CHAPTER 9: CHAPTER 9: ALICE IS QUITE RESOURCEFUL

[Upon hearing about Claude’s exploits, Alice expressed shock.]

Shen Sui speechlessly covered his face.

Looks like trust needs to be rebuilt.

[However, Alice didn’t believe these rumors.]

[Alice thinks Claude is a good person.]

[The person who saved Alice can’t be a bad guy!]

Alice! You’re really my sweet little darling!

Shen Sui felt a bit moved, it seems his days of protecting her weren’t for nothing.

[Alice inquired about these exploits.]

[Alice decided on the Holy Land Pilgrimage.]

A! Li! Ce! Give me back my trust!

What the heck is a Holy Land Pilgrimage!

Shen Sui picked up the dueling device and unleashed an outburst.

[You expressed your anger to Alice and stated that all this was enemy slander.]

[Alice felt a bit disappointed.]

What are you disappointed about? Shen Sui seemed desensitized, already used to Alice’s nonsensical behavior and logic.

But... Shen Sui thought of Oshana’s last name, Price... I remember there’s someone called Price among my teammates.

Baris Price, the Holy Knight of the Lady of Daylight, the strongest Holy Knight of Light in Dawn Continent, a sacred and proud Saintess.

She’s actually one of the game’s conquerable characters, but in this run, playing as Claude, Shen Sui is fully focused on completing the last piece of his illustrated guide with Vivian, and hasn’t tried to conquer this character, only using previous experience to recruit this Holy Knight as his teammate.

In the story where the Lady of Daylight is killed, it’s Baris’s betrayal that delivers the fatal blow to Daylight.

[You told Alice the exploits of Baris Price.]

[Alice met Oshana again.]

[Oshana expressed admiration for her ancestor Baris and insisted that Baris was the most loyal knight of the Lady of Daylight, asking Alice not to insult her ancestor.]

[Alice felt slightly puzzled, she conducted a barbecue and apologized to Oshana.]

[Oshana forgave Alice, and her favorable opinion of Alice increased.]

[Alice and Oshana became close friends.]

[Ding! You acquired a Spell Card: Barbecue Technique]

[Alice inquired about the villains and Fern Zelie’s information.]

[Oshana generously explained: the villain wants to attend the Sinful Festival, which is held in a month and a half.]

[Oshana expressed confusion: Fern Zelie is already dead, and his grandfather, the sixth-level mage Rein Zelie, seems to be investigating the murderer.]

[Alice used the Barbecue Technique.]

[Oshana no longer had any questions.]

???

Is there really something like [Barbecue Technique]?

Shen Sui was full of question marks.

With a bit of curiosity, Shen Sui took out the [Barbecue Technique]

*****

Card Name: [Barbecue Technique]

Category: Spell Card

Star Level: 10 Stars

Effect: Once per turn, you can activate one of the following:

① Activate when an opponent’s Follower attacks, negating the attack, and until the end of that turn, the Follower cannot battle again;

② Activate only in your main phase, select a target Follower on the opponent’s field, gain control of that Follower until the end of the turn.

*****

Alice, as a mage, your magic is weak, but how do you keep pulling out such strange yet extremely useful cards.

Shen Sui was somewhat impressed by Alice’s constitution, a 2-star junior mage could actually draw a 10-star spell card, no wonder the duel exam strategies often say to stir up trouble with the Soul Card, only by stirring up trouble can you get spell cards stronger than the Soul Card itself.

This card isn’t weak, it even made Shen Sui overjoyed, didn’t need any modifications, this card could be used directly.

Praise Alice!

Besides messing with my mindset, you’re quite useful too.

After maxing out Oshana’s favor, Alice finally remembered she had other things to do. As the morning sun rose, Alice bid farewell to Oshana. Oshana Price temporarily left, but Shen Sui’s doubts about Price hadn’t faded. No matter the run, Baris’s betrayal of Daylight is the key plot of the main storyline, so why did Oshana say Baris was the Lady of Daylight’s most loyal knight?

This incident should have been a major event that rocked the continent back then, right? In the plots Shen Sui played, there was nothing hidden, it was all earth-shattering.

What exactly happened in this thousand-year span? Why do modern people have such a wrong perception of history?

I, Twilight Bishop Claude Modena, am definitely not a lascivious old pervert!

[Alice bid Oshana farewell, Alice called out to the hidden Hali.]

Hali?

Oh, the Silver Moon Wolf King.

Shen Sui just realized, too busy sulking over being slandered, forgot that Alice seemed to have acquired a half-decent Follower.

Silver Moon Wolf King, a 5-star magical beast in the game, not very strong, but this Wolf King named Hali seemed a bit off.

Shen Sui stroked his chin and observed for a long time, finally realizing what was wrong!

Why does this Wolf King look so much like a husky?

[Hali greeted Alice, Hali greeted you.]

Hmm? Can it see me? That’s impressive.

Silver Moon Wolves naturally submit to the strong. Unfortunately, Alice’s Follower isn’t Shen Sui’s, otherwise, just having a Silver Moon Wolf as a Follower Card would be enough for Shen Sui to fill a deck.

[Alice looked at Hali and came up with an idea.]

[Alice entrusted all of Fern Zelie’s relics to Hali, instructing it to move quickly in the opposite direction, avoiding humans.]

[Alice requested you to teach Hali spells.]

Shen Sui of course saw through Alice’s intention to divert Rein Zelie, she had no choice but to counterattack in Paiyiga City, so many things weren’t done secretly, a sixth-level mage investigating her wouldn’t be a difficult task.

The most important thing for Alice now is to go to the City of Sin to rescue Anna, she doesn’t have time to get entangled with the never-met Rein, so she’s planning to have Hali draw Rein away.

But she’s also reluctant to send her captured magical beast to its doom, so she wants me to teach it spells?

Shen Sui opened the character’s inventory, a level 5 Wolf King, still very weak, but at least it reached a level where it could wear some equipment, he still had some low-tier equipment dropped from battles.

Who would have thought, a normal daily mowing as the Twilight Bishop, and the data gets wiped out.

But, I can’t just simply give it, otherwise Alice will gradually be spoiled and slack off.

She doesn’t even know how lucky she is yet, and if she finds out her true strength, she’d probably start strolling around and taunting in every Temple.

Don’t think that Shen Sui can go invincible just because he activated Recovery. The Dawn Continent has forbidden demon areas. When Shen Sui fought the War God, he was forbidden magic, and it was with punch after punch that he beat the War God to death.

Shen Sui pondered a bit, and typed a message on the dueling device.

[You refused Alice, but offered to give Hali a life-saving piece of equipment.]

[Alice felt joy.]

[You proposed a deal, you asked Alice to seek the historical truth.]

Shen Sui’s character in the Dawn Continent was max level, there was no pursuit of strength anymore, his only curiosity was about history.

[Alice agreed to the deal.]

[You gifted Hali a Tier 5 equipment: Gale Cloak.]

[Ding! You acquired an Equipment Spell Card: Gale Cloak]