Chapter 17: Turning Tides.

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  Herm: “You… How dare you deem yourself worthy of injuring me and my pristine, royal body!” He angrily exclaimed.

  At first, Lem and Carma held their own against the crazed prince, but that was only because the man wasn’t being serious.

  The two could merely defend against Herm, not able to land any hits. But, just now, Carma managed to make a small cut on the prince’s face. As you would expect, the man’s face was very important, so, upon yet another insult, Herm stopped playing with them. Thus, Carma and Lem were now fighting to survive, gaining countless wounds as the fight quickly intensified.

  Celia: “Ruina, we can’t stand around while that evil man kills them!” She said with a hurried tone in her head.

  Ruina: “Herm is almost Level 400, while you’re Level 1… Fighting isn’t an option, just run.” She replied with a coaxing tone.

  Celia didn’t know these two well at all, but the young woman was reluctant to flee, leaving them to their demise. Unfortunately, she had just gained use of her System, and there wasn’t anything around that she could kill for Exp.

  Ruina: “Fine… Celia, just sneak attack him at the right time.” She suggested, reluctantly.

  Celia: “Huh? Won’t that… do nothing at all? I am so weak…” She replied with a head tilt.

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  Ruina: “If one is foolish, then Levels do not truly matter. Herm is still a Human, which means he is vulnerable to stupidity and arrogance. Besides, you won’t run away with those two in danger.” She explained, fully aware that she couldn’t get Celia to run, while females were in danger before her.

  Celia: “…”

  Ruina: “Hey, look at his Status… Herm’s DEX Stat is actually quite low!” She added with an excited tone.

  Celia: “How?” She replied with another head tilt.

  Ruina: “Look at him, and say, “Inspect.” in your mind.” She answered.

  Celia: “Inspect.” She did as was told.

  :Status:

  Name: Herm Felta.

  Sex: Male.

  Race: Human.

  Age: 32.

  HP: 49,992/50,000.

  MP: 5,000/5,000.

  AGI: 405.

  STR: 2,872.

  DEX: 112.

  INT: 583.

  Hunger: 958/1,000.

  True Level: 375.

  Race Level: 375/1,000.

  Current EXP: 10,952/11,000

  Oh, due to Runey finding it annoying, the dinging sound was removed. Ruina just did it once for old times sake, you see…

  Anyway, Celia wasn’t excited anymore, as this Status of Herm’s was… scary. The fight had gone on for almost ten minutes now, with Carma and Lem bleeding, wounded all over, while their attacker barely had a scratch on them. Just a single, only slightly oozing blood, cut.

  Ruina: “Haha! Bad genes and upbringing screwed this man over!” She said with a haughty tone.

  Celia: “What do you mean? I swear… isn’t this my death?” She replied with a tone defeat.

  Ruina: “How would that be true? Look, due to his bad habits in training, and likely not getting hurt ever, his DEX, which is how sturdy he is to damage, is very low for his Level. His Stats are frankly all over the place…” She replied, trying not to laugh further.

  Celia: “???”

  Ruina: “Don’t you see, Celia? The Level gap between Herm and those women is… far too wide, with him basically being a God in comparison. But they were still able to hurt him. Thus, Celia, you can sneak attack the silly man, kill him, save the day, and gain a large amount of Exp while doing so!!!” She explained with great happiness, proud that, like always, her mother manages to do crazy shit all the time.

  Celia: “(~OAO)”