This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist

Chapter 216 【The 5-Wan】

After Rita and Nivalis entered the S City area, they quickly landed and cloaked themselves, taking a short detour before quietly returning to their villa. However, as soon as Rita entered the house, she received an alert from the [Shielded Water Barrier]—someone had entered her territory without permission!

Ever since she activated the [Shielded Water Barrier], she hadn't granted access to anyone. Not even Samuel Scarlett would be exempt, and his entry would be marked. But now, a red dot appeared on the map, located at the back yard, and it began to move outwards just as she stepped into the house!

Rita immediately pressed her chest tattoo, retracting the cat nest—she could clearly feel the cat nest being pulled out from another space. This discovery made Rita's heart drop. She rushed towards the backyard, even using [I'm in a Hurry]. Many players in the Flood Dragon guild had access to instant teleportation skills, and this limited-range teleportation skill was no longer a rare or unique ability. Even if someone happened to see her from the rooftop, it wouldn't matter.

But the "person" was fast. By the time Rita reached the backyard, the figure had already fled. She vaguely saw a white tail with a black tip.

A fox tail?

A one-tailed moon fox?!

Rita quickly opened the map. The red dot was still moving towards the outer area of the villa compound, and [Shielded Water Barrier] had already marked the intruder.

She pointed in the direction of the moon fox's escape and told Nivalis, "That way, follow."

Nivalis immediately flew off in pursuit.

This was an outdoor area, and Rita had just entered the house and immediately rushed back out. She couldn't safely disguise herself, so she couldn't sprint at full speed to catch up. Her high agility couldn't help her overtake the fox. She could only use [I'm in a Hurry] to close the gap.

The moon fox was fast, but fortunately, Nivalis was even faster. Nivalis quickly overtook the fox and blocked its path, while Rita blocked the retreat.

It was then that she realized not only was this a one-tailed moon fox, but it was also a member of the royal family!

Rita immediately used her analysis skill.

[PhantomDancer] Level 12

[Divine Gift] I Need to Start Thinking (C-Class)

A member of the Misttail Clan of the Moon Foxes?! The name was even silver—this was an elite-level foreign race.

Rita's heart tightened. Her first thought was that the "Mistblade" might have found her, but she quickly dismissed the idea. Even though the 12 foreign races had long-range inter-dimensional communication methods, it would have been too fast for them to have found her, and even if it were the Mistblade who had sent this fox to find her, their first reaction wouldn't be to try and capture her alive, but rather to kill her. So why was it running?

Rita asked, "What SSS-class artifact? I've never heard of such an item."

PhantomDancer: "...It should be SSS-class, otherwise, why would so many big figures fight for it...? Forget it, at least this foreign race doesn't know if what I'm saying is true or not."

Rita: "You think I would believe you just because you said so? Show it to me."

With that, Rita began to manipulate PhantomDancer's thoughts—"This person doesn't seem easy to fool. If I keep trying to deceive her, what if the dragon kills me?"

"Better show it to her. At least that'll buy me some time."

PhantomDancer began to rethink the situation and retreated a few more steps, backing up against a tree. He pulled out an item, showing it to Rita for three seconds before quickly putting it away again.

Rita:!!

Another "mahjong" tile?!

It had necrotic script on it—[The 5-Wan].

This was a fragment of an SSS-class artifact?

No, PhantomDancer wasn't sure, but according to his story, this was something everyone in Lania Kaia was scrambling to get?

Rita's mind raced, but her face remained calm. "What is this? I don't see any description."

PhantomDancer couldn't believe that Rita had recognized the item.

"Crap, now she's going to think I'm trying to trick her, isn't she?"

"The real value of this bone tile isn't something just anyone knows..."

"If it weren't for the Mistblade personally coming to my home and buying one from my mother, I wouldn't even know how valuable it is..."

"Five bottles of Epic-level potions and five pieces of Legendary gems! It was even crafted by Mistblade himself, who gave me a sacred blade just to exchange for this tile..."

"Now what should I say? If I tell her the truth, she's even less likely to let me go..."