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8.137 - Golden Chest

Adela finally understood.

Perhaps I have developed special feelings for this young man.

She felt the boy's strong shoulders and gently smelled the pleasant scent on his body. At this moment, she was extremely nervous, but also felt unprecedented happiness.

However, there was another voice in Adela's heart telling her that Banning was the enemy of that idiot second brother. If she became too deeply involved with Banning, the subsequent situation would fall into a quagmire.

So, even though she could lean on Banning's shoulder and feel his body temperature at this moment, there was still an insurmountable wall between them.

This boy, who looks cold but is kind-hearted at heart and saved Adela's life at the cost of his own, is ultimately an existence that Adela can never reach.

Thinking of this, Adela's heartbeat gradually returned to calm. She was like a red-hot iron dropped into water, and was overwhelmed by the cold disappointment.

In order to calm down, Adela stood up and left the boss's room for the time being.

She went to check whether the countdown in the "Tower" had stopped. If not, she and Benning would only have more than four hours left to stay here.

Unfortunately, the result Adela saw was exactly what she didn't want to see.

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The countdown to the Tower continues.

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What will happen if they haven't left the Tower by the time the countdown ends?

Will he be forcibly teleported out, or will he be killed by the rules of the tower?

Adela was in no mood to think about this question right now.

What she was thinking now was that she must cherish the remaining four hours, because this might be the last time she could be with Benning without any worries.

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In the room of the leader of the fourth level, Jiang Ran was not actually asleep, he was just pretending to be asleep.

Just now, he used his mind-reading ability to see Adela's inner emotions, and thought that the best response was to say nothing, so he succumbed to his tired body and closed his eyes to rest.

In Jiang Ran's opinion, what Adela was worried about was indeed a thorny issue.

After so many life-and-death battles, the relationship between him and Kenroshi Okami has long been one of life and death, and it is impossible for that to change because of the appearance of Adela.

What's more, Ice Star Shirley is still in the hands of Kenroshi Okami, waiting for Jiang Ran to rescue her.

If Jiang Ran was a little more cold-blooded, he could have abandoned Adela after "tricking" her into confessing her love. After all, from a utilitarian point of view, all women are worthless after they confess to him.

However, Jiang Ran still took Adela's feelings into consideration, and his good deed will bring him corresponding rewards in the near future.

But Jiang Ran didn't know all this now. After he felt Adela leave, he confirmed the time, and then told the stupid loli who was still crying to wake him up in two hours. Then he completely relaxed his body and fell into a deep sleep.

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Two hours later, the silly lolita alarm clock woke Jiang Ran up on time.

After waking up, the first thing Jiang Ran did was to check his vitality. After two hours of sleep, his vitality naturally recovered by 217 points (218 / 7690), and his physical condition also became more energetic as this number.

Although this less than 3% vitality is still very dangerous, Jiang Ran's tense heart can relax a little.

After confirming her vitality, Jiang Ran noticed that Adela had returned to the leader's room.

She sat quietly beside him against the wall, her shoulder resting on her arm, as if she were asleep.

After such an intense and hard fight just now, it was normal for her to fall asleep due to exhaustion. Jiang Ran did not wake her up, but carefully stood up slowly without waking the girl.

However, perhaps because she was thinking about Banning, Adela woke up quickly after Banning got up.

"Ban...Banning...!"

In a daze, the sleepy Adela saw Banning leaving and subconsciously called out to him.

Then, Adela immediately stood up and quickly followed Banning.

"Are you feeling better?"

Adela nervously looked up and down at Banning's body, but she couldn't see any changes with her naked eyes as she had no identification ability.

"I'm feeling better, thank you, Adela."

To Adela's great surprise, Benning not only thanked her for the first time, but also called her name... Is this still the boy who always pretends to be cold on the surface?

"No...you're welcome...and I didn't do anything..."

Adela suddenly felt a little embarrassed. She thought that after going through so many things, Banning would finally let down his guard against her.

However, this turned out to be just Adela's illusion, because Banning did not continue to speak, but walked straight towards the golden treasure chest with indifference.

Feeling a little disappointed, Adela followed him to the treasure chest.

Banning was as cautious as ever and summoned a black figure to open the treasure chest. Then, Adela saw two golden balls of light floating up from the treasure chest and hovering in the air, as if waiting for Adela and the others to touch them.

Adela recalled the entire process of the battle just now. If the rewards were distributed according to each person's contribution, she would have no complaints even if both light balls were given to Benning.

Moreover, she was not actually interested in the reward unless this ball of light could make the feud between Banning and his idiot second brother disappear.

"This is our reward for passing the test of the Tower. Go and get it, Adela. The ball of light on the right is yours."

At this time, Banning reached out and touched the ball of light on the left without hesitation, and left a lot of space for Adela to take the ball of light on the right, which made Adela flattered.

But thinking carefully about the days spent with Banning in the tower, Banning's current behavior seemed reasonable, because he had actually always been thinking about Adela. How could he harm Adela's interests at this time?

Adela was deeply moved, and she reached out to touch the ball of light. At this moment, she felt as if she and Benning were a couple performing some kind of sacred ceremony. Unfortunately, this was only "as if" and could not become a reality.

As Adela's hand sank into the golden ball of light, the shape of the golden ball of light began to change, and then finally solidified into a crossbow made of dark red mysterious wood, engraved with faint golden patterns, faintly exuding a strange aura of power.

When this crossbow fell into her hands, Adela had a magical feeling, as if this crossbow was tailor-made for her.

At this moment, although Adela wanted to study the new weapon she had obtained immediately, her concern for Benning made her look away for the time being.

What she wanted to know more now was what kind of reward Benning had received. Could it be a pair of couple's equipment for her?

8.138 - Two Weapons

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October 187, 8

〖9:18 pm〗

"Tower countdown remaining: 2 hours, 58 minutes, 3 seconds"

[Confession death countdown remaining: 3 days]

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When two balls of light floated out of the golden treasure chest, Jiang Ran immediately used his identification ability to confirm the situation.

The result of his identification was that the light ball on the left was called "Reward for Clearing the Tower (Jiang Ran | Banning | Fei Ke)", and the light ball on the right was called "Reward for Clearing the Tower (Adela Okami)".

That's why Jiang Ran let Adela touch the ball of light on the right without hesitation.

Just like what happened with Adela, after Jiang Ran touched the ball of light, the ball of light began to change shape, and finally solidified into a scabbard made of dark red wood, which was also engraved with light golden patterns, exuding a noble and mysterious aura.

However, what is strange is that Jiang Ran got nothing but the scabbard. So where did the knife in the scabbard go?

Fortunately, Jiang Ran has extremely convenient identification skills, and the results of the scabbard identification made him feel that this "tower trip" was worthwhile.

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It turns out that the reason Jiang Ran’s reward was only a scabbard was because this weapon was from the same system as the equipment of the “Skeleton Sword Saint”.

This weapon named "True Soul Blade Tachi: Soul Severance" is obviously an advanced and optimized version of "Soul Blade Tachi: Soul Slash" of "Skeleton Sword Master" judging from its equipment information.

But unfortunately, Jiang Ran's current three basic attributes are not enough to meet the equipment requirements of "True Soul Blade Katana Soul Slash", which forces him to put away the scabbard for the time being.

"That's weird, why is there only a scabbard?"

At this time, Adela also noticed the abnormality of the equipment Jiang Ran obtained. She came over curiously, but Jiang Ran did not intend to tell the truth.

"Yes, there might be something special about it. I'll ask an appraiser to identify it later."

Jiang Ran brushed off Adela's question lightly, because no matter what, Adela was Nakenroshi Okami's sister, and Jiang Ran had to be wary of her.

Then, Jiang Ran looked at the reward that Adela had received and quietly identified the mahogany crossbow with gold patterns in her hand.

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Compared to the "True Soul Blade Katana: Soul Severance" that Jiang Ran obtained, the equipment that Adela obtained could be said to be tailor-made for her.

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This equipment, called the "Blood Curse Crossbow", whether it is the two characteristics of "Blood Curse" and "Aggravated Damage", or the skill "Crimson Rapid Fire", all perfectly match Adela's combat profession "Werewolf Blood Witch".

Under such an obvious contrast, Jiang Ran began to envy Adela. He also wanted a piece of equipment that could match the "Shadow Deceiver".

However, no matter how envious he was, Jiang Ran couldn't say anything now.

As for the specific effects of this "Crimson Crossbow", Adela will have to find an appraiser to verify it herself later.

"Okay, now that we've got our reward, it's time to leave."

Jiang Ran looked into the depths of the leader's room, where a glowing white teleportation magic circle had appeared.

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When Adela heard Banning say he was leaving, her heart tightened.

There are still more than two hours left in the countdown. If I go out like this, won’t I be separated from Banning?

When Adela thought of the scene of Banning going to war with Kenroshi Okami, she subconsciously grabbed Banning's clothes.

Benning stopped, turned around and looked at Adela strangely.

Adela didn't know how to explain her behavior for a moment. It was impossible for her to say frankly, "I want to stay with you for a while longer."

"Why are you holding me?"

Banning's question put more pressure on Adela. Should she tell the truth? No, at this moment, Adela was still racking her brains to think of an excuse, and then she actually thought of one.

"Because... because I think it's best for you to get some more sleep. Two hours of sleep can... restore some of your magic power! That way, when you get out, you'll have more confidence when you confront my idiot second brother."

At this moment, Adela really admired her own intelligence and talent. She could come up with such a clever reason.

After listening to Adela's explanation, Benning lowered his head and thought for a while, then nodded.

"Indeed, what you said makes sense. Then wake me up in two hours."

After saying this, Banning lay down right where he was, closed his eyes and began to sleep.

Adela was slightly surprised to see Banning's actions, because she felt Banning's trust in her.

In the current situation, if Adela wanted to, she could just leave Banning behind and escape from the tower alone. In this way, she would not have to become Banning's hostage.

Adela believed that with Banning's intelligence, it was impossible for him not to have considered this risk, but he still chose to believe in himself...

——(Banning...why on earth are you so nice to me...)

Looking at the boy who seemed to have fallen asleep, Adela sighed silently again.

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The White Wolf Girl's heart was tangled and sad, but what she didn't know was that she was facing a master of psychology and an actor.

A meticulous person like Jiang Ran would never waste these two hours of safe time.

However, in order to make Adela take the initiative to keep him and further accelerate the warming of her inner emotions, Jiang Ran deliberately acted as if he wanted to leave the tower early.

Human beings often learn to cherish things only after they lose them, and Jiang Ran's actions were precisely to create a sense of crisis of impending loss for Adela.

In Jiang Ran's opinion, whether he could get Adela's confession depended on the last two hours before leaving the tower.

However, although these two hours are very important, Jiang Ran still chose to really fall asleep instead of pretending to sleep.