Translator: Larbre Studio
Editor: Larbre Studio
“Seems like we’re done for.”
Fog slowly covered the entire area. The flapping of wings could be heard from the air. Before them, the witch slowly walked down from the Byakhee’s back. Stepping barefoot on the grass, the Tai Sword gleamed icily. On the other hand, the trio had no car, and one of them had a broken leg.
“You two leave first. I’m her target after all. One dead is better than the entire team dead.”
When it came to the choice of one or three deaths, Yu Yi wisely chose the former. On the condition that his teammates were able to leave in the first place.
“If we wanted to leave you, we would’ve been gone long ago. It’s a game after all, so it’s no big deal. Let’s see how we want to deal with this. Boss, sometimes you think too much about the consequences.”
Opaci wiped the blood on his body. It had splattered when his wound was torn open from moving. He was a true novice, who didn’t know much about the rules of the game. As long as the game was fun, staying alive wasn’t that much of a priority.
The witch stopped before the trio and waved her Tai Sword gently. In a swift movement, she sheathed the Tai Sword into the beautiful scabbard.
“This is my last offer. If you agree to be my Oracle, I can give you everything that you want. They can live too. Not in the normal sense, obviously.
After hearing this, Yu Yi and company arrived at a crossroad. The kind where there was no good way out.
“Could I just ask about something, KP. Is this a choice to join another faction or is it a simple choice for the plot? What are the consequences of joining her faction?”
[I can just tell you that this is a plot decision. If you join her faction, there’s no difference from tearing your character card.]
Wasn’t that pretty much death!
Yu Yi breathed in deeply and looked towards the witch. With a steely expression, he said, “Your Majesty, you described it well and made a compelling offer… However, I reject it!” His eyes glowed astutely, which was particularly striking in the red fog. He slowly breathed out before saying, “One of my favourite things is to say NO to people who try to strongarm me!”
“Looks like our conversation ends here, so we can only try other measures.”
The witch extended her hands. Immediately, the three entered their readiness posture. She lifted her palm and placed it on the mask. She removed the mask, as her hair flowed down. A face beautiful enough to topple countries appeared before them. At that instant, it was as though their breathing had stopped. Their breath was taken away by her beauty.
Beautiful. It was as though the word was reserved to describe her from the beginning. Under the backdrop of the red fog, she shimmered like a goddess. There were no words to describe her beauty for her beauty did not exist in the real world. Her beauty was even rare in the 2D world, which meant to say that the human imagination could not conjure up a face more beautiful than hers. How was the company even able to create a character like her without the help of a blueprint!
“…I suddenly have an urge to play this instance mission every single day.”
Yatok nudged the bridge of his nose. It was a subconscious action, as he wasn’t wearing any glasses in the first place.
“To put it simply… Damn it, when I go to work… No, these looks just straight up floored me so hard that I can’t even think of anything else. Even for a girl.” Opaci couldn’t think of anything else to say, and conveniently exposed her gender.
“So, another method would be… KP?”
Yu Yi finally gained his bearings. Although she was intoxicatingly attractive, he had to realise that it was simply a virtual image and definitely wasn’t real. Yu Yi was quickly able to recover from the state of trance due to his impressive mental tenacity. If he was one of those people who fell for beautiful girls left and right, he would have died long ago.
[Mhm, it doesn’t really matter if you know. Her APP is 21 points.]
“…”
With her looks, there was no way she was human! This was an established law!
Creatures with an appearance value of more than 18 did indeed exist. However, there was no way they were human. The highest possible appearance value for humans was 18, which was Yu Yi’s appearance value. His character card displayed an appearance value of 18, which was often described as “Country-Toppling”. Before the witch, however, his appearance immediately lost its edge. 21 points of appearance value… as the ancient poem said, “This should only exist amongst heavens.”
[Alright, now. Here’s the last Charm check. Since your opponent’s APP is 21 points, she will have a 15-point bonus. Once her charm succeeds, all of you will fall under her control, which will result in the death of your entire team. Now, for the confrontation of willpower!]
The moment the KP’s voice fell, a gentle smile appeared on the witch’s face. Like a bolt of lightning, the smile etched itself into the eyes of the trio with a strange attraction. The smile had a holy quality to it, as though it was untouchable. However, the three of them still felt the urge to protect her smile with their lives. The Charm had come into effect.
[Charm check successful, willpower check failed]
[Charm check successful, willpower check failed]
[Charm check successful, willpower check failed]
[Unfortunately, all of you…]
“Wait!!”
Looking at the KP’s prompt, Yu Yi bit his tongue forcefully to withdraw himself from his charmed state. He hollered, “KP, aren’t you forgetting something!”
[Huh?]
Although all of them were under a charmed state, they were still able to move freely. They looked at Yu Yi with a strange expression, as though questioning what he was about to do.
“Although it’s an embarrassing fact, but sorry! Your charm has no effect on me! I’m gay!” Yu Yi escaped the charm and raised his hand to show his objection.
Hmph, woman! Now, I can only be affected by Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and The Visit of Kings!
[That’s… that’s an unreasonable objection. For her level of beauty, even gay people can become straight.]
“I don’t care! Add a boost value for me for the recent check! You’ve obviously underestimated my determination and self-cultivation!”
Yu Yi didn’t exactly know why the KP would make this mistake, but Yu Yi didn’t care.
[Even if I add the bonus for you… Ha! You’ve won by 1 point?!]
Although the witch had a boost of 15 points of charm value due to her high APP of 21 points, Yu Yi’s character trait was a gay person! He had 20 points of extra resistance to the opposite gender! At the same time, he had a boost of 20 points of charm value to people of the same gender.
[Charm check failed, willpower check success…]
Immediately, the witch’s charm effect on Yu Yi was lifted. Yu Yi recovered his ability to control his body, and was once again able to use his skills and powers.
[But what can you really do in this state? You’re just looking for a substitute way to die.]
“I’m going to fight to the end, of course.” Yu Yi extended his hands and removed the mask on his face. Shaking his head, he said, “I want to Charm everyone here, friend or foe!”
Charm could be used as long as the player’s APP was at least 15 points. Yu Yi’s APP value was at 18.
[Pointless struggle. Throw the dice.]
[. rd=1, Success]
[Damn it! willpower check!! . rd=0, Massive Failure]
[Luck check . rd=0. Impossible! rd=97… rd=5…]
For some strange reason, after Yu Yi rolled a dice value of 1 for his Charm check, the KP went crazy. The KP rolled for two continuous checks of 0 points. After which he rolled two hidden dice. However, after one failure and one success, the KP fell silent.
Nothing happened after some time.
“So… what’s the verdict? Aren’t you the best AI?”
[I don’t know what to do because I’m the best AI! Damn it, I should have uninstalled my emotion module! Temporary uninstall of emotional module success… Investigator, you have successfully charmed everyone here, including the Byakhees and the witch. She has fallen in love with you due to force majeure.]
“Huh?!”
Wait! There was no way this was right! How could this be the result of a Charm?! Usually, the best possible outcome would be for the opponent to treat you nicely!
[Congratulations, you have survived.]
[Game over, all investigators have survived. The event ends.]
Before Yu Yi could raise his question, a system prompt appeared before him, stating that the instance mission had been completed.
[After chaos on the Floating Island, the military was deployed to completely suppress all monsters on the island. Due to the scattering of the red fog, the Floating Island gradually landed onto the sea and became a normal island. Everything calmed down, leaving only a series of myths about flying monsters. Yatok returned to his hospital, an even more quiet man than before. Opaci changed his occupation to become a mediocre novelist, who wrote crazed words and called them his biography. Yu Yi, however, disappeared within the borders of Huaxia with a scarily beautiful woman in tow…]
“Wait! KP! What is up with this witch?! This isn’t the effect of my Charm!”
An emotionless mechanical voice followed Yu Yi’s question.
[After the successful use of Charm by the investigator which caused the KP to panic and conduct two failed willpower checks against the NPC, the Luck check failed at the same time. Additionally, the dice that controls the period of effectiveness of the Charm has failed as well, meaning that the Charm will never be lifted. Finally, your Luck check has passed. After a series of data analysis, I have decided that she has been successfully captivated by you. Any questions?”
“I have so many questions!!!”
[Your questions do not matter. Congratulations for surviving, and hope you had a good game. This KP is beginning a self check. All players, please leave the instance mission. Thank you for your cooperation.]
Without further ado, the KP kicked Yu Yi and the two other players out of the mission.
Returning to the game lobby, Yu Yi looked at the witch beside him in confusion.
What was this if it wasn’t a “Wife Airdrop”?