Honkai, But It's a Spirit Simulator

...they just hadn't been beaten by their parents enough.

Even Xing only acted like a bratty little girl around her playmates. After getting to know Liu Bai and the others, she still showed respect where it was due and never dragged her feet when told to do something.

"Mei, I'm counting on you."

"Fine, but don't think you're getting away."

The most valuable people on this team were Bronya and Seele. The Arlene sisters were basically freebies.

"Why was Bronya running around in the first place..." Seeing Mei agree, Bronya breathed a sigh of relief. "I'll leave everything to Mei... Here is the intelligence I gathered over the past few days. Please take a look."

Traps in Progress

"Apparently, an important map of the Demon King's Castle is kept in the head maid's room... There is a secret passage to the Demon King's Castle beneath the Dragon Nest in the northeast... On the northern tower, there is a Witch of Wind who possesses a rare secret treasure."

Mei read through the information Bronya had sent over in surprise.

"Bronya, where did you get all this information?"

"From all sorts of side quests, of course." Bronya calmly drank her soup.

It had already been a week since they started the game.

"Any disadvantage in progress has to be made up for with intelligence. This game is much more interesting than Bronya imagined... By the way, Mei, your group's progress has gradually fallen behind too, hasn't it?"

"I can't deny that." Ever since their crushing defeat at the Demon King's Castle a few days ago, Mei had kept the team, which was missing combat power, on standby. They only accepted guild commissions and killed small monsters every day to earn some rewards.

Only after Sakura and Yae Sakura had been eliminated did