This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist

Chapter 317 High Tower · Big Move

Since her transformation into Peach Jar, she had already spent 27 years in the tower, meticulously finding the moonlight to harm, turning the night sky in High Tower into a pockmarked mess. Slowly, she began noticing a pattern: every time she fed moonlight to Wrathful Moon, the divine insight she received ranged from 1 to 3 points, seemingly entirely random. It was as if it was truly random, with no luck involved.

At present, her divine insight had reached 772 points, surpassing even Emperor Umbrella's. What was even more concerning was that the moonlight she had cut as Peach Jar, Savorleaf, and Rivergrain hadn't restored at all. It was terrifying! She had to take advantage of her time in High Tower and harvest more of the moonlight before it was too late!

In the meantime, she brought Nivalis along to siphon off some of the divine insight from Wrathful Moon, but Nivalis always received a fixed 1 point of insight, while Rita could still get 1-3 points. Sometimes, when Nivalis was around, Rita even received the full 3 points. Thus, she made sure to always bring Nivalis along. Currently, Nivalis had accumulated 83 points of divine insight.

With so much insight, Rita wasn't afraid to experiment anymore; after all, she needed to know the effects and limits of her powers to use them more effectively. For example, her C-grade skill Blood Shield originally consumed 30% of her health to create a shield that could last for 12 hours and withstand damage equal to 10% of her health. However, with divine insight, it turned into a shield that lasted for 3 full days and could absorb damage equivalent to 50% of her health. And as for her SS-grade Divine Gift—if she used divine insight on that...

She had a hunch that if she used her divine insight on Phantom Shift, no skill or item would be able to block her.

As for Nivalis? Rita wondered if Nivalis' expert-level skills could use divine insight to resurrect someone. Nivalis, however, sternly shook her head.@@@@

"There's no need for that," she said seriously. "We're not saints, we don't need to resurrect others. Life is a cycle, death is part of it. Resurrecting someone—are they really the same person? I don't think so. We must learn to respect death."

Rita smirked. "I didn't even suggest it, and don't pretend you're so selfless. You just don't want to spend your divine insight!"

Nivalis gave a sincere nod. "Yep, I'm saving it all for when I die!"

Rita was exasperated. "You're the kind of person who hoards every item in a game and then still has it sitting in your inventory when you uninstall the game!"

Nivalis didn't even flinch. "Yep, that's me. I finally understand Emperor Umbrella now."

Rita was speechless.

Tonight, Rita planned to make a bold move. She was going to find a new place to test out the skill Who Will Cut the Moonlight using her divine insight.

It was deep into the night, and Nivalis, flying high, gazed at the moonless sky over the Forest Sea. The darkness above the forest looked like several black holes. She had a suspicion that when the 300-year period ended, the night sky of Forest Sea might resemble the ceiling of a certain airport she'd visited with Rita years ago...

Nivalis hesitated. "Rita, are we really doing this?"

Tiny Nivalis flew in front of her, staring at her eye in awe. "Your right eye looks amazing. There's something inside it."

Rita took out a mirror, inspecting her eye. What she saw shocked her—it was Moon Sand!

She had collected Moon Sand?!

Before rushing to hand it over to Wrathful Moon, Rita decided to observe it for a little while longer.

She bandaged her right eye and teasingly remarked, "What's that? You said you couldn't bear to use divine insight?"

Nivalis shrugged unapologetically. "I couldn't resist. You're just too important to me."

Rita froze for a moment, unsure how to respond.

Nivalis didn't think twice about openly admitting her feelings. To her, showing affection wasn't a weakness; in fact, she was proud of it.

But Rita, on the other hand, was left fumbling for a response. She tied the bandage a little tighter and tried to distract herself with minor adjustments to her hair and gear.

Nivalis, sensing Rita's flustered emotions, asked curiously, "If you're so happy, so moved, and so fond of me, why don't you just say it out loud?"

Rita stood up quickly, brushing off her pants. "Let's go. It's getting late, and we made too much noise here. We need to leave now."

Nivalis followed, still puzzled. "Aren't you uncomfortable holding it in?"

Rita snapped, "I'll be uncomfortable if I say it out loud! I just won't say it!!"

Nivalis sighed in exasperation. "You're so shy, yet you yell so loudly!"

Rita just kept walking, trying to escape the conversation.