“I’ve gained 3 hours of invincibility. The quest was easier than I thought.”
“That’s good. Where shall we go first?”
“We need to fill the plant logbook and capture monsters. The conditions for the midnight theater’s caretaker is a dark attribute monster, and for the outdoor book café, it’s intelligence over 50. What should we start with?”
“Hmm…”
Chae Donghwa seemed to ponder for a moment, then spoke after organizing his thoughts.
“Monsters with high intelligence typically use magic as their main strength. In the Blue Starlight Valley, there are elemental type monsters, for example.”
“But elemental types…”
“Yes, they appear at night. They become much stronger under the influence of starlight.”
I remembered hearing from my mother that monsters in the Blue Starlight Valley become stronger after sunset, receiving the energy of the dungeon.
It’s one of the reasons this place is an S-grade dungeon.
That’s why in the Blue Starlight Valley, raids and expeditions are not conducted in the evening. And if you’re really unlucky, you might encounter an elemental spirit, a mid-boss level monster.
They attack from a distance, making them hard to avoid.
‘Mom was an exception…’
My mother roamed this dungeon day and night before she went missing.
“Let’s start with searching for dark attribute monsters in the caves while collecting plants today. Plants inside the caves are mostly ones you haven’t collected yet.”
“Okay, that sounds good.”
Feeling assured by Chae Donghwa’s confident and upright stance, I knew I made the right choice in seeking his guidance and protection.
Following the stream uphill, we saw towering cliffs with lush tree canopies above. He stopped in front of it.
“Do we need to climb up here?”
“Yes.”
“How do we get up?”
I looked around for something sturdy enough to hold onto or use as a ladder. But I couldn’t find anything like that.
“Just wait a moment, please.”
Chae Donghwa gazed up at the sky. I waited quietly, following his gaze.
Today, the planet and the islands seemed unusually close.
‘Is that the island where monsters live?’
Just as I was getting bored of waiting, a large bird-like creature flew overhead.
Its shadow was cast on the ground by the sun.
[‘Blue Starlight Griffin(A)’ has appeared.]It wasn’t just a large bird. It was a monster with the upper body of a bird and the lower body of a lion.
[‘Chae Donghwa(S)’ uses ‘Shadow Snatching(S)’.]Chae Donghwa stretched his hand towards the griffin’s shadow. Dark energy surged, and the shadow froze in place.
The griffin itself flew away, leaving its shadow behind.
[‘Chae Donghwa(S)’ uses ‘Shadow Crafting(S)’.] The shadow began to expand and swell. Like a flat drawing transforming into 3D, the gray mass rose and soon took the form of a griffin.“You can ride on it now.”
“This? What is this?”
I understood he used a skill.
But what kind of skill? Summoning?
“I snatched the monster’s shadow to temporarily copy its ability. I can only copy its stats, so I can’t use the monster’s skills.”
“So, you mean… we ride this to go up?”
“Yes.”
The monster was large, big enough to carry about five people on its back.
‘But what if we fall off while riding?’
There were no safety measures like on an airplane, and the thought of using a monster as a means of transport had never crossed my mind, so I was naturally worried.
Even though it was a shadow-formed monster, its sharp beak and claws still looked threatening.
“Excuse me for a moment. This has a time limit, and if it’s released, we’ll have to wait again.”
“Wait, what? Hunter, wait!”
As I hesitated, he lifted me up. For the first time, I was held in a princess-carry position.
“Whoa!”
Startled, I wrapped my hands around his neck, and he immediately leaped onto the bird. He sat me in the front seat and sat close behind me.
“Just hold onto the mane.”
“But, wait…”
“Don’t worry. I’ll hold you from behind.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the bird flapped its wings. A strong wind whirled around us.
It felt like we were tilting backward, then suddenly lurched forward. Chae Donghwa’s thighs and arms firmly wrapped around me, preventing me from losing balance.
The shadow-formed griffin circled around and then took off into the sky. I squinted my eyes open, having kept them tightly shut.
We had already ascended to a dizzying height.
“The cave location is a bit far from here, so we’ll use this opportunity to travel there.”
“Okay, okay!”
“Are you very scared?”
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
