And originally, the reason I called the team members was to show them completing this quest and receiving the reward.
Suji summoned the that she had stored in her inventory. Peace and Saint looked at the short sword with eyes that seemed to say, “Are you really using such an amazing item just to cut weeds now?”, as if pitying it.
She paid no attention to such gazes and proceeded to cut down the remaining bunch of weeds.
Ding!
[The final quest has been completed.Rewards will be distributed.
Reward: 30G, Nymph’s Stone, Nymph’s Breath, Nymph’s Five-Colored Stone] [Nymph expresses satisfaction with your actions.]
It was a bit funny.
It seemed that Nymph had been very impatient, having left that mere grass-cutting unfinished for a whole week before the quest completion.
‘Like an anxious child, getting worked up over something so trivial.’
But the following message was a bit confusing.
‘…Looks like the troublesome ones are fixed at two now.’
In that brief moment, Suji glanced at the status window and quickly decided to pretend she hadn’t seen it.
But she had a strong feeling that if she mentioned this, she would get scolded by her team members. Suji quickly made the status window invisible and took out the items received as rewards.
[Appears to be a stone.
Accessory for items
Durability Distortion: Can be attached to weapons or armor, and when attached, the durability of that item will not be consumed
Appears to be a stone of five colors.]
The system log only had brief descriptions of the stones’ appearance.
Usually, there would be explanations about stat corrections or the characteristics of the items.
Sometimes there were items like this where the abilities weren’t immediately visible and only descriptions were listed. These were either junk items or high-grade items that required appraisal to know their detailed usage.
Suji shrugged.
There was no need to be disappointed just because the details weren’t visible.
However, was incredible.
To think that durability would not be consumed.
If her understanding was correct, it was an item that defied common sense.
No matter how high the tier of an item, its durability wears down. Of course, higher-tier items had higher total durability, but they were also used more frequently, so there was always something to be desired.
It would be good to compare it to the battery of an electronic device.
Even if the durability drops after a battle, it can be repaired using repair kits or at a blacksmith, but the durability limit gradually decreases. Eventually, it ends up breaking during battle.
While Suji was carefully examining the item inquiry window again, the other three team members were also murmuring.
“There’s no time limit displayed, isn’t this an error?”
“My goodness. Does this mean that if you just equip it, the durability will never wear down?”
“It seems that’s what it means.”
Suji and her team members exchanged glances.
‘Great Beings’ was a term coined by someone who had encountered them. It was said that once you encounter these beings, you can clearly tell that they are not human, and they were described as being on a different level.
She could somewhat understand the reason now.
“They really are on a different level.”
Suji whistled lightly, quite surprised.
Elaine narrowed her eyes, looking at the palm-sized stones that Suji had placed side by side in her hand.
“At this point, those stones must be more than just stones.”
“I suppose so.”
“Wouldn’t it be better to have them appraised?”
Suji was thinking the same thing.
However, there was a more pressing issue at hand.
“Well, let’s do the 4-player game first.”
“…In this situation?”
“If we rest while considering the situation, we can’t rest properly.”
“That’s…”
Elaine, who had participated in Daphne’s passionate ‘rest’ for the past week, seemed to have lost the will to object and quietly nodded and stepped back.
The other team members seemed perplexed by Elaine’s submissive behavior, like a dog with its tail tucked between its legs.
“What’s with you, Elaine? You always act so obedient only to the team leader’s words. Geez.”
“Elaine, really, what’s with you? When Peace and I asked you to play, you didn’t even pretend to listen. Team leader, look at Elaine. She’s really such a fox.”
But Suji brushed off Peace and Saint’s complaints as if they were jokes.
She was simply enjoying this situation. Smiling contentedly as if nothing was wrong, she pointed towards the house.
“Shall we all go?”
Peace and Saint looked at each other.
It seemed they couldn’t dissuade their team leader who had decided to rest passionately.
[This is the timeline separator]There had never been such a Spartan training camp.
For a week, they cleared all kinds of 4-player games. They probably played all the commercially available games that allowed 4-player cooperation.
Saint, who had the lowest stamina among them, even ended up drinking stamina potions.
According to Saint, S-rank hunters and above were monsters who didn’t know sleep.
“…We’ve finally cleared all the 4-player titles that the team leader prepared.”
Elaine put down the controller, rotating her shoulder as if it was stiff.
Every time Elaine showed this kind of behavior over the past few days, something she had never done even when facing monsters, Suji found his demeanor quite amusing.
She let out a laugh.
“But don’t you feel accomplished?”
“I’ll… say I do feel accomplished.”
Elaine answered like that, then stretched out and collapsed.
Elaine was tall but had a slim silhouette, so Suji often didn’t realize it, but seeing him lying long on the mattress like this, he was definitely lanky.
As Seo Suji was looking at him contentedly, Peace and Saint also put their controllers on the floor and twisted their bodies this way and that.
“Wow, I never thought I’d be glad that the wave broke out and the game industry collapsed.”
“Really. If it hadn’t, I would have fallen behind here with my lowest stamina.”
Peace and Saint grumbled like that, but they must have been quite excited as they fiddled with the titles they had played, bickering about how they shouldn’t have done that there, or how they could have gotten a better record if they had rowed with perfect timing.
Listening to the boisterous voices of Peace and Saint, Seo Suji found it newly fascinating that they were all comfortably lying down on the mattress in this situation.
It was good.
Just everything in front of her right now.
The light of this moment, the air of this moment, the conversations shared in this moment.
This rest with no nutritional value whatsoever.
It was all good.
She was really tired after playing games so grandly for five days. She wasn’t sure if she had slept properly.
Before they knew it, a soft silence had fallen among the four of them.
It had been over three years since this team of four was formed.
There were many times when they would be in the same space without talking, maintaining their equipment, or taking breaks while each pondering strategies. As such, they were comfortable with silence between them.
Peace, who had been quietly closing his eyes for a while, suddenly spoke up as if he had just thought of something.
“Come to think of it, team leader, you’re an adult now, right? We haven’t been able to celebrate until now, but how about having a drinking party?”
Seo Suji opened her eyes wide like a rabbit, a bit surprised by the unexpected word.
“Drinking?”
“Drinking is the beginning and end of partying wildly, isn’t it?”
Of course, that wasn’t wrong.
But unlike just playing around, drinking would cloud her judgment. Even though she was here letting go of all responsibilities, there was a part of her that wanted to stay in a sound state of mind in case of emergencies, so she wasn’t very keen on that suggestion.
As Seo Suji was surprised at herself for feeling aversion to the word ‘alcohol’ even in this situation and was pondering how to respond, Saint raised his hand and spoke first.
“Um, but don’t we all have detoxification abilities?”
Peace turned sharply to look at Saint.
“We can just fail the judgment!”
Elaine frowned as if in disbelief. Meanwhile, Seo Suji burst into laughter as if she quite liked Peace’s idea.
Saint calculated the probability of Peace, Daphne, and Elaine’s detoxification abilities failing consecutively and shook his head.
“Daphne team leader has nearly 20 percent detoxification ability that just activates without any conditions, and don’t we all have about 10 percent?”
“Well, that’s true.”
“Then that’s not drinking, it’s a judgment failure game. If it succeeds even once, the alcohol effects wear off immediately.”
“Ah, that really takes the fun out of drinking!”
“And while alcohol is unusually tolerated in Korea, it’s quite addictive. I’m against Daphne drinking. Peace, you should cut down on drinking too.”
At Saint’s serious expression, Peace shook his head.
“Cut down on drinking? You’re making me sound like some drunkard. Alcohol is the spice of life, you know? Geez. Elaine, you understand what I mean, right?”
Elaine, Peace’s only hope, turned away coldly as if hearing the word ‘alcohol’ for the first time in his life.
Peace grumbled to himself and surrendered.
“What, is this an endlessly wholesome route? Fine. Then my suggestion is rejected. What should we play next?”
Seo Suji and Saint burst into laughter simultaneously, finding it funny how naturally the phrase ‘What should we play?’ came out.
[This is the timeline separator]Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
[Touch the gear icon in the bottom right corner of the screen to move to the next chapter if you want.]
