Why are the magical girls in your area male?

Yuan Qing: "??????"

I really like a quote from an Earth Online player:

"ah?!!"

The Goblin King, Grand Duke Kaiser V of Thunder, looked down at Yuan Qing, who was as insignificant as an ant, with his lava-like crimson eyes.

The dim light inside the tower was dispelled by the lava flowing across its surface, casting a huge and distorted shadow that completely enveloped Yuan Qing.

【warn!warn! 】

[Red-named enemy detected!]

[Warning! Warning.....]

Stop spamming, I saw it!!

Yuan Qing stared at the enemy's attributes popped up by the system, and saw a health bar longer than his own life. Cold sweat instantly seeped from his forehead.

25,000 HP is one thing, but 48,000 MP?!

He looks like a typical melee fighter, but he's actually a master of both magic and martial arts!

Is that what you mean?!

"Insects!!"

"How dare you kill my people!"

"I will cut you in half, slice you open, and chop you into pieces!!"

Yo~!

Or is he a Darkborn?

Yuan Qing stared at the skeletal staff in the other's hand, which was as thick as a water bucket and resembled a giant purple python, and remained completely unmoved.

You thought he was calm and collected, but he had actually been walking for a while.

"Boom!!!"

A deafening roar suddenly erupted!

Yuan Qing's feet trembled violently, and he was thrown away by the violent shockwave!

He rolled around on the ground several times before stopping. When he looked up, he saw a huge, charred pit, more than three meters in diameter and bottomless, where he had just been standing!

Blinding sparks still flickered along the edge of the pit, and a strong smell of burning filled the air!

HP-150!

The health deduction notification that popped up in front of him made his mouth twitch uncontrollably.

Even though it didn't hit me directly, the aftershocks from the lightning strike almost killed me.

What's the point of me playing this game?!

Designer! Look at the game you've made!

Was the level design done by idiots? Putting a level 30 lord on the second level?

I was still fighting slimes on the floor above!

“Boom, boom!!”

The goblin slammed the bone staff wrapped in purple lightning into the ground like a scepter!

"Boom!!"

A dull thud, loud enough to shatter internal organs, exploded!

The moment the tip of the skeletal staff touched the black stone ground, a shockwave mixed with dark red lava and purple lightning suddenly erupted, spreading rapidly like ripples and instantly sweeping across the entire second-floor hall!

The entire second-level dome was replaced by gloomy, thick clouds filled with rolling purple lightning!

Countless bolts of lightning, as thick as buckets, darted and exploded within, resembling writhing, raging pythons.

The lightning illuminated the entire space in a ghastly white light, and the deafening thunder roared into an endless symphony of destruction!

"I don't care anymore, I'll bite you even if it kills me!"

Yuan Qing raised his right palm, and blazing flames quickly gathered in his palm.

He pushed forward with all his might, and the fireball, accompanied by a scorching shockwave, tore through the air in its path and hurtled toward the goblin lord.

"Pfft."

Accurate hit!

HP-1!

1 point of damage?

Yuan Qing burst out laughing.

Fuck you, this is a brain-dead game. The balance is a mess. You're already running into stat-obsessed monsters before you even leave the starting area.

I'm quitting. I'm quitting the game.

Yuan Qing's fireball technique is not very damaging, but it is extremely insulting.

He could clearly feel that the goblin lord, whose finger was thicker than his thigh, became even angrier after being hit by his fireball.

The opponent's massive body stood in the center of the lava lightning pool, the lava light flowing from its dark gold armor intertwined with the thunderstorm, making it look like a world-destroying demon god crawling out of hell!

In the blink of an eye, the thunderclouds were fully accumulated!

The next second, several thick, purple lightning bolts, condensed into a tangible form, struck straight down towards Yuan Qing—

"Boom!"

The lightning bolt struck instantly, and the blinding purple light engulfed everything!

HP-9999!

Yuan Qing felt his body being torn apart and disintegrated in an instant, and darkness engulfed him like a flood.

Then, the world fell into a deathly silence...

......

【ding~】

[Resurrection Coin - 1]

After an unknown amount of time, a faint warmth, like a spark in the dead of winter, ignited in the boundless darkness.

Yuan Qing felt like a drowning person in the deep sea, his consciousness slowly rising under the pull of this warmth.

"Uh......"

He let out a hoarse groan and slowly opened his eyes.

What comes into view is the gloomy and oppressive hall at the bottom of the Tower of Delusion.

The dome remained hidden in the churning fog, with only the dim moonlight seeping through the cracks in the moonlight managing to illuminate the surroundings.

He lay in the deep pit, surrounded by a circular altar made of broken tombstones, with the spiraling longsword in front of him.

A dim flame was coiling around the sword, swaying gently in the breeze.

It's back to life.

So this spiral sword really is a respawn point?

He stood up and walked to the spiraling longsword burning with a dim flame, which seemed to brighten slightly as he approached.

Can I take this sword with me and use it myself?

Sigh, forget it. The temperature is terrifyingly high; I can't even touch it. Besides, if I really take it away, I'll have no respawn point.

Volume 1: Chapter 18 Monster Spawning Mechanism - It Will Surely Defeate You

Yuan Qing glanced at the system panel; he had two resurrection coins left.

This item doesn't take up inventory space, it's automatically used upon death, and you can get three per day—consider it a mercy from the Tower of Illusion...

My foot!

With that damn thing blocking the second floor, even if I had countless lives, I still couldn't get to the third floor!

What? You're saying we can emulate the 486, try again and again countless times, and defeat the enemy by sheer skill?

Fuck your mother!

How do you deal with a monster that's all about stats?

He loses 1 point of health when I touch him, and even a thousand years of gua sha wouldn't restore as much as he does in a second.

How much would it cost him to chop me?

9999! Touching it means certain death!

Not to mention that bastard has a bunch of other weird skills!

You're right, but this is the Goblin Lord! 25,000 HP, 48,000 MP, a shockwave that starts with 0 frames, a lava shield for high armor, healing, speed boost, and super armor, and can even summon lightning strikes across the entire screen!

The lower the health, the higher the strength. Below half health, it enters berserk mode, doubling its output. It's incredibly tanky while dealing high damage, and then when the Thunderstorm Domain is activated, it's like...ahhhhhh!

Come on, come on! Isn't this about skill? Isn't it about looking at things dialectically? Let's debate!

I'm so numb.

Yuan Qing opened the system page and looked at the (1/2) progress bar next to the task. He felt his head was getting sharp and his brain was about to grow.

How do I play this?

We can't just stay stuck here forever, can we?

Furthermore, we still haven't figured out how to escape the Tower of Delusion.

The Grim Reaper's invitation can teleport you here, but it doesn't have the function of sending you back.

The main entrance to the ground floor hall was tightly closed, and a visible white mist swirled around it.

Yuan Qing has already tried, but there's no way to get out.

Anyone who enters the white fog will be forcibly sent back to the hall.

【Ding ding! 】

[Countdown to the end of "Lunar Etching": 29 minutes 59 seconds]

Suddenly, a brand new notification popped up in the system.

Yuan Qing was stunned when he saw the words "Moon Etching".

This was the first time he had ever seen this term.

Moon Etching?

Considering the eerie moon in the sky, could this be the name of the world I'm currently in?

So that's how it is. It seems this eerie world has a similar setting to the Shadow Time in Persona 3.

"Shadow Time" is a special time period set in Persona 3, which is a full hour that occurs after 24:00 each day and before 00:00 the next day.

During this period, only those who have awakened their Personas can function normally and use supernatural powers.

Non-Personality users will become "coffins," unable to move during that time, and will not remember anything that happened during "Shadow Time" upon waking up.

Therefore, ordinary people are unaware of its existence.

If he's right, once the "Moon Etching" countdown ends, he should be able to return to the real world.

However, there is a problem: he is currently inside the Tower of Illusion. After the "Moon Etching" ends, will he be sent directly home, or will he remain in this place in reality?

After thinking for a moment without finding a solution, Yuan Qing shook his head and decided to stop thinking about it for now.

In any case, the answer will come when the time comes; just be prepared.

Let's continue figuring out how to conquer this tower.

Currently, I have neither the required level nor enough gold to upgrade my equipment.

To gain experience and gold coins, you must climb to a higher level.