Chapter 79: Camping

"Guard, I need one with the 【Guard】 skill."

Yun Mu said without hesitation.

She was in urgent need of a character capable of protecting her teammates, otherwise Lucy's physique was simply too fragile.

She would be beaten to near-death after only a few attacks, forcing Yun Mu to switch forms and use Blood Healing.

Not to mention occupying an attack turn, Blood Healing could restore health when luck was on her side, but if luck was bad, it meant zero recovery plus Bleeding.

At that point, she feared she would truly be dancing on the edge of the Dead Gate.

In more extreme cases, the just-restored health would be wiped out by the enemy immediately, and then, due to the Bleeding effect of Blood Healing, she would lose health during the turn, triggering Death Resistance.

As a result, before the Death Resistance check even passed, she would drop dead on the spot.

Just imagining that scenario gave her a headache.

"A guard is good, I think this big guy is quite suitable."

Upon hearing Yun Mu's words, the man wearing sunglasses touched his chin in agreement and said.

"When does the training start?" Yun Mu looked at the other party and asked.

"Right now."

The man turned and walked toward the interior of the Bloody Training Ground, saying: "Have your warrior follow me."

"The two ladies don't need to come along."

He heard the footsteps behind him and waved his hand, saying.

"Alright."

Yun Mu stopped in her tracks, looked at Dabai, and ordered it to follow that man.

"Roar."

Dabai let out a low roar and ran nimbly behind the man.

Watching Dabai's movements, Yun Mu suddenly felt it was quite agile; perhaps choosing the Hunter route wouldn't be a problem either.

Unfortunately, what she needed most right now was not a Hunter, but a reliable guard.

She thought.

The figures of the man and the beast soon disappeared from her field of vision, leaving only her and Lucy standing beside this broken tree.

【Your Partner 【Bloodline Living Corpse】 is upgrading, estimated time is 8 hours. Yes/No to Camping and resting?】

The game's prompt made Yun Mu pause for a moment, but she quickly regained her senses and chose Yes.

【You have decided to camp here with your partner. Before camping, you need to make some small preparations.】

【1: Hunt. (Obtain food for camping.) 【Consumes 3 Action Points】】

【2: Scout the surrounding environment and set up warning traps. (Prevent night raids) 【Consumes 4 Action Points】】

【3: Build a tent. (Improve recovery status during rest) 【You have no tent to build!】】

【4: Collect fuel and set up a Bonfire. (Reduce Cold value, and chance to Heal Disease status) 【Consumes 3 Action Points】】

【5: Use character's exclusive skills.】

【Current Action Points: 8】

【You have unlocked the Dungeon feature 【Camping】!】

【You can now 【Camp】 in various areas of the Dungeon at any time!】

【Note 1: You cannot camp in 【Apprentice】 level Dungeons!】

【Note 2: You can only camp once per 【Elite】 level Dungeon!】

【You have self-learned the passive skill 【Blood Hunting lv1】】

【As a Bloodline, you are a natural-born hunter. When hunting, Action Point consumption is reduced by 2, and food acquisition is increased by 30%!】

【Your partner 【Alchemist Lucy】 has self-learned the skill 【Alchemy Trap Deployment】】

【Lucy will set up threatening Alchemy traps around the camp, consuming 2 Action Points to prevent night raids, or if a night raid is forced to occur, all enemies' defense is reduced by 45%.】

"Understood, this should count as a safe event that players can actively trigger anytime, anywhere," Yun Mu analyzed as she looked at the long string of prompts popping up on the Game Panel.

The only thing she couldn't quite figure out was the option to build a tent.

How was one supposed to obtain this tent?

Did she need to bring a tent from reality into the game world, or were there special events in the game where one could encounter an NPC selling tents?

Well, if she couldn't figure it out, she would leave it for now and think about how to allocate her Action Points.

Eight Action Points; Blood Hunting consumes two, Alchemy Trap Deployment consumes two, leaving four... Setting up a Bonfire consumes three.

Forget the extra one; let's allocate it like that.

Thinking this, Yun Mu began to operate the Game Panel.

After she clicked confirm, the familiar black halo enveloped her vision, forcing her into a state of darkness before her eyes.

When her vision returned, she found herself sitting on a smooth Stone, with a roaring Bonfire in front of her, and a wild boar being roasted on the Bonfire, sizzling with oil.

Wow, (╯▽╰) so fragrant~~

The air was filled with the enticing aroma of meat, and a segment of non-existent memory appeared in Yun Mu's mind.

It was a scene of her searching for prey in the forest near this area and capturing it.

The wild boar in front of her was just one of her spoils; besides that, she had also caught two wild rabbits and an unknown bird perched on a tree trunk.

In the memory, she was on all fours, her sharp claws easily gripping the tree trunk, then she leaped fiercely and caught the bird in her mouth in one bite.

That wild feeling, for some reason, reminded her of a cat.

"It should be about roasted, right?"

Lucy sat opposite her, the anticipation in her eyes almost overflowing.

"You said you were going hunting, I thought you were joking, I didn't expect you to actually catch something," she said with an incredulous look.

"This area is affected by the Scarlet, so logically there shouldn't be any animals left, yet you managed to catch so many!"

"Ah, is that so?" Yun Mu looked awkward.

This is just a game mechanic; if it says you can obtain food, then you definitely can. How could she possibly say that out loud!

"Maybe I just have good luck, haha," she laughed it off.

"Perhaps."

Lucy suddenly thought of something, her expression becoming very serious: "Maybe it's because so much time has passed that the concentration of Scarlet in this area has decreased?"

"Or could it be that these animals have already adapted to the power of the Scarlet?"

Before she could finish her sentence, the aroma in the air began to drift out uncontrollably.

This made her subconsciously twitch her nose, and saliva began to secrete uncontrollably in her mouth.

"Gurgle."

It was easy to see that this child hadn't eaten anything delicious in a long time.

"Ahem." Noticing that Yun Mu was looking at her embarrassing state, Lucy gave a light cough and said with a straight face:

"Tasting food is also a form of academic research. I want to see how the taste of this wild boar, which has adapted to the power of the Scarlet, compares to a normal breed of pig."

As she spoke, she reached out her snow-white little hand toward the glistening, oily pig leg.

"If you say so, then it is."

Yun Mu took the Standard Short Dagger from her bosom and thoughtfully helped Lucy carve the wild boar meat.

I have to say, it really lives up to being equipment with +5 attack power; it cuts through pork without any hesitation. With just a light wave, it could slice open a gap without any effort at all.

PS: Hungry.

I want to eat something delicious too, sob sob.

(End of this chapter)