Weak in affinity talent? Female ghosts are eager to give hints.

"How is it?"

"Given what happened last night, should we put in extra effort today and make a few more human skins?"

The donkey-man rolled up his sleeves and stood next to An Lan.

There are no human skins left in the cave.

But only for a moment!

"Rustling sound—"

Another sound of hair falling came from above. This time, the one swinging down with hair was not the [Bearman Hunter] from last night, but a handsome man with long, wavy golden hair, blue eyes, and a pointed nose.

He carried stacks of human skins, his hair swaying, as he moved through the lower caves, delivering new human skins.

【prince】?

At first glance, Anlan knew for sure that this was the perfect fairy tale prince template!

This person is much more recognizable than that "Rapunzel Prince".

"Hey! Wake up!"

"Today's target for everyone is 11 human skins. Those who fail to meet it, you know the consequences!"

A stern voice rang out. The prince, without even glancing at the reactions of those inside the cave, tossed down a large stack of human skins and vanished. When he swung to An Lan's side, he glanced at them almost imperceptibly, his figure hovering in mid-air.

"you..."

"How about we make some high-end items?"

"I heard from [the Hunter] that you had a good day yesterday!"

"If it were you guys, you should be able to find the time to make a really good piece of leather, right?"

"High-end goods?"

An Lan didn't understand what the other person meant, but the donkey-man nodded vigorously, "Okay! Okay! Our efficiency will definitely allow us to achieve another high-level result in terms of mission targets!"

"good!"

"Well... you guys are responsible for the boy who cried wolf!"

"This skin, at least, has some special abilities..."

"Do a good job! This skin is worth 10 points!"

"Thump—"

On a stack of thick human skins, the prince expressionlessly added a child's skin.

This child's skin is remarkably well-preserved; it appears to be a six- or seven-year-old child dressed in nomadic clothing. Unfortunately... the child's flesh has been drained, leaving him shriveled and dry.

His facial features were intact, and his eyes even retained the expression of pain he had felt at the time.

Is he the boy who cried wolf?

"..."

An Lan curiously leaned closer to take a look, when suddenly a [Instance] notification sound rang in her ears.

【drop--】

You are coming into contact with a special skin!

[The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Special Effects and the Power of Language!]

The power of language: In the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," the boy's performance was certainly lifelike, but his language was even more impactful. Wearing this persona, your words will more or less influence others' judgment!

[Note: Once you put on this disguise, you are automatically considered to have joined the "fake" camp!]

(Holy crap!)

(Another treasure...)

(…)

To be honest, even An Lan was tempted by this human skin.

No?

Joining the [Pseudo-Human] faction would be so awesome!

I can't wear this leather myself. It would be nice to have a companion who can wear it!

The effects of "The Charm of Language" might greatly help him explore the main quest!

"Tsk..."

The thought of her [pseudo-human] companions reminded An Lan of Luo Sang. Speaking of which... has that guy arrived here yet? Will his identity be sent down, or what will happen to him?

Looking at that skin, Anlan was filled with countless thoughts.

After glancing at An Lan a few times and giving her a few more instructions, the prince slowly pulled his hair upstairs.

After he left, the donkey man picked up the boy's "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" picture, quite fond of it: "Oh my—is this the boy from the 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' story I've heard before?"

"How pathetic..."

"I heard that this child stands guard at the village entrance every day, saying that the wolves haven't come... to reassure the villagers that they don't need to worry about being harassed by wolves..."

"As a result... the last time he cried wolf, he warned the villagers, but they actually pulled him away and ran away..."

"Tsk tsk tsk! What a foolish good child..."

Shaking his head, the donkey-man threw the child's skin into the lime water and then began to cook it.

???

"what?"

Hearing what the donkey man said, An Lan was completely dumbfounded.

No?

Is that correct?

How did a child who lies become a good child who appeases the villagers?

Are we listening to the same fairy tale?

The doubt in her eyes faded quickly, and An Lan recalled the dark fairy tale, "Beauty and the Beast."

That's right!

This is the [Evil World], and the story is different!

Are children who lie actually kind and honest children in an "evil world"?

so...

If we convert it this way, those "weirdos" who seek "Little Red Riding Hood" to be transformed, in the "Good World," would actually all be kind and simple fairy tale characters?

"Good and evil reversed..."

"Then... what if I could go to the Good World and see this cliff?"

"..."

With his mind racing, An Lan felt a nudging from the donkey-man's shoulder: "Hey! Kid, stop daydreaming! Let's get those ten points first!"

"When cleaning this precious human skin, you can't bring in other people's skins in the same pot! Otherwise, the skins will be mixed with other skins and won't be clean..."

"This skin needs to be flipped over in the lime water about three times..."

"Look..."

The donkey-man stared longingly at An Lan, who pursed her lips and said, "Fine! Then let's split the points for this human skin evenly!"

"well!"

Upon hearing An Lan's words, the donkey man nodded vigorously.

In fact, whether it's "premium leather" or "ordinary leather" today, he's taking advantage of Anlan.

He only added quicklime and stirred it, but didn't take responsibility for removing the skin.

Logically, Anlan should take 6% and he should take 4%.

But Anlan didn't say anything...

At least in An Lan's view, this donkey-man had saved her once, so suffering a little loss was no big deal. But if... this donkey-man went too far, she wouldn't mind finding a different partner...

"Puff puff puff—"

"Puff puff puff—"

Bubbles kept rising from the quicklime, and Anlan endured the excruciating pain of her festering scales as she kept turning over her human skin.

Because of yesterday's experience, I was able to handle things much better today.

After the boy who cried wolf wasted some time, five human skins were put into the pot every now and then. By the afternoon, the clouds below the cliff had surged up again, and the cave was already full of cleaned human skins!

46 images!

A total of 46 human skins!

This is the result of a day's work by Anlan and the donkey driver.

If we convert it to points, today's earnings are 55 points!

55 points!

That's enough for one person to have a meal and then climb up to the sewn-up cave the next day!

Looking at the cave full of human skins, the donkey-man's eyes narrowed with laughter: "At this rate... we'll be able to climb up to the sewn layer together in two days at the latest!"

"Wow, that was fast!"

"yes..."

"If I could, I hope we could leave here together..."

An Lan agreed and, unusually, patted the donkey man on the shoulder.

If this donkey-man is a good friend, Anlan wouldn't mind taking him to relive his freedom.

Can...

The donkey-man simply smiled and said, "Alright... I'll wait for that day!"

"That's right! We got 55 points today! If we get 55 points tomorrow too, plus yesterday's 25 points, should we spend some tonight?"

The donkey-man seemed to suddenly remember something and looked at An Lan.

An Lan frowned.

indeed!

The two of them only need 100 points to go up, which will indeed give them a lot more points.

Perhaps we could use the extra sleeping bag?

This is what An Lan thought!

but!

The donkey-man suddenly sidled up to An Lan, grinning mischievously, "I heard... the [Disposable Relaxation Doll] is pretty awesome!"

"And that... [Sleeping Beauty service]..."

"That's Sleeping Beauty!"

"Kid, don't you want to—"