Chapter 87: The Knight's Faith Has Been Shaken

"Do you wish to use the effect of the Immoral Notebook?"

The Scarlet Knight's turn ended, and it was Lucy's turn; Yun Mu thought, biting her nails.

Both she and Lucy currently had 0 HP, which was the Near Death state.

And using the active skill of the Immoral Notebook would end Lucy's turn.

Afterward, a new round of speed sorting would begin, with her acting first, followed by Chester, then Dabai, the Scarlet Knight, and Lucy.

So the problem arose: after using the Immoral Notebook, Lucy would be unable to cast Blood Healing.

Her only remaining means of HP recovery would be the Blood Brewing Bottle, yet the Scarlet Knight could hit both her and Lucy with a single sword strike.

Should she rely on luck and gamble on Dodge or Death Resistance?

No, no, no, absolutely not.

Taking a deep breath, Yun Mu thought for a moment, and she decided—

"Lucy, use Blood Healing on me."

She issued the command.

At this point, she could only take a gamble.

A gamble that she wouldn't encounter the situation of having 0 recovery plus Bleeding.

The Blood Brewing Bottle could not be used on her first, because if she drank the Blood Brewing Bottle herself and then had Lucy heal her, Lucy's HP would not be able to recover.

After all, the Blood Brewing Bottle only had one use left.

And if she let Lucy cast Blood Healing on herself while Yun Mu drank the Blood Brewing Bottle, there would also be significant risk.

Because once Lucy was afflicted with the Bleeding status by Blood Healing, she would immediately trigger Bleeding and die after being slashed to zero HP by the Scarlet Knight.

Perhaps Death Resistance could withstand that instance of Bleeding damage, but compared to the probability of Death Resistance, Yun Mu felt she would rather gamble on the recovery amount of Blood Healing.

As for why Lucy couldn't be afflicted with Bleeding while she could, that had to do with the speed attribute.

As mentioned earlier, according to the speed sorting, after Lucy's turn ended, the order of action was—

Yun Mu, Treasure Chest, Dabai, the Scarlet Knight, and then Lucy.

If Lucy were afflicted with Bleeding, when the Scarlet Knight acted and slashed Lucy to zero HP, it would immediately be Lucy's turn, causing her to trigger Bleeding.

But if Yun Mu were afflicted with Bleeding, after being slashed to zero HP by the Scarlet Knight, there would still be the gap of Lucy's turn in between.

At that time, she could have Lucy heal her.

Of course, some might say, can't the Scarlet Knight attack both of them at the same time? After Lucy heals her, Lucy would still be at zero HP.

Ah, that is where you are wrong; she still had some ideas regarding HP recovery.

"Blood Like a Spring!"

Lucy raised her right hand, and a pale green healing radiance descended from the sky, landing on Yun Mu.

【+11】

【Yun Mu: 11/49】

"That's alright." Yun Mu glanced at the value above her head.

Not getting Bleeding was a success; in any case, for the Scarlet Knight, the difference between one HP and eleven HP was practically non-existent, as both would be taken out in one slash.

It was her turn; Yun Mu thought for a moment and, instead of continuing to use Mental Shock, released a skill she had never used in the Dungeon before.

【Evil Mark!】

【Ranged/Single-Target Damage/Spell Strength】

【Range 8】

【Base Accuracy 110/Damage Modifier -100%/Mark 【Target】】

【Mark: Damage Taken +10%, Crit Rate Taken +5%】

A Scarlet mark icon floated above the Knight's head, and then it was the turn of the Treasure Chest, Chester.

"Xiaoqie, switch positions with Lucy!" Yun Mu ordered.

Yes, in battle, the positioning of teammates could actually be adjusted.

It was just that adjusting positions would skip the turn, and only the character currently acting could adjust their position.

But correspondingly, by utilizing this trait, Yun Mu could have the Treasure Chest and Lucy swap positions.

This way, the Scarlet Knight's slash would be unable to hit both her and Lucy at the same time.

And Dabai and Chester were both significantly tougher than her and Lucy, and would not be slashed into the zero HP state in one hit.

And having Lucy move to the first position was also to use that skill which wouldn't afflict herself with Bleeding and could recover HP!

【Bite!】

A melee skill with a range of only one, but it had a lifesteal effect!

As long as she could recover even one point of HP, she could escape the Dead Gate state!

Didn't expect that, did you? This was my true plan!

"Use item Blood Brewing Bottle!"

After it became Dabai's turn, Yun Mu consumed the last use of the Blood Brewing Bottle, letting Lucy's HP escape the Dead Gate.

【Lucy: 10/36】

"Dabai, continue using Roar."

"Roar!"

【-0】

The familiar zero damage popped up above the Scarlet Knight's head again, and then—

【-6 (Corrosion)】 (Evil Mark +10%)

【Scarlet Slash!】

【Dodge!】

【Dodge!】

The Scarlet sword light swept past, yet under the dual debuffs of 【Disturbance】 and 【Perception Shielding】, both Lucy and Dabai successfully dodged!

"Now is the time, quickly use the active skill of the Immoral Notebook!"

Yun Mu roared excitedly.

Upon hearing this, Lucy's projection immediately took the Immoral Notebook from her waist.

She flipped open the pages and released a pink mist, which enveloped the Scarlet Knight's body.

【The Knight's conviction has wavered.】

【Damage Modifier +10%】

【Critical Hit +5%】

【-15!】

【Scarlet Knight: 24/65】

The buff effects of the Immoral Notebook popped up above the Knight's head, followed immediately by a damage number indicating health loss.

"It really works!"

Seeing this, Yun Mu felt a surge of energy and raised her hand to smack a Mental Shock right into his face.

【-37!】

The Scarlet Knight's health bar was instantly emptied, and the familiar pale golden light descended from the sky, though this time, the brightness of the light was clearly much dimmer.

【+30】

【Oath effect triggered, Scarlet Knight acts once immediately!】

【-6 (Corrosion)】

The Scarlet Knight stood up; he raised his long sword high, but instead used his elbow, covered in a hard gauntlet, to strike at Lucy's neck.

【Armored Elbow Strike】

【Melee/Single-target Damage/Attack Power】

【Range 2】

【Base Accuracy 110/Damage Modifier -35%/Stun 110%】

【Stun: Unable to act for one turn.】

【-9!】

【Stun!】

Nani!?

How can there be such a skill!

If Lucy is stunned, she can't recover health!

Wait, -9?

Then it's fine.

Looking at Lucy, who still had one point of health remaining, Yun Mu breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as she didn't enter the Dead Gate, it was still okay.

As for whether she could be infinitely stunned, that wasn't very realistic.

Because after a character is stunned once, when they act in the next turn, their stun resistance increases by half of their own resilience value.

This value will only return to its initial value once they go a turn without being stunned.

"The Corrosion effect is actually quite useful," Yun Mu thought, recalling the damage numbers that popped up above the Knight's head during the fight just now.

"Xiaoqie, give him another hit!" she ordered decisively.

"Blegh!"

【Acid Spit!】

【-0】

【Corrosion!】

"Roar!"

【Roar!】

【-0!】

It was the Scarlet Knight's turn to act again.

【-6 (Corrosion!)】

【Scarlet Knight: 18/65】

【The negative emotions and Desire in the Knight's heart have been amplified. 【Evil Mark】】

【The Knight's faith has wavered!】

【-20!】

PS: Ahhhhh, help me, calculating data is really hard.

Why did I choose to write a turn-based system!

Regrettable.

——

Only after finishing did I realize I forgot to add the +10 effect to the attack and spells of the teammate's Scarlet Path.

Ahhhhh, I am an idiot!

Just kill me.

(Cross out the content within these dividers, just pretend you didn't see it; the workload for revisions is too massive, I'm just going to give up.)

(Wuwuwu, I really don't want to revise it, just pretend the game has a bug.)

——

I need to think of a way that allows the protagonist to use the turn-based nature to win against stronger opponents, gain combat memories, and not be such a headache to write.

Gu, kill me.

(End of this chapter)