Chapter 283: Friendly tips

Chapter 283: Friendly tips

Cinthia slowly entered the abandoned mall. Despite her best efforts to be silent, the sound of her footsteps echoed around the deserted halls. She internally cursed whoever decided to design the stasis suits with hard soles.

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[Daddy Hatred] : Youve got this Cinthia! Kill them all!

Thank you for the donation Y- Yes, I will Youre all positive theyre here, right? I dont see anything Cinthia whispered to herself, walking discreetly along the walls.

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Alright

Entering the abandoned shops one after the other, Cinthia checked the floor for the secret trapdoor that she was told was somewhere nearby. She also knew that special elite robots with optical cloaking technology roamed in this part of the city. She had managed to escape once, but it had not been a pleasant experience, and her viewers had been unimpressed.

Now she needed to complete Daddy Hatreds quest at all costs, too many tokens were at stake.

Not this shop either

[Unclean lord] : Its nearby, I can smell it!

Cinthia entered yet another shop, this one selling a bunch of weird metallic cylinders with pictures of food. Everything was rusty and the floor and shelves were exceptionally dirty even for the standards of the abandoned city. She looked around the entire shop, failing to find anything once again.

She entered the next shop in this aisle of the mall, it had once been a clothing shop, but now, all that was left were a bunch of creepy mannequins wearing tattered rags with faded colors. It reminded Cinthia of a certain floor or the previous trial that had almost cost her her life. Just the thought of it sent chills down her spine. She moved quickly, wanting to be done fast with this store that made her on edge. The city was uncanny enough on its own, she thought, even without the uncanny dolls.

As she turned past a row of mannequins, Cinthia saw something move, startled, she jumped back and used her fastest attack skill, [Sponsored strike]. She barely caught a glimpse of the thing that had scared her before it was shattered into bone bits by the spread shot of essence tokens she had blasted it with.

A bone bird? She thought. Before she was surprised even more by the unusual stream of new messages. Some by viewers she had never even heard of.

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[Crybaby] : Poor child

[Daddy Hatred] : Crybaby? You? Here?!

[Twistyface] : Of course she would be here, Hatred. Youre so oblivious.

[TallBro] : Right? Hatred has no idea what Cinthias got coming for her right now! *Evil laughter*

Cinthia tried to escape, all her muscles tensed and pushed back, but no matter what she did, she couldnt move at all, the giant armor of bones overpowered her without mercy. She closed her eyes, only hoping that it would at least be a painless death, for once.

She couldnt afford to pay attention to it, but her viewer messages were going wild.

And then, the fist came down, stopping right above Cinthias head.

Hesitantly, the frail-looking red-skinned orc opened her eyes. The bone gauntlet moved back a little, and a single finger flicked Cinthias forehead.

You should be more careful whose skeletons you blow up, inner disciple, a playful feminine voice said with a chuckle from inside the armor.

The bone helmet slowly disappeared, as if absorbed by the being underneath, revealing the stunning face of a blonde and strangely glowing human woman.

Are you alright? I tried not to hurt you too much but I was going pretty fast, she continued.

W- W- Who are you?! You entered Joahs dream?!

Sofia stood up, it was rather impolite to speak to someone while sitting on their torso. And quite awkward. And uncomfortable. She completely dispelled her armor, showing off the stasis combination underneath. Im just a passing Necromancer. You can call me Vakaria, she answered with a wink. And how I got here should be pretty obvious, Zephir let me in.

Then youre a new disciple?

Sort of. My class is special in a different way though.

Cinthia had a look of disbelief as she carefully stood up and dusted herself. She started saying something when she interrupted herself, SAINT?!

Told you it was special. And not just because Im a saintess. But you never answered, did I hurt you badly? You look fine but

I- Im alright, I think, although you had me very scared. I heal fast Why would you even attack me like this?! I thought I was dead! Im sorry for your skeleton

Dont worry about it, sorry, I kind of overreacted too, I was a bit too eager to Ahem, anyway, Zephir told me to join Saria fast. Would you happen to know where she is?

You know Saria? Cinthia asked back, incredulous, before realizing in the same instant that she didnt need to know her to be searching for her, Uh, I mean Sorry, lets start from the beginning Im Cinthia, first Inner disciple of the Obsidian mountain. Welcome into our ranks, Vakaria!

Thanks, happy to be here. And sorry again for the strong-armed first impression.

No worries Im somewhat used to people unexpectedly appearing at weird times. Just; please be a bit less scary from now on I dont know where boss is right now exactly but I should be able to find her Oh, right, you probably dont know, we call Saria Boss, youll understand why soon. Why are you looking for her actually? Did leader have an urgent message for her?

Sofia looked away. You could say that.