Daphne stood in front of a wall of True Ice. The ice surface was as smooth as a mirror, and she could see her own reflection in it. The half-blood girl with long dark red hair was less than 1.6 meters tall, looking about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a slender and petite figure. A snow-white fur cloak was draped over her outside, and a relatively conservative light beige traveling dress hung down to just above her knees. The lines of her calves covered by white silk stockings under the dress hem were soft, and her knees and ankles were as exquisitely shaped as sculptures, with her slightly pigeon-toed small feet tucked into black flat-heeled shoes.
She was clutching the strap of the crossbody bag that slanted across her chest with both hands, looking uneasily at the ice surface. After a short while, her knees and calves began to tremble.
"No way♡…" Daphne freed one hand to cover her mouth.
"I can't even walk like this♡…" The stimulation was still intense, and every step was agony. Although she looked like a cute, honest,
pretty, and innocent half-blood girl from the outside, in fact, she was a complete mess in places that couldn't be seen. Fortunately, the stockings could absorb moisture, so it wouldn't spill everywhere.
There was no other way. Daphne could only try her best to adapt to her own physique like this. She didn't want to be a plush ball that had lost the ability to take care of herself. She would never accept such a fate.
After being tortured by the stockings until she fainted and woke up dozens of times, Daphne finally managed to get dressed neatly.
Not having a bra was also a problem. The occasional rub could make her legs go weak for half a day. This wasn't too bad though. The dress was a bit looser and didn't cling tightly to the skin surface like the stockings. She just needed to be a bit more careful when moving to avoid it.
And the small leather crossbody bag was exactly what Daphne urgently needed right now. Not long ago, she was still worried about having no place to store her items. The dagger, hand mirror, and arrowhead on the display stand were all stuffed into the crossbody bag by Daphne after a simple check.
The dagger was a fine-grade piece of equipment, that is, the so-called "green equipment". In the game, it was only a bit better than the ordinary-grade "white equipment", but as novice equipment, it was already quite luxurious. The arrowhead was a rare-grade crafting material, corresponding to the color blue, one grade higher than the fine-grade green. These two might be useful, but probably not too much. Daphne decided to study them carefully later.
The only thing that Daphne had misjudged was the hand mirror. It looked ordinary, but in fact, it was an artifact on the same level as the "Ortheriel's Piercing Core Pearl". Perhaps what Alsuja was guarding was this hand mirror, and keeping Ortheriel's dress was purely for commemorative purposes. She guessed that all the things in this small room had once been items used by Ortheriel, so even the not-so-valuable green and blue equipment and props were all left behind by Alsuja and sealed under the Ice Tomb Throne.
[Ortheriel's Miraculous Mirror]
[Item - Special - Artifact]
[Unbound]
[You can view the specific effects only after binding. Bind?]
Miraculous Mirror? It was hard to tell what it was used for just by looking at the name. It seemed that it could only be determined after binding. Although Daphne was curious, she knew that her top priority now was to leave the Ice Tomb and return to Northshire in the Empire.
Having already obtained the so-called "tempting clothes" specified by the MOD and having met with Alsuja, the King of the Ice Tomb, Daphne had no reason to stay here any longer.
The only question was, where should she go next?
Actually, the best option for Daphne was to find a small path to escape from Northshire and head south to a warmer place in the Empire, using magic to disguise herself as an ordinary human and muddle through the days. Although she had no class or faith, with the few fairly good pieces of equipment she had obtained for free, it was more than enough to protect herself in a not-so-dangerous place. Most people in this world would never even see epic-grade equipment in their lifetime, let alone the even more precious legendary-grade equipment.
The end of the world? What did it have to do with her? The gods, who were far more powerful than her, couldn't even stop the coming of the Twilight of the End. What could she, a half-blood girl who had lost everything, do? The heroic words she said to Alsuja were just empty talk to win his trust. Now that she had got the things, was she really going to fight his mortal incarnation ten years later according to the agreement? Don't be kidding. Even in the game, that was the highest difficulty team dungeon that required twelve max-level players to challenge together. No matter how strong she was, she couldn't possibly oppose the incarnation of a god on her own.
However… Daphne was a bit reluctant. Having been deprived of her power and status for no reason, was the only way left for her to just give up and run away? In this world that she had once loved, was she going to just stand by and watch the disaster approaching step by step? As a player of "COG", it was a bit too much to just sit around and do nothing in the game world she was familiar with.
It was nothing more than starting all over again, just like when she used to level up a new character. Her rich experience could save her a lot of detours. What's more, in fact, she didn't have the right to give up. With the R18 MOD here, if she didn't work hard, she would become the plaything of the big sisters. It was really terrifying. At least she had to try every possible way to enhance her own strength.
The top priority was to obtain a class and faith. Only with a class could she level up and strengthen her skills, and only by obtaining faith could she expand her skill pool. This was the most straightforward way to enhance her strength. If possible, it would be best to also obtain an identity through "Blood Disguise" so as to blend into the human community.
Should she go back to Kohl Town? Although she might run into Grevia again, it was the closest human settlement to the Dunau Mountains. To reach the farther Rokkan City, she would have to walk another forty or fifty kilometers. It was not very realistic to bypass Kohl Town no matter how you looked at it. It seemed that she had to go there for now.
However, before that, Daphne suddenly thought of an even better place to go.