Please Answer, Mentor (Double-length chapter)

For the next period of time.

The entire instance has entered a period of reshuffling, especially after the Blood Moon, with more and more half-baked teams and players being eliminated.

As for capable teams, such as Cheng Xiu's group, they have completely let loose.

Instead of following the usual main storyline, they witnessed countless Amygdala perched on the rooftops and walls of the Unseen Village. Sensing something was amiss, they turned and left, intending to collect more Berserker skills first.

In order to collect more Berserker skills, they began to roam around Yharnam under the Blood Moon, searching for the scattered White Spirit Hunter.

They searched every corner of Yharnam and actually found quite a few White Spirit Hunter, as well as many hidden areas they hadn't paid any attention to before, and some NPCs they had missed.

For example, one might need to take a invitation card picked up from a clinic and travel by carriage to Cainhurst Castle.

For example, the Upper Cathedral Ward can be accessed via a key from the Healing Church Workshop.

During their wanderings, they also acquired many powerful Berserker skills, such as [Cross Slash], [Soul Devouring Hand], and [Rage Burst].

The memories from that period are hardly pleasant.

Especially the area of [the Upper Cathedral].

"Is this some kind of Resident Evil game?!"

The Upper Cathedral house a complex religious and research facility.

Wei Yidong roared.

He truly hadn't expected the map to be so treacherous.

The outside was alright, except that the Blood Moon made it seem particularly eerie. But once inside, it was a completely different story. They stopped acting altogether and didn't even light torches; it was pitch black.

Darkness, invisibility, complex terrain, and eerie background string music.

This is compounded by the monsters that suddenly appear from hidden corners, and the insect-like creatures whose Beasthood Erosion skyrockets whenever they are attacked.

It's really no different from a horror game.

For example, just now.

As they cautiously groped their way forward.

Suddenly, a wolf-like beast burst through the window.

They just wanted to pick something up. They were already terrified by the eerie music, and then suddenly a wolf jumped in—many of them were so frightened they jumped up.

Even though they had already completed the games Outlast and Resident Evil.

But this sudden turn of events in the combat instance—who could have predicted that?

After they dealt with the wolf-like beast, they saw the chandelier hanging in the center of the hall and were just beginning to relax.

As soon as I walked over, the huge chandelier overhead suddenly started swaying, the flickering light and shadows making it look just like something out of a horror movie.

That's not all.

As it swayed, the chandelier suddenly plummeted, and several werewolves with glowing red eyes, each a size larger than the ones outside, descended from the sky.

They were perched on the chandelier, while Wei Yidong and the others had just temporarily put away their torches because of it.

One can imagine how desperate they must have been in the darkness.

And this is just the appetizer.

As they continued to advance, all sorts of underworld tactics kept emerging.

For example, create a super dark passage, place lots of glowing dropped items, and then while Wei Yidong and the others are picking up the items, suddenly a few soul-sucking monsters will jump out, grab their heads, and suck their souls.

For example, you might turn a corner and suddenly a werewolf jumps out from the shadows and lunges at you.

Unlike other areas in Bloodborne filled with monster howls, the Upper Cathedral are eerily quiet, with only the background music of the underworld and almost no ambient sounds.

This silence not only amplifies the sound of players' footsteps, but also makes the face-jump attack even more powerful.

It's no wonder Wei Yidong said it was like playing Resident Evil —because the exploration of the entire Upper Cathedral really felt like suddenly stumbling into another instance.

But this wasn't what made Wei Yidong most uncomfortable; what made him even more uncomfortable was the final boss of the Upper Cathedral.

-[Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos].

The moment I saw the BOSS's name in mid-air as I descended into the altar in the elevator.

"Daughter of the Cosmos?"

Wei Yidong was even a little excited at the time, thinking that he would finally be able to meet a normal female NPC.

result.

The thing in front of him, which he thought was just background decoration, moved.

The thing stood up from the altar, its entire body resembling a mixture of chunks of flesh from various marine creatures, covered with countless tentacles, and its face was split open like a pasta sheet, with tiny, constantly wriggling tentacles covering the edges of the crack.

A piercing shriek rang out.

Wei Yidong screamed when he saw what was in front of him.

"Lu Xiu! Apologize to the universe! The universe isn't like that at all! Give me back my beautiful imagination of the universe!"

Cheng Xiu and the others stared at the abstract BOSS before them. Although they didn't scream, their expressions became distorted.

I felt that my heart had been hurt.

The problem is...

This is weirdly abstract, so let's just leave it at that.

This lump of something, in a posture that does indeed resemble a kneeling woman wearing a skirt.

The overall design is contradictory and bizarre, ugly yet carrying a strange sense of sacredness.

It really is----

It's so bad it makes you wonder where to even begin to complain.

The battle was extremely fierce and resulted in significant sanity loss.

This Daughter of the Cosmos not only possesses various skills that can instantly kill, but also has an extremely large range of attacks. Most importantly, looking directly at her will cause the Beasthood Erosion to rise wildly, forcing them to constantly suppress their health and vitality.

The fear of staring directly at the indescribable things of the universe, coupled with Ebrietas's terrifying attacks and collisions, nearly wiped out the entire Nine Provinces caravan.

Fortunately, it's alright.

The Berserker skills they had collected while running around all this time finally showed their dominance at this moment.

"Likes and dislikes—no, wait! Take this!"

Facing Ebrietas's charge, Wei Yidong controlled his Qi and blood to maximize the bonus, while leaping high and unleashing a [Mountain Crashing Extremity Slash] slash that he had just learned from the Cainhurst Castle area.

Blood gushed out like lava, landing on Ebrietas's bloated body.

At the same time, Cheng Xiu and other players from Nine Provinces also erupted.

What Cross Slash, Rage Burst, Soul Devouring Hand ----

More than a dozen Berserker skills erupted simultaneously on the altar.

The violent output of blood energy actually suppressed this superior being, who represented the terror of the universe, so much so that it couldn't raise its head, and its health bar dropped wildly like flowing water.

certainly.

Although the Berserker's skills are useful, this boss is not so easy to kill. Its counterattacks are equally deadly, and players continue to die.

However, after Cheng Xiu and his group collected so many Berserker skills, a complete wipeout was indeed out of the question.

Boom!

About ten minutes later.

Ebrietas's massive body finally collapsed with a crash, turning into a sky full of Bai Guang.

The entire altar fell silent.

Cheng Xiu and his group stopped. Although they had defeated the boss, they felt their rationality hadn't returned yet and they needed to calm down.

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Wei Yidong stood in the center of the altar, covered in blood, and suddenly said, "What kind of demons and monsters are these?! Isn't Lu Xiu afraid of being remembered by the goddess?! That goddess manages so many regions, she can't just be the goddess of one planet, she's the Daughter of the Cosmos —is Lu Xiu trying to mess with her?"

Upon hearing Wei Yidong's words, Cheng Xiu abruptly turned his head.

This is truly a direction I never imagined.

However, thanks to Wei Yidong, he finally calmed down. "No, Lu Xiu didn't say who this refers to. According to the plot, it symbolizes cosmic terror. I think it's even more disrespectful of you to associate something like this with a goddess—"

Wei Yidong's expression froze, then he immediately clasped his hands together and muttered something, seemingly begging for forgiveness.

Cheng Xiu ignored Wei Yidong's antics, shook his head, and then examined the props he had obtained.

It has to be said.

They have indeed become stronger.

They faced a series of intense battles and encountered terrifyingly powerful enemies.

They won without wiping out a single team.

Although they paid a considerable price, their current strength is vastly different from when they first entered the dungeon, when they could only tread carefully in the streets of Yharnam.

This isn't because their skills have improved dramatically; it's simply because the Berserker class's skills are just too violent and unreasonable.

really.

No matter how it's done, the final Class Contest Instance will always highlight the classes.

Thinking of this, Cheng Xiu stood up and looked around at the other Nine Provinces players on the altar.

The original full team of twenty people has now been reduced to only eight, and six of the players who just died have transformed into beasts.

This means they will have to rematch with six unfamiliar players.

It's quite troublesome.

Fortunately, at this stage, the players who remain are generally quite strong.

Even so, people kept dying and players kept turning into beasts during the process.

This isn't even before we've progressed into the main storyline, and this is still with the Berserker skill available.

So how many players will actually make it to the end of the dungeon?

Cheng Xiu couldn't help but think.

Where do we go next?

At this moment.

Wei Yidong lowered his hand and asked, "Besides the main storyline, it seems we've been to all the areas we were supposed to go to, and we've searched for all the scattered Bai Ling we could find."

Cheng Xiu snapped out of his reverie and thought for a moment, "Then let's go to the place the White Spirit Hunter mentioned to us before he disappeared, the Hunter's Nightmare, the Astral Clocktower."

"That area must be very difficult, right?"

"It's very high, but I have to go; I've already been to all the other areas."

Cheng Xiu said softly, "And if I'm not mistaken, that map called Hunter's Nightmare should allow us to further master the Berserker skill—that might not be the end of the dungeon, but it's definitely very important."

"So you need to be mentally prepared. Don't think that just because we've learned a few Berserker skills now, we're invincible. Think back carefully, what did that White Spirit Hunter demonstrated the Cross Slash say before disappearing, besides mentioning those two place names?"

Wei Yidong paused for a moment, then said, "Blood Draw— "

"That's right, Blood Draw."

Cheng Xiu nodded. "What we have now are just the moves in the Berserker system. We learned them by touching the White Spirit Hunter. In the end, they are just the form—but these Berserker skills clearly have the potential to be learned on their own."

Thinking further, when Lu Xiu creates a profession and guides her Qi and blood to release skills like Cross Slash, there couldn't possibly be a system assisting her. Moreover, I find it strange that these Berserker skills only consume Qi and blood and can't absorb it.

Combining this with the term "Blood Draw," I suspect that beyond all skills, there's a more core Berserker mechanic we haven't mastered yet. That's probably in the Hunter's Nightmare, in that Astral Clocktower.

That makes sense.

Wei Yidong slung the Saw Cleaver over his shoulder. "Then let's go see for ourselves."

"Okay, but let's go back to Hunter's Dream first, use up all the Echoes, upgrade what we can, and enhance our weapons where possible, and then we'll go to Hunter's Nightmare!"

At the same time.

There are quite a few teams that share the same thoughts as Cheng Xiu.

Rosalind, Shen Nian, Ulysses, Fan Lixin, and Xia—top-tier players from various countries, after collecting the White Spirit Hunter skills from other regions, led their teams to the Hunter's Nightmare.

In the Hunter's Nightmare, their initial advance went relatively smoothly.

Although the enemies in the Hunter's Nightmare area are ridiculously strong, Rosalind, who was chased and hacked down for three blocks by an old Hunter, has a lot to say about this.

The ordinary monsters here are extremely aggressive, almost all of them are proficient in Gun Parry, and have excellent movement skills. Each one is like Father, and with their sheer number, they are in some ways even more troublesome than the bosses outside.

However, players who dare to enter the Hunter's Nightmare DLC area now are basically seasoned veterans and have learned many Berserker skills.

Suppressing one's own Qi and Blood during battle is now standard practice.

Relying on teamwork and the burst damage of Berserker skills, they advanced at a surprisingly fast pace.

until.

The Church's the First Hunter.

The Ludwig the Accursed makes his appearance.

The moment this notoriously difficult Bloodborne boss appeared, he taught all the players who came here a harsh lesson.

When the deformed monster, resembling neither a horse nor a creature, stood upright in the pool of blood, all the players guessed that this boss would be difficult to deal with.

only.

They hadn't expected it to be so difficult to deal with.

Its aggressive desires were outrageous, and its movements were exaggerated to the extreme; it was completely like a mad dog.

But that's not the most despairing thing for the players.

After all, they've already seen the Mad Dog BOSS; as long as they can defeat him, that's all that matters.

The problem is, this boss, who's like a mad dog, actually consciously avoids the player's Berserker skills during the fight!!!

When a player confidently unleashes their Rage Burst in place, they will nimbly jump backward, perfectly escaping the hit detection range.

When a player leaps high into the air in an attempt to use the Mountain Crashing Extremity Slash, he will pounce on them without hesitation, knocking them away with his body.

Let's just avoid it.

It will also interrupt!

Players who thought they could dominate the battlefield after learning skills like Cross Slash and Mountain Collapse Strike were instantly beaten senseless.

Large-scale elimination has begun again.

Ludwig's frenzied attacks and conscious dodging of skills forced players to abandon their bad habit of mindlessly spamming skills, to relearn the pre-cast and post-cast animations of each Berserker's skill, and to search for fleeting opportunities to unleash their abilities on the brink of life and death.

Because they didn't learn it.

Even the best skills are useless if you can't hit the target.

All the teams suffered a crushing defeat here, constantly learning a lesson.

When Cheng Xiu, Xia, and a few other top teams paid a heavy price to finally survive the first stage and reduce the mad dog's health bar to half,

Ludwig collapsed to the ground.

Just when they thought they could finally catch their breath.

The second phase has begun----

"My true mentor----"

"The moonlight that guides me----"

When this deformed, fleshy monster once again grasped the greatsword in a knightly posture, it slowly raised the eerie green greatsword in front of it.

When the broad, radiant sword blade, perfectly positioned, blocked half of the monster's distorted, even more beastly face.

The madness in his eyes faded, and he suddenly transformed from a beast into a knight, his name changing from the Ludwig the Accursed to the Ludwig, the Holy Blade.

At the same time, the background music for the entire scene seamlessly transitions in.

It was no longer the oppressive and frenzied string music of the past, but a magnificent and tragic Epic movement with a human chorus.

He even gave the players a standard knightly salute.

The sudden transformation from the underworld to the sacred----

At that moment, the players' experience was truly extraordinary.

Just a moment ago it was a beast, just a second ago countless players were cursing this BOSS for being inhuman, and just a second ago the BOSS in front of us is still ugly.

But at this moment, players can no longer treat him as a simple wild beast.

Players who intentionally learned about the storyline while clearing the dungeons felt the impact even more deeply.

Accompanied by an Epic chorus, Ludwig wielded his Moonlight Greatsword, his movements no longer chaotic and erratic like a wild beast, but expansive and powerful, with sword energy crisscrossing the air.

Each move is executed with precision, possessing immense power yet maintaining elegance.

Yes.

grace.

Although the holy sword's form remained ugly and twisted, players had a strong sense of illusion—as if they were standing in an ancient gladiatorial arena, engaging in a fair duel with a knight.

Ludwig's second phase was actually simpler.

Because the attack was predictable and intuitive, it didn't seem like that of a wild animal.

But this makes things even more complicated.

When that sacred Moonlight Greatsword finally dimmed.

As Ludwig's massive body collapsed, only the magnificent and tragic symphony slowly came to an end.

Xia, who came from the Red Tide, took a few breaths and then came to Ludwig's head.

This beast-like the First Hunter of the church still clung to his last breath.

He seemed to recognize the Healing Church attire on Xia's body. The founder and first captain of the Church Hunter organization strained to look over, then suddenly asked, "Good Hunter of the Church, tell me, have you ever witnessed the light? Have my Church Hunter become the glorious and steadfast warriors I hoped for?"

Xia:

He looked at the head that was barely clinging to life before him.

Do you?

The Healing Church brought Blood Ministration, miracles, and a promise of healing.

But the very source of this miracle is blasphemous, or more accurately, the Healing Church's motives are impure; how could it possibly be full of glory?

The Upper Cathedral Ward have been taken over by beasts. Those once high-ranking Choir members have either run away or become the beasts themselves, lurking in the darkness.

The bishop has turned into a beast, the Father has turned into a beast, and even the most glorious holy sword of the church before us has been transformed into this half-centimeter, half-horse monster by a curse.

The streets of Yharnam are filled with beasts mutated by Blood Ministration.

Behind every window that had previously responded, the inhabitant was either dead or had become something that wanders outside.

The survivors huddled in the small chapel, counting down the days they had left to live.

The Hunter have either gone mad or been dragged into nightmares.

There is no light.

Not a single trace.

After all, the Church itself was the source of the scourge. The Healing Church conducted inhumane live experiments in order to study Blood Ministration, and Ludwig and his Hunter were essentially cleaning up the mess left by the Church's sins.

From beginning to end, they were all just working for a lie.

At least based on what Kasumi knows about the plot—this is the truth.

The idea of being filled with glory was a false premise from the start.

Xia opened her mouth, the word "no" almost on the tip of her tongue.

But in the last moment, she saw Ludwig's eyes.

He seemed genuinely looking forward to it. Perhaps in his mind, the world was simple: when a beast appeared, his duty as Hunter was to slay it, because that was justice.

Thinking of this...

Xia didn't swallow her words back, but nodded instead. "----Mm."

Ludwig's lips seemed to twitch slightly, then slowly relaxed.

"Ahhh----that's so nice."

His voice trailed off, as if coming from a great distance. "I'm relieved—to know this, I've suffered such slander—"

It's not entirely meaningless though.

"Thank you, Hunter."

"Now I can sleep peacefully, even in such a dark night—I can see the moonlight—"

Ludwig's eyes slowly lost their light.

He then died completely.

Xia looked at this monster who remained loyal to the church until death, who, even after losing himself and suffering immense pain, still steadfastly upheld his duties and dreams.

I feel a little dazed.

Perhaps this is what a true knight is.

Although Glory never existed in the first place----

Xia stood quietly in place, the complex emotions in her heart lingering, and she couldn't help but murmur, "It's just a dungeon run----"

Is it really necessary?

It's a world that seems completely beyond saving.

None of the people encountered on the road met a good end; everyone's fate seemed shrouded in the shadow of tragedy, and no matter how hard the player tried, it was difficult to change their inevitable path to destruction.

Especially after the Blood Moon.

Along the way.

Xia's only feeling was, "Just let it be destroyed already, this world is truly beyond saving."

But strangely enough, even in such a desperate world, a faint glimmer of light still lingers.

It leaves you speechless.

This is just a Class Contest Instance ----

Thinking of this...

Kasumi took a deep breath of the blood-scented air, then glanced back at the Red Tide team members who were also silent.

"As expected, all the Architect in our Red Tide are a bunch of useless trash!"

Xia suddenly unleashed a scathing rebuke, her tone filled with exasperation. "After all these years of creating dungeons and consuming so many resources, the result is utter garbage! It can't even compare to the Class Contest Instance that the Nine Provinces Architect casually created for their professions!"

No one else dared to speak.

"Never mind----"

When Xia realized no one was paying attention to her, she suddenly felt a little disheartened. She shook her head, forcibly shaking off the jumbled emotions in her mind. After taking a deep breath to calm herself, she turned and walked out. "No more sentimentality. Ludwig has already taught us a lesson. Having Berserker skills isn't everything. The road ahead will definitely not be easier than this."

Let's go, let's keep moving forward!

In fact.

Many players share Kasumi's sentiments.

After getting used to Ludwig's attack rhythm and forcing themselves to get rid of the bad habit of mindlessly spamming Berserker skills, the top teams eventually overcame Ludwig one after another.

After enduring suffocating battles, and finally witnessing Ludwig's liberation as a Moonlight Greatsword, most players felt a complex mix of emotions.

However, my feelings are complicated.

Those who have made it this far are all strong individuals.

They quickly composed themselves and continued forward, passing through the Research Hall, defeating the Living Failures, and finally pushing open the door of the Astral Clocktower.

Then.

Then they saw the Hunter sitting in the chair.

Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower.

As the woman, who looked exactly like the upgraded doll, slowly rose and drew the long sword from her waist.

All players are facing a midterm exam.

And the initial battle.

The players managed to hold on fairly well.

Maria's movements were incredibly fast, her longsword swung like mercury, causing players to cry out in pain. However, after several team wipes and getting used to her moves, most players, relying on their numerical advantage and the Berserker skills they had mastered after defeating Ludwig, quickly reduced her health bar.

"That's alright! Compared to Ludwig, this is reasonable!"

As Wei Yidong patted the Blood Vial, he murmured a word of relief.

However, he had barely finished speaking.

Maria, who had been forced back, suddenly stopped attacking, swung her blade sharply, splitting the long sword in two, then raised the two swords in her hands, one long and one short, crossed the blades, and plunged them fiercely into her own chest.

Pfft!

Blood splattered.

One of the players, witnessing this, was stunned. "Holy crap? Why did the boss commit suicide?!"

But Cheng Xiu's pupils suddenly contracted, and the hairs on his body stood on end. "No! Everyone, stand back!"

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Blood and qi exploded.

The blast wave billowed up Maria's cloak.

She pulled the Dual Blades from her chest; the blades were already covered with a layer of flowing red blood.

With a single swing of the sword.

The crimson trail stretched out in a long arc, and Maria's attack range and power increased dramatically at the same time.

Brush!

Just one cut.

The players who had just said the BOSS committed suicide instantly split into two groups—divided in two by the middle.

Maria's health bar instantly increased significantly.

Immediately afterwards.

She swung her sword again, her blood energy coalescing into a blade, slaying another player and restoring a significant portion of her health bar.

Then, just as Wei Yidong's Mountain Crashing Extremity Slash was about to land...

Maria slightly bent her knees, nimbly dodging the attack and leaping into the air, where she crossed her Dual Blades.

"Get out of the way!" Cheng Xiu shouted.

But it was still too late.

Boom!

Maria's Dual Blades surged with blood energy, and in the next instant, they crashed to the ground like meteorites, accompanied by a rain of blood, exploding in crimson.

Two Nine Provinces players who reacted a little slower were directly blasted away by the blood explosion, their health bars already empty while they were still in mid-air.

Meanwhile...

Maria's health bar, which they had previously suppressed, was instantly restored to full!

"Full... full?!"

Wei Yidong rolled away to dodge the blood explosion, and when he looked up, he saw that Maria's health bar was full. His eyes almost popped out of their sockets. "Drinking blood so intensely?! Did you cheat?"

Maria didn't say a word. In the aftershocks of the blood explosion, she smoothly took a step back to create distance, dodging Cheng Xiu's counterattack. At the same time, she pulled her knife back sharply with both hands, then thrust it forward.

A straight, thick beam of blood-red light instantly shot out from the tip of her blade and pierced through.

brush.

Another Nine Provinces player has come up with a brilliant idea.

A mind-blowing concept in the physical sense.

"Don't try to take the hit! When you see a movement, move to the side!"

Cheng Xiu awkwardly slid to the side to dodge the beam, and at the same time lunged forward, trying to use a Soul Devouring Hand to catch Maria in the moment of weakness after releasing the Blood Beam.

But they can't catch them at all.

The instant Maria released the beam, she slid away to create distance, then smoothly merged her Dual Blades into one, sheathing it at her waist as she instantly lowered her body.

Blood energy gathered within the scabbard.

Charge Draw Sword!

Bang!

Wei Yidong raised his hand and fired a shot, attempting to Gun Parry.

But the bullets had no effect on Maria.

The next moment.

Swish!

She took a step forward and unleashed a sudden Cross Slash, a ring of crimson sword energy sweeping out.

Even though Cheng Xiu rolled backward immediately, he was still struck and cleaved in two, blood spurting out. This spurting blood then turned into fine threads and merged into Maria's blade.

Inside the clock tower, screams of agony rose and fell.

Players who thought they had mastered the essence of the Berserker's skills were once again utterly defeated in this bloody dance.

Less than two minutes.

Near the Lamp.

Cheng Xiu and the others returned from the Hunter's Dream and looked at each other in bewilderment.

Even Wei Yidong, who is usually the most boisterous, was still stunned at this moment.

"That's not the Berserker skill we learned at all—"

Recalling Maria's actions just now, Cheng Xiu suddenly murmured, "That's a true Berserker; even without unleashing fixed skills, his blood energy can be controlled with perfect precision—"

He finally understood why the White Spirit Hunter kept mentioning the Astral Clocktower.

This might be the true nature of the Berserker, the true mechanics of the Berserker.

Blood Control, attaching it to blades to increase attack range, creating explosions with blood, firing beams of light with blood, and even using the blood of enemies to heal one's own injuries.

Free, flexible, and unrestrained.

Wei Yidong also realized what was happening. "What do we do now? This is a bit too difficult. At this rate of blood-sucking, we might never be able to kill her."

Cheng Xiu was silent for a moment. "---- Learn, practice again and again, or just bypass her and move on to the main storyline."

This should be considered an advanced level; the enemies in the main storyline shouldn't be that outrageous, but as for the final stage of the dungeon, we don't know yet.

Do you want to skip this?

The others remained silent.

At the same time.

Main instance, Hunter's Dream.

Above the vast flower field.

Lu Xiu did not hide in the shadows and look down on the masses again.

She was sitting in the middle of the flower field, idly hugging her long, shapely legs, resting her chin on her knees, lost in thought.

Because I've seen enough, and to be honest, I'm a bit bored.

"So slow----"

Lu Xiu sighed deeply.

Just then, a system window suddenly popped up in front of her.

[hint:]

[The first player is about to defeat the main story boss "Mergo's Wet Nurse"].

[Professional mentors, please be prepared. Once the number of players who have cleared the dungeon reaches the threshold, the final trial of the main dungeon will officially begin.]

Note: To ensure fairness in the Class Contest Instance, during the final trial, class mentor Lu Xiu will be restricted from using any non- Berserker skills, including the Authority of Blood skill.

"----Can't we use the Authority of Blood?"

Lu Xiu wasn't surprised to see the notification saying that other skills couldn't be used.

However, she couldn't use the Authority of Blood either, which was somewhat unexpected, since it was technically Berserker skill.

However, after thinking about it, she guessed why the system had imposed restrictions. If she were to use even the Authority of Blood, it wouldn't be a competition between professions anymore, but a one-sided massacre.

"If it can't be used, it can't be used. But... what preparations should we make?"

Lu Xiu rested her head back on her knees. "Only one person is almost finished with the main storyline; everyone else is still being beaten to a pulp by Maria in the Astral Clocktower— "

Just as she was complaining.

bite.

Another system window popped up.

Lu Xiu thought it was some new clue, so she looked up again, only to find that it wasn't.

[Before the trial begins.]

Please have your tutor answer one question.

Who is the prototype for the Daughter of the Cosmos?

Lu Xiu: "----?"