Why are the magical girls in your area male?

They're coming, they'll be here soon.

Today we can finally smash through the slime army on the first floor again!

Yuan Qing felt like a self-taught martial arts practitioner who had practiced for two years, wanted to challenge a martial arts school, but was kicked to death like a roadside dog, and had no choice but to run back to the nursing home and kindergarten to bully others.

There's nothing we can do about it; that's how the game is designed.

I didn't want to be the Sword God of Shili Slope either, but I had no choice.

If the difficulty of this tower-breaking game were better balanced, I wouldn't be stuck killing level 1 slimes.

Who wouldn't yearn for a fierce battle with an equally matched opponent?

However, I should add one point: if my experience isn't much more than a slime's, and I might even die, then I'd rather kill the slime.

I like the feeling of reaping rewards without putting in any effort.

"clang!!"

The mysterious bell tolled precisely from the depths of his soul.

The next second, the phone screen suddenly went out, and an eerie, cracked moon hung high in the sky, as darkness surged into the entire city like a tide.

Almost simultaneously, Yuan Qing received a system notification:

[Received "Invitation from the Grim Reaper"*1]

[After use, you can be directly teleported to the lobby of the Tower of Delusion]

Having already been inside once, Yuan Qing was naturally familiar with the process this time. He selected the invitation on the system page and clicked "use" directly.

As the light spots formed by the card dissipated and then coalesced again, a pitch-black crack with extremely irregular edges appeared out of thin air in front of him.

Enter the portal and arrive at the familiar "Fire Ritual Site".

【ding~】

[Received 3 "Resurrection Coins"]

[Note: Resurrection Coins can only be used within the Tower of Delusion. You will receive 3 coins upon your first entry into the Tower of Delusion each day.]

Current number of resurrection coins: 4

Great, the resurrection coins that I can use to support my own adventures have arrived in my account.

The place is no different from when I came yesterday: empty, desolate, and lonely.

But I don't know if it's just my imagination, but I feel like something has changed in this place compared to yesterday.

It feels like something's changed...

Yuan Qing looked around the empty hall, his gaze unconsciously sweeping over the bonfire with the spiral sword stuck in it, burning quietly.

There seemed to be an indescribable chill in the air, a sense of being watched.

As he pondered and tried to find the source of that strange feeling—

She was there.

She was a tall woman with long, flowing white hair that reached her ankles.

She wore a crown made of broken white porcelain, held a bouquet of pure white flowers in her right arm, and carried a strangely shaped scale in her left hand.

The long black robe draped naturally, the fabric clinging to her waist and outlining her slender waistline.

Her eyes were covered by a black veil, but even so, one could still imagine her stunning beauty from her fair cheeks, pert nose, and small red lips.

Of course, compared to her appearance, her looks were the point that Yuan Qing cared about the least.

There were no footsteps, no breath, not even a breath.

The other party seemed to have "emerged" directly from the shadows of this space.

Without warning, yet with perfect naturalness, it blended into the boundary between the flickering flames and the play of light and shadow.

Just a second ago it was invisible, but now it's like a painting that was already hanging on the wall; once the canvas is down, it naturally and rightfully "exists".

Upon seeing him, Yuan Qing felt his breath catch in his throat.

However, he quickly adjusted his mindset.

Since the other party is in this "safe house", it means that they are not an enemy and will not pose a threat to me.

Could it be an NPC from the Tower of Delusion?

To be honest, her appearance seems somewhat familiar to me.

Shouldn't...

A guess surfaced in Yuan Qing's mind. He used the system to check the other party's information:

[Name: Mysterious Libra Woman]

【Level: 1】

HP: 100/100 MP: 0/0

[Description: A mysterious woman of unknown origin stands silently, as if she has been one with this campfire and this darkness since time immemorial.]

[This seems to offer some kind of assistance to players]

Don't just say "seem"! Give me a straight answer!

What's with this "mysterious Libra woman" thing? You even gave her a nickname, huh?

Yuan Qing thought to himself, "That's what I'm complaining about."

However, thanks to the system's "evidence," he could now be certain of the other party's identity.

No doubt about it, it's the "Fire Keeper"!

The spiral sword and campfire already had a great feel to it, but now they're not even acting anymore.

So this broken tower was really made by Hayao Miyazaki?

I really thank him for putting a level 35 lord on the second floor of the newbie village.

What? You mean you encountered Gundyr when you opened a door in Dark Souls 3 without even memorizing the button layout?

That's alright then, that's just his style...

Bullshit, how could Xiao Gao dare to leave such a stat-boosting monster in the newbie village?

Gundyr can be killed with a stick, and you can bypass the Tree Guardian, level up, and then come back to challenge it.

Show me how you can kill the Goblin King with a stick!

With the Thunder Lord's decree in place, try to circumvent it.

I'll make sure you poop out completely, then I'll consider it a clean poop!

Yuan Qing composed himself and walked step by step to the "fire prevention woman".

The other person remained motionless, their eyes, hidden by a black veil, staring straight ahead, as if they couldn't see Yuan Qing's presence.

Sigh, a classic blind man.

Barefoot, blind, or disabled—if these conditions aren't met, the character has no soul.

Upon reaching the border, Lani was burned to a crisp, just like the one in the prison.

Yuan Qing sighed inwardly, then composed himself and mustered the courage to greet the other person:

"็ Hello Who are you?"

"..."

"Excuse me, can you hear me?"

"..."

Excellent, a riddle-maker who speaks without speaking.

I'm not used to her speaking.

I should figure out how to "manipulate" her myself.

If she is indeed based on the "Fire Keeper" concept, then her role should be to provide enhancement services for herself.

How do I trigger it? By offering up my soul?

This scale does indeed look like a tool for weighing the soul.

But I don't have a soul...

After thinking it over and over but still not figuring it out, Yuan Qing decided to just follow his intuition.

Kill the monsters first; if you kill them, you might get a soul fragment.

He climbed the spiral staircase to the first floor, where a colorful army of slimes awaited him like a virtuous wife in an anime.

Really happy.

Upon seeing them, tears welled up in Yuan Qing's eyes.

He drew the Frostmark Longsword from his inventory and charged in.

In just two minutes, he had slain dozens of slimes.

I glanced at the experience points: 3300/6300.

It's about halfway to the upgrade.

Each slime currently provides only 50 experience points, meaning he needs to kill at least 60 slimes to reach level 7.

By level 7, each slime will likely only have 25 experience points left.

Difficult to do.

But compared to these...

Yuan Qing opened his right hand, and a faint white light naturally emanated from his palm, with distinct specks of light floating around like fireflies.

A new section has also been added to the system's main page:

[Number of Souls: 170]

See, playing more games really does have its benefits, right?

As I predicted, a new monetary system has indeed emerged.

Volume 1: Chapter 29 She is the kind of person who can be my mother!

Yuan Qing couldn't wait to return to the main hall of the Tower of Delusion and stand before the mysterious Libra woman.

Almost as soon as they got close, the faint white light in his hand seemed to be guided, and all drifted to the side of the scales that the other person was tilting.

It's like weighing your soul on it.

Yuan Qing's system page then displayed a notification: "[Soul -100]".

As the souls gathered on the tray, the mysterious Libra woman before him, who had been frozen like a sculpture, finally reacted.

She slightly raised the hand holding the scales, and the added weight of her soul gradually brought the originally tilted scales back to balance.

Once the scales were fully balanced, the woman gently reached out the hand holding the pure white flowers toward where Yuan Qing was.

Oh?

They're here, now we can hold hands.

I knew Dark Souls 3 was a dating simulation game.

With a try-it-out mentality, Yuan Qing grasped the other person's fair hand.

It feels great on the skin, a little cool, and very comfortable to hold.

Yuan Qing made this comment in his heart.

Before long, a warm sensation spread from the other person's palm, along Yuan Qing's arm, and gradually spread throughout his body.

Throwing tiles...

Throw away the tile, and let the power surge forth!

HP +100, MP +50, All Attributes +1