This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist-Chapter 314: High Tower · Traitorous Owl · Pinebloom · Sinsoo · Spicy Onion

That day, when Rita got up to gather breakfast, she immediately sensed something was off. Someone was watching her, and the food had the distinct smell of sleep-inducing fruit. Even as she picked up her breakfast, a few of the Oaks who had been watching her from the line started moving closer.

Without hesitation, Rita stuffed Nivalis into her pet space and used Phantom Shift to teleport to the equipment storage outside the logistics department. Using her current identity, she accessed the magic array and took the only A-level skill book there.

Blood Debt Blood Repayment - A-level (Passive): Each time you kill a target, recover 0.01% of your health.

This was the skill book used to maintain order in the fourth-level treasure vault she managed, and it was extremely useful in battle!

Leaving the camp, Rita realized Sanchez had sent her a message.

Sinsoo: "I’m wanted."

Sinsoo: "So exciting!"

Sinsoo: "Haha, you’re wanted too? I heard they’re calling you a traitorous owl!"

Rita: "…"

They were clearly not meant to get along!!

Rita learned the Blood Debt Blood Repayment skill, then evaded her pursuers by taking a detour. After preparing some food in the wild, she returned to the battlefield that evening, intending to assassinate a group of low-level Oaks.

She was really worried that if she left and didn’t kill Oaks now, she might never be able to again. It wasn’t the same as when dealing with the Blue Star people—this wasn’t about distinguishing between good and evil, but more like a reflex of the mind.

In battle, she had to constantly process large amounts of combat information. Every time she reminded herself that she was currently an Oaks, she had to avoid killing them. It was all mental conditioning.

It was like playing a game where the world was divided into red and blue teams. After years of experience, she instinctively thought "kill" when seeing blue and "ally" or "companion" when seeing red. Right now, she needed to kill some Oaks to balance out this psychological conditioning.

Besides, she needed to steal some attribute points for a boost. She was only level 27, and her stats were way too low outside the camp.

Nivalis had returned to her head, and the two made their way to the outermost perimeter of the camp. Before using Phantom Shift, Rita habitually activated her Hunting Eye and noticed a target ten meters away. She immediately pulled out her dagger and moved stealthily, but the other person was also slowly approaching her.

Under the moonlight, two Blue Star people with daggers crouched on the ground, facing each other.

Sanchez’s killing intent was replaced by surprise, and there was even a hint of sentiment. She said, "You... you came back to find me? Didn’t I tell you I’ve already escaped?"

Rita: ...

Nivalis: "Ah, so this is why you had to come back?"

Rita: "What good would it do you to piss me off?"

Nivalis: "It’s fine, I’ll die before you because I might just laugh myself to death watching your drama!"

Rita swore that Nivalis didn’t turn out this way because of her. She wasn’t the one making things so infuriating.

Rita was used to Sanchez’s self-indulgent, delusional personality. Without changing her expression, she said, "Oh, the more I think about it, the more annoyed I get. I’m back to kill some Oaks to vent."

Sanchez gave her a look of approval, "Let’s do it together. It’s on the way."

Rita refused, "No need. We might both get caught."

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Sanchez also preferred to act alone, but she had only mentioned teaming up because she thought of her mother’s instructions. She shrugged and said, "Fine, I’ll go look for some too."

After Sanchez left, Rita convinced Nivalis to return to the pet space.

Nivalis wasn’t too happy, "No, what if I miss the plot after I come out?"

Rita helplessly said, "I’m just going in to kill some Oaks, nothing’s going to happen. I’ll leave once I’m done."

Nivalis: "Really?"

Rita: "For real."

After convincing Nivalis, Rita got to work.

She didn’t rush to use her disguise skills. Since the Pinebloom identity was already compromised, there was no need to add another layer of complexity when doing bad things. Not only would it be pointless, but it could also draw attention to her ability to disguise herself, which wouldn’t be helpful for her escape later.

Holding her dagger, Rita chose a direction far from Sanchez. The Oaks here were mostly around level 20. Rita didn’t target patrol squads since they wore alarm peppers. If an Oaks died, the pepper would shoot off into the sky and explode, immediately alerting all other Oaks to the presence of a foreign intruder.

Rita shifted inside the camp, adjusted her luck value, and began sneaking into one wooden building after another, stealing attribute points. She stole from each Oaks three times. Whether she succeeded or not, she would immediately kill them, moving fast enough that no one would notice her constant use of skills. Find exclusive stories on novelbuddy

Two hours later, her attribute points had increased by an average of five points. She hadn’t used up many of her healing fruits or potions either, as she always collected fruit from the Oaks she killed to replenish her stock.

Invisible, Rita silently killed one Oaks after another. When she had cleared most of one wooden building, she suddenly heard a quiet voice saying, "Have you eaten?"

Rita: "…"

She quickly finished off the remaining Oaks, then crouched beside the Blue Feather Oaks who had spoken. After canceling her invisibility spell, she asked, "Which squad are you from?"

The Oaks called Spicy Onion replied, "S Squad."

Damn it, this couldn’t be Zoey, could it?

Rita asked again, "What’s your surname?"

Spicy Onion: "Quinn."

Rita let out a sigh of relief: "…Which one? The calm one or the one who got trapped in a sack?"

There were two Quins in S Squad.

The irritating description, that unexpectedly punchable tone…

"This mesmerizing skill!" Spicy Onion exclaimed, suddenly sitting up. She grabbed Rita’s hand, looking around at the dead Oaks in the tent, her expression indescribable as she continued, "This bewildering maneuver. You must be Rita!"

Okay, now Rita knew exactly which Quinn this was.

Rita: "I’m wanted. Do you want to come with me?"

Shadow.Q immediately got up, "Let’s go, let’s go. I’m in some trouble too. My current identity has some decent talents, I’m an auxiliary type. If you team up with me, I’ll buff you."

After Rita invited Shadow.Q into her party, she also added Sanchez. Since they were going to team up this time, it didn’t hurt to add one more member. They could also exchange information to prevent Sanchez from running off and getting them stuck here.

The three of them began rapidly assassinating. Rita and Shadow.Q split up, sending messages to the squad if anything came up.

Rita opened the chat window and minimized the squad section to the bottom right corner of her view.

Sanchez’s assassination abilities were top-notch, and Shadow.Q wasn’t purely a support role. She had been placed in the Tower team, so her willpower and combat skills were definitely up to the task.

The three split up and killed with abandon.

At first, Rita had to constantly remind herself and deal with feelings of guilt and unease. But by the end, her heart was as calm as still water.

As dawn approached, Rita typed a message in the squad chat: "I’m pulling back. Wait for me at the southwest cliff outside the camp."

After sending the message, she immediately retreated. Though they were in a squad, she still preferred to act alone. She didn’t have the habit of relying on teammates, and fortunately, the others were the same. Not holding anyone back was the basic etiquette.

As she waited at the cliff, Rita began organizing her pack. She placed her hand on a nearby tree to charge up Emerald Feast. Just as the skill was fully charged, the sounds of skills exploding and Oaks alarms could be heard from the camp. Two alarm peppers exploded in the sky.