"Meow-rawr, with so much equipment, us cats can pull off tactical deception even better, meow-raoow!"
After opening a huge haul of equipment, both Cat Dula and Cat Xiudiya were very satisfied with its quality. Meanwhile, the bookish Mao Philia burst into a meow-hahaha and pulled out her notebook, beginning to record the origins and history of the equipment.
"Every piece of legendary equipment has a wonderfully entertaining historical basis. Aside from those Eileen reforged, all the others have appeared, to varying degrees, in the histories of various other worlds. Take this wand, for instance. Legend says its owner ventured deep into the Abyss and died at the hands of an Abyss Lord—a classic tragic hero. But meow-raoow, according to our records, this unlucky fellow may have stumbled into one of Eileen's labyrinth traps and faced Eileen herself. Naturally, all he could leave behind was something called a 'legend.'"
Mao Philia recorded them one by one, her urge to talk fully unleashed as she explained the histories and stories to all the cats.
Cat Xiudiya, meanwhile, was more pragmatic.
"What we need to do now is tactical deception. It's time to make another push on the ladder. Based on the equipment we borrowed, Cat Lina can absolutely disguise herself as a Transmutation strategy. Recently, the number of your opponents specifically countering your rush strategy has gone from five games to twenty-six. The overall increase is enormous, but we also have to admit that many witches have started playing their default plans against you. That isn't a good thing."
Her left hand gently pinched Jiang Han's cheek, then cupped it. "If you can't play mainstream Transmutation strategies, it'll become especially easy for other witches to target you."
"Mm, I know."
The ladder had changed dramatically lately as well. Among the witches Jiang