Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 56 Will the second stage be more difficult?

[Blessing Magic: Alien (Active Skill): This skill can be used when your HP is less than one-third, and your blood will be transformed into the blood of one of the following aliens: Werewolf, Vampire, Night Elf. Using this skill will not occupy the number of actions in this round.]

[Inherent Magic·Night Elf Form (Active Skill): Can be used when HP is less than one-third. You need to hold the item "Night Elf Blood" to consume magic power to transform yourself into a Night Elf form and gain the corresponding ability. Using this skill will not occupy the number of actions in this round. ]

Fialli was familiar with them.

Because the so-called night elf form refers to Sequence 6 of the [Monster] path: Night Terror. It is a kind of alien that is good at using shadows to hide itself and quietly take the lives of enemies. They are cold by nature and hate noise. Any weak light source will weaken their strength. Therefore, the night watchmen in the Middle Ages often carried coal lamps and imitated the sounds of birds and beasts to scare away the night terrors hiding in the dark, so that they dared not commit crimes at night.

Even so, many people were still killed in their sleep. It was not until modern times that they withdrew from the scope of human activities due to the gradual development of urban lighting systems and the hunting of new night watchmen.

If the vampires are the elegant aristocrats under the moon, then the night terrors are the most ruthless hunters in the dark night.

The problem is, Fiyali’s strength is only at Sequence 7, so how come she has an extra Sequence 6 ability in her skill column?

After much thought, only the "game console" that Alice mentioned could do this. It must be an extremely magical relic, so it can give a few ordinary people who obviously have no magic aura enough power to compete with Sequence 7 magicians. In this case, it is also very simple to change Fialli from a "vampire" to a "nightmare".

But why would it help itself? Its owner should be that stinky maid, right?
Or is this relic of the type that is extremely dangerous and cannot distinguish between friend or foe?

Sacrifice strength, sacrifice chastity, sacrifice one's own children... or like Fialli who grew up, sacrifice this human body and become a [monster], then you can get the qualification to live. Even if the blood of the two people called "parents" once flowed in their bodies, they also told themselves: people like us, if we want something, we can only get it by selling our bodies.

Her father was a coolie, working all day long for just three or two pieces of bread, and was too busy to pay attention to his children's growth; her mother was a nightingale, soliciting guests in the alleys full of sewage, and always taking them to a half-penny cheap hotel, as if that was her home.

Walking in the depths of darkness, feeling the call of the night approaching, Fiyali returned to her childhood home in a trance. At that time, she lived in the narrowest and most cramped street in the white-skinned urban area. Because she couldn't afford the high gas bills, or even candles, her home was always cold and dark. The area of ​​less than ten square meters contained a little girl's primitive memory of loneliness and coldness.

[LV40 Night Stalker-Fialie 4500/4500]

Whenever she wanted to tell her parents about her fear, their sad faces and melancholy eyes would make her lose all her courage. Day by day, in her childhood filled with a dirty atmosphere, little Fiyali gradually understood a truth, that is, if humans want to survive in such a world, they cannot do it without sacrificing something.

Human beings' fear of the night lasts longer than instinct.

At this point, there is no choice.

……

Darkness descended, all light was swallowed up, and Alice found that she could not see anything, as if the world disappeared in front of her. At the same time, a pair of gray eyes as hazy as mist slowly opened, casting the coldest and most ruthless gaze on the world below, making people shiver involuntarily, feeling that the cold winter was sweeping in and there was no escape.

next moment.

"Come and kiss the darkness—"

With nowhere else to go, Fiali had to make a desperate attempt. She first used the [Blessed Magic·Alien] to transform her blood into the blood of a night elf, and then used the [Inherent Magic·Night Elf Form].

The black shadow suddenly spread out like a tide, gradually covering the entire street, like a ferocious beast from ancient times opening its huge mouth and swallowing the towering steel buildings on both sides, the rusty steam pipes, and even the huge airship cruising slowly overhead... all into its belly.

It's possible, otherwise why would they drag people into this inexplicable world to play a inexplicable turn-based game? The degree of its bad taste is comparable to the bad character of Maid Alice.

Someone whispered in Fiyali's ear. Of course, it might also be that she said it herself, because she could no longer tell the difference between herself and the other person, as if the other person was a shadow hidden deep in her soul, and now returned to the world through someone's call, and gently kissed her neck.

So, when both her parents went out to work, Fiyali was the only one curled up in the corner, shivering in the darkness. Any slight noise coming from outside the closed broken wooden door would make her frightened and uneasy. She dared not imagine whether there were the sharp claws of a vicious dog or the sinister eyes of a human trafficker hidden behind it?

Coolie or nightingale, there is no essential difference between the two professions.

Human or monster, there is no essential difference between the two identities.

Now, Fialli was no longer afraid of darkness, on the contrary, she began to enjoy it. Because her childhood was spent in such lonely darkness, she was so familiar with them, as if they were once a part of her. In ancient times, the strange stories circulating in the countryside mentioned that the night terror was born in the darkness of human hearts, devouring the sadness and fear of humans to grow, until it killed its host, hatched from their body, and gained freedom.

At this moment, a new Nightmare was born.

……

“This is—” Alice looked at Fialli’s health not only restored but also became longer, and blurted out: “Phase 2!?”

No wonder he was so weak before, it turns out he hasn’t shown his true strength yet?

"This is a unique ability of magicians of the Monster Path." Saint Shallia's voice came from the darkness, far away but clear: "They can transform their own blood into the blood of aliens, and then by drinking the blood of aliens, they transform into corresponding forms and gain their abilities."

Alice understood immediately: "That is to say, what we just saw was Fialli's vampire form, and now it's..."

"Night elves." Saint Shallia replied, "A very scary monster, also known as the Nightmare."

No wonder.

No wonder in the game console, Fialli's job is clearly a vampire, but her race is human.

What kind of abilities does she have now that she has entered the second stage?

Alice was thinking, when suddenly she saw a huge damage number pop up in the darkness: [HP-371]

Someone was attacked, and judging from the location, it should be Lingge.

He only had 450 HP, and this attack directly reduced him to low health. The damage was more than one level higher than that of Fialli in vampire form.

Besides, when did she start?!
Not to mention Alice, even Lingge who was attacked did not find any trace of Fiali. The other party was hiding in the thick darkness and launched the attack silently, just like a real night terror, coldly hunting down the souls trapped in the darkness.

However, if the damage is just a little higher, it doesn't matter. Lingge and Metien can always heal it...

Alice thought, and then it was her turn.

[Courage Slash] activated!
The silver blade of light broke through the darkness and slashed towards the pair of gray eyes, but it seemed to have swept into the silent tide and was swallowed by the surging fog without causing any sound.

【Miss】

Alice opened her eyes wide in astonishment. Although there was indeed a dodge mechanism in the battle system of this game, she had never encountered such a situation before. Could it be that after the second stage, the dodge rate and damage value increased together?

But it doesn't matter!

The passive skill [Heroic Pursuit] is activated, and an additional normal attack is added after using the skill.

Alice rushed into the depths of the darkness, brandishing the holy sword in her hand, and slashed hard at the pair of gray eyes, but it fell into nothing.

【Miss】

After two consecutive dodges, Alice’s mentality was about to collapse.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)