This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist-Chapter 390: World’s Grave Forest · Wind Rising

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[Rita]: What about Rick?

She was extremely worried. She really feared that Eclipse Vanguard would spare Rick just to avoid offending her.

[Eleanor]: They’ll probably come for you to resurrect him. If you don’t want to revive him, just keep yourself busy with something else.

Rita: "..." This old lady is sharp as a tack.

[Eleanor]: But maybe they won’t bother you. Someone in Eclipse Vanguard has resurrection skills too. When the time comes, they’ll just show it off, and Black Jade will get the hint. I think they’re just going through the motions to scare Black Jade.

Ever since she learned this, Rita couldn’t stop thinking about it. She didn’t care about Black Jade or Rick’s fate. What really worried her was the [Moment of Reversal] she had rented!

What if Black Jade dies and the skill disappears with its owner?

This was a very real possibility, considering that the contract for the [One-Time Transaction] didn’t specify that the rented items could be kept after the owner died.

Of course, if she looked on the bright side, it might just mean she wouldn’t have to return it.

But the skill was too important to her, so she had to plan for the worst-case scenario. She opened the game panel and looked at one of her skills.

[Who is Hannibal?]: Transform any target into thirty-eight different delicious dishes, each scoring over 90 points. If you finish eating all thirty-eight dishes yourself, you will randomly acquire one skill the target had in their life (each target can only trigger this once).

Though the skill acquisition was random, she could always use her God-thief milk dragon to exploit a bug. By carefully timing the final bites, she could repeatedly try to randomly acquire [Moment of Reversal].

It would be much harder to directly steal it from Eclipse Vanguard. Black Jade’s size made it tricky, and stealing would require using [The Great World and Tiny Me], which would be too obvious.

Working with Eclipse Vanguard? Trading Black Jade’s corpse was also a viable option. She could claim it was for Nivalis’s evolution. But Eclipse Vanguard probably wouldn’t accept gold or equipment, since they weren’t that short-sighted. What they wanted were promises—like Nivalis agreeing to protect the US, for instance.

Before Rita could finalize her plan, Eleanor messaged her while they were eating dinner on the 8th—Rick hadn’t shown up because he was at The Lopez Family making food for Black Jade. Eleanor then informed Rita that Black Jade had surrendered.

That cunning dragon saw that not only did Eclipse Vanguard bring a resurrection skill, but they also had an experienced chef. Without saying a word, he voluntarily signed a peace agreement with them.

What a smart move?!

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Well, that meant she could change to plan C.

When Eclipse Vanguard relaxed their monitoring of Black Jade, she would find an opportunity to lure Black Jade to a secluded spot and assassinate him to steal his body. If [Moment of Reversal] didn’t disappear after Black Jade’s death, great. If it did, she’d just make Black Jade into thirty-eight dishes.

Even though Rita crafted a [Moment of Reversal] crystal every 7 days, she’d jump at the chance to keep it permanently.

Though [Moment of Reversal] had severe side effects, she’d learned to be more cautious. It was a divine skill, and she had initially planned to use it for just one year. But now, she wanted it to last for the rest of her life!

This skill and she had a strong bond.

On the appointed day, Rita invited Eleanor to her house and made her a meal. Eleanor didn’t ask why Rita seemed distant from her biological parents, seemingly not eager to let them take advantage of her. She said nothing, ate the meal, and then told Rita that she had no more teachings for her. She left behind a few recipes she’d developed specifically for Nivalis’s research.

Afterward, Rita didn’t hear from her again. Scarlett told her that Eleanor had gone to run dungeons with her bodyguards. The old lady was utterly obsessed with leveling up and dungeon runs.

Meanwhile, Rita kept practicing her [Moment of Reversal] in dungeons and refining her [Midnight Exile] skills, understanding their pros, cons, and limits. In the afternoon, she took Nivalis to Lania Kaia to cause some chaos. But both of them instinctively avoided places like Mistblade’s Moonfox City, Maple Syrup’s Polar Day City, and Bone Shade’s Dark City.

Those places were real "chaos zones." Wherever they went, people soon started shouting.

Nivalis was wagging her tail excitedly. "Wow, what kind of divine life did you live? This ’effortless’ feeling is so amazing!"

Did Dragon Island not have moral education classes?

Rita took the chance to lecture her. "What do you mean ’effortless’? We paid for this with blood, our lives are the price!"

Nivalis snapped to attention, nodding in agreement. "I’ve improved again!" She still had a long way to go in the art of mischief and moral decay.

Rita: "…Don’t tell Holy Cup."

Nivalis: "Got it. We need to live well."

The pair, now disguised, revamped all the stolen equipment and threw it onto the auction house. They made sure their attribute points were balanced and learned some useful secrets in the process. Rita at least figured out where several underground markets in major cities were located.

While searching for World Graveyard in Lania Kaia, Rita also set her sights on fishing for the right people by selling fake World Graveyards she had ordered from Blue Star. Maybe she could find some of their lackeys and follow the trail to those who hadn’t yet handed over their own World Graveyards.

At worst, she could learn their techniques for collecting World Graveyards.

Her "street-smart" life continued until early March, when she finally caught a lead.

She used a Turtle Jade Stone to steal a secret.

— "I’m going to tell Qiu Qiu, I’ll be royalty soon!"

Both Rita and Nivalis perked up. They immediately cornered a poor level-5 Tauren in a narrow alley. With both intimidation and stealth, they forced him to reveal what he knew.

Eventually, they bought the World Graveyard from him for 100 gold.

Rita’s honor points increased by 10,000.

After tossing 100 gold into the Tauren’s arms, they returned to Blue Star. Rita then took out the [3-Character] and [5-Character] she had in her possession.

The three pieces of Mahjong quickly came together.

[World’s Grave Forest·Undead·Three-Four-Five]: World’s Grave Forest·Key★ (A necessary credential for entering the World Battlefield)

[Skill] Little Skeleton Soldier: Unlock a divine talent skill for you (and your pet) upon entering the World Battlefield.

Rita took out the [World’s Grave Forest·Oak Owl·Six-Seven-Eight] next and attempted to combine the six pieces of World Graveyard. With a snap, they locked together!

[World’s Grave Forest·Wind Rising]: World’s Grave Forest·Key★★ (A necessary credential for entering the World Battlefield)

[Skill 1] Legendary Prologue: Unlock two divine talent skills for you (and your pet) upon entering the World Battlefield.

[Skill 2] Horn of War: Unlock three skills for you (and your pet) upon entering the World Battlefield.

The effects had drastically improved!

Now, with the [Red Dragon], [7-Character], and [East Wind] in her hands, Rita and Nivalis could start the Divine Game a full minute earlier the next time they entered the battlefield. They could also carry one additional item and unlock an extra skill each.

After studying the setup, Nivalis sighed, "I wonder what skills the Full House will have."

Rita stiffened. She suddenly realized why Apache had said Mistblade was furious and looking for her.

Could it be that Mistblade knew she was the one who stole her second World Graveyard piece and had broken her set?

Hmm… They had already reconciled last time. Surely, Mistblade, the great Moon Emperor of Mistblade, couldn’t go back on her word now!