"Enemy... kill..."
Words laced with piercing static echoed across the battlefield as the earth crumbled with mournful groans.
Anviya's pupils had completely turned the color of molten gold, and faint traces of scales emerged along her cheeks and arms.
Time seemed to slow.
Anviya dodged attack after attack at unbelievable angles. The light sword in her hand struck the Mechanical Lord's tentacles, leaving behind glaring wounds.
-14, -18, -20...
Numbers representing damage continuously appeared in her field of vision.
In Anviya's eyes, as long as a Health Bar appeared, it meant the enemy could be defeated.
The moment you revealed your Health Bar, victory and defeat were already set in stone!
Anviya was incomparably focused. Other than the opponent before her, there was not a single stray thought in her mind. Within her frail body lay unparalleled combat awareness.
But unfortunately.
Faced with an unfamiliar enemy, compounded by her weak strength, mistakes in battle were always unavoidable.
The darkness gradually receded, and light appeared before her once more.
Death in the virtual world was nothing to fear. For most customers, death and rebirth were commonplace.
"Ahhh, I was so close!"
Anviya grabbed her head and let out a somewhat irritated growl.
After fretting for a while, she finally noticed her surroundings, as well as the prismatic crystal embedded in the ground.
By the way, don't forget that dragon girls had a fondness for collecting glittering things.
Almost instinctively, Anviya reached out toward the crystal, and a change followed.
Rippling halos of light flowed as a girl's figure condensed amid starlight.
"You are... a Lost Traveler?"
"Uh, I suppose so?"
Anviya felt that was probably her identity.
A moment later.
Having learned part of the situation from Ailimiya, the dragon girl's expression became somewhat complicated.
It seemed the Mechanical Lord was