"Switch incarnation: Tokisaki Kurumi."
After recording her resurrection point outside the dungeon, Kurumi was just about to step inside.
The Nurturing Small World item in her inventory suddenly flew out.
The fist-sized crystal ball floated before Kurumi. Inside, Popo was singing to the Wind Whisper Pear sapling. A countdown was displayed over the three square patches of black soil where the saplings had been planted: 13 days.
That was the countdown until the fruit could be harvested.
Popo, a single fairy, could cultivate three fruit trees, which bore fruit roughly once every half month.
Kurumi stared curiously at the crystal ball. Why had it suddenly floated out of her inventory?
Then the transparent crystal ball suddenly turned blurry and pitch-black. At the same time, a pale, black-haired elf appeared inside it.
He said weakly, "Lucky adventurer, save me."
Kurumi frowned. "Are you Sveden?"
"You know me?"
"Yes. The forest of the Witch's Forest asked me to tell you that the Witch is dead."
"She couldn't hold on either..." Sveden's voice sank.
"So what do I need to do now?"
"Come in first. I'll guide you forward. The mechanical guards you encounter along the way aren't something you can handle."
Kurumi narrowed her eyes and smiled. "Ara, how does Mr. Sveden intend to repay me?"
"You'll be satisfied." Sveden spoke slowly, seemingly unconcerned that Kurumi might dislike his reward.
Thinking of the epic-grade item obtained by a player in her previous life, Kurumi neither agreed nor disagreed and stepped into the dungeon.
The space inside the dungeon differed from her previous life. When she entered this underground ruin back then, she had appeared directly in the center of Dragon City's Heaven and Earth Altar, surrounded by mechanical guards. Players had to wipe out all those guards before they could enter the