No, that would be too underhanded...
Maybe I should just cheat instead.
"Little Silver Wolf, remember, I just don't like playing games. It's not like I don't know how to play them."
Facing Silver Wolf's astonished expression, Great Herta casually tossed the controller to her.
Though she had only watched Chen Li and Great Herta play a few rounds, geniuses learned everything quickly.
No way, no way—did someone really think games didn't require talent?
And Great Herta didn't know whether it was just her imagination, but she felt that Silver Wolf was absurdly bad at this...
"..." Silver Wolf fell silent.
"And as punishment for losing the bet, you owe me three more mods."
Great Herta crossed her arms, lightly tapping her arm with her fingertips as she wore a confident smile.
"Got it, got it..." Silver Wolf waved her hand impatiently.
"What do you need so many mods for?"
Chen Li asked curiously.
"To assist my research."
Great Herta did not hide her purpose.
In Great Herta's view, these mods, which served as world patches, were exceptionally suited as tools for studying worlds.
As long as she kept working at it and obtained more mods from Silver Wolf, she would eventually be able to use them to assemble a complete game... or rather, a world.
But seeing Silver Wolf's dejected expression, Great Herta began to worry again. What if she had crushed Silver Wolf's confidence?
After all, useful tools like Silver Wolf were hard to come by.
I should have strung her along slowly. I shouldn't have gone all out at once...
"Don't be too discouraged. There aren't many people I acknowledge as opponents, and you're one of them. How about... I appoint you as a Core Flame Emanator."
Great Herta tried to comfort Silver Wolf.
"Are you humiliating