Watching a Meteor Shower with You

"The Lure Skull can attract not only monsters, but also a wider range of beasts, even Orcs with a high concentration of beast blood?"

"I think Dung Pie with soup and water might be even more attractive to Orcs, especially canine Orcs."

"Manager! It's almost lunchtime, could you please stop saying such disgusting things!"

Bede City, Ma Lei Da Magic Item Shop.

Lu Lu Wo pretended to vomit, and then let out a "vomit" sound.

Ma Lei Da, or rather, Gong Qiying, casually tossed over a paper bag, gesturing as if to say, "Please go ahead."

Lu Lu Wo pouted and said irritably, "At least maintain some manners in front of beautiful women, right?"

"If I wanted to, I could easily fill the entire Bede City with even more beautiful girls, enough to beat elves and kick succubi," Gong Qiying thought to himself with a smile, words that might make the little bat furious.

Lu Lu Wo took the paper bag and stuffed it into the rather chuunibyou-looking black cloak—which is called stylish in this other world—while also pulling out a long list and slapping it on the counter.

"Same as always, I want the goods here, and they have to be high quality. By the way, store manager, you've been away a lot lately. Don't you want to make money from the store anymore?"

"Don't worry, even if I lie down now, I won't starve to death for the rest of my life."

"Lie flat? What a strange term."

Lu Lu Wo leaned on the counter, watching Gong Qiying turn and go into the warehouse to organize the goods, and couldn't help but start to reminisce.

She went through a very difficult time after being hit by a series of difficulties from the Zane Dungeon and reality, which led to depression and the roar of the Lion Ape.

Later, Leon brought her some [Fear-Dispelling Powder] and the seemingly philosophical saying, "The shortest shortcut is the long way around," from a certain item shop to encourage her. This helped her to cheer up and continue her adventures in the dungeons with her Skyrim Strategy Team, and now she has achieved great success.

Lu Lu Wo also learned about the Ma Lei Da Magic Item Shop from Leon, since both the Fear-Dispelling Powder and the phrase "taking a detour" originated from there.

Later, she discovered that the shop sold items from the dungeon, and the quality was above average. Occasionally, there were even rare items for sale. Items produced in the Zane Dungeon also vary in quality. Even Green Blossom have different effects depending on their size.

In addition, the store manager here is very nice to talk to, so Lu Lu Wo's good impression of this store has been rising rapidly.

After learning that Leon would often come here to chat with Gong Qiying, Lu Lu Wo would also occasionally come here to kill time, ostensibly to buy supplies.

She lay sprawled on the counter like a melting Slime, the sunlight streaming in from the window, warm and cozy, and didn't want to move at all.

There seem to be quite a lot of products. I wonder who the store manager of Ma Lei Da is and what teams supply them?

Although Lu Lu Wo sometimes had such questions, she wouldn't deliberately investigate unless Gong Qiying said so. This is something that she, Leon, or others would all do, because it's a matter of respect for others.

There's a mysterious figure here who speaks kindly and seems like a big shot, spending his days idly. Why not hurry up and build a good relationship with him?

Why bother investigating someone's background? It's pointless to find out, and it might even upset them. It's good that everyone tacitly avoids discussing such matters.

However, aside from the rare items that might appear, Lu Lu Wo doesn't really need anything from this shop. She just finds Gong Qiying's words interesting and sometimes comes to chat.

This shop often closes for several days at a time, and its opening hours are short. There aren't many actual customers; those who do come are mostly regulars like Lu Lu Wo, giving people the feeling that this place has become everyone's Secret Base.

"By the way, store manager, do you have any tips on building good relationships with your teammates?" Lu Lu Wo asked casually. "I recently recruited a lot of new people to my team, and it feels like there's something missing in the relationships between us."

"That depends on what your team spirit is." Gong Qiying's voice came from the warehouse, sounding somewhat ethereal.

"Team spirit? Does it mean the soul of a team? Everyone's just trying to get ahead, or make money."

"Then your team spirit is a bit weak. Either throw some money around or organize more team building activities, cough cough, I mean, organize more team activities."

As they spoke, Gong Qiying had already packed the goods Lu Lu Wo had ordered and said:

"Here you go, the best quality Lure Skull. It's guaranteed to make any monster unable to move away once it sees it."

Lu Lu Wo almost couldn't take her eyes off it after just one glance. From this, she knew that this was definitely a quality she would rarely find in the dungeon.

"By the way, an astrologer said there's a once-in-a-century Meteor Shower in a couple of days. Why don't you take the newcomers in your team to see Meteor Shower?" Gong Qiying said.

"Meteor Shower."

Lu Lu Wo couldn't remember the last time she saw a shooting star.

"Thank you, store manager. I'll take everyone to see the shooting stars now."

Not only should we watch the Meteor Shower, but we should also have a picnic, some entertainment, and drinks are a must to liven up the atmosphere and make everyone happy and familiar with each other.

On her way back to the Skyrim Strategy Team's temporary base in the Leyndell, carrying large and small bags, Lu Lu Wo kept thinking about how to get everyone familiar with each other quickly.

She was completely unaware that two suspicious-looking people were following her.

"Did you hear that? They're going out of town soon to see the Meteor Shower."

"This is a good opportunity. Let's hurry back and report to the commander."

"Yeah, I thought it would take several months to find an opportunity, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly."

After discussing it for a while, the two of them also went into the portal of the Zane Dungeon.

Soon after, news of the "once-in-a-century" Meteor Shower gradually spread among the people, eventually evolving into a massive Meteor Shower viewing event. On the night the Meteor Shower was to occur, a vast army of stargazers occupied locations in the suburbs.

Because today happens to coincide with a holiday, there are a lot of people with free time.

"Ugh, there are so many people, it's so noisy." Lu Lu Wo with a look of disgust. She had finally changed out of her cloak and latex outfit and put on a brightly colored and loose long dress. She looked like she had dressed up carefully and was taking the Skyrim Strategy Team's "team building" tonight very seriously.

"Then let's go back to Bede City, Captain," Bei Er Tuo said, having changed into casual clothes. "Because of the Zane Dungeon, everyone in Bede City has gone to the Leyndell for the holidays. Bede City is practically empty now. It would be a great place to watch shooting stars."

"I even ordered delivery from the tavern. Let's go back to Bed. I happen to know a nice cliff in the suburbs."

And so, Lu Lu Wo, along with the veterans of the Skyrim Strategy Team, including Bei Er Tuo, and several newcomers including Ta Mi, returned to Bede City via Sain.

Just as Bei Er Tuo said, Bede City was unusually quiet today, it seems everyone has a heart that yearns for the big city.

Those who remained in Bede City were the only ones who hadn't been able to unlock the teleportation between Bed and the Leyndell. The number wasn't small, but it couldn't compare to the previous bustling atmosphere.

Lu Lu Wo was confident that they would find the best viewpoint tonight with absolutely no disturbance.

Nighttime, on a cliff far from any human habitation on the outskirts of Bede City.

"Awooo—"

The distant sound of wolves howling could be heard, but this did not frighten the Skyrim Strategy Team who had set up tents and other things on the cliff.

There are few monsters on the outskirts of Bede City, at most some wild beasts, and Ta Mi could snap their necks with his bare hands.

In addition, since today was a team-building day, no one brought their usual weapons, except for some personal daggers that wouldn't affect their appearance.

The night sky is dotted with stars, their light shining brighter than ever before. Even if the Meteor Shower hadn't arrived, this sight was still more than enough.

"Cheers!"

The shouts and clinking of glasses from the Skyrim Strategy Team broke the Tranquility of the cliff. After a large glass of wine, even the most silent person would become more cheerful, and people chatted excitedly, creating a pleasant atmosphere.

"Ahem, on this important day, let me, the captain, say a few words."

"Clap clap clap!" Ta Mi was the first to start clapping. Bei Er Tuo glanced at him in surprise, then, not wanting to be outdone, quickly joined in.

Is this newcomer too eager to improve?

"So... and therefore."

At first, everyone listened attentively to Lu Lu Wo's speech, but unexpectedly, she kept talking for longer and longer until it became a repetitive monologue. However, she seemed to enjoy it and had an addiction to it.

But all the audience was left with was torment.

But there's no way around it; listening to the leader speak is an essential part of team building, and Lu Lu Wo somehow mastered this skill on her own.

Ta Mi and the others looked at Bei Er Tuo with pleading eyes. He coughed twice and gave Lu Lu Wo a meaningful look.

Unfortunately, the latter completely failed to grasp his deeper meaning and instead said to Ta Mi, "Ta Mi, go find the banquet Yugi I packed; they're right next to the food packages."

"Okay."

The so-called banquet Yugi were nothing more than playing cards and chess pieces. Ta Mi remembered that he was in charge of moving these things, so there shouldn't be any mistakes.

The moment this idea popped into my head, a mistake occurred.

"Ah?"

Ta Mi froze on the spot after opening the package, because instead of the banquet Yugi, the package was full of Lure Skull!

Oh no, I took the wrong package!

"Ta Mi, are you not done yet? Come over and let's have a toast."

"Oh oh"

He steeled himself, went back, raised his glass, and pondered how to apologize to Lu Lu Wo later.

"So, let's raise our glasses together and toast to our future together!"

That's it for now.

People smiled with relief, genuinely clinked glasses to celebrate, and drank heartily to celebrate the relief that had finally come to everyone's ears.

"Captain, um..."

Ta Mi walked over to Lu Lu Wo and was trying to come up with a word, but just then, along with the clinking of glasses, there was the sound of something cutting through the air.

"Puff--"

Blood blossomed on Lu Lu Wo's chest, the wine glass shattered on the ground, the smile that had just appeared on her face froze, and she only managed to utter one sound:

"Huh?"

An enchanted crossbow bolt pierced her chest, its tip emerging from her back, the magical runes on it flashing wildly.

"Team leader!"

Everyone rushed over in concern, but Lu Lu Wo used all her strength to kick Ta Mi, who was closest to her, flying away.

"Boom!"

The next second, the arrow embedded in her body exploded.