Chapter 158 - A Reckless Decision (1/2)
Sheila only stayed for a whole six hours investigating everything about the Giant Ant's nest, and also the most important of them all, the Queen. She didn't get that much information in that short amount of time and couldn't continue more because another urgent matter appeared that required of her presence. She had been wondering where did that girl gone to but now that the latter suddenly entered the Trial Tower and madly charge toward the slime, she begins to wonder what happens for her to react to such extent.
The girl didn't even bother taking rest and continue slaying slimes one after another, not even minding the small wounds that slowly accumulated all over her body. If this keeps up, she might eventually get swallowed by the momentum. Although she only knew her for a week, she never saw her becoming this flustered and doing a reckless thing, not minding her life is on the risk. The girl was the type that appeared to be calm and collected even though she was a bit shy around a stranger. That was the impression Sheila get from Mia after getting to know of her within this week.
”Is it that time of a month for her? No matter how cold one appearance be, they would become an Ogre once that time of a month came after all. Fortunately, I have got the pain resistance potion with me, so it didn't bother me one a bit.”
Sheila muttered while pondering what problem fall onto Mia that caused the latter to do some reckless action without considering the consequence. Thankfully I was currently in the Trial Tower so the system could notify me faster if the others were doing reckless stuff that might risk their life, thought Sheila as she breathes a relieved sigh.
”While I'm on the topic, no wonder Ria didn't enter the Trial Tower at all for the past few days. She should have known about the Pain Resistance potion that I shared with her a while ago, but perhaps, she might have forgotten about it since she never came to me to ask for it... Hold on. Since she had already forgotten about it, what if I suddenly mentioned it while she already suffered for the past few days while I didn't have to suffer alongside her? Wouldn't she get angry at me for not reminding her about such a useful potion available?”
Sheila gulped nervously after noticing the problem in her thought. Perhaps, she might have to look for an excuse, maybe the excuse for being busy would work? It should be, isn't it? Technically, it isn't wrong. Or why not simply sent it to her inventory before messaging her about it? Yes, that should be done. She wouldn't be able to find a loophole in my lies by reading my facial expression like face to face since it's in the message. Her ability to read people is almost as frightening as Sara, her mother. If one were to lie in their face, they must at least have one tough and shameless heart to be able to do so with the risk of getting exposed.
This is one of many reasons why she relied heavily on them. As her family and best friend, both of them understood her as much as herself so she didn't have to worry about getting trick or lie by others so long as she's with any of the two. Most importantly, both of them are also good at giving advice. Although Ria didn't have as much experience as Sara, her advice is not really that far behind. It's no wonder both of them could succeed in life, unlike her who was only good at causing trouble for them.
When it comes to that, she's second to none. Of course, it is not something one would be proud of, but it isn't so bad either. To perfectly execute the art of troublemaker, one would need a special skill, not many could have done as smoothly as her. In a way, she could be said to specialize in that. Sheila shook her head to remove the thought before teleporting herself to the dimension where Mia resides within the Trial Tower. The people that were able to enter the Trial Tower by something else instead of using the system like her would enter in their 'dimension'. That was why they couldn't meet each other unless Sheila brought them along.
In their dimension, they are the sole human. This is too makes things easier for them to hunt the monster without having to fight for the loot and stuff that one would usually see in the games. This is not within her power but of the system instead, yet that doesn't mean she couldn't do anything at all as she had once said, she did a couple of configuration to implant the ideas in her mind and make it work. As the host of the leveling system, she has the ability to do so but not completely. The system's capabilities regarding space magic are almost second to none. At least, that was her thought after knowing the full extent of what the system could accomplish regarding the Trial Tower.
If the system ever turned hostile, she couldn't possibly do anything if it were to suddenly decided to send her into the endless void, the place beyond the Trial Tower, where no average human could survive living in there. Her fate would be none other than death, she couldn't even resist. That was simply how scary space magic is. After all, she had experienced it once when the system decided to abruptly teleport herself into the Trial Tower.
Anyways, the moment Sheila arrived in Mia's dimension, she was not that far ahead from the girl who was currently attacking the slimes in a distance with her magic while also bashing her club at the slimes that managed to get to her. It seemed she was so focused on the battle that she hasn't taken notice of another intruder in her dimension. Sheila keeps her distance and watches the fight from afar as to not get in her way. Since she's already here, Sheila wasn't worried much about not being fast enough to rescue Mia who might get in trouble later down the line with her reckless behavior.