This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist

Chapter 298 I Just Want to Improve So Badly

After thinking it over, Rita crossed out the content in the first parenthesis of her wish list. She also crossed out the third item, replacing it with: "A ranged attack skill (the quieter and more discreet, the better)."

Shadow.Q accepted Rita's wish list with a speechless yet still smiling expression and said, "Wishing you a long life!"

Rita happily accepted the blessing and replied, "Same to you."@@@@

Shadow.Q: "..."

Bending down slightly, Shadow.Q spoke to Nivalis in an exceptionally gentle tone, "Feel free to tell me if you have any requests too~~~"

Rita couldn't help but shiver at the overly sweet voice, and Shadow.Q pressed down on her shoulder. "Be careful! Don't shake Nivalis off!"

Nivalis adjusted the miniature sunglasses on her forehead, pulling them down coolly. "Yeah, you be careful." Then she tilted her head up to look at Shadow.Q and said in her baby voice, "Big Sis Shadow.Q~~ I want an S-grade skill."

Shadow.Q chuckled and gave Nivalis a pat on the head before turning to Rita. "Such a funny kid."

With that, she straightened up and walked off.

Nivalis: "..."

Rita, for the first time, felt that Shadow.Q's snarky comments weren't so annoying after all!

Though her words could be biting, Shadow.Q's efficiency was top-notch. That evening, Rita received three skills from her.

[Break Time]: Temporarily removes B-rank and below crowd control effects, granting you 3 seconds of freedom. After 3 seconds, the original control effect resumes, and its duration is extended by 6 seconds.

[Blood Shield]: Sacrifice 30% of your HP to create a shield that lasts for 12 hours. The shield can absorb damage equal to 10% of your max HP. Casting time: 3 minutes. The shield cannot stack, and there is no cooldown.

[My Silence is Deafening]: Deals mental shock to the target with a 10% chance of causing deafness for 5 seconds. Casting time: 0.5 seconds. Mana cost: 200. Cooldown: 3 minutes.

Rita immediately learned all three skills and even sent Shadow.Q a polite message: "I will fight to the last drop of my blood for Eclipse Vanguard!" Discover stories with My Virtual Library Empire

Shadow.Q replied with a deadpan: "Looking at the skills you picked, they don't seem like they'd ever let you get hurt, let alone bleed."

If she couldn't truly kill Rick before the timer ran out, could she at least steal his Luck now? [I Just Want to Improve So Badly] no longer had a restriction against targeting weaker individuals. And her current Luck wasn't even at its max...

If her theory was correct, Rick really was blessed.

Rita, now transformed into an owl, stopped outside a villa courtyard. She spotted someone leaving—Zoey? Judging by how familiar she was with the guards, this wasn't her first visit. Was she here to mess with Rick too?

Once Zoey's car disappeared from view, Rita dove into the courtyard, picked up a random brick, and smashed it against Rick's head with all her might. The brick shattered into powder, leaving Rick unconscious with his HP dropping to 37%.

She grabbed him, tossed 50 gold coins at the bewildered Black Jade, and said, "Borrowing your pet for a bit. I'll return him before dawn."

Black Jade glanced at the coins and covered them with his tail tip.

He had always thought he wasn't interested in money. But ever since acquiring over 80,000 gold, he realized money was quite fascinating... These days, he counted it several times daily. It turned out his "disinterest" was just the protective mask of poverty.

With a nod, he generously replied, "Go ahead. Just don't kill him."

Rita had already vanished with Rick. Eclipse Vanguard watched briefly but didn't pursue. If Black Jade approved, there was no point in chasing. Besides, as long as Rick didn't die in the Special Affairs Bureau's hands, they'd have an excuse to deal with Black Jade if anything happened.

Rita zigzagged through various paths, regretting selling her apartment dungeon. Now she had nowhere to conduct her shady activities!

Finally, she dove into an underwater dungeon, found a secluded spot, and locked it down after killing a local alien.

She started examining Rick's stats.

Not much had changed since the last time. His Charm and Luck were still at 10, though his Trust in her had dropped to 89. Understandable, given her position at the top of the leaderboard but her lack of tangible support for him.

First, she reduced Rick's Luck to 1. Then she poured a sleeping potion down his throat. Once he fell into a deep sleep, she activated [One-Person Party]!

Rita declared, "Players under the status of Lowest-tier Snake Servant and Unknown Curse Level II are prohibited from receiving gifted gold coins. Otherwise, when they are targeted by theft-type skills, their Luck value will be ignored, and they will be the top priority target."

The rule took effect, and a 4-minute countdown appeared above Rick's head.

That was plenty of time to test if she could steal his Luck.