Skadi had come on vacation.
But a terrifying Pilgrim had entered Lungmen. Fortunately, with Warfarin's help, Skadi was still slacking off for the time being, while the Tidal Greatsword remained embedded in the shrine grounds, soaking up the rain.
The orca quietly soaked in the hot spring, eating eggs boiled in bathwater. Could you bear to shatter this peace?
At any rate, Hoshino could not bear to.
Neither could the system.
[New Mission: Protect Skadi · Could you bear to shatter this peace?]
When Hoshino heard that mission, she was completely dumbfounded.
Protect Skadi?
Was this system-level Skadi slander?
Hoshino had long known the situation. Skadi had been injected with Warfarin's mysterious medicine, temporarily losing her ability to sense things from the Deep. That was why she could enjoy this peace.
Even if that peace was so false.
[Let Titi have a vacation!]
That emotionally charged mission prompt suggested that the mission designers had probably snuck in a Skadi fan, just like when she had encountered Miss Suzuran last time.
The previous mission had rewarded her with an exceptionally useful Key of Corruption.
What would this one bring?
[Considering that Shadow Clones now possess complete intelligence, we will appropriately consider multi-track operations. While accompanying Miss Skadi on a tour of Lungmen, eliminate every Pilgrim in Lungmen without her discovering it.]
That was a little difficult.
There were people around Hoshino, making it inconvenient for her to transform. For now, she lacked the power to change the weather in a single round. Clone Kallen was also staying beside Skadi, with no opportunity to transform into Durandal either.
As for Bronya, she had already been recalled.
Hoshino found the situation deeply troublesome, and the thought of keeping a clone behind as insurance arose in her mind.