"Everything I have was given by you, Lord Ellie. Please never forget that." Chao Lu added, but Ellie didn't hear it, which made Chao Lu misunderstand even more seriously.
Was taking such a targeted name unintentional? Or deliberate?
From her first contact with Chao Lu, she had only shown one Rocket Punch, letting Ellie know that her true form should be an automaton like Shizu. Yet, now a Vampire Hunter suddenly appeared.
By the way, was there such a profession in the Yggdrasil game? Such a targeted profession shouldn't exist in a traditional D&D-rule game, should it? So, am I overthinking it? Ellie was deep in thought, so she didn't respond to Chao Lu.
"Lord Bai Xia!" Chao Lu called out anxiously, and she directly called her Lord Bai Xia, not Ellie... Only then did Ellie snap back to reality. The usually expressionless Chao Lu was actually anxious, showing that Chao Lu was indeed very worried about Lord Bai Xia's condition. Unfortunately, she wasn't Lord Bai Xia, which was truly a bit regrettable.
"Uh... sorry, I was recalling things about you, Chao Lu, and got a bit distracted." Ellie replied. However, it wasn't recollection but speculation, so to confirm her thoughts, it would be better to get it directly from the source.
"Chao Lu... are there no other pieces of equipment here or in other treasuries that are specifically against vampires or Undead?" Ellie asked. It looked like she was asking for Ligurit, but Ellie actually wanted to pry information from Chao Lu.
"No." Chao Lu answered directly. Since Ellie asked directly, Chao Lu shouldn't babble like before.
"Hmm? There aren't any? That shouldn't be the case, should it? I remember... there should still be others prepared, right?" Ellie used this ambiguous phrasing. Since Chao Lu kept misunderstanding that she couldn't remember things due to being infantilized, Ellie decided to use this to her advantage and ask ambiguously.
"There are no others, and there's no need to prepare any others..." Chao Lu shook her head.
"With Chao Lu around, there's absolutely no need!" Snow Elf, standing nearby, directly gave Ellie the answer.
Meaning? With Chao Lu around? So, there's no need for other equipment against vampires or Undead? Does that mean? Chao Lu was specifically designed for combat against vampires and Undead?
Indeed!! Her previous far-fetched idea wasn't wrong. Deliberately taking such a name, which any player with some gaming experience would know, was meant to tell players that this character is specifically for vampires!
A subtle warning!
So what was Lord Bai Xia's reason for doing this? She didn't think it was just for fun. Now she highly suspected Lord Bai Xia had precognitive abilities. If she truly did, then Chao Lu's specificity could be explained.
Uh... but relying solely on her own speculation was too lacking in informational support. If she could extract something else from that silly cat to corroborate her theory, for example, whether this cat, like Chao Lu, was also a very specialized NPC, that would be great.
"I understand. Then I truly apologize for making such a request." Ligurit apologized to Chao Lu once more.
"Hearing this guest, have you encountered a troublesome vampire?" Chao Lu swiftly retracted the Holy Whip she had in her hand back into her sleeve.
"It wasn't me personally, but a friend of mine." Ligurit answered directly. She was talking about Shalltear and the Platinum Dragon Lord's armor meeting, wasn't she?
"Is that so? May I ask, how powerful is that vampire?" Chao Lu inquired about Shalltear's information. What was she trying to do?
"Very powerful. At least, my friend cannot confront her head-on without going all out." Ligurit answered honestly. It felt like there was no need to hide this.
"Then one last question, who is your friend?" Chao Lu continued to ask, clearly wanting to assess Shalltear's combat power through the other party? Hey, hey! Chao Lu, what are you trying to do? A very bad feeling formed in Ellie's mind.
"The Platinum Dragon Lord. Although he didn't go all out, he is still a considerably powerful individual." Ligurit directly threw out the Platinum Dragon Lord. Is it okay for you to betray him like that?
Moreover, you brought up the Platinum Dragon Lord. Chao Lu, who's been holed up in this city, shouldn't know the Platinum Dragon Lord's strength, right?
"Understood... It seems that vampire is a worthy opponent to look forward to." Chao Lu nodded, then spoke words that made Ellie quite worried.
The information in these few sentences was not good. First, Chao Lu would very likely treat Shalltear as an opponent. After all, she was specifically designed to counter vampires. Ellie didn't want to see a battle of gods.
Although Shalltear's overall strength was the highest among the Guardians, facing someone specifically designed to counter her would probably make it difficult for her to escape unscathed, right?
Even though that guy was a pervert, she didn't want to see her Nazarick family members get hurt, so she absolutely had to stop Chao Lu from seeking out Shalltear.
And another point was that Chao Lu seemed to know the Platinum Dragon Lord. Because after Ligurit brought up the Platinum Dragon Lord, Chao Lu, with her personality, didn't continue to ask how strong the Platinum Dragon Lord was, but instead directly said that Shalltear was a worthy opponent.
This indicated that Chao Lu might have directly or indirectly witnessed the Platinum Dragon Lord's strength. This basically confirmed that Chao Lu and Snow Elf should be max-level NPCs, just like the Nazarick Guardians.
Even a character like Shalltear was called a 'worthy opponent.' She had to prevent the two of them from clashing with Nazarick, as she currently didn't have much information on Lord Bai Xia and the two of them.
Afterward, Ligurit asked Snow Elf some more uninteresting questions. Finally, Snow Elf dug out a staff from the pile of junk and gave it to her. It was said that using this staff could greatly reduce the MP consumption of tier one to four spells, making it the most suitable equipment for native Magic Casters like them.
Indeed. After all, players casually cast tier five spells and higher, so it's normal for equipment that enhances low-tier spell performance to be thrown into the junk pile, right?
Hmm? What effect does that staff have? Greatly reduces the MP consumption of tier one to four spells? Hmm hmm? That's it! What players consider trash is top-tier equipment for me!
Why doesn't Nazarick have such equipment?! The main reason she couldn't cast magic was the problem of too low total MP due to being unlevelable!
If she had this staff to reduce the MP required to cast spells! She could completely break free from her reliance on magic scrolls!
Ellie immediately set her sights on the staff Snow Elf handed to Ligurit. She had to find a way to snatch it! This thing was too important to her!
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