Ice Dragon Kura Ha

Nightmare High Priest Edgar

This guy would become a formidable figure in the future...

He might not have been as strong as he would be in the future yet. After all, in her previous life, Ice Dragon Kura Ha had only existed as a level 79 dungeon boss, while this NPC had remained active on the front lines of exploration and was a very famous villain.

But even if Edgar had not yet reached his future strength, he was still not someone Kurumi could handle right now.

She could only hide behind an icicle and secretly observe the situation between the two.

The Ice Dragon boss's HP continued to drop. It could only rage helplessly at the person suppressing it, and the entire cave seemed on the verge of collapse.

Kura Ha beat its wings, and a fierce gale erupted.

Countless shards of ice rose from the ground and smashed toward Edgar.

Whether Edgar could not spare the effort to block them or simply did not care about the damage from such ice fragments, his expression remained calm as he focused solely on gripping the two iron chains.

"Human?!"

Ice Dragon Kura Ha was the first to notice Kurumi hiding behind the icicle.

Edgar also cast a chilling glance her way, seemingly wondering how she had gotten past his subordinates and reached this place.

Kurumi: "..."

She had not expected the Ice Dragon to suddenly use the advanced spell Ice Storm, exposing her position.

"Human, if you help me break these two iron chains or kill this person, I will reward you! Dragon's Treasure holds endless possibilities. No one but me can open it!" Ice Dragon Kura Ha said anxiously.

"Hmph, mortal. Think carefully. I am the high priest of the Nightmare Deity. If you dare obstruct our actions, you can contemplate the consequences yourself." Edgar's face was cold and stern.

"I can't beat either of you. How am I supposed to help?" Since her respawn point was set outside the teleportation array, Kurumi was not afraid of being exposed. She stepped out openly and spoke with complete composure.

"Human, don't worry. He cannot move while maintaining the effects of these two chains. You only need to help me interfere with him." Ice Dragon Kura Ha's tone carried a hint of grievance and pleading.

It probably knew that this weak mortal was its last hope.

"Heh, she's only a low-level adventurer. Do you really think she can harm me, Kura Ha?"

At the same time, a game notification sounded.

System Notification: Please choose your faction. If you choose to aid the Nightmare Faction, you will gain Edgar's friendship, and your identity will be changed to the Fallen Faction. If you choose to aid the Dragon Faction, you will gain Ice Dragon Kura Ha's friendship and receive its reward.

System bro, even if it was a choice between two options, I needed the strength to choose.

Against Edgar, I had no chance of winning. But against Kura Ha, I would win one hundred percent of the time. Was there even anything to choose?

But the problem was, I didn't want to become part of the Fallen Ones Faction...

Kurumi thought in conflict.

Once members of the Fallen Ones Faction reached a high level, they could automatically become higher lifeforms, making them far better off than ordinary players. After all, not everyone was lucky enough to obtain items that could raise their Life Level.

But Fallen Ones were called Fallen Ones because they were utterly shameless, unrestrained, and villainous without any taboos.

And this villain faction had been designated by the Meta World itself. Once she became a Fallen One, she would become a thorn in the eyes of Yuan Yi, the Creator God, as well as a walking reward for all ordinary players.

Moreover, after the game affected reality, Fallen Ones would also become the most unwelcome group.

Why would I give up being a perfectly good human just to become a villain? Was my brain broken?

Kurumi aimed the gun in her hand at the black-clad man in the air.

"Foolish. With strength as meager as yours, how could you possibly affect me?" High Priest Edgar sneered as wild black mist swirled around him.

Ding! You have chosen to aid the Dragon Faction. You have received Ice Dragon Kura Ha's temporary blessing: All attacks gain ice-element damage. Hitting a target deals an additional 1000% ice-element damage. Additionally, an Ice Dragon Shield that absorbs 1,000,000 damage will be generated. Duration: one hour.

A shield with one million HP?!

Awesome!

Kurumi immediately stopped worrying.

Even players with ten thousand HP were already incredibly difficult to deal with, let alone the million the Ice Dragon had given her!

And there was also additional damage equal to ten times her base attack. Edgar, there was no way you could survive this.

First Bullet!

Third Bullet!

Fairy Bottle! (Blessing of the Fire Fairy!)

This was not even the limit. Edgar met the increased damage condition for the Divine Brilliance Crystal. Hehe.

Divine Brilliance Crystal!

Kurumi activated every buff she could.

Aiming at the Nightmare High Priest, she fired three shots within a single second!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

-150!-!

-270!-!

-168!-!

Damn, after activating Third Bullet, her attack power had already reached 2,050 points. With the light-element restraint from the Divine Brilliance Crystal and Blessing of the Fire Fairy, a single shot only dealt 150 damage! A critical hit dealt 270!

This bastard's defense was as high as 3,000 points!

Kurumi's eyes widened. Thankfully, the Ice Dragon's blessing was powerful enough; otherwise, whether this quest could even be completed would have been a question.

"Very good! Human, your strength is even greater than I imagined. Don't worry, he won't be able to trouble you!" Ice Dragon Kura Ha said excitedly.

More importantly, it had never expected this player's base attack power to be so high. For an ordinary level 30 player, a base attack power of 800 was already impressive. Yet this red-dressed girl before it possessed such an absurdly high attack power.

Before long, First Bullet and Third Bullet entered cooldown, and the damage she dealt plummeted.

She wasn't worried about consuming Time Value. Her clone was constantly killing Fallen Ones, supplying Time Value to the main body.

Once the skills' cooldowns ended, Kurumi unleashed another torrential barrage.

Violent bullets, carrying holy light and the power of a dragon, exploded across Edgar's body.

"Damn it! Creatures as weak as mayflies can actually inflict such damage upon me."

By then, Edgar had endured five minutes of attacks, and his health bar had dropped from 50% to 30%.

"Heh, don't even think about moving before you die!" Ice Dragon Kura Ha's voice brimmed with hatred.

It had been sleeping peacefully at home when this man barged in and bound it with chains, leaving it unable to move. Its life force had also been continuously siphoned away by those two massive iron chains.

Who wouldn't hate that?

Now, those chains had instead become his own restraint.

"Heh, Kura Ha, before I die, you may very well die before me." Edgar's voice was full of mockery. Even with his face bloodied from Kurumi's attacks, his arrogance remained undiminished.

Ice Dragon Kura Ha only had 3% health remaining.

At this rate, Kura Ha would definitely die first.

Kura Ha realized this as well. Once it no longer restrained this Fallen One, that girl would be killed instantly!

What should it do?

Was this truly where its life would end today?

Kura Ha's eyes dimmed, its life force dwindling to the state of a dying candle in the wind.

Fourth Bullet (Dalet)!

A bright voice rang out as a bullet flew toward Kura Ha.

Ice Dragon Kura Ha looked puzzled.

Edgar, meanwhile, sneered. "Turning traitor at the crucial moment. As expected of someone from the same race as me."

Kurumi did not refute him. Only the one who had been shot knew what had happened.

Just as Kura Ha was about to give up hope, the bullet that struck it suddenly restored a portion of its health. Moreover, the chains' siphoning conflicted with the power of Fourth Bullet.

For a full ten seconds, the chains stopped draining its life force. During those ten seconds, its vigorous vitality restored its health to 4%!

Kura Ha was completely bewildered. "???"

What had happened?

Fifth Bullet (Hei)!

Another voice rang out.

Several miss notifications suddenly appeared over Ice Dragon Kura Ha's body, which was imprisoned by the chains.

Kurumi had guessed correctly. These chains dealt continuous damage and imposed a powerful suppression effect on the Ice Dragon boss, but that damage did not have guaranteed-hit properties!

At that moment, not only was Kura Ha confused, but Edgar was also bewildered as he sensed the life energy in the chains in his hands stuttering intermittently.

Taking advantage of the opening, Kura Ha's health recovered to 5%.

Edgar's eyelid twitched, and he shouted in panic, "What did you do?!"