Chapter 20: Who is Alice
Just as Su Xiao was examining the message on the ceiling, he suddenly heard a burst of blaring music.
In Room 6, the catgirl was crouched on a small wooden bed, her paw-like hands covering her ears, her eyes seemingly about to shoot flames. From Rooms 5 and 7, flanking Room 6, the loud music came.
"Do you know what 'dang dang dang' means? It means dang dang dang dang dang dang..."
The eldest and second of the Three Brothers of National Football were doing this deliberately. If the three brothers' rooms were connected, they could look out for each other.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A pounding on the door came. The eldest of the Three Brothers opened it to find the catgirl, eyes blazing with fury.
"You're ruthless. Just wait for me."
The catgirl tossed over the card representing Room 6. The eldest of the Three Brothers immediately handed over the card for Room 5.
"Consider it a favor we three brothers owe you."
As they passed each other, the catgirl suddenly spoke.
"Can I consider that the Night of Decapitation also owes me a favor?"
"No. That one's temper... you'll understand once you've dealt with him. He's different from us three brothers. He doesn't need many reasons to kill. If you block his path, he'll kill. That smell of blood isn't caused by some skill—it's definitely from killing. From wading through mountains of corpses and seas of blood."
"Even more dangerous. Got it. Thanks for the warning."
The catgirl's anger vanished, a smile appearing on her face. Seeing this smile, the eldest of the Three Brothers also smiled.
Bang!
The door slammed shut, hitting the eldest brother's nose.
"Ah... women."
The eldest brother rubbed his nose and walked into Room 6. Now, the three brothers occupied Rooms 6, 7, and 8, able to support each other.
Inside Su Xiao's room, he was observing Bubu Wang. The dragon meat Bubu Wang had eaten was almost fully digested.
This guy was now overflowing with energy. With that eager look in his eyes, he was clearly considering testing his improved physical abilities by demolishing the room. If Bubu Wang's previous destructive power on furniture was like a chainsaw, now it was probably like a shredder. Unfortunately, he was inside the Demon Castle and couldn't act recklessly. He'd have to wait until returning to the Exclusive Room to let loose.
Noticing that Bubu Wang's attributes had stopped increasing, Su Xiao checked them.
Bubuteni (Follower · Space-Tearing Evil Dog)
Health Points: 100%
Mana Points: 300
Strength: 37 (Increased by 11 points)
Agility: 44 (Increased by 12 points)
Stamina: 50 (Increased by 20 points)
Intelligence: 37 (Increased by 10 points)
Charm: 75 (Increased by 22 points)
Skill 1: Full Speed Charge (Active Lv.10)
Skill 2: Gift of the Snow Goddess (Aura Lv.1)
Skill 3: Loyal Protection (Active Lv.3) Consumes 50% Mana Points, restores 66% Health Points (increased by 6%) to a designated target within three seconds, cooldown 20 hours (reduced by 4 hours).
Skill 4: Advanced Creature (X)
Skill 5: Utter Loyalty (X)
Skill 6: You Can't See Me (Passive, Self-Learned Skill)
Skill 7: Canine Secret Peeping (Passive, Self-Learned Skill)
Skill 8: Scent Tracking (Passive Lv.3)
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Seeing Bubu Wang's attribute increase, Su Xiao was momentarily stunned. The span was too great. Dragon meat truly lived up to its reputation; no wonder so many people wanted to slay dragons.
Keep in mind, Bubu Wang had only eaten a few pieces of dragon meat, totaling about 200g to 300g. If Bubu Wang had been allowed to eat his fill, he might have reached 80 points in all five attributes.
Su Xiao did a rough calculation. After eating the dragon meat, Bubu Wang's total attribute growth reached 75 points. This was nearly equivalent to Su Xiao's attribute growth over three derivative worlds.
Such astonishing attribute growth wasn't abnormal. Bubu Wang couldn't obtain attribute points or strengthen himself in Reincarnation Paradise. Devouring the flesh and blood of high-level creatures was his only way to improve his physical abilities. He had devoured high-level creatures a few times before, with significant attribute gains. This time, after eating dragon meat far above his rank, his attributes naturally skyrocketed.
However, Su Xiao still couldn't figure one thing out. He could understand the increases in Strength, Agility, and Intelligence. The 20-point increase in Stamina was also understandable, as dragons surely had impressive Stamina. But what the hell was with the 22-point increase in Charm? This 75-point Charm attribute made Su Xiao glance at his own 8-point Charm attribute.
Su Xiao felt a bit frustrated. As the saying goes, there's no harm without comparison. The gap between Bubu Wang's 75-point Charm and his 8-point Charm was just too obvious.
"That's only a 9.375 times difference. Barely within acceptable range."
Su Xiao muttered. Bubu Wang looked up at him.
"Nothing to do with you. Did you eat some miracle fertilizer? Why did your Charm increase so much?"
"Woof."
Bubu Wang stretched his neck, secretly pulling out a small mirror with his paw, glancing sideways at it. His gaze clearly said: "How sad. It seems this dog has gotten even more handsome. Master, don't you think I've gotten more handsome? Right? Isn't that right? Huh? It should be, right? (Laughs)."
"Scram."
Su Xiao took out an apple and bit into it with a crunch.
"Woof."
Su Xiao tossed the remaining half of the apple to Bubu Wang, who chewed it up, core and all.
"Bubu, your melee attributes have improved. It's time you learned some close-combat abilities."
"Woof."
Bubu Wang seemed a bit excited.
"After we return to Reincarnation Paradise this time, I'll 'personally' teach you."
Hearing Su Xiao's words, Bubu Wang, who was crouching on the ground, scooted backward with a thud-thud-thud. His eyes clearly said: "Master, this dog is still a baby. Maybe I shouldn't do close combat."
"That's fine too. After I can create stronger alchemical creatures, you'll still need to control them. But... you need to lose some weight."
"Woof!"
Bubu Wang disagreed, shaking his smooth fur, clearly meaning: "This dog just has long fur. I'm not fat."
Just as Su Xiao was chatting with Bubu Wang, a notification from Reincarnation Paradise appeared.
[Notification: The third game of the Demon Castle begins.]
[The content of the third game is: Who is Alice.]
[During the room number card draw, a contractor has already drawn a card granting direct passage through this round. The method for selecting the passing number is random.]
[Alice has disguised herself as that contractor. Find Alice to pass this round.]
[This round follows a Night/Day system. Night lasts 2 hours, Day lasts 1 hour. During the Day, players can move freely. During the Night, players can only stay in the room corresponding to their card number.]
[Day + Night totals 3 hours, making one game day. After seven game days, this round ends. If Alice is not found before then, the game fails.]
[Upon game failure, the Wolf Butler will arrive on the third floor and eliminate all contractors on the third floor, including the lucky contractor who passed the third floor game.]
[The contractor who initially luckily passed the third floor game will provide a small amount of information on the third and seventh Days. This information has no identity or appearance characteristics; it is in the form of patterns.]
[Tip: The Hunter has one right to challenge. You can challenge who Alice is. If the challenge succeeds, the game ends. If it fails, the game continues.]
[Tip: The right to challenge can only be used when all surviving players are present, and only during the Day. Each Day, all players can only challenge once.]
[Tip: After Alice disguises herself as the contractor, she will temporarily gain all of that contractor's memories.]
[Tip: The disguised one is a doppelganger of Alice. All five attributes are 80 points, and all skill levels are Lv.40!]
[Game begins. Time: First Day.]