Chapter 151: Can This Also Increase Attributes?
There are two hints given by the simulator.
The first clue is a hint about completing a special event called "The Lost Ceremony."
[Special Event - The Lost Ceremony]
[Through a lost ritual, you witnessed a demon born in the ruins. The demon from the ruins is always searching for its home.]
The task is done. Reward generated:
1. Love Surges Like a Wave
2. The Dark Moon's Daughter
3. Skill Advancement Cards*3.
4. 10 points of free attribute points.]
"Do we really have 10 points of free attribute points this time? It seems that the unlocked skills and talents will be much stronger than before."
Loria nodded secretly.
Before officially checking the reward, she first looked at the explanation after the completion of the event.
Just as she guessed, the guildmaster didn't encounter a "god" but a demon.
However, unlike the succubus or Dream Demon she knew, the demon that the guildmaster encountered came from the Ruins.
Loria read many books, but none of the books she read mentioned the term "Ruins," so she had no way of determining where it was.
"Is it a place outside of the world, or a lost world?"
The last sentence of the explanation is quite thought-provoking.
The so-called search for a home actually refers to the ability to take possession of a body, right?
Loria always felt that the demon's transaction was actually using power as bait, gradually taking away the target of the transaction piece by piece, and it was very cunning in only taking the good side.
If it succeeds in the end, there will be one less flawed the guildmaster in the world, and one more...
"Hmm... Thinking carefully, the extra the guildmaster might not be perfect either."
Without fear and pain, people might become reckless.
Without jealousy, people may not necessarily become humble, they might just show off directly.
Loria is quite experienced in this aspect.
"Luckily, this devil has been defeated."
However, there's something Loria doesn't quite understand, if the devil stays hidden like in the simulation, chances are nothing bad will happen.
(She says this because if there was any danger, the devil wouldn't have done nothing in the simulation.)
So, what made the devil act completely differently from the simulation in the end?
"What is the biggest difference between simulation and reality?"
Loria scratched her head.
Just then, a sudden bright idea popped into her mind.
Isn't the biggest difference that in reality she has a simulator, but in the simulation she doesn't have one?
"Wow, if I'm right, doesn't this mean it can sense the presence of the simulator?"
Loria was startled.
This is not good news at all. Even for an A-level adventurer, the simulator is still a divine tool. If these people find out she has the simulator, she's in big trouble.
"Damn it, I have to find a way to get stronger quickly!"
Loria shook her head vigorously, temporarily putting aside such a complicated question, and started to check the rewards of this event.
First, she allocated all 10 points of her free attribute points to Stamina, raising her base Stamina to 150 points. Then, she used the three new Skill Advancement Cards she obtained on "In all seriousness," raising it to Level 4.
Loria had thought about improving her attack skills, but when she thought about the demon just now, she felt it was safer to first improve her mental skills.
Upon reaching Level 4, In all seriousness underwent a big change. The duration of the skill increased to 3 minutes and the cooldown time reduced to 4 minutes. If she leveled up again, it would become a permanent passive skill.
In addition, the skill's effectiveness also improved significantly. The temporary increase in mental attributes rose from 15 points to 20 points, and the chance to resist negative effects such as confusion increased to 40%, almost halfway there.
"Phew~ It makes me feel strangely at ease."
Loria reached out and tapped her new skill, "Love Rush".
Love Rush is actually a direct replacement for Excitement Stacking. Its skill description is almost identical to Excitement Stacking, except that after the initial burst, the succubus shockwave that can be launched becomes a controlled range attack of dark tides.
As long as Loria desires, she can make the dark tides she releases as thin as needles, or make them gush out like water from a pipe. If she accumulates enough power for a long enough time, she can even turn the dark tides into a raging wave that can attack in all directions.
"The power has at least increased several times!"
Loria's eyes lit up.
In the beginning, she bothered Dr. Mara a lot to make her succubus shockwave more powerful. She released it in a glass room until her feet went weak and her fingers wrinkled, just to barely double its power.
Now it has increased several times all at once, and she couldn't resist celebrating by casting a dark tide towards the sky.
Phew, phew, phew.
Now is not the time to celebrate.
Loria finally clicked on the description of her new talent, "Dark Lady of the Dark Moon - Improved."
The original Dark Lady just told her that her body was very sensitive and easily entered an excited state due to stimulating desires. But with the improved Dark Lady, there were some added proactive effects.
Growth!
As long as she experienced enough sexual encounters and for a long enough time, she could increase her attributes.
This effect complements the Crowd of Dark Moon.
But the Dark Moon crowd requires Loria to team up with others in order to increase attributes. This is a disguised way of encouraging Loria to break free from restraints and run wild.
The Dark Moon Maiden doesn't change so drastically.
There are many ways to indulge in lust. Having a suitable partner is lustful, generating electricity is lustful, even looking at explicit pictures is lustful!
"As long as I persist in looking at explicit pictures, sharing explicit pictures, one day I will become the Stamina King with limitless stamina!"
Loria clenched her fists and felt herself ignite.
Although the Dark Moon Maiden's attribute enhancement speed is very slow, far inferior to running wild, a little bit adds up, it's better than nothing.
A pure-hearted girl like her would never engage in such wild acts.
Loria put away her identification card.
After reading the first prompt from the simulator, the second one would come next.
The second hint was another new event, called "The Lost Ritual II".
"Is this another chain quest?"
Soon Loria realized that things were not simple, because the introduction of this event revealed a lot of useful information.
[The Lost Ritual allows people to see projections from the Ruins and touch the outer layer of extraordinary power. But there is still a long way to go to true extraordinarity. Projections are just projections. Only by entering the Ruins can one obtain true eternity. Try to explore the magic of returning to the Ruins.]
"Am I supposed to gather magic? No, the key to the problem is not even about that!"
Loria stared fixedly at the word "projection" on the virtual screen.
Doesn't this mean that the demon that was just killed wasn't the real one?
"What the heck..."
Loria started to panic a little.
Not long ago, she had already caused trouble with the Goddess of Madness and Indulgence in Claren City. Now, she has also provoked a demon from the Ruins in Count Lidilia's house. Can't she let people live peacefully?
"Both of these things are not good. They definitely won't spare me. No, I can't just sit and wait for death."
Loria's gaze fell on the guildmaster and Count Lidilia.
They should know some secrets related to statues and rituals.
Wait a little longer, after Count Lidilia's performance is over, I'll ask them. It doesn't matter if the special event is completed or not. There won't be any punishment anyway. The key is to find out the true nature of the demon and the Goddess of Madness and Indulgence, and find a way to deal with them.
Loria turned off the simulator and approached the guildmaster, who had been worriedly shouting for a while, placing her hand on the guildmaster's shoulder.
"the guildmaster, there's no use rushing now. Quickly, bring Count, Mrs. Lidilia, and Miss Tracy back into the house, then go and get a doctor and Mr. Coleridge to come and take a look."
"Okay."
Anxious the guildmaster suddenly found her determination and quickly picked up the unconscious Count Lidilia.
On weekdays, she is never like this, it's only in situations like this that she behaves like this.
Twenty minutes later, Coleridge and the doctor who lived in the village rushed over.
They examined Count Lidilia, the countess, and Tracy one by one.
The countess and Tracy were perfectly fine, they just passed out temporarily due to the unusual shock, but they would be fine after resting for a while.
However, the situation with Count Lidilia was a bit serious. He had injuries on his neck, hands, feet, and body to varying degrees.
Of course, the most serious injury was just a fake one!
"This is not reasonable."
Coleridge and the doctor exchanged glances.
The injuries on Count Lidilia's body were not enough to make him unconscious. Either they had limited abilities and couldn't detect the problem, or...
"Mr. Coleridge."
Just as the two were about to express their thoughts, Loria interjected in time.
"What's the matter?"
"Something very important."
Loria called Coleridge aside and then revealed the truth.
"..."
Coleridge was speechless, what a peculiar family.
Oh well, let them play.
He informed the doctor about the news and they both willingly collaborated to deceive the guildmaster on Count Lidilia's behalf.
After the guildmaster left the room, Loria immediately ran to Count Lidilia's side.
"I know what you're thinking, count, but this can't go on for too long. If the guildmaster gets too sad and hurts herself, it won't be good."
Count Lidilia lay in bed without any response, but Loria knew that he had heard.
"I'm going first, I'll go comfort the guildmaster."
It's called comforting, but it's really no different from taking advantage.
But Loria wasn't scheming anything, she didn't have any bad intentions. It was the guildmaster who willingly curled up in her arms like a little girl.
The atmosphere had already escalated to this point, if she didn't open her arms and hug the guildmaster, it would be too much. Even passing rabbits and birds would find it hard to bear.
Let's not forget to thank Count Lidilia for this.
If Count Lidilia hadn't orchestrated this, she wouldn't have had the opportunity to get close to the guildmaster like this.
"I know he did it for my own good."
The guildmaster looked up at the starry sky and spoke intermittently.
"During the middle of the ceremony, I realized that this ceremony was similar to the one the junior sister used that day. It wasn't a ritual to drive away the gods, but rather a ritual to transfer the god's power to him. He wanted to sacrifice himself to let me live. Sigh~"
After a sigh, complete silence surrounded them.
Several minutes passed quietly before the guildmaster spoke again.
"Since I was little, he has been strict with me because I have extraordinary talent for training. He didn't want me to waste this talent, so he made me start practicing swordsmanship at the age of five. To ensure that I focused solely on sword training, he not only found me a great teacher but also cancelled all the extra classes Tracy had to take, like painting, dancing, and etiquette. But I didn't have to."
"Tracy envied me because I didn't have to learn all those things like she did. I just had to excel in one thing. But to be honest, I also envied her. Training with the sword all the time can be really dull. I wanted to take a break and do other things, like reading or going out to play."
"As I grew older, I ceased to be afraid of him. Isn't he just a nobleman who has been drained by alcohol and lust? I could easily defeat him with a single sword strike. But I didn't want to stoop to his level because I gradually began to feel the joy of sword training. Among peers, and even those who were slightly older than me, I was the most formidable!"
"But it was only yesterday that I found out he had always been lenient towards me. He is a skilled swordmaster, almost an A-level adventurer. But he never told anyone in the family. He kept everyone in the dark."
"This..."
Loria really wanted to ask the guildmaster, "What exactly do you want to express?"
But after seeing the guildmaster's sorrowful face, she suddenly had a moment of understanding.
Don't say that she doesn't know what the guildmaster wants to say, the guildmaster herself probably doesn't know now, right?
Heart is in chaos.
Only memories are left in chaos.
If these memories are not spoken out, the heart will become even more chaotic.
Loria leaned against the wall and gently stroked the guildmaster's beautiful golden hair, which was as smooth as silk.
"the guildmaster's father may not know how to connect with you, but his love for you is genuine. Otherwise, he wouldn't have held this ceremony."
"Mmm."
"It will get better, it will get better soon. the guildmaster doesn't need to worry too much."
The guildmaster slowly raised her right hand, spreading her five fingers, dividing the moon in her view into six pieces. Her lips trembled slightly.
"We can't go on like this anymore. No matter what happens in the next few days, I can't escape anymore. I need to go back to the officer school and eliminate everything from the source."
Loria gathered her courage, grabbed the guildmaster's hand, and said seriously, "I'll go with you!"
The guildmaster turned her head and looked at Loria, stunned. She asked, "If I don't let you come, will you still secretly come along?"
Loria replied, "Of course."
The guildmaster said, "Then I have no reason to refuse you."
"the guildmaster has helped me so many times, now it's time for me to repay the guildmaster. Besides, in the end, this matter also has something to do with me."
The guildmaster didn't understand the relationship that Loria mentioned, but it didn't matter. She just patiently waited for the day when Count Lidilia would recover.
Finally, on the morning of the third day, Count Lidilia woke up and the people sent by the church also arrived at the count's residence.
