Chapter 80: Counterattack and Protection

【You and your companion, Alchemist Lucy, have shared dinner together.】

【Alchemist Lucy's favorability +6!】

【The Bonfire is still burning, you decide to】

【1: Practice a skill 【1 Action Point】】

【2: Chat with Lucy. 【1 Action Point】】

【3: Tired, time to sleep.】

"Sleep my ass, practice a skill!"

I have exactly one action point left, why would I sleep instead of using it immediately?

【Please select the skill you wish to practice.】

Any skill will do? Then I choose Pickpocketing!

The more I run Dungeons, the more I realize that Gold Coins have their limits!

To obtain more Gold Coins, Pickpocketing, level up for me!

【You have chosen to practice your passive skill 【Pickpocketing】, and your understanding of 【Pickpocketing】 has deepened.】

【Pickpocketing lv5—Pickpocketing lv6】

【In the Dungeon, your loot yield +5%—In the Dungeon, your loot yield +6%】

A massive amount of memories suddenly surged into Yun Mu's mind. In those memories, she transformed into a pickpocket, stealing precious items from people on bustling streets without anyone noticing.

No one could discover what she had done; that feeling of violating morality while swiping someone else's belongings.

"Hiss!"

She gave a violent shudder and instantly snapped back to reality from the memories.

At the same time, another game notification rang in her mind.

【You have obtained the trait 【Pickpocketing Mastery】】

【You are very skilled at how to steal precious items from people; your Pickpocketing success rate +20%, Dungeon loot yield +3%.】

【Your Action Points have been exhausted!】

【You are very tired, you should rest.】

"No, I'm not tired," Yun Mu retorted.

Not only was she not tired, but she had also become extremely clear-headed due to the extra memories in her mind.

However, the system wouldn't care about her thoughts.

As the vision before her eyes grew darker and darker, she soon "fell asleep."

After waiting for about three or four seconds, Yun Mu regained perception of her body.

She opened her eyes to see the Bonfire burned out, leaving only gray-black charcoal, and Lucy, whose sleeping posture was quite unrefined, with drool about to fall onto her chest.

【Yun Mu: 49/49】 【Lucy: 36/36】

Has the HP already recovered to the cap?

"It's morning, wake up." She said, gently patting Lucy's cheek with her hand.

"Awu... is it morning already?"

Lucy opened her sleepy eyes and then rubbed the corners of them with her hands.

"Good morning, Yun Shu." She climbed off Yun Mu, stood up, and greeted her.

"Good morning."

Yun Mu glanced at the Scarlet waning moon in the sky that hadn't changed in the slightest and asked with some curiosity: "What kind of place is this exactly?"

"You mean this space?" Hearing her words, Lucy answered somewhat casually: "This is the Echo of the boundary."

"Echo of the boundary?" Hearing her words, Yun Mu was even more confused.

"Boundary means the edge of the world, and Echo refers to the things that once happened."

"This is the first line of defense blocking the outside of the world. We are like a nail, pinning the influence firmly within this Echo."

"The influence cannot dissipate, and we cannot be liberated either..."

Whether it was because she had just woken up or because Lucy's favorability had increased to a certain level after the Bonfire last night, her words suddenly became quite numerous.

"However, recently, the Scarlet has been restless. On your side, the influence should have already spread, right?"

"Hmm!?"

Hearing her words, Yun Mu was startled.

"You know where I came from?" She couldn't help but ask.

"Just a guess." Lucy shook her head and replied: "The so-called classes you mentioned are different from the classes I understand, so I guessed you aren't a person from this Echo."

"No, actually, I knew it the first time we met."

She opened her mouth and suddenly said with some apology: "Sorry, I've caused you unnecessary trouble."

"I can't say too much... it's just."

"I hope you can find me over there, and then destroy her!"

"Find you? And destroy her? Why?" Yun Mu asked three questions in a row.

"I am the only Anchor He left in the world. Only by destroying her can all connections between Him and this world be severed," Lucy said quite enigmatically.

"Who is He?" Yun Mu had some faint guesses in her heart, but she still asked Lucy.

Lucy didn't speak, just gently pressed a finger against Yun Mu's lips.

"You know very well, don't you?" She breathed out softly.

"Oh oh oh, did I come at a bad time?"

A male voice suddenly interjected, interrupting the two's conversation. The man wearing sunglasses had returned, and standing beside him was a tall figure like an iron tower.

"You guy." Yun Mu looked at the other party with some helplessness.

After being interrupted by him like this, she also had no thoughts of continuing to question Lucy.

Anyway, when it should be said, it will be said; when one doesn't want to say it, no matter how much one asks, it's useless.

Of course, most importantly, she felt she had already somewhat understood.

As for the rest, the parts not yet understood, let's leave them to be asked later.

"This is Dabai?" She looked at the tall figure beside the man wearing sunglasses and said with some surprise.

That was a humanoid creature nearly six meters tall, covered in explosive muscles, with pale skin and covered in Scarlet spots.

Judging by the features, it was indeed a Bloodline Living Corpse, but this size—this is way too tall, hey!

"That's right, the guard you wanted, I've already finished training it for you." The man grinned and heavily patted Dabai's tough leg.

"Roar!"

Dabai let out a Roar full of power.

【Bloodline Living Corpse lv20 (Elite)

Race: Bloodline

Max HP: 58

Attack 20, Spell Strength 11, Defense 16, Tenacity 4, Dodge 20, Speed 16, Precision Correction 15, Critical Hit 3%

Traits: Scarlet Curse, Leader-level (Max HP +30%, not a true Leader, cannot summon subordinates), Skin Hardening.

Skills: Pounce, Claw Swipe, Bite, Roar, Counterattack Guard.】

"Counterattack Guard?"

Seeing an unfamiliar skill, Yun Mu almost subconsciously clicked on it.

【Counterattack Guard】

【Support/Single Target】

【Range 4】

【Force 【Guard】 target / Self Defense +60% / 【Counterattack】】

【Counterattack: When attacked by an enemy, immediately perform a Counterattack!】

【Base Precision 120 / Damage Correction +25%】

This is good.

Guarding teammates and being able to output extra damage after being attacked—although it has 20% less defense compared to the Demon Guard's defense +80%, compared to the effect of a Counterattack, the Counterattack is obviously much better.

With such a great general, why worry about not clearing the Dungeon?

"Not bad, not bad."

Although there was only one extra skill besides the increase in attributes, just this one skill made Yun Mu feel very satisfied.

"As long as you're satisfied."

The man wearing sunglasses sat on the broken tree where she first met him, and said with a seemingly exhausted expression: "Training this guy took a lot of effort out of me."

"If you guys are fine, hurry up and leave."

"Oh right." He suddenly thought of something and threw a blood-red card to Yun Mu.

"Next time you want to come find me, use this card; it will bring you over."

"I wish you success in defeating that Leader Knight, I'll be waiting for your good news~"

PS: As for Lucy's words, she probably, should have understood them all, right?

Although I wrote it with a bit of a riddle-like feeling, I think it shouldn't be a problem to understand at least some of it.

Right, right, right?

(End of chapter)