Can't I Just Raise Myself?

[Yes.]

The next second, the dagger from Lin Qi's backpack appeared in his hand.

Ryan was stunned.

"So it really is just like getting equipment from a game."

But a dagger didn't seem all that useful, and stat-wise, he probably couldn't even compare to Lin Qi right now.

Ryan pressed the controller, re-equipped the dagger to Lin Qi, then opened the door and walked out.

[In the dormitory corridor at night, no one is around, yet you faintly hear whispers.]

As the deity worshipped by the religious faithful of the Rhea Continent, Janus was said to have created time and space, and from that, everything else came into being. Thus, Janus held an extremely high status on the continent.

The religion that believed in Janus was called the 'Gate of Janus,' the largest religious power on the Rhea Continent.

The church in Berman City worshipped Janus. It wasn't a large church, consisting of two priests and ten nuns, plus a number of ordinary staff.

The dormitory building was built behind the church, and because it was next to a cemetery, it often felt eerily gloomy.

At this hour, most people were asleep. Lin Qi walked through the corridor, went downstairs, and stopped in front of the cemetery.

Earlier, from the window, he had seen some unidentified creatures floating around here. In real life, Ryan would have run as far away as possible, but in a game, weren't ghosts and monsters just a pile of Experience Points?

[Wandering Soul]

These small, bluish flames all had those two words floating above them, along with a uniform lv3.

Ryan smiled.

"Sure enough, it's a game. Where would you find something like this in reality?"

He had been to the church before; the cemetery was perfectly normal. If there were any monsters or ghosts, word would have spread long ago.

Lin Qi said nothing. She raised her dagger and charged forward. With a swift motion, the blade sliced through the Wandering Soul's body, and the Health Bar above it dropped by a chunk—about a fifth.

"Not bad, defense isn't high."

The Wandering Soul counterattacked. Without hands or feet, it shot out small fireballs, but Ryan maneuvered Lin Qi to dodge them all.

Rolling, circling, crouching low and sprinting—the movements felt as real as if he were experiencing them himself. Ryan was utterly amazed.

"This is way more responsive than the games from my past life."

Before long, Lin Qi killed one Wandering Soul, and the Experience Bar surged by about a quarter.

"Keep going, keep going!"

Moonlit night, cemetery, nun and dagger—an elegant waltz.