Death Game: Starting as a Trickster, Pretending to Be a God

[Unicorn Rage Bear’s Fortitude (24 hours): Gain defense as solid as a giant bear, greatly improving resistance to blows, pain tolerance, and wound recovery speed.]

[Long-toothed Forest Lynx (24 hours): Gain feline-like swiftness and agility, greatly improving neural reaction speed and stealth ability.]

Looking at the two new buffs on his body, Lin Yu was very satisfied.

Just as Hannah had said, eating those two pieces of meat indeed provided beneficial effects.

Thinking about it, it made sense. Although these two giant beasts weren’t the most dangerous ”prey” in this hunt, they could still be considered powerful and rare, at least at the level of elite monsters.

Even though Lin Yu had dealt with them seemingly effortlessly at first glance, if the two beasts hadn’t fought each other first, and if he had lacked Fern’s seemingly simple few seconds of paralysis, Lin Yu truly wouldn’t have had the confidence to complete these kills!

For beasts that require a certain level of difficulty to kill, the life energy they contain is naturally abundant. Eating them would naturally provide innate buffs.

At the same time...

The names of these two buffs were also quite interesting.

Through these names, Lin Yu also learned the more formal scientific names of these two creatures: Unicorn Rage Bear and Long-toothed Forest Lynx.

They certainly couldn’t actually be called Tukam or Numenhak.

”This naming is quite vivid and easy to understand.”

Lin Yu couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.

Of course, the buffs that meat itself could provide definitely wouldn’t be as magical and special as the two BUFFs Lin Yu currently had on him. At most, they would only slightly increase strength or agility, or restore stamina.

Lin Yu being able to possess these two BUFFs that looked very powerful was mostly due to the effect of the [Banquet Pendant]!

This pendant not only allowed him to randomly gain buffs while eating, but also allowed Lin Yu to upgrade the buffs he originally obtained from food.

Right now, Lin Yu could feel...

”My physique really rivals that of a monster...”

He murmured, then clenched his fist and released it.

Tremendous and formidable power filled his palm. Even Lin Yu himself couldn’t help but wonder if he still counted as human!

Lin Yu’s current physique simply couldn’t be explained by the Soldier’s basic five-fold enhancement ability.

Even a Soldier who had chosen [Military Rank] after [Promotion], which further strengthened their physical attributes, couldn’t possibly have such a formidable effect.

The effect of [Military Rank] is to increase all received ”physical buff” effects and duration by twenty percent—including the Soldier’s own basic five-fold enhancement.

In other words, a Soldier who has obtained [Military Rank] has a physical constitution equivalent to a six-fold enhancement, and can also enjoy enhanced effects from using various potions and consumable items.

But now, Lin Yu felt his physical attributes had a baseline enhancement of at least ten times!

This further highlighted the Banquet God’s generosity—not only Hannah and the [Bliss Immortal Pot], but the [Banquet Pendant] was also incredibly useful!

”If I take advantage of the buffs on my body before they disappear, continue to find those large beasts to hunt, and then keep eating their meat, wouldn’t I be able to continuously obtain various high-level buffs?”

Lin Yu couldn’t help but feel optimistic.

If it weren’t for this [Promotion] mission, this [dungeon] would have almost no danger for him anymore!

No matter how barbaric or wild this world was, Lin Yu had now absolutely integrated into it.

However, precisely because of the existence of the [Promotion] mission...

Lin Yu’s plan was just wishful thinking.

He couldn’t possibly spend all his time on hunting.

”I still need to continue with the deception.”

Lin Yu pondered, his gaze falling on Fern beside him.

She was sitting against a tree trunk, hugging her knees, with her eyes closed, resting.

After eating and drinking their fill, the night was still long, so naturally they needed to recuperate.

It’s just that neither Lin Yu nor Fern could truly fall asleep.

The physical enhancements on Lin Yu’s body allowed him to last even without sleeping.

Fern, as a [Second Tier] [Hunter], naturally wasn’t so fragile that she needed to sleep soundly right now.

After all, the ”Glory Festival” was full of dangers—although the nearby area was temporarily peaceful due to the invisible deterrence formed by the deaths of two exceptionally fierce beasts, it was definitely not a good place to sleep.

Moreover, even though Fern and Lin Yu had completed a ”hunt” together, there absolutely did not exist a relationship between them that would allow the other to feel at ease keeping watch.

Although Lin Yu had Hannah to keep watch—this little octopus was already well-rested—Lin Yu couldn’t really just let Hannah stand guard while he slept. This also didn’t fit the persona he currently wanted to portray.

Most importantly, Lin Yu was inherently suspicious.

As for Fern...

She also felt in her heart that this Lin Yu guy was very strange!

So the two of them sat quietly before the campfire until the first light of dawn.

The sky was dyed a warm red by the sun that had yet to rise, illuminating the vast wilderness.

Yesterday’s two corpses, which were somewhat incomplete after having some meat and ”trophy” proof taken from them, still lay on the grassland. The strong smell of blood had mostly dissipated, and the corpses had even begun to show signs of decay.

The other smaller beasts that had fled due to deterrence and fear had already begun to move around this area again. The two corpses were covered with scavenging birds.

Looking at this scene full of vitality and thriving life, Lin Yu stood up, picked up the spear placed beside him, and stretched his body, which had become somewhat stiff from sitting still all night.

”Let’s go, Fern, my friend.”

Fern opened her eyes and gave a slight yawn: ”Okay, but Moro, where is our destination? Continue hunting?”

”No, I want to find the location of the ’Healing Station’,” Lin Yu shook his head and said, ”Which direction did you come from?”

Fern pointed to the front right.

”That way. Judging by the rising and setting of the sun, it should be southeast... if the Black Marsh can also determine direction by the sun’s movement, then that’s correct.”

As Fern spoke, Lin Yu nodded.

”Good, then the direction you came from can be temporarily ignored.”

Fern was a bit curious: ”Why are you in such a hurry to go to the Healing Station? You’re not injured, are you?”

Lin Yu shook his head.

”This Glory Festival has an additional rule related to the Healing Station.”

Fern suddenly understood: ”So you want to go get some weapons?”

”No, I’m not interested in the content of the rule,” Lin Yu told the truth straightforwardly, laying his cards on the table. ”I’m interested in why this rule appeared. So I want to see for myself what situation caused such a change to occur.”

Lin Yu said sincerely.

This wasn’t a lie either.

But as for how Fern would interpret it...

That was her own problem!