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Xiao Lan remained quiet and waited a while. After ensuring that Lady Red Moon had gone far away and shouldn’t be returning in a short period of time, he then secretly approached the corpse and observed it under the moonlight. oAgqhV

The corpse on the ground looked to be that of an adult male, judging by its build.

He looked very miserable with his four limbs spread apart limply as he lay in a pool of blood. The skin on the surface had been stripped off completely, thus exposing the red muscles to the air as the body emitted a bloody smell.

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The fatal wound was probably the deep gash at the throat, which practically almost chopped off the head. The large puddle of blood on the ground also confirmed this.

Lady Red Moon looked like an elegant noblewoman, but her attack was incisive and ruthless. 3oKnWH

In the scraps of clothing mixed inside this pool of blood, Xiao Lan saw a familiar badge.

This badge was something he had seen on Luo’s chest; it represented the identity of a teacher of Kriv.

Although Xiao Lan couldn’t clearly see the corpse’s appearance because of the lack of skin, he remembered that there was another player who had become a teacher like Luo and hadn’t been turned into a teenager like the players who had become students. That person’s height and build was indeed very similar to the corpse on the ground.

Was this dead person that player?

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According to the rumour, Lady Red Moon liked to kill good-looking people and then use their skins to make her more beautiful.

But Xiao Lan clearly remembered that the player who was a teacher was a very ordinary-looking adult man. Moreover, he even had a scraggly and listless beard. There didn’t seem to be any correlation between an appearance like that and the word beauty ah?

This was different from the rumours.

Were the rumours mistaken, or was Lady Red Moon’s aesthetics different from normal people, and she liked the type with scraggly beards? xWCPbR

After inspecting the corpse, Xiao Lan carefully eliminated all traces of himself and then left.

This time, he didn’t help take care of the body, since he currently didn’t know what was the connection between the institute and Lady Red Moon. If something was left on the corpse and the people dealing with the corpse discovered it, it would reveal the fact that someone had seen the corpse.

And as the student on night watch, Xiao Lan would definitely be one of the first to be noticed. When that time came, he would be in a lot more danger.

Mutual assistance between players relied on them not crossing the bottom line of bringing danger upon themselves. uVorl3

Xiao Lan also wouldn’t risk life and limb over a stranger’s corpse.

He finally reached the assembly hall.

It was pitch-dark inside the assembly hall. It seemed nobody remained behind to keep watch. The candles from the funeral had already all been extinguished, and the only light was from the light red moon outside the window.

The door to the assembly hall was locked, but that wasn’t a problem for Xiao Lan at all. nNoSWP

After soundlessly prying open the door lock, he slipped into the assembly hall.

The coffin display was still the same from the funeral. Xiao Lan approached the corpse very easily, and this time he finally realised what was wrong.

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The way the skin of the corpse reflected the candlelight earlier on hadn’t looked like the lustre of human skin at all.

And it was indeed the case. The skin of the corpse felt strange to the touch; like wax, yet more supple and stronger. There was even some elasticity, but it was far from being as durable as leather. 7d9e1z

For a while, he was unable to decipher what in the world this was made of.

Xiao Lan took out 【This is a dagger coated in highly toxic poison】 and gently cut a slit in an area hidden by the corpse’s clothes. Because the target was a corpse, the item’s ability naturally wasn’t activated.

The tip of the blade pricked the strangely textured epidermis, and he directly saw the muscle tissue within.

No skin. a1YsiD

This corpse was like the person who had been attacked by Lady Red Moon; it had lost its skin.

Xiao Lan previously guessed that Lady Red Moon’s true identity might be the headmistress.

But why would the headmistress want to peel off the skin while also remake a new layer of skin for the deceased?

Was it so as not to draw attention? k38SRb

But this wasn’t right either; if they didn’t want to draw attention, then wasn’t it better to just not hold a funeral?

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In any case, the students of Kriv were all children whom no one cared about. Just tell them that the student transferred schools or that their guardian picked them up, and the other students had no way to verify it.

On the guardian’s side, just say the child ran away or disappeared. Those irresponsible guardians who had tossed away the children would instead feel at ease ba. They might search for a while for the sake of their reputation, but in fact wouldn’t be very serious about it.

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The hall was quiet, with only the red moon casting some light and draping everything within sight under a red blanket.

Under the compassionate expression of the goddess statue, Xiao Lan and the unidentified dead were both silent. Clearly, this student who could no longer open his mouth couldn’t give him an answer. D50c K

After leaving the assembly hall.

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Xiao Lan walked in a northern direction where the monster was rumoured to be in the institute. According to the students’ rumours, two gigantic snakes that could speak human language were sealed inside the northern tower.

But based on Lady Red Moon’s actual situation, this rumour might also be inconsistent with reality. Gy8JR7

What attracted Xiao Lan was still what Cily had mentioned, of how a little girl’s voice inside had said, “Adeline is so scary.” Since the key name was mentioned there, he definitely had to go take a look.

On his way, he passed the garden which he had gotten a quick glimpse of when he entered the school.

Xiao Lan was astonished when he realised that there were figures in the garden.

Would gardeners work so late? And even on such a famously unsafe night as that of the red moon? nTf2yl

What selfless company slave dedication was this?!

Even Lunhui’s slaves wouldn’t be that willing to risk their lives ba.

It was only when he got closer that he realised that the figures which looked like gardeners were actually statues. Their bodies were ice-cold, rigid stone, but they were wearing clothes and had straw hats, so they looked like people at first glance.

Xiao Lan had just sighed in relief, when he once again saw a tiny figure out of the corner of his eyes; it looked like a small child. RZjyHJ

There were no other people watching nearby this time, so Xiao Lan swiftly chased after the shadow.

The shadow wasn’t considered very quick. Even if Xiao Lan currently wasn’t able to reach his peak speed because his body had shrunk to fifteen years old, he could still barely catch up.

However, it wasn’t long before the shadow stopped moving.

Because after turning a few corners, what appeared up ahead was a dead end. rDGK9F

The small figure also stopped. Its body looked very blurry, as if it was just a vague human form, and was translucent. The distinct outline was unclear, and kept warping and transforming.

The small figure raised a hand toward Xiao Lan. In its hand was something white, as if it wanted to give it to Xiao Lan.

But the figure suddenly grew fuzzy, like an old television with a bad signal, and even the thing in its hand turned indistinct.

The next moment, the figure disappeared, along with the thing in its hand. BXdNsi

Xiao Lan went over to examine the nearby ground. Ground, weeds, flowerbeds – everything was normal and no clues were left behind, as if what had just happened was all just a hallucination.

What the heck was it?

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What did it want to give Xiao Lan?

Xiao Lan stayed where he was and waited for a while, but the shadow no longer appeared. bkM6nq

Looking at the red moon in the sky, he chose to leave this place and search the northern tower for clues first.

Kriv had four towers. Among them, the northernmost tower was in the most desolate location. It was off the beaten track, and the students’ daily activities generally wouldn’t be around this area.

Usually, perhaps even cleaning staff would rarely come here. The ground below the tower and the flowerbeds was casually piled with weeds, dried branches, and fallen leaves, and appeared very rotten. HETW9a

Xiao Lan carefully approached the tower.

He held his breath and waited. After a while, he really did hear rustling noises; it really sounded like a reptile with scales was crawling over the ground.

The rustling sounds lingered in the tower, and mixed in it was an immature child’s whispers: “Adeline…”, “No…”, “Like this…”

The voice was disjointed and the content was incoherent, making it hard to understand what was being said. U7nsNP

The current situation seemed identical to what was said in the rumours.

Xiao Lan tried to get even closer; he wanted to see what was inside the tower.

Tap — tap — tap —

Like a leisurely noblewoman taking a stroll in her own garden in the afternoon, unhurried footsteps rang out. PJd6VK

But Xiao Lan felt his hair stand on end when he heard it.

Because this sound — wasn’t far behind him!

When on earth had it come? He clearly hadn’t heard anything at all just now!

Out of the corner of Xiao Lan’s eye, he already caught a glimpse of a rich red colour. yNbALm

He turned his head and, under the faint red moon, saw a noblewoman dressed in red and with a black veil over her head slowly walking towards him.

Her posture was graceful and her bearing elegant, like a woman of peerless beauty who was about to invite you to dance.

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A bloody dance that could only be experienced once in a lifetime.

He only took one glance before he immediately turned and ran. ov7XLK

He didn’t know whether Lady Red Moon was beautiful or not, but he did know that she ran extremely quickly. Who knew how she was still able to keep up a swift pace in high heels.

Perhaps Wang Ke might know.

As the proverb went, the clumsy bird flies early.

Missing the opportunity to slip away while Lady Red Moon had yet to break into a full run, could it be that he had to have a fair contest with her while on the same starting line? gfaoT4

The Advent World had never been particularly attentive to the Olympic spirit.

Xiao Lan instantly disappeared from the spot as he ran off in the direction of overgrown weeds.

He knew that when it came to pure speed, the current him definitely wasn’t Lady Red Moon’s match. Thus, he specially looked for places with obstacles in a bid to use them to stop Lady Red Moon’s movements for a moment.

The sound of high heels behind him instantly sped up. mEHMGN

At the same time, there was a sound similar to that of a knife being unsheathed. In all likelihood, she had already opened her folding fan full of blades.

Thinking of the wound that had practically severed the neck of the corpse, Xiao Lan didn’t look back and ran even quicker.

The weeds and terrain filled with hindrances did restrict Lady Red Moon’s speed, but she was still hot on his heels, and Xiao Lan couldn’t put any distance between them.

At the same time, the terrain’s obstacles didn’t hinder just Lady Red Moon. Xiao Lan also wasn’t familiar with these obstacles, and nearly stumbled several times. Rq4Mx0

The two were in a chase for a good while, and Xiao Lan felt himself gasping a little.

Even if his skill had strengthened his physical constitution, his fifteen-year-old body still wasn’t much when it came to endurance.

Lady Red Moon behind him also seemed a little impatient.

She stretched out a bare hand that was so slim it looked like it could only hold a teacup, grabbed the wall, then forcibly tore off a chunk of brick. eGraC6

Sensing the sound of cutting air coming for his head, Xiao Lan hastily leaned away. A brick roughly the size of his head scraped it as it whistled past before heavily smashing into a wall up ahead.

The fuck?! What was up with this terrifying brute force?!

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Do you still want your noblewoman image or not?!

When he ducked this time, Xiao Lan’s movements were delayed slightly. DEwtb

The sharp fan was already coming for his neck.

Xiao Lan flipped his hand and took out 【Dalit’s Bone】 to block it. Although 【Dalit’s Bone】 was made of bone and, reasonably speaking, wasn’t as strong as metal, a rare item was just this unreasonable.

The instant both sides met, there was the sound of metal colliding. 【Dalit’s Bone】 didn’t lose in the slightest, but the strength of the collision numbed Xiao Lan’s hand slightly.

At that moment, the two of them were already much closer; wanting to escape again was no longer as easy. 2tCZsd

Xiao Lan switched strategies and 【Dalit’s Bone】 switched to its blade form and slashed at Lady Red Moon.

Lady Red Moon raised her fan to block it, and there was a ding — sound. After that, she flipped the fan and the blades swung at Xiao Lan once more.

Xiao Lan leaned away to avoid the attack and, seizing the opportunity when the other party had yet to withdraw her hand, he swung his knife at her arm.

The sharp blade cut through the blood-red dress and left a small cut even as Lady Red Moon dodged in a timely fashion, but there was no bleeding from the wound. fd8lL6

With such a small wound, Lady Red Moon didn’t care at first.

She was just about to launch another attack, when a dark purple flame emerged from the wound on her arm. A spark of Dalit’s Flame which burnt everything was already on her body, and with the wound as the core, the flame spread outwards.

Lady Red Moon attempted to extinguish this unknown and strange flame, but realised that common extinguishing methods were completely useless.

Because the wound truly was very small and didn’t affect Lady Red Moon’s movements much, she ignored it and continued attacking Xiao Lan. 6lDcdN

Xiao Lan strained to withstand the rapid and extremely powerful attack. For an athlete who had always been widely known for his strength to suddenly lose the power he was used to truly had a great impact on him.

After the two traded several moves.

Lady Red Moon’s head suddenly turned to the side for a moment.

The tiny blaze on her arm which could originally be disregarded had now spread to almost half her arm. If this continued, the flame would very possibly continue spreading until it swallowed her whole. QEU7cS

Xiao Lan couldn’t see her current expression behind her black veil.

He only saw Lady Red Moon, at a speed no slower than when rushing at him, just raise a hand —

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Without the slightest mercy, she directly tore off her skin that was infected by the flame.

It was just like she was peeling off something as simple as a facial mask. Kf7d9G

Under the skin, however, wasn’t muscle, but another layer of fair and exquisite skin. She then tossed aside the burning skin she was holding, and the signs where the skin had been torn off her arm healed at a visible speed and soon could no longer be seen.

Xiao Lan, who witnessed this move firsthand, was astonished. Could this person be a matryoshka?

Lady Red Moon had already reached Xiao Lan. As if enraged, her attacks grew increasingly fierce.

Xiao Lan raised his blade to block the knife coming for his eyes, and the ruthless attack made his wrist ache sharply. With his physical capabilities suppressed, his combat strength had clearly dropped. gWVKa2

Xiao Lan panted as he stared at Lady Red Moon.

Compared with his declining condition, the other’s condition still seemed very good.

If the battle continued, it definitely wouldn’t be beneficial for his side. Moreover, the game also didn’t mention that he could clear it if he killed Lady Red Moon, so there was no advantage at all in Xiao Lan fighting her to the death.

But given the current stalemate, it wasn’t like he could escape just because he wanted to. kStfm

Could it be he had to use his ability now?

He stared fixedly at the other’s moves, trying to find a weakness.

Suddenly, Xiao Lan caught Lady Red Moon stopping, like a pause button had been pressed.

At the same time, a shadow darted over, and Xiao Lan felt himself being lifted up and then rushing forward at an extremely quick speed. ybRBxh

Luo’s voice sounded in his ears. “You should have asked for my assistance, sir.”

Although he wanted to give Luo’s timely appearance a like, his current posture made Xiao Lan feel a little embarrassed. “…Can we change the position? For example, carry on the back?”

This feeling of being carried in an embrace was something he had never experienced. After all, the difference between their heights wasn’t big; if Xiao Lan hadn’t been forcibly shrunk by the game, they might never have unlocked such a position.

Luo refused. “This way is safer. I cannot expose your back to danger.” sKG0j2

As if to verify Luo’s words, Lady Red Moon’s rapid footsteps drew closer behind them.

“Hold on tight, sir.” Luo’s arms tightened once more as he firmly gathered Xiao Lan in his embrace.

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At the same time, he ran forward at top speed. Under his powerful probing capability, the terrain obstacles were practically nonexistent to him, and he left Lady Red Moon further and further behind.

Xiao Lan suddenly felt as if he had unlocked a new Luo function. dYNMZH

For example, a limited-edition human-shaped mount or something…

Moreover, it was quite stable.

Translator's Note

working hard to compensate for one’s limited abilities

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26 comments

  1. I think Lady Red Moon is the daughter of the headmistress the reason why the head hold funeral is she’s guilty cause it’s her daughter who killed those students and she can’t stop her??

  2. » Who knew how she was still able to keep up a swift pace in high heels. Perhaps Wang Ke might know.« Bwahaha I laughed hard lololol But srsly, how are people able to run or walk fast with high heels? I’d just break my neck if I tried it x’D

    Thx for the ch (ㅅ˘ㅂ˘)

  3. Omg, Xiao Lan, careful with your thoughts there, if Luo ever found out about it, then you might really end up unlocking more new ‘positions’ and a faster human-shaped mount much more sooner… Bless you at that time 🙏😩🖐️

    Thank you for the chapter~ 💕

  4. What if it was still the advent world which they thought was reality and where Xiao Lan was living? The real reality was where his father is right now, his father didn’t truly die but escaped and was now in the real reality instead?