Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 21 Does a Man Need Three Crutches?

The underground of Linville is full of the smell of corruption. The abandoned corridors and sewers in the Middle Ages have become dry wells in the basement or exposed mottled walls of rock layers many years later. They are the long-withered blood vessels in the body of a giant beast, soaked in sad tears on the days when the fog sinks. Some people say that those noble wandering souls are still wandering in the soil, looking for their own graves. To this day, if you go to Raven Lane or Martin Street, which are closest to the suburban green space, you can still hear their endless crying, which can be traced back to the day when the old capital of Lenkersting fell.

Saint Shallia heard the cries, but remained indifferent, silently walking through the darkness that was thicker than the fog. In front of her, there was a line that continued to extend forward, pointing to the end of fate. The lamb's hooves playfully stepped on the abandoned bricks and gravel, crossed the dry waterway, stepped over the broken wall, and led the girl deeper into the ground.

The old Morya motto says: Don't look your fate in the face. So Saint Shallia doesn't try to figure out how long it will take for the line to reach its end. She only knows that she can smell her mother's scent in this city, just like the scent of apples she smelled when she woke up.

In this case, all we need to do is follow the guidance of the "line" and keep moving forward until we meet the destined encounter.

She had a hunch: this would be the closest she would be to "Him" in the past ten years.

Suddenly, the lamb stopped.

It turned its head and bleated twice, its eyes hesitant, as if asking its owner for his opinion. Saint Xia Liya shook her head slowly, half squatted down, gently stroked its soft fur, and said, "It's okay."

"Just some bugs hiding in the shadows."

"Someone is going to stop what they are trying to do."

“Why can’t it be me?!” Alice pounded the table: “I’m a girl too!”

"Let's go around it."

[Race: Silver Elf]

The pace of destiny is so hurried.

However, protesting alone was obviously useless, so she recovered after being depressed for a while and moved the option to the skill bar. It's one thing to have a cool job name, and another thing to have a strong job. After all, there's a saying? Strong is cool, cool is good, good is good!
"Show me your skills!"

A huge amount of information.

Alice looked at the attribute bar displayed on the game console's screen and felt a little confused.

Their bodies and souls are longing for the coming of the evil god, so that the filthy blood can drown the smog above the city.

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【Character: Saint Shalia】

[Class: Girl's Royal Power·Destiny]

What kind of faith will eventually be born from the worship of such an evil god?
The girl sighed imperceptibly, then turned and left. Her back quickly disappeared into the darkness, and even her vague outline was swallowed up by the bricks, stones and gravel scattered around her.

[Destiny Beacon (Active Skill): Consumes 50% of the maximum mana and grants the target the "Destiny" state, which lasts for four rounds. Each time the target in this state attacks, three of the following effects will be randomly triggered: life recovery, mana recovery, attribute improvement, spell shield, ignoring defense, ignoring level, and removing negative status.]

Alice pressed it.

Keep moving forward, keep pursuing.

【The so-called destiny is the choice made by people, and how can we go against our own will? 】

The lamb bleated twice more, then changed direction and continued to chase the extended "line". The girl stood up and looked up into the depths of darkness. Her brilliant golden eyes, like the stars twinkling in the underground world, saw countless souls full of malice and evil.

[Skills: Destiny Beacon, Prophecy, Sacrament of the Cross, God-given Gospel]

The race is silver elves instead of humans, which is a bit surprising but still acceptable. After all, this is a fantasy world, and it is normal to have different races. But what about this class? [Girl's Royal Power·Destiny], it sounds super cool, and the handsomeness can pull up all the lists of Alice, and perhaps only [Old Second Dimension] can compete with it.

[Status: Uncontrollable]

[Introduction: A noble and peaceful girl, she brought her lamb to this city from a distant place, pursuing the destiny born from the golden apple. Will you be one of them? ]

Moreover, with this naming format, it was not difficult for Alice, who had experienced many battles, to guess that [Girl Kingship] was a general term, and [Fate] was the real power held by the girl named Saint Shallia. In other words, there were other [Girl Kingships] in the world that held the same level of power as [Fate].

[Prophecy (Passive Skill): When you use a skill, your next skill will be exempt from mana consumption. This skill needs two rounds to cool down after activation.]

[Sacrament of the Cross (Active Skill): Consumes 50% of the maximum mana and causes an object in the "Destiny" state to act once immediately.]

[God's Blessing (Passive Skill): When an object in the "God's Blessing" state attacks, there is a certain chance that the effect of "recovering 50% of the maximum mana value" will be triggered for you. ]

"This, this, this, this!" Alice was shocked after taking a quick look at the skill description: "How can there be such a cool profession as [Girl's Royal Power] in the world!?" A disabled person can use this crutch to pass the level with one life, right? The disadvantage is that it depends on luck. If you are unlucky and fail to trigger the magic recovery, you will be done for at most three rounds.

But it doesn’t matter, there are still two other crutches.

She rubbed the handle unconsciously and pondered carefully: "Although I, Alice, have always been strong and don't want to use crutches to show off my power, their ranks are fixed by the system and cannot be changed even if I want to. In other words, if I don't choose a core output, there will be no one in this team who can carry the C. The system insists on playing three to protect one, you can't blame me for sucking the blood of my teammates, right?"

Thinking about this, I suddenly became more interested in the attributes of the last mysterious character.

Seeing how secretive you are, could it be that you are stronger than the so-called [Girl Kingship]?
She quickly clicked on the attribute column of the question mark character and took a look. After reading it, she realized that she was wrong. The reason why this character was marked with a question mark was not because he was a hidden character, but because he belonged to the enemy camp. Every word in the attribute column was a glaring blood red.

【Role:???】

[Race: Human]

[Status: Hostile]

[Class: Vampire]

【Skill:? ? ? 】

[Introduction: Be wary of every unfamiliar face, because there are cold fangs hidden underneath.]

[——Ah, great Lord of Heaven, when the blood moon falls from the sky, I sincerely ask you to join us in this bright red feast! ]

"Uh, that seems a bit bad."

Alice scratched her cheek, and saw elements such as "evil god", "sacrifice", and "fanatic worship" from this simple introduction. If it were to correspond to the real world, it would probably be equivalent to a group of lunatics who worship evil gods hiding in Linville City, and they are trying their best to make a big news.

Going further, it can be considered that Alice's mission is to stop their conspiracy through this game console... The sad thing is that she has no clues at all. Even if she wants to report to the city police and check their gas meters, it is probably impossible.

If I can defeat this guy in the game, will the problem be solved?

This is what is written in novels.

Thinking of this, Alice felt an even greater sense of responsibility. The evil and terrifying vampires were hiding in the dark side of the city, brewing an unknown conspiracy. The safety of the entire city of Linville fell on her shoulders. Tens of millions of people were in dire straits and needed her crutches...ah, they needed her wonderful operations to rescue them.

That being the case, what are you waiting for?

But until then.

"I'll study the profession and skill combinations first."

Alice switched the interface to her own attribute column, pulled out a row of professions under [Maid], and began to compare them one by one, analyzing their pros and cons.

Even if it's three to one, you can't just pick a random profession to protect it, right?

A disabled person can certainly walk with the help of crutches, and can even beat ten Tysons, but it is absolutely not acceptable for him to be mentally retarded.

Just like that, in the dim little room, the internet-addicted girl who secretly got up in the middle of the night to play video games without telling her parents, stared at the dim blue light screen, her pale face focused, her slender fingers rubbing back and forth on the handle. I don't know how much time had passed, when a low "hehehe" laugh came from the room, which was particularly terrifying.

At least, Metien, who got up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, was startled.

The next day, she reported to her brother Lingge that she suspected someone was secretly hiding bad reading materials that were harmful to the physical and mental health of young people. If this continued, it might become a serious problem and must be criticized.

After receiving the report, Lingge immediately kicked open the door of Alice's room and conducted a justice search. However, he did not find the bad books his sister mentioned, but only a slightly depressed figure who was carefully putting the cassette back into the storage box. Then, he turned his head and grinned at him with a weird smile under his dark circles, which made the calm Lingge take a half step back: "What are you doing..."

“Hehe.” Alice stretched lazily, looking refreshed: “Just wait and see, Lingge, this time… I’m going to… kill a lot…”

Before she could finish, she fell headfirst into the bed and began snoring - she fell asleep.

Ling Ge: “…”

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)