Is the person you sculpt as cute as me?

Instead of - being smarter than yourself...even if just a little bit smarter!

"Ice Cone Technique." Yu Man said softly.

"Emergency…casting—no."

"Oh, you can actually use it again! Is this a powerful skill... exempting you from chanting twice in a row... Hey, I'll demolish you and throw you to the magic tower, can you demolish this skill for me?"

Yu Man did not call for the ice cone, and the goblin leader had learned his lesson and was not tricked into using his skills.

It stared at the tip of the staff, and would only defend itself when the magic power there began to condense into ice cones.

But Yu Man's smile deepened. So, should we end the battle?

Thinking of this, she looked at her own tank—

It seemed that Xiaolu had fully adapted to combat. Facing the enormous monster, her psychological pressure and combat skills had already surpassed the "entry" threshold.

I really don't know what kind of person she is in real life, to be able to overcome her instincts so well. Even when facing this terrifying, huge, and oppressive drowned corpse, she doesn't show any fear at all...

Well, it seems there is no need for her to accumulate combat experience anymore.

In that case——

"Ice Cone."

Yu Man calmly and truly released a magic.

The goblin leader heard the magic name again and was very nervous, but he still knew that it was a trick.

The icicles didn't appear—but...

That is the famous skill of the Ice Staff, freezing at will.

"Ice, Freeze"

"It can be frozen or thawed at the user's will."

Yu Man simply used the surrounding water vapor to quickly freeze a nervous, desperate, big-headed fly that grew in the lake.

By the way, all its compatriots were also frozen.

“…Hey?” The goblin leader suddenly found that his body was extremely stiff.

What followed was the biting cold that was unbearable for the body.

All the fairies slowly lowered their heads, unable to believe what they discovered: ice had grown on their bodies.

"I'm not the only one who can cast icicles. Your defense is too limited."

"Humanity—I curse..."

Yu Man waved his staff gently as if to drive away a fly, and the fairy, who was about to speak, had his mouth frozen.

Her smile did not fade, but instead became unusually cold.

She stabbed all the goblins equally with the same gaze.

No one dared to utter those extremely vicious curses targeting humans.

"Stop the monsters you're manipulating."

"Don't stop! Otherwise, we will lose completely--" The goblin leader still wanted to resist.

But its words were interrupted by Yu Man's wave.

A thread of ice suddenly appeared from the air.

It was soft and shimmering with a frozen light.

According to the master's wish, the frozen fairies were tied together and came into Yu Man's hands like a fishing net.

Yu Man did not regard them as trophies, but simply placed the frozen fairies on the ground.

To be precise, it is on the path of the monster's attack.

"Little Deer, come back."

"Ah."

The deer flicked off the monster's teeth, retreated quickly, and came to Yu Man's side.

In other words, it is behind the ice fairies.

If this monster, which is indeed difficult to deal with, continues to attack, its huge body will crush the fragile and petite goblins along the way.

Some fairies seemed to have their brains frozen, unable to comprehend the fact that they were about to die.

Fortunately, the clever goblin leader understood.

"Humans, humans, we..." It looked at Yu Man.

"Big-headed fly, repeat what you just said." Yu Man looked at it.

"...'Don't stop'?" It didn't understand Yu Man's intention.

"No, it's the last one." Yu Man shook her head.

There was silence for a few seconds, before being crushed by a monster or stepped on by a human.

The goblin leader sighed and did as he was told.

"We lost completely."

"You are still very smart."

at the same time--

"Completed the treasure map: 'Ants will drown in water droplets'"

Battle level settlement, score +99

If you don't understand the story of the lake goblins, your score is -10.

Failure to reach an agreement with the fairies on environmental protection results in a -10 rating.

A total of six curses of lake fairies have been unlocked, with 2 rare curses and a score of +100.

Did not kill the lake goblin, achieved peaceful coexistence, score +88

Overall score: 100/100

"Oh, full marks." Yu Man nodded, thinking that a third-level treasure map should be easy to make no matter what.

"Wow...is this considered peaceful coexistence?" The deer looked surprised.

Because those goblins that were frozen into a string were now being thrown one by one into Yu Man's stinky boots.

By the way, she also collected the pollution from the lake bottom summoned by these fairies and was preparing to make a cover.

But this is not to vent anger—

"I have two demands. Let's have a peace negotiation."

Yu Man specially used ice and snow to shape an ice table and two ice chairs.

On one side is himself, and on the other side are the goblins crammed together in the stinky boots, and the pollution hanging over their heads, ready to pour out at any time.

"...Humans... We have all given up. Can we not do this?"

"You just caught a cold, so now you're huddling together to keep each other warm. This is my kindness."

Yu Man didn't ask about the other party's feelings or conditions, but just counted his slender fingers and listed his demands.

"First of all, what race are you?"

"We are the fairies of the lake."

"I know. Tell me about your origins, history, and so on." The system had just deducted points, which made Yu Man feel uncomfortable. It wasn't too late to make up for it now.

The goblin leader was powerless to change the situation, but there was nothing wrong with this first request, so he introduced it.

"People, beasts, demons, monsters, souls, creatures from the Old World, elves, and so on... all the lives that drowned in the water will be accepted by the water and reincarnated as demons like us... except for you pioneers."

Yu Man stared. "Is there such a setting? Is there one in the first round? I'll go back and ask Senior Cat."

"Rather, it's some kind of...higher being within the water that enslaved our souls and corrupted our bodies... But if it could free us from our original suffering, we would gladly choose to be reincarnated as fairies."

"You don't look like you're enslaved."

The goblin leader denied it, then explained—

"I died a few days ago. I had some strength in life, and my mind is still barely functioning. But it's obvious that I'm being assimilated by the goblins... For example, I now habitually curse humans, and I've been infected by a strange source of knowledge that contains many curse words."

"what's next?"

"Then I'll become a fool like them, living carefree and happily underwater, living only for a certain purpose... I'll have the utmost respect for that higher being, just like them."

"So the population of your lake goblins is actually quite large?"

"Yes, we migrate a lot too, across all the waters of this vast world."

The goblin leader raised his head and described the tribe's affairs—

"When it rains heavily, we wander the cumulonimbus clouds with the rain. Sometimes, we are summoned by high-level water mages, and we join them... In any case, we travel frequently. Many of the waters in the world are disguised by our compatriots."

Hearing this, Yu Man didn't think much about it and just felt that it was an incarnation of an element.

……wrong.

But she suddenly thought of something and couldn't help asking, "...What if I drank you?"

The goblin leader fell silent. He habitually wanted to keep a low profile and hide himself.

But his eyes were blurred, as if he was restraining something.

Finally, it became an answer: "Probably... drowning."

really.

Yu Man clapped her hands. Her scalp went numb and an electric current ran through her spine.

She thought of the three copies in the first round that even she had not touched.

The three prerequisite copies of the final copy are called the "Three Secrets".

Each one is undoubtedly a tier 10 copy, and most of them are rainbow-colored, which is 10.4, equivalent to a tier 14 copy, which is the thing with the highest theoretical upper limit.

But players around the world have spent three years without even figuring out how to open any of them.

Only Yu Man, barely able to grasp some of the hidden plots, knew a little bit of the possibility of one of them.

Because she had no clue, she skipped the "Three Secrets" and went straight to the final copy... Perhaps, that was the deviation of the story.

now--

"...Do you know anything else about your race? Anything will do." Yu Man asked pretending to be calm.

"One more thing. We received an order a day ago to immediately leave Shimlabakken and move to a nearby island... If I'm not mistaken, that order was issued to all our compatriots residing on the islands of the human regime."

Yu Man folded his hands, his mind as sharp as a knife.

One day before the server was launched, all the lake fairies in the main city were asked to move out of the main city island.

At this point, Yu Man couldn't ask any more questions. She only vaguely knew that the smooth communication was a plot reward for the treasure map quest.

But the rewards should be more than that——

"The second condition: Where is the treasure chest? I want the treasure chest." She asked as a matter of course.

"Hi, employer! I'm here~" Then, a treasure chest monster came out of the backpack in response.

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"No one called you." Yu Man said, pushing the treasure chest monster back.

This is a bit like a scumbag trying to hook up with girls - Yu Man thought.

I always keep in mind those treasure chests full of unknowns.

Imagine what wonderful and interesting treasures they hide, and then do your best to get them.

And those treasure chests that have been opened immediately become worthless in their eyes.