Even if I transform, I will never be captured.

God the hell, even killing a monster disrupts the ecological balance!

In short, Satella gained 32 skill points from level 8 to level 40. Combined with the 7 she had saved up before, she now has a total of 39 skill points.

Using these skill points, Satella then allocated them to the following skills:

Sword of Light: A high-level mage spell, a single-target annihilation spell whose power depends on the user's maximum mana.

Versatile: A high-level banquet magic spell that, when cast on a target, transforms them into a master of all arts and crafts, including ventriloquism, juggling, painting, and singing.

Tracking: If the specified object is within the skill's range, its location can be sensed.

Long-range vision: capable of observing dynamics at a distance.

Divine Dispel: A high-level priestly spell that can remove all curses, including those from barriers, as well as negative status effects.

Life Absorption: It can absorb the physical and magical energy of an object, and can also transfer physical and magical energy to others.

Swiftness: Improves object agility.

Blessing: May your partner's luck be improved.

In addition to these new skills, Satella also unlocked the skill that increases the casting speed of Ju-on Crystal Prison. Now she only needs two seconds to complete the casting of Ju-on Crystal Prison. Although the power is slightly weaker, she originally intended to use this skill for control.

I also selected skills that increase the power and casting speed of the Sword of Light.

In total, it cost 99 skill points.

—As for why she learned so many skills even though she only had 39 skill points, it's because she drank skill point potions.

This potion, produced in the Crimson Demon Village, can increase the user's skill points by 10—of course, the price is also very high. Even though Satella went through a smooth channel, one bottle still cost her a full 50 million Eris!

Satella brought six precious gems from the world of Re:Zero, each worth approximately 80 million Eris (equivalent to about 5 million RMB). When all six gems were converted into money, they amounted to a total of 480 million Eris.

But despite this large sum of money, Satella's reckless spending has reduced it to only a few million Eris.

Of course, after spending money, Satella became stronger.

From level 1 to level 40, Satella not only learned many useful skills, but most importantly, her attributes improved dramatically.

This body, originating from the Witch of Envy, possesses boundless potential; with each level up, she gains far more attributes than the average person.

After reaching level 40, she gains the buffs of Swiftness and Brute Force. Her full-power burst speed can surpass that of a speeding race car, and she can bend iron door handles. In terms of her outstanding magic power, she can now unleash five swords of light in one go without even breaking a sweat. Moreover, because her intelligence and magic power far exceed those of ordinary people, their power is not much inferior to that of a superior professional of the same level.

Satella felt that she might be able to put up a fight against Roswaal even without the system's abilities.

……

After breakfast, Satella went out with her two companions.

It's not about grinding monsters or doing quests.

In fact, even the monsters outside the city will find a den to hibernate in winter, so there are basically no quests to do.

They went out this time to buy some local specialties for Elise to bring home.

Yes, because of the arrival of winter, the Demon King's army and the Kingdom's army on the front lines have stopped fighting. In a while, the King of Belzeg will lead his army home for the New Year.

As requested in the previous letter, Elise was also to go home.

However, this does not mean parting ways. Because of her increased level, Satella has decided to go to the royal capital to develop her career after some consideration. Therefore, everyone can still meet often in the future.

"Speaking of which..."

While strolling through the streets, Youyou suddenly seemed to remember something and said weakly to Satella, "Sasha, I made a bet with Huihui yesterday..."

"Here we go again..."

Satella put her hand to her forehead.

Youyou and Huihui were rivals during their school days and often dueled. After joining the team, they also dragged their respective teams into the fray.

Over the course of two months, the two teams have had no fewer than ten matches. Unless Kazuma Sato cheats, Satella always wins.

—After all, it's a double crushing victory in both strength and intelligence!

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Of the characters who have appeared so far, Elise's strength is at the top level. Even if Aqua were to go all out, unless she were facing an enemy like the undead, she would still be no match for Elise if she were weakened after landing on the ground.

So when Satella heard what Youyou said, she was speechless and didn't have much to say. Instead, she asked, "So, what are we competing in this time?"

"Hunter of Newcomers!"

"what?!"

The so-called "newbie killer" is a boss-level monster that roams around the city of Axel.

Just like its name suggests, it is the nightmare of all novice adventurers in Axel, not only because of its strength, but more importantly, because the monster known as the Novice Killer is extremely intelligent and cunning.

It often roams around weak monsters such as goblins, without hunting them, and may even protect goblin groups, then uses goblins as bait to lure novice adventurers.

There's no doubt this is a powerful and ferocious monster. Satella's team isn't afraid, but what about Kazuma Sato's team...?

“No way.” Satella waved her hand. “Sato Kazuma would definitely not agree to that.”

“But Huihui said that Mr. Kazuma has already agreed.”

"what?"

Satella was genuinely surprised.

Who is Kazuma Sato?

The whole of Axel is known for its cowards.

Who is Aqua?

A mentally challenged goddess who can be scared to tears by a giant frog.

With these two utterly useless guys around, how dare they challenge the rookie killer?

However, Satella's doubts were soon answered.

“Mr. Kazuma and his family are really poor. They don’t even have a place to stay in the winter. So their condition is that if they lose, they can do whatever they want with us, but if they win, they can spend the whole winter in our villa.”

It turned out to be the case.

Understood.

Because of Satella's butterfly effect, Kazuma and the others were unable to receive the mission to cleanse the mansion of ghosts this time, and naturally could not get a stable place to live like in the original story.

They still live in the stables, enduring a miserable life where they wake up freezing every night.

If this continues, they might really freeze to death.

So instead of lying in the stable waiting to die, why not take a gamble?

Satella felt she had guessed what the other person was thinking.

This made her wonder if she had been too cruel to Kazuma and the others, since they were, after all, friends.

"Okay, I agree."

Satella nodded.

Let's throw the game a little and deliberately lose it.

At that moment, this is what Satella was thinking.

Author's Note:

PS1. Thanks to Ye Jianze, Rabbit Ball, Screams When Being Stabbed, Senmo, TakaoMP, Asking Nanshan, Is Loli Legal?, Xi De Bai Fan, Bone Tomb, Qinglian Ferry, Lonely Moon's Lament, and Attack of the Book Friends for their donations and razor blades.

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Today is the day my book goes on sale. To be honest, I'm quite nervous. How many people will actually subscribe to it?

The author, Ji, was experiencing the same panic as a newbie when it came to going before the book was published.

Many friends have told you that you don't need to worry at all, that your grades are so good, and that each chapter has over a hundred posts, so there must be a lot of people following the book.

—Honglian covered her face as they said this.

I didn't dare tell them that at least a quarter of the posts in each chapter were actually generated by those same few people.

First of all, I would like to thank these readers for making this book appear, at least on the surface, to be thriving and fooling many people. I also hope to see you all in future VIP chapters.

The fact that it will be available tomorrow is actually very disadvantageous for Honglian.

Insomnia, a friend who had been working away from home for over a year returning, and renovating a new house...

To be honest, Honglian was a little embarrassed to type out the above paragraph, because she felt like she was making an excuse.

But in fact, it's all true. Honglian was just that unlucky. Four troublesome things, including the release of her new book, happened to happen at the same time.

Insomnia, in particular, has had a huge impact on me.

I originally had a few chapters saved up, but the insomnia I had the past two days meant I didn't write a single word, and I used up all my saved chapters. The worst part is, I only updated once a day for the past two days...

This completely disrupted Honglian's plans.

Originally, I planned to finish the story of "Konosuba" on the 25th, and start writing "A Certain Magical Index" as soon as it was released on the 26th.

Although many people feel that "A Certain Magical Index" has been over-written, the "A Certain Magical Index" volume is indeed the most highly praised volume.

Moreover, Honglian felt that although she was writing fanfiction, she had indeed written her own things, unlike other fanfiction that simply followed the original story's plot.

Therefore, readers don't need to worry about formulaic plots or content that has been overused.

In the upcoming A Certain Magical Index volume, author Hime has prepared amazing plot twists, saccharine sweetness, and plenty of atmosphere-ruining moments. Battles, slice-of-life scenes, and even some light erotic content are all included.

Originally, this volume, which could be considered a mini-climax, was supposed to be released right when it went on sale. However, due to insomnia, updates have been less frequent in the past few days, so tomorrow's update will still be the Konosuba volume.

Guren also considered skipping the ending of the Konosuba arc and going straight to writing the A Certain Magical Index arc, but ultimately gave up on that idea.

Many readers have probably already guessed that Honglian is not a newbie.

I used to write anime/manga/games on Qidian. I have one completed, high-quality novel and one abandoned novel. Well, the abandoned one will be mentioned later.

Why be castrated?

It wasn't just because my grades were bad—in fact, they weren't that bad, at least they were good enough to support me.

The real reason I stopped writing was that I couldn't continue.

For the sake of grades, I compromised with too many people and too many things, and then halfway through writing I realized that this was not what I wanted to write, and I could no longer write interesting stories.