T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World

"May I ask what kind of person or monster you need to deal with?" Mint asked. "If you can provide some details, I might be able to offer some suggestions?"

Seeing that Jiang Heyi and the others did not answer immediately, Bohe immediately waved her hand and said, "Pretend I didn't ask. You pay, I deliver the goods, and we're even after the transaction is over!"

"It's not a secret."

After listening to Jiang Heyi's description of the stitched monster's characteristics, this seemingly unreliable witch immediately became convinced.

"It is undoubtedly a creation of the undead, driven by a few remaining traces of consciousness."

On a whim, Jiang Heyi asked, "How can it become invisible?"

"You said that after shattering the frog's head, it began to draw on elemental power to condense a new body. The conclusion is obvious: it possesses an excellent magical body. The scaled torso you see is that of a siren. Using the properties of this body, it can briefly transform itself into a magical state."

"So, it's not invisibility?"

"Of course not, it has simply transformed into a magical force that wanders around you. Those with a strong sense of magical energy can still perceive its form and movement, but..."

Mint's gaze fell on the jailer, her face full of disgust.

The meaning is very clear.

"What? You think I'm not good enough?!"

"But you really can't feel it."

Lies don't hurt, truth is the knife.

Having stopped the two from arguing, Jiang Heyi hurriedly asked, "Is there any way to make it nowhere to hide?"

"Uh... not so easy. The best way to make a magical entity reveal its true form is to stir up the magic over a large area. In a turbulent current, an entity that is as still as a rock will definitely be very conspicuous."

At this point, Mint clapped her hands sharply.

A smile played on her lips: "I do have a pretty good idea, but it depends on the financial resources of these adventurers..."

Mint excitedly rubbed her soft, white hands together.

Plain fries and Jiang Heyi exchanged a glance, and after seeing him nod...

With a flash of light, the original flavor fries were behind Mint again, the blade pressed against her throat.

Jiang Heyi also pulled off her witch's hat, and her long red hair, like a waterfall, suddenly fell down.

"Wow, don't get excited, don't get excited!"

"Free, completely free! I'll teach you for free!"

“Woooooooo~~~”

Is this really a witch from the Imperial Academy...?

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Chapter 21 I'm the God of Responsibility, Really or Not?

After listening to Mint's solution and looking at the layout she had drawn on the ground with twigs, everyone looked thoughtful.

Before anyone could speak, Mint hurriedly laid out all the medicines needed for the entire plan, packed them up for everyone—at this point, she had actually learned to distinguish and store dangerous goods.

In Mint's words, this is the best solution that can be proposed after taking into account everyone's financial resources. Because there are many alternatives, or even forced use of inferior alternatives, the overall effect may not be satisfactory.

Her face was filled with a strong will to survive, as she wore layers of armor.

Plain fries let go of the mint.

Jiang Heyi asked, "How much?"

Upon hearing this, Mint's eyes widened, her sea-blue pupils sparkling as if stars had fallen into them.

As if she had forgotten being held hostage, she chuckled and said, "Really? ...Then, a grain of star sand?"

"..."

"..."

Although Mint is asking for the game's universal currency, let alone the [Boundary Between Reality and Illusion], no one in the entire game has ever obtained Star Sand.

Even the characters in the game are aware of this, and they all use a barter system when trading.

"You really dare to ask for that?"

Jiang Heyi hardened his fist, squeezing the witch's hat until it crumpled into a ball.

"...Just kidding, just kidding...Let me see what you have first."

Jiang Heyi opened her backpack and felt embarrassed.

The low-level materials we obtained before were either used to feed the puppets or the guild expansion function, and there's hardly anything left.

Mint also saw the two rabbit skins on the trading panel. She immediately shrank back and pouted, as if she was muttering something to herself.

It must be an insult.

It's impossible to show her any kindness; she just takes any chance and acts up.

Thinking of this, Jiang Heyi took out the [Soul Fragments] stored in another backpack and waved it around on Mint's face.

It was like holding a cat toy and waving it across a cat's face; the minty eyes shone brightly, and the gaze followed the fragments of the soul.

Mint, which only reached Jiang Heyi's chest, subconsciously tiptoed and reached out, wanting to touch the broken soul fragments in the bottle, which were like dying stars, but she couldn't reach them because of her height.

"Give me...yes, this one."

It's clear she really wants it.

"Looks like it really can be used for making medicine," Plain Fries silently noted.

"It can be used not only in alchemy, but also in smelting and forging equipment, and in making scrolls... Although it's a bit small, it's enough, more than enough."

Jiang Heyi couldn't help but remind him: "Wipe the drool from the corner of your mouth first, it's too embarrassing... I still doubt that you are a proper pharmacist or a proper witch. What kind of witch is this embarrassing?"

“Hey, hey, hey, I’ve solved a huge problem for you guys. Aren’t my knowledge and experience enough to explain everything?” Mint protested. “Besides, how many witches have you seen? What makes you think witches are righteous?”

"Wake up, the problem isn't solved yet. We haven't tested your solution in practice. Maybe you're just making it up?"

Unable to bear the provocation, Mint, her face flushed, retorted, "If it doesn't work, it's because you guys are too weak!"

Jiang Heyi retrieved the soul fragments, and Mint immediately let out a pitiful "Ah~~"

"I didn't intend to take your stuff for free. If your solution can be proven to be effective, there are still 11 bottles of these scraps left. What's wrong with giving you 3 bottles?"

Mint muttered, "Anyway, it's just talk."

"If all goes well, we'll be back here in a day and a half at the latest. If you're still here, then pay the balance."

Jiang Heyi packed her things, preparing to leave.

Finally, he added, "If you think we're untrustworthy, then so be it."

"that……"

"Anything else?"

Following the look in Bohe's hesitant and tearful eyes, Jiang Heyi looked at his right hand.

I was going to say I'd return the hat next time, but judging from her expression, she seemed to care a lot about this somewhat dirty witch's hat.

"Here."

Taking the hat, Mint breathed a sigh of relief, checked it over, and immediately put it on.

Watching the departing crowd, she said angrily, "If you all die, then I'll have nothing left..."

As she was preparing to leave this wretched place, she suddenly noticed a small, grayish-black bottle on the ground.

Picking up the bottle of soul fragments, Mint touched her neck, which had been held to the knife...

"Don't die... You can't die because you owe me two bottles."

When everyone returned to the guild, Zhong Zemo's shield was also completed.

The nun and the dragon girl, already panting, put down their forging tools and fell asleep on the spot.

With everything prepared, we set off again.

The second teleportation landed at the large public bathhouse on the first floor.

Upon arriving at the Temple of the Guides, the group stopped and, at Jiang Heyi's prompting, meticulously inspected their battle preparations.

The thrifty, unsalted fries only now began using enchanted potions with limited usage time—the more they could get, the better.

"Well?"

Jiang Heyi suddenly turned around, and then saw the prison guard.

Both of them felt a chill for a split second, as if...

"careful!"

In the center of the temple, which was filled with illuminated crystals, the magic suddenly became disordered. The ripples caused by the brief intrusion of an invisible force overlapped with the hazy warm light, creating a shimmering halo.

Orange Tea's expression remained frozen in shock for a moment, and the next breath, she was lifted high into the air.

Saving people is a purely subconscious act, but it is precisely this instinct that prevented Jiang Heyi from reacting immediately to the chill enveloping him.

He regretted it the moment he took the first step. A tremendous magical force pierced through his chest, and from the perspective of others, his body exploded.

Orange tea and Jiang Heyi were both sold out instantly.

Original Fries reacted to the situation at lightning speed. She brought up the panel and first retrieved the highest quality Clearbringer Priest Dagger, followed by the necklace.

Having reached this point, her reminders to everyone were also in place.

"Don't resist, it's a waste of durability."

If you're caught off guard before you can even launch a tactical attack, there's no need to suffer a prolonged and painful defeat; just end it quickly and move on to the next round.

This subconscious reaction to changing equipment... she really is very thrifty and hardworking.

The feeling of ending before it even began is not pleasant, and the members who returned to the guild after dying stared at each other in disbelief.

"Kill order: Orange Tea, me, French Fries, Jailer Bro, Squid."

The plain fries were the first to react.

"Ranking of monsters based on their danger level to our team".

"Huh?" Orange Tea Man was confused. "Why... isn't Potato Bro the strongest? Potato Bro defeated his first form all by himself."

Jiang Heyi was also puzzled when he died, but he soon understood the logic of the demons.

The Frog-Headed Stitches has a clear weakness: it is vulnerable to magic of the three elements: light, fire, and lightning. The Unstable Burning Potion, which combines light and fire, easily penetrated its defenses, rendering it unable to move.

Its most powerful move is its magical form; the immense advantage of being invisible is enough to compensate for the inherent flaws of undead creations.

As for the orange tea, she had an unknown revelation.

"Wait a minute, I can use light, fire, and lightning magic too, so why wasn't I given preferential treatment?" The jailer was somewhat dissatisfied with dying too late.

The original flavor fries remind you: "To quote the shameful witch Mint, it's because you're bad at cooking."

"Did Orange Tea reveal any unknown revelations or her good fortune to it?" Zhong Zemo tried hard to recall. "Shouldn't it have been instantly killed before it could even be released?"

“Perhaps…” Jiang Heyi took a deep breath, “it had already awakened when we entered the first floor and was secretly observing us. The zombie horde was not triggered by us, but by it, in order to collect our behavioral data.”

"As a necromancer creation, it retains more sanity than we imagine."

The thought of being followed and observed by this eerie monster since their arrival sent a shiver down their spines.

Jiang Heyi added, "Contrary to what we know, there is no so-called BOSS room here; the entire floor is its activity area."

"It has the ability to learn, not just the learning ability set in the game, but the wisdom that constitutes its existence also learns and improves based on the battles... The more ways we show our response, the faster it adapts."

Orange Tea murmured, "AI... our strategy is also a way to train it."

"The stronger we are, the stronger it becomes."

Zhong Zemo said, "From a game design perspective, there must be a threshold, a balance point. It's impossible to learn infinitely and make the player completely unable to counter. A game without positive feedback that cannot be won is no different from a terrible game."

"From the perspective of us strategists, if we want to quickly conquer a territory without suffering, we must reveal as few cards as possible and seek a one-hit kill," Jiang Heyi pondered, stroking his chin.

Suddenly, the corners of his mouth turned up.

"If it likes to learn, then let it be."

The jailer hurriedly asked, "Is there any good method?"