Reincarnation NPC, but Arknights

Perhaps it's time to take a breather... Skadi thought to herself.

……

Bai Ye looked at the deep-sea girl sitting quietly opposite him; her face appeared very gentle in the glow of the campfire.

“Okay, where shall we begin…” Only now did the two of them seem like fellow travelers, whereas before they appeared to be just two strangers who happened to be traveling together.

Skadi tilted her head and thought for a moment: "Let's talk about the giant Originium Bugs." She was always very interested in huge things.

Bai Ye nodded: "No problem... Actually, I've seen a similar big thing before—but that thing mutated, it's like a volcano, constantly spewing lava in all directions..."

Skadi listened quietly by the campfire. Even though they hadn't talked much before, the two of them got along very well now.

The girl was enjoying this rare moment of peace.

Chapter Twenty-Two: Golf Swordsmanship

As we traveled north through Letania, the temperature began to drop and the weather became increasingly gloomy.

Bai Ye knew they were on the right track; they were already close to the Ursus permafrost.

Where it is colder, in the wilderness, the wind and snow will become even more deadly.

New players with insufficient physical attributes and inadequate protective measures will likely receive the "cold" debuff that causes continuous health loss here.

However, Bai Ye and Skadi were completely unafraid.

They are no longer considered ordinary people.

"Go take a bath," Miss Skadi said, looking at the frozen lake before her, seemingly tempted.

She came from the sea, a damp place, and naturally preferred a humid environment. Even though the bathtubs on Rhodes Island were narrow and shallow, she still enjoyed taking a bath there often.

"Further north, it's completely permafrost. There are few mobile cities there; most are mines, villages, and small outposts." Bai Ye looked at the map and realized that taking a shower would indeed be quite difficult.

"Okay." Bai Ye nodded.

The two walked to the lakeside, and Skadi raised her greatsword, instantly cleaving a huge gash in the air.

The ice shattered, revealing clear lake water below.

There is little industrial pollution here, and few people venture here, so the lake water is clean and hygienic.

"Hmm...you go ahead and wash...wait a minute?"

Bai Ye watched as Skadi, dressed in her clothes, walked barefoot into the lake.

"What's wrong? Aren't you coming with me?" Skadi stood in the lake, tilting her head to look at Bai Ye, seemingly puzzled.

The girl's snow-white legs were submerged in the clear water, like tender lotus roots. Each time she lifted them up, she created sparkling water droplets, like a fairy in the lake.

As she immersed herself in the water, her clothes became completely soaked, clinging quietly to her beautiful curves, exuding an astonishing allure.

so big!

Bai Ye was somewhat surprised; he hadn't noticed this during their daily interactions, it was an oversight on his part...

"You can't swim?" The girl continued, seeing Bai Ye standing there motionless. "If you can't, I can teach you."

"I'm just curious, don't you take off your clothes when you take a shower?" Bai Ye asked curiously.

"Why do we need to take off our clothes to go underwater?" Skadi asked rhetorically.

This is something that the Agor people cannot understand.

"...I almost forgot, you came from the water..." Bai Ye was speechless for a moment, then he followed suit and dived into the lake.

The icy lake water stimulated his skin, but fortunately his physical attributes were high enough to withstand the cold touch.

“You land dwellers can’t stay in the water for long, otherwise, I could take you to see my homeland…” Skadi couldn’t help but smile as she looked at Bai Ye soaking in the water.

However, she quickly dismissed the idea.

Let's not go into the sea. It's too dangerous there and will only harm Bai Ye.

Bai Ye didn't take it seriously.

Although he hadn't tried it, he had a feeling that his Originium Arts were enough to control the oxygen in the water, and even underwater, his Originium memory wouldn't be weakened much, only his close combat ability would be greatly reduced.

Skadi took off her hat and placed it on the ice beside her. Her long silver hair was spread out and floated messily on the water.

Her expression was content, her eyes half-closed, as if she were enjoying this moment of moisture.

A bit of a lazy bum...

This was the first time Bai Ye had seen the Deep Sea Hunters like this. Having left their homeland, they were able to experience a moment of peace.

So for the first time, Bai Ye didn't rush to get going, but let Skadi soak in the water to her heart's content.

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"What do I need to do?"

Upon entering Ursus territory, Skadi clearly sensed a change in the atmosphere around her.

In the villages we occasionally passed by, the villagers looked tense, as if they were terrified of them.

The guards at the checkpoint were equally unfriendly. If it weren't for the pass in Bai Ye's hand and the greatsword on Skadi's back, they probably would have had some bad ideas as well.

"You just need to follow me. I'll tell you what to do, and you'll do it." Bai Ye knew that Skadi was very strong individually.

Bai Ye knew exactly how to use such a being—after all, that's how the leader of the previous Libertines' Tea Party had instructed him.

“Oh.” Skadi nodded obediently.

On land, she usually doesn't have any tactical plans.

This is not her area of ​​expertise; she lacks the training and combat experience she has received in this area.

In the past, as a bounty hunter, she relied solely on her own strength.

"Let's go here first..." Bai Ye looked at Skadi's greatsword and quickly came up with an idea.

He's going to make money.

This treasure lies buried beneath the permafrost of Ursus.

The shallower batches have already been swept away by the locusts of Ursus, along with the soil.

However, those unclaimed treasures buried deep beneath the frozen ground now benefited Bai Ye.

……

Leading Skadi to the ruins of a mobile city, Bai Ye pointed to the empty frozen ground: "Let's dig it up together."

As he spoke, he first picked up a shovel from the car and began to dig through the thick snow.

"it is good."

Skadi raised her greatsword and slammed it into the frozen ground.

With a piercing roar, a large crater appeared in the ground. She had a unique technique for generating power, and even the hard frozen soil could not stop her in the slightest.

Bai Ye then remembered that he had heard before that Rhodes Island's corridors had been cut open by something...

When he asked about it, Skadi readily admitted that it was an accident.

"Anyway, I didn't have anywhere to stay for the time being, so I listened to Dr. Kal'tsit and came with you."

white night:……

What a terrifying existence! It's said that these deep-sea hunters are even more powerful in the ocean...

No, no, no, it's hard to say. On land, there's no need to contend with such strong pressure and resistance, so the effect of exerting force might be even more pronounced.

Coming to his senses, Bai Ye was surprised to find that Skadi had disappeared.

A large pit appeared on the ground, and soil was constantly being thrown out of the pit, piling up to form a mound on the side.

The mound is growing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

"Damn, that's incredibly fast..."

Bai Ye felt that Skadi was like a human excavator... It seemed that a greatsword could also be used for digging.

Reaching out, Bai Ye activated his Originium Arts, using pressure to compact the soil around the hole Skadi had dug, preventing it from collapsing.

He was grateful that Kal'tsit had found him a helper like Skadi; ​​otherwise, it would have been too difficult for him to dig for treasure alone, and he would have even needed to cooperate with others.

Where has it ever been this comfortable?

Sure enough, Titi is the best!

Chapter Twenty-Three: Skadi Receives a Gift

"There's a stone slab underneath, should we open it?"

Skadi suddenly poked her head out of the deep pit. Although she was acting as an excavator, the girl's hair was not messy, and she didn't even pant. It was as if this kind of exercise was nothing to her.

"There really is a treasure..."

Bai Ye was initially a little unsure, since he hadn't paid much attention to treasure hunting strategies in his previous life, only having a vague impression of them.

I never expected that I would actually make a profit.

"Let's try digging it open directly." Bai Ye said, and began to clear the soil that Skadi had dug out from the ground.

The frozen soil, mixed with snow, was rolled up by the white night and piled up near the cave entrance.

Then he heard a dull thud from below.

"boom!"

Skadi smashed the thick stone slab open with a single sword strike!

After a moment, Skadi said from underground, "Come down."

Bai Ye jumped straight down.

He then saw what appeared to be a concrete passageway, with holes punched through it.

"Amazing……"

Bai Ye's swordsmanship focuses on agility, and its destructive power is not that great. Moreover, he does not possess Skadi's strength.

"It was relatively easy." Skadi slung the greatsword back over her shoulder and straightened her somewhat disheveled clothes.

Bai Ye turned on the searchlight, and a beam of light illuminated the passage.

"I really don't know where you got these strange things from..."

Skadi muttered to herself, then began to observe the passage ahead with great interest. She was very curious about the way land dwellers hid their treasures.

"The permafrost is hard and the climate is harsh, making it the best place to bury treasures. Unfortunately, those nobles who left behind treasures all disappeared in the Great Purge." Bai Ye shone his light on the downward-extending passage, which seemed to have no bottom.

"The Great Purge?" Skadi was curious about the few words Bai Ye uttered.

"I don't know the specifics, but it's roughly that the current emperor of Ursus fought with the old nobles. After the rebellion ended, all the rebellious nobles were purged. That was more than ten years ago."

Bai Ye isn't a plot-driven player; he excels at dealing with all sorts of enemies and creatures, but his understanding of the plot is only superficial.

"So these are ownerless treasures," Skadi realized.

The two walked down the passage and eventually arrived at a heavy metal door.

“Stand back, I don’t want to hurt you.” Skadi raised the sword on her back.

Bai Ye obediently took several steps back, not wanting to be accidentally injured by the giant sword.

"Ping-pong crash—"

No key was needed; Skadi's greatsword tore the metal door apart.

Her weapons were forged using techniques far superior to those used on land. Those were techniques from Argor.

"No matter how many times I've seen it, I'm always amazed by this pure power." Bai Ye closed his eyes and constructed a model of Skadi in his mind.

In the simulated battle, he didn't think he could compete with her with his current attribute strength—he could probably last about 5 minutes without relying on Originium Arts, provided Skadi only fought at her current level.

Skadi was unaware of Bai Ye's intentions. She said calmly, "It's nothing. For me, it's not even a warm-up, because my body hasn't even gotten warm yet."

Skadi casually slung her sword back over her shoulder, then she was the first to enter the vault through the opening in the metal door.

"Hmph." Then, she couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.