Virtual Realm, Knowledge Sea.

“…Now everything is ready, tomorrow is the day the plan is launched.”

As Asho checked the virtual realm map and controlled the small boat, he said, “If the prison break fails and we are caught by the hunters, then everything will remain the same. But if the prison break is successful, I must be on guard at all times. Until I confirm my safety, I cannot enter the virtual realm.”

Sonia nodded, fully understanding Asho’s thoughts.

Exploring the virtual realm could take as short as four to five hours or as long as eight to nine hours. For the observers who had a regular schedule in the prison, they could log into the virtual realm on time. But after the prison break, it meant that they not only had to find a way to survive, but also had to avoid the pursuit of the hunters. How could they have more than four hours of safe time to enter the virtual realm?

She breathed a sigh of relief, “You scared me. I thought…”

Asho raised an eyebrow, “You thought I was going to abandon you?”

Sonia pouted, looking pitiful, “Yes, I realized that I can’t leave you anymore. Just the thought of not seeing you for the next few days makes me feel empty, lonely, cold, and sad to the point of almost crying… By the way, since you’re busy, should I stop my training?”

“Of course not, training will continue as usual. Even though I’m not here, I will still supervise your training. Speaking of which, you should have rested for an hour tonight, right? That’s a special benefit for tonight only, and tomorrow it will return to normal.”

“Well, thank you very much.”

“You’re welcome.”

Sonia hummed and stared at Asho with her legs crossed, “So when will you come back?”

“After I confirm my safety.” Asho said, “Didn’t you see in the Fate Q&A that I might leave the Blood Moon Kingdom? After a successful prison break, I plan to find a way to leave the Blood Moon Kingdom.”

“So there’s no specific time…”

“Yes.”

Sonia tilted her head and looked at the wisps of white mist flying around her, asking softly, “Is there anything I can help with?”

“Didn’t you say before that you wanted to become a songstress? Sing a song for me to listen to?”

“You—”

“Haha, just kidding.” Asho laughed, “Tonight, let’s not hunt knowledge creatures. Let’s specifically search for Artificer projections.”

Sonia instantly understood, “You want to read the manuals of other sorcerers to find more clues about the Golden Fish?”

Asho nodded slowly, “Based on our progress, even if we hunt knowledge creatures and obtain experience pearls, it won’t be enough for your swordsmanship to break through to the Golden level.”

“Even if we obtain rare sorcery spirits, they won’t immediately integrate into my combat system, so the increase in combat power is negligible.”

“We only have one night left. If we want to make a breakthrough, the Golden Fish is the only choice.”

Although they had hunted many knowledge creatures during these days, most of the sorcery spirits were either used to replenish Asho’s points or sold by Sonia to earn some extra money. They were rarely kept for personal use. The most important reason, of course, was that they were not suitable.

Despite mastering the swordsmanship, water arts, light arts, and mind arts, for the virtual realm, a world of diverse sorcery spirits, what they had encountered was just the tip of the iceberg, at most a drop in the ocean. It was rare for them to obtain sorcery spirits that they were proficient in. Even if they obtained sorcery spirits of the same discipline, the probability of them being useful was low. For example, in the swordsmanship discipline, “Vibrating Sword,” “Continuous Sword,” and “Poisonous Sword” represented three different directions: increasing destructive power through high-frequency vibrations, increasing attack speed for continuous strikes, and adding special attributes to the sword.

Apart from the swordsmanship discipline, “Vibrating Sword” required the support of the sound arts discipline, “Continuous Sword” would inevitably require a switch to the arduous and weak discipline to improve physical fitness, and “Poisonous Sword” meant that one had to study the poison arts discipline.

No matter which small direction they delved into, the time and effort required by the sorcerer were immeasurable, and they might even have to venture into other unfamiliar disciplines. If they had only a superficial understanding of the sorcery spirits and used them directly, the effect would definitely be inferior to the combat system that the sorcerer had studied seriously. For example, Sonia’s move, “Wave-Cleaving Slash,” could instantly kill the three swordsmanship sorcery spirits mentioned above.

So even though they had obtained many sorcery spirits, those sorcery spirits were not indispensable. Instead of studying these new sorcery spirits, it was better to make good use of their old sorcery spirits. It was better to stick to the old than to learn the new.

But this kind of dilemma was considered a happy one for them. How many ordinary silver sorcerers could harvest two or three sorcery spirits every night? It was a blessing from the virtual realm to have any gains, and they could celebrate like a festival.

They didn’t completely lack updated equipment either. For example, Asho had already completed the three basic swordsmanship sorcery spirits, “Slashing Sword,” “Piercing Sword,” and “Cutting Sword.” According to reason, a swordsman needed to summon these three sorcery spirits personally to lay the foundation of the swordsmanship discipline. Sonia wouldn’t have asked for these three sorcery spirits, but Asho was originally a smuggler with no skills, so he didn’t care about the foundation.

After selling her spoils, Sonia quickly gathered the two miracle-required sorcery spirits, “Sword Sheath Radiance” and “Ten Years of Sword Sharpening,” further increasing her combat power.Although they were not invincible, in the Sea of Knowledge, their male-female duo had the capital to act recklessly.

However, on the other hand, this also meant that the Sea of Knowledge had a marginal effect on their assistance. They had gained too much in the Virtual Realm and needed a lot of time to slowly settle and absorb.

Unless, they could reach a higher level of the Virtual Realm.

“If I can condense golden Artificing, then my Sword Body Barrier can be activated 100%, and the defense power can be increased by at least five times.” Asho explained the necessity of golden Artificing for him. Unlike Sword Girl, he had the two-winged Artisan ‘Earth Sword’ gifted by Wakas, and his combat power would immediately leap forward after promotion.

Sonia curled her lips: “The premise is that we can find the golden fish. You sound like you’re thinking about how to spend the prize money before you’ve won.”

“So what would you do if you won the jackpot?”

“First, buy a mansion in Garlean, then pretend to be seriously ill, and coax my mother to borrow money from other relatives and villagers.”

“Why?”

“Those villagers who always bully my mother and me will definitely not want to lend money. At that time, I will rent a fleet of luxury cars to pick up my mother and blind those villagers. Whoever dares to borrow money from my mother, I will remind my mother of this and chop off the villagers’ paws.”

“Wow, you really are…”

“Do you have an opinion?”

“I think you can find a good trustee to lend money to your mother. When you return to your hometown in glory, you can reward and thank the trustee. Only by comparison can there be harm. In this way, you only need to spend a little money to make others regret hitting the wall.”

“Wow, you’re really wicked.”

“You’re making me blush with such praise.”

During their casual conversation, Asho noticed a light red area appearing on the Virtual Realm map, marked as ‘Highly Challenging’ – this was the most dangerous area they could venture into, and also the area Asho was looking for.

Asho put away his smile and said seriously: “Although there may not be a linear relationship, the stronger the Artificer’s projection, the greater the possibility of knowing the information of the golden fish, so the rest of tonight will be a hard fight.”

“Anyway, you won’t come to the Virtual Realm after tonight.”

Sonia’s palm glowed with a steel-white light, gently rubbing the wooden sword in her hand: “Let’s go crazy with you once, at worst, I’ll give you the first blood.”

Miracle·Sharpening Sword for a Day, activated.

Strictly speaking, ‘Sharpening Sword for Ten Years’ is a two-winged miracle, but the adjustable range is quite large. Because in the time-series Artisan, ‘year’ is the rarest, ‘month’ is the second, ‘day’ is the most common, and ‘ten days’ is a two-winged Artisan, ‘hundred days’ is a three-winged Artisan, ‘thousand days’ is a four-winged Artisan, ‘year’ and ‘month’ are also arranged in this order.

Therefore, Sharpening Sword for Ten Years can be changed to Sharpening Sword for One Day/Ten Days/Hundred Days/Thousand Days/One Month/Ten Months… and so on. As the level of the Artisan is adjusted, the power of this miracle will also increase or decrease. The reason why it is called Sharpening Sword for Ten Years is just because ‘ten years’ is the most cost-effective consumable.

Yes, to activate this miracle, the time Artisan will be directly consumed and must be repurchased, so Sonia only dares to use the cheapest ‘day’ Artisan. It is said that the more advanced and complex powerful miracles often require a large amount of Artisan consumption, so when a legendary Artificer makes a move, it is a pile of gold and a river of silver, which can kill a lot of people if converted into gold and silver coins.

But in proportion to the cost, the effect of this kind of miracle is excellent. Sonia’s wooden sword glowed with a lustrous gray light, which was the ‘Cutting Color’ generated by sharpening the sword. All her attacks would get the Cutting Color bonus, the sharpness would be improved, and even the defense of the weak Artificer could be broken.

Asho took out a long sword from his tongue, which was the ‘Honey-mouthed, Dagger-hearted’ he had drawn. He summoned another substitute, let the substitute jump into the sea for a round, and reached the other side of the Heritage Island.

After the preparations were completed, the two broke through the white fog and arrived at the Heritage Island. At the same time, the substitute also climbed up the island from the other side, attracting the attention of the Artificer’s projection.

Now is the time!

Asho pointed his sword, and the cute one-winged Artisan appeared at the tip of the sword, a sword light stabbed at the neck of the Artificer’s projection like a thunderbolt!

Artisan·Heart Sword!

Sonia kicked the small boat, jumped high and drew her sword, a smile of expectation crossed the corner of her mouth, like an elegant dancer jumping into the island, the rotating evil light wave rushed towards the Artificer’s projection like a meat grinder!

Miracle·Evil Light Wave Slash!

The substitute attracted attention and sent death, Asho attacked from a distance, Sonia burst into close combat, this was their invincible siege tactic!