CHAPTER 98: CHAPTER 98: LEO’S BAD NEWS

[Icy Spider Silk Gloves]

[Quality]: Purple

[Requirement]: Level 21 or higher

[Equip Effect 1]: +3 Strength, +3 Defense

[Equip Effect 2]: Web Spray — Costs 2 Energy. The gloves shoot a burst of web that covers the 3-meter area in front of you. All enemies in that area have their movement speed reduced by 50% for 10 seconds. Cooldown: 10 minutes.

[Note]: These gloves only have two effects. For Purple-quality gear, they’re pretty weak. And no, you can’t use them to cosplay Spider-Man.

Ethan looked over the info on the [Icy Spider Silk Gloves] and saw it matched the note.

They’re only a bit better than regular Blue-quality gear, and nowhere near Ethan’s current [Ruin Spear], [Assassin’s Sleeve Crossbow], and so on.

The [Ice-Silk Gloves] Ethan is using don’t boost stats as much as the [Icy Spider Silk Gloves], but they come with a very nice extra effect.

[Ice-Silk Gloves]

[Quality]: Blue

[Requirement]: Level 9 or higher

[Equip Effect 1]: +2 Strength

[Equip Effect 2]: Adaptive Control — improves your handling of weapons

[Note]: A pretty solid piece of gear

Since Ethan is using the [Ruin Spear] now, [Adaptive Control] helps him more than the web spray from the [Icy Spider Silk Gloves].

After all, he hasn’t used spears before, so his proficiency is still low.

He needs the [Adaptive Control] effect right now.

So Ethan put the [Icy Spider Silk Gloves] into his [Inventory], planning to take off the [Ice-Silk Gloves] only after he can fully handle spear-type weapons.

Thinking of this, Ethan glanced at Serena. Based on his past drop rate, even after killing so many [Ice Spiders], nothing had dropped.

The [Ice Spider Queen] dropping a Purple-quality item now was probably because of Serena.

Ethan no longer expected anything from his own drop rate. With the [Ten-Thousandfold Intelligence Reward], he had already gotten weapons, gear, and items far beyond other players.

Just then, something seemed wrong with Serena. Ethan saw her skin turning redder.

In this extremely cold place, white mist kept forming around her body.

He instinctively took a step toward her and said, "Are you okay? Our deal is already done. If something happens to you now, that’s not part of our deal."

Serena didn’t answer. She looked like she was in a lot of pain. The deep blue blood of the [Ice Spider Queen] kept getting absorbed into her

Ethan thought Serena should be fine, but the next second, she suddenly closed her eyes and took off her top.

Right then, her full and firm chest was completely exposed in front of Ethan.

Dark blue blood flowed down from her smooth, swan-like neck, along her collarbone, and then dropped onto her chest.

At that moment, she looked really tempting. The deep blue blood looked like a pattern on her body, slowly gathering and flowing down her skin.

Ethan just took a quick look and didn’t plan to get involved. As long as Serena didn’t die, their deal would be fine.

Then, Serena suddenly opened her eyes. A strange blue light flashed in her pupils.

After that, Ethan heard her speak in a very urgent voice: "Hurry, help me! My body is about to stop moving!"

Ethan frowned a little and asked, "Are you going to die?"

Serena glanced at Ethan and continued, "If you don’t help me now, you’ll die."

"My hands won’t move anymore. Hurry up and take off all my clothes—they’re stopping me from absorbing the blood of the [Ice Spiders Queen]!"

After saying that, Serena moved her left hand with great effort and clicked the watch on her right wrist.

She was turning off the watch’s protection. After all, [Windchaser] would need to help her take off her clothes soon, and that would mean getting close.

In Dawnfall Online, there was a special protection against unusual physical contact.

Once Ethan saw that Serena had turned off the protection, he finally walked over to her and sighed:

"I should have asked for more money if I knew it would be this troublesome."

Serena’s eyes widened. She stared at Ethan in disbelief, clearly confused.

Shouldn’t this be a kind of exciting reward?

Why did it feel like a hassle?

Serena wanted to look down and see if her body had lost its charm, but she could no longer control her own body.

Back when she took the class change quest, that NPC had told her to stay completely naked when absorbing the blood of the [Ice Spiders Queen].

At first, Serena thought it didn’t matter if she was dressed, but now she realized she was wrong.

Just then, she felt a pair of warm, big hands touching her waist, grabbing her pants, and slowly pulling them down.

Serena was just about to close her eyes, but for some reason, she remembered what [Windchaser] had asked about Emma earlier.

Without thinking, she stared at Ethan, bit her lip gently, and let out a soft sigh, asking: "Am I pretty?"

Ethan was in the middle of bending down to take off her long pants. When he heard her question, he didn’t hesitate before replying:

"Wait until you clean off that blue blood first before asking that."

At once, Serena closed her eyes.

Ethan moved quickly and smoothly. After taking off Serena’s long pants, he went straight for her underwear. But as soon as he looked at it, he felt surprised.

It was a black thong with lace patterns, barely covering the most important part. And he noticed that there was absolutely no hair around it.

At that moment, Serena kept her eyes tightly shut, biting her lip hard, afraid that Ethan might start talking.

She felt Ethan’s movements were fast, and he didn’t seem to want to look longer. He just pulled her underwear off quickly.

Then she heard Ethan say, "That’s the last time I’m helping you. If you cause more trouble, you’ll have to deal with it yourself."

Serena didn’t want to say anything. She just gave a soft "Hmm."

After finishing everything, Ethan took a few steps back and started thinking about Elise.

Back on that high platform, Elise was also like this—naked, standing in front of him, trying to seduce him.

He always ended up in situations like this, whether in real life or in Dawnfall Online.

Leo had told him more than once that if he and Ethan had switched bodies, he would already be dead from all sorts of diseases by now.

Thinking about this, Ethan opened his wristwatch and found Leo’s game ID [No Sneak Attacks]. He sent a message.

[Windchaser]: [Do you have any new news? I’m online, send it to me if you do.]

He waited for a while, but there was no reply from Leo. He must not be online.

In Dawnfall Online, you couldn’t see if a friend was online, or else Ethan wouldn’t have asked.

Normally, Ethan wouldn’t care so much about this.

But Leo’s message wasn’t just about the new medicine from Veritas Snow Group—it also had to do with the burning black flames.

And that last part could finally help Ethan figure out the dream that had been haunting him all along!

Time passed slowly, and after 33 minutes, Serena finally finished absorbing the blood of the Ice Spiders Queen. She was now turning away from Ethan, putting her clothes back on.

Her perfect, rounded bottom moved up and down as she dressed, making it hard for Ethan to look away.

Serena glanced back secretly, but found Ethan was looking down at his wristwatch, completely not paying attention to her.

Suddenly, she bit her lip and whispered, "I don’t believe it. Am I really that bad?"

Ethan was still waiting for a reply from Leo. He didn’t have anything important to do right now. Soon, he would go back to Safe Zone 9527 and find Lucas.

He also wanted to check on how Elise was doing.

Oh, Ethan suddenly hit his head. He remembered something about the [Ice Calamity Intel]. He almost forgot about it.

He had just gone through so much today—Frost Valley’s underground caves, the "Siphoner" in Ice City, the Deputy City Lord Ford, Serena’s mission, and the Orange-quality Intel about Aurora...

Ethan quickly looked at his [Inventory] and was about to click on the Orange-quality [Ice Calamity Intel] when his wristwatch suddenly vibrated. It was a message from Leo.

[No Sneak Attacks]: [Ethan, the news I have isn’t good.]

[Windchaser]: [Cut the nonsense. Just tell me.]

[No Sneak Attacks]: [I got new orders. The people above want me to go into Veritas Snow Group, not to help them, but to stop them from developing the new drug!]

[No Sneak Attacks]: [But your only hope is that new drug. Without it, you only have three months left!]

[No Sneak Attacks]: [Damn it! What are we going to do?]