Vampire Princess Guide in Progress - Volume 1 Chapter 69

Chapter 69: So They Were That Kind of Relationship

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Winter Snow Plains, Southwestern Snow Bear Territory (Lv.10~Lv.15)

“Roar—!” The red-eyed Snow Bear Leader raised its giant paw and swung it fiercely at the few figures in front of it. In an instant, those figures dispersed to both sides with perfect coordination, leaving only one man wearing armor standing in place.

— 【Shield Stand】!

The man with the “Silly Group Friends Guild Guildmaster” tag above his head immediately planted his feet firmly and raised his large shield.

The Snow Bear Leader’s massive paw struck the iron shield with force, producing a metallic ringing sound. The shield in the man’s hand suddenly emitted a white skill activation light effect, fiercely countering the attack and instantly breaking the Snow Bear Leader’s claws, causing blood to flow!

This strike triggered a parry, and the Snow Bear Leader’s HP dropped to its final half bar.

“Miss Cross, our skills are still on cooldown, could you please…”

“Of course.” Before anyone could react, Cross had already raised her Forest Deer King’s Staff. The slender girl stood with her legs together, her robe flowing in the wind, and the magic staff in her hand emitted a dazzling green light that reflected in her pupils, turning them a clear green.

Although her three magic skills were currently on cooldown, it didn’t prevent her from having another attack method — weapon special effect.

— 【Phantom: Giant Deer Stomp】!

A giant deer phantom emanating green flowing light appeared in the air, then descended from different directions, continuously performing three stomps and charges against the Snow Bear Leader, accompanied by three earth-shaking booms.

The high damage output of over 3,000 points left the guild members dumbfounded.

Soon after, as its HP was completely depleted, the Snow Bear Leader let out a final roar of anger. Its heavy body fell to the snow with a thud, and the battle settlement interface for elite monsters immediately appeared in the air.

“Such powerful output… I thought we would need another round.”

“What magic skill is this? I’ve never seen it before… Damn, my crappy wooden magic staff doesn’t seem so great anymore.”

“As expected of a player who can team up with Miss Tilia, she seems stronger than any of us.”

While Duoduo was still using his small wooden bow going biubiubiu, Yezi was still using his magic staff like a wooden club, and Raven was still relying on his dagger to deal bleeding damage, the magnificent giant deer phantom before them made everyone inwardly sigh that this was true magic.

Of course, Yezi didn’t want to be a close-combat mage, it was simply because he couldn’t fire magic bullets, yet somehow learned enchantment.

“Hehe, this is a weapon special effect,” Cross proudly put her hands on her waist, finally having her moment to shine in front of other players. Since obtaining this magic staff, she hadn’t used this weapon special effect skill with its impressive 500% multiplier even once.

But the damage was indeed high — 3,000 points!

Most players were still at the level where skills caused only a few hundred points of damage, with four-digit numbers requiring critical hits. Not to mention directly dealing three thousand, which was completely enough to serve as a team’s core main DPS.

“If only Miss Cross could join our team, the difficulty of pioneering would definitely decrease significantly…”

“Ah, that’s for Tilia to decide. I’ll ask her later,” Cross replied. After all, on that night when she had solemnly declared something like “becoming your blade” and earnestly said she would entrust her life to Tilia, all decision-making power had been given to Tilia.

She was now a woman belonging to Miss Tilia!

And she also believed that Tilia’s considerations would certainly be much more comprehensive than her own.

Joining a guild and such definitely had pros and cons. At the very least, they might not be as free in their actions, and then there was the distribution of loot…

“But our group leader also performed very well today, finally learning shield parrying.”

The pink-haired girl softly encouraged, while returning her Ice Plains Wolf pet to her pet inventory.

The guildmaster standing at the front looked at the fallen Snow Bear Leader that had turned into fragments, still panting heavily. Indeed, elite monster attacks were not to be underestimated. Even though he had already enhanced all his equipment, he still felt it was a bit tough to handle.

When stats weren’t enough, technique became a necessary supplement.

It also forced him to learn the battle technique of parrying, which not only reduced some damage but also reflected damage back to the enemy.

“This thing is way too hard to trigger!” came a wail.

“I heard that the second-floor BOSS was parried by that player called Nolan. Only after experiencing it firsthand do I realize that you can’t just parry whenever you want. It’s too damn exhausting…” The guildmaster fell to his knees, grumbling.

“This is just an elite monster, Guildmaster! Get up! We’re still counting on you to lead us in conquering floor bosses in the future!”

Seeing the guildmaster’s exaggerated actions and posture, everyone couldn’t help but laugh.

After they each made some preparations and restored their HP to full, they thought about where to go next to continue grinding monsters.

“Ah, I’ll stop here for today. Tilia is calling me home for dinner,” Cross said to the guild members after seeing Tilia’s private message.

“Let me see, so it’s already that time,” the guildmaster checked the time on the game system interface. It was almost dusk. “Then let’s all head back together and return fully loaded before sunset!”

“Oh—!!!” Everyone shouted together.

The group rode a husky-drawn snow sled and quickly returned to Ice Snow City.

…Fifteen minutes later, in the city.

When Cross returned to the main city with everyone, Tilia, who had just finished touring the market, had also just arrived home. The two happened to meet at the doorstep.

“Tilia, I’m back!” Cross happily hugged her.

“Oh… you’ve recovered really quickly. Just yesterday you could barely move freely, and now you’re already bouncing around.”

“Hehe, that’s how young girls are.”

Cross affectionately wrapped her arms around Tilia’s waist, showing an adorable smile, then slightly rose on her tiptoes and gently kissed her right cheek with a soft “chu,” before reporting her heroic monster-hunting achievements from today.

Returning with Cross was also the pink-haired girl beside her, Qianmeng Meow.

Seeing Cross greet Tilia so intimately with a hug and even kissing her cheek so naturally, the well-behaved girl beside them was stunned for a moment, unconsciously blushing.

Eh, eh!? They’re kissing!?

This, this, this is… wait, so Miss Cross and Miss Tilia, they were that kind of relationship…

That is to say, a romance between girls.

…It’s called yuri, right?

“Hey, Miss Qianmeng is still here.”

Tilia seemed to notice the surprised and shy gaze of the girl beside them. Her own cheeks also flushed as she quickly pushed Cross away gently and politely greeted Qianmeng, “Good evening, Miss Qianmeng.”

“Goo-good evening…”

Miss Qianmeng hadn’t yet recovered from the beautiful scene of girls being affectionate with each other, and accidentally bit her tongue when she spoke.

Ah… I hope there won’t be any misunderstandings.

Tilia put her hand on her forehead.

Since Cross recovered, she had become more active than before, which should be considered a good thing, but… it seemed like they had become a bit more intimate? Mainly because Cross had actively closed much of the distance between them.

Perhaps it was normal for girls to show intimacy with each other… probably.

“Oh, Tilia changed into white clothes today? Wow, it looks so good. The fitted top makes your chest look big~”

“Don’t evaluate me like that, or I’ll change back later, okay?”

The two girls walked into the house while having this kind of everyday conversation.

Miss Qianmeng, who couldn’t help but linger for a moment, listened to their conversation with a red face and a racing heart.

“It seems like I’ve discovered an incredible secret!”

After being informed about the new activity content, Cross also prepared to work towards the blue equipment blueprint, as she currently only had a blue quality weapon, and outdoor monsters rarely dropped them, with the drop rate being extremely low.

— It was during this period.

The exploration of the frontline BOSS raiding finally saw new progress.