-"...Only this skill can help me. The longer I live and the more players I kill, the safer she and her world will be."
Yu Xunge had been frowning deeply ever since Y128 began speaking. Once it finished, she simply closed her eyes.
Y128 had said the wrong thing. Zhuri would never agree.
Sure enough, the Zhuri Sprite, who was about the same size as Yu Xunge currently was, had been looking around for something. But after hearing that, her gaze fell on Y128 like a blade. She stared at it intently for a few seconds, then said coldly, "You don't know her."
With those words, she vanished before them.
She had left.
Y128 turned to Zai Jiu Xunge in confusion. "Why? There was nothing wrong with my answer."
Yu Xunge said, "I wouldn't say something like that."
Y128 sounded even more puzzled. "But that's exactly the kind of person you are. You say pleasing, truthful things to coax living beings into helping you achieve your goals."
Yu Xunge wasn't angry at Y128's assessment. She explained calmly:
"First, what I say isn't actually pleasing. You-and all of you-find it pleasing.
"Second, the last half of what you said showed weakness and pleaded for help. You even tried to mix our current task into it, as though those words had come from me, and tied me and my world to it as bargaining chips. And that is precisely what I would never say.
"I wouldn't beg her. I don't like begging people, even if I do need her help.
"...I'm honestly surprised she didn't kill you."
Resource Boxes began dropping from the sky. One of them was at their two o'clock.
Y128 immediately called for Zai Jiu Xunge to head that way with it. Every so often, it looked back at