Dungeon Scrapped, Mutual Analysis

Ji Yan's tall, perfectly proportioned figure carried an invisible pressure beneath his composure.

Behind his sunglasses, the player's eyes trembled slightly.

This was the first time an outsider had glimpsed his Term Talent, and the other party was not a player, but an eerie!

Was this its eerie ability?

But [Half-Knowledge] had identified the other party as an "Anthropomorphic Ghoul."

An Anthropomorphic Ghoul's eerie ability was very limited. It could only alter its face and disguise itself as a human, and it did not even possess dedicated offensive capabilities...

What Xu Qiu found even more puzzling now was why he could not move. What was this invisible force binding him?

He stared intently at the "Anthropomorphic Ghoul" before him and saw a layer of white eerie energy behind it. Then, [Half-Knowledge] activated successfully—

A cold, mechanical voice rang out in his mind:

[It... learned your name through that "unspeakable" power...]

[...and used Subject 5's ability one step ahead of you...]

It knew his name... the Spirit of the Pen!

This eerie had the [Cursed Grudge Brush]?!

The Sunglasses Player's expression shifted slightly. In other words, this guy had used the [Cursed Grudge Brush] to write down his name and add a suffix, allowing the "Spirit of the Pen" to activate the ability Words Manifest Law.

But...

What was that "unspeakable" power? Why could even [Half-Knowledge] not analyze it?

Before entering the Main Quest, Xu Qiu had used [Half-Knowledge] to analyze the information on Subjects 1 through 7, making things easier for his upcoming strategy.

He also knew a little about the "Spirit of the Pen."

A name's "suffix" was not something one could write however one pleased.

The harder it was to execute, the shorter its effective duration would be.

So he was certain that the suffix merely prevented him