Volume 1, Chapter 30 – Trapped in a Loop?

After spending quite a long time, Tianyin finally managed to recover from her weakened state.

Although she had “recovered,” it only meant she could barely walk again…

Her legs were still trembling…

“Wuu… this body really is full of flaws…”

Muttering complaints that held no meaning, Tianyin frowned in frustration.

Still, there didn’t seem to be any danger around for now. However, this forest was an unclaimed area, a place where the System freely spawned wild monsters. Staying here for too long inevitably meant danger could appear at any time…

In fact, over the past month, Tianyin had encountered several monster attacks in this forest.

At first, when she was ambushed by wild monsters, she had panicked completely.

But thanks to Yivrea’s secret protection, Tianyin never faced any real danger.

As the attacks became more frequent, Tianyin slowly grew calmer, adapting to the situations that used to terrify her.

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Although, at first, her level was lower than most monsters, and her attributes were terribly low across the board, making her no match for them in direct combat.

Still, with Yivrea’s help, Tianyin overcame a series of challenges and gradually became more adept at fighting wild monsters…

Well… that might be true, but even so…

For Tianyin, she could only handle one battle a day at most…

Seriously… five seconds of being a true loli, and she’s already done for.

Thinking about how she could barely manage one fight per day, Tianyin couldn’t help but complain in her heart.

“Ahhh… I should just hurry back. It’s better to go home early… I can get some rest too…”

Muttering to herself, Tianyin followed the same path she had taken earlier and began walking back.

The trees in the deep forest were all towering and thick, the shrubs dense and tangled. If one wasn’t familiar with the area, it would be easy to get lost, even with the help of the System Map.

After all, the System Map wasn’t like a real-world GPS that could tell you exactly which way to go.

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So even with a System Map, you could only look for your way out by following its rough direction~

However, for Tianyin, getting lost in the forest was something that simply couldn’t happen…

“Wuu… this is…”

Her wide eyes blinked in confusion as she stared at the forest before her.

There, a massive tree stood split cleanly in two, as if some unknown blade had sliced through it in broad daylight. Its cut surface was unnaturally smooth and even, so smooth it made one wonder, what kind of method could have produced such a perfect cut?

But Tianyin didn’t have time to stand there pondering.

“Eeehhhhhhhhhh—”

The silver-haired little girl stared blankly at the sight before her, then suddenly let out a cry of disbelief.

“I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I came back here again!?”

“This has to be a lie!”

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Tianyin instantly panicked.

“There’s no way! I didn’t go this way! When did I end up back here!? I swear… I swear I followed the exact same path I came from!”

Completely baffled, she looked at the tree, the very one that had been sliced in two by the Gale Wolf’s Wind Blade, standing motionless before her on the same stretch of land.

There was no doubt. No one was going to explain this strange situation to her…

“Wuu…”

Feeling utterly lost, Tianyin’s first thought was to call for Yivrea, who was secretly watching over her.

But just as she was about to open her mouth, a familiar voice echoed in her ears.

“That won’t do, Xiaoyin~ We agreed, remember? Unless your life is in real danger, I’m not allowed to come out and help you~”

“Eh…”

It was definitely Yivrea’s voice.

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Though she was disappointed that she couldn’t get help from Yivrea, Tianyin still managed to glean something useful from her words.

If Yivrea said “not in life-threatening danger”… those words themselves meant…

That whatever she was facing now wasn’t actually dangerous to her life.

“Mm, that must be it…”

Thinking that way, Tianyin’s panicked heart slowly calmed down.

Still, even though she had calmed, she was completely clueless about what was actually happening to her.

“Eh… could it be… I’ve run into a looping maze…?”

Faintly, Tianyin started to feel like she had stumbled into the legendary… ghostly maze.