35: Chapter 35 "Brother Slayer": The Gathering Beforehand (Part Two)

"Since we're teammates entrusting our lives to one another, it's necessary for us to understand each other's strengths, weaknesses, and limits." Mia pondered for a moment before revealing her UI panel in the party channel. Her attributes were as follows:

Name: Mia Lv9 (Human/Succubus)

Age: 23

Height: 1.69m

Weight: 49kg

(Attributes and skills increased through combat and events are specially marked with "→")

Strength: 15

Intelligence: 10

Agility: 15

Endurance: 20

Charisma: 20

Health Points: 630

Mana Points: 240

[Skills: Basic Footwork Lv8, Basic Waist Strength Lv8, Basic Leg Technique Lv15, Basic Demolition Lv5, Curse Resistance Lv5] [Charm, Envy, Adoration] [Gaze of the Dead Lv1→Lv3] [Painful Gaze Lv1→Lv3] [Seven Deadly Sins · Lust: Bone Scraping Knife] [Capoeira Lv5] [Street Free Fighting Lv3→Lv5] [Mimicry]

[Ultimate Move: Mia Typhoon]

[Titles: Innate Outsider, Dancer]

[Class Skills: Herbalism Lv13, Piety Lv15, Healing Spell Lv2, Radiance of Holy Light Lv1, Holy Light Barrier Lv1, Smite Lv1, Endurance Blessing Lv1]

[Free Attribute Points: 3]

Equipment: [profane pure white nuns outfit] [False Believer's Girdle] [Forbidden Leg Ring (Left)] [twin cross pendant] [black rose (Tattoo Form)] [Nail of Depravity (Implanted Form)] [nail of faith (Socketed Form)] [Profane Sacred Gear: phantom silk stockings] [Ghostly Coin] [Abyssal Lord's Banquet Gloves]

Special Secret Realm: [Nightmare Cathedral: The cathedral will torture you, but it will also feed back to you. There is a graveyard behind the house; half for you, half for him/her. Everything slain by the Original Owner will randomly contribute a free skill to you (not limited to combat skills); Adventurers or NPCs slain by you will increase the area and decor of the Original Owner's cathedral, increasing his/her power. Limited to once per dungeon instance, with a chance of failure.]

(Life Support System Evaluation: This is a beautiful young lady whose brain is barely functional enough, but she is definitely physically powerful and so beautiful she doesn't look human—or perhaps call her a nearly adult succubus lady.)

After reading Mia's panel, the previously reserved Ryan's jaw dropped straight onto the table. He complained wildly in his heart, "What kind of attribute monster is this? At only Lv9, her Endurance has reached the limit for her current level. All four main attributes are in double digits; this is a textbook melee Berserker panel, yet her Intelligence is at least 5 points higher than a Berserker's. Her Charisma has reached an incomprehensible 20 points for a human... oh right, she's a succubus. I'll try to understand."

"Um, then it's my turn?" Tuaner was unusually bashful, her face flushing as she displayed her UI panel to the two of them.

Name: Tuaner Lv1→Lv4 (Human/Succubus/Vampire/Thrall, leveled up through the 'Mirror Maze' dungeon and by drinking Mia's blood)

Age: 23

Height: 1.68m

Weight: 50kg

Alignment: Lawful Neutral (Gradually shifting toward Chaotic Neutral due to Mia's influence)

Class: Bloody Nun (Special companion class for Succubus Priest)

Basic Attributes

Strength: 4→6

Intelligence: 7

Agility: 6→8

Endurance: 5→7

Charisma: 9→10

Health Points: 100

Mana Points: 70

[Free Attribute Points: 15]

Innate Skills:

[Charming Resonance] [Blood Bond] [Keen Senses] [Blood Summoning]

Combat Skills:

[Basic Footwork Lv3, Basic Waist Strength Lv3, Basic Leg Technique Lv3, Basic Demolition Lv5] [Breakdance Fighting (Lv2→Lv3)] [Succubus Eye]

Equipment:

[Blood Rose Stud Earrings (Blue Quality)] [Specialized Livestreaming Equipment (This item may be banned in fantasy/magic type dungeons)] [Small Box of Blood Rose Rosary Beads (Renewable)]

After they finished reading, Tuaner shyly buried her head in Mia's chest and acted spoiled. "I'm just a little accessory on Master's body. I'm probably going to be looked down upon by the big doggy." After complaining, she nuzzled happily, showing the smile of a little wild boar that had just returned from a cabbage field.

Mia pressed her head and pushed her away. "I've never heard of a 'little accessory' who spends all day plotting how to 'eat' her master?"

"Uh..." Ryan recalled the two 'bang-bang' punches from last night, then looked at this slightly thin panel information. Only then did he realize that Tuaner was actually a total newbie who hadn't even been to a single official Paradise Lost dungeon. He decided she wasn't a rookie, but a small monster beside a big monster—another freak of nature. Who has Blue quality equipment without ever having cleared a dungeon? He had never seen someone start at Level 4 before even entering a dungeon.

"Well then, next is me." Ryan also displayed his attribute panel:

Name: Ryan Nephalem Lv6 (Human/Werewolf)

Age: 28

Height: 1.88m

Weight: 90kg

Strength: 18

Intelligence: 8

Agility: 10

Endurance: 18

Charisma: 7

Health Points: 550+300 (Werewolf Form)

Mana Points: 80

[Basic Footwork Lv8, Basic Waist Strength Lv8, Basic Leg Technique Lv5, Basic Defense Lv15, Armor Specialization Lv15 (Advanced Basic Defense skill), Basic Hammer Technique Lv15, Two-Handed Weapon Specialization Lv15 (Can use two-handed weapons with one hand if skill level exceeds 10, but with a damage penalty)]

Innate Skills:

[Bloody Frenzy: Activate Berserk mode at the cost of 30% of current HP, available in both human and werewolf forms. Increases all attributes by 30%.]

[Bloody Hunter: Can track hostile Adventurers or NPCs with less than 40% HP. Activates UI mini-map, location can be shared with the party. Tracking radius is approximately 500 meters.]

[Enhanced Scent: Literal meaning. The foundation of Bloody Hunter, used to find people (or items). The downside is susceptibility to allergies during Spring and Autumn.]

[Trap Inspiration: The keen intuition for danger found in canine creatures; can detect some fatal dangers in advance.]

[Nightstalker: Night makes you more stealthy. When acting at night, all attributes are enhanced by 5%, the chance of being discovered by enemies is reduced by 15%, and speed is increased by 15%.]

Class Skills:

[Toughness: Defense increased by 15%]

[Blessing Aura Lv5: Active skill. Upon use, the individual or the entire party randomly receives one aura from Recovery, Thorns, Defense, Concentration, or Retribution.]

[Holy Judgment Lv5: Has a 1% chance to execute enemies with less than 3% HP. (Enemy must not be in an invulnerable state)]

[Holy Charge: Charge toward an enemy, stunning them and dealing a certain amount of Holy damage to nearby enemies.]

[Armor Mastery: Able to gain an additional 15% armor value from equipment.]

Equipment:

[Exquisite Alloy Armor: Armor value 150, reduces movement speed by 15% and evasion by 15% when equipped]

[Two-Handed Hammer: grief, damage 35~85. Can be used one-handed, damage 20~40 when used so. On hit, may put the enemy in immense mental pain, stunning them for 2 seconds.]

[Shield: Silver Moon Wall Bastion, Defense 100, Block Rate 25%. The half-body greatshield can effectively prevent damage from stray arrows, reducing incoming ranged damage by 15%]

[Silver Moon Guardian: Family heirloom, double-ring single-ear earring. Currently known effect: increases the detection radius of external dangers]

[Gauntlets: Sacred Vow Gauntlets of the Night-Stalking Werewolf]

"So, you're a tin-can doggy that's hard to kill but doesn't do much damage?" Tuaner toyed with the [Small Box of Blood Rose Rosary Beads] in her hand as she stared at Ryan with curiosity.

"The reason your character level is Lv6 now is because you failed a promotion dungeon once before, and then used some method to trade 2 character levels for this [team creation token], right?" Mia's eyes reflected Tuaner sticking her tongue out at Ryan.

"Impressive! You guessed all that? Because the content of the Lv0~1 promotion dungeon is basically a large-scale battlefield. It requires powerful wide-area weapons or skills, so I failed last time. This time, I heard you can buy explosives that rarely circulate even on the black market. I think we still have hope."

"We didn't buy the explosives for the promotion dungeon; we prepared them for the next dungeon, 'Goblin Slayer'. This time, you, Tuaner, and I will be together, and we need the necessary coordination and mutual understanding. Additionally, as you said, if we want to practice large-scale combat, the various Goblin settlements in 'Goblin Slayer' are good choices. So?" Mia extended her gloveless, jade-like hand toward Ryan.

Ryan took Mia's slender hand like a gentleman and pressed his well-defined lips to the back of it. "Holy Knight—Ryan Nephalem, fighting for you! My Succubus Lady!"

Tuaner leaped up behind Ryan, putting all her strength into it, thinking, "Anyway, I can't break him." Bang, bang—another two punches...