Turning back the clock a little, to the moment when everyone had just arrived and Xu Tao rushed to reinforce the southern wall, Jehanne's eyes flashed.

"I will go to the next place closest to Sir Tao's…!" she thought, before moving toward the southwest.

As a level 950, she had focused her stats primarily on STR and DEX, so her speed was no joke. However, despite that, she still couldn't compare to Xu Tao's speed at all.

"I need more…!" she whispered, opening her Character Panel.

Through it, she poured 80% of the 4,900 free stat points she had equally into her two prominent stats, before balancing out the rest.

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Name: Jehanne d'Arc

Level: 950

Stats:

STR: 2,910

INT: 644

VIT: 643

AGI: 643

DEX: 2,910

Cultivation: 0

Hidden Stats:

Charm (CHA): 100/100

Luck (LCK): 50/100

Leadership (LDR): 90/100

Faith (FTH): 100/100

Aura (AUR): 80/100

Note:

A saint who fought for her country. Later branded as a witch and burned alive at the stake. Has a curious but compassionate personality. Loyal to those she serves and ruthless toward pagans and enemies.

]

Her method of distributing her stats might look unbalanced, but it was the way she could "benefit" the most. Without missing a beat, and making use of her near 3,000 DEX, she took out a familiar costume from within her Storage Ring.

"Hup!"

Like a flash of whirlwind, she stripped off her entire set of armor before donning the new outfit. Instantly, she could feel her power rising…

Her bunny ears bounced as she grabbed her discarded armor—still mid-air—and placed it back into the ring. Her costume change took less than 0.1 seconds, faster than even a Magical Girl's one-minute-long transformation scene!

With the bonus multiplier of the UR Bunny Suit, Jehanne's STR stat shot to 5,820 points, while her DEX reached 11,640, breaking past the ten-thousand mark!

"Phew…"

Jehanne took a short breath, then made a casual step forward—instantly, as if she had just used Ground Shrink, she arrived at her destination! The explosive power from her STR, combined with the finesse to control her body through DEX, had created a new kind of… monster.

"This feels nice~!" Jehanne smiled sweetly.

DEX was a stat that influenced a person's action speed. Whether it be movement, visual acuity, or attack speed, all relied heavily on DEX. And with hers now beyond ten thousand, she was, quite literally, unstoppable!

"Monsters!" she shouted in her slowed-down world, her lips curling into a fierce grin. "Join me for a test run~!"

She raised her spear, the white flag at its end now looking like a solid blade at her incredible speed. One wave made the ends flap loudly, producing sonic booms like a whip!

"Hmm… Troublesome…"

A drawback quickly revealed itself.

Just because she was moving fast didn't mean everything else kept up. The wind pressure grew stronger the faster she went, and the spear felt heavier with each swing. Not to mention, the white, triangular flag was dragging behind her, posing a risk of wrapping around her and hampering her movements.

Thus, she had to constantly monitor her position, the enemy's position, her strength, incoming attacks, threats from her blind spots, and the flag's angle and location… too many variables to process in a split second!

Jehanne's movements were initially stiff in the accelerated world she inhabited… but gradually, she adapted.

Her motions became smoother, sharper, deadlier. Enemies couldn't even glimpse her shadow before their bodies were shredded into thousands of pieces. And despite the carnage, her flag remained spotless—an absolute, godly level of control!

THUD! CRAAASH!

"Huff…"

Jehanne skidded to a stop beyond the swarm of monsters, finally releasing the breath she'd been holding. Slowly, she glanced back and smiled.

"Well, I'd say I did well for a test run~!" Her lips curled into a bright smile, and she nodded lightly.

She spun her spear-flag casually, almost playfully, before stabbing it into the ground. The moment she did, as if the monsters suddenly realized it—no, as if their bodies just noticed—they began falling apart.

Blood splashed like rain, staining the ground despite the dim lighting. Then, one by one, the corpses dissolved, transforming into Loot Boxes of various sizes.

The Celestial Beast, still locked in battle, stared in awe. It hadn't seen anything—literally. One moment the monsters were strong and pushing it back; the next, they were reduced to bite-sized chunks and gone!

One thing it knew for sure: the culprit was the woman standing boldly at the far end of the dark field, a tall flag waving in the wind beside her.

"Alright!" Jehanne nodded, realizing it was time to move, and released her spear. "My zone's cleared now. Time to collect loot~!"

As soon as all the loot boxes appeared, Jehanne dashed off—her accelerated speed leaving streaks of motion behind her.

In a flash, she touched every loot box around, looping back to where she had started. She watched as the loot boxes slowly opened one by one, followed by…

Ting! Ting! Ting!

"Waah!"

The boisterous, overlapping sound of thousands of notifications rang in her ears.

"Too loud! Shut it…!" she grumbled, pulling up the settings of her Lost System Copy and muting the sounds.

Once done, she quickly processed the notifications—or rather, didn't need to. The loot notifications stayed for five seconds at most once "seen," before dissolving automatically. In short, five seconds later, the towering flood of messages vanished like a summer mirage.

"With that out of the way…"

Jehanne wasn't finished yet. She made another lap, gathering every piece of loot into her Storage Ring. There was so much that her ring was nearly full! Though, most of it was food items.

With all the loot collected and no more monsters in her section, Jehanne nodded in satisfaction. She turned toward the south end, spotting a thin flash—like the fleeting reflection of a passing thread—slicing through the monster swarm.

The next moment, all the monsters on the southern side fell, transforming into loot boxes.

"…Looks like Sir Tao's side is over as well!" she smiled.

The defense of their city was slowly, but surely, being secured.