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36 Spider“s Whisper p5

Lyrica eventually snapped out of it and helped her set up the tent.

[You set up beds. Jonas seems to want to talk to me.] Shiro pointing at Jonas who was waiting by the side.

Lyrica nodded as she went inside the tent.

[Can I help you?] Shiro asked.

"Yeah. Can we have a short walk? I just want to talk for a little bit." Jonas smiled

[Sure.]

Walking to the edge of the boss room, Shiro waited for Jonas to open his mouth.

"Thank you for helping us. Honestly, if you didn't tank the boss, there was a good chance for us to lose a few members." Jonas sighed.

Shiro only shrugged at this as he knew what he was going to ask.

[If you're wondering, I just used normal martial arts to tank the boss. If it had hit me once, I would have been in danger.]

"I've seen the martial art's taught around this area. And yours is definitely one of the most advanced ones I've seen. Which martial arts allows a 13 year old to slam a 3 meter tall boss into the ground?" Jonas asked rhetorically.

[True.] Shiro shrugged. Honestly, she doesn't know where the Yin Style Phantom Arts lie in terms of quality in the martial arts world. But she did know that this martial arts suited her a lot. More so than her old mish mash of combat arts.

"But what I wanted to ask was not info about your martial arts but rather, will you join my party?" Jonas asked.

[What?]

"I wish to recruit you into my party."

[No.]

"… Ha…. I thought as much. Care to explain?" Jonas sighed.

[I'm planning on making my own party. This stop in New York is only temporary. I aim for the bigger world. Which is why I wanted to recruit Silvia. A grand healer like her is not often seen, one with buffs as well.]

"I know. Honestly, Silvia is too good for our party. She saved us a lot in the past." Jonas smiled slightly as he leaned against the wall.

[Want to tell me why she's in your party then?]

"Her father. That's why. Her father was a good friend of ours and Silvia knew it. However, we couldn't find a support so every Dungeon Run was dangerous. One day, we just couldn't handle it and he died. Silvia was determined to become a healer and the best one at that so she can help as many people as she can. The only reason why she stays here is because she wanted to look after us in place of her father." Jonas said with nostalgia.

[So she is staying in your party in place of her father. If that is what she wants then I'll give up. I don't like to force people against their wills in situations like this. Since she likes to stay in your party, wasted talent or not, it's her choice.] Shiro typed out.

"…Honestly, you don't feel the age you look." Jonas replied honestly.

[This miss is only 13. If you need anything else just ask.] Shiro typed as she walked away.

Jonas only shrugged as he returned to his tent.

Opening the tent, Shiro found the inside to be completely set up. Beds were in place, and so was some food.

"Hey Shiro. What did he ask you about?" Lyrica asked.

[He just asked me to join his party. I rejected though.] Shiro shrugged.

"Heh~ So he recruited you…. Well I suppose since Shiro is strong. A lot of parties would want you." Lyrica nodded.

[Yes, but I don't want them. I'd rather make my own party and explore the wide world.] Shiro smiled as she sat down on the makeshift bed.

"Is that so…" Lyrica muttered sadly as this meant that Shiro was going to leave. She didn't think she would be recruited since she was weak, much weaker and anyone she's seen especially Shiro.

[Che, look at your expression. Ai so dense.] Shiro shook her head.

"Dense? What do you mean." Lyrica asked.

[Think about it. What have I done for you?]

"You took me to Dungeons, levelled me up, got me a weapon, taught me to fight and brought me to this raid." Lyrica replied.

[Yep. And in the end, you still think I'm not recruiting you?] Shiro raised an eyebrow.

"Ah! You're right!" Lyrica muttered in realisation.

[Right now I'm nurturing your talent. I'm helping you get stronger.] Shiro typed out.

"But I thought you wanted to me to join a faction?" Lyrica asked.

[Just because you joined a faction doesn't mean you can't be in a party does it?] Shiro shrugged.

Naturally, there were factions who force the adventurers to not join other parties. But if that was the case then Lyrica can just leave that faction.

"That is true…" Lyrica nodded as she sat down on her bed.

They talked for a little bit more until it was time for them to eat.

Dinner was bland for Shiro since she couldn't taste the flavours at all. She could only hide 3 D ranked mana stones in her food.

After giving Yin his part of the D ranked stones, Shiro could only sigh at her remaining stock.

'I should probably go solo a few more D ranked dungeons to get my stock refilled.' Shiro thought.

This time she'll be more careful as having a 10-day break with decreased stats wasn't fun at all. Not to mention, she had to be careful every time she exerted her body.

However, by the time they finished this Dungeon, her status debuff should wear off.

Finishing the meal, they returned to their respective tents for the night.

Shiro kept herself in a shallow sleep state to make sure they weren't backstabbed.

Thankfully, the night passed safely.

"The next challenge is a parkour challenge. Everyone needs to work together since we can't use mana in this area." Jonas said as the party nodded.

The next section of the Spider's Whisper raid involved them jumping and climbing through obstacles. One misstep and you'll fall to the bottom. The higher you go, the more dangerous it gets.

Naturally, with a healer on the team, no one will die on this part.

"We'll do it in a buddy system. Everyone pairs up and help each other out. You'll be giving each other a boost to reach the next platform." Jonas called out.

Shiro and Lyrica paired up.

[We can do this easily.] Shiro smiled. Her mobility was top tier for her class and level. This was because her stats were focused around being a glass cannon. Therefore, she had to have the AGI to dodge.

"Yeah. Want to race up there?" Lyrica joked.

[You sure about that?] Shiro replied raising an eyebrow.

"Shiro, Lyrica, do you two want to be first?" Jonas asked seeing them joke about this section.

[Sure.] Shiro nodded as she gave her body a stretch.

[Lyrica, I'll give you a 5 to 10 second head start.] Shiro offered as Lyrica nodded.

"Alright don't regret it." Lyrica said.

Stepping back slightly, she crouched down and held her blade.

Stepping down hard, Lyrica dashed forwards as she stabbed her blade into the ground and vaulted upwards. Twisting her body, she stabbed it to the side of the walls and landed on the blade.

Grabbing the blade with one hand, she spun herself before launching herself upwards, storing the blade into her inventory in the process.

While the process wasn't perfect, it wasn't clumsy either. The raid party watched with a slacking jaw as they knew they couldn't do the same. They had high AGI but they doubt they could pull off what Lyrica did.

Shiro only smiled seeing Lyrica made use of her hidden proficiency. Her hidden proficiency would give hints and sometimes act on instinct. By adjusting herself at the last moment, she can force her hidden proficiency to act on her instincts and propel her upwards.

"I may have my work cut out for me, right little Yin?" Shiro said tapping Yin's head.

However, her smile never faded as she stretched her body.

The entire area was several tens of meters high as Lyrica was only around 10% of the way up.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 2nd Phantom – Speed Phantom.

Her figure blurred for a moment as Shiro was already tapping on the walls.

Making sure to step on the gaps, she launched herself with minimal contact.

Flipping off the walls, Shiro leapt over Lyrica's head and gave her a wave.

"Shiro!" Lyrica called out in surprise. She thought she had managed to outsmart Shiro through her hidden proficiency but it seems like she was wrong.

Shiro figure blurred constantly as it made her seem like a ghost.

In a short 2 minutes, she landed softly at the top on the floor.

Lyrica only arrived after 10 minutes.

"Are we doing the same?" Someone asked Jonas.

"Yes we are." He nodded.

"Wait what?!"

"Of course I'm f*cking joking! Do I look like I can do a flip!" Jonas retorted as they had something else of this.

"Carry this." Jonas said throwing over a ladder.

They had to resort to using ladders and climb up pair by pair.

The entire area took them an hour and a half as Shiro waited bored at the top.

Coughing awkwardly at the fact that they took so long to arrive at the top, Jonas led them to the next boss.

"The next boss is the second to last boss. The worst part about this is the time limit. We have 30 minutes to kill the Spider King and after 30 minutes, the Spider Queen comes out.

Individually, they're not bad. But together they're a pain in anyone's asses." Jonas said as Shiro perked up hearing asses.

She wasn't really focused on Jonas as she was looking into the boss room.

"Shiro, he means they are annoying." Lyrica whispered over as she knew what the girl was thinking.

[Oh.] Was all Shiro typed as she decided to listen in on the strategy.

"The key to this boss is timing. When the boss fight starts, several waves of enemies will be attacking us with the boss. Within the wave of enemies, there will be a few spiders that are glowing bright red. We need to avoid them at all cost while the main damage team will be fighting the boss. For every 20% of the health lost, the boss will open his giant maws to eat minions. When he does that, we need to throw the bomb spiders inside instead to stop this. This will increase the aggro of whoever threw the bomb but will stop his healing. Do this correctly and we should be able to kill him before the queen comes." Jonas explained.

"What about If we don't do manage to kill him before the queen?" Someone asked.

"Well sh*t get's annoying. Because the queen will kill any bomb spiders on sigh so we must draw her away. If she manages to kill a bomb spider, the spider king will regenerate the 20% lost health.

If we can't successfully draw her away, the fight will never end. As for the strategy for her, her back opens up every 30% health loss and that's when she's in a weakened state. Outside of that, her armour is abnormally tough. She's a tank that can definitely take a beating. Therefore, we need to kill the king before we focus on her. Be careful though, she has fear skills and causes confusion." Jonas said.

"Therefore, when a member is feared or confused, the nearest partner or buddy needs to force feed the fear resistance potion since it has a low duration. If both are feared or confused, the surrounding people need to force feed them. People need to call out quickly to reduce the chances of casualties." Jonas said as they nodded.

Shiro only sighed as the best thing for this was the dispel skill.

The worst part of this was that she could be feared or confused as well. She'll need to be careful in case she accidentally killed someone in one go.

After discussing the basic strategies, the raid party got ready to fight the Spider King.

It was a half man with a spider body anywhere under the abs. The spider had dark purple armour while the man's skin was pure white.

His total height measured to about 6 meters.

[Spider King LVL 20 – Raid Boss]

HP: 600,000/600,000

MP: 750,000/750,000

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The first thing Shiro did was to secure the aggro of the boss. She was going to be the main tank since she had the least chance of dying to it.

Creating a few spears around her, she dashed towards the Spider King.

*BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG

Swiping his claws, the king destroyed the spears.

Shiro frowned seeing this as the king's observational abilities are top tier.

Twisting her body under his claws, she crouched down and tapped the underbelly of the king with her palms.

*BOOMM!!!

A giant pillar of ice exploded as it forced the king to land on his side.

"BOMB IT!"

Someone shouted as magic and skills shot towards the boss.

Getting back up with difficulty, the king was about to attack when Shiro found the perfect opportunity.

Like the sad royal guard, the king was also penetrated.

"…"

"…"

'WHAT IS WITH THIS GIRL AND ASSES!!' The adventurer's thought, feeling an ounce of pity for the boss.

However, that pity didn't get in the way of them killing it as they continued to launch attacks.

They could only attack since the other adventurers are taking care of the extra spiders flowing into the room.

"BOSS LOST 20%! GET THE BOMB!" Jonas shouted out as the maw of the boss opened up to reveal rows of disgusting teeth.

Someone threw the bomb over but their aim was a little off.

Shiro frowned seeing this as she dashed towards it. Twisting her body, she kicked the spider bomb into the mouth of the king. She made sure to use counter weight phantom as to not set it off early.

*BOOM!!!

The king recoiled back as bomb exploded in his mouth.

"YOUR FATHER COULD SHOOT BETTER THAN YOU! SOMEONE ELSE THROW NEXT TIME!!" Jonas called out angrily at the thrower.

Shiro only chuckled as she understood the joke.

While she was tanking the boss, Lyrica was displaying a surprising amount of damage per second.

*CING CING CING CING!

Her blade created scratches upon scratches on the armour but the damage was dealt.

Backflipping off the back of the king, she landed softly.

A spider tried to jump on her but was killed with a single swipe.

With Lyrica increasing her damage output, the HP of the king was decreasing dramatically.

"BOMB!" Jonas shouted out as this time someone actually threw on target.

60%... 40%.... 20%...

The HP decreased steadily as it reached the final hurdle. The last bomb.

However, when maw opened up, the bomb spider was a little too far.

"Shiro help me!" Lyrica called out as Shiro nodded.

Lyrica stabbed her blade into the ground as she stepped on it and launched her self through the air.

Shiro flicked her wrist as a ramp made from ice was created easily.

Lyrica landed without much force as she swiped up the bomb. Throwing it, the bomb flew in a perfect arc and landed in the spider's maw.

"AAAHHHHHHGGGGGG!!!" Crying out in pain, the king collapsed on his own body weight.

"Fuu…" Wiping her sweat, Lyrica walked over to her blade.

"ALRIGHT! QUICKLY CLEAR OUT THE MOBS!! WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE QUEEN!!" Jonas shouted out as everyone pushed to kill the spiders. After the king dies, bomb spiders stopped appearing.

Therefore, they wanted to clear the normal spiders for more room against the queen.

Clearing out a 30-meter diameter circle around them, they gulped as they prepared for the queen.

If they died they would die for good. But, times have changed, it would be hard to go through life without being an adventurer. You just wouldn't get the required cash to survive. Naturally, you could also work for the government. But, with so many people in the world, who can guarantee a job?

So they risk their lives to survive in this changed world.

*PHEW! PUCHI!

A blade was launched at an adventurer as it lacerated deep into his torso.

"SILVIA!" Jonas shouted out. Everyone here was risking their lives, so if they could save 1 or 2 they would.

Silvia quick rushed over to him as she healed him as fast as he could.

Shiro, who saw this, quickly ran towards the queen as she needed to stop her from attacking other adventurers.

Creating a spear of ice, Shiro vaulted herself up as she kicked the end of the spear and sent it to the queen.

*BOOM!

Shiro exploded the spear just before impact as the force send the queen back stumbling.

"Use this chance to prepare!" Lyrica shouted out as knew what Shiro wanted to say.

Shiro gave her a thumbs up.

Creating two large pillars of ice beside her, Shiro stood like a war goddess protecting the gate.

The queen slowly crawled back up as she glared at Shiro. She recognised the girl who stabbed her husband's anus.

As the dust cleared, everyone could see the queen in her full glory. She was a large humanoid with spider shape designed armour, pale skin, 4 pairs of eyes and long white hair.

[Spider Queen LVL 20 – Raid Boss]

HP: 599,500/600,000

MP: 900,000/900,000

Her initial attack only hit for a pitiful 500 HP damage as the armour was abnormally though.

Shiro only frowned harder as she saw the HP regenerate after a moment.

'We'll have to keep hitting her to keep her regeneration down.' She thought.

Glancing backwards, Shiro noted that the man was healed.

"TANKERS CHARGE!" Jonas shouted as sweat was dripping down his head.

The person who was heavily injured was one of their tankers, and if they aren't careful, they'll be done for.

Dark red smoke started to flow out from the cracks of the queen's armour as Shiro understand it to the fear skill.

The smoke merged into a skull as it shot towards one of the adventurers.

"ARG!" He cried out as his eye became bloodshot. Before he could even do anything, his buddy stuffed a potion into his mouth breaking him out of the fear status.

"Thanks." He said as he panted.

His buddy nodded as they returned to the fight.

'At least they can react fast enough.' Shiro thought, thankful for this.

The two pillars beside her extended out with smaller sections as they blocked the queen's strike.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 3rd Phantom – Counter Weight Phantom.

She raised her leg and pushed the queen's arms down before twisting her body and gave the queen another kick.

As Shiro kicked the queen back, Lyrica dashed behind the queen and stabbed her using her blade.

"ARH!" The queen cried out as her legs extended out behind her.

Lyrica wanted to dodge backwards as she knew she was in danger.

Shiro erected a shield seeing this.

"AHH!!!" The legs weren't slowed by the shield as it pierced through and stabbed Lyrica in her abdominal area.

It was about to stab at Lyrica again but Shiro dashed in front of the queen.

She grabbed the leg with her left hand.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 3rd and 4th Phantom – Counter Weight + Internal Feasting Phantom.

Twisting her body, Shiro created a blade on her leg as she applied all the force into a sing point.

*CRACK!

The leg cracked as it broke away from the queens back.

Green blood splattered everywhere as Shiro threw the leg away.

Lyrica took this chance to drink an HP potion.

"Thanks." She said as Shiro nodded.

Dashing forwards, Shiro was about to stab towards the queen's eye.

The queen leaned back as she kicked towards Shiro.

Touching the leg with her left hand, Shiro flipped once before kicking the queen in the face.

Shiro only frowned as her reach was abysmally small since she would have easily ripped the eye out of the queen's skull.

Dark red smoke erupted out the queen as Shiro was hit but the status debuff.

"OH CRAP!" Lyrica shouted in a panic as she took out a potion. However, Shiro was already nowhere to be seen.

"Huh?" Lyrica muttered in confusion.

She suddenly shivered as snowflakes fell from the sky.

"Did Shiro get feared?" Jonas asked with a frown.

"Yeah she did. When I tried to release her she was long gone." Lyrica said with a bit of panic.

"But it seems like it worked out for us instead." Jonas said pointing at the blizzard that was started to pick up speed.

"RUN AWAY FROM THE QUEEN!!" He shouted out.

A pair of azure eyes were seen in the blizzard as Lyrica shivered feeling the killing intent being radiated from Shiro.

"What the hell did she see when she was feared." Jonas muttered with a frown.

Meanwhile, Shiro was smiling like a psychopath in the blizzard as she started down the queen like a hunter and prey.

When she was hit by the fear, a part of her was wondering what she was afraid of. However, what she saw was the light bearer hero. She didn't fear him, no far from it. She wanted nothing else but to end him.

"Since you want to take his appearance so much lemme fulfil your wish." Shiro grinned as she created a spear of ice.

Dashing forwards, Shiro dodged the queens strike and pinned the arm to the ground.

Her cold aura was in full force as the blizzard was created mostly from her passive.

After freezing the arm, Shiro kicked the queens head.

The kick caused the queen to recoil backwards as Shiro flicked her wrist and 5 spears stabbed towards the queen from different directions.

Glancing around, Shiro saw that the blizzard was obscuring everyone's view as she grinned.

Lightning coagulated in her palm as a dagger was formed. The dagger was printed with a skill she recycled from one of the items she scrapped before.

[Nano Tech Ice Dagger (Blue) LVL 10]

+15 pierce.

Skill – Mana Focus.

+10% MP for 5 minutes.

Cooldown: 5 minutes.

Drinking the MP potion, she grinned at her MP count.

[MP: 31,910/31,910]

Naturally, this also means her Bow Creation was unlocked.

Holding the dagger in her mouth, Shiro dashed towards the queen.

Tapping on the knee, she jumped over her as a bow was formed in her hands.

[Nano Craft Bow (Blue+) LVL 25]

+30 Pierce

+50 Power

+50 Penetration

+50 Critical Chance

+50 Critical Damage

Skill – Mana Enhanced Arrow

Insert stored mana to increase the power of the arrow fired.

Stored MP: 25,000/25,000

Cost: 1,000 per arrow.

The queen currently had around 85% of her health. There were enemies everywhere around them so Shiro could use her mana without worry that a red dot suddenly appeared.

Creating an ice hook, she used it to pull the bow back in place of her right arm.

Her eyes were cold as a neon blue arrow coagulated on the bow.

*BANG!!

The arrow was fired as it pierced through the armour with ease. Twisting her body, Shiro threw the bow up as she drank a few MP potions.

Pivoting on her leg, she avoided a strike from the queen before roundhouse kicking the head.

The space between them allowed the bow to fall back into her hands as she created another arrow and fired at point blank range.

Meanwhile, everyone outside could only watch the blizzard increase in size and turn the area in front of them into an icy tundra.

They couldn't see through the blizzard as all they saw were flashes of light.

One of the lights pierced through the blizzard.

*BOOM!

A giant crater was formed in the wall as the adventurers near it became pale.

"Whatever happens, remind me not to piss Shiro off." Jonas said as Lyrica nodded.

From what it seems, what Shiro fears most was also what she wanted to kill the most.

One of the adventurers saw the arrow and muttered in disbelief.

"How the hell can there be such a dense arrow of mana?!"

"What do you mean?"

"For it to cause this kind of destruction, it means the mana retained most of its power until contact. Even for me, the mana would disperse in time which is why we use man-made arrows to be more efficient."

"So you're telling me a mage fires a better mana arrow than you."

"… yes."

The light eventually faded after 30 minutes.

The blizzard faded away as they soon paled at the sight.

Shiro sat on the corpse of the Spider Queen with bloodshot eyes and an evil grin. She barely had a scratch on her as they looked at the mangled corpse of the spider queen.

The most prominent injury was a hole from her rear all the way through to her head. It was a clean hole as they shivered thinking about what could have happened.

Shiro pulled out a potion as she drank it and dispelled the fear status. Her killing intent dropped dramatically as the snowfall ended just like that.

"….."

'IF YOU COULD SOLO THE GOD DAMN FINAL BOSS WHY WAS IT SO HARD TO KILL THE BOSSES BEFORE!!!'

38 Aarim

Seeing that the final boss was cleared, everyone rested up.

Lyrica, who was besides Shiro, fidgeted a bit as she opened her mouth to talk but gave up.

[If you have something to say, say it.]

"Well… I was just wondering what you saw. For you to be that angry, it must have been someone you disliked a lot."

[You thought I was angry? No I wasn't. I wanted to kill, yes, but I wasn't angry. Nope, far from it.] Shiro chuckled. For as long as she could remember, she had hardly ever been angry.

"Eh?! That wasn't you being angry?!" Lyrica cried out in surprise as she looked at the mangled corpse of the queen.

[Nah. She just shifted into someone I really hate don't worry about it.] Shiro shrugged.

They soon found the mana stone as the body dispersed.

Due to her insanely high contribution, most of the loot went to her.

Shiro flicked her wrist as a bunch of items fell out. These items were the ones not useful for her so they could have it.

[This is some of the loot from the boss. Split it amongst yourselves.] Shiro waved her hand as she dismissed them.

She made sure to keep some of the best loot since it was the result of her own efforts.

"HURRAH!!" They cheered as they split the loot amongst themselves.

"Wait!" Someone shouted out as Shiro realised it was the guy she froze during the crystal stage.

Jonas frowned seeing this as they were lucky for Shiro to even want to share her loot.

"She still has most of the money. What about the items she's keeping away from us. These could just be trash she kept to divert our attention." He said as Shiro only raised an eyebrow.

'Is this guy stupid? He just watched me solo the last boss and he thinks the adventurers will stand up against me?'

"Think about it! We still have our supplies to fight the boss. Can we really make ends meet? What's harder to fight? A boss with annoying skills or a weakened girl!" He continued as some of the adventurer's had greed flash in their eyes.

Lyrica felt her anger rise when she heard all of this. The worst part was people actually believing him as well.

Shiro's body flashed forwards as a dagger was taken out of her inventory.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 2nd Phantom – Speed Phantom.

"Come le-!!!!"

His head was ripped off from his torso as Shiro had a dagger in her hand. Red blood was splattered over her face as her eyes turned towards the other adventurer's who showed greed.

The speed of which Shiro killed the man shocked them as they paled instantly.

[Who else wants to try me?] Shiro typed out as she grinned.

"AHH!!!" Some of the adventurer's screamed in fear as they ran.

Shiro didn't mind them as they couldn't tell the police anyways. Killing in the Dungeon wasn't uncommon, but the police will arrest the assailants. Naturally, with them trying to rob her first, she would be the defendant.

Crouching down, she looted the man's corpse as everything inside of his inventory was transferred over to her.

[Beginner Monster Title Gained – You harvested your first human soul as a monster. How many more are to come?]

+1 Stat growth up

Stat Growth Up = Your attribute points will increase in effectiveness. EG: 1 Vit = 50HP is now 1 Vit = 100HP.

Seeing this, Shiro now understood why her counterparts had much more ridiculous stats compared to her. Since she had the monster physique, she would naturally get the bonuses from monsters.

If she slaughtered an entire city, her stats would go through the roof. However, that's not what she is like. She wouldn't go around slaughtering those who have no conflict with her.

But if they did, you can be assured that she'll wipe out the city from the face of the planet.

After gaining the title, both her HP and MP have doubled due to this.

[Name: Shiro (Weakened 18hrs)

Race: Snow Girl (Evolution Criteria yet to be met)

Title: Shadow Empress, Beginner Monster (0/10 Humans Killed for Title Up)

Level: 29

Class: Snow Girl★, Nanomancer

HP: 5700/5700 (True Value 34,000)

MP: 58,200/58,200

STR: 150 -> 200 (+85) <+50>

VIT: 200 (+70) <+50>

INT: 300 -> 350 (+140) <+87>

AGI: 240 -> 300 (+75) <+75>

DEX: 200 -> 240 (+40) <+60>

DEF: 80 (+135) <+20>

< > = Title Bonus

Unassigned Points: 0

Balance: 903,200 USD

Equipment (Tap to Display)

Skills –

Snow Girl ★:

Tier 2 Ice magic, Passive Regeneration, Blessed by Ice, Snow Magic, Faded Snow Movement, Cold Aura.

Nanomancer:

Dagger Creation, Nano Tech Engineering Tier 1, Sword Creation, Bow Creation, Heavy Weapon Creation.

Other:

Mini-map, Inspection, Disguise, Harden (Equipment), Lesser Fear (Equipment), Mana Barrier.]

Standing back up, Shiro looked around and saw that only Lyrica and Jonas' party were left.

[Only you guys are left huh? Seems about right.] Shiro typed out as she cleaned her face a little.

However, the blood from both the adventurer and the boss stained on her skin a little as it made her look creepy yet cute. A combination Lyrica was surprised that worked somehow.

"Even though I'm a bit annoyed that you killed him without question, I know he deserved it." Jonas sighed. Having trash like that who forgot who killed the boss, wasn't needed in this dangerous world. Everyone only had one life yet he tried to kill someone who kept them all safe.

[Mature thinking. I like.] Shiro grinned.

Jonas only shrugged while the rest of the party was only a little pale.

The most surprising was the fact that Lyrica was completely unaffected.

[Lyrica you're not surprised?] Shiro asked.

"Surprised? No. Just a shame I didn't end him myself." Lyrica pouted a little.

[Aww how cute.] Shiro smiled widely as she patted Lyrica's head.

"…"

"…"

Trace and Paul looked at each other.

'THEY'RE F*CKING CRAZY!'

Walking out of the raid calmly, they decided to trade contact info in case they wanted to party up again.

"Thanks for your help during the raid." Jonas smiled.

[Don't mind it. It was quite rewarding for me as well.] Shiro replied as she wasn't wrong.

Not only did she increase her level, but she also gained the monster title. Something which she didn't know about yet was able to boost up her combat prowess by a wide margin.

[As for miss Silvia. I'm always open if you want to join my party.]

"Thanks for the offer. I'll keep you in mind should I ever need to switch." Silvia smiled.

Shiro nodded as they left for different directions.

[What do you want to do now Lyrica?] Shiro asked.

"I've managed to reach level 17. I'm thinking of challenging a level 10 to 15 Dungeon alone." Lyrica said as Shiro thought and nodded.

[I'll follow you. Make sure you don't get yourself into something above your level.]

"No. I want to make sure I rely on myself. It's dangerous but it'll push me to my limits." Lyrica said with determination.

'Hmm… Babying her all the time would be back. She should be able to take care of herself.' Shiro thought as she supported her decision of soloing the dungeon. The only problem was her safety.

[Fine but you need to stock up on supplies. If you don't have enough money, I can lend you 300 thousand USD.] Shiro smiled.

"No it's fine. I have enough money for some supplies." Lyrica shook her head.

[Then I recommend you challenge the level 10 to 15 Dungeon, Broken Howls. The monsters there are mostly single target ones as they don't join up in a pack often. You should have an easier time there.] Shiro suggested.

"Alright. Thanks Shiro." Lyrica smiled as she walked away.

Watching Lyrica walk to conquer a solo dungeon, Shiro felt like a parent watching their child grow up.

'Hopefully, she'll be safe.' Shiro thought with a smile.

Walking towards the auction house, Shiro wanted to get some mana stone to stock up for both her and Yin.

D ranked mana stones averaged around 30k to 40k in USD. C ranks were unbuyable in this city.

Thinking about this, Shiro decided to hold off from buying mana stones. Since just buying 20 would take more than 600k USD.

Looking through the equipment section, Shiro wanted to find any good equipment to recycle so she can take their skills.

"Che. Just a bunch of unless items." Shiro muttered in disappointment. Most of the skills that were included in the items were single value advantages rather than percentage increases. With single value increases, they would do little to nothing later down in the line Shiro had no used for them.

Shaking her head, Shiro walked out of the auction house and decided to visit Helion. She wanted him to make a set of armour for Lyrica as a present.

This was her first time doing a Dungeon solo after all.

Walking to the blacksmith's area, Shiro found her way to Helion.

"Shiro! What brings you here? Got a commission?" Helion greeted with a smile.

[Yeah. I want to commission a full set of armour for my friend.] Shiro smiled.

"Got any requirements? Like the amount of plating, leather, chain mail and so on."

[I want it to be half armoured half cloth if possible. Nothing that restrains movement or is too heavy so it slows her down.]

"Hmm, sure. The materials are a little harder to obtain thought. Especially since your friend is quite low of a level." Helion said placing his hammer down.

[I want it to be level 20 armour. I have a bunch of materials from the Spider's Whisper raid.]

"Show me. I'll see if it's enough to make the armour." Helion said as Shiro walked over to the bench.

A large pile of miscellaneous items fell out as Shiro made sure to keep them this time as they were gathered from a raid.

Item gathered from a raid are more powerful compared to normal materials. Especially since the bosses have the title of Raid Boss.

"Hmm, plating, mana reinforced webs, claws, thorax, crown armour, queens extremities… Yeah. I think I can work with this. The only problem is the cloth armour. I can't make it since its not my forte." Helion shook his head.

[Do you know anyone who can?] Shiro asked.

"Hmm… I know a woman. She's just a bit… how can I put this? Strange? Her tendencies are a little out of the norm but I can guarantee her craftsmanship is equal or even above mine in aspects." Helion said as Shiro nodded.

[Then can I trouble you to make the chest piece, waist piece, boots, shoulders and gauntlets? The chest piece should only cover the upper torso and not the abdominal area. I'll get your friend to do the cloth armour.] Shiro typed out.

"Keep the mana reinforced webs since they'll make good material for the cloth armour." Helion said passing back the webs.

"Her name is Aarim, she's just 10 minutes away from my shop. The shop name…. well. You'll know when you're there. It's a little out there." Helion coughed awkwardly.

Marking a location on the map, Helion explained the way there before working on the armour Shiro commissioned.

Walking out of Helion's shop, Shiro started to walk towards Aarim's location.

The shop was located in an obscure ally way. Looking at the sign, Shiro had a blank face as she was annoyed.

[Aarim's Sexual Pleasure Item Store.]

"…."

'The f*ck.' Shiro thought.

Double checking on the map, Shiro found that it was indeed the same location.

The name was also the same as well.

Furrowing her brows, Shiro sighed as she entered.

"Welcome~ Ohya? Ohya ohya? A cutie~" A woman said as she walked over.

Shiro frowned as the woman had a devilish figure. Slim waist, large breasts and a revealing outfit.

Her hair was a deep shade of brown, black eyes and a beauty spot just under her right eye.

[Aarim LVL 50 – Mage]

Shiro was about to type when Aarim tried to touch her chin.

Ice formed around Shiro as she frowned at Aarim.

"Oh my~ feisty one." She grinned.

Turning around, she walked rather seductively to the counter.

"So how can I help, little one?" Aarim grinned.

[Helion recommended me here. I want to commission some cloth armour.]

"Che. That muscle freak still doing this. I made him cloth armour once and the piece of crap recommends me to everyone who wants a cloth armour." Aarim stopped smiled after reading the text.

[If you don't want to make it then I'll find someone else.] Shiro frowned as she was about to turn away.

*Bam

The door closed on its own as she turned around to a smiling Aarim.

"Who said I wasn't doing business. But naturally, I need my payment." She said licking her lips.

39 Outfits

Shiro frowned hearing what Aarim said.

[What kind of business?] Shiro asked.

"Hehehe… Nothing too bad." She grinned as she walked up to Shiro.

Shiro backed off a little as she made sure she could try to fight her way out if anything bad was to happen.

"Aiya, don't be so on guard. So not cute at all." Aarim shrugged.

[Tell me what you want. No need to get close.] Shiro typed.

"Sure. I just want you to cosplay for me." Aarim said pulling out a few outfits.

[What?]

"Cosplay. You don't know what it is?" Aarim asked.

[No I don't. Care to explain?]

"I just want you to dress up and take photos." Aarim said as she pulled Shiro by her arm into a separate studio.

The studio was quite big as there was a white backdrop, lights around the room and a camera in the centre.

"I want you to model for me while I take pictures of you in poses." Aarim said as she sat Shiro down.

[I have a cast on my arm. Do you honestly think it'll look good?] Shiro asked raising an eyebrow.

"Don't worry about that. Naturally, you can unfreeze your cast. I don't mind. I just want my pictures." Aarim smiled.

Shiro eyed her suspiciously as she eventually nodded.

[What dresses are they? I hope they're not erotic.]

"I like cute girls that are young enough to be my daughter. Not have them nude." Aarim said with disdain.

[That's good. But first, I want to tell you what I want. I want an underlayer of cloth armour for my friend. The dress itself should be strong to try to prevent as much ripping as possible.] Shiro typed out.

"Easy enough. I can do that." Aarim nodded as she walked over to a switch.

Pulling the switch, Shiro's ears perked up as she could hear the inner workings turn and clank.

*CRRR!

A wardrobe dropped out from the roof as Shiro could see an assortment of baby doll dresses and other.

[So you want me to dress up in these outfits?] Shiro asked.

"Yep." Aarim nodded.

[How many do I have to wear before you'll agree to make my commission.]

"Hmm, wear all of them." Aarim replied after a pause.

'All of them?! There's at least 100!' Shiro thought but kept her face blank.

[Too much. Change your price please.]

"Che fine. 100 sets?" Aarim said playing around with one of her fans laying by the side.

[50.]

Aarim narrowed her eyes as she saw Shiro try to bargin.

"75. That's my final offer."

'Helion himself is a really good craftsman. For this Aarim to gain his recommendation must mean she's good. Wearing some clothes for good craftsmanship is a small price to pay.' Shiro thought.

[Fine 75 sets.] Shiro nodded.

"Great! Try this one first." Aarim smiled pulling out a set.

The set was a goth lolita dress. It was black in colour with red frills, a small hat, a bow tie on the waist, white tights and a pair of shoes. The shoes were coloured black and had wedges.

To top it all off, Aarim handed her a small black umbrella.

"Change into this and we'll start the photoshoot." Aarim said as Shiro nodded.

Finding a secluded place to change, Shiro made sure no one could see her change.

'Hmm… this dress is actually quite comfy.' Shiro thought after changing into it. Both the material and the weight of the dress was delicate yet there was a strangeness about them. It was similar to how her white dress was.

Walking out, Shiro typed on her phone and showed it to Aarim.

[What is the dress made from? It's light and won't rip.]

"… nice…" Was all Aarim muttered as she looked at Shiro.

Shiro waved her hand as she snapped Aarim out of it.

"Ah ahem. The material I used for this dress was made from the material dropped by humanoid animals. The female ones actually.

For some odd reason, no matter what one did, their dresses never broke apart. Thankfully of course, since perverts would be aiming for them all the time. So I managed to get my hands on supplies of these materials from the other cities and made these dresses. They won't break in combat so females don't have to worry." Aarim smiled.

'No wonder Helion recommended her. She actually had the materials which made my dress too.' Shiro thought.

"Yet the funny part about them is that when you kill the monsters, the dresses break apart along with the monster's corpse. You get small fragments which then can be combined and sewn together to make more clothes. Naturally, only the maker can change how the clothes look." Aarim shrugged.

She could rip that dress to bits if she wanted to while others can't.

[In that case then, am I able to commission a dress for myself then?] Shiro asked. She did like a few of the dresses. Combined with the fact that they can't break, would make them a must-have for her.

Just having a plain white dress was a little boring after all.

"Sure but we'll so 150 sets of clothes." Aarim said gesturing over to the wardrobe with a grin.

[150? Can we do 120? That's my max. I have things to do later today.] Shiro replied.

She didn't mind trying out the outfits so she could find a combination she really liked later and commission it.

"Sure. 120 is fine. Now get on the stage." Aarim said with an eager grin.

Shiro nodded and walked over. She had decided to thaw her ice cast so she can have a full view on what the dress looked like.

Since she only had a few hours left before her arm fully recovered, she could at least move it a little without it hurting too much.

Opening the umbrella, Shiro stood there and waited for Aarim to take a photo.

*SNAP! SNAP! SNAP!

Several shutters flashed as Shiro kept her bland expression.

"Can you smile for me please~" Aarim said as Shiro nodded.

Shifting her body slightly, Shiro smiled as her pearl white teeth were exposed by the tiny gaps between her lips.

Aarim felt her grin widen seeing such a fantastic model for all of her dresses.

The entire photoshoot continued for a few hours as Shiro was so fatigued by the end of the shoot.

She laid by the chair as she recast her arm back up. She had already changed back to the outfit she entered the shop in as Aarim was sorting out the photos.

[I've done my side of the agreement. Now for the first commission, I want an outfit for an elf. She has blond hair, and just a little taller than I am.] Shiro typed out.

"That will do. The great thing about these materials is that they adjust themselves. I just need to know her general appearance." Aarim smiled.

[I want this to go under a set of armour. The armour consists of a small torso piece, waist guards, boots and gauntlets.]

"Alright. Now what about your set?" Aarim asked.

[Hmm… I want a piece from the 42nd set. The robe. I want the shirt of the 84th set. The pants from the 3rd set, the boots and stocking of the 24th set. Please dye them into one colour scheme please. White, blue and black.] Shiro typed out.

"Sure, that isn't a problem. Nice choices by the way." Aarim smiled.

[So I've got this question. Why is your shop called what it's called?] Shiro asked unsure. If it wasn't for the fact that Helion hard warned, gave her directions and told her Aarim's name, she would have never found this store.

"Why else? Because I sell things sex related." Aarim shrugged her shoulders. It was a fact she wasn't going to hide.

[Why don't you find a better location?]

"Ehh I can't be bothered to put effort into that. I'm fine as it is." Aarim said as she pulled out a few machines for my Shiro's commissions.

Hearing Aarim's response, Shiro only shrugged.

[How long are you going to take to make the outfit?]

"It's gonna take a day or two to make the outfit. But a few hours to dye your outfit. Wanna stay here and wait?" Aarim asked.

[No it's fine. I'll go collected both in a few days. Here's my contact information, just text me when they're done.]

"Alright. Make sure to come often little one." Aarim winked.

[Sure. Your outfits are very well done.]

"Ah no I mean for the main merchandise of my shop."

"…" 'The f*ck.' Shiro thought.

[I'm 13.]

"Age is just a number."

[So is a prison sentence.]

Aarim only shrugged seeing Shiro's reply.

"Fine. But just remember not to be alone. There are perverts who aren't as nice as I am. They'll definitely force themselves." Aarim warned.

[I'll keep that in mind.] Shiro nodded as she exited the shop.

Stretching her body slightly, Shiro walked out of the alleys.

'It's been a few hours. I wonder how far Lyrica is in the Dungeon.' Shiro thought with a frown.

Quickly heading back to the dorm, Shiro sat down on her chair and frowned.

'No she'll be fine.' Shiro shook her head.

Pulling Yin from out of her pocket, she fed it a D ranked mana stone and played around with him.

"When are you going to be useful ah?" Shiro asked as Yin avoided eye contact.

"Fine fine. I'll be patient." Shiro smiled and rubbed Yin's head.

"But if you turn out to be useless, I might turn you into quill soup." She teased.

*Chirp!

Yin chirped in fear as he hid his head.

"Hahaha" Shiro giggled slightly seeing Yin's reaction.

"You're cute. I won't eat you don't worry."

After playing with Yin for a bit longer, Shiro decided to sleep since it was getting late.

…

"Helion!" Aarim screamed out as she stormed Helion's workshop.

"Hey Aarim. Did you like Shiro?" Helion asked looking up.

"Yes I did but you could have just called me over! Why did you have to ask her to come over to my workshop?!" Aarim frowned as she sat down and crossed her legs.

"Hahaha, don't worry about it. Shiro is easy to get along with." Helion grinned.

"Yeah I know that. But now she knows what I do ah."

"Afraid she'll avoid you like the other cute models you found?" Helion smiled.

"I'll hit you." Aarim frowned.

"Hahaha, don't worry about it. She wouldn't be repulsed by things like that." Helion shrugged.

"If she did I'll be coming for you." Aarim narrowed her eyes.

"Ai. Don't be like that hahaha. We knew each other since we were children. Both you and I know you won't hit your childhood friend." Helion grinned.

"And I wish you were wrong." Aarim sighed.

"So you took another interest in a loli? You sure she ain't a married woman this time?" Aarim grinned.

This caused Helion to slip slightly as he coughed.

"She's only 13. I'm not that bad." Helion said.

"Right…" Aarim rolled her eyes.

"I heard you got some materials for your class up."

"Yeah I did. Some C ranked materials. But dang, they're hard to shape." Helion sighed.

"What do you expect? You only have D ranked strength. Who told you to aim to get the class, Hammer Saint? You know not many people have gotten that right? Even if you're a genius, you're wasting your talents."

"What is talent if not to aim for a higher goal? What about you? Aren't you going for Mage Saintess as well." Helion gestured at her.

"That being said, how goes your advancement." He asked.

"It's going well. I've done 4 out of five advancements. BUT, the last one is troubling me." Aarim sighed.

"You haven't done it yet?!"

"No. I can't just grab any random monster. It has to fit the requirements for a perfect match. Hais… I've been stuck on this for so long." Aarim tilted her head back.

Her next advancement was for to reach the class Veteran Source Mage. After constant study, she had finally found the way to get this class. Yet when she got it, she was shocked at the requirements.

[Veteran Source Mage Class Up Requirements.]

10 C Ranked Mana Stone

100 D Ranked Mana Stone

1000 E ranked Mana Stone

Solo a D ranked Dungeon

Earn the trust and companionship of a magic based monster. The monster must have rationality and reach C class in strength.

40 Set Equipmen

*Yawn~

Waking up, Shiro rubbed her eyes as she unfroze her cast. Moving her arms a little, she smiled feeling no pain.

With her weakened debuff removed, her HP shot all the way back up to 34k.

"Little Yin, this miss has fully recovered." Shiro grinned as she tapped Yin on the head.

Yin's body shook a little as it groggily got up. Flapping its wings, it landed on Shiro's head and proceeded to sleep again.

"Heh, lazy head." Shiro muttered as she stood up. Dressing carefully as to not disturb Yin too much, she walked over to Lyrica's room and knocked on the door.

"Coming~" A tired voice rang out as Shiro sighed in relief.

Lyrica opened the door with a serious case of bed hair and dark circles under her eyes.

"Oh it's you Shiro. Want to come in?" She asked.

Shiro nodded as she sat on a chair.

[So was the Dungeon run successful?] Shiro asked.

"Half and half. I gave up just before the final boss fight." Lyrica said as she laid her body on the bed.

[Why's that?] Shiro asked.

"Because I struggled a little too much with the second boss. The final boss is and always will be harder than the other two bosses. But since I struggled so much with the second boss, I doubted that I would defeat the last boss." Lyrica said snuggling into her bed covers.

"But hey. I levelled up twice which is pretty good. Since I knew I couldn't focus on the last boss, I aimed to kill as many mobs as I could." Lyrica smiled.

[Just so that I know, how long did you spend in killing the mobs?]

"Ehh..2 days? Something like that."

'2 days? She spent two days killing none stop huh?' Shiro thought as she patted Lyrica on the head.

[Good work.] Shiro smiled since Lyrica was able to gain another 2 levels, thus bringing her up to level 19.

"Ah, your arm is fixed." Lyrica was surprised seeing Shiro use her right arm.

[Yep. My arm is entirely fixed now.] Shiro smiled as she flexed her arm a little.

"Congratulations." Lyrica smiled.

[Want to hit up a dungeon later then? I'll take you to a dungeon and serve as back up. You try solo most of it how's that?]

"Sure." Lyrica nodded as she planted her face into the cover.

[I'm going out for a bit. I'll text you when we're hitting up the dungeon.]

"Sure. See you later." Lyrica waved her hand slightly as Shiro only chuckled.

Walking out the room, she headed downstairs.

"Ah Shiro. Your arm is healed?!" The receptionist called out in shock.

[Yes. It's recovered completely.] Shiro nodded.

"Hmm, wait here. I'll have Doctor Hoffman check it just in case there is anything else wrong with your arm ok? It was hurt pretty badly last time." She said.

Shiro only sighed slightly as she knew she wasn't getting out of the dorm without being checked up first.

Sitting by one of the spare stools, Shiro waited for Doctor Hoffman to arrive.

Once again, Shiro didn't have to wait long for Doctor Hoffman to arrive.

"Oh. Don't you look energetic considering the amount of damage on your arm." He said scratching the back of his head.

Putting down his bag, he pulled out a tablet and scanned her arm.

"Holy damn… it really is healed. Not a single mark of damage." Doctor Hoffman remarked as he looked at Shiro.

"What kind of crack did you take to heal up this well?"

[Crack?]

"Just slang for drug." He shrugged as he stood up.

[So how come you're able to come here so quickly?] Shiro asked as being the school healer means there are bound to be other people needing treatment.

"Because unlike everyone else, I can't just slap an HP potion in your mouth and call it a day." He said giving his neck a stretch.

[Isn't that a bit irresponsible?]

"Pft. In this age of magic and wizardry, I'm pretty sure slapping an almost all-powerful potion in anyone's mouth fixes them up real nice. The only responsibility for me is to give them the potion. As your strange injury. I can't just slap a potion in you since it didn't heal the arm. Therefore, I need to be responsible or else I'm pretty sure the principle will come rip me a new one." He shrugged.

Packing his bag up, Hoffman walked away.

'Weird but not necessarily incorrect.' Shiro thought. He wasn't wrong with the part about responsibility.

In this new age of magic, near-fatal injuries could just be fixed with a spell or a potion. Responsibility within this area of medicine was no longer a thing.

There were no assigning months upon months of medication for a small wound to be healed, nor was there a need for constant check-ups.

You're injured? Potion. Next patient please.

It was that simple.

Seeing that she was free to go, Shiro stood up and walked out the school premises.

Going through her checklist of things to do, she realised that there were only a few days left until the faction recruitment.

'If I take Lyrica to a level 15 to 20 dungeon, I should be able to get her to level up. Hopefully, all the way to level 20 or even 21 if we do her class up.' She thought.

Checking the time, she walked towards Helion's shop after seeing that it was almost 9am.

"Oh good morning Shiro. You checking up on the armour?" Helion asked as he yawned slightly.

[Yes. How's the progress so far?] Shiro smiled as she was the first customer of the day.

"I only got a single boot left to do. If you wait by the side I'll have it done in no time." Helion said, gesturing at one of the chairs.

Shiro nodded as she sat down.

"So your arm's fixed now? I was surprised seeing it all cast up and not healed with a potion or spell."

[The damage was mostly unhealable and had to be recovered naturally.] Shiro smiled.

"Is that so. Congratulations on healing then. Don't worry, I won't give you a discount." Helion said with a slight chuckle. He still remembered how Shiro didn't want any gifts or discounts the first time they met.

[Thanks.]

Pulling out his equipment, he started to make the final boot as Shiro played with Yin.

"Little Yin, you have so much mana but can't do sh*t with it. When can you actually pull your weight?" She muttered teasingly. Even though Yin was only level 5, his power just from his HP and MP alone could be compared to a level 20+.

Yin made a sad face as if Shiro had wronged him. Scooping up the mana stones, it stuffed them into its mouth with a silent tear.

Shiro giggled seeing Yin's behaviour when an idea struck her.

"Little Yin do you understand me?" Shiro asked.

Yin nodded its head as Shiro grinned.

"Are you a boy?"

Yin tilted her head in disdain and made a spitting motion.

"So you're a girl?" Shiro asked feeling happy Yin was a girl. Girls were more fun to look after, animal or not.

Yin nodded her head and flapped onto Shiro's shoulder.

Rubbing her head against Shiro's cheek, she wanted to gain more of Shiro's affection.

"I'll love you more if you could fight ah." Shiro said rubbing her head.

Not too long after, Helion had finished the boot as he brought out the other pieces. The moment the pieces came into close contact with each other, a slight silver purple glow encased each on as Shiro widened her eyes in surprise.

'He made set equipment?!'

Set equipments are as it says, worn in sets. With a certain amount of pieces worn, a bonus effect would be triggered as they could be anything ranging from extra points to one's stats or a set skill.

Set skills were outrageous skills since they needed equipment of the same set to be invoked.

'If I recycle this set armour, I'll be able to add the set skill to an armour I make in the future.' Shiro thought as this was a rare opportunity. It's not every day you see set equipment being made.

Especially if it was for a level 20. Even in her past life, the lowest level set equipment she saw was level 50. She didn't know if this was good or bad, but she knew it was an opportunity none the less.

"Well… I certainly didn't expect this." Helion muttered surprised by himself.

[Spider Queen's Set LVL 20 (blue)]

Head Piece

+10 INT

Torso Piece

+10 DEF

+10 STR

Arm Guards

+10 DEX

+10 STR

Waist Guard

+10 Def

+10 STR

Boots

+20 AGI

Each of the pieces was extremely mediocre on their own. However, the set truly shines when one looks at the set effects.

[Spider Queen Set Effects]

2 Piece - +10 to all status

4 Piece - + 20 to all status

5 Piece - + Previous points (30) to all status and Active skill [Empowered Rampage].

Empowered Rampage – Berserk Type Skill

+ Temporary Empowered Status

+20% attack speed

+20% power

Duration – 1 minute

Cool down – 5 minutes

After effect ends, -40 on all status.

Duration 2 minutes

The 2 and 4 piece effects didn't interest Shiro but the final advantage was outrageous. Shiro recognised that to be the same skill bosses could use.

A 20% attack speed and 20% power were no joke at higher levels. Even the -40 was something negligible.

"Shame this appeared on a level 20. If it was higher, I wouldn't even sell it." Helion lamented as skills no longer worked if a person was 5 levels higher.

'Hehehehe, this miss can recycle this and use the skill whenever ah.' Shiro grinned.

This was what truly makes her Nanomancer class thrive. While she could create weapons, they will and always be skillless blanks, except for the long ranged weapons.

With her skill recycle and reprint, she could effectively make the most insane weapon for a limited amount of time, whenever and wherever she wanted.

Hopping over to the equipment she looked at it with a smile that resembled that of a lecherous old man.

[How much?] Shiro asked.

"…600 thousand USD." Helion said after a pause. Considering the strength of this set, it can help someone clear their class advancement pretty easily. Therefore, the price would naturally be high.

Grabbing the crystal, Shiro transferred the money over without hesitation as this set was too precious. Not only for her, but for Lyrica as well.

It would take her a while before she can get Nano Tech Armour Creation. Therefore, in the time it takes, Lyrica can be using this set until level 25.

[Thanks.] Shiro said as she left the workshop with the armour in her inventory.

Helion could only wave goodbye as he lamented the armour not being higher level so he could use it.

*Ding

After walking out the store, Shiro had received a text message and opened her phone.

[Aarim: Shiro, your outfit has finished dyeing. As for the one for your friend, it'll take me a few more hours to finish.]

Tapping away on her phone, Shiro replied as such.

[Thank you. I'll come to collect it later today.]

Aarim only replied with an okay as Shiro walked towards a D ranked Dungeon.

It was the same Dungeon she fought against last time, the Frag Ant's Burrow.

But this time, she had more of a guarantee to kill the boss. Her arrows fired from the Nano Tech Bow housed an astounding amount of penetrative power.

So much in fact, that should she fire a fully charged arrow at the boss, she'll be able to shatter the mana shield.

Naturally, the best thing was for her to kill it straight away, before it could put up any form of defence.

After arriving at the Dungeon, she made sure no one saw her enter.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 1st Phantom – Illusionary Phantom.

Entering inside the Dungeon, she could already hear Frag Ants crawling towards her.

"This missy doesn't have time for you." She muttered as snow started to fall.

Stomping down, ice erupted outwards as it froze the entire area around her.

Walking towards the first boss, Shiro had no mobs obstruct her way since they were either frozen to death or had no way to reach her.

Seeing the familiar Bombard Frag Ant, Shiro created a Nano tech bow and drew back on the string.

Neon blue mana twisted into an arrow as it was notched and aimed towards the Bombard Frag Ant.

Charging up the arrow with a bit more mana, Shiro let the arrow fly.

*BOOM!!!!

The arrow crashed through the ant as it obliterated its body with ease.

"Heh, that Flying Frag Queen better watch her ass." Shiro grinned as she walked to the teleporter.

41 Mage“s Association

The second floor was just as easy as the first. Charging up her bow, she managed to eradicate the millipede's armour and skewer it easily.

As for the final boss…

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 1st Phantom – Illusionary Phantom.

Crouching low on the ground, Shiro formed a bow in her hand whilst running around the queen.

Neon Blue mana gathered into an arrow as Shiro pulled back on the string.

Sensing danger, the queen flared her mana as a translucent barrier erected around her.

'Penetrate!' Shiro thought as she fired the arrow.

*BOOM PING!

The arrow penetrated the shield due to how close Shiro fired the arrow.

Not even waiting to see how the damage was, Shiro stomped down as 4 ice spears pierced upwards and lifted up the queen.

The queen struggled but Shiro's arrow was already notched and ready to be fired.

Aiming at the anus of the queen, Shiro grinned.

"This is for my arm." She muttered.

*BOOM!

The arrow fired as it was aimed perfectly at the queen's anus. Unable to react, she could only wait upon her death due to an arrow up her ass.

*CRRRR!!!!!!!

The cry of the was filled with pain as Yin looked away in pity.

Seeing that the queen wasn't dead. Shiro dissembled the bow as she created a spear.

Twirling it in her palm, Shiro stabbed it towards the queen's ass.

Making sure it penetrated deeply, Shiro twisted the spear as it exploded like a grenade and destroyed the queen's insides.

HP: 0/200,000

The queen mostly relied on her mana for her shield to defeat her opponents in a war of attrition. Yet, Shiro destroyed that option straight away. This made the queen an easy kill as her main weapon was destroyed.

'How fast the tables turn huh?' Shiro thought.

The entire Dungeon run took her a few hours as she didn't focus on collecting the loot. Harvesting the queen, Shiro threw the mana stone into her mouth and left for the 2nd floor with Yin.

The collection itself took longer as Shiro had to search all of the kills she got to get the mana stones.

In the end, she managed to collect over 60 D ranked mana stones.

"Little Yin. You get 25 I get 35 ok?" Shiro said as Yin nodded.

Chirping happily, she greedily ate up 3 D ranked mana stones before falling asleep again.

"Che so lazy. Really wonder where you get this trait from." Shiro giggled.

However, the main harvest from the Dungeon was reaching level 30.

[Name: Shiro

Race: Snow Girl (Evolution Criteria yet to be met)

Title: Shadow Empress, Beginner Monster (0/10 Humans Killed for Title Up)

Level: 30

Class: Snow Girl★(Star Advancement Ready), Nanomancer

HP: 46,200/46,200

MP: 73,700/73,700

STR: 230 (+85) <+78>

VIT: 250 -> 300 (+70) <+92>

INT: 400 -> 450 (+140) <+147>

AGI: 340 -> 400(+75) <+118>

DEX: 260 -> 300 (+40) <+85>

DEF: 150 (+135) <+71>

< > = Title Bonus

Unassigned Points: 0

Balance: 531,800 USD

Equipment (Tap to Display)

Skills –

Snow Girl ★:

Tier 2 Ice magic, Passive Regeneration, Blessed by Ice, Snow Magic, Faded Snow Movement, Cold Aura.

Nanomancer:

Dagger Creation, Nano Tech Engineering Tier 1, Sword Creation, Bow Creation, Heavy Weapon Creation.

Other:

Mini-map, Inspection, Disguise, Harden (Equipment), Lesser Fear (Equipment), Mana Barrier.]

Tapping on the star advancement tab, Shiro paused seeing the conditions for the class up.

[Snow Girl ★★]

Kill 20 Ice elemental Based LVL 30 bosses

30 Ice Cores

Reach Tier 2 attunement in Ice element

The first two was easy for her as she had her Nanomancer class to help her out.

However, she had no idea where to get the Tier 2 attunement in the ice element.

She's heard of reaching higher levels of synergy with your respective elements, hence the Elemental True Armour.

However, Elemental True Armour only came when one reached Tier 3 in their element.

Even now, Shiro doubts her attunement would be Tier 1 if not for her race advantage.

Different races get certain advantages. Now that she was a monster, she knew the hard work one had to put into upgrading. At least it was much harder for a monster.

Not only did you have to first break out of the Dungeon's control, but you also had to leave the Dungeon. Survive the city, and only then could you start to evolve. Yet for these upgrade requirements, they'll be hard to achieve outside of a Dungeon.

To access a Dungeon, one had to sneak through a city to reach it. It wasn't easy. The life of a monster that is.

Leaving the Dungeon, Shiro decided to look up attunement regarding the ice element.

According to the web, there is a government-funded attunement hall. However, the tickets to go inside weren't easy to get a hold of.

The easiest way to get an entrance ticket to the attunement halls is through the mage's association.

They have the main access since mages need the attunement more often than warriors and other non-magic based classes.

"Little Yin. Do you think I can get any other attunement? Maybe metal since my class." Shiro said as Yin chirped in agreement.

"Ai, if only you can talk." Shiro chuckled.

However, before she went to the mage's association, she wanted to go pick up the outfit from Aarim first.

Entering the shop once more, Shiro paused when she saw a familiar face.

[Hey Liam.] Shiro smiled awkwardly. Liam stood frozen as he dropped whatever he had in his hands.

[I'll just look for Aarim.] Shiro typed as she walked away.

"Hold on! This is just a misunderstanding!" Liam cried out as he walked over to her.

[Right…]

"Liam. No need to shock her too much. You'll seem more suspicious if you get into a panic." Aarim said as she giggled.

"Shiro, my brother is here just to check up on me." Aarim smiled.

[Brother?]

"Yeah. I'm her brother." Liam shrugged sitting down. He was just checking up on her to make sure she was making the bare minimum so that she could pass the month. Yet just as he was waiting for her to get the monthly sales, Shiro walked in on him tidying up the store a little.

[Oh I see.] Shiro sighed. When she first saw Liam, she had a good impression of him. He didn't seem like anyone who would visit this kind of store in broad daylight.

"I presume you're here to get your outfit and your commission." Aarim smiled.

[Yes. How far along is the outfit for my friend?] Shiro asked.

"Almost done If you just give me an hour or so I'll be finished." Aarim smiled.

"Liam, help me out. Go to the 2nd floor, third chest to the left. There should be a set of clothes there. They're for Shiro." Aarim gestured towards Liam.

Liam nodded before heading upstairs.

[So you two are siblings?] Shiro asked.

She was curious as Liam and Aarim looked nothing alike.

"We're siblings but not blood-related. I was adopted into the family and now it's just me and Liam left. Our parents died a while back." Aarim shrugged.

[I see.] Shiro nodded.

With what Aarim said, the atmosphere instantly turned to awkward as Shiro didn't really know what to say.

The short time yet long silence felt agonising for Shiro as Liam finally returned with her outfit.

[How much is it?] Shiro asked.

"Nothing. You paid me by being my model." Aarim smiled. It wasn't easy to have a young model which didn't run the moment Aarim lead them to her shop. So for Shiro t still model for her saved her a lot of time.

[Hmm I don't want to owe you anything. Just tell me how much it costs.]

"Che, just like the muscle brain said. 400 thousand USD for both the current outfit and the one in the making." Aarim shrugged.

Shiro nodded as she paid the full amount.

[Is it ok if I go change into my outfit now?]

"Sure. Same as last time, just go to my studio." Aarim said pointing at the door.

"You two do what you need to do. I'll go back to my shift now." Liam said as he walked out.

[See you.]

"Bye."

Liam left the store as it was just Shiro and Aarim left.

"Welp. I should go continue to make the dress now." Aarim said standing up.

Shiro nodded whilst she made her way to the other room.

Changing her outfit, she looked into the mirror and inspected herself.

She wore a black shirt, short black jeans, white stocking, white boots, a large white robe and a pair of white gloves. The robe had a crystal clip in the centre as it held the robe together.

Flipping up the hood, Shiro liked how she could extend the hood out so it hid her face. The designed allowed for that.

Pulling back her hood, Yin cried out in displeasure as the new outfit didn't have any pockets for her to sleep in.

"Ai calm down little Yin. You have space here see?" Shiro said pointing at her sleeves and the inside of her hood. There was enough room for Yin to rest comfily.

Chirping lightly, Yin burrowed himself into her hood as her head would occasionally peak out.

Chuckling slightly, Shiro rubbed her head.

Walking back to the main room, Aarim was still making the outfit.

"It's almost done." She said with a shrug of her shoulders.

Nodding, Shiro sat by the side as she watched Aarim put the final touches on the outfit.

Not even an hour passed before Aarim stopped.

"Here. Satisfied?" She asked.

The outfit itself was coloured light green with hints of blue and yellow along with floral patterns, which decorated the edges of the outfit. The dress itself was a sleeveless high collar dress with a skirt that would reach halfway down the thighs. This was paired up with long white gloves and stockings.

[Thank you.] Shiro smiled.

"No problem. Just come here if you need another commission. Trading with a photoshoot of course." Aarim winked.

Shiro nodded as she stored the outfit into her inventory.

Flipping up her hood, she walked out the street with people hardly being able to see her face due to a mix of height and the cover the hood provided.

At most, they'll only spare her a glance.

She first went over to the adventurer's guild since she wanted to update her ID.

[Name: Shiro

Estimated Age: 13

Class: Ice Mage

LVL: 30]

After updating her ID, she walked to the mage's association and waited in the queue.

In order for her to gain access to the attunement hall, she needed to fulfil 3 conditions.

1 – Be a member of the Mages Association.

2 – Tier 2 magic user.

3 – Top 50 on the priority list.

First two was easy. The priority list was the annoying part.

Out of so many mages in the city, she had to reach the top 50 in priority. The priority list was a list where they determine who has the most talent to be nurtured.

This gave them a passive income of a certain amount of mana stones ever week, materials and study logs for magic. And to top it all off, they were granted access to the attunement hall.

From rank 50 to rank 21, the time you get in the attunement hall was only an hour.

However, even if it's just an hour, it provided the mages with a substantial boost to their INT stat.

Rank 20 to 11 got 3 hours while the top 10 had 5 hours each.

Shiro's goal was to reach the top 20 if possible. If she wanted to awaken her attunement to elements faster, she'll need to spend more time in the attunement hall. Especially since there wasn't a guarantee to awaken it in one go.

Some may even go a lifetime without being able to awaken whilst others could awaken on their first try.

When it was her turn to speak, Shiro pulled out her phone.

[I would like to register as a mage's association member.]

"Can you show us your adventurer's ID?"

Shiro nodded and handed over her ID.

"Aged 13 and level 30?!" The receptionist cried in disbelief. The average age for a person to reach level 30 was around 25. Yet this girl was level 30 when she's only 13.

"I'll have to call the branch master for this ok?" She said as Shiro nodded.

A small commotion was stirred up as the surroundings muttered about what they just heard.

"Did she just say the midget there is a level 30?"

"She's only 13 at that as well."

"How old is Julia when she was level 30?"

"I think Julia was 21 when she reached level 30. She's left for the bigger cities since she classed up, but to think we'll be able to see someone break her record."

"True true."

Ignoring the commotion around her, Shiro narrowed her eyes when she felt a gaze scan her from head to toe.

Looking over, Shiro saw the receptionist walk out with a man, which she presumed to be the branch master.

The man looking around his mid 30's. He had a thin build, swept-back blond hair, blue eyes, a clean face, stood around 6ft 5 and wore a black suit.

[Mark LVL 50 – Twin Element Mage]

42 Simulation

[Mark LVL 50 – Twin Element Mage]

"Are you the one who's level 30 at a young age of 13?" He asked with a small smile.

[Yes I am. I want to register for a membership.]

"I see. I'm afraid we'll have to do a personal exam to determine your true rank and priority is that ok? It's not every day we get a young genius like you." He said as he gestured at Shiro.

"Now may you follow me to the testing room."

Shiro nodded as she pulled forward her hood a little. Walking towards the testing room, Shiro wondered what the test was.

"Here is an old generation model of the virtual combat simulator. You'll be able to enter a combat space where your magic is measured." Mark said as he pointed the capsule in the centre.

"This is also what we use to determine the priority list. Top 20 will have to fight to keep their ranks.

Everyone outside of the top 20 will have chances to challenging the top 20 when they're in top 50.

As for how we determine the top 50, it depends on how well they do in terms of performance average of the last 20 matches."

Looking at the device, Shiro already had a basic idea oh how it worked.

[I'm guessing it's based on instinctive reactions that you move the body in the simulation. This is so that levels and status don't matter at all and it's all about how well the brain can control body right? And to ensure fairness, I'm guessing that you make it so that everyone's character has the same status, meaning as long as your control and technique is good, you can win.] Shiro typed out as she showed it to Mark.

"Have you seen this before?" He asked surprised that she knew about it.

[No, but it's easy to guess.] Shiro smiled.

'If it's based on how well I can control my body then I have an advantage over the people here.' Shiro thought.

"Hmm. I see, anyways, I want you to enter the simulation and have a spar with me. I'll determine your priority level." Mark said as Shiro was a special case.

The normal procedure for determining one's rank was just to do 10 spars with other people and ranked based on performance.

However, for Shiro was a level 30 at the young age of 13, Mark wanted to test her out himself.

Shiro reached out for Yin as she set her by the side.

"I'm going to do this spar for a bit. Be a good girl and sit here ok?" Shiro said as Yin chirped in acknowledgement.

"Is that your pet?" Mark asked.

[Yes, her name is Yin. She'll sit by the side while we do the spar.]

Getting into the capsule, Shiro closed her eyes as she entered the virtual world.

In front of her, there was a panel for character creation. She was about to remake her body from her past life when she paused.

'This is my second life, no need to be so hung up on my past glory. I may have perfect body control with my old body but I have a new one now. I should aim to get better at my current body.' Shiro thought as she allowed the capsule to keep her current looks.

Next was magic, Shiro narrowed her eyes when she saw metal base element magic. Exiting out the world, she flexed her fingers as nanobots entered the capsule. Searching through the records, she erased everything that might link to her being a Nanomancer.

Sighing in relief, she re-entered the simulation and only found tier 2 ice magic.

Finishing up the customisation, Shiro marvelled at the feeling.

'Whilst not as good as the virtual machines in my first life, this isn't too bad.' Shiro thought.

Shiro looked around as she saw that she was in a Colosseum type construct.

Cream coloured pillars could be seen around them as there was a spectator stand for the would-be viewers. The arena itself was made from rock and sand as it made it hard to get a decent grip on the floor.

'This might limit my phantom arts a little.' Shiro thought with a frown.

Phantom arts were heavily reliant on footwork and momentum control.

With a surface like this, Shiro would find it hard to use phantom arts to their fullest. The only reason she could use it well with her ice was due to her control over the ice. If not, she'll be slipping everywhere due to the slippery surface.

Not too far away from her Mark stood

"The test is simple. Demonstrate your magic during combat." Mark smiled.

Lightning and fire swirled around both his hand as he gestured for her to attack him.

'His elements are fire and lightning. The lightning I can chain away using my ice, but his fire is a bit more annoying.

His main weakness would be mana expenditure since his fire and lightning cost more. With him sustaining two elements, the best way for me to win is to draw out the fight.

Another way would be to bombard him as much as I can.' Shiro thought as ice and snow swirled around her.

The wind caused her hair to flip around as she looked like an elemental spirit.

'First, I need my area of effect.' Shiro thought as she slammed her palms down.

Ice rapidly spread out as Shiro visualised the entire process to make sure the ice was extra strong and hard to melt.

Mark jumped back in slightly surprise seeing how fast the ice managed to covered the entire area.

Even though there was a distance of at least 25 meters from her to him, he was almost hit by the ice.

'Her visualisation must be incredible for the ice to spread this quickly.' Mark thought as he landed on the ice.

Sliding slightly, he crouched down and tried to melt the ice with his fire.

His frown deepened when he realised the ice was still mostly intact.

Before he could continue to melt the ice, he had to roll to the left as an ice spike landed and exploded in his previous spot.

Flicking his wrist, he shot lightning towards her.

Shiro only smiled as she clutched her hand. A wall made of ice rose up as the outer layer was thawed slightly so there was a layer of water.

Lightning chained along the wall as it dealt no damage.

'His fire can't melt my ice well enough while the water from my ice blocks his lightning. This match is mine.' Shiro thought with a smile.

There was also the choice of overwhelming her in pure combat prowess, but she had a whole lifetime to hone herself in combat. A person fighting for 30 odd years couldn't compare to her.

Dashing towards him, Shiro decided to go close-quarters combat.

A spear of ice was formed in her hands as she stabbed towards Mark.

Pivoting on his leg, Mark made a fist of fire as he punched towards her.

Shiro flicked her wrist and the spear spun back towards her. This allowed her to grab the spear with two hands and block Mark's strike.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 3rd Phantom – Counter Weight Phantom.

Shifting her weight, Shiro pulled Mark towards her as kicked him in the stomach using the combined weight of that instance of him attacking.

"URG!" Mark groaned slightly as his body was sent backwards.

Rolling on the ground, he flipped his body and stood back up.

He only saw Shiro flick her wrist as he saw the area around him darken.

"Oh shit!" He cried out in shock.

Fire and Thunder gathered in his palms as he launched a blast upwards, destroying the pillar Shiro was about to drop onto him.

Shiro took this into account as she was already in front of him.

Sliding on her feet, Shiro stabbed the spear towards his head.

*PHEW!

The power of the spear created a small gust as Mark managed to doge his head out of the way.

Fire and lightning gathered in front of him as he aimed it towards Shiro.

Flicking her spare hand, a shield was erected in front of her.

She frowned when she saw the blast carving through the ice with ease.

Stabbing the spear into the shield, Shiro shifted her weight as she vaulted over the shield and landed behind Mark.

Her spear was aimed at his rear as she grinned.

'Extend!'

"AHHH!!!"

The match ended just like that. Shiro's spear was able to penetrate all the way in and fatally rupture his internal organs.

Leaving the simulation, Mark and Shiro looked at each other.

Shiro had a grin whilst Mark had a pale face. His expression slightly traumatised from having died from anal shock.

"Was there no other way other than what you did? I don't know maybe stab me through my chest?" Mark said.

The simulation would transfer a little of the phantom pain so that the human brain would still react to the stimulus. However, the feeling of dying due to an anal probe wasn't something he wants to go through again.

Shiro only grinned as walked over to Yin.

Tapping her head, Shiro placed Yin on her shoulders as Mark had a hand on his ass, still feeling a sting from the phantom pain.

"So your magic control is the peak of tier 2 I'd say. Combat prowess… high. I'll place you in rank 20 of the priority list ok? You'll also have a VIP membership with the mages guild." Mark said as Shiro nodded.

"Pass me your ID, I'll update it on the system."

Passing over her ID, Mark added a few more lines to her ID.

[Name: Shiro

Estimated Age: 13

Class: Ice Mage

LVL: 30

Mage's Association Membership: VIP

Priority Rank: 20 (New York Branch)]

Taking back the ID, Shiro wanted to see if she could access the Attunement Hall.

[Since I'm ranked 20 on the list, am I able to enter the Attunement Hall now?] Shiro asked.

"Ah so that was what you wanted. Unfortunately, you'll need to wait a day before you can use the Attunement Halls. Today is used by the top 10. Tomorrow is used by the top 20 and so on."

[Alright. What privileges does having a VIP account give me?]

"You get access to tomes, materials and skill simulations." Mark said as Shiro nodded.

Skill simulations weren't anything foreign for her. In fact, they were one of the most common things in her past life.

Not everyone can find a grimoire or skill stone, so they resort to simulations and people mimicking the effects of the skill.

With enough proficiency and consistency, you'll be able to unlock the skill in the system.

Naturally, with a martial art like Yin Style Phantom Arts, it won't show up on the system. This was due to the fact that it isn't a skill and rather a set of movements.

In time, she should be able to gain a title though.

Every martial art rewarded a title after a certain time. The first being [(Martial Art Style) Practitioner].

The higher ranked the titles get, the more bonuses it grants you.

[Then for the materials, am I able to trouble you with collecting 30 Ice cores?]

"30 Ice Core!?" Mark said in shock.

Ice cores, while not extremely rare, wasn't common either. Out of 10 Ice Type D ranked bosses, only 1 or 2 of them would drop.

To get 30 Ice Cores was equivalent to killing almost 100 plus Ice ranked bosses.

The mages association could afford it but it would still make Mark's heart ache from the expenditure.

"To get 30 Ice Cores, you'll have to be in top 10. At most, I can give you is 10. And that's the upper limit.

'Top 10 huh…' Shiro thought as a grin slowly formed on her face.

Seeing the face, Mark felt his anus tense up again.

[How do I challenge the top ten for their spots?]

"You'll have to challenge rank 19 first and work your way up 1 by 1."

[Is that so? How would I challenge them? Is it just by the simulation again?]

"Yes. If the rank isn't online, you can challenge the rank above them." Mark nodded.

[Alright. I'm going back in.] Shiro said as she sat in the pod.

"The fight will be broadcasted. We have fights broadcasted so that people know about the rank changes."

[Sure.]

Shiro wasn't too bothered. It wasn't like she was going to be using her Nanomancer anyways.

Entering the simulation world, Shiro checked out the rankings and saw that rank 19 was available to be challenged.

Pressing the challenge button, Shiro waited for the match to start.

[Opponent Has Accepted The Challenge. Teleporting in 10]

Stretching her fake simulated body, Shiro waited for the countdown to finish.

The arena was more of a modern arena.

It was a huge room without anything special as there were only a few rooms with glass windows as the viewing platform.

In front of her, was rank 19 on the priority list. Killian.

He had long red hair tied into a ponytail, tall body build, black robe and a spellbook in his hands.

Shiro grinned as she created her ice spear. The next victim was ready.

43 A*** Destroying Princess

"Fuuu…."

A cloud of smoke was breathed out as Lucius sighed.

After several weeks of pursing from his attackers, he was finally able to escape their reach.

Naturally by that, he means kill them all.

Cracking his neck, he stretched his body.

"Che, old bastards thinking I was an easy target." He spat out as he threw away his cigarette.

Right now, he was mentally worn out and fatigued. He needed a safe location to rest up.

Walking over to the mages guild, he went up to the receptionist.

"Get Mark over here." He said as the receptionist frowned.

"I'm afraid you don't have the permission."

"Just tell him his lord is here then." Lucius narrowed his eyes.

The receptionist paused hearing this and nodded.

Jogging to the testing room, she soon returned with Mark.

Lucius gestured slightly as Mark nodded.

Walking into a separate room, Lucius sat down on a chair and closed his eyes.

"I'm sorry young master. I wasn't able to help you since the association was being watched." Mark said as he kneeled down.

"No worries. I was able to kill them in the end." Lucius replied as he sat up.

"That being said. How's the tasks I gave you?"

"I'm afraid I have little to no progress. The traitors hide their tracks extremely well." Mark reported.

"Hmm…"

Lucius narrowed his eyes as the faction was slowly being overtaken by traitors. Even though he was the young master, his level was only 50, he couldn't stand up to those old monsters just yet.

"Keep trying to find them. In the mean time, try to get a few good seedlings in the faction recruitment. Having a few new bloods under my control will help against the traitors."

"Understood." Mark nodded.

*AHHH!!!!

The two paused when they suddenly heard a scream coming from the main hall.

"Is there anything going on?" He asked.

"Not that I know of- … I think it might be one of the ranking matches." Mark said pausing when he remembered what a certain girl did to him. Just the thought made him pucker his anus.

"Oh? Is the ranking match that brutal?" Lucius asked with curiosity.

For a match to be brutal, it'll have to cause a huge amount of damage in one hit before the system sends them out.

For someone to be able to make the spectators cry out like that means they have quite the potentials.

"Its…brutal in its own sense." Mark said after a pause.

Lucius's interest was peak further as it turned on the TV and tuned into the fight.

"Young master I don't think you should w-…" Mark's warning was a little too late as they saw Shiro pierce the ass of the person who's ranked 18th on the list.

Lucius's face darkened slightly as he saw how she aimed at the ass of the enemies.

"Actually… isn't she…" He muttered finding her a little familiar.

'Wait isn't she the little girl who caused me to waste time!' He thought when he saw her face.

"Mark. I want you to give me all the information you have on her." He said with narrowed eyes.

"Here, I was attending to her not too long ago so I have her information on me." Mark said handing him the ID copy.

"Hmm… aged 13 and level 30 huh? Interesting." He smiled.

"Try recruit her into our group when the faction recruitment starts." Lucius smiled.

"I'll try." Mark nodded.

Dismissing mark, Lucius sat on the sat with a smile as he watched her fight.

'How vulgar… yet oddly effective. We humans have little to no protection on our rear, making it a prime weak point. There is a natural entry there to destroy your internals after all. We can protect our eyes, our mouths and other points in front of us. But one would almost never protect their ass.' Lucius thought.

It was an interesting weakness that Shiro had shown him. It maybe vulgar, it maybe shameless, but it was effective. Male, female, monster, everyone had the weakness par from some.

With such a spot available, if would be dumb not to attack it.

'The only factor restraining this would be embarrassment. Her face would be awfully thick if she isn't embarrassed by this. Perhaps I should consider this weakness as well.' He thought with a smile.

His eyes glowed with interest as he continued to read her records.

Tapping his fingers, a shadow version on him rose up as it bowed.

"Keep an eye on her. I want to see if she's hiding anything else."

The shadow faded into the cracks of the wall as he continued to watch.

It was during the 4th match did he frown.

"Those movements… why do they seem similar to the martial arts of the founder." He muttered.

The founder of the faction he was in, Shadow Palace, used a special set of martial arts that was lost through time. The Martial arts while only a fragment of the original, allowed her to propel the Shadow Palace up the ranks of the factions out in the world.

The martial arts focused on ghost like movements and was purely a movement type martial art.

It was with this that the founder was titled Ghost.

However, he was witnessing Shiro perform a similar set of movements that fit with the description of the founder's martial art.

Standing up from his chair, he decided to have a little talk with her when she comes out of the simulation.

###

Killing her opponent that was ranked 12th on the list, Shiro flicked her wrist as the ice spear dissembled.

The stands were filled with spectators as it wasn't every day that you see a challenger fly through the ranks.

Especially one that won with such an… interesting tactic.

"You think there's something wrong with her?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean she's always going for the ass, right? She's also killing them one by one. Doesn't she know she could fight the top 10?"

"You mean to say she's setting an example?"

"Perhaps. Either that or do you think she has a thing for.. you know."

"… is she a sadist?"

"Why else do you think she's fighting them one by one."

"Oh god! Imagine if she fought like this in real life."

"… don't. This world is cursed enough as it is!"

"You can't deny it though!"

"I suppose you're right."

"When she gets into top 10, do you think she'll get a title as well? Would they even allow it though."

"Hmm, true. Titles are based on combat habits. With a habit like her's, what do you think she could be called?"

"Erm… Ass Busting Queen?"

"…"

"…"

"How about… Anus Annihilator?"

"Doesn't feel right."

"Anus Destroyer Shiro?"

"Hmm perhaps."

"Anus Destroying Empress."

"You know she's 13 right? It says her on her Mages ID."

"Anus Destroying Princess?"

"That. Let's go with that."

"Anus Destroying Princess… I like that. Has a nice yet evil ring to it."

"Doesn't it fit her well though? Look at her. She's so pretty at a young age but her tendencies are a little. Ahem."

###

Tapping on the button for rank 11, Shiro saw that it was forfeited the moment she challenged him.

'Is he afraid?' Shiro thought as she did fight her way through the ranks easily.

Tapping rank 10, she was happy that he accepted.

Rank 10 was called Shane. He was a mage that also focused on the ice element.

As her vision shifted, she saw her opponent.

He had a large robe that covered his body and face, leaving only his eyes out.

His body build was slightly on the small side as he didn't have a weapon on him.

"You! Why do you keep stabbing at the ass of the mages." He shouted out as he glared at her.

Shiro didn't reply as it was a waste of time.

She only smiled provocatively as she taunted him.

This caused him to frown as a magic circle wrapped around his arm.

Before he could set out his area of control, Shiro was way ahead of him as she slammed her palms down and froze the area.

Crouching low, she made a spear as she dashed towards him.

Stabbing the spear into the ground, she pivoted on her feet as she slid around and behind him.

She was about to stab her spear at him when she quickly shifted her weight and flipped away from him.

Landing on the ice, she slid back for a moment before she stabilised herself.

Shane had a chunk of ice encasing his rear as there were ice spikes shooting out of it.

If she had stayed there, it may have injured her.

Shane only smiled seeing he saw his plan work.

Before he could even talk, he saw Shiro with a bland expression as she flicked her wrist.

*BOOMMMM!!!!!!

When she flipped away, she had set down a trap for him.

If a small spear didn't work then she just needed a larger one.

From below his feet, a giant ice pillar shot upwards as it completely obliterated his chunk of ice that protected his rear.

With a single move, his body was split in two as his corpse launched high into the air.

The crowd was shocked as not even protecting your rear with magic could protect your anus.

Seeing that she reached top 10 in terms of ranking, Shiro decided to stop as there had been enough victims for today.

Exiting the capsule, Shiro stretched her body as she picked Yin up.

'Hm? Where's the branch master?' Shiro thought as she looked around.

Exiting out of the room, Shiro looked around and saw Mark walking together with another man.

'Wait isn't he that dipsh*t who handled me roughly last time.' Shiro thought with narrowed eyes.

Walking up to them, Shiro tapped away at her phone.

[Mark, I've reached top 10. I do believe I'm entitled to my 30 Ice Cores now.]

"Ah erm this…" Mark muttered feeling a little pinch. Not only that, but his young master was here right now.

"It's fine. Give her the 30 Ice Cores." Lucius said with a smile.

This caused Shiro to narrow her eyes as she wondered about their relationship.

[Thanks. My address should be on my ID profile. Just send it there.]

"Hang on. I have a question for you." Lucius asked.

[What?]

"Where did you learn your martial arts?"

Shiro frowned hearing the question.

[None of your business. And also, next time remember to handle girls with care.]

Shiro walked away as Lucius only chuckled.

"Handle with care huh? Her methods aren't exactly the most careful are they?" Lucius muttered.

"You know each other young master?"

"She wasted my time during my pursuit. The old geezers almost caught up to me because of her."

"Should I go and end her?" Mark asked with a frown.

"Leave it. I want to recruit her. No need to kill an upcoming talent." Lucius shook his head.

What he doesn't understand are the people who kill what they can't get. Humanity as a whole is only a small part of this world now. Satellites didn't work as they wished so they couldn't scout out the vast world. They tried to send rockets but they would get destroyed by flying-type monsters.

With them forced to abide by foreign rules, they needed every talent possible. Even if they aren't part of the team, they're still part of humanity.

All so that humanity can survive in this strange world.

"Give her the cores and support her growth. We need talents like her. Not to mention, she was able to almost freeze me when she was 25 levels below me."

"What?!" Mark was surprised.

He knew that the higher level disparity was between two people, the harder it was to affect the higher level. Yet, for him to still be almost frozen by someone 25 levels below him, tells one volumes of Shiro's strength.

Meanwhile, Shiro who was exiting the building was looked at with gazes of fear.

Some were holding their rears as they shivered feeling her gaze on them.

"Little Yin, do you think I should have fought a few more people?" Shiro asked.

Yin only chirped as she had seen too much today.

Licking her lips slightly, Shiro narrowed her eyes and looked for anyone unaffected.

This caused the adventurers to shiver in fear as they planned to get the best blacksmith in the city to make them an ass plate.

One strong enough to protect against anal penetration.

Shrugging slightly, she decided to let them off and head home first. She still had her gift of armour and outfit ready for Lyrica.

44 Elven Bladedancer

Returning to the dorm, Shiro knocked on Lyrica's door.

"Oh Shiro-" Lyrica paused when she saw Shiro's new outfit. Just seeing the hood frame her cute face and the stockings and jeans frame her thighs made her face heat up.

[You ok?]

"Ah! Yes! Come in." Lyrica said as she quickly gestured for Shiro to enter her room.

[I got a present for you since you challenged the Dungeon solo for the first time. This armour and outfit should help you a lot.] Shiro smiled as she sat down on a chair.

Pulling out the armour and outfit, Shiro gestured for Lyrica to take a look.

"Just… wow…" Was all Lyrica muttered seeing the armour effects.

[The outfit is made from a special material like my first dress. It won't break or rip, but the damage is still there. So don't think just because the clothes didn't rip, you won't take any damage.] Shiro warned.

"Of course. It would be stupid otherwise." Lyrica nodded.

[We have time to challenge a Dungeon. Want to do it now?] Shiro smiled. The sooner she got Lyrica to level 20 the better, this was so that she could get an extra edge in the faction recruitment.

Lyrica nodded as she too wanted to reach level 20.

Leaving the dorms, Shiro paused as she felt a strange gaze on her.

Pulling her hood forward, she continued to walk whilst looking for the source of the gaze.

She narrowed her eyes when she saw the figure.

It was the shadow clone of Lucius. She only recognised the clone as she too used the same type of clone during the story quest of the Yin Kingdom.

Shiro followed Lyrica as they walked out of the school facility.

[Give me a second, I'll be right back.] Shiro typed out.

"Alright, I'll wait here for you."

Walking away from Lyrica, Shiro walked into an ally. The clone followed but not before it felt two hands wrap around his head and neck.

"Next time make sure you don't make yourself so obvious." Shiro whispered even though she knew he won't understand.

Twisting her hand, she ripped the clones head clean of the torso as it broke apart.

Dusting her hands, she walked back to Lyrica.

###

Lucius, who was talking to Mark, paused feeling his clones death.

"So she found and killed it." He said with a small smile.

"Killed what?" Mark asked.

"She killed the clone I sent to observe her." Lucius chuckled slightly.

"!!!" Mark paused in shock as Lucius's shadow clones were very hard to spot. Not only were they small, but they also blended in almost perfectly with the surroundings.

Even for level 50's, they would find it hard to notice the clone.

"I'm quite interested in her. Make it so that finding out her background is your top priority."

"Understood.

###

Having killed the clone, Shiro returned to Lyrica as they made their way to the Dungeon.

Since Lyrica was level 19 and hitting level 20 soon, they decided to challenge the level 20 Dungeon, Murloc Caverns.

Murloc Caverns featured swamps and land-based combat.

The murlocs, were large, frog-like creatures that walked on both legs. Sickly green skin and blue patterns.

In addition to this, they also had reptilian eyes, humanoid teeth and tentacle-like protrusions from their backs.

With everything combined, they made for a disgusting match.

Within the ranks of the Murlocs, there are the basic troops to the highest Murloc King. The Murloc King being the final boss of this Dungeon.

There is a total of 3 floors in this Dungeon; the first floor consisting of Murloc troops and heavy tanks, second floor consisted of Murloc mages, troops and shamans. The final floor being the king with all his guards.

With Shiro being a level 30, they were allowed a permit to enter. This was due to the fact that Shiro was a level 30 and rank 10 on the mages priority list. Anyone high in the ranks were able to challenge a E rank Dungeon easily.

Entering the Dungeon, a new question surfaced in Shiro's mind.

[Lyrica, how did you enter a Dungeon solo last time?]

"Eh… I just snuck in Hehehe." Lyrica laughed slightly.

[Ah so just like me.] Shiro grinned.

Patting Lyrica's shoulder, Shiro nodded in approval.

*GLUGLUGLUG

The sound similar to someone drowning rang out as Lyrica took out her blade.

Shiro stepped back as this was solo run for Lyrica. She was only the fail-safe.

As the sound came closer, they saw the Murloc holding a small rusted sword.

[Murloc Troop LVL 20]

Lyrica twisted her body as she launched her weapon forwards.

*BOOM!

The weapon smacked against the Murloc's sword as Lyrica jumped up and caught the blade.

Twisting her body in mid-air, she slashed downwards and cleaved the Murloc in half.

Shiro smiled seeing her efficiency since it shouldn't take too long for Lyrica to reach level 20.

…

After several hours of grinding on the first floor, Lyrica had finally hit level 20.

[Congratulation? What classes are available?] Shiro asked.

"Erm… I got Elven Swordswoman star, Elven Swordmaster and Elven Bladedancer." Lyrica said as Shiro considered.

[What benefits and negatives are there?]

"The Elven Swordswoman star gives me and 15% bonus when attacking with swords, a 10% agility bonus and an extra 10% STR when I attack with full momentum. Swordmaster gives me a 20% bonus, 15% agility and an extra 15% STR. But I also lose most of my defence and skills in turn for new ones."

[What about the last one? Elven Bladedancer?] Shiro asked.

She knew that all elves had a chance to reach Elven Sword Saintess. But she didn't know about any of the classes that came before it. While she could guess a few, Elven Bladedancer was certainly a new class she had never even heard rumours of.

"Oh wow. The Elven Bladedancer gives me a 20% bonus with swords, daggers and chain whips. A 20% agility bonus and an extra 20% STR. But that requires me to almost completely abandon my defence."

'Hmm, from what she's told me, the Bladedancer seems like a heavy damage orientated class. It should have either amazing burst damage or long damage over time. From what I've seen of Lyrica, this may fit her quite nicely.'

[Which class do you think you're going to go for?]

"I'm thinking of Bladedancer. Being able to end a fight quickly would be handy if I'm going to be soloing Dungeons." Lyrica replied.

[Do what you wish. If I remember clearly, every elf has a chance to get Elven Sword Saintess right? The strength of your class should be linked to the classes you chose previously. So for you to pick bladedancer, your elven sword saintess may become a heavy damage oriented class.] Shiro smiled.

"Eh?! How do you know about Elven Sword Saintess?! That's supposed to be one of the secrets of the elf race!" Lyrica cried out in surprise.

[I have my sources. But what do you mean by secrets? Isn't it supposed to be commonly known?]

"Well since you already know, I guess it doesn't hurt to tell you. Basically, the relationship between human and demi-races seem nice on the surface, but we all know they want to oppress us demi-races. Each race is basically exposed to the human race as they know all of our traits. The elven sword saintess is supposed to be a secret against the human race should it ever come to that." Lyrica said with a sigh.

"With power like the Elven Sword Saintess at our disposal, the human race can't sit still. If they knew about it, it'll cause the humans to be wary and be on guard against the elven race. Eliminating any source of danger that may come to the human race."

[Is that so? Narrow-minded fools. With the human race occupying such little of the territory, they still want to oppress the other races?] Shiro typed out as she had a disdainful sneer on her face.

Greed was one of the core parts of the human mentality. Very few could resist the greed which plagued their nature and Shiro knows it. But everyone should at least have the ability to rein it in for the betterment of the race.

[You should try hard to get the class then. Having a hidden proficiency can help you gain the class.] Shiro typed out.

"Alright. But I have to say, I'm surprised Shiro is so… how can I put this…"

[Open minded?]

"Kind of like that. I'm just surprised that you can be so calm. What if I become an overlord that enslaves the human race?" Lyrica joked.

Shiro only shrugged.

[Then I take responsibility. But to be honest. I can't exactly be called a human right now. Demi-race like you would be suitable I suppose.] Shiro smiled.

"Eh?! Shiro's a demi too? But I thought your ID said human?" Lyrica asked.

[In a world filled with trickery, you need to be good at disguising yourself.] Shiro smiled.

"But what if I tell other people?"

[Then it's just me misplacing my trust.] Shiro shrugged. She didn't mind telling Lyrica that she wasn't a human for now. Naturally, she wouldn't tell her that she was a monster either.

That'll have to wait.

"Aww Shiro…" Lyrica muttered hearing Shiro trust her enough to reveal her non-human lineage to her. Whilst it wasn't the full truth, she knew a person like Shiro needed to hide parts of her life to avoid danger.

[So which class are you going to choose?]

"I'm thinking of going Bladedancer. My mum has told me about going for stars is good, but the difficulty scales up with each star. Bladedancer seems to fit me more honestly." Lyrica said whilst tapped the Bladedancer class.

"Eh? The conditions aren't too hard I suppose. Defeat 3 bosses with the sword, dagger and whip. 5 D ranked mana stones. Achieve a 250 point total in STR, AGI and DEX." Lyrica said, telling Shiro about her class up conditions.

[How many points do you have in total for your STR AGI and DEX?]

"I got 320 in total."

[That's one condition completed. You should aim to complete the rest of the tasks in this Dungeon.]

"Eh? But I don't have a whip nor a dagger. I only have this dual-ended blade which barely counts as a sword."

[I have something for you don't worry. The main problem is your fighting potential without the dual-ended blade. Since your body's been adapting to the weapon, do you think it remembers some of the movements?]

"Oh, you mean like muscle memory?"

[Yeah.]

"Maybe… but I'm not too sure." Lyrica shook her head.

[You need to make sure you have basic proficiency with every weapon. There will be situations where you would lose your main weapon and have to make do with different weapons. If you train yourself, you'll be able to use every weapon available.]

"But that's hard~" Lyrica complained. Reaching a basic understanding in every weapon was hard as not only did she need to train in each of them, she needs to make sure she curbs any weapon movement habits she picks up.

Examples being the difference between an axe and a dagger. The heavier weapon types involve the use of momentum control whilst the light weapons, like the dagger, need no such thing. To gain proficiency in everything, she'll need to make sure her movements don't collide with different weapons.

[Shouldn't be. I was able to gain an above basic proficiency in every weapon since I was trained from the time I was a kid.]

"But aren't you still a kid now?" Lyrica asked with confusion.

[When I was trained younger then. It took me a few years but I was able to curb my habits and get better.] Shiro smiled.

'I need to remember that my current body resembles that of a 13-year-old. I shouldn't be talking about experiences like I did in my past life.' Shiro thought.

[Anyways, since you've killed most of the mobs on the first floor, let's kill the obelisk guardian and go up to the second floor.]

"Alright." Lyrica nodded as they made their way to the guardian.

When they arrived, they saw the obelisk located in the middle of an island and the boss swimming in the water.

Sensing Shiro and Lyrica, the boss dived down before shooting out the water.

*BANG!

The boss landed with a heavy thud as his entire body was exposed to the duo.

He had a slimy and elongated body that was a revolting hybrid between a frog and an eel. The mouth of the Murloc stretched back all the way to his arms as the rows of teeth caused both Shiro and Lyrica to cringe in disgust.

Blue wave-like patterns stretched across his body as the back was decorated with fins.

[Murloc River Guardian LVL 20 – Elite]

45 Purple Dagger

Shiro hopped backwards as she started to float mid-air.

Her robe fluttered slightly while she watched with a small smile.

Lyrica summoned her weapon as she charged at the Murloc.

*GLUPGLUPGLUP!!!

Sidestepping, Lyrica dodged easily as her blade glowed with a slight red tinge.

Heated Edge!

Slashing twice with her skill, Lyrica caused a cross to be burned into the side of the Murloc.

"GLUPGLUP!

Crying out in rage, the Murloc swung his tail as Lyrica quickly slid on the ground, narrowly avoiding the tail swipe.

Stabbing the sword into the ground, Lyrica vaulted herself onto the back of the Murloc.

Twirling the sword, Lyrica caused a multitude of lacerations to appear on the Murloc's body.

The Murloc's eyes glowed red as sparks started to flicker around him.

Seeing this, Lyrica quickly jumped backwards, avoiding the lightning.

Pivoting on her leg, Lyrica twisted her body as a gale started to pick up.

Whirlwind Slash!

*PUCHI PUCHI!

Two deep ghastly gashes could be seen on the back as Lyrica took advantage of her momentum to increase the damage.

Not wasting the excess momentum, Lyrica shifted her footwork and cleaved downwards.

*BANG!

The blade cut deeply into the flesh but wasn't able to sever the tail.

Lyrica frowned slightly seeing this.

The Murloc retaliated by bending back at an abnormal angle. His mouth opened wide as it wanted to swallow Lyrica whole.

Kicking the bottom of the blade, Lyrica dislodged the blade from the tail as she rolled out of the way.

*BOOM!!!

A miniature dust cloud exploded outwards as the Murloc's head crashed against the ground.

Quickly re-orientating herself, Lyrica narrowed her eyes.

The Murloc's tail could be seen swishing around in the smoke.

*GLUPGLUP!!!

Smashing through the cloud of smoke, the Murloc charged towards Lyrica as she quickly vaulted upwards to avoid being eaten.

*BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!

Destroying a large portion of the scenery, the Murloc tilted his head back as it swallowed everything.

"Creepy f*cker." Lyrica muttered with a frown.

The abnormal size of the jaw freaked her out as there was something that unsettled her mentally.

She just couldn't stand looking at such a disgusting thing.

Meanwhile, Shiro was becoming more and more satisfied watching Lyrica fight.

Not only were her movements fluid, but she was also starting to improve on her hidden proficiency.

Adding her own movements to flow from one skill to another, all whilst not disrupting her current tempo.

The subtle shift in her centre of gravity shift to cooperate with her footwork and wrist movement didn't escape Shiro's eye.

'At the rate she's going, she may very well be the youngest to ever comprehend her attack domain. In this life and in my previous life' Shiro thought. Having an ally like this would definitely make future Dungeon runs easier as it was hard to solo the higher-level ones.

Just one monster would have people struggling as they all had their own skills that could kill a person quickly.

Whilst Lyrica was fighting the boss, Shiro scanned for his HP.

[Murloc River Guardian LVL 20 – Elite]

HP: 39,300/75,000

MP: 20,590/50,000

'He's going to die soon.' Shiro thought with a smile.

The Murloc slammed his hands into the ground as Lyrica dodged.

Stabbing the blade deep into the back of his palm, Lyrica twisted her body and gave the blade a roundhouse kick.

*BANG!

The kick to the blade ripped a large chunk of the flesh out as Lyrica caught the blade once more.

Following the momentum, she slashed towards the Murloc's eye.

*GLUPGLUPGLUP!!!

Seeing that Lyrica has it handled, Shiro decided to craft the weapons she needed for the next two bosses.

The whip and the dagger.

Not only that, but Shiro needs to make sure they didn't break due to the MP durability.

Hiding her hands behind her back, Shiro started to imagine the blueprints.

'The dagger itself needs to be strong, tough and powerful for a level 20 weapon. It can't be the throwing dagger type I use, it must have high durability.'

Lightning sparked in her palm as metallic fibres started to appear and merge together.

Twisting together, a dagger slowly formed as Shiro made sure each component was extra tough.

Constructing a skill chip, she added disguise onto the blade.

[Reinforced Orphenium Dagger (Purple) LVL 20]

+20 Pierce

+20 Durability

+20 Critical Rate

+25 Critical Damage

+20 Bleed

+20 Sharpness

Passive: Mana Repair

Mana Repair – Repairs durability when user inserts mana into the blade.

Durability – 40,000/40,000

This was the blade that Shiro managed to create. Not only was it of the purple rank, but she had used up an astounding 45k MP to make this dagger. For such an amount to be inserted to a level 20 dagger would propel it to the purple grade easily.

Twirling the dagger in her hands, Shiro smiled.

This was a weapon, similar in design to her old dagger. Orphenium was one of the sharpest, yet most brittle materials back then. The only problem was its durability.

The dagger she had now was basically a copy of the dagger at a lower level.

*BOOMM!!!!

'Just in time I guess.' Shiro thought as she saw the Murloc collapse down lifelessly.

Lyrica wasn't too tired out as she was only panting lightly.

Landing softly next to her, Shiro tapped her shoulder.

[Good job.]

"Thanks. But I should have killed him faster." Lyrica sighed as she sat down.

Hearing this, Shiro only shrugged as wanting to do better was always a trait she liked to see in others.

Collecting the corpse, Lyrica was about to head up to the second floor when she was stopped by Shiro.

[Here take this.] Shiro typed as she passed Lyrica the dagger.

"Hm? A dagger- OH MY GOD A PURPLE GRADE!" Lyrica shouted as her hands quivered.

Purple grade equipment was exceedingly rare even in the front lines. While they may be more common with lower level equipment, they were still something rarely seen.

"How did you get something like this?!" Lyrica asked.

[No questions. Just use this for the next floor and kill the boss. After that, return it to me and I'll give you the whip for the final boss.]

Understanding the subtle hint of ignorance is a bliss, Lyrica stopped asking questions.

Entering the 2nd floor, Lyrica adjusted her grip on the dagger several times as she tried to get a better grasp of the weapon.

[Unlike the dual-ended blade, the dagger doesn't have the range or the damage. You have to focus on pinpointing the weak areas and strike there.]

"What do you mean?"

[Understand that like most humans, monsters also have innate weaknesses like the tendons. Cut those tendons apart and they won't be able to move.] Shiro smiled.

[Break the spine and they collapse onto themselves. And naturally, you can also go for the anus but since you're using a dagger you won't be able to make use of that weakness.]

'Thankfully.' Lyrica thought.

[Just make sure you move fast and attack the weak points. Circling around and slashing at the tendons is a foundation move every dagger user needs. Beginner or not.] Shiro smiled.

Lyrica nodded as she closed her eyes. She tried to remember the feeling of when she was using the dual-ended blade. She needed the muscle memory to help her out during this floor.

Thankfully, the second floor consisted of mages, basic troops and shamans. While the magic was a little harder to dodge, she should be able to handle it.

Sneaking to the first group of Murlocs, Lyrica suppressed her nervousness as she narrowed her eyes.

'There are 3 mages and 2 troops. I should go for the mages first while avoiding the troops. If I deal with the troops, it would be annoying to dodge the magic.' Lyrica thought.

Taking a deep breath to suppress her nervousness, Lyrica reopened her eyes.

Dashing towards the group, she kept her body low on the ground.

The mages detected her immediately as three fireballs were created and sent towards her.

'Remember the feeling, remember the feeling…' Lyrica thought as she needed to dodge.

Pivoting on her foot, she sidestepped away from the first fireball.

Slamming her palms on the ground, Lyrica used the force to slide under the last two fireballs.

'I-I did it!' She thought in excitement. Making sure to not lose her rhythm so far, she continued her dash towards the mages.

The troops raised their swords as Lyrica flicked the dagger into a reverse grip.

*DING!

The sword came into contact with the dagger as Lyrica twisted her body and slammed a kick to the side of the Murloc's cranium.

The force caused him to recoil backwards as it gave Lyrica enough room to grab the second Murloc troop.

Slashing her dagger at his wrist, she caused him to drop the sword.

*BOOM BOOM BOOM!

Three fireballs fired towards her as she used the Murloc as a shield.

*GLUPGLUP!

The Murloc cried out in pain as his back was scorched.

Throwing the Murloc away like trash, Lyrica arrived at the first mage.

Panicking, the mage smashed the staff towards Lyrica.

Grabbing the staff, Lyrica pulled it towards her as the mages lost his balance.

She used her left leg to kick behind the knees of the mage, causing him to kneel before her.

*PPFFFF!

Slashing the dagger at the spine and neck arteries in one swift movement, blood started to spray out.

"Pui!" Quickly spitting out the blood that got into her mouth, Lyrica rolled to the side avoiding the fireballs.

Grabbing a hand full of sand and dirt, she threw it towards the mage's eye.

*PFFF!!!!

In the time that the mage was blinded, she slashed his neck leaving only one more target on her kill list.

With the final mage, Lyrica decided to finish it fast.

Twirling the dagger in her hand, she built up the momentum and flung the dagger towards the mage.

*Pa!

Shiro did a facepalm as she saw the dagger fly through the air and was about to land in the ocean. It had completely missed the target as Shiro flicked her wrist.

A wall of ice was erected as the dagger struck the wall.

Seeing Shiro facepalm herself, Lyrica knew about her mistake. Sure she may have retained some of the muscle memory, but she still wasn't used to throwing daggers.

Quickly rolling out of the way, Lyrica dodged the fireball. Grabbing the downed mage's staff, Lyrica ran to the ice wall and vaulted herself up.

Ripping out the dagger from the wall, she did a backflip and landed softly.

Finishing off the mage with ease, Lyrica sighed.

She was about to talk when an ice spike shot past her face.

*GLU!!!!

A cry rang out as Lyrica looked behind her and saw that it was the Murloc she kicked aside at the start. An ice spike was embedded into his skull as it collapsed weakly.

[Don't let your guard down. Make sure each and every one of them is dead before you look away.]

"…understood."

[Also, why did you throw the dagger? You've never trained in dagger throwing at all. How would you expect to throw the dagger with both the accuracy and the power needed to kill that mage.]

"I-I just thought it looked easy when other people do it."

[You need to have good control over the flick of your wrist, the strength of your arm and the point where you release the dagger. They all play a part in how to throw the dagger correctly. If any of them are lacking, there is a high chance of the dagger not being able to hit the target with enough force.] Shiro typed out as she took the dagger.

Without looking back, she flicked her wrist and the dagger shot in a beeline towards the tree.

[See? It looks easy due to how casual I threw it. But do you think it's easy to perform?]

Lyrica shook her head.

[Then why the hell did you try to throw it?!] Shiro asked as Lyrica looked down.

Shiro knew she had to be strict with Lyrica at times. As much as she wanted to assist her, if she wasn't careful, Lyrica would develop bad habits.

[If I wasn't here to stop that dagger from flying into the ocean, you would have lost your weapon. Even if you had your dual-ended blade, what would you do if you had no more weapons?]

"I'm sorry…" Lyrica apologised as she knew she made a big mistake.

Shiro sighed as she passed the dagger back to Lyrica.

[We're spending a while here to train your dagger arts.] Shiro typed as she pulled out another dagger.

She was going to make sure Lyrica understood the basics of daggers.

46 Whips

4 days. It took Lyrica 4 days to get an approval rating from Shiro.

If rated out of ten with 1 being a decent dagger user and 10 being someone on a veteran's level, Lyrica would get a 2.5. Shiro, on the other hand, would be too far up the scale.

*THUD!

The dagger embedded itself deeply into the cranial bone of a Murloc Shaman as Lyrica massaged her wrist.

The training Shiro gave her was to try to hit a stationary target whilst running around and doing flips. That was just stage one out of 4.

The next stage had involved her hitting a stationary target with Shiro launching magic at her, the 3rd stage had her hit a moving target and the final stage being all of the above whilst fighting a crowd of Murlocs.

This type of high-intensity training had allowed her to gain a much better grasp on daggers.

Shiro was about 75% sure that Lyrica could solo the obelisk guardian of the 2nd floor without much hassle.

Just in case, she had made a second dagger which included a magnetic component which attracts both daggers together. This was so that she could retrieve the dagger whenever she wished. In addition to this, the more mana she injected into the dagger, the stronger the pull.

Originally, this was a skill for an armour that was meant for tanks. But Shiro decided to add it to the dagger since she had a few ideas with what she could do with it.

[Go challenge the guardian. As always, I'll be watching. And remember, use every one of your tools. The magnetic function can be used in many ways that some may not even imagine.] Shiro smiled.

She had some ideas, but the satisfaction of finding out was something she wanted Lyrica to experience.

"Alright." Lyrica nodded as she too felt it was time. She didn't want to spend too long as she still had the final boss to fight. With a whip at that too.

However, this time she was allowed the leeway to use her dual-ended blades because she wouldn't have the time to get used to the whips. She was just going to test how far she could go with the weapon.

Walking up to the boss, Lyrica took a deep breath.

[Murloc Grand Mage LVL 20 – Elite]

The Murloc Grand Mage was just slightly larger than the Murloc Mage. It was roughly 3 times as big.

Shiro only yawned slightly as she could probably kill the Grand Mage in a few minutes. With a large body like that, it was basically a sitting duck for her special treatment.

Making herself an ice hammock, Shiro laid on her stomach as she watched Lyrica fight the boss at a leisurely pace.

Since the Grand Mage was a huge target, Lyrica needed to make sure she abuses this as much as she can.

'Keep moving, don't stay in one place. Strike at the weak points and maybe make it hurt itself with his own magic.' Lyrica thought as she dodged the mages first strike.

Dashing near the Achilles heel of the Murloc, she narrowed her eyes and slashed at them with her two daggers.

She only frowned as she saw them leave only a faint shallow mark.

Not staying in the same spot for longer than needed, Lyrica immediately made her way to the other leg and stabbed down with all of her strength.

The same situation repeated itself as Lyrica only frowned seeing that her overall strength was too low to penetrate the thick skin of the Murloc.

*BAM!

The Murloc stomped down with his leg as a shockwave was sent out.

"URG!!" She couldn't help but groan at the hit.

Sliding on the ground slightly, she stabilised herself.

Lyrica felt the temperature rise as she saw a huge fireball shoot towards her.

Taking a deep breath, she dashed around the impact zone as she had to grit her teeth from the heat.

While her clothes didn't burn, she did feel like she was being cooked alive.

Flicking her wrist, she flung a dagger at the leg as it embedded itself.

Stepping on the dagger, Lyrica jumped up onto the Murloc's knee and recalled the dagger using the magnetic feature.

Dodging a palm slap, Lyrica ran towards the hip tendon.

'If I can rip the hip tendon, I can destroy his mobility further to create more blind spots for me to take advantage of.' She thought.

Strengthening her grip on both daggers, she pushed power through her entire body as she used the skill, body reinforcement. A simple skill that boosts your physical potential in short bursts.

*PFF!!!!!

Dashing past the hip area, the daggers dug deep into the flesh as blood splattered everywhere.

During this, Lyrica had lost her hold on the dagger due to the force and the blood attesting against her grip.

Twisting her body, Lyrica recalled the dagger that was stuck in the Murloc's flesh.

Catching the dagger, Lyrica paused for a moment as she had an epiphany.

'The dagger faced almost no resistance coming back to me. During the moment it came back to me, it had cut open more of the flesh since it was in the way. While it took a little bit more MP, the force of the dagger was something I couldn't output easily with my current strength. Perhaps if I were to make use of the magnetic function of the dagger, I can deal more damage to the boss.' Lyrica thought.

Shiro grinned seeing the glint in Lyrica's eye.

Standing up, Shiro decided to focus more since it was finally going to become interesting.

Grabbing onto a branch, Lyrica swung herself upright as she wanted to test if she could propel the dagger away as well as pulling it back to her.

Injecting her mana with the intent of repulsion, Lyrica smiled feeling the daggers want to leave her hands.

'I'll need to time this correctly. Pull the dagger in and swing it before pushing it away to maximise the momentum carrying the dagger.' She thought. She was about to try out her new idea when a flipper slapped towards her.

Quickly using the branch to propel herself away, Lyrica frowned seeing the mage slap the tree away.

Even with the thick roots trying to secure the tree down, the mage was able to uproot it with ease.

Thankfully, the mage was now lying on his stomach as he couldn't move one of his legs due to the severed tendon.

Landing on the ground, Lyrica let go of one of the daggers and dashed toward mage.

Injecting mana, the dagger flew towards her as Lyrica narrowed her eyes to make sure her timing was right.

'Now!'

Twisting her body, she used the inertia of the dagger to slash towards the neck artery of the grand mage.

*PFFF!!!!!!!!

The power behind the dagger caused a huge slash mark to stretch across the neck of the mage.

'Bingo!' Lyrica grinned as her plan worked.

With her attack plan working out, it didn't take too long for Lyrica to kill the boss.

Not only was the boss unable to move, but most of his magic missed their target.

Landing the final blow on the boss, Lyrica sat down heavily and laid on her back.

*pa

A cold towel plotted on her face as she removed it to see a smiling Shiro.

[Congrats. Also, good job in figuring out the main form of attack with these two daggers. Inertia. Remember, no matter what, inertia can help boost the power of an attack several times due to momentum.]

Lyrica nodded as she decided to lay there for a second with the towel cooling her off.

"Hey Shiro. I'm just wondering, but where did you get the towel?"

[You'll be surprised at the stuff I have in my inventory. I just grabbed a towel I had inside and froze it before melting it again.] Shiro shrugged.

"I see… Don't most people store armour, weapons and other important stuff?"

[I do. But it's just that I also have a bunch of miscellaneous items inside.]

She wasn't lying. She did keep a few spare weapons in her inventory that she collected from bosses.

But most of the items inside her inventory were everyday items such as clothes, food, mana stones and survival kits such as tents. Weapons only made up for a small portion of her inventory.

[Make sure to rest properly. Next fight is the final boss.] Shiro smiled.

Sitting on a rock, she decided to make Lyrica her whip.

She was a little confused at the type of whip Lyrica should use. There were several types but the main ones were the un-barbed, barbed and the bladed whips.

The un-barbed were used mostly for torture so that was off the list. Barbed whips offered greater attack speeds at the cost of lower damage.

While the bladed whips were the opposite. They dealt greater damage at the cost of flexibility, weight and speed.

Depending on the situation, one would switch between the two whips.

However, Shiro finds that annoying and a hassle to switch between whip types during battle.

'If I build the blades into the whip, the whip itself should be able to extrude and retract the blade length at will.' She thought as this would essentially allow all three main whip types to be combined into 1.'

Making sure Lyrica couldn't see the forging process, Shiro made the whip behind her back.

'Each segment of the whip must contain a micro piston that can extrude and retract the blades. The activator switch should be near the thumb for easy access. Each segment should be able to retract and lengthen the whip as well.

'This way the whip is able to switch between long-distance and short-distance combat with ease. The best way to do this is to have the nanobots further compact and reinforce the whip when it gets shorter.'

Imagining the structure of the whip, the empty husk in her hand right now had neon blue lights stretch across the body as the internal systems were being added.

Making sure to add the disguise skill, Shiro smiled lightly.

[Orphenium Bladed Whip LVL 20 (Blue+)]

+25 Sharpness

+25 Bleed

+25 Attack Speed

+25 Status Chance

Passive Skill: Blade Control, Length Configuration.

Blade Control – Inject mana when pressing the button to control the length of the blades in each segment. The longer the blade, the more damage. But attack speed decrease proportionate to length.

Length Configuration – Inject mana to lengthen or shorten the size of the whip. The longer it is, the more damage. The shorter it is, the more durability.

Durability: 45,000/45,000

Standing up, Shiro walked over to Lyrica.

[Here, your whip for the next boss. Try to get a feeling for it.] Shiro smiled as she passed it over.

"At this point, I'm not even surprised at the fact that you pull so many weapons out of your inventory. You can pull out an armoury and I wouldn't care." Lyrica chuckled.

'Don't be so sure.' Shiro thought as she will eventually become a moving fortress with the amount of MP she'll have in the future.

As Lyrica held the whip, something clicked inside her as a familiar feeling washed over her.

Shiro paused seeing this change.

They looked at each other as Lyrica felt her mind blown.

"You've got to be kidding me…" She muttered.

[Give it a try. It's the only way we can be sure.]

Lyrica nodded as she walked over to the tree.

Lengthening the whip, she injected mana and caused the blades to lengthen.

Taking a deep breath, her aura became sharp as she flicked her wrist.

*HUAPISHHHH!!!!!

The whip carved through the air as it sliced the tree in half.

"Just… Don't say anything Shiro…" Lyrica said putting down the whip.

[Do you know how much I want to slap you right now? Who in actual hell has 2 hidden proficiencies?!?!] Shiro typed out as she was honestly surprised at the fact that Lyrica has two hidden proficiencies.

Even in her past life, having discovered a hidden proficiency out of hundreds of millions could propel a nation's status no matter how bad the proficiency was.

It was unthinkable to have 2, yet Lyrica had one of the most diverse proficiencies on top of that.

[I honestly don't know what kind of god blessed you or what you won from the gene pool. But I can say for a fact that so many would want to strangle you for your luck. You literally can't complain anymore about people being more talented because you are defying logic right now!]

Shiro said as Lyrica nodded.

"Though I feel a little off balance."

[Maybe two whips then.] Shiro said as Lyrica nodded in agreement.

[Just practice with one whip for now. I'll give you the second one in a second.] Shiro said as she planned to drink a potion to regain MP.

Watching her practice, Shiro couldn't help but have ideas about Lyrica's new weapon.

'She has a combination of two proficiencies. This means her weapon is most definitely a ridiculous hybrid. The main problem is construction. I can't continue to give her my Nano Craft weapons as they aren't the solution to everything. Maybe I should recruit Helion and try to help him become a better blacksmith.' Shiro thought as a blueprint of the weapon was coming to her mind.

A slim dual ended blade that can separate and transform into whips or two swords. A combination of Lyrica's 2 proficiencies that is unheard of in the world.

'Perhaps the weapon of the future Elven Sword Saintess.' Shiro smiled in anticipation.

47 Quad Attunemen

Handing Lyrica the second whip, Shiro was able to see the attack domain slowly make its appearance.

With a whip in each hand, a cyclone of silver lights formed around her.

*Clap clap clap

Shiro clapped her hands as she walked over.

[Do you think you can solo the boss with this?] Shiro asked.

"Maybe. I'm guessing a 50-50 chance." Lyrica admitted.

Sure she has the hidden proficiency, but even her first one took her a while to get used to. To go straight into a boss fight with just a few hours of practice was insane.

[Just try your best. Try to flow into the state of your proficiency and push it further. Go with the flow.] Shiro smiled.

Lyrica nodded as she too knew this. But understanding it and performing it were two vastly different things.

To actually perform what she understands, she would need to train herself relentlessly and hone the feeling of her proficiency.

Flicking her wrists, she retracted the whips and prepared to fight the final boss.

Activating the obelisk, they felt their vision shift as they were in the middle of a huge island.

The Murloc King was a huge muscular Murloc with ripping muscles. The slight lack of fat on his limbs made his arms and leg grotesque when compared to the hulking torso.

It wore a cape and had two large swords strapped to his back.

[Murloc King LVL 20 – Elite – Boss]

The guards where basically the heavy troops with slightly thicker armour.

[Murloc Royal Guard LVL 20]

Jumping up high, Shiro made herself scarce as she watched the battle.

Lyrica closed her eyes as she surrendered a little of her control to the proficiency. Her aura changed as she unfastened the two whips.

The king flicked out his hand as 2 royal guards charged towards her.

*HUAPISH! PISH!

Two whip cracks rang out as Lyrica had managed to slice the eyes of the guards through their helmet. This caused them to fall over and clutch their eyes in pain.

'No need to kill them. Disable their sight and focus on the boss.' Lyrica thought as she flicked her wrist.

The whip shot towards the boss like a serpent hungering for pray.

*CLANG!

Even though Lyrica extended the blades at the last moment to increase their power, the king didn't even flinch as he blocked the whip with one of his swords.

Flicking her wrist, Lyrica retracted her whip and dashed towards the king.

She swung both her whips as they made a scissor motion.

*CLANG CLANG!

Seeing that the king decided to block, Lyrica smiled as she retracted the barbs in time for the whips to wrap around the sword.

Pulling the sword apart, Lyrica created a gap in the king's defence.

Kicking the king, she jumped back and unwrapped the whips from the swords. Twisting her body gracefully, she whipped upwards causing two deep lacerations to appear on the king's body.

The fight was rather one-sided as the king couldn't move as fast as Lyrica. Not to mention, the whips took less stamina than the dual-ended blades. All it took was a flick of the wrist and Lyrica could lash him several times.

A battle of attrition was also viable since she could slowly whittle him down until he had one HP.

More of the guards tried to attack her as Lyrica dodged and lashed at every one of them. With the whip, everything that was a few meters away from her was in her kill zone.

However, due to the fact that she can shorten the whip if she wanted to, Lyrica was able to adjust her kill zone whenever she wanted. A deadly combination with a hidden proficiency like the whips.

Time passed as Lyrica whittled down the king relentlessly. His HP soon hit 1 as she narrowed her eyes.

Lashing the whip, un-barbed, around the king's neck, Lyrica jumped onto his shoulders and wrapped it around a few more times.

The king tried to struggle but to no avail.

Lyrica stepped hard on the spine as she pulled back on the whip with as much force as she could muster.

The moment she picked up momentum, Lyrica extended the blades as they sliced mercilessly into the neck of the king.

*RIIPPPP!!!!!

The head flew off the king's shoulders and landed with a hefty thud.

"Fuu…" Breathing out heavily, Lyrica calmed the nervousness that had occupied her heart.

[Congratulations.] Shiro typed as she landed on the ground.

"UAHH!!! I WAS SO NERVOUS!!!" Lyrica shouted out as she dashed towards Shiro.

Hugged her tightly, Lyrica relaxed herself as she snuggled into Shiro's hood.

Yin slapped Lyrica's head with her wing as Lyrica was invading her area. Lyrica didn't care as she was having the time of her life.

Shiro decided to allow her to have her way since Lyrica did work hard to kill the boss.

Having relaxed for a while, Lyrica removed herself from Shiro and walked over to the boss's corpse. Her face was blissful as Shiro smiled wearily.

Upon collecting both the stone and the loot, they prepared to leave the Dungeon.

However, Shiro tapped on her shoulder and stopped her.

[Here's 5 D ranked Mana Stones. Advance your class now.] Shiro smiled. Most level 20 class ups only needed 1 D ranked mana stone and yet Lyrica's Elven Bladedancer needed 5.

The commotion caused by this wouldn't be small as it may attract some unwanted attention.

Therefore, Shiro wanted Lyrica to class up in the Dungeon.

"Eh! But it's still 5 D ranked mana stones?! That's like 150 thousand USD!" Lyrica said as she felt awkward for Shiro always giving her items to assist her.

[What are you being surprised about? I can go fight a D ranked Dungeon to get my stock refilled. If anything, I only use them to feed little Yin.]

'And to feed myself.' Shiro thought. After giving Lyrica 5 D ranked stones to class up, she planned to fight a D ranked dungeon to not only level up but to replenish her food supplies a little.

"But-"

Shiro cut her off with a snap of her fingers and did the silencing motion.

Understanding that Shiro can be stubborn for certain things, Lyrica accepted the mana stones. With her having fulfilled all the requirements to class up, Lyrica tapped the icon as a pink glow enveloped her body.

Pink and golden lights flickered off her body as they looked like flower petals that surrounded Lyrica.

The light stayed for a while as Shiro knew this would have been a bad idea outside of the Dungeon.

[Lyrica LVL 21 – Elven Bladedancer]

Seeing Lyrica's tag change, Shiro smiled.

[Congratulations. You've taken your first step into the D ranks.]

"Thank you. I have to say, I feel awfully light." Lyrica said as her agility had experienced a boost from the class up.

[Take a day or two to get used to this. It would be dangerous to challenge a Dungeon without having decent control over your body.]

"I know." Lyrica nodded.

[As for your weapon, I'll get Helion to make it.]

Leaving the Dungeon, they headed back to the dorm as it was already deep into the night.

###

The first thing Shiro did the next morning was to look for Helion.

Arriving at his workshop, Shiro was surprised to see the amount of people queueing up.

"Hm?... OH SH*T! IT'S HER!" Someone suddenly shouted as a silver ass plate appeared on almost everyone's asses. For those who didn't have an ass plate, they rushed forwards towards Helion as they wanted to get protection as quick as possible.

The ones at the front helped those without an ass plate as a unified community was working seamlessly.

Shiro was speechless seeing this.

'Only in danger would the human community work in harmony. Is this the same case?' She thought.

The queue was tense as they all stared at her with caution. By the time Shiro arrived back in the workshop, she was the only one left.

Helion had a grin on his face as sweat dripped off his forehead.

"Ah Shiro! I really need to thank you. Business is blooming now. Just making an ass plate earns me so much money." Helion laughed as he patted her shoulder.

[Meh. Like some flimsy plate can stop my attacks.] Shiro typed with slight disdain.

Helion shrugged.

"So what brings the infamous A*** Destroying Princess to my humble store?"

[I want to commission weapons again.] Shiro typed out as she pulled out a sheet of paper and started to draw out the blueprint she had thought up of.

The design was similar to that of the dual-ended blade Lyrica currently had. But instead, the blades are able to shift and extend into whips. In the centre of the weapon, the handle is able to disconnect and separate the weapon into 2 whips or 2 swords respectively.

Seeing the blueprint of the weapon come to life, Helion was dumbfounded.

"What kind of futuristic tech is this?! I understand what the parts do but how the hell am I supposed to make something like this?!" Helion cried out looking at the design.

[The mechanisms are based on this whip.]

Pulling out the NanoTech Whip she made, disguised as an Orphenium Whip, Shiro separated one of the segments.

Looking at the compact and intricate components jammed into the segment, Helion was astounded at the craftsmanship.

"How the hell did someone even make this?!" Helion asked as he inspected the weapon.

"No I definitely can't make this. This is something beyond me."

Turning over to Shiro, he gave her the weapon back.

"Tell me honestly. Did you raid a bloody military site or something? How the hell did you even get your hands on something so insane?" He asked.

Shiro only shrugged.

[So I take that as you can't make it.]

"No I can't just yet. Maybe when I class up several times and have the needed equipment. Otherwise, I don't see myself making anything close to that."

[In that case then just make me 2 whips and a dual-ended blade for level 25's. For the whips, I want a barbed and a bladed whip. The length should be adjustable if possible.]

"Hmm… I'll see what I can do. Seeing the whip has given me a few ideas about how to let it extend and retract." Helion said as Shiro nodded.

[Do you need any materials?]

"Nope completely free. But before you say anything, just think about how much I've earned from selling ass plates. I got more than enough material needed to make your weapons."

Thinking about what Helion had said, Shiro found it logical as it was indeed true.

[Alright Thank you for your hard work then.] Shiro thanked him as she left the store.

Her next step was her main task. To head to the mage's association and find out her elemental attunement.

Arriving at the mage's association, Shiro went up to the receptionist.

[Can I use the attunement hall? I was told I could use it today.]

The receptionist smiled wearily.

"I'm afraid today is limited to the top 20 and not top 10. You would have had the chance to use it yesterday."

[What?] Shiro paused as she realised this was true. During her spree of destroying- ahem. During her spree of ranking up, she had overlooked the fact that she could have entered the hall yesterday.

"But don't worry. The branch master had already foreseen this and reserved you a spot. The previous rank 10, Shane, wouldn't be allowed use the attunement hall today. You'll be taking his spot instead.

[Ah thank you. Can I enter the attunement hall then?] Shiro asked.

"Yes you can. But do note that in the future you have to make sure you come at the right date."

[Understood.]

The receptionist guided her to the second floor. Going through a series of doors, they came up to a huge open room.

She couldn't see the walls of the room as it felt like she was staring at the night sky. Stars were flickering as Shiro didn't feel like she was in a room.

"The attunement hall is simple. Sit in the centre and meditate. Slowly use your mana and the elemental attunement would show itself." The lady said as Shiro nodded.

Sitting in the centre, Shiro patted Yin's head before closing her eyes.

A pale aura erupted around her as the receptionist decided to leave.

Slowly, the mana started to change as the colours started to appear.

Crystal Blue, Deep Purple, Flickering Yellow and Silver Blue.

A total of 4 colours appeared as it fluctuated constantly.

48 Broken Links

Crystal Blue of ice.

Deep Purple of the shadows.

Flickering Yellow of lightning.

And Silver Blue of metal.

Four colours swayed around in Shiro's aura as she herself was unaware. Right now, she was in a state of focus as she brought out the mana from deep within her.

She dived deep into her basic mana construction as the stars above her glowed.

The attunement halls were a special place. It was designed, crafted and enhanced to allow one to awaken their elemental atonements.

While most would awaken 1 and the rare case of 2 elements. Shiro had 4 elements living in harmony inside her. Each supporting each other and growing stronger at the same time. Making up for one another's weaknesses.

Originally, she should only have 2 elements. Lightning and metal due to her Nanomancery. Ice came with her reincarnation into a snow girl and shadow due to her contract with Yin.

As Shiro opened her eyes, she realised she wasn't in her own body anymore.

The area around her was a strange mess of twisted colours, floating platforms, flickering orbs of light and tendrils of mana swaying around gently.

"Am I tripping on some acid?" Shiro muttered. Her body was strange as she was a light silhouette of what her body was.

She could not move physically, but rather with intent.

Focusing to move her body, Shiro frowned slightly.

"It feels a little strange. But I'll manage."

Looking ahead of her, she saw 4 main platforms that were near her.

She was about to walk ahead when she paused realising where she was.

Right now she was inside her mana realm. The place which she draws her mana. She remembers seeing the mana realm in her past life.

However, compared to what her previous mana realm looked like; Her current Mana Realm right now was akin to a jumbled mess. Hardly recognisable due to the broken links of colours which resulted in them being crammed together.

Sticking out her hands, Shiro narrowed her eyes as clutched her palm.

A batch of colours started to shake as Shiro focused on separating the link. However, no matter how hard she tried, they refused to budge.

'If the links were all sorted out, my mana efficiency would shoot through the roof. But why would my mana links be broken and scattered?' Shiro frowned.

Mana link, human or monster, are all aligned and connected. And whilst her elements were in harmony, they couldn't work to their best abilities.

The effect may not be obvious in the low levels, but when she increases her level and gain higher-tiered spells. The consumption would be many times greater than other people and monsters included.

An example would be if someone could launch a catastrophic spell 5 times before they ran out of mana, she would only be able to launch it once or twice. And this was including her massive mana pool.

'Broken links and unorganised connections are a rare case. If broken at a high level, the surge of chaotic mana inside a person's body would cause them to die. However, to break the mana link, a few very careful steps need to be taken as it would be hard to affect them otherwise.

'Not many would go out of their way to destroy the mana link as you can just kill them instead. The only reason someone would do this is when they wanted the person to feel great pain before death.' Shiro thought to herself.

"Then why was I born with broken mana links?" She muttered.

Broken mana links were a huge set back as there were only a few ways to fix them.

Sighing out heavily, Shiro decided to visit her elemental islands first.

Elemental islands are beacons which helps you connect with the elements and enhance their power.

The more developed your island was, the more powerful your elemental attunement became.

Right now, each of her islands was bare as there is nothing to help her connect better with the elements.

The islands would eventually develop itself further over time. But right now, all of her elements, except for ice, was the lowest in the Tier 0 spectrum. Her ice, on the other hand, was at the peak of Tier 1 and almost reaching Tier 2.

Landing on the ice island, Shiro sat down in the centre.

Crystal blue lights surged around her as a magic circle was being formed.

Shiro frowned when she felt her fatigue increase at a horrendous pace.

'Broken mana links also obstruct the advancement of Tiers huh?' Shiro thought.

One would automatically be sent out of the mana realm should their fatigue hit a dangerous level.

The worst part is that that Tiers had to be upgraded in one go. She couldn't just do it in parts.

Taking a deep breath, she increased the amount of mana that surged towards her.

The island started to tremble as the ice started to expand across the entire island.

Shiro's body started to float upwards as she closed her eyes.

A ball of crystal blue mana appeared around her like a shield. Clutching her hands, Shiro increased the build-up of mana as she had to grit her teeth slightly feeling her fatigue almost reach the limit.

Opening her eyes, she erupted out with a wave of mana that shattered the shield and turned the island into a frozen tundra.

"KUAH!" Shiro coughed out a slight amount of blood as she was forced back into her body.

Sweat was dripping from her forehead as she frowned.

The broken links were obstructing her from upgrading the island. If she wanted to reach higher up in the tiers, she needed to fix her mana realm fast, or else there will be a point where she will no longer be able to tier up no matter how hard she tried.

Wiping the blood from her lips, Shiro stood up weakly as she was heavily fatigued.

Yin chirped in worry as she saw Shiro cough up blood.

"I'm fine don't worry." Shiro smiled and patted Yin's head.

Check back on her status, she smiled seeing that the upgrade was a success.

[Name: Shiro

Race: Snow Girl (Evolution Criteria yet to be met)

Title: Shadow Empress, Beginner Monster (0/10 Humans Killed for Title Up)

Level: 30

Class: Snow Girl★(Star Advancement In Progress), Nanomancer

HP: 46,200/46,200

MP: 73,700/73,700

STR: 230 (+85) <+78>

VIT: 250 -> 300 (+70) <+92>

INT: 400 -> 450 (+140) <+147>

AGI: 340 -> 400(+75) <+118>

DEX: 260 -> 300 (+40) <+85>

DEF: 150 (+135) <+71>

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Unassigned Points: 0

Attunements:

Ice – Tier 2

Lightning – Tier 0

Metal – Tier 0

Shadow – Tier 0

Balance: 629,500 USD

Equipment (Tap to Display)

Skills –

Snow Girl ★:

Tier 2 Ice magic, Passive Regeneration, Blessed by Ice, Snow Magic, Faded Snow Movement, Cold Aura.

Nanomancer:

Dagger Creation, Nano Tech Engineering Tier 1, Sword Creation, Bow Creation, Heavy Weapon Creation.

Other:

Mini-map, Inspection, Disguise, Harden (Equipment), Lesser Fear (Equipment), Mana Barrier.]

With a Tier 2 attunement in Ice, her abilities would gain a rough increase of 10% in damage and 10% efficiency.

With this, she only had the bosses left to kill.

[Snow Girl ★★]

Kill 20 Ice elemental Based LVL 30 bosses

30 Ice Cores

Reach Tier 2 attunement in Ice element ✓

Wiping away her sweat, Shiro left the attunement halls.

"Ah Shiro." Mark called out after her.

[Yes?]

"You must have done your attunement right? We'll need to register your attunement onto your ID." He said as he handed her a tablet.

'I'll hide metal and lightning for now. Shadow will be obvious sooner or later when Yin evolves.' Shiro thought as she entered Tier 2 Ice attunement and Tier 0 Shadow Attunement.

"Thank you." Mark smiled and took the tablet. While his outer appearance seemed to be composed, he was shocked deeply inside.

'She has two attunements?! A shadow one as well. Perhaps her pet was the one who gave her the attunement, then that means the pet is something special.' He thought.

[Are my 30 Ice cores ready?]

"Yes, we were about to send them but you can collect them instead. Follow me." Mark said as Shiro nodded.

As she was following Mark, she couldn't help be think about her broken mana links.

No matter who or what, they will always be born with unharmed mana links. Yet her's was a jumble.

This meant that it would be either a birth defect or something happened to this body before she occupied it.

Snow girls/woman were monsters that can be formed in a few ways. First was the natural way.

Mana would gather near an icy location and slowly gain sentience.

The next was the reconstruction kind. Mana would take the negative emotions of a woman who died in an ice surrounded area and slowly reconstruct them into a Snow girl.

This meant that there was a high possibility that her body was the reconstruction kind.

'Then this means the previous owner on this body had a feud with someone to warrant a broken mana realm.' Shiro thought with narrowed eyes.

This will make everything a lot more complicated as she didn't know who the person was. She could literally walk in a big city and someone come slap her head right off her torso.

'I'll have to keep my face hidden more often then.' Shiro thought.

'Maybe a lower face mask from Aarim will do the job.'

A lower face mask that can be removed or pulled up at any moment will help her hide her face.

'That being said, I could literally just be thinking about this too much.' Shiro shrugged.

Arriving at a set of doors, Mark had her wait for a moment before he came back with a box.

"In this box is the 30 ice cores that you wanted." Mark said feeling a pinch in his heart. If it wasn't for the fact that his Lord told him to give it to her, he would try to find some other excuse to not give it to her.

[Thanks.] Taking the cores, Shiro walked out of the building.

'With 2/3 tasks done, I'll just need to kill the 20 ice-based bosses.' Shiro thought as she searched up for any level 30 Dungeon.

[LVL 25-30 Silver Wolf Forest]

[LVL 30 Yeti's Mountain]

Out of 5 LVL 30 Dungeons that were in this city, only 2 were ice-based.

'Silver wolves hunt in packs which will be annoying. While every single one of the Yeti's are like a mini-boss in itself.'

There were benefits to fighting either one but Shiro wanted one that was quick and easy. She did have 20 bosses to kill after all.

Eventually, Shiro decided with yeti as it would be easier to target boss whilst avoiding the mobs if they travelled outside of a group.

Fighting the wolves would just be time-consuming and not to mention, stamina consuming... also a pain in the ass.

Returning to the dorms, Shiro knocked on Lyrica's door.

"What's up?" Lyrica asked.

[I'm going to be a little busy tomorrow so I won't be in the dorm.] Shiro typed, leaving out the fact that she was challenging a Dungeon solo.

"You're going to be challenging another D ranked Dungeon aren't you?"

[No.]

"Don't lie. I know what you're like Shiro. Just make sure you have supplies and stay safe." Lyrica said with a sigh.

Shiro was a stubborn one. Lyrica knew that while many people would want to avoid danger, Shiro wanted danger to increase her level. How else would a 13-year-old be a level 30?

Shiro patted Lyrica's head with a smile.

[I got it don't worry. I picked a Dungeon that was weak against me.]

"Alright…"

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Shiro left the dorm early in next morning as she arrived before the gate to Yeti's mountain.

Sneaking her way in, she made sure that none of the guards saw her.

Her vision shifted as she saw where she was. As stated in the name, she was on top of a huge mountain. She could see dangerous cliff sides that would lead to one's death if they fell down it. The snow was falling gently as the ground was encased in layers of snow and ice.

Normal adventurers would need to get special gear just so that they could fight at a decent level in the Dungeon.

There were no obelisks here on the mountain. Every one of the bosses was at different heights as Shiro tilted her head and looked up.

The mountain could be split into 3 areas of varying heights with the final boss at the very top of the mountain.

Not only did the adventurers have to fight with unstable footing, but they also had to put up with lack of air, the biting cold and the occasional blizzard that may happen.

However, these did nothing to Shiro as she was unaffected by the conditions.

49 Shadow Buff

Making herself a bow, Shiro stretched herself slightly before jogging up the mountain.

She narrowed her eyes as she saw the first Yeti.

[Yeti LVL 30]

HP: 100,000/100,000

MP: 100,000/100,000

The Yeti was roughly 2 meters tall with white fur and blue skin. Its neon blue eyes glowed in the snowfall as Shiro only smiled.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 2nd Phantom – Speed Phantom.

Her body flickered as she jumped to the side of the mountain. Kicking off the wall, Shiro pulled back on her bow as she aimed at the top of the Yeti's skull.

*BANG!

The arrow shot downwards as it killed the Yeti in one go. The force of the arrow caused the ground to crack and shatter as Shiro landed not too far away.

Walking up to the yeti, Shiro harvested the mana stone before collecting the loot.

The loot was mostly mediocre as they didn't provide her with any skill.

Walking away from the Yeti, Shiro continued her way up the mountain.

Looking up, Shiro narrowed her eyes as she contemplated about taking a short cut.

'If I take the shortcut, I lose out on potential loot and levels. If I don't take a short cut, it'll take longer to reach the boss.' She thought as Yin popped her head out.

"What's up little Yin?" Shiro asked as she patted her head.

Yin opened her mouth as she gestured to it.

"You want food?" Shiro asked as she pulled out a D ranked mana stone.

Yin shook her head as Shiro understood what she wanted.

"You want another C ranked stone?! It'll be wasted you know." Shiro smiled wearily.

Yin tried to pull a pitiful face but failed as it caused Shiro to chuckle.

"Fine. Here." She said as she pulled out the C ranked mana stone.

Yin chirped happily as it ate the stone.

A purple glow covered her body as Shiro realised that Yin was levelling up again.

[Yin LVL 10]

HP: 10,000/10,000

MP:25,000/25,000

Skills – Shadow Buff (Tier 1)

Shiro raised an eyebrow seeing Yin's stats.

"You finally got a skill." Shiro smiled as Yin chirped in acknowledgement. However, she was a little too bloated to move.

"Aww… Did you eat that mana stone so you could level up?" Shiro asked.

Yin nodded.

"How cute." Shiro chuckled as she tapped her round belly.

Yin could only surrender herself to Shiro's prodding as she couldn't move.

"Fine I'll stop poking you now." Shiro grinned seeing tears form in Yin's eyes.

Placing Yin back into her hood, Shiro made sure to not nudge Yin too much.

The best thing about having a contract with Yin was that she shared her skills. So in effect, she could share the Shadow Buff twice in her party.

[Shadow Buff (Tier 1)]

+5% AGI, +10% stealth and +5% Elemental Resistance for 10 minutes.

Cost: 1,000MP

Cooldown: 30 minutes

The best part of this skill was the Elemental Resistance. With both her and Yin casting this, there'll be a +10% elemental resistance to the party.

If her future party was to fight a heavily elemental based boss then this skill is a godsend.

Pulling up her hood, Shiro dashed up the mountain.

Turning the corner, she saw a group of Yeti's that were about to cross paths with one another.

Nocking an arrow, Shiro narrowed her eyes and aimed the bow.

*BANG BANG BANG BANG!

Arrows continuously fired as each one hit the head of a Yeti with pinpoint accuracy.

Sliding on her knees slightly, she dodged the attack of a Yeti and fired an arrow towards his spine.

*BANG!

The body was ripped in half as Shiro breathed out heavily.

In a short moment, she had managed to kill off 5 Yetis with ease.

"Tch. If I still have my guns this would be easier." Shiro muttered as her true expertise came from her firearms.

She was a veteran of cold weapons and close quarter combat. However, with the firearms, she was a master with an almost 100% accuracy.

Snipers, pistols, machine guns, she was accurate with all of them.

People had attack domains which evolved into a zone of control. Within the zone, they had control over everything.

However, she never grasped the zone of control. If anything, she had a mimicry of one. Her versatility with her firearms and accuracy made it so that she could defeat those even with a zone of control.

Harvesting the corpses, Shiro smiled seeing her get 5 D ranked mana stones.

"5 out of 5. Nice."

Shiro grinned as she stored them away.

Keeping the bow in her hands, she waited for her MP to regenerate.

The only downside to her bow right now was that each arrow took a minimum of 1k MP and at least 5k MP each to one-shot the Yetis.

And this was when she aimed for the weak points. If she missed a shot, which was rare, it would have just been a waste of 5k MP. A dangerous amount when taking into account the fact that 5k was equal to almost 15% of her total MP.

Once her MP had regenerated, Shiro continued her hunt.

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[Name: Shiro

Race: Snow Girl (Evolution Criteria yet to be met)

Title: Shadow Empress, Beginner Monster (0/10 Humans Killed for Title Up)

Level: 31

Class: Snow Girl★(Star Advancement In Progress), Nanomancer

HP: 50,000/50,000

MP: 82,500/82,500

STR: 250 -> 300 (+95) <+98>

VIT: 330 (+70) <+100>

INT: 480 -> 500 (+160) <+165>

AGI: 430 -> 460 (+95) <+138>

DEX: 310 -> 360 (+20) <+95>

DEF: 170 (+115) <+71>

< > = Title Bonus

Unassigned Points: 0

Attunements:

Ice – Tier 2

Lightning – Tier 0

Metal – Tier 0

Shadow – Tier 0

Balance: 1,120,000 USD

Equipment (Tap to Display)

Skills –

Snow Girl ★:

Tier 2 Ice magic, Passive Regeneration, Blessed by Ice, Snow Magic, Faded Snow Movement, Cold Aura.

Nanomancer:

Dagger Creation, Nano Tech Engineering Tier 1, Sword Creation, Bow Creation, Heavy Weapon Creation.

Other:

Mini-map, Inspection, Disguise, Lesser Fear (Equipment), Mana Barrier, Strengthen (Equipment).

Shared Skills (Yin):

Shadow Buff (Tier 1)]

On the way to the first boss, Shiro had made sure she killed each and every one of the Yeti's that came her way.

Unfortunately, due to the nature of the bow, Shiro lamented the fact that she couldn't exploit a certain weakness.

If she did, she would have opened herself up to an attack.

And while she could use ice, it would be a lot less effective and consume too much mana.

Inserting more mana into the bow, Shiro looked towards where the boss was.

Currently, she was below the boss area so she couldn't see the boss.

But that didn't stop her as an arrow was formed in her hands using nanobots.

Nocking the arrow, Shiro shot it upwards with barely any force. Only enough to be around eye level with the area and nothing more.

Clutching her hands, the arrow expanded into a mirror.

Narrowing her eyes, Shiro made sure to see if there were any obvious weaknesses.

The boss was a stereotypical Yeti with a few minor differences. There were neon blue patterns spread out across his body, four horns and ice spikes on the elbows and spine.

His arms were abnormally long as they reached all the way down to his feet. In addition to this, his arm had 2 elbows.

'Small eyes which means bad vision. His nose is quite big so he may rely on smell. No ears so he can't hear. Attack range should be quite far due to his arms.' Shiro thought as the mirror fell back down.

'I can try to supercharge an arrow and shoot it towards his ass through the mountain, but that has a high chance of missing. Not to mention, the power would decrease by a lot.' She sighed as she dissembled the mirror.

"Little Yin, hold tight ok? I'll be fighting a boss." Shiro warned as Yin nodded.

Giving her body a stretch, Shiro narrowed her eyes before dashing up the face of the cliff and towards the boss.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 2nd Phantom = Speed Phantom.

Her body flickered as she climbed higher.

Nocking an arrow, Shiro charged it full with MP.

'This should do for now.' She thought as 7.5k MP was charged in it. She wasn't naïve enough to think that this would be able to one-shot the boss but rather, to try to deal as much damage as she could at the start.

The bosses defences would be lowered at the start. Therefore, this was the best chance to heavily injure it.

Jumping over the cliff edge, Shiro saw the boss and pulled back in her bow.

The arrow was shaking as if begging to be fired.

*BOOM!!!!!!

Smashing into the cervical spine just under the skull, the arrow smashed the Yeti into the side of the mountain.

Landing softly, Shiro didn't let up as she made another mana arrow.

*BOOM!!!

Just as the Yeti climbed out of the wall, the second arrow shot against his torso and sent him back.

Lightning and metal twisted in her palms as Shiro made a NanoTech arrow.

Aiming upwards, Shiro shot the arrow.

*PISH PISH PISH!

The arrow started to break apart as it formed into several smaller arrows. There were tiny rockets that were attached to the tip as they propelled towards the Yeti.

*BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!

Each of the arrows was an explosive type arrow as cracks started to spread further on the cliff face.

*URAHHHHH!!!!!!

A furious roar rang out as Shiro grinned.

[Tigris Yeti LVL 30 – Elite- Enraged]

HP: 232,000/500,000

MP: 200,000/200,000

"Little bit more than half health taken off huh? I can take that." Shiro muttered with a smile.

Nocking another arrow, she was about to fire when the Yeti launched a huge chunk of the wall at her.

Quickly rolling to the side, she dodged the wall and aimed once more.

The Yeti didn't give her a break as he had already jumped towards her about to smash down with his hands.

Shiro narrowed her eyes as she slammed her palms down.

*BOOOM!!!

The giant wall of ice shot upwards, slamming heavily into the Yeti's body.

While her ice could deal minimal damage, she could still at least use it as protection.

[MP: 58,250/82,500]

Shiro frowned slightly at her MP drainage.

'A little unexpected but not too bad.' She thought.

'With his reach, I should continue to bombard him with arrows.'

Nocking an arrow, Shiro closed one of her eyes and aimed at the Yeti.

Mana continued to be inserted into the arrow as the Yeti ran towards her with anger.

Aiming carefully, Shiro released the arrow when she had a good shot.

*BANG!

The arrow pierced the Yeti's right eye before smashing through the brain.

The yeti walked for a little more before collapsing in front of Shiro's feet.

When the arrow was fired, she made sure the arrow acted like a drill to increase the piercing power.

Not to mention the fact that 10k MP was injected into the thing.

Pulling out the mana stone, Shiro collected the body.

Most of the loot consisted of miscellaneous items while there were only a few worthwhile items. However, the best item in the pile of loot was the Elemental Orb.

[Elemental Orb – Ice Type]

Fuse together with a weapon or armour to give it an ice property.

Elemental Orbs were quite in demand as higher-level ones give you the more powerful versions of the elements.

While she couldn't use this since she had no need for it, it would be an amazing tool for blacksmiths like Helion. He would be able to either infuse this into a weapon or armour with pretty high amount of efficiency.

"I should probably give this to him for Lyrica's next weapon. Having an ice property would allow her to crowd control the enemies better." Shiro muttered storing away the items.

Sadly, her level didn't increase but that was fine. She still had quite a distance to travel before she reached the final boss.

However, before she could leave, Yin jumped out of her hood and flew towards a corner of the boss arena.

"Little Yin?" Shiro called out, curious.

Yin landed near an ice boulder before chirping to Shiro.

Walking over, she picked Yin up.

"You want this boulder?" She asked.

Yin shook her head as she made a smashing motion.

"You want me to break it?" Shiro asked as Yin nodded.

Not sure why Yin wanted her to break the boulder, but it wasn't too much trouble for her.

Making a NanoTech hammer, Shiro jumped up as a rocket behind the hammer increased her momentum.

*BOOOMMMMMM!!!!!!

A shockwave rang out as Shiro saw that the hammer barely chipped a little of the boulder.

"The f*ck?!" Shiro cried out in surprise. For the ice boulder to resist her hammer to this extent means that it was something extraordinary.

50 Yeti Berserker

Shiro narrowed her eyes as she placed Yin down.

"Little Yin, careful ok? I'm going to give this rock hell." Shiro said as Yin nodded.

Stepping back slightly, Shiro adjusted her grip on the hammer.

Dashing forwards, Shiro jumped up and twisted her body.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 3rd Phantom – Counter Weight Phantom.

In addition to the counter weight phantom, Shiro also used the rocket to increase her momentum further.

*BOOOOMMMM!!!!

The impact caused the ground to shake, causing Shiro to grit her teeth.

The smash only caused a few fractures to spread out while some of the force still travelled through her body due to the rebound.

"What the hell is up with this stupid boulder?!" Shiro said as she gave it a kick.

Making a skill chip in her hands, she inserted it into the hammer.

[Flame Spirit Enhancement]

[Power Loader]

[Shock Multiplier]

[Blast Shell]

Adding four skills that not only increase the power output, but also the elemental weakness. Shiro readjusted her stance.

Making a ramp of ice, she started to skate as she increased her speed.

Jumping off the ramp, she twisted her body and used the skills.

The hammer lit aflame as it glowed with a golden light.

*BOOOMMMM!!!!!

The force of both objects colliding caused a shockwave bigger than last time as Shiro activated the dismantling on the hammer. This was so that the force would travel through the nanobots instead of her.

Thankfully, the force seemed to have done the job as the fracture was getting bigger by the second.

Making a sword, Shiro jammed it in one of the openings before kicking the sword and split the boulder in half.

"Che. Let's see what's in here that gave me so much trouble." Shiro muttered as she walked towards the remains of the boulder.

Moving the pieces aside, Shiro was surprised to find a wisp of light hovering in the centre.

[You've killed a Snow Girl in the process of formation. Gain title – Fratricide.]

[Snow Girl essence x1]

"… That was a Snow Girl?!" Shiro muttered as she realised that 'egg' or boulder, was the result of mana trying to form the snow girl using natural means instead of the corpse consuming option.

Since the 'egg' was a dense piece of mana, its defence would naturally be tough. However, that toughness would go away once it expended itself to form the snow girl.

Looking at the ball of essence in front of her, Shiro could help but smell an enticing scent emit from it.

"Hmm, am I supposed to eat this?" Shiro muttered as she poked and prodded at the ball of essence.

However, before she could consider eating it, Yin nabbed it in her mouth as swallowed it.

"Ai little Yin. You can't just take it when you want to." Shiro sighed. She wasn't going to eat it anyways so giving it to Yin wouldn't be too bad.

After all, cannibalism was something a little uncomfortable with her. She didn't even know what kind of adverse effects it could have had anyways.

[Yin LVL 10]

HP: 10,000/10,000

MP: 35,000/35,000

Skills – Shadow Buff (Tier 1) Ice Chain (Tier 1)

Shiro raised an eyebrow when she saw Yin gain an increase of 10k MP and the skill Ice Chain.

This naturally meant that she had the skill as well.

[Ice Chain (Tier 1)

Create a chain of ice around the enemy, locking them in place for a short amount of time.

Cost: 3,000 MP

Duration: 10 seconds. (Varies depending on strength)

Cooldown: 1 minute.

"Hmm… Interesting." Shiro muttered as it was a rare occasion that a mage would have a specific spell skill.

Mages would normally get skills like Tier 1 ice magic or the such. For a specific skill like Ice Chain, it would mean the power output of the skill would be higher.

Compared to an ice chain made from the Tier 1 ice magic, the Ice Chain skill would be around 10% to 20% better.

"Good job Yin. Next time you can help me by locking down the enemies." Shiro smiled as Yin was ecstatic from finally being able to help Shiro.

Placing Yin back into her hood, Shiro decided to check out the new title Fratricide.

[Fratricide – You've killed a member/sibling of your own race.]

+10% hate from snow girls

+10% respect from snow woman

"Hmm… I suppose if you think about it. All mana-based monsters are siblings since they came from the same source. That being said, why am I getting 10% respect from Snow Woman?" Shiro mutter.

'Perhaps it's to do with the hierarchy. Strong eat the weak. The snow woman goes through a myriad of challenges to get to where they are. So I suppose killing a member of one's race isn't that uncommon.' Shiro thought.

Dusting herself, she continued her way up the mountain.

Shiro narrowed her eyes when she saw the first Yeti after the boss.

Each of them were much slimmer and had a more elongated body.

Yin chirped in excitement as it couldn't wait to test out her new skill.

"Give me a moment ok Yin?" Shiro smiled as Yin nodded.

Nocking an arrow, Shiro crouched as she aimed at the Yeti.

'Since they're slimmer, that means their speed must have increased as well. If I have Yin help me restrain them for a moment, this will make things a lot easier.'

"Little Yin. Restrain him when I say go." Shiro said as Yin nodded and started to fly upwards.

"Go!"

*CRRRR!!

Ice chains shot out from beneath the Yeti's feet as it wrapped around the legs, torso, arms and head.

*BOOM!

Shiro shot her arrow the moment she saw this. The Yeti couldn't dodge as the arrow drilled through the Yeti's skull, killing it instantly.

"Nice job little Yin." Shiro praised with a smiled as Yin danced happily on her shoulder.

Harvesting the Yeti, Shiro and Yin continued their murder streak all the way up the mountain.

There was a moment when more than one Yeti appeared but it was dealt with simply.

Shiro would first shoot one of them before Yin chained up the other one.

With the second one chained, she would take the chance to kill it as well.

And just in case a third Yeti came, Shiro had her Ice Chain ready and waiting too.

Now with Yin being able to help out in the fight, a portion of the EXP went to her as her level jumped upwards.

Whether or not it was due to Yin being very powerful because of her race, or the fact that she isn't getting as much EXP. Yin was only able to level up 1 time even though they killed so many.

[Yin LVL 11]

HP: 11,000/11,000

MP: 2,000/37,000

Skills – Shadow Buff (Tier 1) Ice Chain (Tier 1)

The level had given Yin 1k in HP and 2k in MP.

Taking a moment for both her and Yin to regenerate back to full, they walked towards the second boss.

Hiding behind a wall, Shiro peeked at the second boss.

The boss was a hulking mass of flesh compared to the first boss.

Its height measuring up to around 3 meters tall, hulking muscles and two gigantic horns that looked like spears.

[Yeti Berserker LVL 30 – Elite]

HP: 700,000/700,000

MP: 100,000/100,000

"Say little Yin. Doesn't this guy look more like a bipedal bull than a Yeti?" Shiro asked as Yin nodded.

Alright. You know the idea. Let's go." Shiro said as Yin nodded.

In the time they had been fighting, Yin managed to grasp the timing slightly which made it easier for Shiro.

She didn't need to shout out go all the time.

Dashing towards the Yeti Berserker, Shiro nocked an arrow in her bow.

*CRR CRR!

Ice chains sprang up from the ground as Yin used her skill.

Making herself a ramp, Shiro jumped upwards and aimed at one of the Berserker's shoulder tendons.

*BUCHI!

The arrow severed the tendon easily as Shiro landed near his feet.

Lightning and metal erupted out of the bow as a blade was made on one of the edges.

Twisting her body, Shiro cut towards the tendon by the heel of the Berserker.

*BOOM!

The Yeti knelt down heavily as Shiro dismissed the bow and made a whip in her hands.

Lashing the whip around the neck of the Berserker, Shiro wrapped the other end around the legs.

Injecting mana to retract the whip, the Berserker fell on his back.

Lightning sparked in Shiro's hand as she jumped up.

A greatsword was formed as she had printed several power type skills into the greatsword.

Twisting her body in mid-air, Shiro glared at the berserker with cold eyes as she swung the blade.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 3rd Phantom + 4th Phantom.

Combining both Counter Weight Phantom and Internal Feasting Phantom, Shiro increased her destructive power further.

*BOOMMMMM!!!!!!

A crater was formed under the Berserker's head as Shiro had aimed for the neck.

However, she frowned when she saw the previous wounds heal back up along with the neck wound.

"Tsk. Monster Skill – Rejuvenation." Shiro frowned as she knew this skill.

Rejuvenation was a skill that regenerated all damage sustained in the past 5 seconds to a certain degree.

This skill was a common skill that appeared in the skill set of heavy attack type monsters.

The skill was annoying to go against if the monster was higher level since they were smarter and knew how to use the skill to its full effect.

The worst part was that during the time the skill was casted, the monster would have a barrier proportionate to 200% of his health for 3 seconds. This protected it during the time it was recovering.

Flipping off the stomach of the Berserker, Shiro saw the Ice Chains break as the Berserker Glared at her with bloodshot eyes.

Stomping down, Shiro didn't let it have the chance to attack her.

A blizzard started to pick up pace as Shiro's body was hidden in the blizzard.

Activating Faded Snow Movement to gain an increase in speed, she circled around the Yeti.

*BOOM!

Smashing down with its fists, the Yeti cracked the ground as he didn't give Shiro the chance to attack it again.

'Musclehead!' Shiro cursed as the Berserker's solution to her attack was to attack everything and anything around it. Even if it was wasted effort.

Dashing away from the Berserker, Shiro aimed her hands up in the air before clutching them.

A gate frame made from ice slowly appeared as she slammed her hand down.

The gate shot towards the Berserker as it pinned it down from the neck.

*BOOOMM!!

With the gate suddenly smashing against his head, the Berserker was back onto his stomach.

*BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!

5 more gates smashed downwards, trapping all his limbs with an extra gate at his waist.

*GRAHH GRAHH!!

The Berserker cried out in struggle as it could barely move its body.

Shiro only smiled as she remade her bow and nocked an arrow.

Pulling back her bow, Shiro was about to fire when the Berserker made an almost human-like sneer.

Light gathered between his horns as Shiro's pupils shrank.

Dissembling her bow, Shiro dashed to the side as she started to skate away from her location.

*BOOOOMMMM!!!!!!

A blast of energy shot towards her previous location was the blast spread outwards.

Making a barrier using her Mana Shield, Shiro was sent rolling back due to the force.

It was only after a few rolls did she slow down.

Flipping back onto her feet, Shiro frowned when she looked at her current stats.

[HP: 38,000/50,000]

[MP: 0/82,500]

This was the first time in a while that she had taken damage as Shiro wasn't pleased.

The sheer fact that the Berserker had Rejuvenation surprised her. However, what shocked her more was the fact that it even had the Tier up version of the breath attack

It wasn't strange for a D ranked to have a breath attack, but for the Berserker to have a top tier 2/3 breath attack was insane.

If she was hit by that full-on, she would have move definitely died.

Quickly stuffing an MP potion into her mouth, Shiro dashed towards the Berserker.

She needed to take it out quickly before it pulled out another insane skill from his ass.

Remaking the bow, Shiro made sure it was a heavy bow this time. One that boasted the strongest attack power in her arsenal right now.

Drawing back on the strings, mana twisted into an arrow.

Holding the string back, the amount of mana charged in the arrow continued to grow as the Berserker was trying its hardest to struggle out of the gates.

Seeing the gates cracking, Shiro knew she had to attack it soon.

Injecting a few skill chips into the bow, Shiro activated them all.

[Piercing Blow]

[Enhanced Power]

[Latent Power]

[Attack Boost]

[Rotating Shot]

*BOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!

The recoil of the arrow being shot sent Shiro sliding back as it pierced the Berserker through the entire length of his body. The entering point being the mouth.

It was only when she saw a clean hole through the Berserker did Shiro relax slightly.

51 Snow Girl ★★

"Fuu…" Breathing out, Shiro walked towards the corpse.

Climbing into the hole she created, she harvested the D ranked mana stone.

" [Collect] "

Once again, the loot was subpar in Shiro's opinion.

However, if the other adventurers were to know this they'll want to strangle her since they would kill for her loot. They weren't like her who could create suitable weapons when she wished.

Recycling the equipment except for a few, Shiro patted Yin's head as she looked up.

"Not far from the top now." Shiro said.

With the pace she was going at, killing the boss 20 times should be roughly a day or two's worth of effort outside of the Dungeon.

Inside the Dungeon, however, it would equate to roughly 30 to 50 days.

Climbing higher up the mountain, the next mobs were similar to the Yeti Berserker. They all looked like bipedal bulls that had white fur.

"Wait… Actually, I have an idea." Shiro muttered as she placed her palm down.

A giant sheet of Nanobots spread out as Shiro frowned seeing the surface area only being 10 meters squared.

'Compression system, piston propulsion system, retraction system, sensory system…' She thought as the trap was slowly being made.

Looking at the trap which bolstered 4 spikes for every meter squared, Shiro grinned while she covered the trap with snow.

She waited for her MP to recharge before taking action. Making a bow in her hands, she aimed it up and shot a flashbang arrow.

*BOOM!!!

The arrow exploded into a ball of light as the Yetis had to cover their eyes in pain.

Due to the nature of snow, they reflect light very well as they could cause blindness if not careful.

While the Yetis were used to the light shining off the snow, they couldn't stand the sudden burst of light caused by Shiro's arrow.

*GRUAHHH!!!!!

They roared out as their eyesight slowly recovered. When they saw Shiro, they glared at her in anger.

Shiro had a slightly sadistic smile on her face as she gestured for them to come with her finger.

*GRUAAA!!!

They roared in sync as they stormed towards her.

However, the moment they stepped on the trap, a laser sight appeared and aimed at Yetis.

When it locked on, the spears shot upwards before expanding like a Venus flytrap. Sharp spikes decorated the inside of the trap as it slammed shut on the Yetis.

*GRUAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!

Their screams reverberated in the mountains as they soon died out not too long after, returning the silence back to the mountains.

Looking at the sight in front of her, Shiro couldn't help but giggle as that one trap allowed her to kill 8 of the Yetis.

Regenerating her mana, She walked towards the final boss.

As she continued to kill the Yetis, she couldn't help but notice the fact that the Yetis were decreasing in numbers the higher up she went.

'I hope it's not another god damn species again.' Shiro cursed as she was still a little annoyed from the millipede from last time. In a Dungeon of ants, a millipede was one of the obelisk guardians.

When she arrived at the highest point, she crouched down to make herself smaller and peeked towards the boss.

The boss was sniffing around as Shiro narrowed her eyes seeing the boss's appearance.

The boss was unlike the other Yetis. Instead of white fur, he had black and blue fur. An appearance which made Shiro question whether or not it could even hide in the snow.

His other features include a total of 4 muscular arms that seemed like they could snap a car in half just by tensing themselves.

[Titanus Yeti Ravager LVL 30 – Boss]

HP: 800,000/800,000

MP: 200,000/200,000

'Hmm, I should probably restrain his arms first.' Shiro thought as she looked over to Yin.

"Little Yin, lock up his arms please." Shiro whispered as she made a bow.

*CRRR CRRR!!!

Ice Chain wrapped around the ravager as Shiro pulled back on her bow.

*GUARRR!!!

The moment he roared, she let go of the arrow.

*BOOM!

The arrow exploded in the mouth of the Yeti as Shiro nocked another arrow.

Pulling back, Shiro split the mana arrow in two and fired them both.

Flexing her fingers, Shiro controlled the arrows to shoot at the Yeti's temple.

The temple is one of the weakest parts of the skull, allowing Shiro to penetrate the skull without as much force.

Grabbing her bow at the handle, Shiro twisted them and separated it into two swords.

The ice chain started to break apart as Shiro used her ice chain skill as well to lock the boss down longer.

Quickly making a skill chip, Shiro made an ice ramp towards the boss.

Jumping up, she aimed at the boss's arteries and slashed with several skills combined.

[Blood Rush]

[Momentum Multiplier]

[Increase Power]

[Increase Sharpness]

[Razor Edge]

*PUSHI!!!!!

The cuts severed both arteries as blood flowed out in huge quantities.

With large monsters like the ravager, their blood circulation would be fast seeing as they would need large quantities of energy to move their hulking bodies.

However, the main point as to why Shiro aimed for the arteries was due to the fact that with such a heavy amount of blood loss, the health would drain much faster.

The boss glowed with a blue light as Shiro only furrowed her brows.

"You and your god damn Rejuvenation." Shiro cursed as she waited for a moment.

As the shield wore off, Shiro plunged one of her blades into the ravager's mouth.

Quickly jumping backwards, Shiro avoided the grasp of his hands.

Clutching her hand, the sword exploded in the ravager's mouth.

Making herself another sword, Shiro dashed towards the ravager's legs.

*PFF PFF!!

The cuts appeared around his heels as Shiro severed the tendons.

Jumping up, she twisted her body and sliced at the shoulder tendons.

However, the arms suddenly bent abnormally as they reached out for her.

*BOOM!

Shiro quickly made a pillar of ice from the bottom of her feet, pushing her away from the arms.

Looking at the arms that could bend back on itself, Shiro frowned in disgust.

Drinking a mana potion, Shiro made a bow and nocked a nanotech arrow.

Pulling back the string, she dashed around the ravager.

*BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Ice spike were created in the ravager's hands as he threw it towards her.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 1st Phantom + 2nd Phantom.

In addition to the first and second phantom, Shiro activated Faded Snow Movement as well, boosting her speed further.

A blizzard started to pick up as the ravager narrowed his eyes.

Making four swords, one in each hand, he started to swing around him.

"Don't bother. I'm going ranged combat for a reason." Shiro called out as she was already above him.

*BOOM!

She shot her arrow downwards towards the ravager.

*PING!

The arrow shifted into a giant bladed net.

Wrapping around the body of the ravager, the blades dug deeper into his skin the more he struggled.

Flexing her fingers, Shiro caused the blades to rotate.

*GUARRRR!!!

The ravager roared out as blood continued to flow.

Nocking two arrows, Shiro aimed for the arteries once more.

For a boss like the ravager, the best way would be to let it die slowly on his own.

Now that the tendons and the arteries were destroyed, she didn't need to do anything else.

Jumping up onto a platform, Shiro sat down and watched the ravager coldly. Her bow was ready to fire should the ravager attack her.

After 30 minutes of struggling, the ravager died and collapsed weakly.

Dismissing her bow, Shiro collected her loot.

"Che. Nothing useful." Shiro muttered as she made her way back down the Dungeon.

Now she had to repeat this 19 more times for her star up requirement to be met.

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Shiro was laying on her back lazily as she had her legs in the air.

Kicking back and forth slightly, she waited for the 20th ravager to die.

"What an annoying class up task right little Yin?" Shiro asked as Yin chirped while snuggling up to her cheek.

In the time that they had run this Dungeon 20 times, Yin had managed to level up a lot.

[Yin LVL 18]

HP: 18,000/18,000

MP: 51,000/51,000

Skills – Shadow Buff (Tier 1), Ice Chain (Tier 1), Shadow Cloak (Tier 1)

With her level up, she learned the new skill Shadow Cloak. Shadow cloak is a stealth skill as it would let you blend in with the shadows. However, due to the fact that the skill was Tier 1, it drained quite a bit of MP per second.

[Shadow Cloak (Tier 1)]

Use the shadows to hide yourself.

Cost: 500MP/second

Cooldown: N/A

Once the ravager died, Shiro saw her class up requirements being completed.

[Snow Girl ★★]

Kill 20 Ice Elemental Based LVL 30 Bosses ✓

30 Ice Cores ✓

Reach Tier 2 Attunement In Ice ✓

With all of the requirements fulfilled, Shiro tapped the star up.

The 30 ice cores appeared around her as they slowly merged to form a crystal cocoon around her.

Her senses were dulled slightly but she could tell her body was getting stronger.

*Ping~!

The crystal shattered as Shiro slowly opened her eyes. She could tell that her senses were increased by quite an amount. This included her status.

[Name: Shiro

Race: Snow Girl (Evolution Criteria yet to be met)

Title: Shadow Empress, Beginner Monster (0/10 Humans Killed for Title Up)

Level: 33

Class: Snow Girl★★, Nanomancer

HP: 60,600/60,600

MP: 58,300/97,500

STR: 340 -> 450 (+110) <+140>

VIT: 370 -> 400 (+85) <+121>

INT: 550 -> 600 (+180) <+195>

AGI: 480 -> 550 (+110) <+165>

DEX: 400 -> 500 (+50) <+137>

DEF: 180 -> 220 (+150) <+92>

< > = Title Bonus

Unassigned Points: 400 -> 0

Attunements:

Ice – Tier 2

Lightning – Tier 0

Metal – Tier 0

Shadow – Tier 0

Balance: 2,127,400 USD

Equipment (Tap to Display)

Skills –

Snow Girl ★★:

Tier 2 Ice magic, Passive Regeneration, Blessed by Ice, Snow Magic, Faded Snow Movement, Cold Aura, Icy Touch (New), Icy Breath (New).

Nanomancer:

Dagger Creation, Nano Tech Engineering Tier 1, Sword Creation, Bow Creation, Heavy Weapon Creation, Shield Creation.

Other:

Mini-map, Inspection, Disguise, Mana Barrier, Speed Up (Equipment).

Shared Skills (Yin):

Shadow Buff (Tier 1), Ice Chain (Tier 1), Shadow Cloak (Tier 1)]

The only thing the second star did for her was give her two new skills and 20 more points to distribute per level up.

While this was subpar in her opinion, Shiro understood that the more stars she got now, the better her future classes would be.

As for her new skills, one was a passive much like Cold Aura. Depending on her killing intent, she's able to touch anything and freeze them over without using mana.

[Icy Touch – Passive]

The cold touch of a snow girl can be fatal if one is not prepared. With a single touch, one might be sent into a coma.

Effectiveness varies depending on surrounding temperature, killing intent and enemy resistance.

As for the second skill, it was an active type skill.

[Icy Breath]

Expend MP to breathe out a torrent of cold mist which is able to freeze enemies when used with enough MP.

Cost: Varies upon user's intention.

Cooldown: N/A

"HNN!! Ahhh~" Shiro stretched her body as running a Dungeon solo for 20 times was very tiring.

"Little Yin we're finally done!" Shiro said as Yin celebrated.

Hopping back on her shoulders, Yin snuggled herself back in her spot.

Chuckling slightly, Shiro left the Dungeon.

Inside the dungeon, around 25 days have passed meaning 25hrs outside.

Massaging her neck slightly, Shiro prepared herself for Lyrica's lecture once more.

On her way back to the dorms, Shiro was confused as to why she was getting more stares than normal. Especially on her face.

'Hmm… Did my star up change my face or something?' Shiro thought.

Arriving back at the dorm, Shiro saw Lyrica waiting by the door.

"SHIR---!!!!" Lyrica paused as she saw Shiro.

Her face instantly blushed as she tilted her head back to stop a nosebleed.

However, her eyes continued to stare at Shiro.

[Is there anything wrong with my face?] Shiro asked as she was curious.

"Just take a look yourself Shiro…" Lyrica muttered making sure to imprint the image into her mind.

Taking out a mirror, Shiro was surprised at her reflection.

Her face looked a lot more alluring now as there was less baby fat around her face. Her features were delicate as it made her seem surreal. Her skin had a rosy tint to it, urging people to give her skin a pinch.

One of the biggest changes was her hair. Originally, it had been pitch black in colour. However, it was now a dark midnight blue with streaks of white flaring at the tip of her hair.

'Huh… Well, I may need the lower face mask from Aarim sooner than I thought.' Shiro thought, storing away the mirror.

She never expected that levelling up a star brought such changes to her physical appearance as well.

52 Auction P1

Scratching the back of her head slightly, Shiro looked at her new hair with a slightly perplexed expression.

It wasn't that she didn't like it but that this meant troubles for her later on. The chances of her body changing more with each star earned were quite high as Shiro couldn't explain the growth.

[You like this hair? I wasn't too sure.] Shiro lied as she examined her hair.

"Un your hair is nice. It's rather unique with the white flares around the edges." Lyrica nodded as she made sure her nosebleed was gone.

Pulling out a handkerchief, she cleaned her nose a little.

[Well enough of that. Have you prepared yet?] Shiro asked.

"Prepared for the event?"

[Yeah. Faction recruitment starts in 2 days. You should prepare yourself since we want you to get into a decent guild. With a good guild, the mortality would be lower.]

"True. But I'm not sure if I can get into one. From the previous faction events, I know that there is an introduction then a total of 5 stages and a prize pool at the end." Lyrica said as they walked into the dorm.

[Do you know how the event is going to be laid out this year?] Shiro asked as she wanted to test Lyrica.

"The introduction is basically the different factions showing off so people can decide which one they want to join. The intro includes different factions sparring with each other and competing in some fun events.

"The next stage or the actual stage 1, is the warrior's division. Every melee type adventurer participates in this event as the challenges vary every time it is held.

"Stage 2 is the mages division. Just like stage 1, every mage participated in this event.

"Stages 1 and 2 aim to thin out the crowd in for both mages and warriors alike. This would leave around a few thousand competitors in the event.

"Stage 3 is aimed at thinning the crowd even more. Most often, this is a battle royal. They'll be doing this part in the simulation so people can go all out.

"Stage 4 is a tournament of sorts. They'll reshuffle the remaining members and put them in several different blocks. Anyone who isn't top 3 is then eliminated.

"The final stage, stage 5, is where it's 1 vs 1 fights. The winner of each block will place in the top 10, 20, 25 etc depending on how many there are.

"The order is shuffled around so the potential 1st place may be the last place within the top 20. As for people under the top 20, they can challenge the higher ranks to try to get into the top 20.

"There are rewards for the top 10, top 20, top 50 and top 100. Last time they held the recruitment, they had C ranked items for top 10. The winner had a special C ranked item that boosted his potential up by several folds." Lyrica explained as they went to her room.

Sitting down on the chair again, Shiro crossed her legs.

[So are we going to be registered as adventurer's or under the school?]

"We'll be registered under the school when we join the faction recruitment. This is so that the school can have bragging rights if a big faction recruits one of our students." Lyrica said.

[I see. Oh before I forget, I'll be heading out again tomorrow. Only to get some accessories.]

"Mind if you take me along?" Lyrica asked.

[Sure. Though the shop name is a little out there, the private stock is definitely worth it. It's where I got both of our outfits.]

"Heh~ I'm more curious now. It's not every day you see such a good outfit too. Not to mention, it doesn't break." Lyrica said as she glanced at her outfit.

[We'll set off early tomorrow. Goodnight.] Shiro typed as Lyrica nodded.

Walking back to her room, Shiro frowned seeing another shadow.

Flexing her finger, a spike appeared and stabbed the shadow at the temple.

"Tsk. Stalker." Shiro frowned as she set a few traps around her room.

It took an hour before all the traps were laid out perfectly.

Shiro decided to message Aarim as well seen as though she had the chance.

[Shiro: Hey Aarim. Would it be fine if I visited your shop to commission for another accessory made from monster cloth?]

[Aarim: How much monster cloth do you think I have available?!]

Shiro was surprised seeing how fast Aarim replied.

[Shiro: I just want to commission a face mask that I can pull down. Black in colour.]

[Aarim: Hmm… sure. You know the payment right? Modelling again.]

[Shiro: I'm not too sure about this. I have a friend coming with me.]

[Aarim: You can just do the photoshoot together with your friend.]

[Shiro: I'll have to ask her tomorrow then.]

[Aarim: If she doesn't want to, I'll put it on a tab. You can come model for me when you have time.]

[Shiro: Thank you very much.]

[Aarim: no problems.]

Putting her phone aside, Shiro changed into her nightwear before sleeping.

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[Would it be ok if you pose for a few outfits with me? The outfits Aarim has are quite nice as well.]

"Are they similar to what we have on now?"

[Kind of. Since these outfits are what I requested, they're a little different to what she has in stock.]

"Heh~ I mean I don't see why not. It seems fun." Lyrica said. While her speech was calm, her mind was racing about the type of outfits she could see Shiro wear.

Turning into an alleyway, Lyrica frowned slightly.

"So are you sure the store is in this alleyway?" Lyrica asked.

[The location is a little obscure but it is indeed here. You'll see it when we get there.] Shiro said as they turned a few corners.

[Aarim's Sexual Pleasure Item Store.]

"…"

Lyrica blushed heavily seeing the store titled as she looked over to Shiro.

Shiro wasn't phased at all as she entered inside.

"AH! Shiro wait up!" Lyrica called out before following her.

Hiding behind Shiro slightly, they enter the store.

"Welcome~ Ah you're here. And you brought your friend as you said." Aarim smiled as Shiro nodded.

[Yeah, she's agreed to model with me.] Shiro typed out as Lyrica moved around nervously thinking about the type of outfits they could have.

'Surely it shouldn't be similar to what her store sign is right?' Lyrica thought as the image of Shiro wearing something lewd was outside of her character.

'But it may not be that bad.' Lyrica blushed.

Aarim grinned seeing the reactions and the type of gaze Lyrica looked at Shiro with.

'I should get some of my more spicy outfits out.' Aarim thought with a grin.

[Nothing lewd.]

"Che." Both Aarim and Lyrica clicked their tongues as Shiro had a bland expression.

Lyrica blushed as her guard was down so her internal thoughts leaked out.

Aarim only grinned wider.

Reaching under the table, she pulled out a face mask.

"This is what you wanted. It zips up at the back." Aarim said as Shiro nodded.

Putting on the mask, Shiro pulled up the fabric so it covered her mouth and nose.

Breathing wasn't hindered as Shiro pulled out a mirror to check how it looked.

'It's not too bad. It hides my lower face quite nicely actually. Only my hair is a little more memorable I suppose.' Shiro thought as she looked at her hair which had a white flare at the tips.

"Let's go to the studio." Aarim said as she clapped her hands.

Lyrica nodded as she was much more eager than Shiro.

Walking back to the studio, Aarim revealed her outfit collection to Lyrica.

"Wow." Lyrica muttered seeing the huge assortment of outfits.

[How many are we doing today?] Shiro asked.

"Since it was only a mask, I'll let you off a bit easier. 30 sets."

"30 sets?!" Lyrica was shocked. 30 sets took quite a lot of time to try on and that wasn't factoring the modelling time.

"It's simple, last time Shiro did well over 100 sets for me." Aarim waved her hand as she grabbed an outfit.

Handing it over to Shiro, she also gave a set to Lyrica.

"Now get changed while I set up the camera." Aarim said.

Shiro nodded as she walked to the changing rooms. Undressing herself, Shiro couldn't help but raise an eyebrow to her figure. Not only did her face change slightly, but her body also.

Yesterday she was too tired to check, but now she realised she's grown a little as well. Her bust, whilst still small, grew a little too.

'I wonder what the owner of this body looked like as a grown-up.' Shiro thought with curiosity.

Changing into clothes made with monster cloth was much easier than normal due to the fact that it was effected by mana.

Expanding the outfit, Shiro put her arms through the sleeves before shrinking the outfit.

Wearing a few more pieces, she was fully changed.

Lyrica was daydreaming as she examined Shiro's body entirely.

[Are you not feeling well? I'll do your half of the modelling as well if you aren't feeling well.] Shiro offered.

"Ah no, it's fine." Lyrica said snapping out of it. She didn't know how it was possible but it felt like Shiro's grown a little.

'If she had a slightly more mature body, it wouldn't be too bad either...' She thought to herself.

Copying what Shiro did, Lyrica was surprised at how easy it was to change into the outfit. It was even more so than her current outfit since her outfit was in pieces. These dresses, however, were mostly 1 piece dresses.

"Hmm… if every outfit is this easy, 30 outfits will be done in no time." Lyrica said as she put on the accessories.

Shiro only smiled as Lyrica would be eating her own words soon.

Walking out of the changing room, they saw Aarim with everything set up.

"Get on, we're taking a few photos now." Aarim smiled and gestured to the area with the white back drop.

###

"Urggggggg...…" Lyrica groaned as she finally finished doing the final outfit.

[I remember a certain someone saying this will be done in no time at all.] Shiro chuckled slightly.

"Yes I did. However, she took over a hundred pictures with each outfit!" Lyrica said sitting up.

[It isn't too bad. If you get used to it, you can get through a hundred pictures quicker.] Shiro smiled.

"I suppose but urg… so tiring." Lyrica complained.

"Since you've already got your item, you don't get a reward ok Shiro?" Aarim said as Shiro nodded.

"As for your friend Lyrica here... catch this." Aarim said flicking over a USB.

Catching it, Lyrica glanced at it with curiosity.

"A 3TB USB? What do I need it for?" Lyrica asked.

"It's 3TB worth of modelling pictures Shiro took including today. You don't wan-"

"Who said I don't want." Lyrica said quickly storing it inside her inventory.

Aarim giggled as this was what she expected.

"By the way, I heard that there is a pretty big auction happening tonight. They're holding it since the faction recruitment is tomorrow. With everyone in the city, they'll have a bigger audience to take money from." Aarim said as she sat down by the counter. She decided to inform Shiro and Lyrica as they may find something useful int the auction.

[A auction? Is there anything remarkable about it?] Shiro asked.

"Remarkable? Hmm… they said something about a sword being really good for low levels. A blue greatsword in fact. Quite a rare weapon." Aarim said as Shiro paused.

'Isn't that the sword I scammed to them?' Shiro thought.

[What's so remarkable with the sword?]

"They say the skill is a rare percentage skill. It's able to increase the strength of the user by 100% for a short moment. Since the sword itself is level 15, not only could it help the pass their class advancement, but it will also help them get an edge over other level 20 adventurer's that join the event."

[Then what about items?] Shiro asked. Weapons were nice and all, but items held the cake for her.

She could craft a few items, but they were very limited due to her knowledge of them.

"Items… Hmm… I don't remember a lot but the supposedly best item for the auction is something called an awakening stone. If you don't know what it is, its an item that'll help you unlock your elemental attunement or at least enhance it. Tier 0 to Tier 1 with the highest being Tier 1 to Tier 2." Aarim said with a wave of her hand.

'The awakening stone is pretty good I suppose.' Shiro thought as she too knew about this stone. If one had more than 1 elemental attunement, the stone would have a randomised chance to awaken your main element or the sub-element. For her, it was a chance between 3 elements since the ice was already Tier 2.

'Having an extra element would help I suppose but my MP drain is going to increase.'

She had 3 elements right now at Tier 0 so the moment she used the awakening stone, she'll gain the skill line for one of these elements. Lightning to improve her attack power. Metal for defence, which was rather useless considering her fighting style, and Shadow to increase stealth.

'I'll think of more ways to use them when I unlock them.' Shiro thought as the auction seemed pretty appealing as of this moment.

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36 Spider“s Whisper p5

Lyrica eventually snapped out of it and helped her set up the tent.

[You set up beds. Jonas seems to want to talk to me.] Shiro pointing at Jonas who was waiting by the side.

Lyrica nodded as she went inside the tent.

[Can I help you?] Shiro asked.

&quot;Yeah. Can we have a short walk? I just want to talk for a little bit.&quot; Jonas smiled

[Sure.]

Walking to the edge of the boss room, Shiro waited for Jonas to open his mouth.

&quot;Thank you for helping us. Honestly, if you didn't tank the boss, there was a good chance for us to lose a few members.&quot; Jonas sighed.

Shiro only shrugged at this as he knew what he was going to ask.

[If you're wondering, I just used normal martial arts to tank the boss. If it had hit me once, I would have been in danger.]

&quot;I've seen the martial art's taught around this area. And yours is definitely one of the most advanced ones I've seen. Which martial arts allows a 13 year old to slam a 3 meter tall boss into the ground?&quot; Jonas asked rhetorically.

[True.] Shiro shrugged. Honestly, she doesn't know where the Yin Style Phantom Arts lie in terms of quality in the martial arts world. But she did know that this martial arts suited her a lot. More so than her old mish mash of combat arts.

&quot;But what I wanted to ask was not info about your martial arts but rather, will you join my party?&quot; Jonas asked.

[What?]

&quot;I wish to recruit you into my party.&quot;

[No.]

&quot;… Ha…. I thought as much. Care to explain?&quot; Jonas sighed.

[I'm planning on making my own party. This stop in New York is only temporary. I aim for the bigger world. Which is why I wanted to recruit Silvia. A grand healer like her is not often seen, one with buffs as well.]

&quot;I know. Honestly, Silvia is too good for our party. She saved us a lot in the past.&quot; Jonas smiled slightly as he leaned against the wall.

[Want to tell me why she's in your party then?]

&quot;Her father. That's why. Her father was a good friend of ours and Silvia knew it. However, we couldn't find a support so every Dungeon Run was dangerous. One day, we just couldn't handle it and he died. Silvia was determined to become a healer and the best one at that so she can help as many people as she can. The only reason why she stays here is because she wanted to look after us in place of her father.&quot; Jonas said with nostalgia.

[So she is staying in your party in place of her father. If that is what she wants then I'll give up. I don't like to force people against their wills in situations like this. Since she likes to stay in your party, wasted talent or not, it's her choice.] Shiro typed out.

&quot;…Honestly, you don't feel the age you look.&quot; Jonas replied honestly.

[This miss is only 13. If you need anything else just ask.] Shiro typed as she walked away.

Jonas only shrugged as he returned to his tent.

Opening the tent, Shiro found the inside to be completely set up. Beds were in place, and so was some food.

&quot;Hey Shiro. What did he ask you about?&quot; Lyrica asked.

[He just asked me to join his party. I rejected though.] Shiro shrugged.

&quot;Heh~ So he recruited you…. Well I suppose since Shiro is strong. A lot of parties would want you.&quot; Lyrica nodded.

[Yes, but I don't want them. I'd rather make my own party and explore the wide world.] Shiro smiled as she sat down on the makeshift bed.

&quot;Is that so…&quot; Lyrica muttered sadly as this meant that Shiro was going to leave. She didn't think she would be recruited since she was weak, much weaker and anyone she's seen especially Shiro.

[Che, look at your expression. Ai so dense.] Shiro shook her head.

&quot;Dense? What do you mean.&quot; Lyrica asked.

[Think about it. What have I done for you?]

&quot;You took me to Dungeons, levelled me up, got me a weapon, taught me to fight and brought me to this raid.&quot; Lyrica replied.

[Yep. And in the end, you still think I'm not recruiting you?] Shiro raised an eyebrow.

&quot;Ah! You're right!&quot; Lyrica muttered in realisation.

[Right now I'm nurturing your talent. I'm helping you get stronger.] Shiro typed out.

&quot;But I thought you wanted to me to join a faction?&quot; Lyrica asked.

[Just because you joined a faction doesn't mean you can't be in a party does it?] Shiro shrugged.

Naturally, there were factions who force the adventurers to not join other parties. But if that was the case then Lyrica can just leave that faction.

&quot;That is true…&quot; Lyrica nodded as she sat down on her bed.

They talked for a little bit more until it was time for them to eat.

Dinner was bland for Shiro since she couldn't taste the flavours at all. She could only hide 3 D ranked mana stones in her food.

After giving Yin his part of the D ranked stones, Shiro could only sigh at her remaining stock.

'I should probably go solo a few more D ranked dungeons to get my stock refilled.' Shiro thought.

This time she'll be more careful as having a 10-day break with decreased stats wasn't fun at all. Not to mention, she had to be careful every time she exerted her body.

However, by the time they finished this Dungeon, her status debuff should wear off.

Finishing the meal, they returned to their respective tents for the night.

Shiro kept herself in a shallow sleep state to make sure they weren't backstabbed.

Thankfully, the night passed safely.

&quot;The next challenge is a parkour challenge. Everyone needs to work together since we can't use mana in this area.&quot; Jonas said as the party nodded.

The next section of the Spider's Whisper raid involved them jumping and climbing through obstacles. One misstep and you'll fall to the bottom. The higher you go, the more dangerous it gets.

Naturally, with a healer on the team, no one will die on this part.

&quot;We'll do it in a buddy system. Everyone pairs up and help each other out. You'll be giving each other a boost to reach the next platform.&quot; Jonas called out.

Shiro and Lyrica paired up.

[We can do this easily.] Shiro smiled. Her mobility was top tier for her class and level. This was because her stats were focused around being a glass cannon. Therefore, she had to have the AGI to dodge.

&quot;Yeah. Want to race up there?&quot; Lyrica joked.

[You sure about that?] Shiro replied raising an eyebrow.

&quot;Shiro, Lyrica, do you two want to be first?&quot; Jonas asked seeing them joke about this section.

[Sure.] Shiro nodded as she gave her body a stretch.

[Lyrica, I'll give you a 5 to 10 second head start.] Shiro offered as Lyrica nodded.

&quot;Alright don't regret it.&quot; Lyrica said.

Stepping back slightly, she crouched down and held her blade.

Stepping down hard, Lyrica dashed forwards as she stabbed her blade into the ground and vaulted upwards. Twisting her body, she stabbed it to the side of the walls and landed on the blade.

Grabbing the blade with one hand, she spun herself before launching herself upwards, storing the blade into her inventory in the process.

While the process wasn't perfect, it wasn't clumsy either. The raid party watched with a slacking jaw as they knew they couldn't do the same. They had high AGI but they doubt they could pull off what Lyrica did.

Shiro only smiled seeing Lyrica made use of her hidden proficiency. Her hidden proficiency would give hints and sometimes act on instinct. By adjusting herself at the last moment, she can force her hidden proficiency to act on her instincts and propel her upwards.

&quot;I may have my work cut out for me, right little Yin?&quot; Shiro said tapping Yin's head.

However, her smile never faded as she stretched her body.

The entire area was several tens of meters high as Lyrica was only around 10% of the way up.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 2nd Phantom – Speed Phantom.

Her figure blurred for a moment as Shiro was already tapping on the walls.

Making sure to step on the gaps, she launched herself with minimal contact.

Flipping off the walls, Shiro leapt over Lyrica's head and gave her a wave.

&quot;Shiro!&quot; Lyrica called out in surprise. She thought she had managed to outsmart Shiro through her hidden proficiency but it seems like she was wrong.

Shiro figure blurred constantly as it made her seem like a ghost.

In a short 2 minutes, she landed softly at the top on the floor.

Lyrica only arrived after 10 minutes.

&quot;Are we doing the same?&quot; Someone asked Jonas.

&quot;Yes we are.&quot; He nodded.

&quot;Wait what?!&quot;

&quot;Of course I'm f*cking joking! Do I look like I can do a flip!&quot; Jonas retorted as they had something else of this.

&quot;Carry this.&quot; Jonas said throwing over a ladder.

They had to resort to using ladders and climb up pair by pair.

The entire area took them an hour and a half as Shiro waited bored at the top.

Coughing awkwardly at the fact that they took so long to arrive at the top, Jonas led them to the next boss.

&quot;The next boss is the second to last boss. The worst part about this is the time limit. We have 30 minutes to kill the Spider King and after 30 minutes, the Spider Queen comes out.

Individually, they're not bad. But together they're a pain in anyone's asses.&quot; Jonas said as Shiro perked up hearing asses.

She wasn't really focused on Jonas as she was looking into the boss room.

&quot;Shiro, he means they are annoying.&quot; Lyrica whispered over as she knew what the girl was thinking.

[Oh.] Was all Shiro typed as she decided to listen in on the strategy.

&quot;The key to this boss is timing. When the boss fight starts, several waves of enemies will be attacking us with the boss. Within the wave of enemies, there will be a few spiders that are glowing bright red. We need to avoid them at all cost while the main damage team will be fighting the boss. For every 20% of the health lost, the boss will open his giant maws to eat minions. When he does that, we need to throw the bomb spiders inside instead to stop this. This will increase the aggro of whoever threw the bomb but will stop his healing. Do this correctly and we should be able to kill him before the queen comes.&quot; Jonas explained.

&quot;What about If we don't do manage to kill him before the queen?&quot; Someone asked.

&quot;Well sh*t get's annoying. Because the queen will kill any bomb spiders on sigh so we must draw her away. If she manages to kill a bomb spider, the spider king will regenerate the 20% lost health.

If we can't successfully draw her away, the fight will never end. As for the strategy for her, her back opens up every 30% health loss and that's when she's in a weakened state. Outside of that, her armour is abnormally tough. She's a tank that can definitely take a beating. Therefore, we need to kill the king before we focus on her. Be careful though, she has fear skills and causes confusion.&quot; Jonas said.

&quot;Therefore, when a member is feared or confused, the nearest partner or buddy needs to force feed the fear resistance potion since it has a low duration. If both are feared or confused, the surrounding people need to force feed them. People need to call out quickly to reduce the chances of casualties.&quot; Jonas said as they nodded.

Shiro only sighed as the best thing for this was the dispel skill.

The worst part of this was that she could be feared or confused as well. She'll need to be careful in case she accidentally killed someone in one go.

After discussing the basic strategies, the raid party got ready to fight the Spider King.

It was a half man with a spider body anywhere under the abs. The spider had dark purple armour while the man's skin was pure white.

His total height measured to about 6 meters.

[Spider King LVL 20 – Raid Boss]

HP: 600,000/600,000

MP: 750,000/750,000

37 Spider“s Whisper p6

The first thing Shiro did was to secure the aggro of the boss. She was going to be the main tank since she had the least chance of dying to it.

Creating a few spears around her, she dashed towards the Spider King.

*BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG

Swiping his claws, the king destroyed the spears.

Shiro frowned seeing this as the king's observational abilities are top tier.

Twisting her body under his claws, she crouched down and tapped the underbelly of the king with her palms.

*BOOMM!!!

A giant pillar of ice exploded as it forced the king to land on his side.

&quot;BOMB IT!&quot;

Someone shouted as magic and skills shot towards the boss.

Getting back up with difficulty, the king was about to attack when Shiro found the perfect opportunity.

Like the sad royal guard, the king was also penetrated.

&quot;…&quot;

'WHAT IS WITH THIS GIRL AND ASSES!!' The adventurer's thought, feeling an ounce of pity for the boss.

However, that pity didn't get in the way of them killing it as they continued to launch attacks.

They could only attack since the other adventurers are taking care of the extra spiders flowing into the room.

&quot;BOSS LOST 20%! GET THE BOMB!&quot; Jonas shouted out as the maw of the boss opened up to reveal rows of disgusting teeth.

Someone threw the bomb over but their aim was a little off.

Shiro frowned seeing this as she dashed towards it. Twisting her body, she kicked the spider bomb into the mouth of the king. She made sure to use counter weight phantom as to not set it off early.

*BOOM!!!

The king recoiled back as bomb exploded in his mouth.

&quot;YOUR FATHER COULD SHOOT BETTER THAN YOU! SOMEONE ELSE THROW NEXT TIME!!&quot; Jonas called out angrily at the thrower.

Shiro only chuckled as she understood the joke.

While she was tanking the boss, Lyrica was displaying a surprising amount of damage per second.

*CING CING CING CING!

Her blade created scratches upon scratches on the armour but the damage was dealt.

Backflipping off the back of the king, she landed softly.

A spider tried to jump on her but was killed with a single swipe.

With Lyrica increasing her damage output, the HP of the king was decreasing dramatically.

&quot;BOMB!&quot; Jonas shouted out as this time someone actually threw on target.

60%... 40%.... 20%...

The HP decreased steadily as it reached the final hurdle. The last bomb.

However, when maw opened up, the bomb spider was a little too far.

&quot;Shiro help me!&quot; Lyrica called out as Shiro nodded.

Lyrica stabbed her blade into the ground as she stepped on it and launched her self through the air.

Shiro flicked her wrist as a ramp made from ice was created easily.

Lyrica landed without much force as she swiped up the bomb. Throwing it, the bomb flew in a perfect arc and landed in the spider's maw.

&quot;AAAHHHHHHGGGGGG!!!&quot; Crying out in pain, the king collapsed on his own body weight.

&quot;Fuu…&quot; Wiping her sweat, Lyrica walked over to her blade.

&quot;ALRIGHT! QUICKLY CLEAR OUT THE MOBS!! WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE QUEEN!!&quot; Jonas shouted out as everyone pushed to kill the spiders. After the king dies, bomb spiders stopped appearing.

Therefore, they wanted to clear the normal spiders for more room against the queen.

Clearing out a 30-meter diameter circle around them, they gulped as they prepared for the queen.

If they died they would die for good. But, times have changed, it would be hard to go through life without being an adventurer. You just wouldn't get the required cash to survive. Naturally, you could also work for the government. But, with so many people in the world, who can guarantee a job?

So they risk their lives to survive in this changed world.

*PHEW! PUCHI!

A blade was launched at an adventurer as it lacerated deep into his torso.

&quot;SILVIA!&quot; Jonas shouted out. Everyone here was risking their lives, so if they could save 1 or 2 they would.

Silvia quick rushed over to him as she healed him as fast as he could.

Shiro, who saw this, quickly ran towards the queen as she needed to stop her from attacking other adventurers.

Creating a spear of ice, Shiro vaulted herself up as she kicked the end of the spear and sent it to the queen.

*BOOM!

Shiro exploded the spear just before impact as the force send the queen back stumbling.

&quot;Use this chance to prepare!&quot; Lyrica shouted out as knew what Shiro wanted to say.

Shiro gave her a thumbs up.

Creating two large pillars of ice beside her, Shiro stood like a war goddess protecting the gate.

The queen slowly crawled back up as she glared at Shiro. She recognised the girl who stabbed her husband's anus.

As the dust cleared, everyone could see the queen in her full glory. She was a large humanoid with spider shape designed armour, pale skin, 4 pairs of eyes and long white hair.

[Spider Queen LVL 20 – Raid Boss]

HP: 599,500/600,000

MP: 900,000/900,000

Her initial attack only hit for a pitiful 500 HP damage as the armour was abnormally though.

Shiro only frowned harder as she saw the HP regenerate after a moment.

'We'll have to keep hitting her to keep her regeneration down.' She thought.

Glancing backwards, Shiro noted that the man was healed.

&quot;TANKERS CHARGE!&quot; Jonas shouted as sweat was dripping down his head.

The person who was heavily injured was one of their tankers, and if they aren't careful, they'll be done for.

Dark red smoke started to flow out from the cracks of the queen's armour as Shiro understand it to the fear skill.

The smoke merged into a skull as it shot towards one of the adventurers.

&quot;ARG!&quot; He cried out as his eye became bloodshot. Before he could even do anything, his buddy stuffed a potion into his mouth breaking him out of the fear status.

&quot;Thanks.&quot; He said as he panted.

His buddy nodded as they returned to the fight.

'At least they can react fast enough.' Shiro thought, thankful for this.

The two pillars beside her extended out with smaller sections as they blocked the queen's strike.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 3rd Phantom – Counter Weight Phantom.

She raised her leg and pushed the queen's arms down before twisting her body and gave the queen another kick.

As Shiro kicked the queen back, Lyrica dashed behind the queen and stabbed her using her blade.

&quot;ARH!&quot; The queen cried out as her legs extended out behind her.

Lyrica wanted to dodge backwards as she knew she was in danger.

Shiro erected a shield seeing this.

&quot;AHH!!!&quot; The legs weren't slowed by the shield as it pierced through and stabbed Lyrica in her abdominal area.

It was about to stab at Lyrica again but Shiro dashed in front of the queen.

She grabbed the leg with her left hand.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 3rd and 4th Phantom – Counter Weight + Internal Feasting Phantom.

Twisting her body, Shiro created a blade on her leg as she applied all the force into a sing point.

*CRACK!

The leg cracked as it broke away from the queens back.

Green blood splattered everywhere as Shiro threw the leg away.

Lyrica took this chance to drink an HP potion.

&quot;Thanks.&quot; She said as Shiro nodded.

Dashing forwards, Shiro was about to stab towards the queen's eye.

The queen leaned back as she kicked towards Shiro.

Touching the leg with her left hand, Shiro flipped once before kicking the queen in the face.

Shiro only frowned as her reach was abysmally small since she would have easily ripped the eye out of the queen's skull.

Dark red smoke erupted out the queen as Shiro was hit but the status debuff.

&quot;OH CRAP!&quot; Lyrica shouted in a panic as she took out a potion. However, Shiro was already nowhere to be seen.

&quot;Huh?&quot; Lyrica muttered in confusion.

She suddenly shivered as snowflakes fell from the sky.

&quot;Did Shiro get feared?&quot; Jonas asked with a frown.

&quot;Yeah she did. When I tried to release her she was long gone.&quot; Lyrica said with a bit of panic.

&quot;But it seems like it worked out for us instead.&quot; Jonas said pointing at the blizzard that was started to pick up speed.

&quot;RUN AWAY FROM THE QUEEN!!&quot; He shouted out.

A pair of azure eyes were seen in the blizzard as Lyrica shivered feeling the killing intent being radiated from Shiro.

&quot;What the hell did she see when she was feared.&quot; Jonas muttered with a frown.

Meanwhile, Shiro was smiling like a psychopath in the blizzard as she started down the queen like a hunter and prey.

When she was hit by the fear, a part of her was wondering what she was afraid of. However, what she saw was the light bearer hero. She didn't fear him, no far from it. She wanted nothing else but to end him.

&quot;Since you want to take his appearance so much lemme fulfil your wish.&quot; Shiro grinned as she created a spear of ice.

Dashing forwards, Shiro dodged the queens strike and pinned the arm to the ground.

Her cold aura was in full force as the blizzard was created mostly from her passive.

After freezing the arm, Shiro kicked the queens head.

The kick caused the queen to recoil backwards as Shiro flicked her wrist and 5 spears stabbed towards the queen from different directions.

Glancing around, Shiro saw that the blizzard was obscuring everyone's view as she grinned.

Lightning coagulated in her palm as a dagger was formed. The dagger was printed with a skill she recycled from one of the items she scrapped before.

[Nano Tech Ice Dagger (Blue) LVL 10]

+15 pierce.

Skill – Mana Focus.

+10% MP for 5 minutes.

Cooldown: 5 minutes.

Drinking the MP potion, she grinned at her MP count.

[MP: 31,910/31,910]

Naturally, this also means her Bow Creation was unlocked.

Holding the dagger in her mouth, Shiro dashed towards the queen.

Tapping on the knee, she jumped over her as a bow was formed in her hands.

[Nano Craft Bow (Blue+) LVL 25]

+30 Pierce

+50 Power

+50 Penetration

+50 Critical Chance

+50 Critical Damage

Skill – Mana Enhanced Arrow

Insert stored mana to increase the power of the arrow fired.

Stored MP: 25,000/25,000

Cost: 1,000 per arrow.

The queen currently had around 85% of her health. There were enemies everywhere around them so Shiro could use her mana without worry that a red dot suddenly appeared.

Creating an ice hook, she used it to pull the bow back in place of her right arm.

Her eyes were cold as a neon blue arrow coagulated on the bow.

*BANG!!

The arrow was fired as it pierced through the armour with ease. Twisting her body, Shiro threw the bow up as she drank a few MP potions.

Pivoting on her leg, she avoided a strike from the queen before roundhouse kicking the head.

The space between them allowed the bow to fall back into her hands as she created another arrow and fired at point blank range.

Meanwhile, everyone outside could only watch the blizzard increase in size and turn the area in front of them into an icy tundra.

They couldn't see through the blizzard as all they saw were flashes of light.

One of the lights pierced through the blizzard.

*BOOM!

A giant crater was formed in the wall as the adventurers near it became pale.

&quot;Whatever happens, remind me not to piss Shiro off.&quot; Jonas said as Lyrica nodded.

From what it seems, what Shiro fears most was also what she wanted to kill the most.

One of the adventurers saw the arrow and muttered in disbelief.

&quot;How the hell can there be such a dense arrow of mana?!&quot;

&quot;What do you mean?&quot;

&quot;For it to cause this kind of destruction, it means the mana retained most of its power until contact. Even for me, the mana would disperse in time which is why we use man-made arrows to be more efficient.&quot;

&quot;So you're telling me a mage fires a better mana arrow than you.&quot;

&quot;… yes.&quot;

The light eventually faded after 30 minutes.

The blizzard faded away as they soon paled at the sight.

Shiro sat on the corpse of the Spider Queen with bloodshot eyes and an evil grin. She barely had a scratch on her as they looked at the mangled corpse of the spider queen.

The most prominent injury was a hole from her rear all the way through to her head. It was a clean hole as they shivered thinking about what could have happened.

Shiro pulled out a potion as she drank it and dispelled the fear status. Her killing intent dropped dramatically as the snowfall ended just like that.

&quot;…..&quot;

'IF YOU COULD SOLO THE GOD DAMN FINAL BOSS WHY WAS IT SO HARD TO KILL THE BOSSES BEFORE!!!'

38 Aarim

Seeing that the final boss was cleared, everyone rested up.

Lyrica, who was besides Shiro, fidgeted a bit as she opened her mouth to talk but gave up.

[If you have something to say, say it.]

&quot;Well… I was just wondering what you saw. For you to be that angry, it must have been someone you disliked a lot.&quot;

[You thought I was angry? No I wasn't. I wanted to kill, yes, but I wasn't angry. Nope, far from it.] Shiro chuckled. For as long as she could remember, she had hardly ever been angry.

&quot;Eh?! That wasn't you being angry?!&quot; Lyrica cried out in surprise as she looked at the mangled corpse of the queen.

[Nah. She just shifted into someone I really hate don't worry about it.] Shiro shrugged.

They soon found the mana stone as the body dispersed.

Due to her insanely high contribution, most of the loot went to her.

Shiro flicked her wrist as a bunch of items fell out. These items were the ones not useful for her so they could have it.

[This is some of the loot from the boss. Split it amongst yourselves.] Shiro waved her hand as she dismissed them.

She made sure to keep some of the best loot since it was the result of her own efforts.

&quot;HURRAH!!&quot; They cheered as they split the loot amongst themselves.

&quot;Wait!&quot; Someone shouted out as Shiro realised it was the guy she froze during the crystal stage.

Jonas frowned seeing this as they were lucky for Shiro to even want to share her loot.

&quot;She still has most of the money. What about the items she's keeping away from us. These could just be trash she kept to divert our attention.&quot; He said as Shiro only raised an eyebrow.

'Is this guy stupid? He just watched me solo the last boss and he thinks the adventurers will stand up against me?'

&quot;Think about it! We still have our supplies to fight the boss. Can we really make ends meet? What's harder to fight? A boss with annoying skills or a weakened girl!&quot; He continued as some of the adventurer's had greed flash in their eyes.

Lyrica felt her anger rise when she heard all of this. The worst part was people actually believing him as well.

Shiro's body flashed forwards as a dagger was taken out of her inventory.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 2nd Phantom – Speed Phantom.

&quot;Come le-!!!!&quot;

His head was ripped off from his torso as Shiro had a dagger in her hand. Red blood was splattered over her face as her eyes turned towards the other adventurer's who showed greed.

The speed of which Shiro killed the man shocked them as they paled instantly.

[Who else wants to try me?] Shiro typed out as she grinned.

&quot;AHH!!!&quot; Some of the adventurer's screamed in fear as they ran.

Shiro didn't mind them as they couldn't tell the police anyways. Killing in the Dungeon wasn't uncommon, but the police will arrest the assailants. Naturally, with them trying to rob her first, she would be the defendant.

Crouching down, she looted the man's corpse as everything inside of his inventory was transferred over to her.

[Beginner Monster Title Gained – You harvested your first human soul as a monster. How many more are to come?]

+1 Stat growth up

Stat Growth Up = Your attribute points will increase in effectiveness. EG: 1 Vit = 50HP is now 1 Vit = 100HP.

Seeing this, Shiro now understood why her counterparts had much more ridiculous stats compared to her. Since she had the monster physique, she would naturally get the bonuses from monsters.

If she slaughtered an entire city, her stats would go through the roof. However, that's not what she is like. She wouldn't go around slaughtering those who have no conflict with her.

But if they did, you can be assured that she'll wipe out the city from the face of the planet.

After gaining the title, both her HP and MP have doubled due to this.

[Name: Shiro (Weakened 18hrs)

Race: Snow Girl (Evolution Criteria yet to be met)

Title: Shadow Empress, Beginner Monster (0/10 Humans Killed for Title Up)

Level: 29

Class: Snow Girl★, Nanomancer

HP: 5700/5700 (True Value 34,000)

MP: 58,200/58,200

STR: 150 -&gt; 200 (+85) &lt;+50&gt;

VIT: 200 (+70) &lt;+50&gt;

INT: 300 -&gt; 350 (+140) &lt;+87&gt;

AGI: 240 -&gt; 300 (+75) &lt;+75&gt;

DEX: 200 -&gt; 240 (+40) &lt;+60&gt;

DEF: 80 (+135) &lt;+20&gt;

&lt; &gt; = Title Bonus

Unassigned Points: 0

Balance: 903,200 USD

Equipment (Tap to Display)

Skills –

Snow Girl ★:

Tier 2 Ice magic, Passive Regeneration, Blessed by Ice, Snow Magic, Faded Snow Movement, Cold Aura.

Nanomancer:

Dagger Creation, Nano Tech Engineering Tier 1, Sword Creation, Bow Creation, Heavy Weapon Creation.

Other:

Mini-map, Inspection, Disguise, Harden (Equipment), Lesser Fear (Equipment), Mana Barrier.]

Standing back up, Shiro looked around and saw that only Lyrica and Jonas' party were left.

[Only you guys are left huh? Seems about right.] Shiro typed out as she cleaned her face a little.

However, the blood from both the adventurer and the boss stained on her skin a little as it made her look creepy yet cute. A combination Lyrica was surprised that worked somehow.

&quot;Even though I'm a bit annoyed that you killed him without question, I know he deserved it.&quot; Jonas sighed. Having trash like that who forgot who killed the boss, wasn't needed in this dangerous world. Everyone only had one life yet he tried to kill someone who kept them all safe.

[Mature thinking. I like.] Shiro grinned.

Jonas only shrugged while the rest of the party was only a little pale.

The most surprising was the fact that Lyrica was completely unaffected.

[Lyrica you're not surprised?] Shiro asked.

&quot;Surprised? No. Just a shame I didn't end him myself.&quot; Lyrica pouted a little.

[Aww how cute.] Shiro smiled widely as she patted Lyrica's head.

&quot;…&quot;

Trace and Paul looked at each other.

'THEY'RE F*CKING CRAZY!'

Walking out of the raid calmly, they decided to trade contact info in case they wanted to party up again.

&quot;Thanks for your help during the raid.&quot; Jonas smiled.

[Don't mind it. It was quite rewarding for me as well.] Shiro replied as she wasn't wrong.

Not only did she increase her level, but she also gained the monster title. Something which she didn't know about yet was able to boost up her combat prowess by a wide margin.

[As for miss Silvia. I'm always open if you want to join my party.]

&quot;Thanks for the offer. I'll keep you in mind should I ever need to switch.&quot; Silvia smiled.

Shiro nodded as they left for different directions.

[What do you want to do now Lyrica?] Shiro asked.

&quot;I've managed to reach level 17. I'm thinking of challenging a level 10 to 15 Dungeon alone.&quot; Lyrica said as Shiro thought and nodded.

[I'll follow you. Make sure you don't get yourself into something above your level.]

&quot;No. I want to make sure I rely on myself. It's dangerous but it'll push me to my limits.&quot; Lyrica said with determination.

'Hmm… Babying her all the time would be back. She should be able to take care of herself.' Shiro thought as she supported her decision of soloing the dungeon. The only problem was her safety.

[Fine but you need to stock up on supplies. If you don't have enough money, I can lend you 300 thousand USD.] Shiro smiled.

&quot;No it's fine. I have enough money for some supplies.&quot; Lyrica shook her head.

[Then I recommend you challenge the level 10 to 15 Dungeon, Broken Howls. The monsters there are mostly single target ones as they don't join up in a pack often. You should have an easier time there.] Shiro suggested.

&quot;Alright. Thanks Shiro.&quot; Lyrica smiled as she walked away.

Watching Lyrica walk to conquer a solo dungeon, Shiro felt like a parent watching their child grow up.

'Hopefully, she'll be safe.' Shiro thought with a smile.

Walking towards the auction house, Shiro wanted to get some mana stone to stock up for both her and Yin.

D ranked mana stones averaged around 30k to 40k in USD. C ranks were unbuyable in this city.

Thinking about this, Shiro decided to hold off from buying mana stones. Since just buying 20 would take more than 600k USD.

Looking through the equipment section, Shiro wanted to find any good equipment to recycle so she can take their skills.

&quot;Che. Just a bunch of unless items.&quot; Shiro muttered in disappointment. Most of the skills that were included in the items were single value advantages rather than percentage increases. With single value increases, they would do little to nothing later down in the line Shiro had no used for them.

Shaking her head, Shiro walked out of the auction house and decided to visit Helion. She wanted him to make a set of armour for Lyrica as a present.

This was her first time doing a Dungeon solo after all.

Walking to the blacksmith's area, Shiro found her way to Helion.

&quot;Shiro! What brings you here? Got a commission?&quot; Helion greeted with a smile.

[Yeah. I want to commission a full set of armour for my friend.] Shiro smiled.

&quot;Got any requirements? Like the amount of plating, leather, chain mail and so on.&quot;

[I want it to be half armoured half cloth if possible. Nothing that restrains movement or is too heavy so it slows her down.]

&quot;Hmm, sure. The materials are a little harder to obtain thought. Especially since your friend is quite low of a level.&quot; Helion said placing his hammer down.

[I want it to be level 20 armour. I have a bunch of materials from the Spider's Whisper raid.]

&quot;Show me. I'll see if it's enough to make the armour.&quot; Helion said as Shiro walked over to the bench.

A large pile of miscellaneous items fell out as Shiro made sure to keep them this time as they were gathered from a raid.

Item gathered from a raid are more powerful compared to normal materials. Especially since the bosses have the title of Raid Boss.

&quot;Hmm, plating, mana reinforced webs, claws, thorax, crown armour, queens extremities… Yeah. I think I can work with this. The only problem is the cloth armour. I can't make it since its not my forte.&quot; Helion shook his head.

[Do you know anyone who can?] Shiro asked.

&quot;Hmm… I know a woman. She's just a bit… how can I put this? Strange? Her tendencies are a little out of the norm but I can guarantee her craftsmanship is equal or even above mine in aspects.&quot; Helion said as Shiro nodded.

[Then can I trouble you to make the chest piece, waist piece, boots, shoulders and gauntlets? The chest piece should only cover the upper torso and not the abdominal area. I'll get your friend to do the cloth armour.] Shiro typed out.

&quot;Keep the mana reinforced webs since they'll make good material for the cloth armour.&quot; Helion said passing back the webs.

&quot;Her name is Aarim, she's just 10 minutes away from my shop. The shop name…. well. You'll know when you're there. It's a little out there.&quot; Helion coughed awkwardly.

Marking a location on the map, Helion explained the way there before working on the armour Shiro commissioned.

Walking out of Helion's shop, Shiro started to walk towards Aarim's location.

The shop was located in an obscure ally way. Looking at the sign, Shiro had a blank face as she was annoyed.

[Aarim's Sexual Pleasure Item Store.]

&quot;….&quot;

'The f*ck.' Shiro thought.

Double checking on the map, Shiro found that it was indeed the same location.

The name was also the same as well.

Furrowing her brows, Shiro sighed as she entered.

&quot;Welcome~ Ohya? Ohya ohya? A cutie~&quot; A woman said as she walked over.

Shiro frowned as the woman had a devilish figure. Slim waist, large breasts and a revealing outfit.

Her hair was a deep shade of brown, black eyes and a beauty spot just under her right eye.

[Aarim LVL 50 – Mage]

Shiro was about to type when Aarim tried to touch her chin.

Ice formed around Shiro as she frowned at Aarim.

&quot;Oh my~ feisty one.&quot; She grinned.

Turning around, she walked rather seductively to the counter.

&quot;So how can I help, little one?&quot; Aarim grinned.

[Helion recommended me here. I want to commission some cloth armour.]

&quot;Che. That muscle freak still doing this. I made him cloth armour once and the piece of crap recommends me to everyone who wants a cloth armour.&quot; Aarim stopped smiled after reading the text.

[If you don't want to make it then I'll find someone else.] Shiro frowned as she was about to turn away.

*Bam

The door closed on its own as she turned around to a smiling Aarim.

&quot;Who said I wasn't doing business. But naturally, I need my payment.&quot; She said licking her lips.

39 Outfits

Shiro frowned hearing what Aarim said.

[What kind of business?] Shiro asked.

&quot;Hehehe… Nothing too bad.&quot; She grinned as she walked up to Shiro.

Shiro backed off a little as she made sure she could try to fight her way out if anything bad was to happen.

&quot;Aiya, don't be so on guard. So not cute at all.&quot; Aarim shrugged.

[Tell me what you want. No need to get close.] Shiro typed.

&quot;Sure. I just want you to cosplay for me.&quot; Aarim said pulling out a few outfits.

[What?]

&quot;Cosplay. You don't know what it is?&quot; Aarim asked.

[No I don't. Care to explain?]

&quot;I just want you to dress up and take photos.&quot; Aarim said as she pulled Shiro by her arm into a separate studio.

The studio was quite big as there was a white backdrop, lights around the room and a camera in the centre.

&quot;I want you to model for me while I take pictures of you in poses.&quot; Aarim said as she sat Shiro down.

[I have a cast on my arm. Do you honestly think it'll look good?] Shiro asked raising an eyebrow.

&quot;Don't worry about that. Naturally, you can unfreeze your cast. I don't mind. I just want my pictures.&quot; Aarim smiled.

Shiro eyed her suspiciously as she eventually nodded.

[What dresses are they? I hope they're not erotic.]

&quot;I like cute girls that are young enough to be my daughter. Not have them nude.&quot; Aarim said with disdain.

[That's good. But first, I want to tell you what I want. I want an underlayer of cloth armour for my friend. The dress itself should be strong to try to prevent as much ripping as possible.] Shiro typed out.

&quot;Easy enough. I can do that.&quot; Aarim nodded as she walked over to a switch.

Pulling the switch, Shiro's ears perked up as she could hear the inner workings turn and clank.

*CRRR!

A wardrobe dropped out from the roof as Shiro could see an assortment of baby doll dresses and other.

[So you want me to dress up in these outfits?] Shiro asked.

&quot;Yep.&quot; Aarim nodded.

[How many do I have to wear before you'll agree to make my commission.]

&quot;Hmm, wear all of them.&quot; Aarim replied after a pause.

'All of them?! There's at least 100!' Shiro thought but kept her face blank.

[Too much. Change your price please.]

&quot;Che fine. 100 sets?&quot; Aarim said playing around with one of her fans laying by the side.

[50.]

Aarim narrowed her eyes as she saw Shiro try to bargin.

&quot;75. That's my final offer.&quot;

'Helion himself is a really good craftsman. For this Aarim to gain his recommendation must mean she's good. Wearing some clothes for good craftsmanship is a small price to pay.' Shiro thought.

[Fine 75 sets.] Shiro nodded.

&quot;Great! Try this one first.&quot; Aarim smiled pulling out a set.

The set was a goth lolita dress. It was black in colour with red frills, a small hat, a bow tie on the waist, white tights and a pair of shoes. The shoes were coloured black and had wedges.

To top it all off, Aarim handed her a small black umbrella.

&quot;Change into this and we'll start the photoshoot.&quot; Aarim said as Shiro nodded.

Finding a secluded place to change, Shiro made sure no one could see her change.

'Hmm… this dress is actually quite comfy.' Shiro thought after changing into it. Both the material and the weight of the dress was delicate yet there was a strangeness about them. It was similar to how her white dress was.

Walking out, Shiro typed on her phone and showed it to Aarim.

[What is the dress made from? It's light and won't rip.]

&quot;… nice…&quot; Was all Aarim muttered as she looked at Shiro.

Shiro waved her hand as she snapped Aarim out of it.

&quot;Ah ahem. The material I used for this dress was made from the material dropped by humanoid animals. The female ones actually.

For some odd reason, no matter what one did, their dresses never broke apart. Thankfully of course, since perverts would be aiming for them all the time. So I managed to get my hands on supplies of these materials from the other cities and made these dresses. They won't break in combat so females don't have to worry.&quot; Aarim smiled.

'No wonder Helion recommended her. She actually had the materials which made my dress too.' Shiro thought.

&quot;Yet the funny part about them is that when you kill the monsters, the dresses break apart along with the monster's corpse. You get small fragments which then can be combined and sewn together to make more clothes. Naturally, only the maker can change how the clothes look.&quot; Aarim shrugged.

She could rip that dress to bits if she wanted to while others can't.

[In that case then, am I able to commission a dress for myself then?] Shiro asked. She did like a few of the dresses. Combined with the fact that they can't break, would make them a must-have for her.

Just having a plain white dress was a little boring after all.

&quot;Sure but we'll so 150 sets of clothes.&quot; Aarim said gesturing over to the wardrobe with a grin.

[150? Can we do 120? That's my max. I have things to do later today.] Shiro replied.

She didn't mind trying out the outfits so she could find a combination she really liked later and commission it.

&quot;Sure. 120 is fine. Now get on the stage.&quot; Aarim said with an eager grin.

Shiro nodded and walked over. She had decided to thaw her ice cast so she can have a full view on what the dress looked like.

Since she only had a few hours left before her arm fully recovered, she could at least move it a little without it hurting too much.

Opening the umbrella, Shiro stood there and waited for Aarim to take a photo.

*SNAP! SNAP! SNAP!

Several shutters flashed as Shiro kept her bland expression.

&quot;Can you smile for me please~&quot; Aarim said as Shiro nodded.

Shifting her body slightly, Shiro smiled as her pearl white teeth were exposed by the tiny gaps between her lips.

Aarim felt her grin widen seeing such a fantastic model for all of her dresses.

The entire photoshoot continued for a few hours as Shiro was so fatigued by the end of the shoot.

She laid by the chair as she recast her arm back up. She had already changed back to the outfit she entered the shop in as Aarim was sorting out the photos.

[I've done my side of the agreement. Now for the first commission, I want an outfit for an elf. She has blond hair, and just a little taller than I am.] Shiro typed out.

&quot;That will do. The great thing about these materials is that they adjust themselves. I just need to know her general appearance.&quot; Aarim smiled.

[I want this to go under a set of armour. The armour consists of a small torso piece, waist guards, boots and gauntlets.]

&quot;Alright. Now what about your set?&quot; Aarim asked.

[Hmm… I want a piece from the 42nd set. The robe. I want the shirt of the 84th set. The pants from the 3rd set, the boots and stocking of the 24th set. Please dye them into one colour scheme please. White, blue and black.] Shiro typed out.

&quot;Sure, that isn't a problem. Nice choices by the way.&quot; Aarim smiled.

[So I've got this question. Why is your shop called what it's called?] Shiro asked unsure. If it wasn't for the fact that Helion hard warned, gave her directions and told her Aarim's name, she would have never found this store.

&quot;Why else? Because I sell things sex related.&quot; Aarim shrugged her shoulders. It was a fact she wasn't going to hide.

[Why don't you find a better location?]

&quot;Ehh I can't be bothered to put effort into that. I'm fine as it is.&quot; Aarim said as she pulled out a few machines for my Shiro's commissions.

Hearing Aarim's response, Shiro only shrugged.

[How long are you going to take to make the outfit?]

&quot;It's gonna take a day or two to make the outfit. But a few hours to dye your outfit. Wanna stay here and wait?&quot; Aarim asked.

[No it's fine. I'll go collected both in a few days. Here's my contact information, just text me when they're done.]

&quot;Alright. Make sure to come often little one.&quot; Aarim winked.

[Sure. Your outfits are very well done.]

&quot;Ah no I mean for the main merchandise of my shop.&quot;

&quot;…&quot; 'The f*ck.' Shiro thought.

[I'm 13.]

&quot;Age is just a number.&quot;

[So is a prison sentence.]

Aarim only shrugged seeing Shiro's reply.

&quot;Fine. But just remember not to be alone. There are perverts who aren't as nice as I am. They'll definitely force themselves.&quot; Aarim warned.

[I'll keep that in mind.] Shiro nodded as she exited the shop.

Stretching her body slightly, Shiro walked out of the alleys.

'It's been a few hours. I wonder how far Lyrica is in the Dungeon.' Shiro thought with a frown.

Quickly heading back to the dorm, Shiro sat down on her chair and frowned.

'No she'll be fine.' Shiro shook her head.

Pulling Yin from out of her pocket, she fed it a D ranked mana stone and played around with him.

&quot;When are you going to be useful ah?&quot; Shiro asked as Yin avoided eye contact.

&quot;Fine fine. I'll be patient.&quot; Shiro smiled and rubbed Yin's head.

&quot;But if you turn out to be useless, I might turn you into quill soup.&quot; She teased.

*Chirp!

Yin chirped in fear as he hid his head.

&quot;Hahaha&quot; Shiro giggled slightly seeing Yin's reaction.

&quot;You're cute. I won't eat you don't worry.&quot;

After playing with Yin for a bit longer, Shiro decided to sleep since it was getting late.

…

&quot;Helion!&quot; Aarim screamed out as she stormed Helion's workshop.

&quot;Hey Aarim. Did you like Shiro?&quot; Helion asked looking up.

&quot;Yes I did but you could have just called me over! Why did you have to ask her to come over to my workshop?!&quot; Aarim frowned as she sat down and crossed her legs.

&quot;Hahaha, don't worry about it. Shiro is easy to get along with.&quot; Helion grinned.

&quot;Yeah I know that. But now she knows what I do ah.&quot;

&quot;Afraid she'll avoid you like the other cute models you found?&quot; Helion smiled.

&quot;I'll hit you.&quot; Aarim frowned.

&quot;Hahaha, don't worry about it. She wouldn't be repulsed by things like that.&quot; Helion shrugged.

&quot;If she did I'll be coming for you.&quot; Aarim narrowed her eyes.

&quot;Ai. Don't be like that hahaha. We knew each other since we were children. Both you and I know you won't hit your childhood friend.&quot; Helion grinned.

&quot;And I wish you were wrong.&quot; Aarim sighed.

&quot;So you took another interest in a loli? You sure she ain't a married woman this time?&quot; Aarim grinned.

This caused Helion to slip slightly as he coughed.

&quot;She's only 13. I'm not that bad.&quot; Helion said.

&quot;Right…&quot; Aarim rolled her eyes.

&quot;I heard you got some materials for your class up.&quot;

&quot;Yeah I did. Some C ranked materials. But dang, they're hard to shape.&quot; Helion sighed.

&quot;What do you expect? You only have D ranked strength. Who told you to aim to get the class, Hammer Saint? You know not many people have gotten that right? Even if you're a genius, you're wasting your talents.&quot;

&quot;What is talent if not to aim for a higher goal? What about you? Aren't you going for Mage Saintess as well.&quot; Helion gestured at her.

&quot;That being said, how goes your advancement.&quot; He asked.

&quot;It's going well. I've done 4 out of five advancements. BUT, the last one is troubling me.&quot; Aarim sighed.

&quot;You haven't done it yet?!&quot;

&quot;No. I can't just grab any random monster. It has to fit the requirements for a perfect match. Hais… I've been stuck on this for so long.&quot; Aarim tilted her head back.

Her next advancement was for to reach the class Veteran Source Mage. After constant study, she had finally found the way to get this class. Yet when she got it, she was shocked at the requirements.

[Veteran Source Mage Class Up Requirements.]

10 C Ranked Mana Stone

100 D Ranked Mana Stone

1000 E ranked Mana Stone

Solo a D ranked Dungeon

Earn the trust and companionship of a magic based monster. The monster must have rationality and reach C class in strength.

40 Set Equipmen

*Yawn~

Waking up, Shiro rubbed her eyes as she unfroze her cast. Moving her arms a little, she smiled feeling no pain.

With her weakened debuff removed, her HP shot all the way back up to 34k.

&quot;Little Yin, this miss has fully recovered.&quot; Shiro grinned as she tapped Yin on the head.

Yin's body shook a little as it groggily got up. Flapping its wings, it landed on Shiro's head and proceeded to sleep again.

&quot;Heh, lazy head.&quot; Shiro muttered as she stood up. Dressing carefully as to not disturb Yin too much, she walked over to Lyrica's room and knocked on the door.

&quot;Coming~&quot; A tired voice rang out as Shiro sighed in relief.

Lyrica opened the door with a serious case of bed hair and dark circles under her eyes.

&quot;Oh it's you Shiro. Want to come in?&quot; She asked.

Shiro nodded as she sat on a chair.

[So was the Dungeon run successful?] Shiro asked.

&quot;Half and half. I gave up just before the final boss fight.&quot; Lyrica said as she laid her body on the bed.

[Why's that?] Shiro asked.

&quot;Because I struggled a little too much with the second boss. The final boss is and always will be harder than the other two bosses. But since I struggled so much with the second boss, I doubted that I would defeat the last boss.&quot; Lyrica said snuggling into her bed covers.

&quot;But hey. I levelled up twice which is pretty good. Since I knew I couldn't focus on the last boss, I aimed to kill as many mobs as I could.&quot; Lyrica smiled.

[Just so that I know, how long did you spend in killing the mobs?]

&quot;Ehh..2 days? Something like that.&quot;

'2 days? She spent two days killing none stop huh?' Shiro thought as she patted Lyrica on the head.

[Good work.] Shiro smiled since Lyrica was able to gain another 2 levels, thus bringing her up to level 19.

&quot;Ah, your arm is fixed.&quot; Lyrica was surprised seeing Shiro use her right arm.

[Yep. My arm is entirely fixed now.] Shiro smiled as she flexed her arm a little.

&quot;Congratulations.&quot; Lyrica smiled.

[Want to hit up a dungeon later then? I'll take you to a dungeon and serve as back up. You try solo most of it how's that?]

&quot;Sure.&quot; Lyrica nodded as she planted her face into the cover.

[I'm going out for a bit. I'll text you when we're hitting up the dungeon.]

&quot;Sure. See you later.&quot; Lyrica waved her hand slightly as Shiro only chuckled.

Walking out the room, she headed downstairs.

&quot;Ah Shiro. Your arm is healed?!&quot; The receptionist called out in shock.

[Yes. It's recovered completely.] Shiro nodded.

&quot;Hmm, wait here. I'll have Doctor Hoffman check it just in case there is anything else wrong with your arm ok? It was hurt pretty badly last time.&quot; She said.

Shiro only sighed slightly as she knew she wasn't getting out of the dorm without being checked up first.

Sitting by one of the spare stools, Shiro waited for Doctor Hoffman to arrive.

Once again, Shiro didn't have to wait long for Doctor Hoffman to arrive.

&quot;Oh. Don't you look energetic considering the amount of damage on your arm.&quot; He said scratching the back of his head.

Putting down his bag, he pulled out a tablet and scanned her arm.

&quot;Holy damn… it really is healed. Not a single mark of damage.&quot; Doctor Hoffman remarked as he looked at Shiro.

&quot;What kind of crack did you take to heal up this well?&quot;

[Crack?]

&quot;Just slang for drug.&quot; He shrugged as he stood up.

[So how come you're able to come here so quickly?] Shiro asked as being the school healer means there are bound to be other people needing treatment.

&quot;Because unlike everyone else, I can't just slap an HP potion in your mouth and call it a day.&quot; He said giving his neck a stretch.

[Isn't that a bit irresponsible?]

&quot;Pft. In this age of magic and wizardry, I'm pretty sure slapping an almost all-powerful potion in anyone's mouth fixes them up real nice. The only responsibility for me is to give them the potion. As your strange injury. I can't just slap a potion in you since it didn't heal the arm. Therefore, I need to be responsible or else I'm pretty sure the principle will come rip me a new one.&quot; He shrugged.

Packing his bag up, Hoffman walked away.

'Weird but not necessarily incorrect.' Shiro thought. He wasn't wrong with the part about responsibility.

In this new age of magic, near-fatal injuries could just be fixed with a spell or a potion. Responsibility within this area of medicine was no longer a thing.

There were no assigning months upon months of medication for a small wound to be healed, nor was there a need for constant check-ups.

You're injured? Potion. Next patient please.

It was that simple.

Seeing that she was free to go, Shiro stood up and walked out the school premises.

Going through her checklist of things to do, she realised that there were only a few days left until the faction recruitment.

'If I take Lyrica to a level 15 to 20 dungeon, I should be able to get her to level up. Hopefully, all the way to level 20 or even 21 if we do her class up.' She thought.

Checking the time, she walked towards Helion's shop after seeing that it was almost 9am.

&quot;Oh good morning Shiro. You checking up on the armour?&quot; Helion asked as he yawned slightly.

[Yes. How's the progress so far?] Shiro smiled as she was the first customer of the day.

&quot;I only got a single boot left to do. If you wait by the side I'll have it done in no time.&quot; Helion said, gesturing at one of the chairs.

Shiro nodded as she sat down.

&quot;So your arm's fixed now? I was surprised seeing it all cast up and not healed with a potion or spell.&quot;

[The damage was mostly unhealable and had to be recovered naturally.] Shiro smiled.

&quot;Is that so. Congratulations on healing then. Don't worry, I won't give you a discount.&quot; Helion said with a slight chuckle. He still remembered how Shiro didn't want any gifts or discounts the first time they met.

[Thanks.]

Pulling out his equipment, he started to make the final boot as Shiro played with Yin.

&quot;Little Yin, you have so much mana but can't do sh*t with it. When can you actually pull your weight?&quot; She muttered teasingly. Even though Yin was only level 5, his power just from his HP and MP alone could be compared to a level 20+.

Yin made a sad face as if Shiro had wronged him. Scooping up the mana stones, it stuffed them into its mouth with a silent tear.

Shiro giggled seeing Yin's behaviour when an idea struck her.

&quot;Little Yin do you understand me?&quot; Shiro asked.

Yin nodded its head as Shiro grinned.

&quot;Are you a boy?&quot;

Yin tilted her head in disdain and made a spitting motion.

&quot;So you're a girl?&quot; Shiro asked feeling happy Yin was a girl. Girls were more fun to look after, animal or not.

Yin nodded her head and flapped onto Shiro's shoulder.

Rubbing her head against Shiro's cheek, she wanted to gain more of Shiro's affection.

&quot;I'll love you more if you could fight ah.&quot; Shiro said rubbing her head.

Not too long after, Helion had finished the boot as he brought out the other pieces. The moment the pieces came into close contact with each other, a slight silver purple glow encased each on as Shiro widened her eyes in surprise.

'He made set equipment?!'

Set equipments are as it says, worn in sets. With a certain amount of pieces worn, a bonus effect would be triggered as they could be anything ranging from extra points to one's stats or a set skill.

Set skills were outrageous skills since they needed equipment of the same set to be invoked.

'If I recycle this set armour, I'll be able to add the set skill to an armour I make in the future.' Shiro thought as this was a rare opportunity. It's not every day you see set equipment being made.

Especially if it was for a level 20. Even in her past life, the lowest level set equipment she saw was level 50. She didn't know if this was good or bad, but she knew it was an opportunity none the less.

&quot;Well… I certainly didn't expect this.&quot; Helion muttered surprised by himself.

[Spider Queen's Set LVL 20 (blue)]

Head Piece

+10 INT

Torso Piece

+10 DEF

+10 STR

Arm Guards

+10 DEX

+10 STR

Waist Guard

+10 Def

+10 STR

Boots

+20 AGI

Each of the pieces was extremely mediocre on their own. However, the set truly shines when one looks at the set effects.

[Spider Queen Set Effects]

2 Piece - +10 to all status

4 Piece - + 20 to all status

5 Piece - + Previous points (30) to all status and Active skill [Empowered Rampage].

Empowered Rampage – Berserk Type Skill

+ Temporary Empowered Status

+20% attack speed

+20% power

Duration – 1 minute

Cool down – 5 minutes

After effect ends, -40 on all status.

Duration 2 minutes

The 2 and 4 piece effects didn't interest Shiro but the final advantage was outrageous. Shiro recognised that to be the same skill bosses could use.

A 20% attack speed and 20% power were no joke at higher levels. Even the -40 was something negligible.

&quot;Shame this appeared on a level 20. If it was higher, I wouldn't even sell it.&quot; Helion lamented as skills no longer worked if a person was 5 levels higher.

'Hehehehe, this miss can recycle this and use the skill whenever ah.' Shiro grinned.

This was what truly makes her Nanomancer class thrive. While she could create weapons, they will and always be skillless blanks, except for the long ranged weapons.

With her skill recycle and reprint, she could effectively make the most insane weapon for a limited amount of time, whenever and wherever she wanted.

Hopping over to the equipment she looked at it with a smile that resembled that of a lecherous old man.

[How much?] Shiro asked.

&quot;…600 thousand USD.&quot; Helion said after a pause. Considering the strength of this set, it can help someone clear their class advancement pretty easily. Therefore, the price would naturally be high.

Grabbing the crystal, Shiro transferred the money over without hesitation as this set was too precious. Not only for her, but for Lyrica as well.

It would take her a while before she can get Nano Tech Armour Creation. Therefore, in the time it takes, Lyrica can be using this set until level 25.

[Thanks.] Shiro said as she left the workshop with the armour in her inventory.

Helion could only wave goodbye as he lamented the armour not being higher level so he could use it.

*Ding

After walking out the store, Shiro had received a text message and opened her phone.

[Aarim: Shiro, your outfit has finished dyeing. As for the one for your friend, it'll take me a few more hours to finish.]

Tapping away on her phone, Shiro replied as such.

[Thank you. I'll come to collect it later today.]

Aarim only replied with an okay as Shiro walked towards a D ranked Dungeon.

It was the same Dungeon she fought against last time, the Frag Ant's Burrow.

But this time, she had more of a guarantee to kill the boss. Her arrows fired from the Nano Tech Bow housed an astounding amount of penetrative power.

So much in fact, that should she fire a fully charged arrow at the boss, she'll be able to shatter the mana shield.

Naturally, the best thing was for her to kill it straight away, before it could put up any form of defence.

After arriving at the Dungeon, she made sure no one saw her enter.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 1st Phantom – Illusionary Phantom.

Entering inside the Dungeon, she could already hear Frag Ants crawling towards her.

&quot;This missy doesn't have time for you.&quot; She muttered as snow started to fall.

Stomping down, ice erupted outwards as it froze the entire area around her.

Walking towards the first boss, Shiro had no mobs obstruct her way since they were either frozen to death or had no way to reach her.

Seeing the familiar Bombard Frag Ant, Shiro created a Nano tech bow and drew back on the string.

Neon blue mana twisted into an arrow as it was notched and aimed towards the Bombard Frag Ant.

Charging up the arrow with a bit more mana, Shiro let the arrow fly.

*BOOM!!!!

The arrow crashed through the ant as it obliterated its body with ease.

&quot;Heh, that Flying Frag Queen better watch her ass.&quot; Shiro grinned as she walked to the teleporter.

41 Mage“s Association

The second floor was just as easy as the first. Charging up her bow, she managed to eradicate the millipede's armour and skewer it easily.

As for the final boss…

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 1st Phantom – Illusionary Phantom.

Crouching low on the ground, Shiro formed a bow in her hand whilst running around the queen.

Neon Blue mana gathered into an arrow as Shiro pulled back on the string.

Sensing danger, the queen flared her mana as a translucent barrier erected around her.

'Penetrate!' Shiro thought as she fired the arrow.

*BOOM PING!

The arrow penetrated the shield due to how close Shiro fired the arrow.

Not even waiting to see how the damage was, Shiro stomped down as 4 ice spears pierced upwards and lifted up the queen.

The queen struggled but Shiro's arrow was already notched and ready to be fired.

Aiming at the anus of the queen, Shiro grinned.

&quot;This is for my arm.&quot; She muttered.

*BOOM!

The arrow fired as it was aimed perfectly at the queen's anus. Unable to react, she could only wait upon her death due to an arrow up her ass.

*CRRRR!!!!!!!

The cry of the was filled with pain as Yin looked away in pity.

Seeing that the queen wasn't dead. Shiro dissembled the bow as she created a spear.

Twirling it in her palm, Shiro stabbed it towards the queen's ass.

Making sure it penetrated deeply, Shiro twisted the spear as it exploded like a grenade and destroyed the queen's insides.

HP: 0/200,000

The queen mostly relied on her mana for her shield to defeat her opponents in a war of attrition. Yet, Shiro destroyed that option straight away. This made the queen an easy kill as her main weapon was destroyed.

'How fast the tables turn huh?' Shiro thought.

The entire Dungeon run took her a few hours as she didn't focus on collecting the loot. Harvesting the queen, Shiro threw the mana stone into her mouth and left for the 2nd floor with Yin.

The collection itself took longer as Shiro had to search all of the kills she got to get the mana stones.

In the end, she managed to collect over 60 D ranked mana stones.

&quot;Little Yin. You get 25 I get 35 ok?&quot; Shiro said as Yin nodded.

Chirping happily, she greedily ate up 3 D ranked mana stones before falling asleep again.

&quot;Che so lazy. Really wonder where you get this trait from.&quot; Shiro giggled.

However, the main harvest from the Dungeon was reaching level 30.

[Name: Shiro

Race: Snow Girl (Evolution Criteria yet to be met)

Title: Shadow Empress, Beginner Monster (0/10 Humans Killed for Title Up)

Level: 30

Class: Snow Girl★(Star Advancement Ready), Nanomancer

HP: 46,200/46,200

MP: 73,700/73,700

STR: 230 (+85) &lt;+78&gt;

VIT: 250 -&gt; 300 (+70) &lt;+92&gt;

INT: 400 -&gt; 450 (+140) &lt;+147&gt;

AGI: 340 -&gt; 400(+75) &lt;+118&gt;

DEX: 260 -&gt; 300 (+40) &lt;+85&gt;

DEF: 150 (+135) &lt;+71&gt;

&lt; &gt; = Title Bonus

Unassigned Points: 0

Balance: 531,800 USD

Equipment (Tap to Display)

Skills –

Snow Girl ★:

Tier 2 Ice magic, Passive Regeneration, Blessed by Ice, Snow Magic, Faded Snow Movement, Cold Aura.

Nanomancer:

Dagger Creation, Nano Tech Engineering Tier 1, Sword Creation, Bow Creation, Heavy Weapon Creation.

Other:

Mini-map, Inspection, Disguise, Harden (Equipment), Lesser Fear (Equipment), Mana Barrier.]

Tapping on the star advancement tab, Shiro paused seeing the conditions for the class up.

[Snow Girl ★★]

Kill 20 Ice elemental Based LVL 30 bosses

30 Ice Cores

Reach Tier 2 attunement in Ice element

The first two was easy for her as she had her Nanomancer class to help her out.

However, she had no idea where to get the Tier 2 attunement in the ice element.

She's heard of reaching higher levels of synergy with your respective elements, hence the Elemental True Armour.

However, Elemental True Armour only came when one reached Tier 3 in their element.

Even now, Shiro doubts her attunement would be Tier 1 if not for her race advantage.

Different races get certain advantages. Now that she was a monster, she knew the hard work one had to put into upgrading. At least it was much harder for a monster.

Not only did you have to first break out of the Dungeon's control, but you also had to leave the Dungeon. Survive the city, and only then could you start to evolve. Yet for these upgrade requirements, they'll be hard to achieve outside of a Dungeon.

To access a Dungeon, one had to sneak through a city to reach it. It wasn't easy. The life of a monster that is.

Leaving the Dungeon, Shiro decided to look up attunement regarding the ice element.

According to the web, there is a government-funded attunement hall. However, the tickets to go inside weren't easy to get a hold of.

The easiest way to get an entrance ticket to the attunement halls is through the mage's association.

They have the main access since mages need the attunement more often than warriors and other non-magic based classes.

&quot;Little Yin. Do you think I can get any other attunement? Maybe metal since my class.&quot; Shiro said as Yin chirped in agreement.

&quot;Ai, if only you can talk.&quot; Shiro chuckled.

However, before she went to the mage's association, she wanted to go pick up the outfit from Aarim first.

Entering the shop once more, Shiro paused when she saw a familiar face.

[Hey Liam.] Shiro smiled awkwardly. Liam stood frozen as he dropped whatever he had in his hands.

[I'll just look for Aarim.] Shiro typed as she walked away.

&quot;Hold on! This is just a misunderstanding!&quot; Liam cried out as he walked over to her.

[Right…]

&quot;Liam. No need to shock her too much. You'll seem more suspicious if you get into a panic.&quot; Aarim said as she giggled.

&quot;Shiro, my brother is here just to check up on me.&quot; Aarim smiled.

[Brother?]

&quot;Yeah. I'm her brother.&quot; Liam shrugged sitting down. He was just checking up on her to make sure she was making the bare minimum so that she could pass the month. Yet just as he was waiting for her to get the monthly sales, Shiro walked in on him tidying up the store a little.

[Oh I see.] Shiro sighed. When she first saw Liam, she had a good impression of him. He didn't seem like anyone who would visit this kind of store in broad daylight.

&quot;I presume you're here to get your outfit and your commission.&quot; Aarim smiled.

[Yes. How far along is the outfit for my friend?] Shiro asked.

&quot;Almost done If you just give me an hour or so I'll be finished.&quot; Aarim smiled.

&quot;Liam, help me out. Go to the 2nd floor, third chest to the left. There should be a set of clothes there. They're for Shiro.&quot; Aarim gestured towards Liam.

Liam nodded before heading upstairs.

[So you two are siblings?] Shiro asked.

She was curious as Liam and Aarim looked nothing alike.

&quot;We're siblings but not blood-related. I was adopted into the family and now it's just me and Liam left. Our parents died a while back.&quot; Aarim shrugged.

[I see.] Shiro nodded.

With what Aarim said, the atmosphere instantly turned to awkward as Shiro didn't really know what to say.

The short time yet long silence felt agonising for Shiro as Liam finally returned with her outfit.

[How much is it?] Shiro asked.

&quot;Nothing. You paid me by being my model.&quot; Aarim smiled. It wasn't easy to have a young model which didn't run the moment Aarim lead them to her shop. So for Shiro t still model for her saved her a lot of time.

[Hmm I don't want to owe you anything. Just tell me how much it costs.]

&quot;Che, just like the muscle brain said. 400 thousand USD for both the current outfit and the one in the making.&quot; Aarim shrugged.

Shiro nodded as she paid the full amount.

[Is it ok if I go change into my outfit now?]

&quot;Sure. Same as last time, just go to my studio.&quot; Aarim said pointing at the door.

&quot;You two do what you need to do. I'll go back to my shift now.&quot; Liam said as he walked out.

[See you.]

&quot;Bye.&quot;

Liam left the store as it was just Shiro and Aarim left.

&quot;Welp. I should go continue to make the dress now.&quot; Aarim said standing up.

Shiro nodded whilst she made her way to the other room.

Changing her outfit, she looked into the mirror and inspected herself.

She wore a black shirt, short black jeans, white stocking, white boots, a large white robe and a pair of white gloves. The robe had a crystal clip in the centre as it held the robe together.

Flipping up the hood, Shiro liked how she could extend the hood out so it hid her face. The designed allowed for that.

Pulling back her hood, Yin cried out in displeasure as the new outfit didn't have any pockets for her to sleep in.

&quot;Ai calm down little Yin. You have space here see?&quot; Shiro said pointing at her sleeves and the inside of her hood. There was enough room for Yin to rest comfily.

Chirping lightly, Yin burrowed himself into her hood as her head would occasionally peak out.

Chuckling slightly, Shiro rubbed her head.

Walking back to the main room, Aarim was still making the outfit.

&quot;It's almost done.&quot; She said with a shrug of her shoulders.

Nodding, Shiro sat by the side as she watched Aarim put the final touches on the outfit.

Not even an hour passed before Aarim stopped.

&quot;Here. Satisfied?&quot; She asked.

The outfit itself was coloured light green with hints of blue and yellow along with floral patterns, which decorated the edges of the outfit. The dress itself was a sleeveless high collar dress with a skirt that would reach halfway down the thighs. This was paired up with long white gloves and stockings.

[Thank you.] Shiro smiled.

&quot;No problem. Just come here if you need another commission. Trading with a photoshoot of course.&quot; Aarim winked.

Shiro nodded as she stored the outfit into her inventory.

Flipping up her hood, she walked out the street with people hardly being able to see her face due to a mix of height and the cover the hood provided.

At most, they'll only spare her a glance.

She first went over to the adventurer's guild since she wanted to update her ID.

[Name: Shiro

Estimated Age: 13

Class: Ice Mage

LVL: 30]

After updating her ID, she walked to the mage's association and waited in the queue.

In order for her to gain access to the attunement hall, she needed to fulfil 3 conditions.

1 – Be a member of the Mages Association.

2 – Tier 2 magic user.

3 – Top 50 on the priority list.

First two was easy. The priority list was the annoying part.

Out of so many mages in the city, she had to reach the top 50 in priority. The priority list was a list where they determine who has the most talent to be nurtured.

This gave them a passive income of a certain amount of mana stones ever week, materials and study logs for magic. And to top it all off, they were granted access to the attunement hall.

From rank 50 to rank 21, the time you get in the attunement hall was only an hour.

However, even if it's just an hour, it provided the mages with a substantial boost to their INT stat.

Rank 20 to 11 got 3 hours while the top 10 had 5 hours each.

Shiro's goal was to reach the top 20 if possible. If she wanted to awaken her attunement to elements faster, she'll need to spend more time in the attunement hall. Especially since there wasn't a guarantee to awaken it in one go.

Some may even go a lifetime without being able to awaken whilst others could awaken on their first try.

When it was her turn to speak, Shiro pulled out her phone.

[I would like to register as a mage's association member.]

&quot;Can you show us your adventurer's ID?&quot;

Shiro nodded and handed over her ID.

&quot;Aged 13 and level 30?!&quot; The receptionist cried in disbelief. The average age for a person to reach level 30 was around 25. Yet this girl was level 30 when she's only 13.

&quot;I'll have to call the branch master for this ok?&quot; She said as Shiro nodded.

A small commotion was stirred up as the surroundings muttered about what they just heard.

&quot;Did she just say the midget there is a level 30?&quot;

&quot;She's only 13 at that as well.&quot;

&quot;How old is Julia when she was level 30?&quot;

&quot;I think Julia was 21 when she reached level 30. She's left for the bigger cities since she classed up, but to think we'll be able to see someone break her record.&quot;

&quot;True true.&quot;

Ignoring the commotion around her, Shiro narrowed her eyes when she felt a gaze scan her from head to toe.

Looking over, Shiro saw the receptionist walk out with a man, which she presumed to be the branch master.

The man looking around his mid 30's. He had a thin build, swept-back blond hair, blue eyes, a clean face, stood around 6ft 5 and wore a black suit.

[Mark LVL 50 – Twin Element Mage]

42 Simulation

[Mark LVL 50 – Twin Element Mage]

&quot;Are you the one who's level 30 at a young age of 13?&quot; He asked with a small smile.

[Yes I am. I want to register for a membership.]

&quot;I see. I'm afraid we'll have to do a personal exam to determine your true rank and priority is that ok? It's not every day we get a young genius like you.&quot; He said as he gestured at Shiro.

&quot;Now may you follow me to the testing room.&quot;

Shiro nodded as she pulled forward her hood a little. Walking towards the testing room, Shiro wondered what the test was.

&quot;Here is an old generation model of the virtual combat simulator. You'll be able to enter a combat space where your magic is measured.&quot; Mark said as he pointed the capsule in the centre.

&quot;This is also what we use to determine the priority list. Top 20 will have to fight to keep their ranks.

Everyone outside of the top 20 will have chances to challenging the top 20 when they're in top 50.

As for how we determine the top 50, it depends on how well they do in terms of performance average of the last 20 matches.&quot;

Looking at the device, Shiro already had a basic idea oh how it worked.

[I'm guessing it's based on instinctive reactions that you move the body in the simulation. This is so that levels and status don't matter at all and it's all about how well the brain can control body right? And to ensure fairness, I'm guessing that you make it so that everyone's character has the same status, meaning as long as your control and technique is good, you can win.] Shiro typed out as she showed it to Mark.

&quot;Have you seen this before?&quot; He asked surprised that she knew about it.

[No, but it's easy to guess.] Shiro smiled.

'If it's based on how well I can control my body then I have an advantage over the people here.' Shiro thought.

&quot;Hmm. I see, anyways, I want you to enter the simulation and have a spar with me. I'll determine your priority level.&quot; Mark said as Shiro was a special case.

The normal procedure for determining one's rank was just to do 10 spars with other people and ranked based on performance.

However, for Shiro was a level 30 at the young age of 13, Mark wanted to test her out himself.

Shiro reached out for Yin as she set her by the side.

&quot;I'm going to do this spar for a bit. Be a good girl and sit here ok?&quot; Shiro said as Yin chirped in acknowledgement.

&quot;Is that your pet?&quot; Mark asked.

[Yes, her name is Yin. She'll sit by the side while we do the spar.]

Getting into the capsule, Shiro closed her eyes as she entered the virtual world.

In front of her, there was a panel for character creation. She was about to remake her body from her past life when she paused.

'This is my second life, no need to be so hung up on my past glory. I may have perfect body control with my old body but I have a new one now. I should aim to get better at my current body.' Shiro thought as she allowed the capsule to keep her current looks.

Next was magic, Shiro narrowed her eyes when she saw metal base element magic. Exiting out the world, she flexed her fingers as nanobots entered the capsule. Searching through the records, she erased everything that might link to her being a Nanomancer.

Sighing in relief, she re-entered the simulation and only found tier 2 ice magic.

Finishing up the customisation, Shiro marvelled at the feeling.

'Whilst not as good as the virtual machines in my first life, this isn't too bad.' Shiro thought.

Shiro looked around as she saw that she was in a Colosseum type construct.

Cream coloured pillars could be seen around them as there was a spectator stand for the would-be viewers. The arena itself was made from rock and sand as it made it hard to get a decent grip on the floor.

'This might limit my phantom arts a little.' Shiro thought with a frown.

Phantom arts were heavily reliant on footwork and momentum control.

With a surface like this, Shiro would find it hard to use phantom arts to their fullest. The only reason she could use it well with her ice was due to her control over the ice. If not, she'll be slipping everywhere due to the slippery surface.

Not too far away from her Mark stood

&quot;The test is simple. Demonstrate your magic during combat.&quot; Mark smiled.

Lightning and fire swirled around both his hand as he gestured for her to attack him.

'His elements are fire and lightning. The lightning I can chain away using my ice, but his fire is a bit more annoying.

His main weakness would be mana expenditure since his fire and lightning cost more. With him sustaining two elements, the best way for me to win is to draw out the fight.

Another way would be to bombard him as much as I can.' Shiro thought as ice and snow swirled around her.

The wind caused her hair to flip around as she looked like an elemental spirit.

'First, I need my area of effect.' Shiro thought as she slammed her palms down.

Ice rapidly spread out as Shiro visualised the entire process to make sure the ice was extra strong and hard to melt.

Mark jumped back in slightly surprise seeing how fast the ice managed to covered the entire area.

Even though there was a distance of at least 25 meters from her to him, he was almost hit by the ice.

'Her visualisation must be incredible for the ice to spread this quickly.' Mark thought as he landed on the ice.

Sliding slightly, he crouched down and tried to melt the ice with his fire.

His frown deepened when he realised the ice was still mostly intact.

Before he could continue to melt the ice, he had to roll to the left as an ice spike landed and exploded in his previous spot.

Flicking his wrist, he shot lightning towards her.

Shiro only smiled as she clutched her hand. A wall made of ice rose up as the outer layer was thawed slightly so there was a layer of water.

Lightning chained along the wall as it dealt no damage.

'His fire can't melt my ice well enough while the water from my ice blocks his lightning. This match is mine.' Shiro thought with a smile.

There was also the choice of overwhelming her in pure combat prowess, but she had a whole lifetime to hone herself in combat. A person fighting for 30 odd years couldn't compare to her.

Dashing towards him, Shiro decided to go close-quarters combat.

A spear of ice was formed in her hands as she stabbed towards Mark.

Pivoting on his leg, Mark made a fist of fire as he punched towards her.

Shiro flicked her wrist and the spear spun back towards her. This allowed her to grab the spear with two hands and block Mark's strike.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 3rd Phantom – Counter Weight Phantom.

Shifting her weight, Shiro pulled Mark towards her as kicked him in the stomach using the combined weight of that instance of him attacking.

&quot;URG!&quot; Mark groaned slightly as his body was sent backwards.

Rolling on the ground, he flipped his body and stood back up.

He only saw Shiro flick her wrist as he saw the area around him darken.

&quot;Oh shit!&quot; He cried out in shock.

Fire and Thunder gathered in his palms as he launched a blast upwards, destroying the pillar Shiro was about to drop onto him.

Shiro took this into account as she was already in front of him.

Sliding on her feet, Shiro stabbed the spear towards his head.

*PHEW!

The power of the spear created a small gust as Mark managed to doge his head out of the way.

Fire and lightning gathered in front of him as he aimed it towards Shiro.

Flicking her spare hand, a shield was erected in front of her.

She frowned when she saw the blast carving through the ice with ease.

Stabbing the spear into the shield, Shiro shifted her weight as she vaulted over the shield and landed behind Mark.

Her spear was aimed at his rear as she grinned.

'Extend!'

&quot;AHHH!!!&quot;

The match ended just like that. Shiro's spear was able to penetrate all the way in and fatally rupture his internal organs.

Leaving the simulation, Mark and Shiro looked at each other.

Shiro had a grin whilst Mark had a pale face. His expression slightly traumatised from having died from anal shock.

&quot;Was there no other way other than what you did? I don't know maybe stab me through my chest?&quot; Mark said.

The simulation would transfer a little of the phantom pain so that the human brain would still react to the stimulus. However, the feeling of dying due to an anal probe wasn't something he wants to go through again.

Shiro only grinned as walked over to Yin.

Tapping her head, Shiro placed Yin on her shoulders as Mark had a hand on his ass, still feeling a sting from the phantom pain.

&quot;So your magic control is the peak of tier 2 I'd say. Combat prowess… high. I'll place you in rank 20 of the priority list ok? You'll also have a VIP membership with the mages guild.&quot; Mark said as Shiro nodded.

&quot;Pass me your ID, I'll update it on the system.&quot;

Passing over her ID, Mark added a few more lines to her ID.

[Name: Shiro

Estimated Age: 13

Class: Ice Mage

LVL: 30

Mage's Association Membership: VIP

Priority Rank: 20 (New York Branch)]

Taking back the ID, Shiro wanted to see if she could access the Attunement Hall.

[Since I'm ranked 20 on the list, am I able to enter the Attunement Hall now?] Shiro asked.

&quot;Ah so that was what you wanted. Unfortunately, you'll need to wait a day before you can use the Attunement Halls. Today is used by the top 10. Tomorrow is used by the top 20 and so on.&quot;

[Alright. What privileges does having a VIP account give me?]

&quot;You get access to tomes, materials and skill simulations.&quot; Mark said as Shiro nodded.

Skill simulations weren't anything foreign for her. In fact, they were one of the most common things in her past life.

Not everyone can find a grimoire or skill stone, so they resort to simulations and people mimicking the effects of the skill.

With enough proficiency and consistency, you'll be able to unlock the skill in the system.

Naturally, with a martial art like Yin Style Phantom Arts, it won't show up on the system. This was due to the fact that it isn't a skill and rather a set of movements.

In time, she should be able to gain a title though.

Every martial art rewarded a title after a certain time. The first being [(Martial Art Style) Practitioner].

The higher ranked the titles get, the more bonuses it grants you.

[Then for the materials, am I able to trouble you with collecting 30 Ice cores?]

&quot;30 Ice Core!?&quot; Mark said in shock.

Ice cores, while not extremely rare, wasn't common either. Out of 10 Ice Type D ranked bosses, only 1 or 2 of them would drop.

To get 30 Ice Cores was equivalent to killing almost 100 plus Ice ranked bosses.

The mages association could afford it but it would still make Mark's heart ache from the expenditure.

&quot;To get 30 Ice Cores, you'll have to be in top 10. At most, I can give you is 10. And that's the upper limit.

'Top 10 huh…' Shiro thought as a grin slowly formed on her face.

Seeing the face, Mark felt his anus tense up again.

[How do I challenge the top ten for their spots?]

&quot;You'll have to challenge rank 19 first and work your way up 1 by 1.&quot;

[Is that so? How would I challenge them? Is it just by the simulation again?]

&quot;Yes. If the rank isn't online, you can challenge the rank above them.&quot; Mark nodded.

[Alright. I'm going back in.] Shiro said as she sat in the pod.

&quot;The fight will be broadcasted. We have fights broadcasted so that people know about the rank changes.&quot;

[Sure.]

Shiro wasn't too bothered. It wasn't like she was going to be using her Nanomancer anyways.

Entering the simulation world, Shiro checked out the rankings and saw that rank 19 was available to be challenged.

Pressing the challenge button, Shiro waited for the match to start.

[Opponent Has Accepted The Challenge. Teleporting in 10]

Stretching her fake simulated body, Shiro waited for the countdown to finish.

The arena was more of a modern arena.

It was a huge room without anything special as there were only a few rooms with glass windows as the viewing platform.

In front of her, was rank 19 on the priority list. Killian.

He had long red hair tied into a ponytail, tall body build, black robe and a spellbook in his hands.

Shiro grinned as she created her ice spear. The next victim was ready.

43 A*** Destroying Princess

&quot;Fuuu….&quot;

A cloud of smoke was breathed out as Lucius sighed.

After several weeks of pursing from his attackers, he was finally able to escape their reach.

Naturally by that, he means kill them all.

Cracking his neck, he stretched his body.

&quot;Che, old bastards thinking I was an easy target.&quot; He spat out as he threw away his cigarette.

Right now, he was mentally worn out and fatigued. He needed a safe location to rest up.

Walking over to the mages guild, he went up to the receptionist.

&quot;Get Mark over here.&quot; He said as the receptionist frowned.

&quot;I'm afraid you don't have the permission.&quot;

&quot;Just tell him his lord is here then.&quot; Lucius narrowed his eyes.

The receptionist paused hearing this and nodded.

Jogging to the testing room, she soon returned with Mark.

Lucius gestured slightly as Mark nodded.

Walking into a separate room, Lucius sat down on a chair and closed his eyes.

&quot;I'm sorry young master. I wasn't able to help you since the association was being watched.&quot; Mark said as he kneeled down.

&quot;No worries. I was able to kill them in the end.&quot; Lucius replied as he sat up.

&quot;That being said. How's the tasks I gave you?&quot;

&quot;I'm afraid I have little to no progress. The traitors hide their tracks extremely well.&quot; Mark reported.

&quot;Hmm…&quot;

Lucius narrowed his eyes as the faction was slowly being overtaken by traitors. Even though he was the young master, his level was only 50, he couldn't stand up to those old monsters just yet.

&quot;Keep trying to find them. In the mean time, try to get a few good seedlings in the faction recruitment. Having a few new bloods under my control will help against the traitors.&quot;

&quot;Understood.&quot; Mark nodded.

*AHHH!!!!

The two paused when they suddenly heard a scream coming from the main hall.

&quot;Is there anything going on?&quot; He asked.

&quot;Not that I know of- … I think it might be one of the ranking matches.&quot; Mark said pausing when he remembered what a certain girl did to him. Just the thought made him pucker his anus.

&quot;Oh? Is the ranking match that brutal?&quot; Lucius asked with curiosity.

For a match to be brutal, it'll have to cause a huge amount of damage in one hit before the system sends them out.

For someone to be able to make the spectators cry out like that means they have quite the potentials.

&quot;Its…brutal in its own sense.&quot; Mark said after a pause.

Lucius's interest was peak further as it turned on the TV and tuned into the fight.

&quot;Young master I don't think you should w-…&quot; Mark's warning was a little too late as they saw Shiro pierce the ass of the person who's ranked 18th on the list.

Lucius's face darkened slightly as he saw how she aimed at the ass of the enemies.

&quot;Actually… isn't she…&quot; He muttered finding her a little familiar.

'Wait isn't she the little girl who caused me to waste time!' He thought when he saw her face.

&quot;Mark. I want you to give me all the information you have on her.&quot; He said with narrowed eyes.

&quot;Here, I was attending to her not too long ago so I have her information on me.&quot; Mark said handing him the ID copy.

&quot;Hmm… aged 13 and level 30 huh? Interesting.&quot; He smiled.

&quot;Try recruit her into our group when the faction recruitment starts.&quot; Lucius smiled.

&quot;I'll try.&quot; Mark nodded.

Dismissing mark, Lucius sat on the sat with a smile as he watched her fight.

'How vulgar… yet oddly effective. We humans have little to no protection on our rear, making it a prime weak point. There is a natural entry there to destroy your internals after all. We can protect our eyes, our mouths and other points in front of us. But one would almost never protect their ass.' Lucius thought.

It was an interesting weakness that Shiro had shown him. It maybe vulgar, it maybe shameless, but it was effective. Male, female, monster, everyone had the weakness par from some.

With such a spot available, if would be dumb not to attack it.

'The only factor restraining this would be embarrassment. Her face would be awfully thick if she isn't embarrassed by this. Perhaps I should consider this weakness as well.' He thought with a smile.

His eyes glowed with interest as he continued to read her records.

Tapping his fingers, a shadow version on him rose up as it bowed.

&quot;Keep an eye on her. I want to see if she's hiding anything else.&quot;

The shadow faded into the cracks of the wall as he continued to watch.

It was during the 4th match did he frown.

&quot;Those movements… why do they seem similar to the martial arts of the founder.&quot; He muttered.

The founder of the faction he was in, Shadow Palace, used a special set of martial arts that was lost through time. The Martial arts while only a fragment of the original, allowed her to propel the Shadow Palace up the ranks of the factions out in the world.

The martial arts focused on ghost like movements and was purely a movement type martial art.

It was with this that the founder was titled Ghost.

However, he was witnessing Shiro perform a similar set of movements that fit with the description of the founder's martial art.

Standing up from his chair, he decided to have a little talk with her when she comes out of the simulation.

###

Killing her opponent that was ranked 12th on the list, Shiro flicked her wrist as the ice spear dissembled.

The stands were filled with spectators as it wasn't every day that you see a challenger fly through the ranks.

Especially one that won with such an… interesting tactic.

&quot;You think there's something wrong with her?&quot;

&quot;What do you mean?&quot;

&quot;I mean she's always going for the ass, right? She's also killing them one by one. Doesn't she know she could fight the top 10?&quot;

&quot;You mean to say she's setting an example?&quot;

&quot;Perhaps. Either that or do you think she has a thing for.. you know.&quot;

&quot;… is she a sadist?&quot;

&quot;Why else do you think she's fighting them one by one.&quot;

&quot;Oh god! Imagine if she fought like this in real life.&quot;

&quot;… don't. This world is cursed enough as it is!&quot;

&quot;You can't deny it though!&quot;

&quot;I suppose you're right.&quot;

&quot;When she gets into top 10, do you think she'll get a title as well? Would they even allow it though.&quot;

&quot;Hmm, true. Titles are based on combat habits. With a habit like her's, what do you think she could be called?&quot;

&quot;Erm… Ass Busting Queen?&quot;

&quot;…&quot;

&quot;How about… Anus Annihilator?&quot;

&quot;Doesn't feel right.&quot;

&quot;Anus Destroyer Shiro?&quot;

&quot;Hmm perhaps.&quot;

&quot;Anus Destroying Empress.&quot;

&quot;You know she's 13 right? It says her on her Mages ID.&quot;

&quot;Anus Destroying Princess?&quot;

&quot;That. Let's go with that.&quot;

&quot;Anus Destroying Princess… I like that. Has a nice yet evil ring to it.&quot;

&quot;Doesn't it fit her well though? Look at her. She's so pretty at a young age but her tendencies are a little. Ahem.&quot;

###

Tapping on the button for rank 11, Shiro saw that it was forfeited the moment she challenged him.

'Is he afraid?' Shiro thought as she did fight her way through the ranks easily.

Tapping rank 10, she was happy that he accepted.

Rank 10 was called Shane. He was a mage that also focused on the ice element.

As her vision shifted, she saw her opponent.

He had a large robe that covered his body and face, leaving only his eyes out.

His body build was slightly on the small side as he didn't have a weapon on him.

&quot;You! Why do you keep stabbing at the ass of the mages.&quot; He shouted out as he glared at her.

Shiro didn't reply as it was a waste of time.

She only smiled provocatively as she taunted him.

This caused him to frown as a magic circle wrapped around his arm.

Before he could set out his area of control, Shiro was way ahead of him as she slammed her palms down and froze the area.

Crouching low, she made a spear as she dashed towards him.

Stabbing the spear into the ground, she pivoted on her feet as she slid around and behind him.

She was about to stab her spear at him when she quickly shifted her weight and flipped away from him.

Landing on the ice, she slid back for a moment before she stabilised herself.

Shane had a chunk of ice encasing his rear as there were ice spikes shooting out of it.

If she had stayed there, it may have injured her.

Shane only smiled seeing he saw his plan work.

Before he could even talk, he saw Shiro with a bland expression as she flicked her wrist.

*BOOMMMM!!!!!!

When she flipped away, she had set down a trap for him.

If a small spear didn't work then she just needed a larger one.

From below his feet, a giant ice pillar shot upwards as it completely obliterated his chunk of ice that protected his rear.

With a single move, his body was split in two as his corpse launched high into the air.

The crowd was shocked as not even protecting your rear with magic could protect your anus.

Seeing that she reached top 10 in terms of ranking, Shiro decided to stop as there had been enough victims for today.

Exiting the capsule, Shiro stretched her body as she picked Yin up.

'Hm? Where's the branch master?' Shiro thought as she looked around.

Exiting out of the room, Shiro looked around and saw Mark walking together with another man.

'Wait isn't he that dipsh*t who handled me roughly last time.' Shiro thought with narrowed eyes.

Walking up to them, Shiro tapped away at her phone.

[Mark, I've reached top 10. I do believe I'm entitled to my 30 Ice Cores now.]

&quot;Ah erm this…&quot; Mark muttered feeling a little pinch. Not only that, but his young master was here right now.

&quot;It's fine. Give her the 30 Ice Cores.&quot; Lucius said with a smile.

This caused Shiro to narrow her eyes as she wondered about their relationship.

[Thanks. My address should be on my ID profile. Just send it there.]

&quot;Hang on. I have a question for you.&quot; Lucius asked.

[What?]

&quot;Where did you learn your martial arts?&quot;

Shiro frowned hearing the question.

[None of your business. And also, next time remember to handle girls with care.]

Shiro walked away as Lucius only chuckled.

&quot;Handle with care huh? Her methods aren't exactly the most careful are they?&quot; Lucius muttered.

&quot;You know each other young master?&quot;

&quot;She wasted my time during my pursuit. The old geezers almost caught up to me because of her.&quot;

&quot;Should I go and end her?&quot; Mark asked with a frown.

&quot;Leave it. I want to recruit her. No need to kill an upcoming talent.&quot; Lucius shook his head.

What he doesn't understand are the people who kill what they can't get. Humanity as a whole is only a small part of this world now. Satellites didn't work as they wished so they couldn't scout out the vast world. They tried to send rockets but they would get destroyed by flying-type monsters.

With them forced to abide by foreign rules, they needed every talent possible. Even if they aren't part of the team, they're still part of humanity.

All so that humanity can survive in this strange world.

&quot;Give her the cores and support her growth. We need talents like her. Not to mention, she was able to almost freeze me when she was 25 levels below me.&quot;

&quot;What?!&quot; Mark was surprised.

He knew that the higher level disparity was between two people, the harder it was to affect the higher level. Yet, for him to still be almost frozen by someone 25 levels below him, tells one volumes of Shiro's strength.

Meanwhile, Shiro who was exiting the building was looked at with gazes of fear.

Some were holding their rears as they shivered feeling her gaze on them.

&quot;Little Yin, do you think I should have fought a few more people?&quot; Shiro asked.

Yin only chirped as she had seen too much today.

Licking her lips slightly, Shiro narrowed her eyes and looked for anyone unaffected.

This caused the adventurers to shiver in fear as they planned to get the best blacksmith in the city to make them an ass plate.

One strong enough to protect against anal penetration.

Shrugging slightly, she decided to let them off and head home first. She still had her gift of armour and outfit ready for Lyrica.

44 Elven Bladedancer

Returning to the dorm, Shiro knocked on Lyrica's door.

&quot;Oh Shiro-&quot; Lyrica paused when she saw Shiro's new outfit. Just seeing the hood frame her cute face and the stockings and jeans frame her thighs made her face heat up.

[You ok?]

&quot;Ah! Yes! Come in.&quot; Lyrica said as she quickly gestured for Shiro to enter her room.

[I got a present for you since you challenged the Dungeon solo for the first time. This armour and outfit should help you a lot.] Shiro smiled as she sat down on a chair.

Pulling out the armour and outfit, Shiro gestured for Lyrica to take a look.

&quot;Just… wow…&quot; Was all Lyrica muttered seeing the armour effects.

[The outfit is made from a special material like my first dress. It won't break or rip, but the damage is still there. So don't think just because the clothes didn't rip, you won't take any damage.] Shiro warned.

&quot;Of course. It would be stupid otherwise.&quot; Lyrica nodded.

[We have time to challenge a Dungeon. Want to do it now?] Shiro smiled. The sooner she got Lyrica to level 20 the better, this was so that she could get an extra edge in the faction recruitment.

Lyrica nodded as she too wanted to reach level 20.

Leaving the dorms, Shiro paused as she felt a strange gaze on her.

Pulling her hood forward, she continued to walk whilst looking for the source of the gaze.

She narrowed her eyes when she saw the figure.

It was the shadow clone of Lucius. She only recognised the clone as she too used the same type of clone during the story quest of the Yin Kingdom.

Shiro followed Lyrica as they walked out of the school facility.

[Give me a second, I'll be right back.] Shiro typed out.

&quot;Alright, I'll wait here for you.&quot;

Walking away from Lyrica, Shiro walked into an ally. The clone followed but not before it felt two hands wrap around his head and neck.

&quot;Next time make sure you don't make yourself so obvious.&quot; Shiro whispered even though she knew he won't understand.

Twisting her hand, she ripped the clones head clean of the torso as it broke apart.

Dusting her hands, she walked back to Lyrica.

###

Lucius, who was talking to Mark, paused feeling his clones death.

&quot;So she found and killed it.&quot; He said with a small smile.

&quot;Killed what?&quot; Mark asked.

&quot;She killed the clone I sent to observe her.&quot; Lucius chuckled slightly.

&quot;!!!&quot; Mark paused in shock as Lucius's shadow clones were very hard to spot. Not only were they small, but they also blended in almost perfectly with the surroundings.

Even for level 50's, they would find it hard to notice the clone.

&quot;I'm quite interested in her. Make it so that finding out her background is your top priority.&quot;

&quot;Understood.

###

Having killed the clone, Shiro returned to Lyrica as they made their way to the Dungeon.

Since Lyrica was level 19 and hitting level 20 soon, they decided to challenge the level 20 Dungeon, Murloc Caverns.

Murloc Caverns featured swamps and land-based combat.

The murlocs, were large, frog-like creatures that walked on both legs. Sickly green skin and blue patterns.

In addition to this, they also had reptilian eyes, humanoid teeth and tentacle-like protrusions from their backs.

With everything combined, they made for a disgusting match.

Within the ranks of the Murlocs, there are the basic troops to the highest Murloc King. The Murloc King being the final boss of this Dungeon.

There is a total of 3 floors in this Dungeon; the first floor consisting of Murloc troops and heavy tanks, second floor consisted of Murloc mages, troops and shamans. The final floor being the king with all his guards.

With Shiro being a level 30, they were allowed a permit to enter. This was due to the fact that Shiro was a level 30 and rank 10 on the mages priority list. Anyone high in the ranks were able to challenge a E rank Dungeon easily.

Entering the Dungeon, a new question surfaced in Shiro's mind.

[Lyrica, how did you enter a Dungeon solo last time?]

&quot;Eh… I just snuck in Hehehe.&quot; Lyrica laughed slightly.

[Ah so just like me.] Shiro grinned.

Patting Lyrica's shoulder, Shiro nodded in approval.

*GLUGLUGLUG

The sound similar to someone drowning rang out as Lyrica took out her blade.

Shiro stepped back as this was solo run for Lyrica. She was only the fail-safe.

As the sound came closer, they saw the Murloc holding a small rusted sword.

[Murloc Troop LVL 20]

Lyrica twisted her body as she launched her weapon forwards.

*BOOM!

The weapon smacked against the Murloc's sword as Lyrica jumped up and caught the blade.

Twisting her body in mid-air, she slashed downwards and cleaved the Murloc in half.

Shiro smiled seeing her efficiency since it shouldn't take too long for Lyrica to reach level 20.

…

After several hours of grinding on the first floor, Lyrica had finally hit level 20.

[Congratulation? What classes are available?] Shiro asked.

&quot;Erm… I got Elven Swordswoman star, Elven Swordmaster and Elven Bladedancer.&quot; Lyrica said as Shiro considered.

[What benefits and negatives are there?]

&quot;The Elven Swordswoman star gives me and 15% bonus when attacking with swords, a 10% agility bonus and an extra 10% STR when I attack with full momentum. Swordmaster gives me a 20% bonus, 15% agility and an extra 15% STR. But I also lose most of my defence and skills in turn for new ones.&quot;

[What about the last one? Elven Bladedancer?] Shiro asked.

She knew that all elves had a chance to reach Elven Sword Saintess. But she didn't know about any of the classes that came before it. While she could guess a few, Elven Bladedancer was certainly a new class she had never even heard rumours of.

&quot;Oh wow. The Elven Bladedancer gives me a 20% bonus with swords, daggers and chain whips. A 20% agility bonus and an extra 20% STR. But that requires me to almost completely abandon my defence.&quot;

'Hmm, from what she's told me, the Bladedancer seems like a heavy damage orientated class. It should have either amazing burst damage or long damage over time. From what I've seen of Lyrica, this may fit her quite nicely.'

[Which class do you think you're going to go for?]

&quot;I'm thinking of Bladedancer. Being able to end a fight quickly would be handy if I'm going to be soloing Dungeons.&quot; Lyrica replied.

[Do what you wish. If I remember clearly, every elf has a chance to get Elven Sword Saintess right? The strength of your class should be linked to the classes you chose previously. So for you to pick bladedancer, your elven sword saintess may become a heavy damage oriented class.] Shiro smiled.

&quot;Eh?! How do you know about Elven Sword Saintess?! That's supposed to be one of the secrets of the elf race!&quot; Lyrica cried out in surprise.

[I have my sources. But what do you mean by secrets? Isn't it supposed to be commonly known?]

&quot;Well since you already know, I guess it doesn't hurt to tell you. Basically, the relationship between human and demi-races seem nice on the surface, but we all know they want to oppress us demi-races. Each race is basically exposed to the human race as they know all of our traits. The elven sword saintess is supposed to be a secret against the human race should it ever come to that.&quot; Lyrica said with a sigh.

&quot;With power like the Elven Sword Saintess at our disposal, the human race can't sit still. If they knew about it, it'll cause the humans to be wary and be on guard against the elven race. Eliminating any source of danger that may come to the human race.&quot;

[Is that so? Narrow-minded fools. With the human race occupying such little of the territory, they still want to oppress the other races?] Shiro typed out as she had a disdainful sneer on her face.

Greed was one of the core parts of the human mentality. Very few could resist the greed which plagued their nature and Shiro knows it. But everyone should at least have the ability to rein it in for the betterment of the race.

[You should try hard to get the class then. Having a hidden proficiency can help you gain the class.] Shiro typed out.

&quot;Alright. But I have to say, I'm surprised Shiro is so… how can I put this…&quot;

[Open minded?]

&quot;Kind of like that. I'm just surprised that you can be so calm. What if I become an overlord that enslaves the human race?&quot; Lyrica joked.

Shiro only shrugged.

[Then I take responsibility. But to be honest. I can't exactly be called a human right now. Demi-race like you would be suitable I suppose.] Shiro smiled.

&quot;Eh?! Shiro's a demi too? But I thought your ID said human?&quot; Lyrica asked.

[In a world filled with trickery, you need to be good at disguising yourself.] Shiro smiled.

&quot;But what if I tell other people?&quot;

[Then it's just me misplacing my trust.] Shiro shrugged. She didn't mind telling Lyrica that she wasn't a human for now. Naturally, she wouldn't tell her that she was a monster either.

That'll have to wait.

&quot;Aww Shiro…&quot; Lyrica muttered hearing Shiro trust her enough to reveal her non-human lineage to her. Whilst it wasn't the full truth, she knew a person like Shiro needed to hide parts of her life to avoid danger.

[So which class are you going to choose?]

&quot;I'm thinking of going Bladedancer. My mum has told me about going for stars is good, but the difficulty scales up with each star. Bladedancer seems to fit me more honestly.&quot; Lyrica said whilst tapped the Bladedancer class.

&quot;Eh? The conditions aren't too hard I suppose. Defeat 3 bosses with the sword, dagger and whip. 5 D ranked mana stones. Achieve a 250 point total in STR, AGI and DEX.&quot; Lyrica said, telling Shiro about her class up conditions.

[How many points do you have in total for your STR AGI and DEX?]

&quot;I got 320 in total.&quot;

[That's one condition completed. You should aim to complete the rest of the tasks in this Dungeon.]

&quot;Eh? But I don't have a whip nor a dagger. I only have this dual-ended blade which barely counts as a sword.&quot;

[I have something for you don't worry. The main problem is your fighting potential without the dual-ended blade. Since your body's been adapting to the weapon, do you think it remembers some of the movements?]

&quot;Oh, you mean like muscle memory?&quot;

[Yeah.]

&quot;Maybe… but I'm not too sure.&quot; Lyrica shook her head.

[You need to make sure you have basic proficiency with every weapon. There will be situations where you would lose your main weapon and have to make do with different weapons. If you train yourself, you'll be able to use every weapon available.]

&quot;But that's hard~&quot; Lyrica complained. Reaching a basic understanding in every weapon was hard as not only did she need to train in each of them, she needs to make sure she curbs any weapon movement habits she picks up.

Examples being the difference between an axe and a dagger. The heavier weapon types involve the use of momentum control whilst the light weapons, like the dagger, need no such thing. To gain proficiency in everything, she'll need to make sure her movements don't collide with different weapons.

[Shouldn't be. I was able to gain an above basic proficiency in every weapon since I was trained from the time I was a kid.]

&quot;But aren't you still a kid now?&quot; Lyrica asked with confusion.

[When I was trained younger then. It took me a few years but I was able to curb my habits and get better.] Shiro smiled.

'I need to remember that my current body resembles that of a 13-year-old. I shouldn't be talking about experiences like I did in my past life.' Shiro thought.

[Anyways, since you've killed most of the mobs on the first floor, let's kill the obelisk guardian and go up to the second floor.]

&quot;Alright.&quot; Lyrica nodded as they made their way to the guardian.

When they arrived, they saw the obelisk located in the middle of an island and the boss swimming in the water.

Sensing Shiro and Lyrica, the boss dived down before shooting out the water.

*BANG!

The boss landed with a heavy thud as his entire body was exposed to the duo.

He had a slimy and elongated body that was a revolting hybrid between a frog and an eel. The mouth of the Murloc stretched back all the way to his arms as the rows of teeth caused both Shiro and Lyrica to cringe in disgust.

Blue wave-like patterns stretched across his body as the back was decorated with fins.

[Murloc River Guardian LVL 20 – Elite]

45 Purple Dagger

Shiro hopped backwards as she started to float mid-air.

Her robe fluttered slightly while she watched with a small smile.

Lyrica summoned her weapon as she charged at the Murloc.

*GLUPGLUPGLUP!!!

Sidestepping, Lyrica dodged easily as her blade glowed with a slight red tinge.

Heated Edge!

Slashing twice with her skill, Lyrica caused a cross to be burned into the side of the Murloc.

&quot;GLUPGLUP!

Crying out in rage, the Murloc swung his tail as Lyrica quickly slid on the ground, narrowly avoiding the tail swipe.

Stabbing the sword into the ground, Lyrica vaulted herself onto the back of the Murloc.

Twirling the sword, Lyrica caused a multitude of lacerations to appear on the Murloc's body.

The Murloc's eyes glowed red as sparks started to flicker around him.

Seeing this, Lyrica quickly jumped backwards, avoiding the lightning.

Pivoting on her leg, Lyrica twisted her body as a gale started to pick up.

Whirlwind Slash!

*PUCHI PUCHI!

Two deep ghastly gashes could be seen on the back as Lyrica took advantage of her momentum to increase the damage.

Not wasting the excess momentum, Lyrica shifted her footwork and cleaved downwards.

*BANG!

The blade cut deeply into the flesh but wasn't able to sever the tail.

Lyrica frowned slightly seeing this.

The Murloc retaliated by bending back at an abnormal angle. His mouth opened wide as it wanted to swallow Lyrica whole.

Kicking the bottom of the blade, Lyrica dislodged the blade from the tail as she rolled out of the way.

*BOOM!!!

A miniature dust cloud exploded outwards as the Murloc's head crashed against the ground.

Quickly re-orientating herself, Lyrica narrowed her eyes.

The Murloc's tail could be seen swishing around in the smoke.

*GLUPGLUP!!!

Smashing through the cloud of smoke, the Murloc charged towards Lyrica as she quickly vaulted upwards to avoid being eaten.

*BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!

Destroying a large portion of the scenery, the Murloc tilted his head back as it swallowed everything.

&quot;Creepy f*cker.&quot; Lyrica muttered with a frown.

The abnormal size of the jaw freaked her out as there was something that unsettled her mentally.

She just couldn't stand looking at such a disgusting thing.

Meanwhile, Shiro was becoming more and more satisfied watching Lyrica fight.

Not only were her movements fluid, but she was also starting to improve on her hidden proficiency.

Adding her own movements to flow from one skill to another, all whilst not disrupting her current tempo.

The subtle shift in her centre of gravity shift to cooperate with her footwork and wrist movement didn't escape Shiro's eye.

'At the rate she's going, she may very well be the youngest to ever comprehend her attack domain. In this life and in my previous life' Shiro thought. Having an ally like this would definitely make future Dungeon runs easier as it was hard to solo the higher-level ones.

Just one monster would have people struggling as they all had their own skills that could kill a person quickly.

Whilst Lyrica was fighting the boss, Shiro scanned for his HP.

[Murloc River Guardian LVL 20 – Elite]

HP: 39,300/75,000

MP: 20,590/50,000

'He's going to die soon.' Shiro thought with a smile.

The Murloc slammed his hands into the ground as Lyrica dodged.

Stabbing the blade deep into the back of his palm, Lyrica twisted her body and gave the blade a roundhouse kick.

*BANG!

The kick to the blade ripped a large chunk of the flesh out as Lyrica caught the blade once more.

Following the momentum, she slashed towards the Murloc's eye.

*GLUPGLUPGLUP!!!

Seeing that Lyrica has it handled, Shiro decided to craft the weapons she needed for the next two bosses.

The whip and the dagger.

Not only that, but Shiro needs to make sure they didn't break due to the MP durability.

Hiding her hands behind her back, Shiro started to imagine the blueprints.

'The dagger itself needs to be strong, tough and powerful for a level 20 weapon. It can't be the throwing dagger type I use, it must have high durability.'

Lightning sparked in her palm as metallic fibres started to appear and merge together.

Twisting together, a dagger slowly formed as Shiro made sure each component was extra tough.

Constructing a skill chip, she added disguise onto the blade.

[Reinforced Orphenium Dagger (Purple) LVL 20]

+20 Pierce

+20 Durability

+20 Critical Rate

+25 Critical Damage

+20 Bleed

+20 Sharpness

Passive: Mana Repair

Mana Repair – Repairs durability when user inserts mana into the blade.

Durability – 40,000/40,000

This was the blade that Shiro managed to create. Not only was it of the purple rank, but she had used up an astounding 45k MP to make this dagger. For such an amount to be inserted to a level 20 dagger would propel it to the purple grade easily.

Twirling the dagger in her hands, Shiro smiled.

This was a weapon, similar in design to her old dagger. Orphenium was one of the sharpest, yet most brittle materials back then. The only problem was its durability.

The dagger she had now was basically a copy of the dagger at a lower level.

*BOOMM!!!!

'Just in time I guess.' Shiro thought as she saw the Murloc collapse down lifelessly.

Lyrica wasn't too tired out as she was only panting lightly.

Landing softly next to her, Shiro tapped her shoulder.

[Good job.]

&quot;Thanks. But I should have killed him faster.&quot; Lyrica sighed as she sat down.

Hearing this, Shiro only shrugged as wanting to do better was always a trait she liked to see in others.

Collecting the corpse, Lyrica was about to head up to the second floor when she was stopped by Shiro.

[Here take this.] Shiro typed as she passed Lyrica the dagger.

&quot;Hm? A dagger- OH MY GOD A PURPLE GRADE!&quot; Lyrica shouted as her hands quivered.

Purple grade equipment was exceedingly rare even in the front lines. While they may be more common with lower level equipment, they were still something rarely seen.

&quot;How did you get something like this?!&quot; Lyrica asked.

[No questions. Just use this for the next floor and kill the boss. After that, return it to me and I'll give you the whip for the final boss.]

Understanding the subtle hint of ignorance is a bliss, Lyrica stopped asking questions.

Entering the 2nd floor, Lyrica adjusted her grip on the dagger several times as she tried to get a better grasp of the weapon.

[Unlike the dual-ended blade, the dagger doesn't have the range or the damage. You have to focus on pinpointing the weak areas and strike there.]

&quot;What do you mean?&quot;

[Understand that like most humans, monsters also have innate weaknesses like the tendons. Cut those tendons apart and they won't be able to move.] Shiro smiled.

[Break the spine and they collapse onto themselves. And naturally, you can also go for the anus but since you're using a dagger you won't be able to make use of that weakness.]

'Thankfully.' Lyrica thought.

[Just make sure you move fast and attack the weak points. Circling around and slashing at the tendons is a foundation move every dagger user needs. Beginner or not.] Shiro smiled.

Lyrica nodded as she closed her eyes. She tried to remember the feeling of when she was using the dual-ended blade. She needed the muscle memory to help her out during this floor.

Thankfully, the second floor consisted of mages, basic troops and shamans. While the magic was a little harder to dodge, she should be able to handle it.

Sneaking to the first group of Murlocs, Lyrica suppressed her nervousness as she narrowed her eyes.

'There are 3 mages and 2 troops. I should go for the mages first while avoiding the troops. If I deal with the troops, it would be annoying to dodge the magic.' Lyrica thought.

Taking a deep breath to suppress her nervousness, Lyrica reopened her eyes.

Dashing towards the group, she kept her body low on the ground.

The mages detected her immediately as three fireballs were created and sent towards her.

'Remember the feeling, remember the feeling…' Lyrica thought as she needed to dodge.

Pivoting on her foot, she sidestepped away from the first fireball.

Slamming her palms on the ground, Lyrica used the force to slide under the last two fireballs.

'I-I did it!' She thought in excitement. Making sure to not lose her rhythm so far, she continued her dash towards the mages.

The troops raised their swords as Lyrica flicked the dagger into a reverse grip.

*DING!

The sword came into contact with the dagger as Lyrica twisted her body and slammed a kick to the side of the Murloc's cranium.

The force caused him to recoil backwards as it gave Lyrica enough room to grab the second Murloc troop.

Slashing her dagger at his wrist, she caused him to drop the sword.

*BOOM BOOM BOOM!

Three fireballs fired towards her as she used the Murloc as a shield.

*GLUPGLUP!

The Murloc cried out in pain as his back was scorched.

Throwing the Murloc away like trash, Lyrica arrived at the first mage.

Panicking, the mage smashed the staff towards Lyrica.

Grabbing the staff, Lyrica pulled it towards her as the mages lost his balance.

She used her left leg to kick behind the knees of the mage, causing him to kneel before her.

*PPFFFF!

Slashing the dagger at the spine and neck arteries in one swift movement, blood started to spray out.

&quot;Pui!&quot; Quickly spitting out the blood that got into her mouth, Lyrica rolled to the side avoiding the fireballs.

Grabbing a hand full of sand and dirt, she threw it towards the mage's eye.

*PFFF!!!!

In the time that the mage was blinded, she slashed his neck leaving only one more target on her kill list.

With the final mage, Lyrica decided to finish it fast.

Twirling the dagger in her hand, she built up the momentum and flung the dagger towards the mage.

*Pa!

Shiro did a facepalm as she saw the dagger fly through the air and was about to land in the ocean. It had completely missed the target as Shiro flicked her wrist.

A wall of ice was erected as the dagger struck the wall.

Seeing Shiro facepalm herself, Lyrica knew about her mistake. Sure she may have retained some of the muscle memory, but she still wasn't used to throwing daggers.

Quickly rolling out of the way, Lyrica dodged the fireball. Grabbing the downed mage's staff, Lyrica ran to the ice wall and vaulted herself up.

Ripping out the dagger from the wall, she did a backflip and landed softly.

Finishing off the mage with ease, Lyrica sighed.

She was about to talk when an ice spike shot past her face.

*GLU!!!!

A cry rang out as Lyrica looked behind her and saw that it was the Murloc she kicked aside at the start. An ice spike was embedded into his skull as it collapsed weakly.

[Don't let your guard down. Make sure each and every one of them is dead before you look away.]

&quot;…understood.&quot;

[Also, why did you throw the dagger? You've never trained in dagger throwing at all. How would you expect to throw the dagger with both the accuracy and the power needed to kill that mage.]

&quot;I-I just thought it looked easy when other people do it.&quot;

[You need to have good control over the flick of your wrist, the strength of your arm and the point where you release the dagger. They all play a part in how to throw the dagger correctly. If any of them are lacking, there is a high chance of the dagger not being able to hit the target with enough force.] Shiro typed out as she took the dagger.

Without looking back, she flicked her wrist and the dagger shot in a beeline towards the tree.

[See? It looks easy due to how casual I threw it. But do you think it's easy to perform?]

Lyrica shook her head.

[Then why the hell did you try to throw it?!] Shiro asked as Lyrica looked down.

Shiro knew she had to be strict with Lyrica at times. As much as she wanted to assist her, if she wasn't careful, Lyrica would develop bad habits.

[If I wasn't here to stop that dagger from flying into the ocean, you would have lost your weapon. Even if you had your dual-ended blade, what would you do if you had no more weapons?]

&quot;I'm sorry…&quot; Lyrica apologised as she knew she made a big mistake.

Shiro sighed as she passed the dagger back to Lyrica.

[We're spending a while here to train your dagger arts.] Shiro typed as she pulled out another dagger.

She was going to make sure Lyrica understood the basics of daggers.

46 Whips

4 days. It took Lyrica 4 days to get an approval rating from Shiro.

If rated out of ten with 1 being a decent dagger user and 10 being someone on a veteran's level, Lyrica would get a 2.5. Shiro, on the other hand, would be too far up the scale.

*THUD!

The dagger embedded itself deeply into the cranial bone of a Murloc Shaman as Lyrica massaged her wrist.

The training Shiro gave her was to try to hit a stationary target whilst running around and doing flips. That was just stage one out of 4.

The next stage had involved her hitting a stationary target with Shiro launching magic at her, the 3rd stage had her hit a moving target and the final stage being all of the above whilst fighting a crowd of Murlocs.

This type of high-intensity training had allowed her to gain a much better grasp on daggers.

Shiro was about 75% sure that Lyrica could solo the obelisk guardian of the 2nd floor without much hassle.

Just in case, she had made a second dagger which included a magnetic component which attracts both daggers together. This was so that she could retrieve the dagger whenever she wished. In addition to this, the more mana she injected into the dagger, the stronger the pull.

Originally, this was a skill for an armour that was meant for tanks. But Shiro decided to add it to the dagger since she had a few ideas with what she could do with it.

[Go challenge the guardian. As always, I'll be watching. And remember, use every one of your tools. The magnetic function can be used in many ways that some may not even imagine.] Shiro smiled.

She had some ideas, but the satisfaction of finding out was something she wanted Lyrica to experience.

&quot;Alright.&quot; Lyrica nodded as she too felt it was time. She didn't want to spend too long as she still had the final boss to fight. With a whip at that too.

However, this time she was allowed the leeway to use her dual-ended blades because she wouldn't have the time to get used to the whips. She was just going to test how far she could go with the weapon.

Walking up to the boss, Lyrica took a deep breath.

[Murloc Grand Mage LVL 20 – Elite]

The Murloc Grand Mage was just slightly larger than the Murloc Mage. It was roughly 3 times as big.

Shiro only yawned slightly as she could probably kill the Grand Mage in a few minutes. With a large body like that, it was basically a sitting duck for her special treatment.

Making herself an ice hammock, Shiro laid on her stomach as she watched Lyrica fight the boss at a leisurely pace.

Since the Grand Mage was a huge target, Lyrica needed to make sure she abuses this as much as she can.

'Keep moving, don't stay in one place. Strike at the weak points and maybe make it hurt itself with his own magic.' Lyrica thought as she dodged the mages first strike.

Dashing near the Achilles heel of the Murloc, she narrowed her eyes and slashed at them with her two daggers.

She only frowned as she saw them leave only a faint shallow mark.

Not staying in the same spot for longer than needed, Lyrica immediately made her way to the other leg and stabbed down with all of her strength.

The same situation repeated itself as Lyrica only frowned seeing that her overall strength was too low to penetrate the thick skin of the Murloc.

*BAM!

The Murloc stomped down with his leg as a shockwave was sent out.

&quot;URG!!&quot; She couldn't help but groan at the hit.

Sliding on the ground slightly, she stabilised herself.

Lyrica felt the temperature rise as she saw a huge fireball shoot towards her.

Taking a deep breath, she dashed around the impact zone as she had to grit her teeth from the heat.

While her clothes didn't burn, she did feel like she was being cooked alive.

Flicking her wrist, she flung a dagger at the leg as it embedded itself.

Stepping on the dagger, Lyrica jumped up onto the Murloc's knee and recalled the dagger using the magnetic feature.

Dodging a palm slap, Lyrica ran towards the hip tendon.

'If I can rip the hip tendon, I can destroy his mobility further to create more blind spots for me to take advantage of.' She thought.

Strengthening her grip on both daggers, she pushed power through her entire body as she used the skill, body reinforcement. A simple skill that boosts your physical potential in short bursts.

*PFF!!!!!

Dashing past the hip area, the daggers dug deep into the flesh as blood splattered everywhere.

During this, Lyrica had lost her hold on the dagger due to the force and the blood attesting against her grip.

Twisting her body, Lyrica recalled the dagger that was stuck in the Murloc's flesh.

Catching the dagger, Lyrica paused for a moment as she had an epiphany.

'The dagger faced almost no resistance coming back to me. During the moment it came back to me, it had cut open more of the flesh since it was in the way. While it took a little bit more MP, the force of the dagger was something I couldn't output easily with my current strength. Perhaps if I were to make use of the magnetic function of the dagger, I can deal more damage to the boss.' Lyrica thought.

Shiro grinned seeing the glint in Lyrica's eye.

Standing up, Shiro decided to focus more since it was finally going to become interesting.

Grabbing onto a branch, Lyrica swung herself upright as she wanted to test if she could propel the dagger away as well as pulling it back to her.

Injecting her mana with the intent of repulsion, Lyrica smiled feeling the daggers want to leave her hands.

'I'll need to time this correctly. Pull the dagger in and swing it before pushing it away to maximise the momentum carrying the dagger.' She thought. She was about to try out her new idea when a flipper slapped towards her.

Quickly using the branch to propel herself away, Lyrica frowned seeing the mage slap the tree away.

Even with the thick roots trying to secure the tree down, the mage was able to uproot it with ease.

Thankfully, the mage was now lying on his stomach as he couldn't move one of his legs due to the severed tendon.

Landing on the ground, Lyrica let go of one of the daggers and dashed toward mage.

Injecting mana, the dagger flew towards her as Lyrica narrowed her eyes to make sure her timing was right.

'Now!'

Twisting her body, she used the inertia of the dagger to slash towards the neck artery of the grand mage.

*PFFF!!!!!!!!

The power behind the dagger caused a huge slash mark to stretch across the neck of the mage.

'Bingo!' Lyrica grinned as her plan worked.

With her attack plan working out, it didn't take too long for Lyrica to kill the boss.

Not only was the boss unable to move, but most of his magic missed their target.

Landing the final blow on the boss, Lyrica sat down heavily and laid on her back.

*pa

A cold towel plotted on her face as she removed it to see a smiling Shiro.

[Congrats. Also, good job in figuring out the main form of attack with these two daggers. Inertia. Remember, no matter what, inertia can help boost the power of an attack several times due to momentum.]

Lyrica nodded as she decided to lay there for a second with the towel cooling her off.

&quot;Hey Shiro. I'm just wondering, but where did you get the towel?&quot;

[You'll be surprised at the stuff I have in my inventory. I just grabbed a towel I had inside and froze it before melting it again.] Shiro shrugged.

&quot;I see… Don't most people store armour, weapons and other important stuff?&quot;

[I do. But it's just that I also have a bunch of miscellaneous items inside.]

She wasn't lying. She did keep a few spare weapons in her inventory that she collected from bosses.

But most of the items inside her inventory were everyday items such as clothes, food, mana stones and survival kits such as tents. Weapons only made up for a small portion of her inventory.

[Make sure to rest properly. Next fight is the final boss.] Shiro smiled.

Sitting on a rock, she decided to make Lyrica her whip.

She was a little confused at the type of whip Lyrica should use. There were several types but the main ones were the un-barbed, barbed and the bladed whips.

The un-barbed were used mostly for torture so that was off the list. Barbed whips offered greater attack speeds at the cost of lower damage.

While the bladed whips were the opposite. They dealt greater damage at the cost of flexibility, weight and speed.

Depending on the situation, one would switch between the two whips.

However, Shiro finds that annoying and a hassle to switch between whip types during battle.

'If I build the blades into the whip, the whip itself should be able to extrude and retract the blade length at will.' She thought as this would essentially allow all three main whip types to be combined into 1.'

Making sure Lyrica couldn't see the forging process, Shiro made the whip behind her back.

'Each segment of the whip must contain a micro piston that can extrude and retract the blades. The activator switch should be near the thumb for easy access. Each segment should be able to retract and lengthen the whip as well.

'This way the whip is able to switch between long-distance and short-distance combat with ease. The best way to do this is to have the nanobots further compact and reinforce the whip when it gets shorter.'

Imagining the structure of the whip, the empty husk in her hand right now had neon blue lights stretch across the body as the internal systems were being added.

Making sure to add the disguise skill, Shiro smiled lightly.

[Orphenium Bladed Whip LVL 20 (Blue+)]

+25 Sharpness

+25 Bleed

+25 Attack Speed

+25 Status Chance

Passive Skill: Blade Control, Length Configuration.

Blade Control – Inject mana when pressing the button to control the length of the blades in each segment. The longer the blade, the more damage. But attack speed decrease proportionate to length.

Length Configuration – Inject mana to lengthen or shorten the size of the whip. The longer it is, the more damage. The shorter it is, the more durability.

Durability: 45,000/45,000

Standing up, Shiro walked over to Lyrica.

[Here, your whip for the next boss. Try to get a feeling for it.] Shiro smiled as she passed it over.

&quot;At this point, I'm not even surprised at the fact that you pull so many weapons out of your inventory. You can pull out an armoury and I wouldn't care.&quot; Lyrica chuckled.

'Don't be so sure.' Shiro thought as she will eventually become a moving fortress with the amount of MP she'll have in the future.

As Lyrica held the whip, something clicked inside her as a familiar feeling washed over her.

Shiro paused seeing this change.

They looked at each other as Lyrica felt her mind blown.

&quot;You've got to be kidding me…&quot; She muttered.

[Give it a try. It's the only way we can be sure.]

Lyrica nodded as she walked over to the tree.

Lengthening the whip, she injected mana and caused the blades to lengthen.

Taking a deep breath, her aura became sharp as she flicked her wrist.

*HUAPISHHHH!!!!!

The whip carved through the air as it sliced the tree in half.

&quot;Just… Don't say anything Shiro…&quot; Lyrica said putting down the whip.

[Do you know how much I want to slap you right now? Who in actual hell has 2 hidden proficiencies?!?!] Shiro typed out as she was honestly surprised at the fact that Lyrica has two hidden proficiencies.

Even in her past life, having discovered a hidden proficiency out of hundreds of millions could propel a nation's status no matter how bad the proficiency was.

It was unthinkable to have 2, yet Lyrica had one of the most diverse proficiencies on top of that.

[I honestly don't know what kind of god blessed you or what you won from the gene pool. But I can say for a fact that so many would want to strangle you for your luck. You literally can't complain anymore about people being more talented because you are defying logic right now!]

Shiro said as Lyrica nodded.

&quot;Though I feel a little off balance.&quot;

[Maybe two whips then.] Shiro said as Lyrica nodded in agreement.

[Just practice with one whip for now. I'll give you the second one in a second.] Shiro said as she planned to drink a potion to regain MP.

Watching her practice, Shiro couldn't help but have ideas about Lyrica's new weapon.

'She has a combination of two proficiencies. This means her weapon is most definitely a ridiculous hybrid. The main problem is construction. I can't continue to give her my Nano Craft weapons as they aren't the solution to everything. Maybe I should recruit Helion and try to help him become a better blacksmith.' Shiro thought as a blueprint of the weapon was coming to her mind.

A slim dual ended blade that can separate and transform into whips or two swords. A combination of Lyrica's 2 proficiencies that is unheard of in the world.

'Perhaps the weapon of the future Elven Sword Saintess.' Shiro smiled in anticipation.

47 Quad Attunemen

Handing Lyrica the second whip, Shiro was able to see the attack domain slowly make its appearance.

With a whip in each hand, a cyclone of silver lights formed around her.

*Clap clap clap

Shiro clapped her hands as she walked over.

[Do you think you can solo the boss with this?] Shiro asked.

&quot;Maybe. I'm guessing a 50-50 chance.&quot; Lyrica admitted.

Sure she has the hidden proficiency, but even her first one took her a while to get used to. To go straight into a boss fight with just a few hours of practice was insane.

[Just try your best. Try to flow into the state of your proficiency and push it further. Go with the flow.] Shiro smiled.

Lyrica nodded as she too knew this. But understanding it and performing it were two vastly different things.

To actually perform what she understands, she would need to train herself relentlessly and hone the feeling of her proficiency.

Flicking her wrists, she retracted the whips and prepared to fight the final boss.

Activating the obelisk, they felt their vision shift as they were in the middle of a huge island.

The Murloc King was a huge muscular Murloc with ripping muscles. The slight lack of fat on his limbs made his arms and leg grotesque when compared to the hulking torso.

It wore a cape and had two large swords strapped to his back.

[Murloc King LVL 20 – Elite – Boss]

The guards where basically the heavy troops with slightly thicker armour.

[Murloc Royal Guard LVL 20]

Jumping up high, Shiro made herself scarce as she watched the battle.

Lyrica closed her eyes as she surrendered a little of her control to the proficiency. Her aura changed as she unfastened the two whips.

The king flicked out his hand as 2 royal guards charged towards her.

*HUAPISH! PISH!

Two whip cracks rang out as Lyrica had managed to slice the eyes of the guards through their helmet. This caused them to fall over and clutch their eyes in pain.

'No need to kill them. Disable their sight and focus on the boss.' Lyrica thought as she flicked her wrist.

The whip shot towards the boss like a serpent hungering for pray.

*CLANG!

Even though Lyrica extended the blades at the last moment to increase their power, the king didn't even flinch as he blocked the whip with one of his swords.

Flicking her wrist, Lyrica retracted her whip and dashed towards the king.

She swung both her whips as they made a scissor motion.

*CLANG CLANG!

Seeing that the king decided to block, Lyrica smiled as she retracted the barbs in time for the whips to wrap around the sword.

Pulling the sword apart, Lyrica created a gap in the king's defence.

Kicking the king, she jumped back and unwrapped the whips from the swords. Twisting her body gracefully, she whipped upwards causing two deep lacerations to appear on the king's body.

The fight was rather one-sided as the king couldn't move as fast as Lyrica. Not to mention, the whips took less stamina than the dual-ended blades. All it took was a flick of the wrist and Lyrica could lash him several times.

A battle of attrition was also viable since she could slowly whittle him down until he had one HP.

More of the guards tried to attack her as Lyrica dodged and lashed at every one of them. With the whip, everything that was a few meters away from her was in her kill zone.

However, due to the fact that she can shorten the whip if she wanted to, Lyrica was able to adjust her kill zone whenever she wanted. A deadly combination with a hidden proficiency like the whips.

Time passed as Lyrica whittled down the king relentlessly. His HP soon hit 1 as she narrowed her eyes.

Lashing the whip, un-barbed, around the king's neck, Lyrica jumped onto his shoulders and wrapped it around a few more times.

The king tried to struggle but to no avail.

Lyrica stepped hard on the spine as she pulled back on the whip with as much force as she could muster.

The moment she picked up momentum, Lyrica extended the blades as they sliced mercilessly into the neck of the king.

*RIIPPPP!!!!!

The head flew off the king's shoulders and landed with a hefty thud.

&quot;Fuu…&quot; Breathing out heavily, Lyrica calmed the nervousness that had occupied her heart.

[Congratulations.] Shiro typed as she landed on the ground.

&quot;UAHH!!! I WAS SO NERVOUS!!!&quot; Lyrica shouted out as she dashed towards Shiro.

Hugged her tightly, Lyrica relaxed herself as she snuggled into Shiro's hood.

Yin slapped Lyrica's head with her wing as Lyrica was invading her area. Lyrica didn't care as she was having the time of her life.

Shiro decided to allow her to have her way since Lyrica did work hard to kill the boss.

Having relaxed for a while, Lyrica removed herself from Shiro and walked over to the boss's corpse. Her face was blissful as Shiro smiled wearily.

Upon collecting both the stone and the loot, they prepared to leave the Dungeon.

However, Shiro tapped on her shoulder and stopped her.

[Here's 5 D ranked Mana Stones. Advance your class now.] Shiro smiled. Most level 20 class ups only needed 1 D ranked mana stone and yet Lyrica's Elven Bladedancer needed 5.

The commotion caused by this wouldn't be small as it may attract some unwanted attention.

Therefore, Shiro wanted Lyrica to class up in the Dungeon.

&quot;Eh! But it's still 5 D ranked mana stones?! That's like 150 thousand USD!&quot; Lyrica said as she felt awkward for Shiro always giving her items to assist her.

[What are you being surprised about? I can go fight a D ranked Dungeon to get my stock refilled. If anything, I only use them to feed little Yin.]

'And to feed myself.' Shiro thought. After giving Lyrica 5 D ranked stones to class up, she planned to fight a D ranked dungeon to not only level up but to replenish her food supplies a little.

&quot;But-&quot;

Shiro cut her off with a snap of her fingers and did the silencing motion.

Understanding that Shiro can be stubborn for certain things, Lyrica accepted the mana stones. With her having fulfilled all the requirements to class up, Lyrica tapped the icon as a pink glow enveloped her body.

Pink and golden lights flickered off her body as they looked like flower petals that surrounded Lyrica.

The light stayed for a while as Shiro knew this would have been a bad idea outside of the Dungeon.

[Lyrica LVL 21 – Elven Bladedancer]

Seeing Lyrica's tag change, Shiro smiled.

[Congratulations. You've taken your first step into the D ranks.]

&quot;Thank you. I have to say, I feel awfully light.&quot; Lyrica said as her agility had experienced a boost from the class up.

[Take a day or two to get used to this. It would be dangerous to challenge a Dungeon without having decent control over your body.]

&quot;I know.&quot; Lyrica nodded.

[As for your weapon, I'll get Helion to make it.]

Leaving the Dungeon, they headed back to the dorm as it was already deep into the night.

###

The first thing Shiro did the next morning was to look for Helion.

Arriving at his workshop, Shiro was surprised to see the amount of people queueing up.

&quot;Hm?... OH SH*T! IT'S HER!&quot; Someone suddenly shouted as a silver ass plate appeared on almost everyone's asses. For those who didn't have an ass plate, they rushed forwards towards Helion as they wanted to get protection as quick as possible.

The ones at the front helped those without an ass plate as a unified community was working seamlessly.

Shiro was speechless seeing this.

'Only in danger would the human community work in harmony. Is this the same case?' She thought.

The queue was tense as they all stared at her with caution. By the time Shiro arrived back in the workshop, she was the only one left.

Helion had a grin on his face as sweat dripped off his forehead.

&quot;Ah Shiro! I really need to thank you. Business is blooming now. Just making an ass plate earns me so much money.&quot; Helion laughed as he patted her shoulder.

[Meh. Like some flimsy plate can stop my attacks.] Shiro typed with slight disdain.

Helion shrugged.

&quot;So what brings the infamous A*** Destroying Princess to my humble store?&quot;

[I want to commission weapons again.] Shiro typed out as she pulled out a sheet of paper and started to draw out the blueprint she had thought up of.

The design was similar to that of the dual-ended blade Lyrica currently had. But instead, the blades are able to shift and extend into whips. In the centre of the weapon, the handle is able to disconnect and separate the weapon into 2 whips or 2 swords respectively.

Seeing the blueprint of the weapon come to life, Helion was dumbfounded.

&quot;What kind of futuristic tech is this?! I understand what the parts do but how the hell am I supposed to make something like this?!&quot; Helion cried out looking at the design.

[The mechanisms are based on this whip.]

Pulling out the NanoTech Whip she made, disguised as an Orphenium Whip, Shiro separated one of the segments.

Looking at the compact and intricate components jammed into the segment, Helion was astounded at the craftsmanship.

&quot;How the hell did someone even make this?!&quot; Helion asked as he inspected the weapon.

&quot;No I definitely can't make this. This is something beyond me.&quot;

Turning over to Shiro, he gave her the weapon back.

&quot;Tell me honestly. Did you raid a bloody military site or something? How the hell did you even get your hands on something so insane?&quot; He asked.

Shiro only shrugged.

[So I take that as you can't make it.]

&quot;No I can't just yet. Maybe when I class up several times and have the needed equipment. Otherwise, I don't see myself making anything close to that.&quot;

[In that case then just make me 2 whips and a dual-ended blade for level 25's. For the whips, I want a barbed and a bladed whip. The length should be adjustable if possible.]

&quot;Hmm… I'll see what I can do. Seeing the whip has given me a few ideas about how to let it extend and retract.&quot; Helion said as Shiro nodded.

[Do you need any materials?]

&quot;Nope completely free. But before you say anything, just think about how much I've earned from selling ass plates. I got more than enough material needed to make your weapons.&quot;

Thinking about what Helion had said, Shiro found it logical as it was indeed true.

[Alright Thank you for your hard work then.] Shiro thanked him as she left the store.

Her next step was her main task. To head to the mage's association and find out her elemental attunement.

Arriving at the mage's association, Shiro went up to the receptionist.

[Can I use the attunement hall? I was told I could use it today.]

The receptionist smiled wearily.

&quot;I'm afraid today is limited to the top 20 and not top 10. You would have had the chance to use it yesterday.&quot;

[What?] Shiro paused as she realised this was true. During her spree of destroying- ahem. During her spree of ranking up, she had overlooked the fact that she could have entered the hall yesterday.

&quot;But don't worry. The branch master had already foreseen this and reserved you a spot. The previous rank 10, Shane, wouldn't be allowed use the attunement hall today. You'll be taking his spot instead.

[Ah thank you. Can I enter the attunement hall then?] Shiro asked.

&quot;Yes you can. But do note that in the future you have to make sure you come at the right date.&quot;

[Understood.]

The receptionist guided her to the second floor. Going through a series of doors, they came up to a huge open room.

She couldn't see the walls of the room as it felt like she was staring at the night sky. Stars were flickering as Shiro didn't feel like she was in a room.

&quot;The attunement hall is simple. Sit in the centre and meditate. Slowly use your mana and the elemental attunement would show itself.&quot; The lady said as Shiro nodded.

Sitting in the centre, Shiro patted Yin's head before closing her eyes.

A pale aura erupted around her as the receptionist decided to leave.

Slowly, the mana started to change as the colours started to appear.

Crystal Blue, Deep Purple, Flickering Yellow and Silver Blue.

A total of 4 colours appeared as it fluctuated constantly.

48 Broken Links

Crystal Blue of ice.

Deep Purple of the shadows.

Flickering Yellow of lightning.

And Silver Blue of metal.

Four colours swayed around in Shiro's aura as she herself was unaware. Right now, she was in a state of focus as she brought out the mana from deep within her.

She dived deep into her basic mana construction as the stars above her glowed.

The attunement halls were a special place. It was designed, crafted and enhanced to allow one to awaken their elemental atonements.

While most would awaken 1 and the rare case of 2 elements. Shiro had 4 elements living in harmony inside her. Each supporting each other and growing stronger at the same time. Making up for one another's weaknesses.

Originally, she should only have 2 elements. Lightning and metal due to her Nanomancery. Ice came with her reincarnation into a snow girl and shadow due to her contract with Yin.

As Shiro opened her eyes, she realised she wasn't in her own body anymore.

The area around her was a strange mess of twisted colours, floating platforms, flickering orbs of light and tendrils of mana swaying around gently.

&quot;Am I tripping on some acid?&quot; Shiro muttered. Her body was strange as she was a light silhouette of what her body was.

She could not move physically, but rather with intent.

Focusing to move her body, Shiro frowned slightly.

&quot;It feels a little strange. But I'll manage.&quot;

Looking ahead of her, she saw 4 main platforms that were near her.

She was about to walk ahead when she paused realising where she was.

Right now she was inside her mana realm. The place which she draws her mana. She remembers seeing the mana realm in her past life.

However, compared to what her previous mana realm looked like; Her current Mana Realm right now was akin to a jumbled mess. Hardly recognisable due to the broken links of colours which resulted in them being crammed together.

Sticking out her hands, Shiro narrowed her eyes as clutched her palm.

A batch of colours started to shake as Shiro focused on separating the link. However, no matter how hard she tried, they refused to budge.

'If the links were all sorted out, my mana efficiency would shoot through the roof. But why would my mana links be broken and scattered?' Shiro frowned.

Mana link, human or monster, are all aligned and connected. And whilst her elements were in harmony, they couldn't work to their best abilities.

The effect may not be obvious in the low levels, but when she increases her level and gain higher-tiered spells. The consumption would be many times greater than other people and monsters included.

An example would be if someone could launch a catastrophic spell 5 times before they ran out of mana, she would only be able to launch it once or twice. And this was including her massive mana pool.

'Broken links and unorganised connections are a rare case. If broken at a high level, the surge of chaotic mana inside a person's body would cause them to die. However, to break the mana link, a few very careful steps need to be taken as it would be hard to affect them otherwise.

'Not many would go out of their way to destroy the mana link as you can just kill them instead. The only reason someone would do this is when they wanted the person to feel great pain before death.' Shiro thought to herself.

&quot;Then why was I born with broken mana links?&quot; She muttered.

Broken mana links were a huge set back as there were only a few ways to fix them.

Sighing out heavily, Shiro decided to visit her elemental islands first.

Elemental islands are beacons which helps you connect with the elements and enhance their power.

The more developed your island was, the more powerful your elemental attunement became.

Right now, each of her islands was bare as there is nothing to help her connect better with the elements.

The islands would eventually develop itself further over time. But right now, all of her elements, except for ice, was the lowest in the Tier 0 spectrum. Her ice, on the other hand, was at the peak of Tier 1 and almost reaching Tier 2.

Landing on the ice island, Shiro sat down in the centre.

Crystal blue lights surged around her as a magic circle was being formed.

Shiro frowned when she felt her fatigue increase at a horrendous pace.

'Broken mana links also obstruct the advancement of Tiers huh?' Shiro thought.

One would automatically be sent out of the mana realm should their fatigue hit a dangerous level.

The worst part is that that Tiers had to be upgraded in one go. She couldn't just do it in parts.

Taking a deep breath, she increased the amount of mana that surged towards her.

The island started to tremble as the ice started to expand across the entire island.

Shiro's body started to float upwards as she closed her eyes.

A ball of crystal blue mana appeared around her like a shield. Clutching her hands, Shiro increased the build-up of mana as she had to grit her teeth slightly feeling her fatigue almost reach the limit.

Opening her eyes, she erupted out with a wave of mana that shattered the shield and turned the island into a frozen tundra.

&quot;KUAH!&quot; Shiro coughed out a slight amount of blood as she was forced back into her body.

Sweat was dripping from her forehead as she frowned.

The broken links were obstructing her from upgrading the island. If she wanted to reach higher up in the tiers, she needed to fix her mana realm fast, or else there will be a point where she will no longer be able to tier up no matter how hard she tried.

Wiping the blood from her lips, Shiro stood up weakly as she was heavily fatigued.

Yin chirped in worry as she saw Shiro cough up blood.

&quot;I'm fine don't worry.&quot; Shiro smiled and patted Yin's head.

Check back on her status, she smiled seeing that the upgrade was a success.

[Name: Shiro

Race: Snow Girl (Evolution Criteria yet to be met)

Title: Shadow Empress, Beginner Monster (0/10 Humans Killed for Title Up)

Level: 30

Class: Snow Girl★(Star Advancement In Progress), Nanomancer

HP: 46,200/46,200

MP: 73,700/73,700

STR: 230 (+85) &lt;+78&gt;

VIT: 250 -&gt; 300 (+70) &lt;+92&gt;

INT: 400 -&gt; 450 (+140) &lt;+147&gt;

AGI: 340 -&gt; 400(+75) &lt;+118&gt;

DEX: 260 -&gt; 300 (+40) &lt;+85&gt;

DEF: 150 (+135) &lt;+71&gt;

&lt; &gt; = Title Bonus

Unassigned Points: 0

Attunements:

Ice – Tier 2

Lightning – Tier 0

Metal – Tier 0

Shadow – Tier 0

Balance: 629,500 USD

Equipment (Tap to Display)

Skills –

Snow Girl ★:

Tier 2 Ice magic, Passive Regeneration, Blessed by Ice, Snow Magic, Faded Snow Movement, Cold Aura.

Nanomancer:

Dagger Creation, Nano Tech Engineering Tier 1, Sword Creation, Bow Creation, Heavy Weapon Creation.

Other:

Mini-map, Inspection, Disguise, Harden (Equipment), Lesser Fear (Equipment), Mana Barrier.]

With a Tier 2 attunement in Ice, her abilities would gain a rough increase of 10% in damage and 10% efficiency.

With this, she only had the bosses left to kill.

[Snow Girl ★★]

Kill 20 Ice elemental Based LVL 30 bosses

30 Ice Cores

Reach Tier 2 attunement in Ice element ✓

Wiping away her sweat, Shiro left the attunement halls.

&quot;Ah Shiro.&quot; Mark called out after her.

[Yes?]

&quot;You must have done your attunement right? We'll need to register your attunement onto your ID.&quot; He said as he handed her a tablet.

'I'll hide metal and lightning for now. Shadow will be obvious sooner or later when Yin evolves.' Shiro thought as she entered Tier 2 Ice attunement and Tier 0 Shadow Attunement.

&quot;Thank you.&quot; Mark smiled and took the tablet. While his outer appearance seemed to be composed, he was shocked deeply inside.

'She has two attunements?! A shadow one as well. Perhaps her pet was the one who gave her the attunement, then that means the pet is something special.' He thought.

[Are my 30 Ice cores ready?]

&quot;Yes, we were about to send them but you can collect them instead. Follow me.&quot; Mark said as Shiro nodded.

As she was following Mark, she couldn't help be think about her broken mana links.

No matter who or what, they will always be born with unharmed mana links. Yet her's was a jumble.

This meant that it would be either a birth defect or something happened to this body before she occupied it.

Snow girls/woman were monsters that can be formed in a few ways. First was the natural way.

Mana would gather near an icy location and slowly gain sentience.

The next was the reconstruction kind. Mana would take the negative emotions of a woman who died in an ice surrounded area and slowly reconstruct them into a Snow girl.

This meant that there was a high possibility that her body was the reconstruction kind.

'Then this means the previous owner on this body had a feud with someone to warrant a broken mana realm.' Shiro thought with narrowed eyes.

This will make everything a lot more complicated as she didn't know who the person was. She could literally walk in a big city and someone come slap her head right off her torso.

'I'll have to keep my face hidden more often then.' Shiro thought.

'Maybe a lower face mask from Aarim will do the job.'

A lower face mask that can be removed or pulled up at any moment will help her hide her face.

'That being said, I could literally just be thinking about this too much.' Shiro shrugged.

Arriving at a set of doors, Mark had her wait for a moment before he came back with a box.

&quot;In this box is the 30 ice cores that you wanted.&quot; Mark said feeling a pinch in his heart. If it wasn't for the fact that his Lord told him to give it to her, he would try to find some other excuse to not give it to her.

[Thanks.] Taking the cores, Shiro walked out of the building.

'With 2/3 tasks done, I'll just need to kill the 20 ice-based bosses.' Shiro thought as she searched up for any level 30 Dungeon.

[LVL 25-30 Silver Wolf Forest]

[LVL 30 Yeti's Mountain]

Out of 5 LVL 30 Dungeons that were in this city, only 2 were ice-based.

'Silver wolves hunt in packs which will be annoying. While every single one of the Yeti's are like a mini-boss in itself.'

There were benefits to fighting either one but Shiro wanted one that was quick and easy. She did have 20 bosses to kill after all.

Eventually, Shiro decided with yeti as it would be easier to target boss whilst avoiding the mobs if they travelled outside of a group.

Fighting the wolves would just be time-consuming and not to mention, stamina consuming... also a pain in the ass.

Returning to the dorms, Shiro knocked on Lyrica's door.

&quot;What's up?&quot; Lyrica asked.

[I'm going to be a little busy tomorrow so I won't be in the dorm.] Shiro typed, leaving out the fact that she was challenging a Dungeon solo.

&quot;You're going to be challenging another D ranked Dungeon aren't you?&quot;

[No.]

&quot;Don't lie. I know what you're like Shiro. Just make sure you have supplies and stay safe.&quot; Lyrica said with a sigh.

Shiro was a stubborn one. Lyrica knew that while many people would want to avoid danger, Shiro wanted danger to increase her level. How else would a 13-year-old be a level 30?

Shiro patted Lyrica's head with a smile.

[I got it don't worry. I picked a Dungeon that was weak against me.]

&quot;Alright…&quot;

###

Shiro left the dorm early in next morning as she arrived before the gate to Yeti's mountain.

Sneaking her way in, she made sure that none of the guards saw her.

Her vision shifted as she saw where she was. As stated in the name, she was on top of a huge mountain. She could see dangerous cliff sides that would lead to one's death if they fell down it. The snow was falling gently as the ground was encased in layers of snow and ice.

Normal adventurers would need to get special gear just so that they could fight at a decent level in the Dungeon.

There were no obelisks here on the mountain. Every one of the bosses was at different heights as Shiro tilted her head and looked up.

The mountain could be split into 3 areas of varying heights with the final boss at the very top of the mountain.

Not only did the adventurers have to fight with unstable footing, but they also had to put up with lack of air, the biting cold and the occasional blizzard that may happen.

However, these did nothing to Shiro as she was unaffected by the conditions.

49 Shadow Buff

Making herself a bow, Shiro stretched herself slightly before jogging up the mountain.

She narrowed her eyes as she saw the first Yeti.

[Yeti LVL 30]

HP: 100,000/100,000

MP: 100,000/100,000

The Yeti was roughly 2 meters tall with white fur and blue skin. Its neon blue eyes glowed in the snowfall as Shiro only smiled.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 2nd Phantom – Speed Phantom.

Her body flickered as she jumped to the side of the mountain. Kicking off the wall, Shiro pulled back on her bow as she aimed at the top of the Yeti's skull.

*BANG!

The arrow shot downwards as it killed the Yeti in one go. The force of the arrow caused the ground to crack and shatter as Shiro landed not too far away.

Walking up to the yeti, Shiro harvested the mana stone before collecting the loot.

The loot was mostly mediocre as they didn't provide her with any skill.

Walking away from the Yeti, Shiro continued her way up the mountain.

Looking up, Shiro narrowed her eyes as she contemplated about taking a short cut.

'If I take the shortcut, I lose out on potential loot and levels. If I don't take a short cut, it'll take longer to reach the boss.' She thought as Yin popped her head out.

&quot;What's up little Yin?&quot; Shiro asked as she patted her head.

Yin opened her mouth as she gestured to it.

&quot;You want food?&quot; Shiro asked as she pulled out a D ranked mana stone.

Yin shook her head as Shiro understood what she wanted.

&quot;You want another C ranked stone?! It'll be wasted you know.&quot; Shiro smiled wearily.

Yin tried to pull a pitiful face but failed as it caused Shiro to chuckle.

&quot;Fine. Here.&quot; She said as she pulled out the C ranked mana stone.

Yin chirped happily as it ate the stone.

A purple glow covered her body as Shiro realised that Yin was levelling up again.

[Yin LVL 10]

HP: 10,000/10,000

MP:25,000/25,000

Skills – Shadow Buff (Tier 1)

Shiro raised an eyebrow seeing Yin's stats.

&quot;You finally got a skill.&quot; Shiro smiled as Yin chirped in acknowledgement. However, she was a little too bloated to move.

&quot;Aww… Did you eat that mana stone so you could level up?&quot; Shiro asked.

Yin nodded.

&quot;How cute.&quot; Shiro chuckled as she tapped her round belly.

Yin could only surrender herself to Shiro's prodding as she couldn't move.

&quot;Fine I'll stop poking you now.&quot; Shiro grinned seeing tears form in Yin's eyes.

Placing Yin back into her hood, Shiro made sure to not nudge Yin too much.

The best thing about having a contract with Yin was that she shared her skills. So in effect, she could share the Shadow Buff twice in her party.

[Shadow Buff (Tier 1)]

+5% AGI, +10% stealth and +5% Elemental Resistance for 10 minutes.

Cost: 1,000MP

Cooldown: 30 minutes

The best part of this skill was the Elemental Resistance. With both her and Yin casting this, there'll be a +10% elemental resistance to the party.

If her future party was to fight a heavily elemental based boss then this skill is a godsend.

Pulling up her hood, Shiro dashed up the mountain.

Turning the corner, she saw a group of Yeti's that were about to cross paths with one another.

Nocking an arrow, Shiro narrowed her eyes and aimed the bow.

*BANG BANG BANG BANG!

Arrows continuously fired as each one hit the head of a Yeti with pinpoint accuracy.

Sliding on her knees slightly, she dodged the attack of a Yeti and fired an arrow towards his spine.

*BANG!

The body was ripped in half as Shiro breathed out heavily.

In a short moment, she had managed to kill off 5 Yetis with ease.

&quot;Tch. If I still have my guns this would be easier.&quot; Shiro muttered as her true expertise came from her firearms.

She was a veteran of cold weapons and close quarter combat. However, with the firearms, she was a master with an almost 100% accuracy.

Snipers, pistols, machine guns, she was accurate with all of them.

People had attack domains which evolved into a zone of control. Within the zone, they had control over everything.

However, she never grasped the zone of control. If anything, she had a mimicry of one. Her versatility with her firearms and accuracy made it so that she could defeat those even with a zone of control.

Harvesting the corpses, Shiro smiled seeing her get 5 D ranked mana stones.

&quot;5 out of 5. Nice.&quot;

Shiro grinned as she stored them away.

Keeping the bow in her hands, she waited for her MP to regenerate.

The only downside to her bow right now was that each arrow took a minimum of 1k MP and at least 5k MP each to one-shot the Yetis.

And this was when she aimed for the weak points. If she missed a shot, which was rare, it would have just been a waste of 5k MP. A dangerous amount when taking into account the fact that 5k was equal to almost 15% of her total MP.

Once her MP had regenerated, Shiro continued her hunt.

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[Name: Shiro

Race: Snow Girl (Evolution Criteria yet to be met)

Title: Shadow Empress, Beginner Monster (0/10 Humans Killed for Title Up)

Level: 31

Class: Snow Girl★(Star Advancement In Progress), Nanomancer

HP: 50,000/50,000

MP: 82,500/82,500

STR: 250 -&gt; 300 (+95) &lt;+98&gt;

VIT: 330 (+70) &lt;+100&gt;

INT: 480 -&gt; 500 (+160) &lt;+165&gt;

AGI: 430 -&gt; 460 (+95) &lt;+138&gt;

DEX: 310 -&gt; 360 (+20) &lt;+95&gt;

DEF: 170 (+115) &lt;+71&gt;

&lt; &gt; = Title Bonus

Unassigned Points: 0

Attunements:

Ice – Tier 2

Lightning – Tier 0

Metal – Tier 0

Shadow – Tier 0

Balance: 1,120,000 USD

Equipment (Tap to Display)

Skills –

Snow Girl ★:

Tier 2 Ice magic, Passive Regeneration, Blessed by Ice, Snow Magic, Faded Snow Movement, Cold Aura.

Nanomancer:

Dagger Creation, Nano Tech Engineering Tier 1, Sword Creation, Bow Creation, Heavy Weapon Creation.

Other:

Mini-map, Inspection, Disguise, Lesser Fear (Equipment), Mana Barrier, Strengthen (Equipment).

Shared Skills (Yin):

Shadow Buff (Tier 1)]

On the way to the first boss, Shiro had made sure she killed each and every one of the Yeti's that came her way.

Unfortunately, due to the nature of the bow, Shiro lamented the fact that she couldn't exploit a certain weakness.

If she did, she would have opened herself up to an attack.

And while she could use ice, it would be a lot less effective and consume too much mana.

Inserting more mana into the bow, Shiro looked towards where the boss was.

Currently, she was below the boss area so she couldn't see the boss.

But that didn't stop her as an arrow was formed in her hands using nanobots.

Nocking the arrow, Shiro shot it upwards with barely any force. Only enough to be around eye level with the area and nothing more.

Clutching her hands, the arrow expanded into a mirror.

Narrowing her eyes, Shiro made sure to see if there were any obvious weaknesses.

The boss was a stereotypical Yeti with a few minor differences. There were neon blue patterns spread out across his body, four horns and ice spikes on the elbows and spine.

His arms were abnormally long as they reached all the way down to his feet. In addition to this, his arm had 2 elbows.

'Small eyes which means bad vision. His nose is quite big so he may rely on smell. No ears so he can't hear. Attack range should be quite far due to his arms.' Shiro thought as the mirror fell back down.

'I can try to supercharge an arrow and shoot it towards his ass through the mountain, but that has a high chance of missing. Not to mention, the power would decrease by a lot.' She sighed as she dissembled the mirror.

&quot;Little Yin, hold tight ok? I'll be fighting a boss.&quot; Shiro warned as Yin nodded.

Giving her body a stretch, Shiro narrowed her eyes before dashing up the face of the cliff and towards the boss.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 2nd Phantom = Speed Phantom.

Her body flickered as she climbed higher.

Nocking an arrow, Shiro charged it full with MP.

'This should do for now.' She thought as 7.5k MP was charged in it. She wasn't naïve enough to think that this would be able to one-shot the boss but rather, to try to deal as much damage as she could at the start.

The bosses defences would be lowered at the start. Therefore, this was the best chance to heavily injure it.

Jumping over the cliff edge, Shiro saw the boss and pulled back in her bow.

The arrow was shaking as if begging to be fired.

*BOOM!!!!!!

Smashing into the cervical spine just under the skull, the arrow smashed the Yeti into the side of the mountain.

Landing softly, Shiro didn't let up as she made another mana arrow.

*BOOM!!!

Just as the Yeti climbed out of the wall, the second arrow shot against his torso and sent him back.

Lightning and metal twisted in her palms as Shiro made a NanoTech arrow.

Aiming upwards, Shiro shot the arrow.

*PISH PISH PISH!

The arrow started to break apart as it formed into several smaller arrows. There were tiny rockets that were attached to the tip as they propelled towards the Yeti.

*BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!

Each of the arrows was an explosive type arrow as cracks started to spread further on the cliff face.

*URAHHHHH!!!!!!

A furious roar rang out as Shiro grinned.

[Tigris Yeti LVL 30 – Elite- Enraged]

HP: 232,000/500,000

MP: 200,000/200,000

&quot;Little bit more than half health taken off huh? I can take that.&quot; Shiro muttered with a smile.

Nocking another arrow, she was about to fire when the Yeti launched a huge chunk of the wall at her.

Quickly rolling to the side, she dodged the wall and aimed once more.

The Yeti didn't give her a break as he had already jumped towards her about to smash down with his hands.

Shiro narrowed her eyes as she slammed her palms down.

*BOOOM!!!

The giant wall of ice shot upwards, slamming heavily into the Yeti's body.

While her ice could deal minimal damage, she could still at least use it as protection.

[MP: 58,250/82,500]

Shiro frowned slightly at her MP drainage.

'A little unexpected but not too bad.' She thought.

'With his reach, I should continue to bombard him with arrows.'

Nocking an arrow, Shiro closed one of her eyes and aimed at the Yeti.

Mana continued to be inserted into the arrow as the Yeti ran towards her with anger.

Aiming carefully, Shiro released the arrow when she had a good shot.

*BANG!

The arrow pierced the Yeti's right eye before smashing through the brain.

The yeti walked for a little more before collapsing in front of Shiro's feet.

When the arrow was fired, she made sure the arrow acted like a drill to increase the piercing power.

Not to mention the fact that 10k MP was injected into the thing.

Pulling out the mana stone, Shiro collected the body.

Most of the loot consisted of miscellaneous items while there were only a few worthwhile items. However, the best item in the pile of loot was the Elemental Orb.

[Elemental Orb – Ice Type]

Fuse together with a weapon or armour to give it an ice property.

Elemental Orbs were quite in demand as higher-level ones give you the more powerful versions of the elements.

While she couldn't use this since she had no need for it, it would be an amazing tool for blacksmiths like Helion. He would be able to either infuse this into a weapon or armour with pretty high amount of efficiency.

&quot;I should probably give this to him for Lyrica's next weapon. Having an ice property would allow her to crowd control the enemies better.&quot; Shiro muttered storing away the items.

Sadly, her level didn't increase but that was fine. She still had quite a distance to travel before she reached the final boss.

However, before she could leave, Yin jumped out of her hood and flew towards a corner of the boss arena.

&quot;Little Yin?&quot; Shiro called out, curious.

Yin landed near an ice boulder before chirping to Shiro.

Walking over, she picked Yin up.

&quot;You want this boulder?&quot; She asked.

Yin shook her head as she made a smashing motion.

&quot;You want me to break it?&quot; Shiro asked as Yin nodded.

Not sure why Yin wanted her to break the boulder, but it wasn't too much trouble for her.

Making a NanoTech hammer, Shiro jumped up as a rocket behind the hammer increased her momentum.

*BOOOMMMMMM!!!!!!

A shockwave rang out as Shiro saw that the hammer barely chipped a little of the boulder.

&quot;The f*ck?!&quot; Shiro cried out in surprise. For the ice boulder to resist her hammer to this extent means that it was something extraordinary.

50 Yeti Berserker

Shiro narrowed her eyes as she placed Yin down.

&quot;Little Yin, careful ok? I'm going to give this rock hell.&quot; Shiro said as Yin nodded.

Stepping back slightly, Shiro adjusted her grip on the hammer.

Dashing forwards, Shiro jumped up and twisted her body.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 3rd Phantom – Counter Weight Phantom.

In addition to the counter weight phantom, Shiro also used the rocket to increase her momentum further.

*BOOOOMMMM!!!!

The impact caused the ground to shake, causing Shiro to grit her teeth.

The smash only caused a few fractures to spread out while some of the force still travelled through her body due to the rebound.

&quot;What the hell is up with this stupid boulder?!&quot; Shiro said as she gave it a kick.

Making a skill chip in her hands, she inserted it into the hammer.

[Flame Spirit Enhancement]

[Power Loader]

[Shock Multiplier]

[Blast Shell]

Adding four skills that not only increase the power output, but also the elemental weakness. Shiro readjusted her stance.

Making a ramp of ice, she started to skate as she increased her speed.

Jumping off the ramp, she twisted her body and used the skills.

The hammer lit aflame as it glowed with a golden light.

*BOOOMMMM!!!!!

The force of both objects colliding caused a shockwave bigger than last time as Shiro activated the dismantling on the hammer. This was so that the force would travel through the nanobots instead of her.

Thankfully, the force seemed to have done the job as the fracture was getting bigger by the second.

Making a sword, Shiro jammed it in one of the openings before kicking the sword and split the boulder in half.

&quot;Che. Let's see what's in here that gave me so much trouble.&quot; Shiro muttered as she walked towards the remains of the boulder.

Moving the pieces aside, Shiro was surprised to find a wisp of light hovering in the centre.

[You've killed a Snow Girl in the process of formation. Gain title – Fratricide.]

[Snow Girl essence x1]

&quot;… That was a Snow Girl?!&quot; Shiro muttered as she realised that 'egg' or boulder, was the result of mana trying to form the snow girl using natural means instead of the corpse consuming option.

Since the 'egg' was a dense piece of mana, its defence would naturally be tough. However, that toughness would go away once it expended itself to form the snow girl.

Looking at the ball of essence in front of her, Shiro could help but smell an enticing scent emit from it.

&quot;Hmm, am I supposed to eat this?&quot; Shiro muttered as she poked and prodded at the ball of essence.

However, before she could consider eating it, Yin nabbed it in her mouth as swallowed it.

&quot;Ai little Yin. You can't just take it when you want to.&quot; Shiro sighed. She wasn't going to eat it anyways so giving it to Yin wouldn't be too bad.

After all, cannibalism was something a little uncomfortable with her. She didn't even know what kind of adverse effects it could have had anyways.

[Yin LVL 10]

HP: 10,000/10,000

MP: 35,000/35,000

Skills – Shadow Buff (Tier 1) Ice Chain (Tier 1)

Shiro raised an eyebrow when she saw Yin gain an increase of 10k MP and the skill Ice Chain.

This naturally meant that she had the skill as well.

[Ice Chain (Tier 1)

Create a chain of ice around the enemy, locking them in place for a short amount of time.

Cost: 3,000 MP

Duration: 10 seconds. (Varies depending on strength)

Cooldown: 1 minute.

&quot;Hmm… Interesting.&quot; Shiro muttered as it was a rare occasion that a mage would have a specific spell skill.

Mages would normally get skills like Tier 1 ice magic or the such. For a specific skill like Ice Chain, it would mean the power output of the skill would be higher.

Compared to an ice chain made from the Tier 1 ice magic, the Ice Chain skill would be around 10% to 20% better.

&quot;Good job Yin. Next time you can help me by locking down the enemies.&quot; Shiro smiled as Yin was ecstatic from finally being able to help Shiro.

Placing Yin back into her hood, Shiro decided to check out the new title Fratricide.

[Fratricide – You've killed a member/sibling of your own race.]

+10% hate from snow girls

+10% respect from snow woman

&quot;Hmm… I suppose if you think about it. All mana-based monsters are siblings since they came from the same source. That being said, why am I getting 10% respect from Snow Woman?&quot; Shiro mutter.

'Perhaps it's to do with the hierarchy. Strong eat the weak. The snow woman goes through a myriad of challenges to get to where they are. So I suppose killing a member of one's race isn't that uncommon.' Shiro thought.

Dusting herself, she continued her way up the mountain.

Shiro narrowed her eyes when she saw the first Yeti after the boss.

Each of them were much slimmer and had a more elongated body.

Yin chirped in excitement as it couldn't wait to test out her new skill.

&quot;Give me a moment ok Yin?&quot; Shiro smiled as Yin nodded.

Nocking an arrow, Shiro crouched as she aimed at the Yeti.

'Since they're slimmer, that means their speed must have increased as well. If I have Yin help me restrain them for a moment, this will make things a lot easier.'

&quot;Little Yin. Restrain him when I say go.&quot; Shiro said as Yin nodded and started to fly upwards.

&quot;Go!&quot;

*CRRRR!!

Ice chains shot out from beneath the Yeti's feet as it wrapped around the legs, torso, arms and head.

*BOOM!

Shiro shot her arrow the moment she saw this. The Yeti couldn't dodge as the arrow drilled through the Yeti's skull, killing it instantly.

&quot;Nice job little Yin.&quot; Shiro praised with a smiled as Yin danced happily on her shoulder.

Harvesting the Yeti, Shiro and Yin continued their murder streak all the way up the mountain.

There was a moment when more than one Yeti appeared but it was dealt with simply.

Shiro would first shoot one of them before Yin chained up the other one.

With the second one chained, she would take the chance to kill it as well.

And just in case a third Yeti came, Shiro had her Ice Chain ready and waiting too.

Now with Yin being able to help out in the fight, a portion of the EXP went to her as her level jumped upwards.

Whether or not it was due to Yin being very powerful because of her race, or the fact that she isn't getting as much EXP. Yin was only able to level up 1 time even though they killed so many.

[Yin LVL 11]

HP: 11,000/11,000

MP: 2,000/37,000

Skills – Shadow Buff (Tier 1) Ice Chain (Tier 1)

The level had given Yin 1k in HP and 2k in MP.

Taking a moment for both her and Yin to regenerate back to full, they walked towards the second boss.

Hiding behind a wall, Shiro peeked at the second boss.

The boss was a hulking mass of flesh compared to the first boss.

Its height measuring up to around 3 meters tall, hulking muscles and two gigantic horns that looked like spears.

[Yeti Berserker LVL 30 – Elite]

HP: 700,000/700,000

MP: 100,000/100,000

&quot;Say little Yin. Doesn't this guy look more like a bipedal bull than a Yeti?&quot; Shiro asked as Yin nodded.

Alright. You know the idea. Let's go.&quot; Shiro said as Yin nodded.

In the time they had been fighting, Yin managed to grasp the timing slightly which made it easier for Shiro.

She didn't need to shout out go all the time.

Dashing towards the Yeti Berserker, Shiro nocked an arrow in her bow.

*CRR CRR!

Ice chains sprang up from the ground as Yin used her skill.

Making herself a ramp, Shiro jumped upwards and aimed at one of the Berserker's shoulder tendons.

*BUCHI!

The arrow severed the tendon easily as Shiro landed near his feet.

Lightning and metal erupted out of the bow as a blade was made on one of the edges.

Twisting her body, Shiro cut towards the tendon by the heel of the Berserker.

*BOOM!

The Yeti knelt down heavily as Shiro dismissed the bow and made a whip in her hands.

Lashing the whip around the neck of the Berserker, Shiro wrapped the other end around the legs.

Injecting mana to retract the whip, the Berserker fell on his back.

Lightning sparked in Shiro's hand as she jumped up.

A greatsword was formed as she had printed several power type skills into the greatsword.

Twisting her body in mid-air, Shiro glared at the berserker with cold eyes as she swung the blade.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 3rd Phantom + 4th Phantom.

Combining both Counter Weight Phantom and Internal Feasting Phantom, Shiro increased her destructive power further.

*BOOMMMMM!!!!!!

A crater was formed under the Berserker's head as Shiro had aimed for the neck.

However, she frowned when she saw the previous wounds heal back up along with the neck wound.

&quot;Tsk. Monster Skill – Rejuvenation.&quot; Shiro frowned as she knew this skill.

Rejuvenation was a skill that regenerated all damage sustained in the past 5 seconds to a certain degree.

This skill was a common skill that appeared in the skill set of heavy attack type monsters.

The skill was annoying to go against if the monster was higher level since they were smarter and knew how to use the skill to its full effect.

The worst part was that during the time the skill was casted, the monster would have a barrier proportionate to 200% of his health for 3 seconds. This protected it during the time it was recovering.

Flipping off the stomach of the Berserker, Shiro saw the Ice Chains break as the Berserker Glared at her with bloodshot eyes.

Stomping down, Shiro didn't let it have the chance to attack her.

A blizzard started to pick up pace as Shiro's body was hidden in the blizzard.

Activating Faded Snow Movement to gain an increase in speed, she circled around the Yeti.

*BOOM!

Smashing down with its fists, the Yeti cracked the ground as he didn't give Shiro the chance to attack it again.

'Musclehead!' Shiro cursed as the Berserker's solution to her attack was to attack everything and anything around it. Even if it was wasted effort.

Dashing away from the Berserker, Shiro aimed her hands up in the air before clutching them.

A gate frame made from ice slowly appeared as she slammed her hand down.

The gate shot towards the Berserker as it pinned it down from the neck.

*BOOOMM!!

With the gate suddenly smashing against his head, the Berserker was back onto his stomach.

*BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!

5 more gates smashed downwards, trapping all his limbs with an extra gate at his waist.

*GRAHH GRAHH!!

The Berserker cried out in struggle as it could barely move its body.

Shiro only smiled as she remade her bow and nocked an arrow.

Pulling back her bow, Shiro was about to fire when the Berserker made an almost human-like sneer.

Light gathered between his horns as Shiro's pupils shrank.

Dissembling her bow, Shiro dashed to the side as she started to skate away from her location.

*BOOOOMMMM!!!!!!

A blast of energy shot towards her previous location was the blast spread outwards.

Making a barrier using her Mana Shield, Shiro was sent rolling back due to the force.

It was only after a few rolls did she slow down.

Flipping back onto her feet, Shiro frowned when she looked at her current stats.

[HP: 38,000/50,000]

[MP: 0/82,500]

This was the first time in a while that she had taken damage as Shiro wasn't pleased.

The sheer fact that the Berserker had Rejuvenation surprised her. However, what shocked her more was the fact that it even had the Tier up version of the breath attack

It wasn't strange for a D ranked to have a breath attack, but for the Berserker to have a top tier 2/3 breath attack was insane.

If she was hit by that full-on, she would have move definitely died.

Quickly stuffing an MP potion into her mouth, Shiro dashed towards the Berserker.

She needed to take it out quickly before it pulled out another insane skill from his ass.

Remaking the bow, Shiro made sure it was a heavy bow this time. One that boasted the strongest attack power in her arsenal right now.

Drawing back on the strings, mana twisted into an arrow.

Holding the string back, the amount of mana charged in the arrow continued to grow as the Berserker was trying its hardest to struggle out of the gates.

Seeing the gates cracking, Shiro knew she had to attack it soon.

Injecting a few skill chips into the bow, Shiro activated them all.

[Piercing Blow]

[Enhanced Power]

[Latent Power]

[Attack Boost]

[Rotating Shot]

*BOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!

The recoil of the arrow being shot sent Shiro sliding back as it pierced the Berserker through the entire length of his body. The entering point being the mouth.

It was only when she saw a clean hole through the Berserker did Shiro relax slightly.

51 Snow Girl ★★

&quot;Fuu…&quot; Breathing out, Shiro walked towards the corpse.

Climbing into the hole she created, she harvested the D ranked mana stone.

&quot; [Collect] &quot;

Once again, the loot was subpar in Shiro's opinion.

However, if the other adventurers were to know this they'll want to strangle her since they would kill for her loot. They weren't like her who could create suitable weapons when she wished.

Recycling the equipment except for a few, Shiro patted Yin's head as she looked up.

&quot;Not far from the top now.&quot; Shiro said.

With the pace she was going at, killing the boss 20 times should be roughly a day or two's worth of effort outside of the Dungeon.

Inside the Dungeon, however, it would equate to roughly 30 to 50 days.

Climbing higher up the mountain, the next mobs were similar to the Yeti Berserker. They all looked like bipedal bulls that had white fur.

&quot;Wait… Actually, I have an idea.&quot; Shiro muttered as she placed her palm down.

A giant sheet of Nanobots spread out as Shiro frowned seeing the surface area only being 10 meters squared.

'Compression system, piston propulsion system, retraction system, sensory system…' She thought as the trap was slowly being made.

Looking at the trap which bolstered 4 spikes for every meter squared, Shiro grinned while she covered the trap with snow.

She waited for her MP to recharge before taking action. Making a bow in her hands, she aimed it up and shot a flashbang arrow.

*BOOM!!!

The arrow exploded into a ball of light as the Yetis had to cover their eyes in pain.

Due to the nature of snow, they reflect light very well as they could cause blindness if not careful.

While the Yetis were used to the light shining off the snow, they couldn't stand the sudden burst of light caused by Shiro's arrow.

*GRUAHHH!!!!!

They roared out as their eyesight slowly recovered. When they saw Shiro, they glared at her in anger.

Shiro had a slightly sadistic smile on her face as she gestured for them to come with her finger.

*GRUAAA!!!

They roared in sync as they stormed towards her.

However, the moment they stepped on the trap, a laser sight appeared and aimed at Yetis.

When it locked on, the spears shot upwards before expanding like a Venus flytrap. Sharp spikes decorated the inside of the trap as it slammed shut on the Yetis.

*GRUAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!

Their screams reverberated in the mountains as they soon died out not too long after, returning the silence back to the mountains.

Looking at the sight in front of her, Shiro couldn't help but giggle as that one trap allowed her to kill 8 of the Yetis.

Regenerating her mana, She walked towards the final boss.

As she continued to kill the Yetis, she couldn't help but notice the fact that the Yetis were decreasing in numbers the higher up she went.

'I hope it's not another god damn species again.' Shiro cursed as she was still a little annoyed from the millipede from last time. In a Dungeon of ants, a millipede was one of the obelisk guardians.

When she arrived at the highest point, she crouched down to make herself smaller and peeked towards the boss.

The boss was sniffing around as Shiro narrowed her eyes seeing the boss's appearance.

The boss was unlike the other Yetis. Instead of white fur, he had black and blue fur. An appearance which made Shiro question whether or not it could even hide in the snow.

His other features include a total of 4 muscular arms that seemed like they could snap a car in half just by tensing themselves.

[Titanus Yeti Ravager LVL 30 – Boss]

HP: 800,000/800,000

MP: 200,000/200,000

'Hmm, I should probably restrain his arms first.' Shiro thought as she looked over to Yin.

&quot;Little Yin, lock up his arms please.&quot; Shiro whispered as she made a bow.

*CRRR CRRR!!!

Ice Chain wrapped around the ravager as Shiro pulled back on her bow.

*GUARRR!!!

The moment he roared, she let go of the arrow.

*BOOM!

The arrow exploded in the mouth of the Yeti as Shiro nocked another arrow.

Pulling back, Shiro split the mana arrow in two and fired them both.

Flexing her fingers, Shiro controlled the arrows to shoot at the Yeti's temple.

The temple is one of the weakest parts of the skull, allowing Shiro to penetrate the skull without as much force.

Grabbing her bow at the handle, Shiro twisted them and separated it into two swords.

The ice chain started to break apart as Shiro used her ice chain skill as well to lock the boss down longer.

Quickly making a skill chip, Shiro made an ice ramp towards the boss.

Jumping up, she aimed at the boss's arteries and slashed with several skills combined.

[Blood Rush]

[Momentum Multiplier]

[Increase Power]

[Increase Sharpness]

[Razor Edge]

*PUSHI!!!!!

The cuts severed both arteries as blood flowed out in huge quantities.

With large monsters like the ravager, their blood circulation would be fast seeing as they would need large quantities of energy to move their hulking bodies.

However, the main point as to why Shiro aimed for the arteries was due to the fact that with such a heavy amount of blood loss, the health would drain much faster.

The boss glowed with a blue light as Shiro only furrowed her brows.

&quot;You and your god damn Rejuvenation.&quot; Shiro cursed as she waited for a moment.

As the shield wore off, Shiro plunged one of her blades into the ravager's mouth.

Quickly jumping backwards, Shiro avoided the grasp of his hands.

Clutching her hand, the sword exploded in the ravager's mouth.

Making herself another sword, Shiro dashed towards the ravager's legs.

*PFF PFF!!

The cuts appeared around his heels as Shiro severed the tendons.

Jumping up, she twisted her body and sliced at the shoulder tendons.

However, the arms suddenly bent abnormally as they reached out for her.

*BOOM!

Shiro quickly made a pillar of ice from the bottom of her feet, pushing her away from the arms.

Looking at the arms that could bend back on itself, Shiro frowned in disgust.

Drinking a mana potion, Shiro made a bow and nocked a nanotech arrow.

Pulling back the string, she dashed around the ravager.

*BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Ice spike were created in the ravager's hands as he threw it towards her.

Yin Style Phantom Arts: 1st Phantom + 2nd Phantom.

In addition to the first and second phantom, Shiro activated Faded Snow Movement as well, boosting her speed further.

A blizzard started to pick up as the ravager narrowed his eyes.

Making four swords, one in each hand, he started to swing around him.

&quot;Don't bother. I'm going ranged combat for a reason.&quot; Shiro called out as she was already above him.

*BOOM!

She shot her arrow downwards towards the ravager.

*PING!

The arrow shifted into a giant bladed net.

Wrapping around the body of the ravager, the blades dug deeper into his skin the more he struggled.

Flexing her fingers, Shiro caused the blades to rotate.

*GUARRRR!!!

The ravager roared out as blood continued to flow.

Nocking two arrows, Shiro aimed for the arteries once more.

For a boss like the ravager, the best way would be to let it die slowly on his own.

Now that the tendons and the arteries were destroyed, she didn't need to do anything else.

Jumping up onto a platform, Shiro sat down and watched the ravager coldly. Her bow was ready to fire should the ravager attack her.

After 30 minutes of struggling, the ravager died and collapsed weakly.

Dismissing her bow, Shiro collected her loot.

&quot;Che. Nothing useful.&quot; Shiro muttered as she made her way back down the Dungeon.

Now she had to repeat this 19 more times for her star up requirement to be met.

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Shiro was laying on her back lazily as she had her legs in the air.

Kicking back and forth slightly, she waited for the 20th ravager to die.

&quot;What an annoying class up task right little Yin?&quot; Shiro asked as Yin chirped while snuggling up to her cheek.

In the time that they had run this Dungeon 20 times, Yin had managed to level up a lot.

[Yin LVL 18]

HP: 18,000/18,000

MP: 51,000/51,000

Skills – Shadow Buff (Tier 1), Ice Chain (Tier 1), Shadow Cloak (Tier 1)

With her level up, she learned the new skill Shadow Cloak. Shadow cloak is a stealth skill as it would let you blend in with the shadows. However, due to the fact that the skill was Tier 1, it drained quite a bit of MP per second.

[Shadow Cloak (Tier 1)]

Use the shadows to hide yourself.

Cost: 500MP/second

Cooldown: N/A

Once the ravager died, Shiro saw her class up requirements being completed.

[Snow Girl ★★]

Kill 20 Ice Elemental Based LVL 30 Bosses ✓

30 Ice Cores ✓

Reach Tier 2 Attunement In Ice ✓

With all of the requirements fulfilled, Shiro tapped the star up.

The 30 ice cores appeared around her as they slowly merged to form a crystal cocoon around her.

Her senses were dulled slightly but she could tell her body was getting stronger.

*Ping~!

The crystal shattered as Shiro slowly opened her eyes. She could tell that her senses were increased by quite an amount. This included her status.

[Name: Shiro

Race: Snow Girl (Evolution Criteria yet to be met)

Title: Shadow Empress, Beginner Monster (0/10 Humans Killed for Title Up)

Level: 33

Class: Snow Girl★★, Nanomancer

HP: 60,600/60,600

MP: 58,300/97,500

STR: 340 -&gt; 450 (+110) &lt;+140&gt;

VIT: 370 -&gt; 400 (+85) &lt;+121&gt;

INT: 550 -&gt; 600 (+180) &lt;+195&gt;

AGI: 480 -&gt; 550 (+110) &lt;+165&gt;

DEX: 400 -&gt; 500 (+50) &lt;+137&gt;

DEF: 180 -&gt; 220 (+150) &lt;+92&gt;

&lt; &gt; = Title Bonus

Unassigned Points: 400 -&gt; 0

Attunements:

Ice – Tier 2

Lightning – Tier 0

Metal – Tier 0

Shadow – Tier 0

Balance: 2,127,400 USD

Equipment (Tap to Display)

Skills –

Snow Girl ★★:

Tier 2 Ice magic, Passive Regeneration, Blessed by Ice, Snow Magic, Faded Snow Movement, Cold Aura, Icy Touch (New), Icy Breath (New).

Nanomancer:

Dagger Creation, Nano Tech Engineering Tier 1, Sword Creation, Bow Creation, Heavy Weapon Creation, Shield Creation.

Other:

Mini-map, Inspection, Disguise, Mana Barrier, Speed Up (Equipment).

Shared Skills (Yin):

Shadow Buff (Tier 1), Ice Chain (Tier 1), Shadow Cloak (Tier 1)]

The only thing the second star did for her was give her two new skills and 20 more points to distribute per level up.

While this was subpar in her opinion, Shiro understood that the more stars she got now, the better her future classes would be.

As for her new skills, one was a passive much like Cold Aura. Depending on her killing intent, she's able to touch anything and freeze them over without using mana.

[Icy Touch – Passive]

The cold touch of a snow girl can be fatal if one is not prepared. With a single touch, one might be sent into a coma.

Effectiveness varies depending on surrounding temperature, killing intent and enemy resistance.

As for the second skill, it was an active type skill.

[Icy Breath]

Expend MP to breathe out a torrent of cold mist which is able to freeze enemies when used with enough MP.

Cost: Varies upon user's intention.

Cooldown: N/A

&quot;HNN!! Ahhh~&quot; Shiro stretched her body as running a Dungeon solo for 20 times was very tiring.

&quot;Little Yin we're finally done!&quot; Shiro said as Yin celebrated.

Hopping back on her shoulders, Yin snuggled herself back in her spot.

Chuckling slightly, Shiro left the Dungeon.

Inside the dungeon, around 25 days have passed meaning 25hrs outside.

Massaging her neck slightly, Shiro prepared herself for Lyrica's lecture once more.

On her way back to the dorms, Shiro was confused as to why she was getting more stares than normal. Especially on her face.

'Hmm… Did my star up change my face or something?' Shiro thought.

Arriving back at the dorm, Shiro saw Lyrica waiting by the door.

&quot;SHIR---!!!!&quot; Lyrica paused as she saw Shiro.

Her face instantly blushed as she tilted her head back to stop a nosebleed.

However, her eyes continued to stare at Shiro.

[Is there anything wrong with my face?] Shiro asked as she was curious.

&quot;Just take a look yourself Shiro…&quot; Lyrica muttered making sure to imprint the image into her mind.

Taking out a mirror, Shiro was surprised at her reflection.

Her face looked a lot more alluring now as there was less baby fat around her face. Her features were delicate as it made her seem surreal. Her skin had a rosy tint to it, urging people to give her skin a pinch.

One of the biggest changes was her hair. Originally, it had been pitch black in colour. However, it was now a dark midnight blue with streaks of white flaring at the tip of her hair.

'Huh… Well, I may need the lower face mask from Aarim sooner than I thought.' Shiro thought, storing away the mirror.

She never expected that levelling up a star brought such changes to her physical appearance as well.

52 Auction P1

Scratching the back of her head slightly, Shiro looked at her new hair with a slightly perplexed expression.

It wasn't that she didn't like it but that this meant troubles for her later on. The chances of her body changing more with each star earned were quite high as Shiro couldn't explain the growth.

[You like this hair? I wasn't too sure.] Shiro lied as she examined her hair.

&quot;Un your hair is nice. It's rather unique with the white flares around the edges.&quot; Lyrica nodded as she made sure her nosebleed was gone.

Pulling out a handkerchief, she cleaned her nose a little.

[Well enough of that. Have you prepared yet?] Shiro asked.

&quot;Prepared for the event?&quot;

[Yeah. Faction recruitment starts in 2 days. You should prepare yourself since we want you to get into a decent guild. With a good guild, the mortality would be lower.]

&quot;True. But I'm not sure if I can get into one. From the previous faction events, I know that there is an introduction then a total of 5 stages and a prize pool at the end.&quot; Lyrica said as they walked into the dorm.

[Do you know how the event is going to be laid out this year?] Shiro asked as she wanted to test Lyrica.

&quot;The introduction is basically the different factions showing off so people can decide which one they want to join. The intro includes different factions sparring with each other and competing in some fun events.

&quot;The next stage or the actual stage 1, is the warrior's division. Every melee type adventurer participates in this event as the challenges vary every time it is held.

&quot;Stage 2 is the mages division. Just like stage 1, every mage participated in this event.

&quot;Stages 1 and 2 aim to thin out the crowd in for both mages and warriors alike. This would leave around a few thousand competitors in the event.

&quot;Stage 3 is aimed at thinning the crowd even more. Most often, this is a battle royal. They'll be doing this part in the simulation so people can go all out.

&quot;Stage 4 is a tournament of sorts. They'll reshuffle the remaining members and put them in several different blocks. Anyone who isn't top 3 is then eliminated.

&quot;The final stage, stage 5, is where it's 1 vs 1 fights. The winner of each block will place in the top 10, 20, 25 etc depending on how many there are.

&quot;The order is shuffled around so the potential 1st place may be the last place within the top 20. As for people under the top 20, they can challenge the higher ranks to try to get into the top 20.

&quot;There are rewards for the top 10, top 20, top 50 and top 100. Last time they held the recruitment, they had C ranked items for top 10. The winner had a special C ranked item that boosted his potential up by several folds.&quot; Lyrica explained as they went to her room.

Sitting down on the chair again, Shiro crossed her legs.

[So are we going to be registered as adventurer's or under the school?]

&quot;We'll be registered under the school when we join the faction recruitment. This is so that the school can have bragging rights if a big faction recruits one of our students.&quot; Lyrica said.

[I see. Oh before I forget, I'll be heading out again tomorrow. Only to get some accessories.]

&quot;Mind if you take me along?&quot; Lyrica asked.

[Sure. Though the shop name is a little out there, the private stock is definitely worth it. It's where I got both of our outfits.]

&quot;Heh~ I'm more curious now. It's not every day you see such a good outfit too. Not to mention, it doesn't break.&quot; Lyrica said as she glanced at her outfit.

[We'll set off early tomorrow. Goodnight.] Shiro typed as Lyrica nodded.

Walking back to her room, Shiro frowned seeing another shadow.

Flexing her finger, a spike appeared and stabbed the shadow at the temple.

&quot;Tsk. Stalker.&quot; Shiro frowned as she set a few traps around her room.

It took an hour before all the traps were laid out perfectly.

Shiro decided to message Aarim as well seen as though she had the chance.

[Shiro: Hey Aarim. Would it be fine if I visited your shop to commission for another accessory made from monster cloth?]

[Aarim: How much monster cloth do you think I have available?!]

Shiro was surprised seeing how fast Aarim replied.

[Shiro: I just want to commission a face mask that I can pull down. Black in colour.]

[Aarim: Hmm… sure. You know the payment right? Modelling again.]

[Shiro: I'm not too sure about this. I have a friend coming with me.]

[Aarim: You can just do the photoshoot together with your friend.]

[Shiro: I'll have to ask her tomorrow then.]

[Aarim: If she doesn't want to, I'll put it on a tab. You can come model for me when you have time.]

[Shiro: Thank you very much.]

[Aarim: no problems.]

Putting her phone aside, Shiro changed into her nightwear before sleeping.

###

[Would it be ok if you pose for a few outfits with me? The outfits Aarim has are quite nice as well.]

&quot;Are they similar to what we have on now?&quot;

[Kind of. Since these outfits are what I requested, they're a little different to what she has in stock.]

&quot;Heh~ I mean I don't see why not. It seems fun.&quot; Lyrica said. While her speech was calm, her mind was racing about the type of outfits she could see Shiro wear.

Turning into an alleyway, Lyrica frowned slightly.

&quot;So are you sure the store is in this alleyway?&quot; Lyrica asked.

[The location is a little obscure but it is indeed here. You'll see it when we get there.] Shiro said as they turned a few corners.

[Aarim's Sexual Pleasure Item Store.]

&quot;…&quot;

Lyrica blushed heavily seeing the store titled as she looked over to Shiro.

Shiro wasn't phased at all as she entered inside.

&quot;AH! Shiro wait up!&quot; Lyrica called out before following her.

Hiding behind Shiro slightly, they enter the store.

&quot;Welcome~ Ah you're here. And you brought your friend as you said.&quot; Aarim smiled as Shiro nodded.

[Yeah, she's agreed to model with me.] Shiro typed out as Lyrica moved around nervously thinking about the type of outfits they could have.

'Surely it shouldn't be similar to what her store sign is right?' Lyrica thought as the image of Shiro wearing something lewd was outside of her character.

'But it may not be that bad.' Lyrica blushed.

Aarim grinned seeing the reactions and the type of gaze Lyrica looked at Shiro with.

'I should get some of my more spicy outfits out.' Aarim thought with a grin.

[Nothing lewd.]

&quot;Che.&quot; Both Aarim and Lyrica clicked their tongues as Shiro had a bland expression.

Lyrica blushed as her guard was down so her internal thoughts leaked out.

Aarim only grinned wider.

Reaching under the table, she pulled out a face mask.

&quot;This is what you wanted. It zips up at the back.&quot; Aarim said as Shiro nodded.

Putting on the mask, Shiro pulled up the fabric so it covered her mouth and nose.

Breathing wasn't hindered as Shiro pulled out a mirror to check how it looked.

'It's not too bad. It hides my lower face quite nicely actually. Only my hair is a little more memorable I suppose.' Shiro thought as she looked at her hair which had a white flare at the tips.

&quot;Let's go to the studio.&quot; Aarim said as she clapped her hands.

Lyrica nodded as she was much more eager than Shiro.

Walking back to the studio, Aarim revealed her outfit collection to Lyrica.

&quot;Wow.&quot; Lyrica muttered seeing the huge assortment of outfits.

[How many are we doing today?] Shiro asked.

&quot;Since it was only a mask, I'll let you off a bit easier. 30 sets.&quot;

&quot;30 sets?!&quot; Lyrica was shocked. 30 sets took quite a lot of time to try on and that wasn't factoring the modelling time.

&quot;It's simple, last time Shiro did well over 100 sets for me.&quot; Aarim waved her hand as she grabbed an outfit.

Handing it over to Shiro, she also gave a set to Lyrica.

&quot;Now get changed while I set up the camera.&quot; Aarim said.

Shiro nodded as she walked to the changing rooms. Undressing herself, Shiro couldn't help but raise an eyebrow to her figure. Not only did her face change slightly, but her body also.

Yesterday she was too tired to check, but now she realised she's grown a little as well. Her bust, whilst still small, grew a little too.

'I wonder what the owner of this body looked like as a grown-up.' Shiro thought with curiosity.

Changing into clothes made with monster cloth was much easier than normal due to the fact that it was effected by mana.

Expanding the outfit, Shiro put her arms through the sleeves before shrinking the outfit.

Wearing a few more pieces, she was fully changed.

Lyrica was daydreaming as she examined Shiro's body entirely.

[Are you not feeling well? I'll do your half of the modelling as well if you aren't feeling well.] Shiro offered.

&quot;Ah no, it's fine.&quot; Lyrica said snapping out of it. She didn't know how it was possible but it felt like Shiro's grown a little.

'If she had a slightly more mature body, it wouldn't be too bad either...' She thought to herself.

Copying what Shiro did, Lyrica was surprised at how easy it was to change into the outfit. It was even more so than her current outfit since her outfit was in pieces. These dresses, however, were mostly 1 piece dresses.

&quot;Hmm… if every outfit is this easy, 30 outfits will be done in no time.&quot; Lyrica said as she put on the accessories.

Shiro only smiled as Lyrica would be eating her own words soon.

Walking out of the changing room, they saw Aarim with everything set up.

&quot;Get on, we're taking a few photos now.&quot; Aarim smiled and gestured to the area with the white back drop.

###

&quot;Urggggggg...…&quot; Lyrica groaned as she finally finished doing the final outfit.

[I remember a certain someone saying this will be done in no time at all.] Shiro chuckled slightly.

&quot;Yes I did. However, she took over a hundred pictures with each outfit!&quot; Lyrica said sitting up.

[It isn't too bad. If you get used to it, you can get through a hundred pictures quicker.] Shiro smiled.

&quot;I suppose but urg… so tiring.&quot; Lyrica complained.

&quot;Since you've already got your item, you don't get a reward ok Shiro?&quot; Aarim said as Shiro nodded.

&quot;As for your friend Lyrica here... catch this.&quot; Aarim said flicking over a USB.

Catching it, Lyrica glanced at it with curiosity.

&quot;A 3TB USB? What do I need it for?&quot; Lyrica asked.

&quot;It's 3TB worth of modelling pictures Shiro took including today. You don't wan-&quot;

&quot;Who said I don't want.&quot; Lyrica said quickly storing it inside her inventory.

Aarim giggled as this was what she expected.

&quot;By the way, I heard that there is a pretty big auction happening tonight. They're holding it since the faction recruitment is tomorrow. With everyone in the city, they'll have a bigger audience to take money from.&quot; Aarim said as she sat down by the counter. She decided to inform Shiro and Lyrica as they may find something useful int the auction.

[A auction? Is there anything remarkable about it?] Shiro asked.

&quot;Remarkable? Hmm… they said something about a sword being really good for low levels. A blue greatsword in fact. Quite a rare weapon.&quot; Aarim said as Shiro paused.

'Isn't that the sword I scammed to them?' Shiro thought.

[What's so remarkable with the sword?]

&quot;They say the skill is a rare percentage skill. It's able to increase the strength of the user by 100% for a short moment. Since the sword itself is level 15, not only could it help the pass their class advancement, but it will also help them get an edge over other level 20 adventurer's that join the event.&quot;

[Then what about items?] Shiro asked. Weapons were nice and all, but items held the cake for her.

She could craft a few items, but they were very limited due to her knowledge of them.

&quot;Items… Hmm… I don't remember a lot but the supposedly best item for the auction is something called an awakening stone. If you don't know what it is, its an item that'll help you unlock your elemental attunement or at least enhance it. Tier 0 to Tier 1 with the highest being Tier 1 to Tier 2.&quot; Aarim said with a wave of her hand.

'The awakening stone is pretty good I suppose.' Shiro thought as she too knew about this stone. If one had more than 1 elemental attunement, the stone would have a randomised chance to awaken your main element or the sub-element. For her, it was a chance between 3 elements since the ice was already Tier 2.

'Having an extra element would help I suppose but my MP drain is going to increase.'

She had 3 elements right now at Tier 0 so the moment she used the awakening stone, she'll gain the skill line for one of these elements. Lightning to improve her attack power. Metal for defence, which was rather useless considering her fighting style, and Shadow to increase stealth.

'I'll think of more ways to use them when I unlock them.' Shiro thought as the auction seemed pretty appealing as of this moment.

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