This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist

After Rita and Nivalis entered the S City area, they quickly landed and cloaked themselves, taking a short detour before quietly returning to their villa. However, as soon as Rita entered the house, she received an alert from the [Shielded Water Barrier]—someone had entered her territory without permission!

Ever since she activated the [Shielded Water Barrier], she hadn't granted access to anyone. Not even Samuel Scarlett would be exempt, and his entry would be marked. But now, a red dot appeared on the map, located at the back yard, and it began to move outwards just as she stepped into the house!

Rita immediately pressed her chest tattoo, retracting the cat nest—she could clearly feel the cat nest being pulled out from another space. This discovery made Rita's heart drop. She rushed towards the backyard, even using [I'm in a Hurry]. Many players in the Flood Dragon guild had access to instant teleportation skills, and this limited-range teleportation skill was no longer a rare or unique ability. Even if someone happened to see her from the rooftop, it wouldn't matter.

But the "person" was fast. By the time Rita reached the backyard, the figure had already fled. She vaguely saw a white tail with a black tip.

A fox tail?

A one-tailed moon fox?!

Rita quickly opened the map. The red dot was still moving towards the outer area of the villa compound, and [Shielded Water Barrier] had already marked the intruder.

She pointed in the direction of the moon fox's escape and told Nivalis, "That way, follow."

Nivalis immediately flew off in pursuit.

This was an outdoor area, and Rita had just entered the house and immediately rushed back out. She couldn't safely disguise herself, so she couldn't sprint at full speed to catch up. Her high agility couldn't help her overtake the fox. She could only use [I'm in a Hurry] to close the gap.

The moon fox was fast, but fortunately, Nivalis was even faster. Nivalis quickly overtook the fox and blocked its path, while Rita blocked the retreat.

It was then that she realized not only was this a one-tailed moon fox, but it was also a member of the royal family!

Rita immediately used her analysis skill.

[PhantomDancer] Level 12

[Divine Gift] I Need to Start Thinking (C-Class)

A member of the Misttail Clan of the Moon Foxes?! The name was even silver—this was an elite-level foreign race.

Rita's heart tightened. Her first thought was that the "Mistblade" might have found her, but she quickly dismissed the idea. Even though the 12 foreign races had long-range inter-dimensional communication methods, it would have been too fast for them to have found her, and even if it were the Mistblade who had sent this fox to find her, their first reaction wouldn't be to try and capture her alive, but rather to kill her. So why was it running?

Rita decided to test it. "Did you take something from me?"

PhantomDancer took a step back, trying to avoid exposing his back to Nivalis or Rita. Even though Nivalis seemed small, he knew that the only dragon who had descended to Blue Star was the youngest one—the most recent dragon!

He couldn't defeat this dragon, and he certainly didn't dare fight. "I'll give it back to you, but you have to let me go. I'm from the Misttail Clan of the Moon Foxes, and I've been blessed by the Mistblade Moon Emperor. If you kill me, the entire Moon Fox Clan will hunt you down."

Rita's primary concern wasn't the cat nest or its contents but the fact that she clearly felt it had been pulled out from another space when she retrieved it. This suggested that the moon fox had already realized its value and taken it.

Even without this reason, she couldn't let a Level 12 foreign race walk around Blue Star unchecked!

As for the Moon Fox Clan's pursuit?

If she let him go now, and word spread about the cat nest, she'd find herself facing dual threats—from both Blue Star and Lania Kaia.

What good was a dragon, really? When the stakes were high enough, Nivalis wouldn't hesitate to turn greed into another form of temptation.

As she spent more time with the cats in her backyard, Rita had noticed that the items appearing in the cat nest were growing increasingly valuable.

At this point, the true worth of the cat nest had finally begun to reveal itself.

Rita spoke coldly, "There are countless Moon Foxes who have descended to Blue Star. If all of you spoke like you do, would the Moon Foxes really be able to kill everyone?"

After that, Rita gave Nivalis a signal. "Kill him."

PhantomDancer sensed the murderous intent in Rita's eyes and quickly explained, "But if you kill me, you might not get that thing back!"

Rita smirked coldly. She had the cat nest in her possession—what item couldn't she obtain with enough time?

And even if the item was important, could it compare to her safety?

PhantomDancer read the expression on Rita's face. "It's a piece of an SSS-class artifact!!"

Rita stopped smiling: Occasionally, something like that could be useful.

She clasped her hands behind her back and took out the [We're Not Familiar, But That's Okay] skill crystal, crushing it without hesitation.

Rita asked, "What SSS-class artifact? I've never heard of such an item."

PhantomDancer: "…It should be SSS-class, otherwise, why would so many big figures fight for it…? Forget it, at least this foreign race doesn't know if what I'm saying is true or not."

Rita: "You think I would believe you just because you said so? Show it to me."

With that, Rita began to manipulate PhantomDancer's thoughts—"This person doesn't seem easy to fool. If I keep trying to deceive her, what if the dragon kills me?"

"Better show it to her. At least that'll buy me some time."

PhantomDancer began to rethink the situation and retreated a few more steps, backing up against a tree. He pulled out an item, showing it to Rita for three seconds before quickly putting it away again.

Rita:!!

Another "mahjong" tile?!

It had necrotic script on it—[The 5-Wan].

This was a fragment of an SSS-class artifact?

No, PhantomDancer wasn't sure, but according to his story, this was something everyone in Lania Kaia was scrambling to get?

Rita's mind raced, but her face remained calm. "What is this? I don't see any description."

PhantomDancer couldn't believe that Rita had recognized the item.

"Crap, now she's going to think I'm trying to trick her, isn't she?"

"The real value of this bone tile isn't something just anyone knows…"

"If it weren't for the Mistblade personally coming to my home and buying one from my mother, I wouldn't even know how valuable it is…"

"Five bottles of Epic-level potions and five pieces of Legendary gems! It was even crafted by Mistblade himself, who gave me a sacred blade just to exchange for this tile…"

"Now what should I say? If I tell her the truth, she's even less likely to let me go…"