After closing the door, Xiya slumped into the chair.
This destined heroine was completely unreasonable, insisting that he was possessed by the Blood Demon God.
He couldn’t conveniently explain to Feili.
As long as he showed any sign of knowing about the Blood Demon God, Feili would immediately conclude he was guilty and send him off with a single slash.
It was even more impossible to mention his past life memories.
That was even more bizarre than rebirth.
Feili didn’t believe him anyway, and before he could even finish speaking, she’d probably say, “What are you mumbling about?” and cut him down.
Xiya also wanted to know where the demon god had gone.
Ever since he fell into the ancient ruins that morning, he hadn’t heard the demon god’s voice again.
Even after drawing the sword, there was no reaction at all.
‘The more I think about it, the more scared I get.’
‘Isn’t the demon god disappearing without a trace more terrifying than appearing?’
It was like having a spider appear above your head.
The scary part wasn’t the spider, but the spider disappearing.
Had it escaped?
Xiya paced around the room.
After thinking for a long time, he decided to stop worrying.
Even if the demon god had really escaped, he wasn’t strong enough to catch it.
Right, he hadn’t properly studied that sword yet—no, that wand.
Xiya took the wand that had transformed from the sword out of his cloak and examined it from all angles.
Its length was only half of the original sword.
Its appearance was almost the same as the training wand he had used at the academy.
Come to think of it, could this thing change back?
He swung the wand in the air a few times and tried chanting two spells, but nothing happened.
Could it be that he had to transform first for it to turn back into a sword?
Xiya hesitated for a moment, walked to the door, locked it, and pulled the curtains shut.
‘Hiss… Why do I feel so sneaky right now?’
‘It’s like I’m doing something guilty.’
After double-checking that the door was locked, Xiya picked up the wand and silently recited the name of that sword in his mind.
It was the name that had appeared in his head when he held the sword in the ruins.
“Castillo.”
A blinding flash of light filled the room.
The black-haired young man vanished, replaced by a silver-haired girl.
‘Whoa, why does the transformation come with a flash?’
Fortunately, she had closed the curtains beforehand.
Otherwise, the entire street would have been lit up.
In the girl’s hand was a silver sword.
Seeing a stranger’s face reflected on the blade, she froze.
Under the light of the magic stone lamp in the room, her silver hair cascaded down to her waist like a silver waterfall under moonlight.
Her eyes, tinged with a dark golden luster, were filled with shock.
She had transformed once in the ruins, but back then she had to deal with monsters and didn’t have the chance to see what she looked like.
The ruins were also very dark, so even if she wanted to see, she couldn’t.
Now, looking closely, this face was definitely on par with any female character in a game.
Amidst her shock, she lowered her gaze.
Two full mounds blocked her view.
“…Such a nuisance.”
What came out was a voice as pleasant as a wind chime.
She froze for a second, wondering if she had misheard.
She cleared her throat and tried again: “Such a nuisance.”
Same result.
‘Ahhh, forget it.’
She bent down, trying to look around the obstructing mounds, and noticed that her lower body was wearing a school skirt and white knee-high socks.
Her shoes were also women’s short boots.
Wait.
When did her clothes turn into a female school uniform?
She couldn’t have been wearing the female version before, could she?
Did the transformation change her clothes too?
No wonder she had felt a chill on her lower body in the ruins, and something was tightly wrapped around her legs.
Back then, she was too busy fleeing to think about it.
No.
Why didn’t she feel any shame wearing this?
She was a man!
Why did wearing women’s clothes feel natural?
Something was wrong.
Before she could recover, a silver magical projection appeared before her eyes.
“Whoa! That startled me… Is this the Character Panel?”
The girl stepped back half a step, startled by the sudden panel, but quickly calmed down.
She was all too familiar with this projection.
In her past life, she had seen it countless times, constantly switching between panels to calculate limit values.
‘I thought the transformation was my cheat, but now I have a game panel too?’
‘Doesn’t that mean I’m invincible?’
The girl scanned her Status Bar and found her stats higher than she had imagined.
In the game, these were twice the normal values…
No, three times, right?
Even her growth stats were high.
A pure stat monster.
Her gaze moved to the name column at the top.
“Dolores Castillo… Is this this body’s name? The surname is the same as this sword… Huh? Why does this surname feel so familiar?”
Dolores rested her chin on her left hand and searched her memory carefully.
After a moment, she remembered that the legendary Silver Radiance Sword Maiden’s surname was Castillo.
The Silver Radiance Sword Maiden also seemed to have silver hair and golden eyes…
Could it be that she was a descendant of the Silver Radiance Sword Maiden?
So, was the sword in her hand that Sword Maiden’s holy sword?
But the sword looked worn and shabby, not at all like a holy sword.
‘No point thinking about that now. Let’s see what skills she has.’
Dolores switched the panel to Skills.
It was mostly filled with various Sword Techniques, all currently at Level 1.
Upgrading required Skill Points, which were obtained through leveling up or certain conditions.
Next to them, a large number of skills were locked.
She didn’t know what they were, and tapping them gave no description.
Wait, if Dolores had a panel, could she see Xiya’s panel?
Dolores found a switch icon next to her name.
After clicking it, the name indeed switched to Xiya, and the panel changed from silver to black.
She quickly scanned the panel and found only one word written all over it: Weak.
“How can he be this weak! His stats aren’t even half of a normal person’s?”
Dolores couldn’t help but hold her forehead.
She knew her original body was weak, but not this weak.
His Mana Bar was less than a fifth of hers.
‘Better check his skills… What if Xiya’s skills are strong?’
When she opened Xiya’s skills, the content nearly killed her.
Xiya’s Skill Tree was magic.
Its complex branches were no less than the leaves of a giant tree.
Besides the four standard elements—water, fire, wind, and earth—there were branches for racial magic systems, such as human Holy Magic, demon Dark Magic, and so on.
Compared to Dolores’s relatively simple skill leveling system, Xiya’s magic skill tree was incredibly rich.
It contained not only various magic spells but also combination techniques that merged different elements.
‘From this perspective, Xiya seems to be a mechanism-based character.’
‘He’s weak now, but his future potential is enormous.’
“Time to check the Leveling System.”
The level description was just one simple line: Defeat opponents to gain experience. Leveling up grants Skill Points.
“Defeat opponents?”
Before two seconds passed, Dolores understood what it meant.
In most games, you could only gain experience by defeating monsters.
But “defeat opponents” meant it wasn’t limited to killing magical beasts—it also included humans and other intelligent races.
Moreover, “defeat” didn’t mean “kill.”
That meant when she fought against humans or other races, she only needed to defeat them to gain experience.
No killing required.
That was pretty good.
‘My cheat seems quite powerful. I can rest easy now.’
Dolores closed the panel with satisfaction and thought about transforming back.
But she had no idea how to turn back into Xiya.
Even though reciting the sword’s name turned her into Dolores, she didn’t know what the wand was called.
She hastily reopened the panel and searched through it for a long time, finding no way to revert.
Then she noticed a small exclamation mark under Dolores’s Mana Bar.
A bad feeling crept over her.
When she tapped it—
[Note: Dolores must fully deplete her Mana to transform back into Xiya. Xiya’s transformation into Dolores has no such restriction.]
What!
She had to deplete her Mana to transform back?
No way!
With such a long Mana Bar, how long would it take her to use it all up?