There's a big problem with dreams in this world.

Thinking this, Lu Qing took out the Rock Word from the storage cabinet and began to carve the image of Knight Myron in her mind.

Perhaps because of her more skilled technique, or perhaps because the face of the Knight of Myron was easier to carve, Lu Qing only spent fifteen minutes carving the mask this time.

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Chapter 546: The Guardian

"Coach, I don't think this thing works well." In the training grounds of the Shadow Assassins in the Kingdom of Vanhusdan, eighteen-year-old Myron said, holding a dagger.

"What's wrong with them?" The young female coach glared at him, annoyed. "Are knight's swords, warhammers, and shields really that useful?"

"Yeah, it has a long attack range, is very lethal, and makes you feel really safe. It's so useful!" Myron said, his eyes practically shining.

"I'm speechless." The coach rolled his eyes and said, "Myron Zahad, give up your dream of being a knight. You're not cut out to be a knight."

"You've practiced swordsmanship for over a decade, but your progress isn't as fast as it is after two months of training with me. You were born to be an assassin."

“What’s so great about being an assassin? All you can do is steal and do petty things…” Knight Myron muttered under his breath.

"I can hear you..."

"Of course I know you can hear me."

"You brat, I think you want to get beaten up again!"

"Hey, Coach, no! You can't do that!"

Lu Qing stood in the world of Knight Myron's memories, watching the young Knight Myron being brutally beaten by his Shadow Instructor.

She had been in this world of memories for a while now, and had learned a little about Knight Myron's life in his youth.

Knight Myron was born into a minor noble family in the capital of Vanhustan. From a young age, he admired the lives of knights in stories and firmly believed in their various tenets. He was a man determined to become the King of Knights.

Therefore, when he was very young, he sought out the knight in his family and asked him to teach him how to become an excellent knight.

However, being a knight is not easy, and Knight Myron's talent is not particularly outstanding. It wouldn't be accurate to say that his progress is slow; he's just no different from an ordinary person.

If nothing unexpected happens, Knight Myron will likely live the life of an ordinary noble descendant.

But an unexpected event occurred: during a psychic ritual when he was 18, Knight Myron received the blessing of a sacred tree called the "Lightbearer".

So, at the joint request of the King and Knight Myron's parents, Knight Myron went to the training grounds of the Shadow Assassins and became a Shadow Assassin apprentice.

It was as if fate was playing a cruel joke on Knight Myron. He was surprisingly talented in learning the Shadow Assassin, and his progress was vastly different from when he was learning the Knight.

Because of his identity and talent, Knight Myron was granted the right to receive one-on-one private instruction from a retired Shadow Assassin, and the person in charge of his instruction was a 26-year-old female assassin named Velena.

At this age, she shouldn't be retiring, but Verena was cursed during a mission and had to retire.

Why is this curse considered strange? Because it forbids Verena from lying, from hiding in the shadows, and from killing.

It's quite strange that neither Lu Qing nor Knight Myron could think of anyone who would come up with such a bizarre curse.

"Merlen, Merlen?" Just as Lu Qing was lost in thought, she suddenly heard Verena's voice.

During a training exercise focused on stealth, Knight Myron quietly hid on the roof of a house, listening to the voice of Velena searching for him on the street below.

Suddenly, Lu Qing felt Verena looking in her direction, which startled her.

Turning her head, Lu Qing discovered that Knight Myron was using his [Curved Light] ability to openly spy on her instructor.

Suddenly, Velena disappeared from Knight Myron's sight, and almost the next instant, Knight Myron felt his collar being lifted up by the back of his hand.

"You're quite good at hiding, but your gaze is too intense," Verena said, pulling Knight Myron out of stealth.

"You're kidding me, right? You can detect something like a gaze?" Knight Myron was still a rookie at this point, completely lacking the terrifying intuition he would later develop. He looked at Velena with a face full of surprise.

“Of course…” Verena nodded, then leaned closer to Knight Myron and whispered, “You little pervert…”

"I, I didn't, I didn't, you, you're talking nonsense." Knight Myron blushed and said after hearing Velena's words.

He was only slightly attracted to those two mounds of flesh for a second or two, really only a second or two, definitely not the kind of person who was caught after just a second or two of looking...

(;￢＿￢)

Lu Qing looked at the scene before her with a bit of speechlessness. She never expected that Knight Myron would look like this when he was young. He was completely different from what she remembered.

Although she knew that people are completely different when they are young and when they are old, the Knight Myron in front of her still surprised her somewhat.

It's a pity, if Knight Myron were still here...

Lu Qing couldn't help but imagine the embarrassed look on Knight Myron's face when she told him about his youth.

"Alright, training is over for today. How about we go out for a meal?" Velena released Knight Myron's collar and straightened up again.

"I...I want to go back to practice my swordsmanship," Knight Myron said, the blush on his cheeks not yet completely gone.

"Why are you practicing swordsmanship? Do you want to be your knight?" Verena sighed, rubbing her forehead. "I don't know whether to call you stubborn or stupid..."

"I'm just staying true to my original aspirations," Knight Myron denied. He never thought he was foolish or stubborn; he simply never changed his goals.

"If you want to practice, then practice. Learning to use a sword isn't a bad thing for a shadow assassin, but..."

Verena patted Sir Myron's shoulder with a friendly expression and said, "You'll come to dinner with me today, right?"

"Go, I'll go, okay?" Seeing Velena's kind expression, Knight Myron quickly nodded.

“That’s more like it.” Verena’s expression softened considerably as she led the reluctant Knight Myron away.

This memory ends here, and the whole world begins to fall into darkness. Just when Lu Qing thought she was about to leave this memory, light reappeared before her eyes.

This memory is somewhat hazy; Lu Qing can even sense that Knight Myron is in a state of delirium due to excessive drinking.

"Why did I invite you out to dinner?" Verena's somewhat muffled voice rang in Lu Qing's ear. The next moment, a warm breath of alcohol wafted into Knight Myron's ear as she said:

Because I like you~

"Hehe, just kidding."

Click...

As if the sound of breaking glass gradually arose, Lu Qing suddenly opened her eyes and found herself back in reality. In front of her, a wooden mask with silver-white cloud patterns on its surface was floating.

【Guardian Mask】

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Chapter 547: Psychic Sprint

【Guardian Mask】

Those who wield the shield will advance without hesitation; I will uphold my creed for life, until death do us part.

Development progress: 25%

Lu Qing reached out and caught the slowly descending Guardian Mask. With a thought, she activated the power of the resentful soul within the mask.

The next moment, several illusory silver-white metal tower shields surrounded her. Unlike the previous illusory earthworm, when Lu Qing focused her gaze on these metal tower shields, the diary automatically displayed information about their functions.

[Guardian's Shield: Summons three silver-white metal tower shields capable of blocking projectile attacks, including magical attacks such as fireballs and arcane missiles.]

"An obstacle to flight?"

Looking at the somewhat familiar description, Lu Qing inexplicably thought of a figure happily traversing the canyon.

Lu Qing then summoned the illusory earthworm image of the Insect Hunter Mask and looked at the text description of the earthworm image.

[Hunter's Grip: The Voidwalker who returns from the shadows can devour magical effects cast upon themselves, even curses.]

"That sounds really impressive," Lu Qing said, looking at the description in her diary.

If she hadn't heard Wayne describe its specific effects, she probably would have thought this thing could block everything.

If the Insect Hunter's Grip is like this, we probably can't expect too much from the Guardian's Shield; it would be good enough if it could block one blue-level attack.

However, these masks should all be upgradable. The initial effect of being able to withstand one blue-level attack is quite good. The only thing that bothers her is that she doesn't know how to upgrade these masks.

"Could it be that I used my soul?" Lu Qing recalled that after defeating the vengeful soul of Knight Myron, she seemed to have lost her soul in addition to her magic essence.

"This soul wouldn't be the soul of Knight Myron, would it...?" Lu Qing frowned and looked at Ling, asking, "Besides magic essence, what else did you collect just now, Ling?"

"Oh, how did you know?" Ling's surprised voice rang out, "I was just about to tell you. When this armored man died, in addition to the magic element, he also released some soul power. I collected them all together."

"What is soul power?" Lu Qing pressed for an answer.

“Hmm…” The light on Ling’s body flickered twice, and she said, “You humans should know that after all living beings die, their souls gradually dissipate unconsciously, right?”

"During the process of the soul dissipating, a very special kind of energy is generated. Because this power is generated when the soul dissipates, we elves call it the power of the soul."

"What can this soul power do?" Lu Qing asked with some doubt.

"I don't know~" Ling's answer surprised Lu Qing. She looked at Ling, quite incredulously, and said, "You don't know?"

"The soul power released when a soul dissipates is too little to be collected. Only the resentful souls and vengeful spirits of bad guys release enough soul power to be collected when they die," Ling said, floating above Lu Qing's head.

"Can you infuse your soul into these two masks?" Lu Qing asked, taking out the Insect Hunter Mask and the Guardian Mask.

"It is possible, but what's the use?"

"Give it a try, you don't know what it will do anyway," Lu Qing advised Ling.

“Okay,” Ling said, flashing two blue lights.

The light emanating from Ling suddenly became dazzling. Lu Qing activated her spiritual vision and discovered that a faint gray mist was emanating from Ling's body, covering the two masks in her hands.

[Insect Hunter Mask]

Development Status: 37

【Guardian Mask】

Development Status: 36

"It can work!" Lu Qing thought excitedly as she looked at the words appearing on the diary page.

She was right; the soul could enhance the development of the Mask of Resentment, and the Dream Game System wouldn't create anything useless.

“But…” Lu Qing looked at the development level of the two masks with a strange expression and said, “If I use all one thousand souls on one mask, will one of the masks reach 50% development level?”

Normally, when the development level reaches 50%, something special will happen, such as the mask receiving a qualitative improvement.

Just then, the light on Ling's body gradually dissipated. Looking at the mask with its slightly changed surface, she exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, amazing! It actually works!"

"It does have some effect. Ling, could you please help me collect more souls in the future?" Hearing Ling's words, Lu Qing smiled and nodded.