ocean-life Chapter 19: Frenzied Shopping
Chapter 19: Frenzied Shopping
**[Animagus]** (A+ Rank): Allows the user to transform into any animal they have petted within the past 7 days. Cannot be detected by skills or items below A Rank. The transformation is interrupted if the user takes any damage. While transformed, the user cannot use skills other than their divine gift. No cooldown. Each use consumes 50 mana points.
It had some limitations, but it was incredibly practical. The last restriction, *"cannot use skills other than divine gifts,"* was perfect for her. This skill was practically made for her!
3,000 gold—bought!
**[Shadow Control]** (A+ Rank): 2,500 gold! This skill allows the user to control their shadow freely. The shadow can use all of the user's skills, but with only 20% of the original attributes. A perfect skill for stealth attacks! Bought!
**[Fountain of Light]** (A+ Rank): Creates a well that lasts for 3 minutes, and the water it produces restores health. Each milliliter of water restores 1 health point. The skill has a 30-minute cooldown and consumes 1% of the user's mana per use.
A life-saving skill, and not just for herself. With this skill, she wouldn't be easily abandoned in team battles. Even the main characters wouldn't dare make a move against her lightly.
3,000 gold—bought!
**[Ice Flower Seal]** (C Rank): Creates a snowflake that flies toward the target, freezing them within 3 seconds of contact. The freeze effect is influenced by the user's intelligence. (2-second cast time, 30-second cooldown, consumes 50 mana points per use.)
An ice-based control skill that could be countered by fire spells, but that was to be expected. Most skills had countermeasures. For only 103 gold, it was worth it—bought!
**[Magic Missile]** (C Rank): Guides a magic missile toward the target. No cast time, no cooldown, consumes 10 mana points per second.
A quick-cast spell with no cooldown? 97 gold—bought!
**[Gourmet's Bib]** (B Rank): When wearing this item while eating, all beneficial effects from food are doubled.
A useful item that could be relied on for a lifetime. 700 gold—bought!
**[Persey's Cat Toy]** (F Rank): Has no special effects, but cats go crazy for it and will be attracted to it.
Perfect to pair with her **Meow Meow Inn**. Plus, it was cheap—only 17 gold—bought!
**[Compass]** (E Rank): Helps locate unclaimed treasures within 1 kilometer and guides the user to them.
The range was a bit short, but for 80 gold, it was worth it—bought!
**12:47 PM**
Rita stood a short distance from the Undead Palace, watching it. Ever since she had stolen the Undead Lord's divine gift, the guards outside the palace had multiplied by the hundreds. The undead soldiers practically encircled the palace, hand in hand.
But it didn't matter. Rita, still in her goblin disguise, walked to the teleportation array in the Undead City and used her last 5 gold coins to teleport to one of the elf capitals—Blood Moon City.
**12:57 PM**
Standing in front of the elven capital, Rita approached the captain of the elven guards, who was armed with an ornate bow, and claimed that her anchor point had malfunctioned and she needed to see the city lord. The guard captain immediately drew his bow and aimed it at her.
In that moment, Rita's mind went blank. Almost reflexively, as the guard's name turned red, she used **[The Thief God's Theft, Which Can Also Be Robbery]**.
*"In the name of the Thief God, you attempt to steal the divine gift of Blood Moon City's Guard Captain Elfala."*
*"Theft successful."*
*"You have died."*
The screen went black.
Moments later, it lit up again, showing a ghostly goblin standing in a graveyard.
In the upper right corner were two options: she could either search for her body to revive with a weakness debuff or wait for an automatic resurrection. The resurrection timer showed 47 hours, 57 minutes, and 36 seconds.
Rita didn't move, simply waiting until the time reached **1:06 PM**.
The phone turned into black smoke, leaving two bags on the ground.
She looked at her hands—good, she hadn't turned into a ghost. Even though she knew beta testers couldn't die permanently, seeing her in-game character become a ghost had given her a moment of panic.
After calming down, the first thing Rita did was modify her character's panel, hiding the new divine gift she had obtained. Then she tucked the bags into her inner coat pockets, drank an invisibility potion, and let the skills she had learned surface in her mind. Spells, gestures, and the techniques for channeling her magic were all etched into her memory.
She could sense a small area centered around herself, but most of it was shrouded in a fog, with only a portion clearly visible—like a crooked line on a running app showing the day's route.
If she wanted, she could instantly teleport to any location within that area. It was clear these were places she had visited before.