Do You Like Me That Much? Miss Villainess-Chapter 33 : Holy Crap, Purple... Rare

On this side, Mu Qinglan thought about that Martial Emperor's title of enlightened ruler and sighed softly.
And on the other side,
Having experienced a bloody battle and broken through the interception of those hundred-plus armored soldiers, the two message-delivering girls were now exhausted and gasping for breath.
"Is this really Human Gate difficulty?"
Bai Yuyu grimaced, picking up a fairly usable iron rod from the ground and remounting her horse.
If this was really Human Gate difficulty, then she admitted that when she previously claimed to be an invincible genius of her level, her voice had been a bit too loud.
"It should just be an accident."
Jiang He shook her head coolly and continued on the road.
"That's true," Bai Yuyu complained. "I wonder which bad guy did this, making this mission so difficult. If the final rating is just average, I'm going to be furious!"
"Just keep going, hurry up."
Jiang He said coldly.
Her movements were swift. Before her words finished, the horse beneath her shot out like an arrow from a bowstring, heading straight for the city whose vague outline could already be seen in the distance.
The faster they went, the better Qingqing's chances of survival.
Although she had agreed to let her stay behind to cover their retreat, this side's Jiang He was also working hard to do what she could for her.
"Hey, wait for me!"
Under the moonlight, the little girl called out in dissatisfaction.
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In a dense forest where moonlight couldn't reach, a middle-aged man wearing imposing general's armor leaned against a tree, quietly waiting for the accompanying physician to treat his wounds.
His face radiated fierce light, with blood traces still fresh.
Every gesture carried a terrifying aura of slaughter.
Combined with his broken armor covered in blood—whether his enemies' or his own—he looked like an evil god just returned from the Nine Nether Realm.
Suddenly, this evil god's brow furrowed.
"Madam, it's time to go."
He stood up, his armor plates grinding against each other with dull collision sounds.
"The demon clan has probably already blocked information from this area. The general will discover the anomaly here tomorrow at the earliest. I'm afraid we must prepare for the worst. You..."
"I'll go with you."
On a rock not far away, a woman who bore some resemblance to Mu Qinglan and was leisurely coaxing a child to sleep said firmly.
Then she somewhat reluctantly handed the child to the black-clothed woman beside her, moving carefully:
"As for Qinglan, I'll entrust her to Miss Ji."
The black-clothed woman solemnly took the child:
"I won't let anyone discover her."
"Madam, this journey to lure the enemy is a matter of life and death. Even I may not be able to protect you completely," General Yuan said silently. "If I'm fortunate enough to survive, do you have any words you'd like me to convey to the general?"
"Everything that needed to be said has already been said. What would be the point of saying more now?"
The madam shook her head with a pale face, reluctant in her heart:
"I just can't bear to part with Qinglan."
She gazed at the sleeping child in the black-clothed woman's arms for a few more seconds, then steeled herself:
"Let's go."
Several remaining armored soldiers stood up with clanking sounds, formed ranks, and protected the woman holding a black bundle in the center, silently walking toward the nearest garrison city.
General Yuan led the way.
In the forest, the black-clothed woman watched the group gradually disappear into the distance, silently holding the girl tighter and walking toward darker depths.
She would hide the young miss well.
And just then, a light suddenly shone in the dark night, and everything touched by the light shattered like a broken lake surface.
It shattered into a vast ritual array with no visible end.
Then the light on the ritual array gradually dimmed, like a city losing power, and the world bit by bit fell into darkness.
Mu Qinglan opened her eyes, her emotions somewhat complex.
She had previously thought the royal family was targeting Prince Qi because they worried he might have developed different intentions after years away from the capital, but who would have thought that this emperor had laid a shocking death trap for her family as early as fourteen years ago?
The information in the game didn't tell you everything either.
Really...
Forget it, it wouldn't change anything anyway.
She still had irreconcilable conflicts with the royal family.
But fortunately, she already had ideas for dealing with it.
Jiang He...
In this ritual, Mu Qinglan had deliberately left some flaws to identify herself in the real world.
In most situations, her two allies naturally wouldn't have the chance to see these flaws, but what if she found an ambiguous time, ambiguous place, and ambiguous situation to deliberately display them in front of the two?
Hiss...
She was already mourning for the little cutie who would fall into the bad woman's trap.
But all of this was for later.
The urgent matter now was still to choose a good destiny trait.
She shook her head and looked around, discovering she hadn't returned to reality but had come to a pitch-black space where she couldn't see her hand in front of her face.
This must be for awakening an acquired destiny trait.
Thinking of this, Mu Qinglan couldn't help but feel somewhat curious. She had completed all the tasks without exception. Logically speaking, this should be a very terrifying evaluation.
What good things could come out?
Mu Qinglan felt slightly expectant in her heart, but also inevitably felt some liver pain.
There was no pity system for grinding stats in the game.
So for suitable destiny traits, she often grinded for hours at a time. Often her teammates would get what they wanted and happily run off, while she was still in the dungeon challenging the limits of bad luck.
But this time she had a perfect score. It wouldn't be excessive to have some good luck, right?
The light spots of the ritual array quickly lit up—those were the achievements she had completed in this ritual.
[Main task completed. Your plea for help has been safely delivered and the number of people meets requirements]
[Human Gate is open]
[Secondary tasks are being retrieved]
[You successfully survived to the end in the Human Gate ritual, Task One completed]
[You killed three demon clan members whose strength far exceeded yours, Task Two perfectly completed]
[Your close friend survived to the end, Task Three completed]
[You killed the insider who leaked information, Task Four completed]
[You found the mastermind behind everything, Task Five completed]
[All tasks completed, overall evaluation ranked first]
[MVP—]
As those final three golden characters "MVP" shattered like a mirror into light arcs covering the ground, three hazy purple glimmers suddenly lit up in Mu Qinglan's heart.
She was stunned. Holy crap, purple rare!
Ah no, purple rare!
Although it wasn't the highest level golden legendary, Mu Qinglan could understand.
After all, this was just the Human Gate ritual.
In the game, she remembered the purple trait drop rate for Human Gate dungeons wasn't high either, only fluctuating around 5%, while golden traits were a glaring 0%.
So three purples was already the theoretically most perfect situation.
Perfect escape from her unlucky fate.
Next, it just depended on what these traits were.
Mu Qinglan thought as her consciousness gently touched those three purple light spots in her heart.
The mist dispersed.
Three purple destiny traits finally came into view:
[Phoenix Feather (Purple): Your spellcasting is pure as phoenix feathers, gaining a small increase in casting speed]
[Trickster (Purple): You wear a mask and walk between minds. Gain small bonuses to shadow and mental magic.]
[Shadow Flow (Purple): The unseen blade is the deadliest. You gain greatly increased shadow affinity.]