NOVEL NEXT Chapter 18 - Practice
Chapter 18: Practice
‘Wow, amazing! How come your overall server ranking is so high?! Quickly add me as a friend!’
His friend from the previous life excitedly shook his shoulders.
‘Oh, oh, oh! Your character level is so high! Which one should I borrow? Come on, guide me.’
His friend sought guidance on the strategy for this mobile game.
‘If you want to quickly clear stages, I recommend borrowing White. Her skill for clearing mobs is the fastest. And if you want to fight bosses—Snow Qing is better; her skill for one-on-one is top-notch.’
He naturally shared his experience with his friend.
‘Ah, your Snow Qing is so powerful! Even though I pulled her before, why is mine so weak?’
His friend had a ‘you’re lucky’ expression.
‘It’s normal. Snow Qing is weak in the first two stages. It’s only in the third stage that there’s a qualitative change. Your newly acquired Snow Qing is naturally weaker.’
He imparted his “secrets” to his friend.
‘So, prioritize using resources to advance the character’s breakthrough to the next stage.’
In this mobile game, the breakthrough stages are referred to as “Fallen.”
All magical girl characters can fall into different forms, obtaining new differential illustrations—this is the breakthrough stage.
The more times they fall, the higher the basic ability values after the transformation.
The initial form of a magical girl is the zeroth stage, the period of the most ordinary abilities.
After the first fall, a magical girl enters the first stage, becoming a “Dark Magical Girl,” with a slight increase in all-round attributes. The change in the illustration usually involves a shift to darker colors and minor adjustments in the clothing style. This fall is called “Dark Fall,” and it is reversible. In the game’s plot, magical girls often experience a brief Dark Fall, followed by a return to normal.
After the second fall, a magical girl enters the second stage, becoming a “Monster Magical Girl,” with a significant increase in abilities. The illustration change shows some features of a monster. This fall is called “Magic Fall.” In the second stage of the fall, physical changes are irreversible, but there is still a chance for mental recovery.
After the third fall, a magical girl enters the third stage, with a significant increase in all abilities. Many characters undergo a qualitative change in this stage. The magical girls’ personalities change dramatically in the plot, and their expressions in the illustrations become more sinister and evil. This stage is called “Evil Fall.” At this stage, both the body and mind are irreversibly changed.
Before his time travel, the game’s breakthrough limit was only open to the fourth stage. However, rumors circulating online suggested that the game’s fifth stage was about to be implemented.
This game had a very conscientious setting regarding stage breakthroughs.
Typically, players need to use special resources to increase the character’s breakthrough experience bar (Fallen Value) to accelerate the fall. But even if players don’t do this, once a character falls for the first time, her Fallen Value will slowly and inevitably rise.
In other words, once the fall begins, it is destined not to stop.
—In the past, this was considered a very conscientious setting.
But—
It was just in the past.
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The Dark Magical Girl Lian felt her whole body filled with power! Her current magical power was more than twice as strong as before!
(Too strong! I can now easily defeat ten of my past self!)
The excitement and joy brought by the power filled Lian’s heart. She had entered this state many times, but no matter how many times, she still immersed herself in this unparalleled pleasure!
(This—is the “true power” of a magical girl!)
The high-heeled boots under her feet forcefully stepped on the concrete ground. The silver-black stockings, hood, and hair were all disturbed by the rising magic power. Lian’s sideburns were lifted up, revealing her eyes filled with combat intent!
(Hehehe~! Now I’m unstoppable—!)
The gaze of her red eyes met the purple magical girl’s eyes. Although her expression couldn’t be clearly seen due to the shadow covering it, her body, full of openings, conveyed a “fact”—
(She’s completely scared stupid by my strength! Hehehe~!)
Many newly recruited underground magical girls were like this. The first time they experienced this power, their expressions were like that.
(Ah—ah~ah! So great… this feeling~)