Yuni attains more understanding of plant magic with the use of silence and sells them , giving her a steady income . She takes a look at the ridiculously long title of her book and wonders how much more she's gonna have to once she unlocks more challenges .
' It hasn't even been a month yet and I've got quite a lot with me already , it would be really funny for so many challenges to appear that it would flood the entire cover instead '
She leaves the slave market and takes a look at the Legend of Grasil , figuring that they will figure out that Yuni had been benefiting from the captured elves ' There's also this incoming collab quest '
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[ Collab arcs can generate great rewards depending on the respective fame ]
' So this is where I could get the reward instance for the Fame challenge . ' Yuni reads more about the mechanics of the game and learned .
[ If two parties fight each other , their fame will increase depending on performance ]
' So I need to be better than the other party , What was that term the younglings use instead of fame ? I forgot , Humility lowers my stats down, making every fight even, so I would technically be having the same stats as them '
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[ Your techniques can be learned by Storybook's readers ]
' Is this their way of comforting me ? It's nice and all , but I really don't feel happy unless I see the rewards . Just because they said that you get some rewards doesn't mean that'll completely motivate me , a surprise is good but at least give me a trailer or hint on what it is ? '
Yuni looks at the long line at the office for questions ' Probably to make a complaint , they probably want to escape the new reality they now have and return to the old one , but that usually doesn't work '
Yuni looked at her quest to suddenly see so many quests cleared ' Okay , looks like I have to go ask some questions too ' she went to the line , finding the NPC that was carrying the sign "Line starts here" " Miss Yuni , you don't have to line up , you can head straight in "
She was about to ask a question and takes out some money and wrote it "Why am I getting special treatment" " You don't have to pay me miss Yuni , As for your query it's because you caused a boom in demand for our services which increased our revenue so it's only natural we ensure that you benefit "
' Interesting ' Yuni skipped the line and bought the rights to receive answers for her question "Can you explain why I'm getting so many quest clear even though I never did them ?"
" It has to do with your Solo challenge , due to your fame being shared among the readers they have learned how to make use of the skills which you had obtained , however , due to the origin these skills are counted as your contribution in any quest they make "
She pays for more and asked "Won't this be a problem for me ?" " Do not worry about such a thing Miss , We've already relayed this problem to the admins and they have said that the monopoly effect can be mitigated by paying more "
Yuni was about to bring more money but they stopped her " This is some extra service for our VIP , you may receive free answers for every two answers you've bought " "Who receives it ?"
" You can expect some income from it overall , it is helpful to the players , also we would like it if you could invest the confidentiality trait that you have in our customer service "
Yuni was given a contract deal ' Wow they're willing to give me a certain amount of profit for the confidentiality trait ? ' "Will this apply to all the branches ?" " Yes they will " Yuni agreed and used her reward instances to give them the proper investments .
" Thank you for your investment " ' You know the thing I said about using reward instances isn't actually so bad , but I might run out soon before the end , so I better rack up some more ' so she headed for the Challenge office .
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[ NPC's seek your favor ]
' What ? ' " Good morning Miss Yuni , are you here for anything ? " she could hear the voice of the NPC filled with lots of joy and figured the same thing would happen just like what happened in the Query office .
"I want to progress my challenges" " We have many services you may use for that purpose . We are also offering you a custom challenge room only for you" A screen popped in front of Yuni and she reads the services provided .
"I want to do all of them , I'll first do blind , sobriety and then I want a custom made room for that deals with Blind , Silence , Sobriety and Mercy" " Right this way , We will make you the custom room while you finish up your other challenges . "
The challenge of Blind involved blocking arrows and dodging attacks . Sobriety simply forced Yuni into a room where she had to avoid gaining a single status effect , which meant she had to process any effects quickly before they started to affect her .
Finally , the custom room involved fighting a fake monster ' It's also a got a good environment to force me to not be affected by the effects , there's a painful sound that would make anyone scream and Humility is also limiting my power so this makes it a perfect room to rack up some progress to get some reward instances '
Yuni subdued the monster , knocking them unconscious to improve mercy . She continued fighting everyone and when the number of monsters was too much , she took out the Mandrake whistle and blew it with all the air from her lungs and knocking all the monsters out .
[ Challenge ended ]
Yuni left and paid for the use of the rooms " Thank you for using our services " ' I'd thank you more for letting me progress and get my reward instances ' Yuni wondered if there were others and went to the Library .
" Hello Player , would you like to borrow a book " "Can I ?" " We can make exceptions " ' I was pretty famous with the NPC's at the starter village , but to think that the fame would spread even more '
She wondered about what the struggles of Fame might bring ' It's a bit like Cosmetics that reveals my information to my opponents , but Fame tells people even more than that . Maybe there are even more struggles than people being aware of your abilities ? '
She returns to House with another batch of Elves who tried to attack her ' They're getting stronger and even stronger with each attempt , pretty sure they're being conservative of their forces because they know I have Humility '
Grasil's assassins were relatively weak as he was only betting that Yuni would lose because her Humility would restrict her attacks , but every time he looked at his storybook and saw that ridiculously long title , he grew more and more confuse .
' How is it possible for her to even learn about it ? ' " I want you to bring me the storybook " Grasil said and he took a look at Yuni's storybook , which had a paywall behind it . It was ridiculously expensive and Grasil understood why .
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[ A special paywall is made for fame challengers ]
' To think she could do something like this , even I thought the storybooks were just useful tools to gather information , I've even limited the sales to remain within the top ranks and sold fake storybooks to preserve it , but to think she was able to put such restrictions like these '
Grasil paid the price and reads from the beginning till the chapter which cdescribes how Yuni acquired Fame .
Chapter title Fame
After accepting the Challenge of Fame , Yuni was allowed to give the storybook a trait . One of which was to make the readers pay to read her story , this likely stems from her attaining the challenge by sharing her story but requiring money to access it .
' I wasn't given this option ' Grasil was a little disappointed that he could've gained more .
She also used her challenge rewards to leave a confidentiality trait on the book , which could give her even more money .
' She's benefiting from every purchase , wouldn't that mean I'm helping her by reading ' Grasil was annoyed that he had to pay since he doesn't know what happened to the elves and finally reach the end , understanding what hadhappened to them .
' To think she would do such a thing , If only she didn't have access to my storybook , our secret could've been hidden but now that she has it . I can be certain that while she has access to my information , she might be cautious if she is also aware of the restricted information that the storybook doesn't reveal about her character '
The next day Yuni , searched for Grasil's name again ' Oh he decided to pay ' she was extremely glad to get a lot of money from him ' Although he might have to be careful about learning the information , I might gain a lot no matter what he does '
Yuni looked at Grasil's storybook and recalls what Grasil wants ' The book said that he wishes to save the world tree , but seeing as my storybook doesn't say every little detail , there might be some secrets I'm not aware of about him , Is this what authors do when they want to suddenly twist the story ? '
While she was glad for the money Grasil had given her ' Wait a minute , doesn't that mean that I'll end up not getting my daily income ? ' she was extremely disappointed but decided there was no use crying and took the elves , bringing them to be sold , but first checked the storybook .
Chapter title : Slave rescue
Upon learning that Yuni sold the assassins he sent to her . Grasil expended money to free the slaves that were sold by Yuni overnight .
' Slavery is legal ? They did ask me how I got them and I just said they were assassins , but is that considered illegal capture ? I didn't kill them and I did interrogate them , but there's also the point that only criminals can be sold , so I guess I'm safe legally ? ' Yuni wasn't sure of it , but she figured it was fine after reading the rest of it .
Upon learning nothing from the captured elves , Grasil decided to cancel the assassination order and waited to buy the next elves he had sent the night before .
Yuni leaves with more money from the slave market again and goes to the challenge office, wondering if it's just as popular " Would you like to try our temporary challenge rooms ? " "When did you get that ?" " It was an old project that wasn't complete , but we got enough funding from the profits "
"Can I earn rewards instances from it ?" " Certainly , however , it will take much longer than the current passive challenges that you do . Would you like to try it ? " "Yes" Yuni walked into the challenge room and was given enough equipment .
[ Challenge of delirium is beginning ]
Yuni could feel that the room was warping strangely ' Wow this is crazy ? ' she checked her sobriety challenge, seeing as it hadn't fallen, she assumed that the challenge of delirium did not mess with her mind but distorted the room to the point that made it confusing .
She walked out of the platform , she stood and stepped out , which accompanied several feelings of nauseousness , confusion and distorted senses .
' Rather than Delirium , this is much better suited for sobriety , walking out from the starting zone is meant to confuse you as you get used to it, but I'm keeping that off by processing the information '
Her senses were being confused and her storybook recorded this event as she progresses into it .
Chapter title temporary challenges
The challenge of delirium was difficult , the senses were fooled and while Yuni did not have eyes , the rest of her body was confused with hallucinations of their respective senses . Her solution was to not hear , touch , smell or feel .
Only one thing was not harmed by it and that was the mind which processed the information . How is it possible , you may ask ? It's because she already had the skill for these types of situation .
She ignored all the senses and felt around her , finding the unaffected spot and following it . She took a minute to feel the surroundings and activate the mind's eye , at the moment , due to her N/A challenge , it wasn't recorded , but the mind's eye she used did not need system assistance .
' It's a good thing I was extremely bored ' Yuni passed the challenge of delirium with the Mind's eye and settled for two reward instances ' Alright let's head to the church . I could make use of this instance '
Yuni leaves very happy with her skill and checked her storybook ' Oh it even tells you how to attain it ? Maybe I should invest a bit ' she searches for the office "Where do I go to leave an investment ?"
" Right this way " Yuni wrote the contract details and handed it together with her investment " Thank you for investing in the Challenge office " Yuni looked forward to her fame improving as many more players are motivated to challenge as well as complain .
' There's no way they would learn it so easily , so they'll just keep wasting and wasting it , it was supposed to be difficult to learn it in the first place but there might be more and more people who wishes for the skill '
Yuni sees another line at the church ' Probably because of my reward instances that made some of them come here ' as usual , she was favored by the priest but still had to pay ' If there ever was a reward for patience , I doubt I would get a single reward instance '
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[ Would you like to use one Delirium reward instance ]
' I know I have two reward instances so I'll put this on hold after I get the reward from the illusion idol '
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' Are you for real ? Fine I guess there's no point in trying to force it . The challenge of delirium was probably something you can't get anyways ' she accepts the use of a delirium reward instance and the flower of madness was transformed to the flower of dreams .
' Even though dreams are supposed to be beautiful and wondrous , this flower still has the same sinister feel on it ' she reads the description and wondered ' Should I get the challenge of delirium ? '
She heads to the query office "How does the challenge of delirium proceed ?" " It is a very vague challenge , one that is impossible to do with your sobriety challenge they are simply too conflicting and contradict each other as Delirium forces your mind in a state of confusion by mixing truth and lies together in your senses "
"Can I get it without ruining sobriety ?" " It is possible , but you will have to retain lucidity to retain sobriety challenge . Delirium doesn't act directly on the body but simply affects the mind , but if you retain lucidity , it is possible to retain your other challenge "
"How do I get it ? I have the flower of dreams from consuming a delirium reward instance" " It is possible to make use of it , but you will need to search for a way to utilize it " Yuni sighed , thinking that she would need to learn it .
' Wait a minute , there's House ' Yuni headed back to House and took out the flower of dreams . She checks on House's skills and learns it was possible to make use of it to activate the flower of dreams ' It's also gonna be empowering House too '
She used money to unlock a book about the evolution of a witch hut ' According to this , I need to install a wreath hanger on House's door and leave the flower there ' Yuni searches for the wreath hanger and places it at the door and places the flower of dreams .
[ House has absorbed the flower of dreams ]
' It's that easy ? Is it because of the system assistance ' she instructed House to use the flower of dreams on her and she was struck with several hallucinations that attacked her remaining senses .
' Oh god , this is gross ' she slowly tunes out the hallucinations and eventually is able to tune out the hallucinations ' Hmm senses still in place but there's a lot of hallucinations for the rest of my senses but still I don't feel bothered and Sobriety is still here '
[ Would you like to accept the challenge of Delirium ]
Yuni easily accepted and Haggis was reading this live , was worried ' Hmm it's one thing that I have to pay for her for learning this , but if I want to teach them , I need to pay even more '
He could feel several financial burdens growing on him as he took a look at the quest ' I'll have to get more and more money so that everyone can avoid the monopoly , but for now we will just have to train the mind's eye on our own , it will be useful in the coming stages . '
Meanwhile , Grasil is annoyed by all the blessings Yuni has ' How does she know how to use them ? What kind of tribe did she come from ? She's supposed to be a cat beastkin , so how come she isn't like them in general ? '
Grasil was at his limits , knowing that he would need to give Yuni a bigger assassin to fight against . One that doesn't cause Humility to activate ' No what if she can be killed in the next quest she's participating , from what I've heard , this one has some balance of power , so I just have to send several elves to shift the balance '
Grasil quickly makes the plan while Yuni goes to sleep ' I wonder if Delirium will affect my dreams ' Yuni gets some shut eye and is able to hear .
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Yuni did not fail to retain her lucidity in her dreams and shakes inside her basket as a newborn ' So this is what it does , I haven't visited this memory for a while ' " Here is my firstborn " " Excellent , now your wealth "
Many cries of firstborns inside the small hut as a line of people were outside , all dressed in ragged fabric , stained with dust and dirt . They've come to sell their firstborn for wealth to a strange hut , uncertain if it was a witch , demon , fay , they only call them a collector with long limbs .
' I remember the story here , would this place , this was supposed to be where my parents sold me out for wealth . Considering that the poverty rates are at an all-time high at the time , I would be surprised that they didn't trade each other's children to eat them free of more guilt , but still with guilt just much lesser '
She couldn't tell how much time had passed inside the orphanage , she allowed her body to act as if the dream should have , only taking action on the day ' Finally it's here , years are were painfully long but I had to be patient so that my body could grow what it was back then '
[ Would you like to accept the challenge of patience ]
' It's here ? ' Yuni was surprised that the system actually registered it and quickly accepts . She took control of her body in the lucid dream " Now for your coming of age " the collector said as they stirred a pot with a child that was placed inside as an ingredient .
The pot was surrounded by drawers with ingredients for a certain kind of magic as well as some tools for cooking . The room was lit only by a single blue flame burning atop a transparent candle being held by magic by a chandelier .
Yuni walked to the spot pretending to be mind controlled and dashed towards the burnt wood and threw it to the collector .
" Gah , You disobedient " Yuni ran to the door and the collector's long hands reached out to her . She stopped her sprint and stepped back ' Since I know what is supposed to happen , I can optimize the ending '
She jumped to grab a small kitchen knife and the collector left the ladle . Their long legs turned to search for her as she kept running and running around . She hid herself from tables of ingredients , which the collector had to avoid trying to make a mess .
She ran another circle and threw a light basket to attract the collector . the followed the sound and Yuni caused them to trip , making them fall onto the knife she had inserted into the crack between flowers .
" Ahhh " they turned to see Yuni already running as they got up and ripped out the knife " Come here , child . I'm just gonna cut you up " Yuni kicked a chair to the pot and stuck out a tongue to taunt " OOOHHH you impudent "
Yuni dashed past the pot while the collector carefully moved , making sure the ladle wasn't disturbed . Yuni grabbed the firewood and threw it towardsthe pot as the Collector seized it to not ruin the soup . She continued this action , hoping to get the outcome she needed .
They eventually bumped into the ladle , allowing Yuni to use it and wedged it to make a makeshift lever with the chair while the collector takes out the pieces of ash that fell into the soup .
She stuck out her tongue to taunt again " You little " they reached out to grab Yuni , but she dodged and hid behind a table near the chair and long landle ready to trip them . Yuni fell as the collector moved the table she was leaning on " You're done now "
They carried Yuni and lifted her high above the pot . Yuni grabbed the tranparent candle and shoved it to the collector's face " AHHHH " Yuni quickly grabbed the chandelier and swung herself in the direction of the ladle that still remained wedged .
She let go of the chandelier ' wee ' the collector saw what Yuni was doing and quickly went for the pot " NOOOO " Yuni hugged the ladle as it fell lightly and started to tilt the pot until it was toppled .
The cauldron spilled all of its contents " No no no " the collector crawled over and tried to save any of the liquid , but they all sipped into the ground . Yuni searched for the collector's weak spot and stabbed it with a knife .
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[ Reward well-earned rest and Delirium progress ]
The next day , Yuni got up and quickly checked the updated rewards ' hmm I should probably get the reward for patience ' she heads to the church again , skipping the line ' Unlike the other challenge , patience is only in effect when you actually do it '
She claims the reward instance for Delirium , which was a grimoire about illusion magic . And the patience reward instance .
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' Just what you'd expect when I unlocked it ' she expected she would have to wait for the update ' I also have to do it patiently too , no point in waiting if I could be doing more '
She turned to the confession room and thought that it would be helpful . She went in and a priest starts " What would you like to ask ? " "It's about Patience , I got it during a challenge of delirium , which made me wait for six years . I'm wondering if that means I have to wait for my reward"
" Patience isn't about waiting , it's more like dedication that doesn't make you do other things that would lead to your downfall . If you read a book , you have to be patient enough to read it till the end , it is truly not waiting . " "Thank you for the guidance"
Yuni leaves and wondered ' Guess I have a lot to learn about the lore , I'm not the one who usually creates them anyway . I just leave it to Ceil to wonder ... but how is she and the rest doing ' Yuni goes to the Library to borrow more books while leaving the reward instance books in priority .
She waited for two days and consumed all the patience reward instances ' Is this supposed to be testing my patience ? ' she got many blueprints on armament building .
' Well , considering that Patience means focus , it's weird they gave me something like this . Maybe it has to do with the fact that I have House '
She figured she'll eventually understand what it means and was about to purchase some metal to build it ' Wait , I could just go for the abandoned mines ' she first returned to grab the storybook so she could tell what she was working with and head to the city .
' There's still a lot of food for House anyways , so they'll be fine ' Yuni wanted to pay for the teleportation , but figured it might hinder her patience challenge ' Guess I'll go by foot ' she hoped that she could get more patience reward instances .
' For a challenge about waiting , it sure progressed pretty fast , although the reward instances are pretty cheap , guess that also forces people to wait ' she ran to the route to the abandoned mines .9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30lbA7xdZQ
