"What the hell is this?"
He had only just found a suitable battlefield when Liu Zhi spotted the troops sent out by the Land of Yellow Springs. Even he, with all his experience, couldn't help blurting out a complaint.
Every one of them was a musclebound man about two meters tall. The only thing covering their private parts was a tattered tiger skin hanging around their waists. A single horn or a pair of horns jutted from their heads, and they carried spiked clubs. They looked like slightly thinner ogres.
"Judging by their color, these are Blue Oni."
Some players had begun entering the Land of Yellow Springs as well. Tomie, who had arrived early, glanced at the oni and said matter-of-factly.
Liu Zhi was a little curious. "How come you got here first?"
"Isn't it obvious? I'm the best choice for dealing with oni that are all about physical strength."
Tomie offered that explanation, then looked at Liu Zhi. "Do you really want to kill me?"
"I do, but I don't want to be your enemy."
Liu Zhi knew Tomie's situation very well. He truly didn't want to make an enemy of her—not when he had no desire to create complications right now.
Tomie blinked at him. "But I really want to die at your hands. I have a feeling that if you kill me, my true level will go up by one. Maybe I'll even get a chance to reach that level in a short time."
Only then did Liu Zhi understand that by "true level," Tomie meant the level she appeared to be when she was alive.
She was only level 15 now. If dying at Liu Zhi's hands could let her remain at level 16, Tomie wouldn't mind dying a few more times.
The problem was