Volume 2, Chapter 46 – The System’s Twisted Sense of Humor

After failing to get any useful advice from Samael, Tianyin was left feeling rather frustrated.

If she were to just march straight into the Graveyard’s territory and rob them, that would be far too reckless…

Yet if the food issue wasn’t solved, not only would she herself have nothing to eat, even the NPCs wouldn’t have anything left…

Dying along the road from starvation like that…

That would just be too humiliating…

“Uu… Master, so now we’re really going to have to worry about food?”

In her ear came the voice of her loli disciple, Xiaomengyao.

Earlier, when Sharl had reported the shortage of supplies, Xiaomengyao had actually been eavesdropping nearby, so she knew the whole situation very well. After Sharl had gone off, Xiaomengyao finally came over, and during that time Tianyin and Samael had exchanged a few brief words.

“Well… the fact that our food’s about to run out really is a problem, but Xiaomengyao, you know my power only lasts for five minutes… That’s why I’m so troubled…”

It really was giving her a headache.

As she had explained countless times before, if she really followed Sharl’s and Samael’s suggestions and used her Throne power to take food from the Graveyard, that method was just too ridiculous…

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Even though the Graveyard was full of undead that didn’t need to eat, the higher-ups were still very rational when it came to strategic supplies. They gathered and heavily guarded those materials, so thinking that the Graveyard didn’t care about food was a huge mistake.

“But Master, I think going into the Graveyard to take food is indeed the only way~”

“Eh… why are you saying the same thing, Xiaomengyao?”

“Pfft, Master, even though I know that your powerful state only lasts for five minutes, you’re still way too cautious… Well, rather than being cautious, I should say you’re tying your own hands and feet… ¹ Chinese idiom, impose a restriction on one’s action with principles or regulations. ”

“Eh… tying my hands and feet?” Tianyin blinked her eyes blankly at Xiaomengyao.

“Yeah, tying your hands and feet! In my eyes, Master, you’re really amazing, you know? Remember before, you killed over ten thousand players in just a few minutes. Those kinds of feats… I think only you could pull them off~”

Looking at Xiaomengyao’s serious and admiring expression as she talked about the “great achievements” Tianyin had accomplished a few days ago, Tianyin couldn’t help but feel a bit smug for a moment.

“Well, Master, you’re clearly that powerful, so why are you still worried about not having enough time?”

“I don’t know how to bring back the food myself, but with your Throne power, Master, you could grab it at an incredible speed… It wouldn’t even take that long, right?”

Indeed, back when Tianyin had massacred those players, what left the deepest impression on Xiaomengyao, the players, and the NPCs wasn’t just her overwhelming power, but that ghost-like speed, so fast it was as if she could teleport.

She moved freely across the battlefield. Players couldn’t even touch her; one moment she was in one place cutting down hundreds of them like chopping vegetables, and the next moment she appeared somewhere else doing the same.

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You could say that Tianyin’s absurd speed back then had, in some ways, overshadowed the endless stream of “-99999999” damage numbers that filled the sky.

“Well… that’s why I think you don’t need to worry too much, Master~ If you take action, I’m sure you can do it~”

It was only after hearing Xiaomengyao’s words that Tianyin realized she had always underestimated her own Throne power.

Yes, after all, in this entire game world, there were only a handful of Thrones in existence.

The King of Paladins, the God of Mages, the Abyssal Lord, the Heavenly Father, the Fortress Emperor, the Elven King, the Mermaid Queen, the Great Prophet of the Beastmen… And the two Thrones of the Graveyard: the Frost Dragon Ysera, and the Undead Grand Duke Samael.

For now, these were all the known Thrones in the world, each one capable of turning the tide of a war on their own.

Although Tianyin had once crushed the Frost Dragon Ysera, that was only because Ysera had only recently ascended to Throne rank, not one of the old, established Thrones. But for an ancient being like the Undead Grand Duke Samael, who had lived for millions of years and held the full power of the entire Undead Plane, even if Samael personally went all out, she might not necessarily win against him.

“Yeah, I almost forgot… I’m a Throne… even if it’s only for five minutes…”

Thinking back, Tianyin realized that she had always underestimated her own strength, and overestimated her enemies.

To put it simply, she’d been fighting an imaginary battle with herself all along…

“Wuu… I’m so embarrassed…”

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Remembering how overly cautious she had been before, Tianyin’s little face turned bright red.

“Hmm? Master, what’s wrong?”

Seeing Tianyin’s odd reaction, Xiaomengyao asked curiously.

“Could it be… Master, you’re… in heat?”

That completely serious statement caught Tianyin so off guard that she nearly choked on her own breath. It felt like a mouthful of blood was stuck in her throat but wouldn’t come out.

“Y-You’re the one in heat! You’re the one in heat!”

Tianyin screamed inwardly, full of despair.

Just when her loli disciple was starting to act normal again, she suddenly dropped a “Master, are you in heat?” question out of nowhere…

“Eh… if you’re not in heat, then why’s your face all red, Master? Isn’t that what it means?”

“Xiaomengyao, saying things like that to your Master is a very disrespectful act, you know~ Do you even have any respect for your dear hardworking Master anymore?”

“Master is Master, right? Rather than respecting you, I’m more worried about your health! Because I think I’ve grown at least one centimeter taller recently… but you haven’t changed at all?”

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“Strange, why do I get the feeling that you’re never going to grow any taller, Master???”

“I’m not growing taller? No way, you must be imagining things! There’s no way I’ll stop growing~”

But Xiaomengyao’s words pierced Tianyin’s heart like a knife. It hit her right where it hurt the most, and she suddenly felt as if she’d suffered real emotional damage.

It was a tearful topic.

After all, Tianyin used to be a 16 or 17-year-old guy… yet after being pulled into the game, she’d been reincarnated as an NPC, whose race was this utterly incomprehensible “Loli”?

So… am I the kind of Loli who can never grow taller for eternity?!

As for the System’s twisted sense of humor… if Xiaomengyao hadn’t brought it up, Tianyin might have been able to forget it for a while.

But since it came up again…

She could only sink into endless resentment…