"I can manage by myself; I don't need you to come with me." Standing outside the cave, Sir Xia Na first cast some magic on herself before looking at Ellie, who had also followed her out.
"I'm like you, I don't need sleep. Or are you saying you look down on my low level and think I'll be in the way?" Ellie walked up to Sir Xia Na and chuckled.
Of course… bringing up her level was intentional. She just wanted to see what Sir Xia Na would say after using her Appraisal skill on her and discovering her abnormally high HP.
"You're also a non-human race, aren't you? An Elf? A Demon? Or some other humanoid race? But among what I know, there's no race that naturally has so much HP," Sir Xia Na questioned, her red glowing eyes fixed on Ellie.
"As expected, you found out. First, I want to thank you for keeping it a secret for me, but why didn't you say anything in front of everyone?" Ellie asked, thinking to herself, 'As expected, she found out.'
She was just a little curious why Sir Xia Na would help her keep it a secret. Logically, encountering such a strange situation, coupled with the inexplicable Crossing (transmigration), if it were her, she would definitely suspect if her transmigration was related to this character who defied common sense.
"I don't want to offend someone who might be the Final Boss so quickly. According to the usual tropes of RPG game plots, if such a character appears in a party, there's basically an eighty percent chance that this character is either the Final Boss or a two-faced character who pushes the plot forward. The remaining twenty percent are individuals with ulterior motives. If I expose her true identity directly in the game's prologue, my fate will basically be very tragic," Sir Xia Na said indifferently.
Uh… it seems Sir Xia Na also has a severe 'game brain.' She actually thought of so many half-baked things? Ellie silently complained in her heart.
"So, Bai Xia, who is suspected to be the Final Boss, what are you going to do to me next? Are you going to control me with the world-class equipment Livia-san gave you? Or are you planning to take out some even more powerful equipment or item to deal with me?" Sir Xia Na asked in a seemingly calm tone when Ellie didn't respond.
It seemed that as soon as Ellie chased her out, Sir Xia Na had already prepared herself mentally.
"You think too much. The magic you cast before I came out must have been a Reversal Trap, right? If I directly attacked you with magic, I would be Backlash (rebounded) by my own magic, wouldn't I? You're acting resigned, but in reality, you've made full preparations, and you deliberately led me outside because you don't want to involve your companions in danger, hmm? Could it be that you like that uncle?" Ellie revealed a half-smile.
Ellie had used the Reversal magic before, although it was cast from a scroll. However, for magic she had used, Ellie could determine it through her magic power. This could be considered a special skill of her True Ancestor physique.
"Who… who likes him! You! You! What exactly do you want?" Sir Xia Na instantly panicked, but in the latter half of her sentence, she returned to that calm tone. It seemed her 'Forced Calm' skill had activated.
"A passive skill to suppress emotions… you're really pitiful. But your Reversal Trap only works on magic, right? The uncle mentioned earlier that you often PVP, didn't he? If you often PVP, isn't it a bit imprudent to only prepare for magic?" Ellie's playful side emerged when she saw Sir Xia Na like this. Before recruiting her, she would tease her first!
If she didn't show her strength, she wouldn't be able to subdue her.
"Although your HP is abnormal, your MP is pitifully low. Judging by your HP, your level is only around fifty. If you've played the game Yggdrasil, you should know… if the level difference exceeds thirty, it's a complete crush (crushing defeat). And… have you heard of the Absolute Defense Barrier below level sixty? Actually, I think using Reversal magic would be a waste of MP."
Sir Xia Na spoke calmly and confidently, but her meaning was clearly to mock Ellie, and casting a magic Reversal Trap was already showing her respect.
If Ellie didn't display her strength, Sir Xia Na naturally wouldn't take Ellie's roughly fifty-level HP into account.
However, in the next second, Ellie's Ice Sword was already at Sir Xia Na's neck, and Sir Xia Na didn't even react.
"You're right, my actual level isn't high, but… there are many ways to break an Absolute Defense Barrier. You should know that better than me, right? Besides, as a mastermind, if I didn't have some tricks up my sleeve, how would I dare to infiltrate your party of max-level deities alone?" Ellie said with a sneer, close to Sir Xia Na's ear.
"The Magic Reversal Trap didn't activate… how did you do that?" Sir Xia Na's voice was a little panicked, but under the effect of Forced Calm, the panicked emotion probably dissipated in an instant!
"Trade secret!" Ellie said with a faint smile.
However… Ellie was even more nervous than Sir Xia Na now. Fortunately, she was still confident in her sword skills. The explanation about breaking the Absolute Defense Barrier was pure nonsense.
In reality, Ellie was just playing a trick. The Ice Sword was made from a special Ice Aura barrier, so it wouldn't trigger the magic Reversal Trap—that's beside the point. Then, she quickly placed the Ice Sword at Sir Xia Na's neck.
It's important to know that Sir Xia Na was a skeleton now… not a normal human, so her neck only had a single spinal bone. So Ellie placed the Ice Sword at that spot.
Moreover, with Ellie's precise manipulation, the Ice Sword stopped just shy of touching her, meaning it was perfectly wedged into her neck. From this angle, it was basically impossible to see with the eyes whether the Ice Sword had actually touched her neck. In other words… Ellie exploited Sir Xia Na's blind spot. In fact, the Ice Sword hadn't touched her.
If it had touched her… without a doubt, under the effect of the Absolute Defense Barrier, the Ice Sword would have shattered instantly.
And it wasn't over yet. Just doing that wasn't enough to make Sir Xia Na misunderstand that her Ice Sword was already at her neck. So Ellie once again used Ice Aura, wrapping it around the Ice Sword, making the cold air from the Ice Sword even more intense, which created Sir Xia Na's illusion.
"It seems I underestimated you," Sir Xia Na said very calmly. Under the effect of Forced Calm, she could face such a situation with such composure. This skill was indeed a good passive skill, but it was a skill she didn't want at all.
"Do you have any last words?" Ellie asked with a slightly malicious expression.
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