Alice in the Land of Steam

Is the damage caused by Chapter 52 very low?

In the desolate and silent end of the world, in the gray and depressing ruins of the city, accompanied by the sound of sacred and grand music, the blood moon fell from the sky, and the vampire in the moon slowly opened its eyes, and its huge wings covered the sky and brought shadows to the entire city.

You encountered an enemy.

[You have entered combat mode]

The system's pop-up window flashed before his eyes, and Ling Ge found that he suddenly lost control of his body. He could still think and speak, but he could not move. He was fixed in place by some invisible force.

Not only him, but the others were the same. Now, the four of them formed a more aggressive formation. Specifically, Alice was in the front alone, while Lingge, his sister Metien, and the mysterious girl Saint Shalia were hiding behind her.

"It's the three-protection formation!"

Alice smiled brightly.

Behind her, a huge sword that was two heads taller than her appeared. The golden hilt and silver blade complemented each other, giving people a sacred feeling. In Metien's hand, there was a white syringe, which was probably not for human use, judging by its size. In Ling's hand, there was a black-covered book with gilded patterns on the edges. This was the "Canon" of the Holy Goddess Church, and he had memorized its contents since he was very young.

As for Saint Shallia, she had one more... uh, one more sheep. The little lamb returned to its owner in the form of a pixel model, digging with its hooves under the cracked bricks and tiles, searching for the roots of underground plants, unaware that the world around it had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Wasn't I chasing those annoying humans? How did I suddenly appear in such a strange place?
Who did this?
She moved her eyes downwards and saw several familiar-looking pixelated figures looking at her from the ground. Although the style of painting had changed or mutated, their faces - well, their annoying temperament, she would never forget it!

Lingge could see large words floating above their heads, including his own, and some numbers of unknown meaning.

【LV20药剂师-梅蒂恩 HP400/400 MP600/600】

【LV35血之先锋官-菲雅莉 HP3500/3500 MP1500/1500】

The strange world, the strange atmosphere, the strange power...all the unknown things made the originally confident and arrogant vampire lady feel anxious.

That’s right, the first round belongs to Alice!
[Please select your action: attack/defense/skill/item/escape]

"Because this is a turn-based game, it's not your turn yet, so of course you can't move." She turned around and explained to her companions, "The so-called turn-based system means that you take one turn and I take another turn. Everyone can only take one action during their turn. Do you understand?"

The vampire lady appeared in front of everyone in a very cool manner. After opening her eyes, she seemed a little confused and couldn't figure out the situation for a while. When she woke up, she found herself in a world made up of pixel squares. She immediately opened her eyes wide and blurted out: "What the hell is this place!?"

In contrast, there is a line of bloody words and a bright red strip above Fiyali's head.

[LV? ? ? Girl's Royal Power·Destiny-Saint Shallia HP1/1 MP9999/9999]

"This is just a superficial understanding of the average player." Alice said seriously, "As a genius player, I will definitely let you appreciate the charm of turn-based games!"

"What's going on!?" She tried to break free from the invisible force, but found that her resistance was in vain. She gritted her teeth and stared at the people on the ground with hatred, especially Alice: "What on earth did you do!?"

Alice claimed she was innocent.

She couldn't even move.

Miss Vampire yelled angrily and attacked subconsciously.

However, nothing happened.

After that, she looked at the options in front of her.

This explanation was easy to understand, and everyone nodded to show that they understood. Only Fiyali could not accept it, because in this way, wouldn't her speed advantage be completely restricted?
Her face was gloomy. "What's the difference between a fight like this and a parent-child game between children!?"

【LV25勇者-爱丽丝 HP750/750 MP500/500】

"So it was you guys who did this!"

【LV20牧师-林格 HP450/450 MP650/650】

The last option is dark and cannot be selected because this is a tutorial and you cannot escape.

Attack? Alice had never thought about it. She had removed the A key the year she was born.

Defense? It was removed before birth.

Props? No, because there are no props to use.

So you can only choose skills.

[Courage Slash (Active Skill): Consumes 30 MP, causes 1.5 times damage to the target, 2 times damage to evil creatures, and increases courage by one point.]

It is a simple attack skill, and the additional special effects are very consistent with the setting of the hero profession.

"I'm going to fuck!"

Alice shouted, feeling an endless amount of power surging from her body. She took off the sacred sword from behind her, grasped the hilt with both hands, raised it high, and then slashed from top to bottom. A silver blade of light more than 20 meters high instantly broke away from the sword and attacked Fialli like a storm. The terrifying might and sharp edge frightened the vampire lady, and she could not believe that this was the power that a weak mortal could unleash.

She subconsciously wanted to dodge, but her body could not move, and fear and panic gradually emerged in her eyes. Seeing the silver blade of light sweeping across the street, tearing through the gloomy haze, gradually enlarged in the depths of her eyes, and finally passed through her body like a sacred storm. "Uh ah ah...ah?"

The vampire lady screamed in pain, but halfway through she realized something seemed to be wrong, because the imagined pain of the sharp blade cutting her flesh did not come. In fact, her body was intact and there was no sign of injury at all, which made her scream seem too exaggerated.

"..." Fei Yali wiped the sweat from her forehead awkwardly and sneered, "Are you bluffing?"

But Alice and the others on the ground saw it clearly. When the silver blade of light passed through Fialli's body, a red number suddenly appeared above her head: [HP-122]

The HP of this Blood Vanguard is now 3378/3500.

At the same time, a golden number appeared above Alice's head: [Courage +1]

As for what this [Courage Value] is used for, we are still in the dark for now. After completing an attack, Alice turned back and said to her friends: "See, that HP is her health, you can think of it as numerical vitality. Our goal is to reduce her HP to 0, so that we can win."

After that, she muttered, "2x damage only hits 122 points, so weak."

But it doesn’t matter, she will regain her confidence next.

After Alice, it was Ling's turn. He looked at the four options in front of him, and after a moment of silence, he looked up and asked Alice: "What do you think I should do?"

The golden-haired maid—no, the golden-haired hero was shocked when he heard this, and could hardly believe his ears: "Are you... asking for my opinion?"

This is not like Tsundere Ling's style.

After this, everyone looked at Alice with strange eyes. After a while, Metien reminded in a low voice: "Didn't you ask us to do this, Sister Alice?"

"Is this happening?"

Alice, who only had a three-second memory, thought about it and it seemed to be true.

"Then you can buff me." She said to Ling Ge, "I remember three of your skills are buffs. Give them to me in turn. I can handle it!"

At the end she added: "BUFF means a buff state."

Lingge took a look at his skill bar.

[Premonition (Active Skill): Consumes 50 MP and prevents the target from receiving critical damage for three rounds.]

[Faith Affinity (Active Skill): Consumes 50 MP and increases the target's healing effect by 30% for three rounds.]

[Expel Evil (Active Skill): Consumes 50 MP and reduces the target's damage by 20% for three rounds.]

[Devotion (Active Skill): Consumes 200 MP and restores 200 HP to the target. The MP consumed by using this skill will be gradually returned within three rounds.]

BUFF means a gain state, so from the literal meaning, the first three skills should be the BUFF skills that Alice mentioned. As for which one to give her... Lingge thought about it, and then chose the third skill [Expel Evil].

This skill can reduce the damage taken by the target, which should be quite practical.

After choosing to use this skill on Alice, the young man's hands uncontrollably picked up the "Church Scriptures", opened it, opened his mouth slightly, and silently chanted a prayer.

Suddenly, a sacred and grand light rose from the golden pages of the holy words and flew quickly towards Alice, condensing into a golden armor on her body. The sturdy yet slender armor and battle skirt, the fitted hand and foot armor, outlined the pattern of the holy oak branch, and matched with the white cloak with a corona pattern, added a bit of nobility and holiness to her temperament.

"So cool!" Even Alice couldn't help but admire: "Lingge, you know how to have fun!"

"..."

Lingge put down the scriptures silently.

Then it was Metien's turn. The pink-haired girl looked at Alice eagerly. Alice thought for a moment and said, "Your skills are all for healing. There's no point in using them now. Just attack directly. A single attack will do some damage at least."

"Eh?" Metien was a little embarrassed: "Should I go over and beat her?"

"Don't worry, this is a turn-based system, she can't fight back."

With Alice's encouragement (instigation), and Ringer showing no objection, the pink-haired girl plucked up her courage, ran under Fialli's shadow, kicked the air, and ran back with a red face.

【HP-10】

Blood Vanguard - Fialli, current HP: 3368/3500.

"Well done, Metien!"

Alice praised sincerely, without any sarcasm, "You can defeat this BOSS alone in just 350 rounds. You are so strong!"

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)