Is the person you sculpt as cute as me?

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(Today is just one update. The transitional content at the beginning of the new volume is a bit watery... I've condensed it a bit.)

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The boat carrying the fawn disappeared into the horizon.

After watching this, Yu Mancai left the shore and walked slowly back to the Mage Tower with Xiang Xiang.

This is to take a video and show the richness of the territory to the cat seniors.

By the way, it is also a rare time for Yu Man to think and sort out his thoughts during his alone time.

It was a beautiful day with sunshine, sea, fresh greenery everywhere, and the sound of insects, wind and birdsong in the forest.

And—next.

"That 100-player dungeon in the main city," Yu Man muttered to himself, "I wouldn't be myself if I didn't clear it..."

After all, it was Yu Man who had single-handedly caused the once-perfect branch of the Ghost World Chamber of Commerce to become a dungeon. It was only natural for her to clean up the mess.

This is called reciprocity, and it is also a way of treating guests.

The Ghost World Chamber of Commerce had been planning to visit her home for a long time, but they hadn't come yet? So, let's just pay her a return visit.

"Hopefully they've prepared enough treasure chests."

"Treasure chest?"

"I didn't call you."

"Oh……"

However, the situation in this 100-person copy is different from the previous ones.

It's located in the main city, making it easy for players to enter without a limit on how many times they can enter. At the same time, it's an illegal zone, where players will get their heads slashed... Honestly, it's not very convenient for players to farm it themselves.

In this case, we must make adequate preparations to deal with the special intrusive reward monster "Player".

"Let's prepare for a 1,000-man battle... Ten groups... One hundred people each. In the worst-case scenario, we'll have to face a thousand men alone... We also have to consider their equipment replenishment in the main city before heading back to the battlefield... They'll probably only have one set of equipment, so we'll have to fight a thousand men twice."

Xiang Xiang, who was following nearby, glanced at Yu Man and thought that his employer was talking about something horrible again.

Seeing how focused Yu Man was, it quickened its pace and deliberately ran ahead.

It kicked aside pebbles and pushed aside vegetation to prevent Yu Man from tripping.

"Tier 7 gear is hard to come by... Most players should be at Tier 5 or 6. As for me... I'll prepare two sets of Tier 8 gear, use two "Go to Die" spells to deal with two waves of players, and one set of Tier 7 gear for monster hunting... that should be enough."

Xiang Xiang listened and thought that he would have to keep it to himself.

"Players won't be able to complete the dungeon in the short term. It'll take more than half a month... but that's plenty of time."

"Employer, you don't have any eighth-level equipment. You used to have a set of bows and arrows, but you sacrificed them."

"I'll use normal channels first to see how many I can get. As for the rest... I'll go play the eighth-level dungeon. If I need a few pieces, I'll refine a few bosses. It's nothing complicated."

I have to say, this magic of turning life and soul into equipment is really practical in every sense.

She was a little curious, would there be any gains if she refined the player?

But forget it. If there is any gain - that would be troublesome.

"Anyway, prepare for the battle in half a month. Once I'm fully prepared, I'll take you to fight that 100-player dungeon. I'm sure there will be food for you."

"Alas." Xiang Xiang, infected with a human disease, pondered the future. "I eat treasure chests, I become stronger, I become stronger so that I can be better used by my employer. When will these miserable days end?"

"As expected of a high-level treasure chest monster, quite philosophical. Then ask yourself, what kind of life do you want?"

"Can I eat treasure chests every day?"

"Then you have to become stronger. To become stronger, you must continue to be used by me. Being a shield, a test subject, a mount, a backpack, spare materials... all of these can make you stronger."

Xiang Xiang stopped and tripped Yu Man slightly.

Then he nibbled gently on her slender calves, but it didn't have much effect.

"It's itchy." Yu Man kicked back, but it felt like he kicked a stone.

"Damn it...it's my fault that I don't dare to bite it."

As punishment, she was stepped on by Yu Man and turned into a mount.

Just like that, he returned to the Mage Tower extremely quickly.

……

The interior decoration is different from the past and can be described as magnificent.

All the valuable building materials that were looted were used to decorate the house from top to bottom, inside and out, as much as possible.

Yu Man walked into the hall and checked the island's magic cycle - well, everything was normal.

She looked at the corner again, where there were two ice cans with some accumulation in them.

In an ice jar, the extremely rich magic power that was brought here has begun to crystallize.

The crystals are of very high quality, as complex as amber, and contain natural snowflake-shaped cross-shaped green metal wires, which symbolize the island's winter and spring.

In the other ice can, there were already a few tiny ice elves flying around and playing with each other.

But the way they play... they're actually trying to melt each other.

This wasn't aggression, but rather an instinct Yu Man had written down for them. After all, the goal was to cultivate a powerful creature to guard the island. The underlying offensive logic had to be prepared in advance, otherwise, if the training wasn't done well later, it would be wasted.

Well, everything is going well.

"Let's go to the top floor."

The box was carrying Yu Man and they began to climb the stairs with difficulty.

The other floors have luxurious interior decorations and sufficient living utensils, but they have not been designated for use. These are left for the deer and cat seniors to use on their own in the future.

But the top floor - that is Yu Man’s summoning room, or it would be better to call it the ritual room.

As a Promise Keeper who summons reflections of the old world with knots, this secondary profession requires a separate room.

It was built in the center of the highest level, and the room was wrapped in mixed black stone.

Strange powders were floating on the four walls, trying their best to block the interference of magic.

Push open the door and walk in, it is bright and spacious inside.

The roof is the tip of the wizard's tower, made of seven kinds of gems and three different kinds of colorful shells.

The sunlight or moonlight from the outside world will be swallowed by them.

Then, through the complex and long light path constructed by itself, it was spread throughout the entire ceremony room.

The strange thing is that under the influence of magical materials, their light does not fade, but becomes more intense.

Regardless of the season, day or night, or whether it is sunny or cloudy, the light in the ceremony room is always charming and colorful.

A stone staircase, a chair, and several treasure chests.

Yu Man filmed the video and took screenshots while asking, "Does it look like a cult ritual? Or a mysterious place where black magic is traded... Then you'll be the most brutal one among my men."

“Who is the employer talking to…”

"Our future most brutal wet nurse."

As if he could hear Senior Cat's fierce resistance, Yu Man ended the recording with a smile.

What happens next must remain a mystery, even to Senior Cat—don’t show it for now.

Yu Man sat down on the chair, gestured in the air, and called up the system interface that displayed the player's expertise.

The Frozen Staff is full, and the Enchanter is at level six.

And because of the price-performance ratio, all armor is currently zero.

The [Promise Keeper], represented by another system, currently has very few specializations. After all, before killing the ratman, Yu Man had been busy at home with the Mage Tower and other miscellaneous tasks, and had not earned any specialization points.

But now it’s different——

There are a total of 489 specialization points waiting to be allocated.

The Rat Man gave a generous sum.

This is enough to advance [Promise Keeper] slightly, maybe two levels? Maybe three levels.

The road ahead is completely unknown, and there is no previous experience to refer to.

But because of this - this is the path Yu Man must take.

She took out the knot and invested all the expertise points she had into [Promise Keeper].

Suddenly——

The knot in hand - its ancient and simple appearance, in an instant, was stained with a sad and evil color.

Yu Man could also feel that it began to feed back power to him.

The total amount of magic power increased, and the essence of various knots and rope-twisting rituals was understood.

Not only that, that extremely withered world seemed to be attracting Yu Man's soul.

If you close your eyes, someone's memories or scenery will flow before your eyes in fragments.

"It's getting closer." Yu Man said softly, digesting this feedback.

at the same time--

Two skills were given to her as a result of advancement.

【Additional Summon】

Allows the player to make two sacrifices, summoning two reflections of the Old World simultaneously, or a more powerful and greedy one.

This is easy to understand.

The key is the next skill.

【Credit Summon】

Players are allowed to summon without any sacrifices, only by providing magic power. They only need to pay the interest and pay the price on the agreed date.

"Theoretically speaking... since I'm underage, I can't get a credit card like that, right?"

Well, there are no laws here either.

It looks like an overdraft summon, for emergency use.

I just don't know what will happen if I don't pay the price.

Would he lose his job outright, be cast as a dishonest person on the reflection of the old world, and become a miserable deadbeat? Would the two supreme gods of the reflection of the old world come to collect the debt, weapons in hand? That would be a good opportunity to reminisce with them...

At the same time, Yu Man could clearly feel that he could make better wishes and summon stronger and more closely connected beings.

Not only that, all kinds of limitations have been stretched.

"Well, new skills must be tried."

Just do it.

Yu Man took out the magic book, slightly guided the magic power of the wizard tower, and left a wisp of it, letting it float on the stone steps used for summoning.

Compared to the entire island, this is just an insignificant wisp, but it is equivalent to more than ten of Yu Man’s soul reserves.

The island's magic cycle, tuned by her, is indeed incredibly rich in magic.

As for the sacrifices—

"[Additional Summon], [Credit Summon]."

Two different knots were tied at the same time in Man's hands.

The skill is activated.

The smell of withering began to spread, which meant that it was connected to the other side.

then--