Chapter 16: Chapter 16: First Duplication

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Ling Yi immediately understood the situation, and his interest in the topic quickly fell.

This was the first player he met in the main world. He had wanted to learn more about the player, but now it seemed pointless.

Just as he got up and was about to leave, he heard the sound of glass shattering.

Crash!

Ling Yi and the others looked over.

A dozen giant bats with dark purple skin with black spiral patterns on their bellies smashed through the window glass and aggressively flew in.

These giant bats flapped their wings, and as they flew, they stared at the people with their beady green eyes as if they were glaring.

“Nightmare Bats! Actual level 15 Nightmare Bats! They’ve seen us!”

“Run!”

After the Black Sky ended, no more monsters would appear, but the monsters that had already appeared would not disappear before it was killed.

The group of Nightmare Bats must have slipped under the other player’s radar.

“Don’t worry, don’t worry! These bats don’t have any powerful attack moves. They won’t kill anyone!”

“But they have a unique skill called ‘Nightmare Curse’! Don’t tell me you want to fall asleep in such a public place while stuck in a never-ending nightmare, do you?”

“…I don’t want that… but I’m just a helpless girl, so…”

As the crowd rushed toward the exit in a panic, some people approached the mushroom-haired man, hoping that he would deal with these monsters for them.

“Get lost!”

The mushroom-headed man’s attitude turned a complete one-eighty degree. He rudely shook off the hands of the people around him and rushed to the door at a speed that was almost invisible to the eyes. Ling Yi watched as the other player stepped on other people’s shoulders, trying to squeeze their way, and jumped out!

By the time the pleading crowd reacted, his figure had already disappeared at the end of the corridor.

“What’s going on? Why is he running so fast?”

“Why does he look even more scared than us?”

“I remember now! That person seemed to be a new member of the Dark Guild! He must be afraid that other players will follow the Nightmare Bats and find him!”

“Really? Are you sure?”

“If he hadn’t run away, I wouldn’t be sure, but….”

While everyone was in shock, Ling Yi, still in his corner, was surprised by the powerful feeling in his body.

Just as the mushroom-headed man made his escape, he used his skill [Attribute Duplication]. He didn’t think too much about it other than the thought, “why not?” as he saw the guy’s swift action.

Since he seemed light on his feet, Ling Yi copied the opponent’s agility.

Agility 3 → Agility 35 (↑32)

‘That guy’s only a Level 7, but he already has 32 agility? Doesn’t he have any other attributes?‘

Ling Yi couldn’t check all of his opponent’s attributes. It was only because he copied the opponent’s stats that he knew the mushroom-haired guy’s agility was 32.

Ling Yi quickly understood that this could be a significant problem. Even though he could copy someone else’s or a monster’s attribute, he wouldn’t be able to see all their stats. It would almost be like a gamble for him to copy.

The only thing he could do was guess by their performance.

‘This can be really inconvenient!‘

He thought to himself, ‘If I get an inspection skill in the future, I might be able to mutate it and use it to find rare abilities that God’s Path doesn’t have….’

Crash!

Another window shattered.

Ling Yi’s heart skipped a beat. He thought another group of Nightmare Bats had crashed in again but was surprised at the sudden unexpected guest he found instead.

A woman whose face he couldn’t see had entered, but what made her stand out was the fact her whole body was enveloped in flames!

She stretched out her hand and grabbed into a void, pulling out a long whip. The flames on her body burned along her arm to the whip, and in the blink of an eye, it formed a long flaming whip.

Under everyone’s gazes, she only swung back and forth towards the group of Nightmare Bats twice. The dozen or so demonic-looking bats circling in the air were annihilated!

Then, she turned around and flew away.

She disappeared from everyone’s sight in a moment.

He moved quickly and came and went like the wind!

“Fire Whip Queen… That was the Fire Whip Queen!”

Everybody cheered joyfully, and Ling Yi also heaved a sigh of relief.

He couldn’t deal with flying monsters, especially in a closed, indoor space. If that woman everybody called the Fire Whip Queen hadn’t come, he wouldn’t know what to do.

Looking up at the broken window, he subconsciously touched his chin and said to himself, “Now that Black Sky has ended, there must be some other monsters left outside. I guess I should take a look,”

As he was about to leave, someone grabbed his hand.

He turned around and saw that it was the girl who had been sitting opposite him. She reached across the table to grab him, looking as if she needed some help.

Ling Yi was stunned for a moment. Then, he quickly returned to his seat and asked, “Is everything okay? Do you need any help?”

The young girl’s face was pressed against the table, and Ling Yi had to come closer to hear what she had to say.

The girl was mumbling something, but he still couldn’t understand what she was saying. So he got closer again, and their heads were almost touching.

From this distance, he could smell her rich and sweet scent. It entered his nose and slowly invaded his brain. Somehow, it excites his spirits?

His hearing seemed to have improved as well.

“I’ve been cursed with a nightmare curse… Please take me home… Home is… In… Bag…”

A gentle, delicate female voice tickled Ling Yi’s ears, but he quickly understood what she meant.

He remembered one of the people mentioned that they would fall asleep once hit by this curse and wouldn’t wake up.

If she fell asleep here, he couldn’t imagine what would happen to her, especially when someone with bad intentions saw her in her defenseless state.

Ling Yi sighed but carefully searched through the girl’s bag. He quickly found a package and took it out.

The recipient’s name, phone number, and address were all written.

[Lin Shurou, XXXXXXXXXXX

33 Phoenix Street, Firefly Town, Qianjiang City]

…

It was a little past two in the afternoon.

When the more experienced players wiped out the remaining monsters on the street, the nearby residents came out of their houses and resumed their daily activities.

Ling Yi had arrived at this girl’s, Lin Shurou’s, residential area.

It was only yesterday that his agility was only 3 points. He could only run for six meters per second.

Now that he has 35 agility points, he could run at a speed of 70 meters per second!

The distance from Star Square to Lin Shurou’s house was about a thousand meters, but Ling Yi only spent a little over ten seconds despite still carrying another body on his back.

This was also the first time he had personally experienced the changes brought about by high attributes.

Unlike [Starfall], he could experience a speed exceeding any average human speed. It made him feel as though he had extraordinary powers!

“Now that I think about it.” Standing in front of 33 Phoenix Street, Ling Yi turned around to look at the five or six-story building. He had a strange expression on his face. ‘Isn’t this right behind my temporary residence?‘

If a window in his room allowed him to see the back of the building, he would be able to see her house.

However, his room and even the building he was in didn’t have one.

Oddly enough, this area was deserted, and there was nobody to be seen. But even so, Ling Yi still quickly found the key from her bag, opened the gate, and quickly locked it back once he was inside.

He carried her through a small garden and arrived at the small two-story house. He tried turning the doorknob and was surprised it wasn’t locked.

So, he pushed the door open and entered.