Cyan seized the moment. She got up from the ground and charged at Asuke, swinging her blade at his head!
First deal with this iron turtle, then kill the mage!
Lisa, still in stun, saw Cyan's movement. Light flashed from her shoes, removing her stun. She immediately tried to stop her.
"Wait… wait!"
[Old Witch's Pointy Shoes]
[Type: Plot Character Footwear]
[Attributes: Reduces fall damage by 50%, reduces fall speed by 50%.]
[Skill: Negative Removal — Consumes 20 Spirit to remove all negative effects from the wearer. Cooldown: 1 hour. This skill automatically activates when the wearer is under a negative status.]
[Special ①: When dealing energy damage to enemies, increases movement speed by 5% and casting speed by 2% for 10 seconds. Stacks up to 5 times.]
[Special ②: When attacking enemies with the toe of the shoe, deals 1.5 times damage and increases movement speed by 20% for 2 seconds.]
[Equipment Requirements: None. Note: Once equipped, this item is soul-bound to the wearer and cannot be traded. If the wearer dies, the item disappears!]
[Remark: Hehehe… Little one~! Am I scary?]
Hearing Lisa's words, Cyan did not stop. She thrust her blade through Asuke's chest.
A chilling sound of bones breaking rang out. Cyan's hands moved at blinding speed, snapping both of Asuke's arms and one leg. All of this happened in just two seconds.
"You wanted to say something?"
Cyan stepped on Asuke's neck, her gaze ice-cold as she stared at Lisa.
"Don't kill him. We're willing to give up the revenge task and help you complete this survival game."
Lisa bit her lip. She never expected the situation to reverse so quickly. They had held an absolute advantage, but that servant had pretended to flee and returned with a devastating weapon.
Lisa glanced at the Mandrake, which had finished screaming and was now buried in the ground again, with only the leaves on its head swaying slightly.
A Mandrake from Castlevania — how could it possibly be brought here?! That should be almost impossible!
Mandrakes have only instincts and no intelligence. How exactly did this person bring a Mandrake out of Castlevania?
"Wind bell."
Cyan looked at Nishi, who was walking over.
Don't ask me about everything!
Nishi felt heavy pressure from Cyan's gaze. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Master, we could consider cooperating. Of course, it depends on what you think."
"Ugh! Damn it, what did you do to me?!"
Asuke recovered from stun and felt unbearable pain from his hands, legs, and chest. Looking at the foot stepping on his neck, he glared furiously at Cyan and roared, "If you're going to kill me, do it quickly! Torturing your enemy is beneath you! Have the guts to give me a clean death! You damn sissy! You pansy! Are you even a man?!"
Cyan glanced at the cursing Asuke and said, "He doesn't want to live anymore."
"Can I talk to him?" Lisa raised a hand to her forehead. This concerned their lives. Asuke might not want to live, but she did.
"Sure."
Cyan nodded slightly. She pressed down on the hilt of her demon blade, pinning Asuke's body to the ground.
This action caused Asuke unbearable pain. He cursed even more wildly at Cyan, but it was the same few insults repeated over and over. He lacked the colorful swearing vocabulary of the Great Heavenly Dynasty.
"Just say it like this."
Are you sure you're not torturing him?
Lisa swallowed the words that had reached her lips. After all, she was currently begging Cyan to spare their lives. It was better not to provoke her.
Lisa crouched beside Asuke and said in a heavy voice, "Asuke, do you still want to live?"
"Damn sissy… cough cough… this gentleman, are you willing to let us go?"
Upon learning there was still hope of survival, Asuke shamelessly changed how he addressed Cyan. He changed faces faster than anyone.
"We help her complete this survival game in exchange for our lives."
"That simple?"
Hearing Lisa's words, Asuke looked at Cyan with a hint of suspicion. In Dynasty Warriors 7 during the Battle of Hulao Pass, as long as he didn't have to face the overpowered Lü Bu, he could stand toe-to-toe with any officer!
Not to mention, with his ridiculous defense, he could let any officer hit him freely while standing still — except for the bomb-throwing Dong Zhuo.
"Can we consider it?"
Cyan placed her hand on the hilt of her demon blade and changed her tone. "However, I cannot trust you. I have no way to confirm that you won't attack us once your condition recovers."
"You need to eliminate this concern of mine before I can feel safe cooperating with you. In this survival game, I have something I must accomplish."
If not for the special mission to revive the Black Widow Spider, Cyan would not have considered cooperating with Lisa and Asuke. Killing them would have been far better than keeping them alive.
Hearing Cyan's words, Lisa fell silent for a moment before suggesting, "Temporary team contract."
"Fine."
Cyan agreed to Lisa's proposal. When the temporary team invitation from Black Smoke squad arrived, she accepted it and casually pulled the demon blade out of Asuke's chest.
With the demon blade piercing his chest, both arms and one leg broken, a survivor with lower Constitution would have died long ago. But with his ridiculously high defense and thick HP, after a short rest once the blade was removed, he was bouncing around again as if nothing had happened.
"This gentleman, what is the thing you must accomplish?"
Asuke, curious about what Cyan had said she must accomplish, asked.
"Defeat Lü Bu alone without any help from others."
Cyan said calmly. She walked over to the Mandrake, crouched down, and poked its leaves while thinking about how to take this big weapon with her. If not for the Mandrake just now, she and Nishi would have had no choice but to flee. Cooperating with these two survivors would have been impossible.
"Huh?!" ×2
Hearing that Cyan's task was to defeat Lü Bu alone without any help, both Asuke and Lisa froze.
"Such an outrageous mission — how did the survival space even give it to you?"
Asuke looked at Cyan in shock. If this was her survival mission, there was no way to play it. Might as well go home and play eggs!
"No, this is a special mission — the special mission to revive my pet."
Facing these two survivors who had become temporary teammates, Cyan did not hide it from them.
"Brother, I advise you to give up on this special mission. Do you know this is the Dynasty Warriors 7 world, and it's the Battle of Hulao Pass?"
Asuke walked over and patted Cyan on the shoulder. Since she had spared his life, he tried to persuade her to abandon the special mission.
"Reason."
"Lü Bu in the Battle of Hulao Pass is not easy to fight. With your strength, defeating him will be very difficult. And the condition for your special mission is to do it alone without any help. It's very likely that even plot characters are not allowed to assist."
"In other words, you can't let him meet any plot characters. Currently Lü Bu is in Luoyang. You have to defeat him before he leaves Luoyang for Hulao Pass if you want any chance of completing the special mission. Do you understand what that means? You would be facing Lü Bu at his strongest state."
Lisa crossed her arms over her chest and explained the difficulty of the special mission Cyan wanted to complete.
"I want to try."
Cyan knew Lisa wasn't lying. Although she very much wanted to complete the special mission to revive the Black Widow Spider, she wasn't going to throw away her life. If she couldn't finish this special mission, she could do it in the next survival game.
Cyan would not stubbornly fight to the death. She wasn't foolish enough to keep trying when she knew she couldn't win.
No matter what, she had to at least try. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to accept it.
After trying, if she really couldn't beat Lü Bu, then she could only give up on completing the special mission in this world and do it in the next one.
However, the condition was "alone without any help," but it didn't say she couldn't use ambushes or dirty tricks. There were many methods she could try — it just depended on whether they worked.
"Tell me about the plot of the Battle of Hulao Pass."
"You don't know?"
Asuke looked at Cyan in surprise. In order to survive in survival games, he spent most of his time outside of necessary training learning the plots of games and various movies. The goal was so that if he entered a movie or game world, he wouldn't be completely clueless.
"I don't."
Cyan shook her head. She had never played Dynasty Warriors 7, so of course she didn't know the plot.
"I really don't know how you've survived until now…" Asuke grumbled, then told her about the plot of the Battle of Hulao Pass.
"So that's how it is."
After learning the plot of the Battle of Hulao Pass, Cyan knew what she needed to do now. She looked at Nishi and said, "Nishi, you and the others complete Survival Mission 1. I will head to Luoyang to complete the special mission."
They couldn't all travel together. The best method was to split up. Nishi would go with the two survivors and have their assistance to complete Survival Mission 1, while Cyan would quietly sneak into Luoyang to find Lü Bu and look for an opportunity to ambush him. She would see if she could use some small tricks to increase her chances of winning.
For that, the Mandrake was essential.
Cyan grabbed the Mandrake's leaves and ordered, "Do not scream."
With that, she pulled the Mandrake out of the soil.
Seeing Cyan's action, Nishi, Asuke, and Lisa all covered their ears and moved far away from her.
The Mandrake's scream had left an unforgettable impression on them.
Cyan pulled the Mandrake out of the soil. This time it did not scream. It looked peaceful as she held it in her hand.
Staring at the Mandrake that seemed to have fallen asleep, Cyan fell into thought.
After a while, the Mandrake wrapped in cloth was slung over Cyan's back. The cloth bundle also contained soil. When she needed to use it, she could simply untie the cloth and throw it out.
"After you finish Mission 1, meet up with me in Luoyang."
Cyan took out the map the Spy Cat had stolen from Niu Fu's camp earlier and handed it to Nishi.
"Master, you have to be careful!"
Nishi was worried about Cyan going to Luoyang alone to deal with Lü Bu. Unfortunately, the special mission required defeating Lü Bu without any help from others, so she was excluded too.
"Mm."
Cyan nodded and looked at Asuke and Lisa. Her silver-white eyes fixed on them as she said, "Don't forget — this is our agreement."
"We know, we know. Since we agreed, we won't go back on it. A knight never breaks his word. Being this long-winded will really turn you into a sissy." Asuke waved his hand. Helping Nishi complete Survival Mission 1 was easy for them.
"My master is a girl! Stop calling her sissy and pansy all the time! That's very rude, don't you know?" Nishi kicked Asuke in the vital area.
Because of the temporary team contract, Asuke was completely unharmed.
"Hm? So she is a beautiful young lady. My deepest apologies."
After learning Cyan's true gender, Asuke's attitude did a complete 180-degree turn.
Lisa turned her head, pretending not to know this brainless idiot. Having him as a teammate was simply too embarrassing.
After they split up, Cyan called the Spy Cat over. When sneaking into Luoyang, this Spy Cat would be very useful.
So Cyan's flat chest suddenly became exaggeratedly large…
Actually, the Spy Cat was hiding inside her clothes, its small claws hooking onto her underwear to prevent itself from falling.
[Using Silver Card, obtained 1000 Survival Points, Swift Travel Boots, Unmatched Wine.]
[Swift Travel Boots]
[Type: Shoes]
[Attributes: AGI +2, movement speed increased by 15%.]
[Skill: Swift Travel — Consumes 10 Spirit to double movement speed for 30 seconds.]
[Equipment Requirements: None]
[Remark: As long as I run faster, the enemy can't escape!]
[Unmatched Wine]
[Type: Recovery Item]
[Effect: Restores 50 Spirit.]
[Remark: Wine drunk by officers, made through special methods. It is said to restore the strength they consume when using Unmatched skills!]