Four Split Personalities

Game Time AM07:45

Hodir Mountain Path, the third enemy encounter zone

"Your Highness the Saintess!"

While grooming his beloved horse, Tero turned around with a sense of something, just in time to see Yu Chen dashing over with her skirt in hand. He asked in surprise, "How come you’re here so early, Your Highness? Isn’t there still some time before we set off?"

Yu Chen hung her head and fiddled with her fingers, speaking softly, "It’s nothing... I’ve rested well enough. There’s not much to do in the camp, so I came over early."

"I see."

As a member of the princess’s guard, Tero nodded admiringly, thinking that their Saintess was indeed very diligent and responsible. Then, his face suddenly became serious, and he stared at Yu Chen’s flushed face, asking in a deep voice, "Your Highness, why is your face so red? Could it be that you are ill? Shall I call for Miss Luna?"

Yu Chen bit her lip and shook her head vehemently, "No, no need. I’m fine. Really, there’s nothing wrong! And the Alchemy Workshop is quite far from here..."

Tero chuckled and patted his warhorse, "Don’t worry, it won’t take but a few minutes if I ride to bring Miss Luna here."

"I said there’s no need!!"

"Alright... alright, then do you want me to call for Hei Fan? He should be resting now, and he must be very worried about you. Plus, he’s a Priest and can use Divine Arts to help you..."

"Mr. Tero!!!"

Yu Chen, clearly frustrated, glared at the straightforward square-faced man in front of her and, unusually, raised her voice. "If I say there’s no problem, there’s no problem! And besides, I am better at Divine Arts than Hei Fan is!"

Tero suddenly shrank back, "Nia told me that when a girl is in a bad mood, having their lover by their side can be comforting..."

"Mr. Tero?"

Yu Chen’s smile suddenly became exceptionally bright, the kind that makes her eyebrows bounce up and down. Her face grew redder, a dense murderous aura seemed to emanate from her, yet her lips gently curled up. Although at first glance it seemed no different from her usual clear and tranquil smile, and her voice remained gentle and pleasant, the girl seemed to be surrounded by an indescribable dark aura, causing the legs of the Middle Level Knight standing before her to shake uncontrollably.

Even as blunt and honest as he was, he now realized he might have said something wrong. He immediately knelt on one knee before Yu Chen with a ’clack,’ bowing his head, "I was wrong, my lady!"

"Hmph..."

Yu Chen let out a weary sigh, then glared fiercely (relatively speaking) at Tero, who clearly had no idea what he did wrong. She waved her hand dismissively, "Alright, alright, Mr. Tero, you should try to read the room a bit better in the future. Get up now."

Clearly, she was still a gentle and generous girl at heart.

Tero then very carefully stood up, adhering to the principle that the more you say, the faster your demise... he decided not to babble on anymore.

[You have unlocked the growth Talent: Darkening]

A system prompt suddenly resounded in Yu Chen’s ears, making her expression turn particularly intriguing.

How did I become darkened?!

She let out a troubled sigh, then opened her character panel to closely examine her new Talent, hoping it wouldn’t affect her plans for the second stage.

[Darkening]

A growing active Talent

Effect: For ten seconds after activation, your Physical Strength Value consumption drops to zero, damage of all Skills increases by 15%, and Normal Attacks randomly trigger ’Guaranteed Critical Hit,’ ’Bleeding,’ ’Knockdown,’ ’Dizziness’ effects, 1 to 3 of them. When the duration ends, you enter a ten-minute [Karma] state, where all Skill enhancement effects increase by 15%, and Normal Attacks always trigger ’Strikes the Chest’ and ’Combo’ effects. Theoretical cooldown: 24 hours.

※Morning Forgotten Language exclusive effect※: During the ten seconds of activation, while in ’Light Incarnate’ status, all your Skill interference rates are 100% and the effects are increased by an additional 15%; while in ’Domination of Darkness’ status, none of your Skills will be interfered with, the effects are increased by an additional 15%, and Shadow Covenant is guaranteed to trigger. Theoretical cooldown: 24 hours.

[Remark: Even a cornered rabbit will bite people!]

Yu Chen blinked her eyes, feeling that although the Talent seemed a bit odd, the effects appeared to be quite good. But still...

Do cornered rabbits really bite people?

The girl couldn’t help but ponder...

Just then, a bald Dwarf holding a bundle of explosives came strolling over and, after saluting Yu Chen, said with a beaming smile, "Good morning, Your Highness the Saintess."

"Good morning, Mr. Fire Tongs."

Yu Chen was momentarily stunned, then promptly set aside her contemplations about whether rabbits actually did bite, and smiled at the sturdy Dwarf before her, "I’ll be troubling you and the others to take care in a bit."

The Just Knight and Advanced Stage Holy Knight from the Justice Sect, Fire Tongs•Hammer Stone, slapped his chest robustly, laughing, "What trouble? It’s our honor to serve as your guard. As long as I’m here, success in combat aside, escaping will definitely not be a problem."

A quick glance was all it took to recognize one of the Justice Sect’s own.

[Considering escape before even fighting, this gentleman really lacks knightly spirit...]

Tero looked at the Dwarf Knight beside him with a strange expression; he didn’t voice any dissatisfaction since the man’s rank was higher than his. To Tero, these Just Knights who spoke of nothing but fleeing or ganging up didn’t quite sit right with him.