Chapter 107

– Adella, you idiot, please!!!

– For now, we’ve passed this pattern.

– Jbjbjbjbjbjbj

– This round feels oddly good.

– Let’s show them a Njangsterol punch!

A chaotic battle unfolded one after another. A desperate brawl ensued, each side trying to inflict fatal damage on the other.

Kiging-!

“You miserable little thing!”

“Ugh, it smells, could you please keep your mouth shut while fighting?”

The sharp sounds of swords clashing echoed through the study.

Bally’s heavy greatsword brutally pressed down on Adella. Her legs trembled. Unable to bear the weight, Adella reluctantly decided to pull back.

“Churp.”

Glancing at the Unspecified Gender casting magic, she gave a thumbs up. Once again, tuna flavor was a winner.

The Unspecified Gender was currently synchronizing Adella’s tongue and Aura Heart with theirs.

Using Adella’s Aura Heart to cast magic remotely while simultaneously alternating tuna and carrot flavors to her tongue, they constantly fed back to her during combat.

‘It’s absurd, but it works…!’

The rumors that the Forest Guardians of Arseria were clever were not lies; the Unspecified Gender multitasking was astounding.

Of course, casting the appropriate magic to prevent Bally Venons from recklessly approaching Adella, and if she got overwhelmed, they even showed up wielding a mace to assist her.

Meanwhile, their innate sense of battle kept notifying Adella of where she needed to be.

Thanks to the laurel, she didn’t have to worry about her stance, allowing Adella to clear her mind and perceive the situation objectively.

“I’m going to pin you in the study too!”

It looked like he was charging mindlessly, but Bally was surprisingly agile.

Realizing it was not the time to dodge but to fight back, Adella gripped her dagger tightly and swallowed her breath.

She bent her knees, lowering her stance, and stared intensely.

With sharp eyes capturing Bally’s left shoulder turning back, her movements flowed like water.

Adella’s silhouette instantly vanished before his eyes.

Flustered, Bally slowed down, checking his surroundings for the elusive cat—but she was nowhere to be found.

“Over here, you pig!”

As he raised his arm above, a momentary gap in his vision was inevitable.

Utilizing that brief opportunity, Adella stabbed down from the ceiling, targeting the nape of his neck.

The moment she strongly sensed victory, she felt a chilling dread.

‘Carrot…?’

Feeling the gritty taste of carrots in her mouth, Adella immediately retracted her attack.

Why? It was a perfect chance to take him down.

It seemed not only Adella thought so, as viewers chimed in with their frustrations.

– Why are you pulling back the sword when you have a kill chance?

– This game is so damn frustrating;;

– She’s just going all out with cuddling, lol.

– Woah.

– So does that mean it’s a six-way with Adella?

-(Blocked comment)

– Hahahahaha.

– Crazy, insane craziness.

[‘Save Grad Student’ donated 1,000 won!]

– If you had attacked just now, you would’ve gotten countered and died.

Before Dae-Sal could explain the situation, Bally’s body swayed heavily. The delay that comes from failing a parry rendered his stance completely broken.

The moment she spotted the opening, Adella understood the Unspecified Gender’s intent and thrust her foot down.

With her weight balanced on her foot, an incredible force built in her dagger.

Bally, wanting to shield himself, hastily crossed his arms.

Thud—

Adella’s dagger, swung with full power, effortlessly struck his defense. It failed to pierce through his thick flesh. Bally’s eyebrows and the corners of his mouth rose simultaneously.

“Only—”

“This isn’t over!”

Adella’s speed did not wane. Instead, she quickly pivoted around her right foot, using her momentum.

As her cloak billowed, her smooth, white back and shoulder blades caught Bally’s eye; behind her, her hand, gripping the dagger reversed, targeted the giant’s carotid artery.

Scratch—

“Cough…!”

“Die, please die!”

Turning to face him again, Adella actually climbed onto his neck and plunged the dagger deeply into him.

“Die! Die!”

Unaware her eyes were bloodshot, Adella repeatedly shouted for his death.

Swish—

The moment she felt there was no more room for the blade, Adella withdrew it without a shred of hesitation.

Red blood spurted up to the ceiling.

As the Unspecified Gender’s spell was dispelled and moonlight poured down, the already chilling atmosphere in the study intensified as Adella finally exhaled the breath she had been holding.

“Ha… Ha…”

After a long period of concentration, exhaustion crashed over her like a wave.

After stumbling for a moment, when the strength in her legs gave out and her body threatened to collapse onto the cold marble floor, the Unspecified Gender caught her.

“I’m covered in blood… it’s dirty…”

Seeing her put others’ safety before her own state, the Unspecified Gender smiled.

“You were cooler than anyone I’ve ever met.”

“Of course, even you, people call the Forest Guardian cool, right? Haha!”

* * *

Parrying wasn’t a privilege exclusive to users.

Adella had suffered the same catastrophe at Bally’s parrying pattern three times.

If Adella died, it would all be for nothing, so each time she had tried to temporarily clear the magic preventing her from reaching the ceiling to save her, but in the end, with Bally Venons possessing the skill ‘Moonphase Body’, we had no chance.

While trying to fend for the groggy Adella, swinging a mace with all their might, it was all useless without the help of the laurel.

In the cyclical pain and endurance she repeatedly experienced, Adella ultimately succeeded.

– Adella! Adella! Adella! Adella! Adella! Adella! Adella!

– Adella is a god! Adella is a god! Adella is a god! Adella is a god!

– Wow, she maintained her composure till the end.

– Is this the same clingy Adella I knew? The real Adella is legendary.

– She cleared this all by herself, haha.

– Don’t mention the Unspecified Gender’s smoke skill, huh?

– They just cast faster, lol.

Even though she had no memory during her reincarnations, there was a faint feeling that her reaction time and judgment gradually improved in battle.

The ‘sixth sense’ in combat is more important than anything.

It’s not some supernatural ability. Ultimately, it’s a process of guessing the next pattern by closely observing the direction of the opponent’s gaze, foot placement, and the contraction process of each muscle built from years of experience.

While pondering how to instill that combat sense in Adella, I came up with the ‘carrot and chur’ strategy.

By rewarding her tongue with tuna flavor when she made correct judgments during battle and carrot flavor when she made regrettable ones, I made her acquire the sense through the synchronized taste buds.

For me, the bland taste of tuna oil chur was far inferior to carrots, but for Adella’s sake, it was something I had to endure.

“I did it. I actually did it!!!”

The sight of her flailing arms and legs in my embrace was only comical.

[Bally Venons cleared within 5 tries / Reward 100,000 won]

[Mission Success!]

Suddenly, unfamiliar windows popped up, and I turned my head quickly.

I was sure I had turned off all but the chat and donation settings in the settings.

‘Mission window?’

When did this become a thing?

-(Manager 2): The mission is a type of donation, so I left it on!

Upon the manager’s explanation, I saw a long list of accumulated missions.

So, if I press a button, I get money?

[Mission Success!]

[Mission Success!]

[Mission Success!][Mission Success!]

[Mission Success!][Mission Success!][Mission Success!][Mission Success!][Mission Success!]

-(Manager 2): What are you doing just pressing buttons as you please?!

Spamming the mission window like clearing out a spam inbox, I was hastily stopped by the manager.

– Hahahahaha.

– Money is replicating!

– Bally cleared it, so we could just be generous about this~.

– Yay~ Mission success~!

– So sweet~

– For real, haha.

– Who on earth came up with the idea for Zerotwo, haha.

– Woah… haha.

“Wait? You have to clear the mission to receive it?”

Clicking on the mission window again, detailed descriptions appeared as they had before.

[Wave to the camera / Reward 10,000 won]

[Wink / Reward 20,000 won]

[Pet Adella’s head / Reward 3,000 won]

[Pinch Adella’s cheek / Reward 25,000 won]

[Do a Granzer / Reward 40,000 won]

[Do Zerotwo / Reward 360,000 won]

– There’s so many, haha.

– Why is the amount so ridiculous? How many people are there with ulterior motives?

– It seems the host never accepted any of them so they were placed in a blind gamble.

– Wow, a good fortune of 500,000!

– Hahahahaha.

-(Manager): It might be difficult to get a refund, so wouldn’t it be better to fulfill the missions you’ve at least accepted?

The conclusion was that since I had taken an advance payment, I had to fulfill the missions without fail.

Hmm…

Focusing on the floating camera, I realized it had become visible, which usually would have been transparent.

The red light sparkling meant that the broadcast was running normally.

[Viewers – 18,283]

Even with the majority coming in through hosting, many still remained in the broadcast.

The feeling that their countless hopes were transmitted through the emotionless lens sent a chill down my spine.

But waving is easy.

Raising my index and middle fingers, I brought them to the camera.

– Wow kyaah.

– They actually did it,ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ.

– From now on, our home will be a communication broadcast!

– Your fingers are so pretty!!!

Their over-the-top excitement over a simple gesture was ridiculous.

“Older sister? I should be much younger than you all.”

– If you play a game well, you’re all older siblings!

– It’s a rule of life.

– It’s a well-known fact stated in the records of Goguryeo; don’t you know that?

– But the Unspecified Gender talking feels so genuine and yet very juvenile, haha.

– The embodiment of ‘not funny.’

– What the heck is ‘not funny’ instead of unfunny? haha.

Winking was simply blinking an eye. Thus, this was something I could tolerate.

I pulled the camera closer.

Blink—

-?

-?

-?

– Was that a wink?

– Hahahahaha.

– Is this a concept?

Gently closing and opening my eyes.

Blink, blink.

– Who winks like that, haha.

– Hahahaha.

– We’ll just call this closing our eyes.

– What if you close both eyes simultaneously?

There were really so many requests.

“One eye just doesn’t close well.”

– At least try something before saying that, teacher!

– For real, haha.

– It’s cute~

– Please tell me the source of that character creation!

– Just make your own; stop flooding the chat, huh?

“Children who haven’t fully developed their nerves find it difficult to distinguish between the facial and young neural nerves, so I think it’s an inconsiderate act to make them wink.”

– Nonsense ON.

– The self-proclaimed seven-year-old Unspecified Gender has underdeveloped facial and young neural nerves.

– My five-year-old niece can wink too!

– Absolutely don’t engage with them.

– Please do a proper wink, host!

“Next… Adella, do you want to come here?”

This was a simple mission, so I should quickly clear it and prepare for the next stage.

“Euh?”

Swooosh—

“Don’t! I’m not in the mood for that right now!”

She said that, yet her tail was raised high, curving slightly at the end.

“I don’t like people who lie.”

“Ugh-”

While she closed her eyes and relaxed, I stretched her cheeks out.

There are times when people’s cheeks stretch like mochi, and it seemed Adella was one of those cases.

Arin was like that, and so was Yuna. Haru’s cheeks were well maintained, so rather than stretching, they were more bouncy.

– Wow… wow…

– How long did I endure for thisㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ.

– Clip it right now!

– I leave this world without regretㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ.

– Njangsterol-sensei… you must be happy there, right?

– She’s immediately going to die, haha.

– Adella, you’re the best!

The last missions were a little troublesome, but I had to think hard about the ‘Granzer’ that does a handstand and ‘Zerotwo’ that involves raising both arms and swaying the hips side to side.

– Don’t just leave with the spoils!

– Hurry it up!

-(Manager 1): Hurry up!

– The moment Zerotwo dances, the gallery is definitely going to explode, haha.

– Ready to write about the Unspecified Gender falling victim to capitalism, haha.

– It already ended the moment I accepted the mission.

In the end, there was no choice but to entice Adella.

“Let’s do some simple stretching before going to fight.”

“Stretching? Us cat beasts don’t need that since we’re flexible.”

“Flexible? You don’t look like it.”

“I’m serious! Don’t believe me?”

“Then how about trying to do a handstand?”

“Hmph, that’s too easy!”

Before her statement could even finish, Adella executed a trick by flipping in mid-air and landing on her hands.

Being a dual wielder, even her slender arms had visible muscle definition.

– Hahahahahaha.

– They’re making Adella do this, haha.

– Haha, why are you so innocent?

“What are you surprised about so soon? I can do it with one hand too.”

Spreading her legs out at a 90-degree angle, she extended another hand into the air as she claimed.

“…!”

Feeling her skirt might slip down, I quickly positioned myself to block the camera between Adella and me.

– Get out of the way!

– Did her skirt just slip? It definitely did, didn’t it?

– Not even the Unspecified Gender would let this slide.

– Aaah!

Even as an NPC, there are lines that should not be crossed.

[Step right two steps / Reward 150,000 won]

[Mission Failed!]

– Look at this, threatening with money, haha.

– The host is a girl too; do you think it would work? Haha.

– If money can’t solve problems, maybe consider if it’s a lack of funds.

– For real, haha.

[Main Story: Please proceed to the Admission Management Office.]

It seems too much time has passed.

Brushing the dirt off the twin blades that Adella had dropped helplessly on the ground, I tossed them towards her sides alternately.

“Catch.”

“Hiyaaaah!”

Just as Adella, having just come from her handstand, dodged the blades I tossed with swift movements.

“Handing over weapons like that is dangerous!”

“But I got to do Zerotwo!”

“What?”

“Isn’t that how the expression goes?”

Haru had told me this expression was trending among kids these days.

The TikTakBal meme was still difficult to employ.