Dream Travel

Chapter 320 Areas Where It Can Be Used

"Is the chef you hired... normal?"

"If possible, I'd prefer a normal one, but I'd rather find a villainous chef so I can kill him and not have to pay him."

Bai Mu explained his idea of ​​finding a chef, saying that a proper chef would definitely be paid.

Once you've established a good relationship, it's fine to have someone cook for you, but you can't keep them tied to your side and have them cook for you every day, can you?

Therefore, it is necessary to find a chef who is skilled but not a good person.

White Curtain's answer did not surprise Beatrice; she even thought it was very efficient.

Just thinking about her own experiences made Beatrice feel a little sad.

"So, do you have a suitable candidate in mind?"

“I originally had one, but the recipes were too extensive, so I didn’t want it.”

Bai Mu sighed. That strong chef, his cooking skills were excellent, but unfortunately he had taken to Hannibal's tastes.

Even if the other party treats demons the same way.

Bai Mu could accept that the chef only ate demons, but the other party also ate people.

There's not much to say about that; if he encounters someone like that, he'll just kill them. No matter how good their cooking skills are, he won't take them in.

"How to say?"

"They eat people."

"..." Seeing Bai Mu's serious expression, Atrist wanted to say, 'That's it? What's the big deal?', but Bai Mu's serious demeanor made her choose to keep quiet.

“If you really want to find one, I can recommend someone.” After thinking for a moment, Beatrice recommended, “I once met a very talented chef, but he’s probably old and dead now.”

"Isn't that the same as not saying anything at all?"

"But he has a son."

"Is he a bad person?"

"not bad."

"Oh." Bai Mu immediately lost interest, quickly finished the rest of the barbecue, and returned to Rota City.

He'd done everything he could recently, and it was time to look for new alternate dreams. Finding a primordial demon wasn't out of the question, but he felt he needed to take the opportunity to strengthen himself further.

"Have you considered putting my body inside?" After returning to her residence, Atrist suggested.

"No way? The weapon case didn't have any new effects back then... It really works?" Bai Mu said as he tried it out.

He discovered that he could indeed fit Beatrice's body inside, and after some thought, he moved Lafayette's body over as well, and after trying it, it worked the same way.

"Is this related to you?" Bai Mu considered this possibility.

I've already tried it out in the wild; the beasts that Beatrice kills can be transformed into puppets, since Beatrice's phantoms are an extension of the weapon case.

However, White Curtain used a different method: after setting up a despicable trap to kill the beast, it could no longer turn it into a puppet.

The reason why both Beatrice's and Raphael's bodies can now be stored in weapon cases as puppets is likely because their souls are inside the weapon cases.

“There’s nothing wrong with my body. You can keep my body from now on.” Beatrice conducted a thorough examination of the body that the white curtain had released.

After confirming that all her bodily functions were normal, she immediately suggested to Bai Mu that she wanted to see how much her body could grow after being strengthened by the Dream Erosion from the weapon box.

Is this enhancement lossless? If so, then a white screen would be incredibly appealing.

"Your physical fighting ability isn't strong, you're just taking up space."

The white curtain looked somewhat disgusted.

The weapon crate can only store a maximum of six puppets. The maximum size of the puppets has not yet been tested, but the number of slots is fixed.

Even if the white curtain kills a mosquito, it can still occupy an empty space.

Shouldn't all six open positions be filled by strong damage dealers? What's the point of having a support/support player?
Beatrice is an alchemist, not exactly a battlefield support; bringing her along is purely taking up space. As for whether she's actually useful...

Honestly, if you really want to use it, it doesn't really matter whether you bring it or not, right?

"That's why we have to keep carrying you around if you're not strong enough. That way you can gradually become stronger!" Beatrice tried to persuade them.

He even regretted that he had mainly studied life alchemy and hadn't focused on improving his combat abilities.

Even if they don't improve their combat power, knowing some other magic would be better than being disliked by the White Curtain at this time.

"It's really not very useful. We'll talk about it again when you discover a new use for it."

"But leaving those spots empty is a waste..."

"You want to retain the enhancement, but only if it works in combat. As for everyday use... wait."

Bai Mu suddenly realized something, touched upon Beatrice's summons, and discovered a new use for it.

He can summon the phantom of Beatrice directly into her real body, but he can't do that with other phantoms.

After being summoned, the cost of maintaining Atreus's summoning ability is greatly reduced.

"Okay, I'll take you with me for now." This discovery made Bai Mu change his mind.

"Your methods are becoming more and more like those of a demon." Despite feeling the familiar sensations in her body, Beatrice was still not happy. What she wanted was not to return to her original form in this way, but to truly break free from the 'control' of the white curtain and be resurrected directly.

Her current return is only temporary. After the White Curtain dispelled the phantom summoning, her body remains in the state of a 'puppet'.

"This is the function of the equipment, what does it have to do with me?" Bai Mu refused to take the blame: "If there's anything wrong with it, it's the Banshee Queen from back then. Maybe that thing was created by some demons."

"If it was caused by a demon," Beatrice said. "The problem would only be bigger, wouldn't it?"

"I've already offended one primal demon, so I'm not afraid of offending a second one."

Bai Mu reached out and slapped the weapon case. Beatrice couldn't help but shiver, a look of relief spreading across her face: "Can you have a few more?"

She could feel a surge of vitality coursing through her body, which pushed her body beyond its original limits.

Furthermore, this enhancement is effortless, just like the weapon case itself being enhanced, temporarily exceeding the material's limits.

And now her body has also received such enhancement.

“Come and give it a try.” White Curtain extended her hand to Beatrice.

Beatrice looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"If you can pinch me until it hurts, I'll continue."

Even with both hands, Atreus couldn't budge White Curtain's hand, despite receiving the enhanced Dream Erosion effect from the weapon box.

It was as if she was grabbing not a piece of meat, but a piece of super-strong alloy.

Beatrice blushed: "You must not have given me more!"

"What do you mean, 'nothing more'? Your foundation is too weak." Bai Mu shook her head. The enhancements she had given Beatrice were now enough to allow the weapon case to block many attacks that couldn't be blocked otherwise.

But when it works on Beatrice, it's just so-so.

Obviously, this kind of enhancement depends on the base. The weapon case itself has a high base value, so even a slight enhancement will result in a significant increase in strength.

Even though Beatrice's foundation was weak, and White Curtain spent more physical and mental energy to strengthen her, her improvement was not significant.

As for gradually and permanently enhancing her body? With a retention rate of less than one in a thousand, Bai Mu felt that this was not efficient enough.

Instead of slowly increasing Beatrice's physical strength, he should go find a better undead 'Pokémon'.

"Can you let me maintain the status quo in my daily life?" Beatrice finally gave up.

She really couldn't solve the problem of her weak foundation, since she wasn't a combatant.

"It's not impossible, but you have to show some effect, right?"

“Of course.” Atresia’s interest was immediately piqued. She looked at the weapon case in the white curtain: “After you capture more powerful individuals in the future, I can use life alchemy to further enhance them.”

This is her area of ​​expertise, so she has no reason not to be confident, nor can she afford to be, otherwise her role on the sidelines will become increasingly insignificant.

In the end, he could only be interested in the body, but the souls in the white-curtained box were quite beautiful.

"Then let's do this for now."

Bai Mu looked at Lahua Na's body and asked in confusion, "Her eyes seem a little strange?"

“It must be due to normal fusion.” Beatrice saw the reason at a glance: “Her body itself has regenerative capabilities, but I implanted a better bionic eye, which fused with the body’s regenerative capabilities.”

She spoke of what she did as if introducing a product; she didn't add any strange functions to the bionic eye, but simply enhanced dynamic and conventional vision.

She wanted to create a better bionic eye, but she didn't have enough materials, so this was the only one she could make.

“Not bad, hmm… I’ll try again.” Bai Mu tried to summon the phantom again. Lafayette’s phantom was fine; it could be summoned into her body normally.

But Bai Mu thought of the form in which Lafayette and Lucyella could merge, and he made another attempt.

Despite some obstacles, it was still successful.

"Oh, hehe, is this my sister's body? It feels really good."

Luciela, who had been summoned, was initially puzzled, but the familiar feeling emanating from her body immediately made her understand what was going on.

She didn't know how Bai Mu did it, but that didn't stop her from being interested in the current situation. She looked at Bai Mu with seductive eyes and asked, "Want to play something more interesting?"

“You’re such a good sister…” Bai Mu snapped her fingers, directly separating Lucyella from Lafayette’s body.

Then the cost of maintaining Luciela immediately increased several dozen times.

The cost difference between summoning a phantom with a carrier and summoning a phantom without a carrier is enormous.

Clearly, when there is no carrier for phantom summoning, the extra energy consumed is used to maintain the phantom's physical form.

"Wait... I can try to awaken using Lafayette's body, let me go back quickly." Luciela was very dissatisfied with Bai Mu's act of separating them without explanation.

"This is Rota City. If you want to try these things, wait until we leave."

White Curtain did not agree; the reason he and Lucy Ella did not violate the city's defense agreement was simply because of their special physical characteristics.

If Lucyella were to awaken within the city, the city's defense protocols might be able to detect her presence.

It's best to avoid these kinds of minor troubles if possible.

(End of this chapter)