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Chapter 50: I Lack Nothing Now!
Thud.
Thud.
Thud.
The floor began to tremble rhythmically, the shaking growing more intense with each passing second.
An earthquake? The thought crossed Edith’s mind but was quickly dismissed as absurd. This wasn’t caused by the corridor changing—it was something else. Something far worse. A Void Domain creature was approaching.
The heavy footsteps grew louder, each step pounding like a hammer against her very soul, suffocating the seasoned explorer with pressure.
A massive shadow loomed closer, its form revealed under the pale moonlight.
It was an enormous, decrepit suit of armor. The metallic boots struck the wooden floor, causing the entire corridor to quake. Inside the armor lay a rotting corpse.
"The informant..."
Edith stared at the towering figure. Even though the corridor had widened significantly, it still felt claustrophobic in the presence of this nearly four-meter-tall monstrosity.
Her instincts had been right—things had gone from bad to catastrophic.
The difficulty of the Past Island was determined by the explorers’ actions. Under normal circumstances, they should have collected hidden letters scattered throughout the corridor and explored specific areas to weaken the informant beforehand, reducing the boss's strength and making the dungeon more manageable.
But now, the informant had arrived prematurely due to the extinguished light source. This meant they were facing a nightmare lord in a frenzied, fully empowered state!
To make matters worse, their current condition was anything but favorable. After battling the mist beasts, Edith herself had less than half of her mana remaining.
She glanced at Viya, who remained eerily calm. Though Viya appeared composed, Edith knew it was all a facade—she was running on fumes. Even if she possessed a regenerative laureate, there was no way it could sustain her indefinitely.
But...
What if?
Recalling the girl’s extraordinary abilities that far surpassed a typical First Ring Ascender and her rare domain-type laureate, Edith felt a flicker of hope. What if she still had an ace up her sleeve?
Viya’s next move confirmed Edith’s suspicions.
Without a trace of fear, the "madwoman" leaped high into the air, swinging her staff down toward the towering informant.
The informant’s pupil-less eyes reflected the attacker’s silhouette. Instinctively, its iron-clad left fist shot out with incredible speed—a blur even Edith, a Second Ring Ascender, could barely track.
Then, the "madwoman" was sent flying, smashing through the left wall. Splinters exploded everywhere as she disappeared into the pitch-black depths below.
Edith and the informant locked gazes, staring at each other in stunned silence.
"Roar!"
Surprisingly, the informant didn’t attack Edith. Instead, it placed its hands on the cracked wall, slowly prying it open until the gap was wide enough for its massive frame to pass through. With a deafening roar, it leaped into the darkness, seemingly in pursuit of its "prey."
"...Huh?"
Edith’s tense expression melted into confusion. Had they... somehow inexplicably survived?
Had they escaped disaster?
"Sister, it seems to look down on you."
Ivy tugged at Edith’s sleeve, her innocent tone laced with relief after narrowly avoiding death.
...
Pain. So much pain!
After being launched backward, Viya’s mind was consumed by a single thought: it felt like she’d been hit by a speeding train, every bone in her body threatening to shatter.
The area was pitch black, completely obscuring her surroundings. She could only feel herself falling downward.
Despite her chaotic thoughts, her body acted on instinct.
Sonar-like waves rippled outward, stripping the world of color and leaving behind clear geometric outlines—points and lines sketching the environment.
This was a spiral staircase, endlessly deep, with a circular platform about six or seven meters in radius at its center.
Unfortunately, her descent was perilous—headfirst, legs upward.
Quickly regaining control, Viya adjusted her center of gravity. Her powerful core muscles allowed her to perform an impossible mid-air twist, landing steadily on the stair railing.
Looking up, she saw a glowing behemoth rapidly plummeting toward her.
"This is going to be tough..." Yog’s sigh echoed in her ears.
Mr. Yog, this is a Tier Two island’s boss, and it’s enraged... Viya thought bitterly. For a mere First Ring Ascender like me to challenge it feels like sheer madness.
As if hearing her thoughts, the distant, echoing voice replied calmly:
"It’s time to reclaim control."
Control? What control? Viya was utterly confused.
The next moment—
A warm sensation swept through her body. It was an indescribable feeling, as though something vital within her had transformed, renewing itself entirely.
Viya didn’t fully understand what had changed, but she vividly remembered the last time she’d felt this warmth.
In the Radiance Church, during that leisurely afternoon, she’d experienced the same sensation before inexplicably becoming an Ascender.
Wait... Did that mean... An incredible realization crashed over Viya like a boulder into the ocean, sending shockwaves through her mind.
Could she really have advanced to the Second Ring?
...
Reality.
"So this is why hack-and-slash games are so satisfying!"
Lin Qi had swapped his keyboard for a controller, immersing himself in exhilarating combat. While the game supported controllers, it wasn’t fully optimized for them—keybindings during daily tasks were often insufficient. But the battle system? Flawlessly compatible.
"This game really demands too much skill," Lin Qi muttered, watching the on-screen girl dispatch monsters with ease. He shook his head in mock lamentation.
Basic attacks intertwined with combos, exclamation marks above enemies signaled counterattacks, and skill icons lit up to indicate readiness—all requiring precise timing. Who could understand the effort he’d poured into mastering this intricate combat system?
After indulging in some self-amusement, Lin Qi turned his thoughts to practical matters. Grinding here couldn’t last forever. He was bound to tire eventually, and these low-level monsters offered negligible experience.
The "Sword God of Ten Li Slope" meme was amusing, but his patience wouldn’t stretch that far.
Just moments ago, Lin Qi checked his experience bar—he had accumulated enough points to level up. There was no reason to stay any longer.
As he prepared to upgrade, a sudden surge of dramatic background music startled him, dredging up unpleasant memories. Lin Qi flinched, nearly dropping the controller.
Exiting the character stats menu, he noticed—
A long health bar had appeared at the top of the screen.
Of course. When the music shifts abruptly mid-game, it’s almost always a boss fight... Lin Qi rolled his eyes mentally. He decided to level up first.
However, while opening the quest log, he accidentally pressed the shoulder button on the controller, causing his character to launch a basic attack at the nearest enemy.
Instantly, the blonde-haired girl on-screen was punched into a wall by the Level Two boss, the "informant." Her health bar dropped by two-thirds in an instant.
The entire sequence happened so fast that Lin Qi barely registered it before the screen went black. Only when he spotted the loading bar in the bottom-right corner did he breathe a sigh of relief.
"I thought I sucked, but turns out it was a scripted kill."
A common trope—right before a boss fight, the game always manufactured "accidents" to separate the protagonist from her teammates, setting the stage for a one-on-one showdown.
Lin Qi held his breath, focusing on the loading bar. He needed to level up before entering the fight—after all, who knew if upgrades were only possible outside of combat?
"This is going to be tough..." He realized it was time to test his reflexes.
That single punch had nearly halved his health bar, making him feel like he was playing a Souls-like game. It was clear how challenging cross-tier battles could be.
To avoid grinding endlessly or getting locked into a losing battle, he absolutely had to level up!
The moment the loading bar ended, Lin Qi opened the character stats menu, blindly clicking the upgrade button from memory. Instantly, the experience bar emptied, replaced by a significant boost across all attributes.
Staring at the belated health bar in the center of the screen, the warning text indicating the enemy’s overwhelming level vanished.
"It’s time to reclaim control."
Now, he lacked nothing!
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