Facing the attack descending from the sky, Pei Guang relied on his flashy footwork to dodge three of them.
Just as the fourth was about to hit, March 7th drew her bow and accurately shot this chip, freezing it in mid-air.
Pei Guang noticed that after throwing the dice, a big number '9' appeared above Aventurine's head, while a number '1' appeared above the head of March 7th, the only one of the four who had completed an attack.
An average person might be confused upon seeing these numbers, but Pei Guang realized something was wrong the instant he saw them.
Pei Guang turned his head to look at where the two dice originally were and shouted loudly: "Not good! He's a mechanic monster! Everyone, focus fire on the dice!"
This was Aventurine's usual greeting, combining the power of Preservation with his gambler traits, throwing dice to gamble against his enemies.
If the enemy participates in the gamble, they will be marked by the power of Preservation. The dice contain the power of Preservation: the winner will gain power from the loser, strengthening themselves.
When the gamble ends, he can use the power gained from the loser to accurately pinpoint the loser's coordinates and unleash a massive area-of-effect strike on them.
If he loses, the dice will give the opponent some Preservation power, letting the opponent feel the blessing of Preservation.
Even in battle, Aventurine carried out his identity as a gambler to the end.
Even in a so-called guaranteed win scenario, he wants to gamble a round with others. If it's an evenly matched situation? The small dice might create unexpected results for him.
A guaranteed loss scenario? Except for facing a true Emanator, he believed there was no possibility of him losing, especially since this Aventurine stone brought him unprecedented power.
Most of the time, people fighting him either directly dodged these dice or didn't react in time after seeing the numbers, and by the time they reacted, they were already marked.
But Pei Guang was different. With his rich gaming experience, he instantly saw that this was a unique mechanic coming from Aventurine.
In games, suddenly triggering a gamble or a strange QTE while fighting is simply a daily occurrence. Even without looking at game guides, experienced players can react immediately on what to do.
Facing Pei Guang's rapid reaction, Aventurine couldn't help but praise: "As expected of the famous Trailblazer. Among all my enemies, you guys have the fastest reaction."
Aventurine was curious about what numbers these Trailblazers could roll in this gamble.
But soon, a scene that made him even more silent occurred, because Pei Guang quickly doubled back to the side of the dice.
According to normal logic, Pei Guang should attack and compete in rolls against Aventurine.
But looking at these dice on the ground that were bigger than heads, Pei Guang didn't rush to attack, but silently reached out his hand towards the dice.
The moment he touched the dice, Pei Guang was certain of one thing: these dice could be collected.
Thus, these dice were instantly taken into his storage space.
[Aventurine's Dice: Dice used by Aventurine during battle, containing powerful Preservation power inside. After use, compete in rolls with the enemy. The side with the larger number wins. After the player wins, they will obtain part of the opponent's power, and for the next three seconds, ranged attacks launched by one's own side within the current map are guaranteed to hit. The losing player will have their attack power reduced by twenty percent.]
[Note: No one has ever been able to snatch his dice and chips from Aventurine's hands. These things might be sold to Aventurine for a high price.]
When enemies attack, numbers pop up on the opponent's head and the ally's head… isn't it obvious that it's a competition of size?
Originally, Pei Guang held a curious attitude to see if he could collect these chips to 'cheese' the mechanic, but looking at it now, these things could not only be collected to cheese the fight, but could even be used as items and trading materials.
In this instant, Pei Guang's gaze looking at Aventurine became much more fiery.
In the blink of an eye, all four dice were collected by Pei Guang, and the numbers that originally appeared on both parties' heads completely disappeared.
March 7th: "Is there something wrong with these dice?"
Pei Guang: "This is his unique mechanic. You compete in rolls with him: if you win, our ranged attacks are guaranteed to hit, and they can be sold to Aventurine for a high price? Ranged attacks guaranteed to hit within three seconds? That's too kickass, right?"
Once Stelle heard they were valuable, her whole person got excited: "What? Valuable? Then we have to make Aventurine drop more gold coins."
"No rush, let's play with him." Pei Guang took out the collected dice and threw them at Aventurine.
Aventurine was dumbfounded.
If before it just made his brain tremble, now he only wanted to ask why.
Why could Pei Guang take away his dice, and after taking them away, throw his own dice out to attack him?
He clearly saw that after Pei Guang threw his dice, a big number '2' appeared on his head?
This number made Firefly nervous: "Comparing rolls? So small, we lost, right?"
Pei Guang: "It doesn't matter, I lost this gambling round."
Stelle looked down at Firefly: "It's in the bag, we won!"
Looking at the number Pei Guang threw out, Aventurine laughed: "Want to play with me? I'll accompany you to the end, all in!"
He really didn't want to face this human plot armor of Pei Guang's.
Apart from anything else, just looking at those four headgears with eyes rolled back made his head buzz. If he could compete in a roll against Pei Guang and win that way, it would still be a decent choice.
Aventurine threw out his own chips: every time he threw, the smallest number would never be less than 6. And on the opposite, Pei Guang rolled a 2.
Wasn't Pei Guang bound to lose?
Aventurine's chips hit the dice, but contrary to his expectations, a big number '1' appeared above his head this time?
But it didn't matter. He understood his own chips very well: losing meant nothing more than drawing some of the power of Preservation from himself for the opponent to use.
This was a reward for the victor.
However, just as a small portion of his power drained away, he suddenly had a bad feeling. This feeling... it was as if he had been locked onto?
At the same moment this feeling arose, Aventurine shuddered. He felt malice coming from the world itself.
Meanwhile, on the Express, Dan Heng, who had already packed his equipment and was ready to welcome uninvited guests on the train, suddenly had a strange sensation.
This sensation told him that someone had been marked and he should attack immediately.
"This feeling is... Ah Guang?"
Without any hesitation, Dan Heng took out his spear and threw it. The whole process took exactly three seconds.
The moment the spear was thrown, a "Pink Cute Rabbit" suddenly appeared in front of Aventurine in the Dreamscape.
This Pink Cute Rabbit's eyes emitted a weird light, and wearing an excited cat-like smile, it rushed towards Aventurine.
The Pink Cute Rabbit was excited.
Since leaving the Luofu, it hadn't poked anyone in a long time: today it was going to feast!
That's right, Dan Heng's attack was effective. Although the Dreamscape and reality are two different dimensions, in terms of map adjudication, Pei Guang and Dan Heng belonged to the same map.
And Dan Heng throwing his spear counted as a ranged attack, so this ranged attack benefited from the effect of Aventurine's dice.
Facing the Pink Cute Rabbit flying towards him, Aventurine quickly dodged.
As he dodged, he broke out in a cold sweat. "What's going on? Why did this weapon suddenly appear? According to the records, doesn't this weapon belong to that person named Dan Heng? Why can he summon a companion's attack after winning the dice roll?"
Aventurine had also played quite a few games. Precisely because of that, after seeing Pei Guang win the gamble and witnessing this strike from Dan Heng, he formed a hypothesis.
While hypothesizing, he continued to dodge the attack.
The Pink Cute Rabbit brushed past him accompanied by the sound of a cat meowing.
However, just when Aventurine felt he had dodged it, his intuition told him that things were about to go wrong.
He subconsciously turned his head, only to see the Pink Cute Rabbit he had dodged perform a silky smooth U-turn and ruthlessly poke Aventurine in the butt.
As his butt was poked, it emitted a howling sound like a cat in heat.
The force of this blow shattered the armor on his right butt cheek. After completing the strike, the spear vanished and returned to Dan Heng's hand.
At the same time his butt cheek emitted the sound of a cat in heat, all members of the Strategic Investment Department received a video.
"Shocking! IPC employee's butt poked so hard it meows?"
Accompanying this title was a short one-second scene of Aventurine meowing after getting poked in the butt.
The person who sent the video even thoughtfully Photoshopped pink bubbles onto it, filling the scene with an ambiguous atmosphere.
What? Clickbait? Please, who uses clickbait these days?
If you're going to post, post the real deal!
What? The special effects are suggestive? So what? Is it against the rules to like pink special effects?
No, so just watch.
Although Aventurine didn't see these videos, he knew... he was done for.