As an adult game, having tentacle monsters is pretty normal.
Li Si decisively drew her sword and cut the vine’s root in one clean strike.
Wei Ya’s butt, which she had just lowered, instantly shot up as she hurriedly changed spots.
Li Li Ya saw the severed vine tentacle still twitching and silently followed Wei Ya to the same spot.
The two were quite in sync, exchanging a knowing smile as they kept watch for each other.
By the time the two finished their business and came out, they were surprised to see Li Si crouched on the ground carefully examining the vine, so they both gathered around.
Li Si stared at the vine’s corpse as a wisp of illusory golden aura floated before her eyes.
[Strict Father]: You possess the most diligent insight.
This ability points out nearby locations rich in experience and loot. Usually, what it detects is gray aura, but this time it gave off golden aura.
Clearly, the source of this aura was extremely valuable.
Li Si felt a surge of excitement. Ordinary class change materials were most commonly green, blue, and purple grade crystals.
Except for the God’s Chosen class change crystal being special, all others were no exception.
But legend had it that within the Class Change Dungeon, there existed a golden crystal—an abnormal class change crystal born from spatial rifts, exceedingly rare.
Even after grinding through hundreds of playthroughs in her past life, Li Si had never encountered such a class change crystal. In fact, nearly all players had agreed it was nothing but a rumor.
But now, it seemed she had actually found one.
Of course, she hadn’t seen the real thing yet, so she couldn’t be certain.
Li Si followed the path where the dark vines had taken root, gradually picking up more traces of golden aura.
At first, the aura appeared with no discernible pattern, but it grew increasingly distinct until it eventually formed a continuous golden trail of guidance.
…
“Sandra, are you sure this will work?”
In the dim cave, a black-haired female swordsman in golden attire leaned against the stone wall, growing drowsy from the wait.
“Freya, be patient. That Magic Beast should be nearby. Let me examine its lingering traces. I have a feeling this beast will be quite different this time.”
The fortune teller in the long dress held her Crystal Ball, focusing intently, then suddenly broke into a smile and walked toward a fork in the path.
“It better be different. I promised that person I’d kill the lord within two days, and one day’s already gone. Besides, a dark element lord clashes with my attributes a bit. Annoying.”
“Heehee, Freya, Sandra says this strange beast might be of light attribute. Wouldn’t that counter you even harder?”
“Nimu, keep your bow ready and stop provoking Freya.”
“Alright, alright~ Phoebe, let me touch your tail~”
“Get away! I warned you not to joke about my tail! A Fox Race’s tail is a sacred thing that outsiders must never defile!”
“Shh! It’s right ahead—”
The fortune teller let out a soft warning, and in an instant all sound vanished. Four extraordinarily graceful female figures filed one by one into a winding mountain path, then crawled through a narrow passage, squeezed through a tunnel that required pressing their chests flat to enter, and finally dragged their weapons out through an opening only the size of a butt.
“Ah… I’m stuck! Hey, don’t press my tail! A Fox Race’s tail is sacred and inviolable!!!!”
“Shut up! If you keep making noise, I’ll shove you out with my sword! Do you think I enjoy pressing hard on your fat butt?!”
“Ugh… my tail… my tail… Sandra, this is all your fault for picking this route… Sandra, come help me, what are you spacing out for…”
The Fox Race girl Phoebe gripped her dagger, face full of grievance as she looked at her teammate standing there like a dummy. She was just wondering what was wrong with her when she was suddenly shoved out of the opening, tumbling several rolls before sitting up. Raising her head and taking in the scene around her, she froze.
Before her was a valley enclosed by mountain walls, black vines crawling over every space. At the valley’s center stood an oak tree over a hundred meters tall, and beneath it lay a golden unicorn several meters in size. Beside the unicorn, there seemed to be… a person?
“Ah… I can’t see anything at all… As expected, entering the Class Change Dungeon alone is just too hard… I shouldn’t have tried to save money and just bought a crystal. If only that wretched Kyle had come with me… we’re both unwanted anyway…”
The voice was ethereal and pleasant, like a woodland song, and Phoebe made her judgment immediately.
This wasn’t a human—it was an Elf.
Though this elf seemed somewhat flawed. Her ears weren’t as pointed as a normal elf’s, and thick lenses sat over her eyes, lenses about as thick as the bottom of Soya’s beer bottle.
And even with those on, she seemed completely oblivious to the newcomers’ arrival.
Phoebe twitched her slender fox ears, then suddenly hopped to her feet, staring dead ahead as if she’d seen a ghost.
Directly ahead was the entrance to this valley, where an all-too-familiar wall of vines stood. Earlier, Freya had wanted to just chop through those vines to see what lay beyond, but Sandra had stopped her, citing the need not to disturb the divination aura.
So… it had actually been…
Phoebe’s tail shot straight up in shock. She could even see Sandra breaking out in cold sweat, gulping audibly.
If Freya ever learned the truth with her temper, she’d probably beat them half to death…
Phoebe suddenly wished she could use her butt to plug that hole back up, but it was too late. A prideful head with a scorpion braid had already emerged from the opening, sliding out with unnatural smoothness, utterly unremarkable, and landed on the ground.
“A golden unicorn, sleeping is it? And why is there a Level 20 Adventurer who hasn’t class changed yet?”
Freya grinned, gripping her sword. Even if someone had arrived first, they didn’t deserve to compete with the Soya Dark Blade for a rare beast.
But within 0.01 seconds, she froze.
Arrived first?
How was there an elf here before them? And this elf seemed to have terrible eyesight.
Freya looked up in bewilderment, glanced around, and suddenly felt the wall of vines ahead looked familiar. She was about to look closer when she froze—a sword light slashed into the vines from outside, instantly carving out a square entrance.
A group strolled in as if taking a walk.
Freya saw what lay behind the cut entrance—the very cave they had just crawled through—and her entire body began trembling as a thick cloud of black aura erupted from her.
“San! Dra!!!!”
“Freya, sh-she didn’t mean it either! Don’t kill her!!”
“Oh my… so if Freya had just cut through the vines earlier, we could have come straight in…”
The archer crawled out of the cave, casually delivering the final stab.
An internal brawl was about to erupt, but the next second, the black aura rapidly condensed into dark sword energy. Freya’s narrow, elongated eyes fixed teasingly on the people arriving through the entrance.
If it were ordinary Adventurers, she wouldn’t have given them a second glance. But she never expected to run into an acquaintance.
“Freya.”
Ao Li An Na stared silently at the swordsman’s figure ahead, then shifted her gaze to beneath the oak tree, where the golden unicorn was slowly waking under the influence of the crowd’s presence.
“Hey, become my woman, Ao Li An Na, while you’re still useful~”
A black sword light slashed toward the golden unicorn, as if claiming ownership.
Ao Li An Na’s gaze turned sharp. Li Si had said this was an extremely rare class change crystal, and they had to get it.
Her vine staff struck the ground heavily, and the surrounding vines came alive as if awakened, surging toward the unicorn in a sweeping motion.
The gesture was like a signal. Everyone beside Ao Li An Na charged out instantly.
Freya watched the approaching group and sneered, “What’s this? Wasn’t there a silver-haired warrior with you before? How come I don’t see her around? Heard she was your former teammate. Did you kick her out again?”