Miss Dragon, the BOSS, will not be captured.

"what?"

"What do you mean 'ah'? Here, let's practice first."

Estia placed a level 100 straw doll in front of Ye Qingxian to simulate the players' average health and defense.

"Uh……"

Ye Qingxian held the "legendary" broom that Esther had just given her, standing somewhat helplessly in front of the scarecrow.

"Broom (Legendary): You thought this was just a regular broom? No, it's actually a legendary broom! It makes sweeping the floor much easier for the maid, and you can even use it to whack someone on the head in a pinch!"

"Special Ability: When holding a broom, your body will not get dirty (Keep cleaning, Kira~)"

Isn't this so-called special ability completely useless?

Under Estya's watchful gaze, Ye Qingxian suppressed all her complaints and began to unleash her attack skills on the straw doll in front of her.

First is "broom sweep", which deals area damage to a 180-degree area in front.

Holding a broom, she swept it across the scarecrow in front of her, and with a snap, the scarecrow's health dropped by a third!

"The scarecrow's health and defense are based on the average of players. If it's a squishy class, it might lose half its health," Esther explained from the side.

"Wow, that's amazing..." Ye Qingxian was astonished. She only swung her broom once and managed to take away so much of a max-level player's health!

A few seconds later, the scarecrow's health was fully restored, and Ye Qingxian then unleashed "Broom Strike," a single-target skill that instantly reduced the scarecrow from full health to a sliver of health.

If the opponent is a squishy class, then you can kill them instantly!

Needless to say, "Broom Throw" and "Broom Parry" are good skills, but what surprised Ye Qingxian the most was "Broom Whirlwind". After using this skill, she held the broom and spun around like a whirlwind, causing 360° all-around damage!

However, Ye Qingxian was clearly not used to the feeling of spinning around. After the broom whirlwind ended, she was swaying and staggering. If she hadn't used the broom to support herself in time, she probably would have fallen flat on her face.

"How about it, aren't these skills amazing?"

"Hmm... It's strange, but it's really powerful. But why does it only have attack and defense skills, and no buff skills?"

"Not yet. You're a combat maid now. Once you're promoted to head combat maid, you'll get new skills."

"Is it still possible to get promoted?!"

"Even so, you are my only maid; Lilith and the others don't count."

Estya meant that even if Ye Qingxian were to advance in her career in the future, she would still remain her only maid.

Thinking about it that way is kind of heartwarming... what a load of rubbish!

Ye Qingxian didn't know where to begin her complaint. Could she say that she also wanted to see Esther in a maid outfit?

"Be careful, although your skills are powerful, they actually have cooldown periods."

“I noticed.”

Ye Qingxian discovered that each of her skills had a different cooldown time. If all her skills were on cooldown, she could only use the broom for normal attacks.

Thinking of this, she hit the scarecrow in front of her with a broom, which reduced the scarecrow's health by one-fifth.

"A level 100 player can easily kill a level 1 player with a normal attack, but a level 200 player cannot kill a level 100 player."

Be content, after all, your weapon is just a broom.

"You know it's a broom..."

"Hmm? What are you trying to say?"

"N-nothing."

Ye Qingxian dared not utter a single word of dissent.

"When you go out to fight, there's something I want to do too."

"what's up?"

"Is this a question a maid should ask?"

However, Estia still told her, "Go see someone, a very interesting person."

The person the dragon girl was going to meet was an old acquaintance named Luo Huawu, and it was Luo Huawu who had taken the initiative to invite her to meet.

However, the other party invited "Estya is not cute" and did not know that the person behind that alias was Estya herself.

Things are about to get interesting.

Chapter 77, Episode 071: A Warm Embrace

After familiarizing herself with the combat maid's skills, Ye Qingxian prepared to set off.

"Your current faction contribution is 0. Please launch an attack on the human faction!"

Ye Qingxian should have stood on the side of the humans, but due to a series of coincidences, she ended up on the side of the monsters.

The way to obtain faction contribution points is very simple: you can obtain them by directly killing members of the opposing faction or by completing tasks issued by your own faction.

The quest giver for the monster faction is located in the original player camp, now the monster vanguard camp. Ye Qingxian had seen her before when she was purchasing items, but she didn't go up to talk to her.

"If there are no problems, then go ahead and do it." Esther was also preparing to set off to meet a certain doujinshi artist.

"Wait! There's another extremely important question!"

Ye Qingxian had been overlooking something, but thankfully she remembered it now.

"What's the problem?"

"My pain level is 100% right now."

"Huh? What kind of question is that?" Estia looked at him like he was an idiot. "Can't you lower your pain sensitivity?"

"No."

Since Ye Qingxian connected to the special virtual reality equipment in the hospital, all her experiences in the game have become real.

"So you've never been able to lower your pain threshold all this time."

"You're only just realizing this now...?"

"I thought the 'Mirror of Truth' effect hadn't ended yet."

Estia has many special items, also known as privilege-level items, that can forcibly affect players. For example, her previous "Mirror of Truth" would forcibly lock the pain value at 100% for any player who looked in the mirror for a period of time.

She had taught many players a lesson in this way, but she found that even if the pain level was 100%, the players would not go insane after experiencing the pain, which seemed to be due to the adjustment of the virtual reality equipment that Ye Qingxian had mentioned.

Ye Qingxian told Esther about her situation without reservation. She said that if she suffered severe pain now, she might really be left with psychological trauma, or even go insane.

Estya's reaction was a very flat "Oh".

Do you really think I'd pity you or try to ease your pain?

Estya seemed dismissive of Ye Qingxian's concerns: "No one in the Netherworld Dragon Abyss experiences any reduction in pain, so why should you be an exception?"

"I……"

"The more times you experience pain, the stronger you become. What's there to be afraid of? You can always come back to life."

Estya was right. Through repeated trials of death, as long as one doesn't go insane, one's pain tolerance can indeed increase.

However, Ye Qingxian is a delicate girl with almost no combat experience, whether in reality or in the game. One can imagine what kind of hardships she will face.

"If you had the same courage you had when you committed suicide with a dagger in front of my house, you would realize that nothing else matters."

Okay, fine.

I don't like cowards.

Estya's words were an implication to Ye Qingxian that if he had designs on her, he shouldn't be afraid of anything.

But Ye Qingxian didn't even have the courage to pursue Esther. Although she liked Esther, she never dared to take the initiative.

Perhaps she really needs to change her personality and become stronger through this ordeal of the Netherworld invasion.

Ye Qingxian hardened her heart. Anyway, she wouldn't die, so let the pain come...

"Oh, right, I also have a skill book here."

Estia handed Ye Qingxian a skill book called "Maid Shield".

"This is?"

"This skill can provide you with a certain amount of shield, and your body will not be harmed until the shield is broken."

"Wow……"

This skill book was a godsend for Ye Qingxian. As long as her shield wasn't broken, she wouldn't suffer any pain.

"I suggest you don't rely on the shield all the time, otherwise you'll never grow stronger."

Estia didn't give Ye Qingxian the shield skill book because she felt sorry for her.

"Thank you, Esther..." Ye Qingxian didn't know how many times she had said this to Esther.

Before saying goodbye, Ye Qingxian remembered what Esther had told her before, and mustered up her courage to say, "Little Ai..."

"Ok?"

Can I hug you?

Why?

Estya's cheeks flushed slightly.

"Is this one of the ways I pursue you?"

"I already told you not to say what's on your mind!"

"Waaah! I'm so sorry!"

Ye Qingxian, who had never had any romantic experience, seemed a little clumsy, but she understood that if neither she nor Esther took the initiative, their relationship would never progress.

Estya wanted to take this opportunity to test whether she liked Ye Qingxian, and Ye Qingxian also wanted to take this opportunity to see if he could get closer to Estya.

"Oh well, it's normal for friends to hug each other."

Estia took a step forward and opened her arms.

The next second, Ye Qingxian gently threw herself into Esther's arms and wrapped her arms around Esther's waist.