ground and then rub her chin with her other hand.

And after the tip of the staff had been propped on the ground for more than five seconds, the staff would summon a puddle of mud. It seemed there was no way to remove the side effect of summoning mud for the time being; Yun Mu just wanted to try what the effect would be like with the two pieces of equipment stacked together.

There was nothing more to say; Yun Mu immediately turned into a practitioner and took the Rotten Wood Staff out from the space of the Divine Blood Pendant.

"Remember to wake me up in a while." Yun Mu briefly told Brenna and Lucy what she was going to do, then held the staff in one hand, propped it on the ground, and while rubbing her chin with the other hand, slowly stroked the gemstone on the ring with her thumb.

Boom!!

The effect of the two pieces of equipment stacked together could be described as immediate.

Yun Mu only felt that her brain, which usually lacked motivation, was filled with oil at this moment, and a large amount of questions and thoughts surged from her mind.

And some skills that were already not far from leveling up were improved crazily.

【Your passive skill 【Pickpocketing lv9】 has been upgraded to 【Pickpocketing lv10 (max)】!】 【Your Precision Correction +3, Critical Hit +1%!】 【You have obtained the trait 【Master Thief!】】 【Master Thief: You are the most formidable thief and master burglar in this world; as long as you want, there is no one you cannot steal from, even if your opponent is a god.】

【Your theft success rate has increased significantly!】

【Your passive skill 【Lockpicking lv6】 has been upgraded to 【Lockpicking lv8】!】 【Your passive skill 【Deception lv3】 has been upgraded to 【Deception lv5】!】 【Your passive skill 【Dance lv6】 has been upgraded to 【Dance lv7】!】 【Spiritual Painting lv7】 → 【Spiritual Painting lv8】

【Social Etiquette lv5】 → 【Social Etiquette lv7】

【You have obtained the trait 【Elegant Speech】!】 【Elegant Speech: Your speech and conduct are extremely elegant; I think that even those barbarians without any manners will subconsciously maintain respect for you.】

【High Heels lv4】 → 【High Heels lv9】

【You have obtained the trait 【High Heel Dancer】!】 【High Heel Dancer: You have completely mastered shoes with high heels. Unless the design is very problematic, high-heeled boots will not affect any of your actions at all. Furthermore, when you wear high heels, the damage from kicking enemies with the soles of your shoes will increase significantly!】

【Swordsmanship lv6】 → 【Swordsmanship lv8】

【Mechanical Repair lv7】 → 【Mechanical Repair lv8】

【Shooting lv5】 → 【Shooting lv7】

【You have obtained the trait 【Shooting Mastery!】】 【Shooting Mastery: Whether it is using firearms with bullets or bows and crossbows representing the cold weapon era, you can easily hit the bullseye. Even, perhaps, you have ways to hit some units hiding behind cover.】

【Navigation lv2】 → 【Navigation lv4】

【Painting Draft Substitute lv1】 → 【Painting Draft Substitute lv2】

【Cooking lv2】 → 【Cooking lv4】

【Alchemy lv1】 → 【Alchemy lv2】

【Cutting lv3】 → 【Cutting lv7】

【You have obtained the trait 【Butcher】!】 【Butcher: You are simply too clear about the texture and direction of muscles. From which angle to insert the blade, and how to control the direction of the blade after inserting it, you are crystal clear. Perhaps, for those enemies with flesh and blood bodies, this is not good news.】

【Mental Shock lv6】 → 【Mental Shock lv8】

【Pounce lv1】 → 【Pounce lv6】

【You have obtained the trait 【Pounce Expert】!】 【Pounce Expert: When it comes to pouncing, you are a professional. Thousands of pouncing experiences let you know when, where, and how to pounce to a further distance, but what is the use of these experiences? God knows!】

【Claw Swipe lv1】 → 【Claw Swipe lv4】

【Bite lv2】 → 【Bite lv5】

【Encapsulation lv5】 → 【Encapsulation lv6】

【You have obtained the trait 【Seal Bearer!】】 【Seal Bearer: You have experience in sealing most items. Not only that, you can also separately store the unique 【Element】 within the sealed items to serve as special materials for certain Supernatural props.】

【Dark Magic: Shadow Manipulation lv6】 → 【Dark Magic: Shadow Manipulation lv7】

【Construct into Reality lv5】 → 【Construct into Reality lv6】

【You have obtained the trait 【Creator (Fake)】】 (End of chapter)