"ROAR!"
After only a moment's observation, the werewolf woman charged at Loulan, her whole body rippling. Her powerful feet stamped down without making the slightest sound.
With both fists thrust forward, she lunged like a charging drill with incredible speed. Her wide mouth, pink tongue stretched between sharp fangs and trailing threads of saliva, made her eagerness to kill her prey particularly obvious!
"SWISH—"
Loulan instinctively slashed. The werewolf woman lunging through the air toward him was split vertically in two, each half tumbling to one side.
The gleaming blade flashed past, its silver edge unstained by blood!
"Gulp〜"
Loulan swallowed. When had he ever witnessed anything like this? Granted, his cheat's filter had repainted everything to the bare minimum he could accept, making even blood and organs appear harmless.
But...
Precisely because Loulan knew everything had been repainted, his mind involuntarily imagined the bloody, nauseating reality. It was as though his instincts wanted to tear through the prettified scene and bear witness to the carnage beneath.
It was as bizarre as his eyes and brain fighting, each holding its own opinion and perspective.
Eyes: This scene must be beautiful!
Brain: No. Normally, it should be bloodier.
"Screech〜"
"SWISH, SWISH—"
His ears caught the shriek of a bat. Before Loulan could understand what was happening, his arms twisted his body, and he slashed once to either side within a second.
No anguished howls followed.
Glancing aside, Loulan saw three half-bodies lying to his left. One half belonged to the werewolf woman, while the other two were the halves of a bat girl. In a single instant, they had completely lost the vitality of living creatures.
Blood and organs flowed from the gourd-like half-corpse, yet to Loulan they appeared as exquisite chunks of amber honey and tomato sauce.
His mind, however, couldn't help conjuring the pigs hanging in the marketplace and the organs laid across butcher blocks.
"Bleurgh〜"
He couldn't suppress a dry heave, this time entirely for psychological rather than physiological reasons.
Without his powerful cheat, modern deadweight like him could never have set foot in such a terrifying dungeon. He probably would have died without even knowing how the moment he entered.
Even if he had luckily killed the first wave of attacking monsters, the scene, impossible for either body or mind to accept, would have left him incapable of fighting.
At the same time, Loulan felt incredibly fortunate. His cheat was powerful! It even came with a filter and newbie benefits.
It wasn't enough to make him ridiculously badass in an instant, but it was sufficient to let him live well and happily in this otherworld.
He had killed the toughest enemies in three instant slashes. The few slow-moving little skeletons that remained would be even easier to deal with.
After taking a moment to recover, Loulan brought his body under control and advanced.
"Clack—clack—clack—"
There were six little skeletons in all. Loulan struck each one twice, and with the combat instinct granted by +14 Precision, every blow landed either at a skeleton's waist or on its head. He split each into three sections, leaving them utterly dead!
Unlike a body of flesh and blood, a skeleton that had been segmented was simply divided into three pieces. There was no other spectacle to speak of.
Perhaps with the filter disabled, it would have looked like a heap of shattered bones.
But Loulan wasn't yet fully prepared for that.
After all, the primary purpose of this dungeon expedition was merely to activate his cheat's main ability. Everything else was incidental.
【Battle won. Please tally your spoils:
300 gold coins, 1 emerald, 3 ancient medals.】
"What's this?"
Loulan was puzzled. Instead of checking immediately, he first pressed his body against one of the dungeon walls to prevent a sneak attack.
Combat instinct wasn't omnipotent. He still needed a margin for error. That was basic competence for a "player."
Commonly known as being afraid of throwing the run〜
"I remember now. So not only can I obtain treasure from the dungeon itself, my cheat gives me an extra haul!"
As his tension faded, Loulan stared at the virtual interface that had abruptly appeared before him. The user manual supplied when he received the cheat surfaced in his memory, and he found the relevant information.
For example, when he killed a wave of monsters in a Darkest Dungeon, opened a chest or treasure cache, or found something left behind by another adventurer, his cheat awarded him an additional set of spoils!
Ancient medals were a second form of cheat currency. Loulan would have to finish exploring a dungeon before their related uses unlocked.
Aside from the provision store available when entering a dungeon, he currently had only three shops he could use.
The shops were as follows.
The Star Crystal Shop, the Nomad Shop, and Girl's Wonderhouse〜
The Star Crystal Shop sold a fixed selection of dozens of stronger, rarer relics, while the Nomad Shop sold a randomly refreshed selection. The difference was that the former charged "star crystals," while the latter charged "gold coins."
As for Girl's Wonderhouse... hehehe!
【Girl's Wonderhouse (Refresh: 14:32)】
【Beautiful Monster-Girl Elixir x1
Price: 10 star crystals
Effect: Transforms any creature into a monster girl.
Note 1: The target must be sexless or female. It has no effect on males.
Note 2: Remember to use it with taming items. We accept no responsibility for anything that occurs after purchase.】
【Beast Whip x10
Price: 100 gold coins each
Effect: Use this to tame beast-type monster girls. It works! Seven to fourteen will generally make them one hundred percent obedient, just like pet dogs!
Method of Use: The Great God of Censorship forbids us from showing it.】
【Allure Brew x5
Price: 500 gold coins per bottle
Effect: Use this on vampire girls and soft, gelatinous monster girls. One dose and they'll be addicted! It will make them perfectly obedient. Around three bottles will generally tame one completely.
Note: Vampire girls are intelligent monsters and may choose death before submission. If that happens, please do not push the matter.
Method of Use: Make them drink it. Make them drink!】
【Special Tattoo x1
Price: 100 star crystals.
Effect: Not only will the monster girl obey every command, you can even give her certain peculiar fetishes.
As for the price...】
Loulan didn't know what price the Special Tattoo, which cost a full one hundred star crystals, would exact. But the instant he saw its design, his little brother seized the summit of his intellect.
Little-Head Dad: Big-Head Son, I want this! This one, daaah!!!
"All right. For a happy, blissful life in this otherworld, let's do this!"
Loulan's fighting spirit soared in an instant. His motivation was pushed straight to the limit, and even the light radiating from his body grew holier and brighter.
After a brief rest, he gripped his blade in one hand and began feeling his way cautiously through the dungeon corridors, advancing ever deeper.
Before long, a stone door three meters tall and one and a half meters wide appeared embedded in the wall to his left, exuding an ancient and dangerous air.
The corridor ahead had also reached a dead end. Loulan knew he had no choice but to open the door and proceed, even if monsters were lying in ambush beyond it.
On the bright side, perhaps it concealed a treasure chamber?