“Will you give me back my sword...?”
Red Scale hugged Yuna's thighs tightly, begging her ceaselessly with tears swirling in her eyes.
Yuna was also very helpless. Now was not the time to return or not return it to her, but that she couldn't even throw away this sword if she wanted to.
As soon as she returned the sword to Red Scale, it flew back to her. She couldn't even throw it away.
“Then... Then make it stop following you!” Red Scale grabbed the Magic Sword, trying to keep it by her side.
But with her lack of strength, the Magic Sword easily broke free of her restraints.
It even taunted her, circling around Red Scale and swiftly dodging when she tried to grab it.
“This sword is bullying people! How can it be like this...”
Red Scale couldn't hold it in anymore. Her nose soured and she cried out.
Yuna grabbed her little purse and squatted down next to Red Scale, gently stroking her hair. “How about... I'll just buy this sword from you, and I'll pay you back after I earn money?”
“How much will you give me?”
“Let me think.” Yuna tilted her head, swiftly calculating in her mind.
The redemption fee, forging equipment, tuition for her sister to become a mage, equipment for her sister...
Just thinking about all the debt weighing down on her, Yuna felt she could hardly breathe.
Although Lin Feng had told her she didn't need to pay him back, she was still stubborn about earning money to repay him.
“Fifty gold coins, is that okay? I don't have much money either, life is quite difficult, and I have a sister to raise, but I will pay you back slowly.”
“Deal!” Red Scale suddenly jumped up, all traces of tears long gone from her face, “This sword is yours now.”
The two shook hands after reaching an agreement.
Lin Feng beside them softly sighed.
This girl didn't earn much money yet she took on more debt again.
“Now that you two have agreed, let's think of a way to get out of here.” Lin Feng rubbed both their heads, but Red Scale was clearly still upset, pouting at him.
“We’re leaving?”
“Yes, you’ve leveled up, and found the treasure in the labyrinth, so there’s no point in staying here anymore.” Lin Feng gently patted Yuna's wolf ears, getting some dust on his hand, “But haven't you noticed anything strange?”
“Huh? What’s strange?” Yuna was completely confused.
Her attention had been completely on the Magic Sword just now, she didn't notice anything else.
Lin Feng glanced at Emily, but she had a look of wisdom on her face, completely unhelpful.
Rosa Linda yawned and pointed at the demon corpse not far away, “From just now until now, we haven’t encountered any demons at all.”
“That’s right. Based on the spawn rate of demons in this labyrinth, it’s impossible to not have a single one come find us for so long.” Lin Feng examined and saw that the “Time Stasis” buff on everyone had not disappeared.
It was likely the cause behind the demons not coming.
“We have to find a way to...”
Before Lin Feng could finish speaking, Yuna lightly pulled on his clothes, “Master.”
“What is it?”
“Emily disappeared.”
Lin Feng looked back and saw that she was indeed gone without a trace, even her presence had vanished.
Yuna pointed at the ground, “She was in front of me, then suddenly in an instant she...”
In a flash, before Yuna could finish speaking, she disappeared without a trace, as if she had evaporated into thin air.
“What is going on here?” Rosa Linda vigilantly surveyed her surroundings, tightly gripping her longbow.
Seeing this, Lin Feng quickly grabbed Rosa Linda, then shouted at Red Scale, “Come over quickly, grab my hand!”
He didn’t know what was happening either.
But it seemed a bit like when the labyrinth collapsed, teleporting adventurers out.
“Coming!”
Red Scale jogged over to the two, but just as she was half a meter away, she also mysteriously vanished in an instant.
Immediately after, everything went dark in front of Lin Feng’s eyes...
When he awoke again, Lin Feng found himself in a snowy land.
Other than Red Scale curled up alone by the fire, the beast girls were all huddled together around the fire pit, leaning on each other for warmth.
“Master, you’re awake?” Yuna softly said. There were snowflakes clinging to her eyelashes.
The other beast girls also turned to look at Lin Feng.
“Are you all okay?”
“We’re fine, none of us are injured, but it’s too cold here.” Rosa Linda let out a puff of hot air, hugging Lin Feng even tighter, “The labyrinth must have collapsed and spat us out. Yuna got here first, we arrived last.”
“Then why is it snowing?” Lin Feng looked up at the fine snow drifting down from the sky, deep in thought.
It was probably below freezing now.
Shouldn’t it be summer now? How could it be snowing?
It was still a long time until winter.
“We don’t know.” Rosa Linda pointed at the trees not far away, continuing, “Our campsite is gone. The clothes and tents we brought are all gone.”
“The spirit cores I saved up for a long time in the tent are gone too. This is terrible.” Yuna sneezed, and the snowflakes on her eyelashes fell off.
“As long as you’re all alright, we can earn money again.”
Lin Feng examined their condition.
The buff called “Time Stasis” was gone.
Taking the current situation into account, that spell had likely frozen the time within the labyrinth, while time outside continued flowing.
They didn’t feel much time had passed inside the labyrinth, but months had already gone by in the real world.
No wonder the campsite was gone. Some passing traveler had likely taken their stuff...
But now was not the time to worry about that. They had to figure out how to stay warm.
The beast girls were shivering from the cold. Their summer clothes were far too thin for the middle of winter.
Continuing to burn branches for warmth was not a long term solution.
A cold wind blew by and Yuna sneezed softly, murmuring, “I hate winter the most, it’s so hard to bear the cold.”
As soon as she finished speaking, the Magic Sword beside her stirred and floated mysteriously into the air.
The orange gem embedded in the sword let out a dazzling glow, enveloping them in an invisible barrier.
Lin Feng immediately felt much warmer.
“The Magic Sword has this function too?” Yuna looked up at the sword, energetically stretching.
Then she tiptoed and pulled the sword back down.
“Let’s go home first. Who knows how long the Magic Sword can last.”
Lin Feng squatted down next to Red Scale and gently shook her, “Wake up, stinky dragon, stop pretending to be asleep.”
Red Scale whimpered twice without even opening her eyes.
“She’s been like this for a while now. No matter how we call her, she won’t wake up.”
???
Lin Feng narrowed his eyes slightly and noticed two words under Red Scale’s status bar.
Hibernation.
A stinky dragon needs to hibernate too?
“If you want to sleep, do it after we get home. Sleeping here in the snow, aren’t you afraid you’ll freeze to death?”
“But I’m so sleepy... I don’t want to move at all.”
Since that was the case, Lin Feng picked Red Scale up from the ground and cradled her like soothing a child, “There there, don’t curl up into a ball. I’ll carry you.”
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
or! A blessing for those who struggle with love, a guidebook for dating novices. Quickly match with your dream goddess! Complete walkthroughs earn rewards, and perfect walkthroughs unlock limited achievements!】 Shen Yi, an ordinary office worker, accidentally downloads a mini-game called Dating Simulator. The mini-game is simple: randomly search for dating targets, simulate dates, and receive rewards upon successful confession. Rewards include but are not limited to money, attributes, and skills. The higher the evaluation, the better the rewards, with perfect ratings unlocking mysterious achievements. Shen Yi plans to use this mysterious mini-game to continuously pursue targets and improve himself, making his life better and better. ...... However, after several successful walkthroughs, Shen Yi suddenly notices something strange - the targets he previously simulated dating seem to be searching for him in real life?
