HBWnovel Chapter 191 This Life Is Unbearable
Chapter 191 This Life Is Unbearable
after sending dragon manure to eleanor, rita left her house. she left nivalis behind to make it seem like someone was still at home, then used **disguise**, **invisibility**, and **phantom shift** to sneak into the airport. she turned into a small cat, hiding in a corner of the pet oxygen cabin on a free flight to beijing.
the whole process was so smooth, it reminded her of the days when she used to crawl under beds for stealth.
nowadays, it was rare for players to sneak onto planes without a ticket. after all, invisibility potions were more expensive than tickets, and those with invisibility skills weren't usually desperate enough to resort to fare evasion. only skilled yet sneaky players with a taste for mischief would bother with such elaborate schemes.
since the game's invasion, airports had noticed players occasionally sneaking aboard, but they didn't take any major precautions. the cost was too high, the payoff too small, and it might lead to unnecessary trouble. after all, if someone with this kind of power was only quietly sneaking around and not causing harm, what more could you ask for?
rita slept through the flight and arrived in beijing. after turning invisible, she used **phantom shift** to travel to a street near eleanor's house, turning into a cat as she approached. this area was close to eleanor's home, and rita had visited it before for meals during her filming days.
it was 4 pm, and aside from the crowds gathered around dungeon portals, the streets were relatively empty. the portals had become the new commercial centers or subway stations, with all the hustle and bustle drawn toward them. in just half a year, many cities had changed drastically.
rita leaped onto rooftops, running over a few before spotting the large tree near eleanor's house. and there, under the tree, she saw rick chatting with... camila and henry?
her first reaction wasn't curiosity about how the three knew each other but excitement at the thought of dealing with all three at once. *i love it when enemies gather—it's like an all-you-can-eat buffet.*
since using **animagus** prevented her from accessing any skills outside of **divine gifts**, rita snuck into a corner, drank an invisibility potion, and used **disguise!** to change her appearance. she then looped around to the trio and used **insight** on them.
perfect. all three were level 8, not lower than her.
rita's excitement grew as she eyed them, thinking of all the attribute points she could steal. the only thing that annoyed her was that camila and henry's character states didn't show anything special. she had once wanted to poison them, but policies didn't allow it—something that still irked her.
no matter. she could bide her time. rita ducked into a corner and transformed back into a cat.
after running around for about ten minutes, rita, having already consumed some top-grade **ginseng essence**, returned to the tree with two cats and a dog in tow. the three animals stood a short distance from the elderly folks and the trio of young people, their eyes wide and endearing.
henry immediately stood up, offering to go buy food for the animals. it was a perfect opportunity to score some good-guy points. an elderly lady also got up to fetch some fish for them.
- **[constitution]**: 29 + 24
- **[intelligence]**: 47 + 13
- **[agility]**: 71 + 3
- **unassigned attribute points**: 15
the 15 unassigned points came from the 6 she had earned when leveling from 7 to 8, the 8 from eating eleanor's food, and 1 from listening to zoey's **hope song** disguised as han shi.
the only downside was that none of them were agility-focused. camila was a tank, henry was melee, and rick—strangely—had started investing in constitution rather than intelligence, so agility was the least common stat she gained during her 30-minute stealing spree. find more to read at empire
rita happily chewed on her fish, admiring her attribute panel.
*at this rate, i'll have almost half of nivalis' power.*
the **curio**, items, and equipment she acquired weren't particularly interesting, but the attribute boost was fantastic. she'd save the gear for future disguises or for causing chaos in lania kaia.
the skill book, however, was intriguing.
**[this life is unbearable]** (b-grade): use this skill on any dish, and it will begin to speak, complaining about the mistakes made during its preparation.
she had stolen this from camila. it might not be useful to her, but for a chef, it was a godsend. though it was only b-grade, its value to rita was on par with an a-grade item.
it was like having a personal teacher who could point out mistakes anytime—without any risk.
rita actually owned a similar item: the **[god of the culinary arts' magic spoon]**, which she had stolen from rick a long time ago.