Chapter 6
Chapter 6
How Will They Treat You
The moonlight of the Holy Hall and the sweet fragrance of the succubus instantly dissipated.
Ling Xi jolted awake from the bed, breathing rapidly.
Without sunlight or a clock, she had no idea what time it was.
She lowered her head and saw that she was still wearing that off-white nightdress.
The fabric, soaked through with cold sweat, clung tightly to her skin, bringing a chilling, sticky discomfort.
Her heart pounded violently in her chest, declaring that everything she had just experienced had not been an illusion.
Those were not dreams.
At least, not entirely.
Luo Long’s mockery, Yue Qi’s judgment, Karina’s temptation.
A cold thought slowly took shape in Ling Xi’s mind.
The Demon King Scarlet Moon now stood alive and real before her.
Then.
Were the other three BOSSes she had once defeated also somewhere in this world?
The moment this thought appeared, Ling Xi felt as if half the blood in her body had turned cold.
She did not have only one enemy.
She might have stabbed into a whole nest of BOSSes.
The wyvern girl Luo Long had a mischievous temperament and never forgot a grudge.
Her previous defeat had been a great humiliation to her.
If she found Ling Xi, she would absolutely reclaim her dignity in the most direct way possible.
The Fallen Saintess Yue Qi appeared holy, yet in truth possessed an overwhelming desire for control.
She regarded Ling Xi as a Sinner who had broken the rules, and would likely carry out a complete transformation of her in the name of purification and redemption.
And that succubus Karina toyed with desire as if it were in the palm of her hand.
To her, the current Ling Xi was nothing more than a defenseless, sweetly fragrant delicacy.
More fatally, she even carried a passive ability called 【Absolute Attraction】.
“It’s over…”
Ling Xi hugged her knees and buried her face deeply into them.
This was no longer the difficulty of starting the game delivered to a BOSS’s doorstep.
This was starting the game at the very top of every BOSS’s hate list.
And with a bright marker above her head visible across the entire map.
In her despair, Ling Xi finally found the time to examine her system.
It was perhaps the only life-saving straw she had left.
Ling Xi silently recited in her heart.
A semi-transparent blue panel appeared in her mind in response.
【Beacon System】
【Holder: Ling Xi】
【Ability One: Absolute Attraction (Passive)】
【Ability Two: Energy Devotion (Passive)】
【Current Fate Points: 0】
The panel was overly concise, but Ling Xi keenly noticed the last entry.
【Fate Points】.
It sounded like some kind of usable currency.
She focused her mind and tried to view more information.
Soon, a detailed explanation of 【Fate Points】 surfaced.
【Method of Obtaining Fate Points: When a target generates intense emotional fluctuations toward you (such as affection, hatred, possessiveness, killing intent), the system will automatically absorb a portion of the emotional energy and convert it into Fate Points.】
【The stronger the emotion and the more powerful the target, the higher the conversion efficiency.】
【Usage of Fate Points: Can be exchanged in the system store for skills, items, bloodlines, etc.】
Ling Xi’s heartbeat skipped a beat.
So that was how it worked!
Her two passive abilities, which seemed to be purely negative effects, were actually the only way to obtain points!
【Absolute Attraction】was responsible for pulling the BOSSes to her side, 【Energy Devotion】turned her into a rechargeable battery, and the intense emotions generated during the process became her “experience points”!
She immediately tried to open the 【System Store】.
【System Store (Locked)】
【Unlock Condition: Obtain the first Fate Points.】
“……”
Alright, although the store was not open yet, this was at least a way to survive!
As long as she could “harvest” emotions from Scarlet Moon or the other characters and obtain points, she would have a chance to exchange them for life-saving skills!
Although the process sounded dangerous, no different from dancing on the edge of a blade, it was still better than waiting helplessly for death!
Just as Ling Xi was lost in thought, the bedroom door opened.
Scarlet Moon walked in with a smile.
She had already changed into a set of black casual home clothes and was holding a tray in her hands.
Seeing Ling Xi curled up in the corner of the bed hugging her knees, she placed the tray on the bedside cabinet.
“Awake? Perfect. It’s breakfast time.”
“What time is it now...?” Ling Xi’s voice carried the dryness of someone who had just woken up.
“It’s seven in the morning. You slept for exactly eight hours, not a minute more or less.”
Scarlet Moon answered and reached out to feel Ling Xi’s forehead.
“Seeing how much you sweated, did you have some interesting dream?”
Ling Xi’s body stiffened at her touch.
Those three figures flashed through her mind.
Scarlet Moon withdrew her hand, picked up a cup of black tea from the tray, and held it out to Ling Xi.
“Judging from your expression, you must have met a few old friends, right?”
Ling Xi’s hand froze halfway through taking the tea.
“How did you... know?”
“You didn’t really think you had defeated them, did you?”
“Huh?”
“Them! They were just casually playing with you!”
“Playing with me?”
“What else? Their true power is far greater than you ever imagined.”
Scarlet Moon extended one finger and lightly tapped the teacup in Ling Xi’s hand, making the red liquid inside sway.
“And what about you now?”
“You’re completely unarmed. You can’t even mobilize the most basic magic.”
Her voice was gentle.
“As you are now, for any one of them to crush you would be easier than crushing an ant.”
An ant...
That word made her think of the game character she had controlled, trampled beneath Scarlet Moon’s feet again and again on the screen.
Now, that comparison was being used on her real self.
From one, it had become four.
“Judging from your expression, it seems you finally understand your situation.” Scarlet Moon tilted her head.
“That little brat Luo Long, with her dragon bloodline, would never accept defeat so easily.”
“Right now, she might already be searching all over the world for you.”
“If she caught you, she would not let you die so easily. You would probably become her toy.”
Scarlet Moon tapped her lips with a finger, as if seriously considering it.
“As for Yue Qi, she would be a little gentler.”
Scarlet Moon continued, “But don’t let that holy appearance of hers fool you.”
“A saintess always knows a few rather improper spells.”
“Those so-called divine arts of hers can directly rewrite your body and cognition.”
“They would make your body experience irresistible pleasure, and make you firmly believe that it was her supreme divine grace.”
“In the end, you would sincerely long to be controlled by her.”
That possibility made Ling Xi’s body tremble uncontrollably.
“As for Karina... hehe,”
Scarlet Moon let out a soft laugh. “She would drain you dry, from body to soul, without leaving a single thing behind.”
After hearing all of this, Ling Xi’s body shivered. She suddenly realized an even more serious problem.
Scarlet Moon was the one who had been entangled with her the longest.
Her voice trembling, she asked, “Then you... how would you treat me?”