“2021,” upon seeing Su Luo, seemed like a magical girl suddenly producing a longsword that looked far from ordinary.
Startled, his footsteps instinctively came to a halt. Â
He shouted in a blustering tone, “What is that thing in your hand? How can you just conjure something out of thin air?”
But the girl in the distance only sneered coldly, without answering him.
Su Luo gripped the sword’s hilt and charged at “2021.”
This time, “2021” truly panicked.
In a desperate scramble, he backed up, only to find the lava behind him.
Cold sweat broke out all over him as he instantly regretted their greed-driven decision to snatch the monster. Â
At the same time, Su Luo, still holding the sword, arrived in front of him.
Seeing the girl swing the sword at him, “2021” hastily raised his hand to block. Â
“Slash.”
One arm fell to the ground.
“2021” screamed in agony and completely lost the will to fight, turning to run away.
But behind him was a pool of lava.
“2021” failed to notice and slipped into it. Â
Already critically injured by Su Luo’s strike, falling into the highly damaging lava caused him to dissolve into white light and disappear within seconds.
Su Luo didn’t even glance at him, turning instead with her bloodstained sword toward Yun Feibai.
“7059” had already reached Yun Feibai’s side, but suddenly heard a teammate’s scream.
He instinctively looked up and saw a terrifying scene— a petite girl holding a sword, facing a one-armed man.
Just by standing there, she caused his teammates to panic and fall into the lava, dying instantly.
What terrified him most was that the girl who had just killed his teammate ten seconds ago was now walking toward him. Â
“7059” was nearly frozen with fear.
All thoughts of snatching monsters had vanished; now, he only wanted to escape this place. Â
‘I absolutely can’t let her catch me.’
Those words echoed madly in his mind.
With that, he dashed away.
But before he knew it, Yun Feibai had already circled behind him, dagger raised and ready.
With a swift strike, “7059” didn’t even scream.
Eyes wide open in disbelief, he unwillingly turned into a beam of white light and vanished. Â
His final thought was wondering why they had been so reckless as to provoke these two death gods.
Seeing “7059” die, Su Luo finally calmed down.
Her legs suddenly gave out, as if all the strength in her body had been drained, and she slumped to the ground.
Yun Feibai finished off the elite monster with a final strike, then turned to see the girl sitting on the floor, head buried between her knees, looking lost and heartbroken.
Yun Feibai thought for a moment and understood why she was like this.
It was probably because she had never killed anyone before and couldn’t accept it yet.
He had felt the same way when he first killed someone. Â
He walked over and gently said to Su Luo, “It’s okay. On this continent, we all have to go through this process sooner or later. You just happened to experience it earlier. Don’t be afraid.”
Su Luo lifted her head, and Yun Feibai noticed she wasn’t just scared and upset—she was crying.
Su Luo’s tears were never loud or dramatic, just like her personality: quiet but undeniably present.
Through her sobs, she said, “I didn’t want to kill him. I just wanted to knock him out. But he said… said I should go to bed with him, ‘hic!’ I just couldn’t hold it.” Â
She was probably crying so hard she started hiccuping.
Yun Feibai was stunned and asked, “Why couldn’t you hold it back? Has something happened to you before?”
Su Luo was silent for a while.
This story had been buried deep inside her heart for too long; she could no longer bear it alone. Â
It was actually a very brief story.
“When I was seven, I went with a good friend to take care of an elderly recluse living next to the orphanage. Because I had a lot of things to do, I often left early. Later, I noticed that friend becoming more and more withdrawn, often zoning out. So I wanted to find out why.”
As she spoke, tears fell from her eyes like beads.
“One day, I pretended to leave but actually stayed outside the window to watch secretly. That’s when I realized the old man had been molesting her.”
Yun Feibai’s expression darkened.
Scum like that were truly unforgivable. Â
Su Luo’s tears gradually stopped, and in a voice that was almost numb, she said, “At the time, I didn’t understand what was happening. I just watched the old man use his dry hand to slowly touch my friend, then slide under her skirt.”
As she spoke, she clenched her fists tightly.
“Although I wasn’t exactly sure what was going on, I told the head of the orphanage about it. That was the wisest decision I ever made. Because I reported it, the matter was resolved.”
By this point, Su Luo had regained her usual calm and composed demeanor.
She briefly summed up, “But because of that, I hate hearing anything related to it so much that it can make me lose control.”
Yun Feibai stepped forward and embraced Su Luo, who was so small he could hold her completely in his arms.
He knew clearly that Su Luo must have tormented herself countless days and nights to the point where she no longer blamed herself.
Su Luo didn’t resist; she was just numb as she rested in his embrace.
“I never wanted to kill them! But… but…”
Yun Feibai interrupted her self-blame, “This isn’t your fault. They were the ones who were wrong—stealing the hard-earned elite monsters from other players and harassing others. If you weren’t strong enough, you probably would have been bullied.”
He paused and concluded, “So it’s not your fault. If anything, you were just over-defensive.”
He cupped Su Luo’s face and looked deeply into her eyes.
“Do you understand?” he asked seriously.
Su Luo was silent for a moment, then finally nodded, “Yeah.”
She stood up, composed herself, and said to Yun Feibai, “I don’t want to think about those things anymore. When I picked up the sword just now, it felt like I had learned it without a teacher, as if I had swung a sword countless times before.”
She twirled the longsword once, then with a thought, it transformed back into a necklace.
Su Luo handed the pendant to Yun Feibai, saying, “Wear this for me.”
Yun Feibai took the necklace and fastened it around her neck, then said, “I didn’t feel anything special when I used it earlier—maybe because I already knew how to use daggers.”
Su Luo nodded.
After a moment, she added, “Let’s check how much we still have left on our tasks.”
She opened the Task Panel:
[Tasks]Â Â
[1. Kill all monsters (Mandatory) (Incomplete)Â ]
[2. Personally kill ten normal monsters (Mandatory) (8/10)]
[Reward: HP +1]
[3. Heal for 500 points (Mandatory) (326/500)]
[Reward: HP +2]
[4. Personally kill three elite monsters (Optional) (0/3)]
[Reward: HP +3]
[5. Personally kill the dungeon Boss (Optional) (0/1)]
[Reward: HP +5]
Overall, their tasks were mostly completed.
However, four out of twelve people had already died, so the upcoming Boss fight would be tough.
Su Luo sighed.
This was basically forcing a difficulty increase. Â
There was no use thinking about it now; the two of them continued slaying monsters fiercely.
Having fewer people had drawbacks, but also benefits.
At least they no longer worried about failing mandatory and optional tasks. Â
***
An hour later, after finishing a bottle of Yellow Potion, they went to challenge the last elite monster.
Before they had fought long, footsteps sounded again.
Su Luo glanced up—it was the Mary Sue duo.
Su Luo felt a headache coming on just thinking about how these two spoke.
She strongly wanted to hit someone. Â
To be frank, if these two dared to cause trouble, she would knock them out first, then wake them up after defeating the Boss.
The Mary Sue duo were indeed here to stir trouble.
Before the game even started, “Little Fairy” and “Xing Xing Bu Kong” had already lost to Su Luo and Yun Feibai. Â
Once the game started, they kept trying to regain ground by picking fights with the two of them.
However, two deaths at the start caused more small monsters to spawn.
Being tangled up by those small monsters, they naturally had no chance to trouble Su Luo and Yun Feibai.
Now, fate had brought them right back together.
“Xing Xing Bu Kong” saw the two fighting an elite monster and sharpened his knives, coming over with “Little Fairy.”
“Yo, isn’t this the two big shots?”
Su Luo didn’t even glance at him, focusing on healing Yun Feibai.
But these two clearly weren’t the type to leave just because they were ignored.
Besides, they had come here expressly to cause trouble.
“Xing Xing Bu Kong” arrogantly said, “Guess what will happen to your teammates if we mess with you?”
Su Luo kept healing but replied calmly, “I don’t know what will happen to them, but you two will definitely be decapitated—made a pair of doomed lovers.”
“Xing Xing Bu Kong” was stunned, clearly not expecting Su Luo to be so tough in person.
He laughed bitterly, “Who gave you that confidence? There are two of us, and that guy over there won’t be able to save you in time.”
Su Luo coolly said, “You know, what you just said sounds exactly like a villain’s line, completely out of character for your Mary Sue protagonists. You’re totally OOC.”
Seeing that verbal attacks didn’t work, “Xing Xing Bu Kong” gave “Little Fairy” a meaningful look, signaling them to flank and disrupt Su Luo.
Although Su Luo didn’t look at them, she clearly understood their intent.
She warned, “I advise you not to come over, or you’ll miss out on the next part of the journey.”