This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist

Chapter 211 The Crystal Must Be Given to Someone, Not the Current Me

A dragon that hasn't explicitly promised to protect Blue Star, and a dragon that, if it receives dragon blood and transforms into a true dragon, is willing to protect Blue Star.

"A dragon belonging to an individual player" or "A dragon belonging to the nation"?

This decision was too simple.

They wouldn't bear the loss, but the latter option would guarantee them a 100% profit.

Rita couldn't even guarantee that the Special Affairs Bureau wouldn't be tempted.

Even though the contract reversal had just occurred before their eyes, the risks were controllable. The Special Affairs Bureau was full of capable people who could think of ways to close the loopholes, and then they could acquire a dragon that would protect their country!

Moreover, Black Jade hadn't done anything irreversible yet. Not a single person from the Flood Dragon team had died—although Black Jade had been deadly serious in the fight, many people only cared about the result.

To most people, Black Jade and Nivalis, Flood Dragon and true dragons, didn't really seem that different.

Rita thought a lot, for a long time. The longer she thought, the longer the silence stretched.

During this time, everyone was watching her, waiting for her answer.

Even Shadow.Q remained silent. She couldn't speak easily. Right now, she was the decision-maker for the Special Affairs Bureau, not Rita's friend.

Rita didn't expect Shadow.Q to speak up for her. Thinking so would be underestimating Shadow.Q's ability and work attitude. Shadow.Q worked for the Special Affairs Bureau, not for her.

But Rita couldn't help feeling a sense of "as expected... this was bound to happen."

She knew what most people were thinking. They were waiting for her to agree, waiting for her to see the bigger picture.

Humans could donate blood, so why couldn't a dragon? Nivalis might not die from giving dragon blood, right? A little treatment could fix that.

But Rita didn't think it was that simple. If the Flood Dragon could transform into a true dragon, it would be a fundamental change for its species. She didn't believe it was as easy as just giving a little blood—it was definitely different from losing blood during a regular fight.

If it were that simple, how could Lania Kaia have only a few thousand dragons? Lania Kaia wouldn't lack research talent. They could have bred dragons themselves. There must be something related to the source power involved.

If Black Jade rose to the sky and became a true dragon, would Nivalis fall and degrade into a half-lizard, half-dragon?

She couldn't afford to take that risk, nor did she want to.

Rita thought to herself, "Nivalis, reverse time to 140 seconds ago."

In the next moment, everything around her—the people, the objects, the sky and earth—became ephemeral.

Rita could feel herself moving, she and Rick were being pushed backward.

"...Then let's fight."

That was Black Jade's voice.

At this moment, Rita was in the area where the remote team players were, and in the next second, Rick was sent flying.

Rita spoke again in her heart to Nivalis, "Do it again!"

Time was once more stolen, and as time moved forward, Rick was sent backward.

"You kill me, and he'll die too."

Again, it was Black Jade's voice.

At this point, Rick was kneeling before Black Jade.

That was enough. If she went further back, it might trigger an accident. She didn't want to take that chance.

Rita held the skill crystal *We're Not Familiar, but That's Okay* but didn't use it.

She suddenly didn't want to manipulate people's emotions anymore.

To completely alter others' desires and personalities with emotions was incredibly difficult.

Rick was kneeling, and she tried to use the crystal to guide Black Jade's thoughts, making it stop attacking her dragon. But wasn't that also her kneeling?

Only the weak would try to change others' desires to avoid harm. The strong didn't need to do that. She hid her strength only to protect herself better, not to make herself feel safer by kneeling.

She quietly put the crystal away.

This crystal wasn't meant for the current version of herself.

Director Rita started explaining the next script in her mind to Nivalis. Meanwhile, she quickly allocated all 15 of her attribute points to agility.

She needed Rick's trust, but she also needed to shatter Black Jade's and everyone's unrealistic fantasies. She needed to continue hiding herself.

She wanted it all!

Nivalis: "Wow~!"

Nivalis: "Okay, okay!!"

Nivalis: "I can be even cooler!"

Nivalis: "I'll act cool, don't worry!"

Soon, time returned to the moment when Black Jade sent Rick flying with its tail.

Rita would never admit that she had spoken with Nivalis for so long just to watch Rick be sent flying again.

Rita shouted, "Nivalis, help me!!"

The next second, the Ice Dragon appeared beneath Rita, and frost swirled around both her and the dragon. Rita stepped onto the dragon's head and soared into the sky.

The storm and frost surrounding them formed a cover, and at that moment, Rita took out a 50ml bottle of *50-Year-Old Daughter's Red* from her magic prosthetic teeth and swallowed it directly.

At the same time, a dragon-shaped shadow appeared behind Rita, a shadow slightly larger than her own form. This shadow was exactly the same as Nivalis.

All attributes and values were quickly changed by Rita.

She didn't need to specifically design the data; all she had to do was remove the *Disguise* from her attributes.

At this moment, without counting the attribute bonuses from equipment, Rita's base stats were multiplied by five.

**Strength**: 54x5 ? 270

**Constitution**: 53x5 ? 265

**Intelligence**: 60x5 ? 300

**Agility**: 89x5 ? 445

--- **[Now I'm Scary Strong] Activated!**

Nivalis roared, and under the pressure of the dragon bloodline, Black Jade was instantly immobilized.

Under the passive skill *[You're Too Weak]*, Black Jade's weak points were clearly visible, with at least seven places glowing red.

Draw the bow—aim—release the string—the arrow, enveloped in red flames, was shot toward Flood Dragon's still-developing "dragon horn" on the right.

A 500% attribute bonus!!

Magical energy attached to the skill!!

Critical hit—strike to the weak spot!

In a single shot, the Flood Dragon's health dropped from 9.06% to 2.92%.

The force of the arrow and its damage shattered the right "dragon horn" of the Flood Dragon, scattering it into a cloud of blood mist.

Flood Dragon had dreamed of becoming a true dragon, and every symbol of dragonhood on its body was something it cherished and also something vulnerable. Rita didn't want the Flood Dragon's life; she wanted it to hate her. She wanted it to go mad every time it thought of its lost dragon horn!

With the God of the Culinary Arts' aggro skill active, Rick was lucky.

Rita endured the feeling of dizziness and the pain in her head as if she had drunk too much, silently thankful that she never caused a scene when drunk—she just wanted to sleep. Looking down at the Flood Dragon, she coldly spoke, her voice human but laced with the roar of a dragon: "Bloodbath Blue Star? Do you think you're worthy of that?!"

The eyes of both Nivalis and Rita burned with blue dragon flames, and white frost threads created by ice magic surrounded the two, forming a dragon-shaped trail as they soared through the air, their black hair and white dragon whiskers flying behind them, nearly parallel to the ground.

The light from the dragon's shadow illuminated the area as bright as day, with the effects turned to full. Both Rita and Nivalis, whether in posture or gaze, synchronized perfectly as they looked coldly at the Flood Dragon and all the players in the area.

Nivalis, with her neck stiff like a sore throat, let out a dragon's roar—she wanted to howl at the sky, but Rita was still standing on her head.

Nivalis lowered her voice and asked, one word at a time, "Swearing by the dragon bloodline? Are you provoking me? Provoking a real dragon?"