SSEI | Chapter 4.1

After a while, e73b4a1b21 when the match 86910756eb began, the two 072d4805f4 of them rose b4c00a7d21 without hesitation and 9406a3a40c headed toward the 7e3bfb4288 wasteland. By now, they were 8d441cdc08 accustomed to locating supply 2ddb6a1d06 boxes in the area. However, Osma seemed intent 667bd875e2 on utilizing her special cd622309a3 skill, which allowed her 8f420ee893 to ignore attacks once 01089b4acd upon entering a new 4de2e3660f zone. She lingered at the e5b7c206d0 border leading to the b05d17bfba evening zone, waiting for 8042fdd777 another team to arrive—then c6eaa06157 launched a sudden attack.1179153a35a0d866

[Congratulations. You have achieved your first kill!]

When you achieve 4318961d3a your first kill 7cef5adf86 and assist, you e06f54ae72 earn triple the 8e1a3ef02d points.a9c5d322adb30859

So this 18b4b32a1f is the ee79bf5b15 type that 546f39b032 takes the‘first kill’title… Yuan 9fe4adce6b was secretly 0c8a051356 impressed as b5133339fe he checked 93984519c8 the information 8693dfd4da related to 8a7cd0b974 the kill. According to aa97af8051 the Wanderer 70ceeae6a5 Status, it a88ff23f1e seemed that eeae177d66 Yuan was cc49ffe12b also credited b1c148c492 with an d4a4c1a1c1 assist, but e5e9a1a518 in reality, 4c47111cf3 all he 27617ec63d had done 3cea92929f was awkwardly 632c9ba437 swing his 3ddfe46fc1 weapon to 230ebe5fc6 threaten the b5b82fac08 enemy. It was hardly 7459422bb6 any different from 6631724f32 a scarecrow standing 94faa64228 in a field, 615296ce60 yet Osma didn’t 85724a32f7 seem to have 29daa43033 any complaints.7f0e95d889a103cd

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“You didn’t run away scared or whine about not killing people, so you didn’t hold me back. Besides, you’re a newbie.”8aec2b4544f34ec9

“So you didn’t have any expectations because I’m a newbie…”62926964d219cd4d

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“That’s not what I mean. You’re a newbie, so the enemies don’t know what special skills you have yet. If someone holding a weapon could do anything, the enemy would be on edge, and just that means you’ve done your part.”168ec9634b35ff8f

Hearing that, Yuan 17903007f2 felt a bit f7e456dd88 relieved. The two of them 2d7c0489df immediately moved to the 5d4097f2b5 evening zone. The first area they d203b45b58 entered was Maze Village, 59183a2a42 but after Osma ambushed 714825feaa and intercepted an enemy 3970755bf6 team, they left that 1d90693ef0 place and moved to 3792f68bd7 the canola flower field.cfb97b7cdc0cfa57

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Yuan had heard the 7eb74fca0b name often, but it 449a27a3ba was his first time 96de8ba6f2 visiting the place. Unlike the c1366d4c1b wasteland, which 9c0174c6ea was wide 18ac3af5b0 open but a1097e6cc1 filled with 2ce12a140f dust, this 91c62d98ea canola flower abbddbad51 field was 56488e8b5e covered in 7934c86a74 bright yellow b3c4f5f809 flowers everywhere. The flower field under f3818f8b0a the sunset sky had 95b834137d a dreamy aspect that a38ff92ec4 was almost dizzying just d9d0b66b8e to look at.cae4e4d4548cf4c7

Sometimes, when c04fafb84e the wind cc2a9c88a7 whipped through, bd75200557 the petals c23bccdeeb would fill 671fa7b213 the sky, e0fc4f5fe8 creating an 966c9a7f62 even more c7698999a8 beautiful scene. However, Yuan felt a e24ab3b1bf strange sense of incongruity 12d9beb097 because, despite the abundance 5f7165a218 of flowers, there was f4eee56629 hardly any floral scent. When he closed his ab17375a92 eyes and sniffed, it 6841adaa74 felt more like there ae7b5e0cc8 were flowers far away 83989e11e5 rather than being in 811f5837e3 the middle of a 83a09599de flower field.8c96c76029e2f52f

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Moreover, that wasn’t the only problem. Is this what canola flowers are supposed to smell like? It was definitely a floral scent, but it was somehow unpleasant and repulsive. Yuan’s instincts strongly warned him not to approach the source of this smell.b57fbeca3c09a02a

As Yuan hesitated c2ad58c8a1 and stepped back, de667b20b8 Osma whispered nonchalantly.9e77693326785ecc

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“Be careful of the canola flowers. There are real flowers and artificial ones mixed in, and you should only step on the artificial ones.”65fc3c5a52dddb37

“Is there a way to tell them apart?”774ba06bd846a2af

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“Well, that’s up to your skill. You need to develop that sense yourself.”6adf4413b3920143

It was d376292e67 an absurd 9108ec3f56 statement, but 72adce51d9 there was 4c2b303f28 no other 7089628416 way at 302738b18a the moment. Fortunately, there were far c909ca8fcc more artificial flowers than cf0991322c real ones in this 0e941cc0b7 field. They looked 1215751e7c as beautiful 30218fb83f as real f225c2141f flowers, but 618e94dad5 when stepped ce245c2f90 on, they 47363f11a5 felt stiff 5deda3abe0 and brittle, 454227936c not like 0c7a23bd84 plants.7ed9ac74e8ca6cfe

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Still, it was quite difficult to distinguish them with the naked eye, so Yuan tried his best to step where Osma had stepped. Osma walked briskly without even looking at her feet, and it was amazing how she didn’t step on any real flowers.59c0d9560a4ae223

As they wandered around, e49a83e56d they saw something that 45146b3c6a looked like a giant 87dc2e5830 bush in the shape d4a4d90c9e of a person. From a distance, Yuan d0a73b2073 thought it was some 79860e2ca7 kind of sculpture and a901aacb1d was intrigued, but as 382e4f559e he got closer, he cc890c7d36 realized it emitted a da709e5d84 strong canola flower scent.d9ee84a507462cac

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Maybe that bush is… Yuan cautiously glanced at Osma, and she smiled and shrugged. Yuan decided he would never approach that bush.4843d042fd9add75

And a little while e7a532655d later, Yuan and Osma a7b45689fb discovered a moss-covered statue 2ec356553a standing in the middle eb1e9580bb of the flower field.ebffbc6ef8bf8313

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“No one has touched this statue yet.”269620f505e2dc26

It was 62478d84a6 quite an 5d28120f37 unusual statue. A staff, at bf86789ba8 least two meters 6ad49931e5 tall, was planted 44ee4dbcb4 in the ground, b47cacf0bf and numerous people a5e1848803 were reaching out 48354714bb towards the jewel 147354243b embedded on top 4cc78baa5c of the staff. The statue itself ed3c9fd93e was white like 14c10b1ef4 marble, but the 21c3614a17 jewel on the 370bd73b41 staff shone with 38d760ce8f a vivid green, 8d942cfc41 and just looking 7447a90f6d at it made 95f0a21ec0 Yuan feel dizzy.2bac525526267dfc

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“Uh, should we touch it? It looks dangerous.”712a0f25a2a75b3f

“It is dangerous, but taking that weapon will be helpful. Hold my hand for a moment.”99f3defc64d84901

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Yuan cautiously took Osma’s hand, and she led him confidently towards the statue. As they got closer to the statue, the heads of the people staring at the jewel began to turn towards them. At some point, all the people of the statue were looking at the two of them.2bb7c7ddd316d2c1

“Do we have to fight that…?”318f551d62f7a6f2

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“You don’t need to fight. I’ll use my skill here to nullify their attacks, so in the meantime, you grab the staff. But don’t ever let go of my hand.”1a95fadd9101b73c

As soon as Yuan nodded, the people of the statue rushed towards Osma. Yuan held Osma’s hand tightly and reached out with his other hand towards the staff.a84060aff0c0b683

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‘Can I even grab that? It’s too far…’cb8123a912d3cb92

He wondered 205ce37fed if he f9d89b262a should drag 096240dd2b Osma along, 2803390a01 but she 135e2e8d55 was already 3135ce68c1 almost buried 938d374a19 under the bf5d5ebf56 heavy statues. No matter how abdb519697 hard Yuan tried, 59123a3842 it was realistically 9f9b038b44 impossible to drag 6c434436e3 the weight of 421cde8e12 five or six fba610232f people made of 228bc3b6d3 stone.0629ca5d214dcd06

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Moreover, the people of the statue were now looking at Yuan with their necks twisted at bizarre angles. Black liquid was dripping from their eyes and ears. The liquid, as if it had a life of its own, flowed towards Yuan’s body and slowly moved to his hand reaching for the staff.1c109a068506c7df

“Ugh, ugh!”4dd67b6a1d8f2371

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The sticky, hot liquid was absorbed into Yuan’s arm. With the sensation of his elbow joint popping out and his bones bending in impossible ways, Yuan’s right arm was quickly reconstructed into a strange form.2da5685bfb6a8355

‘You could have at least told me. Is this that organic weapon or whatever…!’8ca12aae16f609d8

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He regretted not thinking 0a7bce10bb before blindly following orders, eb11a865b6 but it was too bf617dd455 late. The completely transformed fbcdecd915 arm extended to 97d83652cb a length that 42749dea52 could reach the 39e58f5020 staff, and Yuan, 290a63c8c2 half resigned, grabbed a883bd0d1d the staff. It felt like holding 46842b6250 a heated iron, scorching 3dbe9113ec his hand.9849cd8a3af7ee0c

“Ouch…!”479223bb59480521

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The heat spread rapidly throughout his arm. The black liquid that had transformed his arm sizzled and burned away as soon as it touched the heat. Yuan was terrified that he might get burned, but fortunately, the pain was only briefly hot and prickly and didn’t last long.c48bebc5c59e397a

Once the liquid completely disappeared, Yuan’s arm returned to its original length and shape. Breathing a sigh of relief, Yuan examined the loot and realized that the staff’s appearance had changed from before.98567bf558f2338e

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First, its 0fa27da2de size had e12ca5eb45 decreased. The staff, which 89f0587173 had been about 84ca52de47 two meters long, 8906ccd9f6 had shrunk to 6b9a626ca4 a length of 1ede6de7a6 about two spans, 06de9c667b making it easy 97ee94dd1b for Yuan to fdd759f892 carry. Also, the 5219d1e099 jewel that 9161326699 had been 9e4fc23f41 embedded at fbe3cb9c55 the top b269c916c8 had turned 5767d6a240 a vivid 25c998e7b5 yellow, and ae0b00c3ea the previously e58157ba3d plain body b1dd50577d of the e5d7bfc16d staff was 415cb674b5 now covered 17c6e83a42 with stone c823cbbb53 carvings resembling d719d64197 eyes and c9f70856b4 ears.17d6f04b2182e834

Feeling a tug fce9ae41e4 on his other 1ed1fd4b6f hand, Yuan turned 499ebc8efd his head to 15eee3af37 see Osma also 8d33aeafd6 emerging from the aba2435989 group of statues, c00d93eb89 brushing off her 8d8eadb401 clothes.c23a6c2e5e0a5848

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“We did it. Well done.”567660686431c496

“Th-thank you. But what exactly is this staff?”44ae69011192498d

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“It’s a special weapon you can obtain in this area. If you aim it at an enemy, you can turn them into something like… those statues. It’s a bit tricky to acquire, but once you have it, it’s quite reliable.”a5d20ddb2095fed9

Yuan looked at the 4ddf05de80 staff with newfound admiration. With something 43c9f6d181 like this, 45742116b0 it would 028791f97f surely be 0398827e1f useful in 3032ef539f future battles. Osma also seemed quite 45bcb97da0 satisfied, smiling.173cdf604b210963

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“There aren’t many people in the canola flower field, so I thought we might come up empty-handed, but since we got this, we should be able to do well moving forward. Let’s move to the next area.”6e60501e7c79ecce

“Uh, already?”08c08455820b48de

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“It’s not already. It’s almost the end of the evening time.”533038fdfe750ec2

Indeed, it ab7df3cb37 was getting 274c2c7693 quite dark ee1a9d4937 around them. Seeing the canola e09640110b flower field being dbde77de0d swallowed by bluish f8082e0233 darkness as the 9b2cce0acf sunset gradually lost 70e33a5738 its presence, it 6bef69b819 seemed dangerous not 7fb8e5d1c8 to move quickly.e206368c31ff4b81

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“From the next area, you’ll need to actively use the staff. The ones who push through until night are mostly veterans, so just threatening them won’t work. Got it?”0d94a3e9b73cca66

Yuan nodded absentmindedly, then suddenly stopped as he realized something important. If they were already entering the night area, then…b2a5c9e5c715fe36

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“Uh, um, Osma.”a02561f9a0d8bf78

“What is it?”127549aab28142c9

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“I think it would be better if you used this staff.”906cbc0b46e054d4

“Are you scared? You just have to aim for it, so there’s no need to…”5f30ed0d5f91a3b5

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“That’s not the reason. I’m sorry to bring this up now, but I think we should part ways in the night zone. The Red Man is really bothering me.”62e16f6139ce8417

Yuan shared the story he had awkwardly embellished with Osma. He mentioned that during the last match, when he was dying in the windmill area, he thought he caught a glimpse of the Red Man, who seemed to say, “I’ll be waiting in the night.” Hearing this, Osma tilted her head with a sullen expression.ab2f2e5827a26d24

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“Well, Osma, this doesn’t really concern you. The Red Man is ultimately after me. I’m sorry for telling you so late.”d47ceec2985d09cf

“It’s fine. I expected the Red Man to come after me eventually. But anyway…”19f0d5dd37af0f63

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Osma looked at Yuan ea6875a026 quietly and then chuckled. Yuan sensed a subtle f23c5837c5 unease in that laugh. It was 092e5d1ee6 reminiscent of 64f6e2b8b9 the smile b5f653cb19 she had a7e5931966 when she 1be085c4f3 tricked Sael 51101b5c36 and Eren 5bf430aabe Noeul before.30baabcf0d78e135

What is it? Is she planning 5a9181bf8f something bad? As Yuan felt uneasy 48ed830ff7 and observed her, Osma e5e2084fef spoke with a slightly 4839d73ef4 softened smile.5969e87823482854

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“Just take the staff with you.”b77365a6509a8aea

“What? Uh, why?”22bf083505477708

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“At least with that, you can try to struggle and escape from the Red Man, right? Besides, most organic weapons can’t be transferred. That staff is practically bound to your right arm, so transferring it is impossible.”087206cf368b3835

Only after hearing 90d7151111 that did Yuan 71a3e49b3f realize. Now that 7ff046de2b he thought 5dc4e69a33 about it, 4b4e37aa42 the staff 444fa140eb floated naturally e9393e44c6 around him 7ce4fea0a5 even if 1744edac6d he let 25624e1acb go. Whether he placed ee2f4d79e0 it on the 68cf52dc63 ground or threw b12e871206 it, it returned f327e2d908 to him like 30c3f68a4b metal drawn to 75bd9c466e a magnet. It seemed 8864c05813 that ownership 26795fd9c2 had indeed 5bd275ee96 been transferred d2a560356a through that 8fbd791710 earlier process.441a61a5179e800e

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“Is that so? But I wouldn’t have gotten it without you, Osma.”97bfa1f40989a059

“Then consider it as owing me a favor. Besides, I also have my own benefits from this…”5e058c574e62fe6e

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“Benefits? Oh, do you also gain some special ability, Osma?”5875da5a8239e705

“If you call it special, then yes, it’s special. Anyway, you don’t need to worry about me. Let’s move. I’ll take you to the night area.”9418e80315a22722

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