Chapter 58: The little girl who crashed

“Ah, forget it. I have Leinata with me anyway. Let’s finish this quick and go back to order another drink.”

Nuo Ai’er sighed, putting the milk tea matter aside for now.

With her as the ultimate intel position and Leinata as the super combat power, there was no way they could lose~

Nuo Ai’er closed her eyes and waited for the teleport.

The white light faded, and Nuo Ai’er’s light little body landed steadily on a cold, rough cement floor.

The smell of damp river water, old rust, mixed with a faint scent of grass and mud, rushed toward her.

What came into view was a desolate, dilapidated abandoned shipyard.

“Huh? This is…?”

Nuo Ai’er didn’t react at first. It was her first time seeing such a wasteland style.

But there was something even more uncomfortable…

“Where are my teammates?”

Why was there no one around her?!

The next second, a mechanical voice sounded in her head.

【Dungeon Type: Cross-Guild Team Battle Royale PVP Instance】

【Opposing Sides: Glaze Guild VS Falcon Guild】

【Dungeon Failure Condition: All members of your side eliminated】

【Special Rule Note: Elimination is not limited to kills. Multiple hidden elimination conditions exist. Players must explore and discover them on their own】

【Dungeon Start Mechanic: All members randomly scattered across the map】

【Please search for your teammates and regroup as soon as possible!】

【Good luck! May your fortunes be prosperous~】

The cold, mechanical system notification finished announcing all the rules for this dungeon.

Nuo Ai’er: (O_O)

After hearing the full set of starting rules, Nuo Ai’er froze on the spot. Her small body stiffened slightly, and her face instantly showed a look of tears about to fall.

“You’ve got to be kidding me…”

She’d finally managed to latch onto a strong teammate, and now they were all scattered at the start?!

“If you’re gonna do a battle royale, at least give us a parachute follow option…”

Nuo Ai’er couldn’t help complaining wildly in her heart. In the end, she still had to go solo first…

Her cheeks puffed up.

“Ah, forget it, forget it… Don’t be mad, don’t be mad.”

Nuo Ai’er sighed softly, patted her cheeks, and quickly smoothed over the little frustration in her heart.

Complaints aside, the most important task right now was very clear—find Leinata and the others first.

As long as the four of them regrouped, with their team’s composition, their combat power would max out. There was no need to fear that so-called Falcon Guild.

Nuo Ai’er: ‘What a hateful name.’

How dare they try to ride on the fame of Nuo Ai’er’s favorite FPS game pro team!

“Alright, time to get to work. First, let’s see where this is.”

Nuo Ai’er looked up and carefully surveyed her surroundings, quickly sorting out the situation.

Under her feet was the abandoned shipyard. Next to it was a small river, and behind her was a forest.

She didn’t know about the other areas.

But for this type of battle royale PVP dungeon, there should be all kinds of supplies placed in these places.

So, gathering supplies at the start was definitely the top priority.

“Let’s explore a bit first.”

There had to be good stuff in the shipyard.

Nuo Ai’er quickly settled on a strategy. She took small steps and carefully wove between rusty ship wrecks and discarded wooden crates.

In just a few minutes, Nuo Ai’er had made a decent haul.

“There really is quite a bit of stuff here.”

She pulled two sealed cans of fruit from an old iron box, and then, in a gap between a broken ship plank, she found a roll of sturdy, tough specialized binding rope.

【Food: Fruit Cans ×2】

【Description: Restores stamina and relieves hunger and thirst】

【Item: Sturdy Binding Rope ×1】

【Description: Thick in texture, extremely tough. Can be used to tie up other players】

“Tie up? Emm…”

Nuo Ai’er wasn’t into that kind of thing, so she wouldn’t use it on others.

But this thing probably had other uses. She’d keep it for now.

Just as Nuo Ai’er stowed the rope and was about to venture deeper into the shipyard to search for more useful supplies—

At that moment—

“Whoosh!!”

A sharp black shadow shot out from behind a pile of rubble in Nuo Ai’er’s right-side blind spot!

“Wha—?!”

The speed was incredible, leaving no time to react.

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The next second, a cold, tight black whip wrapped around Nuo Ai’er’s slender wrist.

The taut whip bit into her skin.

“Who?!”

Nuo Ai’er’s whole body tensed. She jerked her head toward the direction the whip had come from.

“Hee hee hee.”

From the shadows beneath a rubble beam, a small, sharp-looking girl slowly emerged.

She had extremely eye-catching red twin tails, a pure black eyepatch over her right eye covering half her face, and an orange left pupil.

She wore an elaborate black Gothic Lolita dress, its hem decorated with delicate silver patterns, making her petite figure look both cold and fierce.

In her hand was a long black leather whip, its surface smooth and shiny—clearly her personal weapon.

She looked just like a Gothic Lolita assassin…

Slowly, she sauntered closer, sizing up Nuo Ai’er, who was bound by the wrist and unable to move. A smirk curled at the corner of her mouth.

“Oh my, lucky me. I didn’t expect my first opponent to be such a soft little loli.”

No need to think twice, and no system prompt needed.

Nuo Ai’er instantly understood.

This person was definitely a player from the opposing Falcon Guild!

Nuo Ai’er: ‘What kind of luck is this?!’

‘Trouble…’

“You don’t look like you have much combat ability. Guess I’ll just eliminate you now.”

The red twin-tailed girl looked at Nuo Ai’er’s fair, soft face and petite, immature figure, and decided to turn the warm Nuo Ai’er into a cold score.

Then, she gently tugged her wrist, pulling the long whip sharply backward.

“Ahhh!”

A strong pulling force came instantly, dragging Nuo Ai’er toward her!

The moment she lost her balance, Nuo Ai’er’s mind raced. Under extreme crisis, her reaction speed kicked into high gear.

Her strength was far less than this twin-tailed girl’s…

So a head-on collision was absolutely out of the question!

She had to run away immediately!

Just as the whip yanked her close, Nuo Ai’er took advantage of the momentum, twisted her body nimbly, and with a slight shift of her hands, slipped through the gaps in the whip’s coils.

Leveraging the force!

She successfully broke free from the black whip’s grip. Once her wrist was free, Nuo Ai’er didn’t dare look back. She planted her feet and bolted toward a deeper pile of rubble in the shipyard.

“Run, run, run, GO!”

Nuo Ai’er fled like lightning.

But the red-haired girl opposite had clearly anticipated this. She had no intention of letting her escape.

Watching the tiny fleeing figure, the girl chuckled lightly. A playful glint flashed in her eyes as she flicked her wrist.

“Crack—!”

The black whip was far longer than Nuo Ai’er had expected. It lashed out again with a sharp, powerful strike, landing squarely on Nuo Ai’er’s back!

“Nngh!”

The force was strong and fierce. Nuo Ai’er let out a tender cry of pain.

Then her body went limp, her balance completely lost. She stumbled forward and fell flat on the ground.

Before she could push herself up, the combination of inertia and the slope of the ground sent her rolling down the wet riverbank, straight into the river water.

“Glub glub glub—!!”

The icy water engulfed her instantly. The feeling of weightlessness and suffocation swept over her. Soon, Nuo Ai’er’s consciousness faded into darkness.

【Player death detected】

【Innate talent: Time Rewind activated】

【Rewinding…】

“Aaahh!”

Nuo Ai’er let out a shriek.

Now she was back at the starting position where she’d just begun searching for supplies.

But this time, Nuo Ai’er’s expression had completely changed.

“Oh no, oh no… the enemy is right here…”

She clearly remembered the death from just now—the girl with the eyepatch, wielding the long whip, her red twin tails.

This person was here, and she had already spotted Nuo Ai’er’s movements, hiding in the shadows, calmly waiting for the chance to ambush.

“I can’t just run away… she’ll notice.”

Even though she couldn’t escape, this time Nuo Ai’er had the intel.

Last time, she was caught off guard and taken by surprise.

This time, the initiative was in her hands!

“Hmph… You dared to tie me up, you wretched twin-tail. I’ll show you.”

Nuo Ai’er acted the same as before, trying not to reveal any cracks. After entering the room, she grabbed the rope, then carefully hid her small body behind a ship frame, perfectly concealing herself.

She stayed still, patiently waiting for the other girl to show herself.

The red-haired girl in the shadows indeed followed the sound from earlier and slowly approached.

But this time, because Nuo Ai’er was perfectly hidden, she couldn’t spot her right away. Her steps faltered, and she began looking around.

Nuo Ai’er: ‘Now!’

The moment the enemy’s attention was divided,

Nuo Ai’er’s eyes focused. She raised her hand and precisely pulled out the rope she’d just picked up.

With a flick of her wrist, the tough, sturdy rope flew through the air, caught the twin-tailed girl, and then tightened, instantly binding her waist and limbs tightly.

“Huh?!”

Caught off guard by the sudden binding, the red-haired girl froze in shock.

She looked down at the rope tightly wrapped around her body, then turned her head in surprise and suspicion toward the small figure stepping out from behind the steel frame. Her eyes were full of disbelief.

“How did you find me…?”

So this little loli was the source of the noise earlier.

But that shouldn’t be possible… In theory, a newbie loli couldn’t possibly detect her position!

Seeing the enemy properly tied up, Nuo Ai’er sighed in relief, then puffed up with pride, hands on her hips.

“Hmph, don’t worry about how I found you. Anyway, surrender now, hand over your supplies, or I’ll eliminate you.”

Nuo Ai’er threatened in her small, childish voice.

But as soon as the words left her mouth,

“Heh.”

The red-haired girl, tightly bound by the rope, suddenly let out a low laugh.

There was a hint of contempt in that laugh, not a trace of panic at being restrained.

The next second—

“Zzzzt—!”

Brilliant pale blue electricity flickered and burst from the girl’s body!

Fine, fierce bolts of lightning wrapped around her whole body. Crackling currents instantly covered the entire rope.

Under the lightning assault, the rope shattered into countless tiny fragments.

“Ah, how?!”

Nuo Ai’er’s pupils shrank. She stumbled backward, plopping down onto the cold cement floor.

“Did you think too soon, little girl… My talent is controlling lightning.”

Element-type talent!

And incredibly powerful…

“You were pretty cocky just now when you tied me up.”

The red-haired girl moved lightly, a smile on her face, as she slowly approached the white-haired loli sitting on the ground.

The pressure was overwhelming.

“Wh-what are you going to do to me…”

Nuo Ai’er trembled.

“What do you think?” The twin-tailed girl pulled out her whip.

“I’m going to let you taste what it’s like to be tied up too.”

“Eek! No!”

Nuo Ai’er’s big crisis!