After Nuo Ai’er was taken prisoner, she never had a chance to escape from beginning to end. The girl meekly surrendered and was finally led away.
They passed through the Abandoned Shipyard and eventually arrived at a dilapidated wooden cabin tucked away in a corner of the map.
This cabin was remote and secluded, with no signs of other people moving around—a perfect temporary hideout.
Of course, there was no worry that Nuo Ai’er would be rescued by passing Players.
As soon as she stepped inside, the twin-tailed girl wasted no time on pleasantries. She moved quickly and efficiently.
She found a rope in the room, deftly wrapped it around Nuo Ai’er’s slender wrists, then yanked it upward with a sharp tug.
“Eeeeek—!”
Nuo Ai’er’s arms were forcibly hoisted high, suspended in midair.
Her entire body was stretched taut, only the tips of her toes barely brushing the ground. All her weight pressed on her wrists and shoulders, an awkward and painful position with no room to struggle or brace.
“Ugh… let me go…”
Nuo Ai’er bit her lip and said.
Ignoring her words, after binding her, the twin-tailed girl stood behind Nuo Ai’er, holding a long black whip.
“Alright, spill it. What are the talents of the rest of your Player Guild? Details, everything. Come clean.”
As she spoke, a crisp crack of the whip rang out.
Crack!
The whip landed on Nuo Ai’er’s thin back, the force clear and stinging with a fiery pain.
“Ugh—!”
The sudden agony made Nuo Ai’er tremble all over. Her small body instinctively twisted, and a soft, aggrieved cry escaped her throat.
“Nngh… ah… waaah ahhh…”
The pain on her back layered, not fatal, but wearing down Nuo Ai’er’s will one strike at a time. Suspended in midair with no escape, her eyes reddened slightly. She gritted her teeth and tried to negotiate.
“Um, t-that… no more, it hurts…”
“That depends on your answer~” the twin-tailed girl said with a smile.
“You’ll stay here nicely. If something unexpected happens, I can use you as a hostage.”
The girl spoke slowly, uttering the answer that made Nuo Ai’er most despair.
She gave a light laugh, her tone utterly cold, cruel, and blunt:
“No.”
Nuo Ai’er: “No way…”
Nuo Ai’er’s heart sank. She pressed on:
“Th-then… what if you eliminate me, kill me?”
Nuo Ai’er panted softly, her voice trembling:
“If… if I tell you… will you let me go?”
After hearing that, Nuo Ai’er felt utterly on the verge of tears.
“If you confess honestly, I’ll at least stop hitting you. But I won’t let you go.”
This kind of continuous captivity, without immediate death, couldn’t trigger the rollback at all!
Now imprisoned, tortured, and lightly whipped, she remained in a state of “alive but suffering.”
She couldn’t die, and she couldn’t load her save.
This time, Nuo Ai’er’s trump card was perfectly countered by the opponent’s methods.
“Oh, and enough small talk. You loli, if you don’t want to keep getting hit, then hurry up and come clean.”
The twin-tailed girl urged again, the whip in her hand already raised, ready to strike at any moment.
“…?”
Nuo Ai’er clenched her teeth, her eyes full of defiance.
No way to roll back…
Without knowing the real situation, Nuo Ai’er absolutely could not betray her teammates!
Leinata, Aliya, Huifu—they all trusted her completely.
If she caved and leaked everyone’s talent weaknesses, letting the Player Guild ambush Leinata and the others, Nuo Ai’er would never forgive herself.
“I… I won’t tell you…!”
Nuo Ai’er pouted and forced herself to say.
Crack—!
Crack! Crack!
Several more lashes landed on her back, a dense wave of pain sweeping over her.
“Eeek… uwaah—!”
Inside the small wooden cabin, Nuo Ai’er’s pitiful cries rang out.
Her slender body writhed constantly, her hands hoisted high, unable to dodge at all. She could only endure every single blow.
The whipping continued, again and again. The light-colored clothes on Nuo Ai’er’s back slowly tore and shredded, ripped apart by the whip.
Just when Nuo Ai’er was beaten limp, her eyes red, on the verge of fainting—
Creak—
The old wooden door was gently pushed open from outside.
A sliver of sunlight slipped through the crack into the dim room. A cool, petite blue figure stepped in slowly.
Cold, emotionless, with a detached air.
It was a little girl with a blue single ponytail, about the same small build as Nuo Ai’er. Her blue eyes were clear, her gaze icy.
She spoke with no inflection, looking at Nuo Ai’er hanging and being beaten inside, and said flatly:
“So the red-haired twin-tailed girl’s name is Sihela…”
“Wow, Sihela caught a prisoner.”
Nuo Ai’er, panting, heard the name of her tormentor.
Sihela turned to look at the newcomer and asked with a smile:
“Tina, any luck searching outside?”
Upon hearing that, Nuo Ai’er silently noted it again.
The blue-haired single-ponytail loli was named Tina.
So these two were a team.
Probably they landed close together and allied right from the start…
Nuo Ai’er: ‘So hopeless.’
Tina shook her head gently, her tone still icy:
“I searched all around the shipyard, the riverbank edges, and the forest perimeter.”
“I didn’t find any other members of the Player Guild. This white loli is the only one.”
Hearing that, Sihela’s smile grew even more malicious.
She turned back to look at Nuo Ai’er, shivering in her bonds, and said cheerfully:
“Is that so? Great, no interruptions.”
Sihela waved the leather whip in her hand.
“Now I can take my time bullying this little loli.”
“Eeeek—!”
Nuo Ai’er flinched, her small body trembling uncontrollably, cold sweat pouring in her heart.
Just as she was in terror, expecting an even crueler beating—
The blue-haired loli Tina slowly stepped in front of Nuo Ai’er, raised her clear, indifferent eyes, and calmly examined the disordered clothes and crisscross whip marks on Nuo Ai’er’s back.
Then, under Nuo Ai’er’s gaze, Tina slowly raised her small hand.
“Water magic, heal this loli…”
A gentle, clear blue magical light swirled around Tina’s palm. A soft healing glow slowly enveloped Nuo Ai’er’s back.
In seconds, the magic soothed all the stinging pain. The damaged skin quickly repaired itself.
In just a few moments, the back that had been whipped and scarred was completely healed.
Her skin was smooth as new, as if nothing had happened.
“Ugh…”
At that moment, Nuo Ai’er almost cried from gratitude.
‘Uwaah, so there are good people on the other side after all!’
‘This blue-haired little sister is too kind—she actually healed me!’
However…
Just as hope began to rise in Nuo Ai’er’s heart—
The next second, Tina withdrew her magic, turned to Sihela, and said in the same flat tone:
“Oh, Sihela, you can continue now.”
“Use a lighter touch. Don’t knock her out or kill her—that wouldn’t be good.”
“I heard from Big Sister that she’s no fun when she’s unconscious.”
“Heal her, then another round.”
That was Tina’s entire speech.
Nuo Ai’er: “NO!!!”
Nuo Ai’er’s pupils trembled; her brain short-circuited on the spot.
‘Healing me wasn’t kindness—it was so they could keep hitting me?!’
‘Beat, heal, heal, beat—endless torture, never letting me pass out, never letting me die…’
“You… you’re a demon—!”
But before Nuo Ai’er could finish—
Crack!
A new lash fell, crisp and sharp.
The back that had just been completely healed, free of pain, now felt a sharp sting again.
“Uwaaaaah—!”
Inside the small cabin, Nuo Ai’er’s sorrowful screams rang out once more.
Nuo Ai’er: “You guys… be human!!”