Chapter 37: Chapter 37: Glacial Realm 14
[Miles of Ice
Four-Star
Effect: Upon use, triggers a large-scale blizzard, rapidly freezing everything in its path and forming a continuous ice field.
Possesses powerful area-of-effect and terrain-altering abilities.]
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Soon, only the last two crimson-gold treasure boxes remained before Perry Yates.
Although she had gotten plenty of Advanced Skill Cards from the previous treasure boxes, none of them were what she needed.
Now, only these last two were left.
Perry Yates placed the two treasure boxes in front of her and clasped her hands together, her expression solemn. If conditions had allowed, she would have even lit three sticks of incense and offered a proper prayer.
"My standards aren’t high. Any attribute will do."
She then took a deep breath, her hands reaching for the two different treasure boxes simultaneously.
With a soft CLICK, both treasure boxes opened at once. Two beams of red light bathed the entire tent in a crimson glow.
Perry Yates was already experienced with this. She had squeezed her eyes shut a second before the boxes opened.
Two red, four-star cards.
In truth, she would have preferred three-star cards over four-star ones.
That was because three-star cards often came in multiples, while four-star cards were always single drops.
She took the two newly acquired cards in her hands.
With just a glance, Perry Yates knew these two were also Ice Attribute cards.
She was all too familiar with that blue background.
This time, however, the cards actually had a second attribute in addition to Ice.
"The Moon Attribute!"
Perry Yates’s eyes widened in an instant.
’Did my prayer actually work?’
[Cold Moon Guardian:
Four-Star
Effect: Creates a massive ice-moon barrier. Those protected within the barrier are immune to all external influences and attacks.
The barrier’s size can be freely altered by the user.]
A decent protection Skill. Perry Yates chose to fuse with it without hesitation.
Because Perry Yates had already fused with the Yin Yang Bagua, having another surge of Ice Attribute energy in her body wouldn’t cause any problems.
After absorbing the first card, Perry Yates turned her attention to the other.
This time, she didn’t even need to check the attributes to know it was one of the Dual Attribute Cards; the art depicted a plant. No, wait—it had three attributes.
In addition to the Ice and Wood Attributes, this card actually had the Poison Attribute as well.
Unsurprisingly, Perry Yates chose to fuse with this card as well. After all, it had three attributes—an incredibly rare find. She’d be a fool to hesitate.
[Seed of Life
Four-Star
Effect: Plants a Seed of Life in the target. As it grows, it will slowly absorb the target’s Life Force and release Cold Poison.
The absorbed Life Force can be used to heal oneself or others.]
With that, all the treasure boxes had been opened. Perry Yates stowed the empty boxes in her Space Backpack and stretched lazily inside the tent.
Through her X-ray vision, she could see that the sky outside had turned completely dark.
"I can’t believe so much time has passed."
Perry Yates was a little surprised; she hadn’t expected it to take so long to open all the treasure boxes.
’It really didn’t feel like there were that many boxes.’
Moreover, the blizzard had grown stronger. Even inside the tent, she could clearly hear the sounds from outside.
The wind howled ceaselessly, and snowflakes the size of goose feathers fell without end.
’At this rate, the snow probably won’t be stopping anytime soon.’
Perry Yates took a piece of roasted meat and some fruit from her Space Backpack and began to eat at a leisurely pace.
This was the first time she had eaten so unhurriedly since entering this game.
Most of the time, she would hide inside Claudia Vance, floating in the sky. The moment she felt hungry, she would pull out a piece of roasted meat and quickly stuff it into her mouth.
She had to be quick. For one, she was afraid the scent would drift out and attract suspicion. For another, the weather was so cold that the roasted meat would go cold if left out for even a moment too long.
When she was thirsty, she drank brown sugar ginger water.
After finishing her meal, Perry Yates let out a satisfied burp. She leaned back against a pillow in the tent, slowly sipping a cup of steaming brown sugar ginger water while admiring the snowy landscape outside with her X-ray vision.
"This is the life."
Perry Yates took a delighted sip of her sweet drink and began to map out her business empire in her mind.
First, The Nameless Bar needed to be bound to a building. Although she had a place, it was a large flat in an apartment building with other residents, which probably didn’t meet the criteria.
The "building" mentioned here likely had to be a standalone structure.
"Looks like I’ll have to buy a new place," Perry Yates muttered.
’But even if I buy one, I can’t use my real identity.’
To avoid trouble, she planned to keep her identity as Perry Yates separate from her identity as the bar owner.
Or she could just stage an accident and have the "Perry Yates" identity "die."
’But on second thought, maybe not,’ she mused. ’I have quite a lot of inheritance, and I’d rather not let someone else get their hands on it.’
If she sold her assets, it would be easy to trace, and her faked death might be exposed.
Just then, Perry Yates suddenly yawned as a wave of sleepiness washed over her. ’Oh well, I’ll stop thinking about it for now. I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it.’
’Instead of just sitting here racking my brain, I might as well wait until the game is over and see if any of my cards offer a solution.’
With that thought, Perry Yates packed away the table and cup from her meal, found a comfortable position, and went to sleep.
She slept very soundly.
「The tenth day of the game.」
The blizzard outside showed no signs of stopping; in fact, it seemed to be getting even more intense.
After breakfast, Perry Yates began to sublimate her cards.
As she put it, she might as well, since she had nothing better to do.
Besides, sublimating the cards was something she had to do sooner or later. Better to get it done now than later, as it would save her some time after she returned.
Plus, the energy in her body wouldn’t just accumulate indefinitely if she didn’t use it.
Her Talent was like a muscle; the more she exercised it, the stronger it would get.
By the same token, her internal energy grew stronger through a constant cycle of depletion and replenishment.
What’s more, Perry Yates was only enhancing White Cards right now, which wouldn’t put much of a strain on her.
Just then, her attention was caught by a particular White Card.
[Teleportation Array:
Bind to a location. Regardless of distance, you can instantly teleport to the bound location.]
’Isn’t this exactly what I need?’ Perry Yates’s eyes lit up when she saw the card.
’If I bind this card to the bar, then even if people get suspicious, no one will ever catch any proof of me coming and going.’
Besides, Perry Yates had forgotten something before.
She was a person of extremes. She would either be out having fun, not returning home for ten days or even half a month at a time, or she would be a total shut-in, never leaving the house at all.
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