Dimensional Hotel-Chapter 629: Erin’s Battle Form

To be fair, Erin really has long legs now, and what's more, she has eight of them at once—she also got a more intimidating body, a mature face, and a pretty daunting "combat stance," but all the bits of authority she managed to gather were completely undermined by her incessant chatter.

Of course, there's good news too; to Yu Sheng, her chattering is actually quite endearing—after spending so much time with the noisy and lively Erin, if this little creature really changed her exterior and with it her personality, Yu Sheng might not be able to handle it... Mostly because he really can't imagine what this silly puppet would be like if she became serious and aloof, after all, even the original Erin from 3,700 years ago cursed her way straight to the Omen Goddess.

Erin, after rambling on for a long while, eagerly began to study her new body.

Although she had already activated this body when fighting with the cultists, she clearly hadn't had the time to study it carefully under such chaotic circumstances—she had been obsessed with using a frying pan to knock people on the knees for exactly this reason; she was not familiar with this Spider Goddess stance and didn't know how to fight in this form, so she could only use it to intimidate others.

That being said, Yu Sheng was still quite suspicious that this uncultured puppet simply liked knocking people's knees, since classic tactics are always the most effective, and her debut battle back then involved using a frying pan to challenge an opponent three stories tall, with knee-walking techniques and footwork engraved in her soul.

After pacing around for quite some time, Erin finally started to get the hang of walking with eight legs. She spun around happily in place, her upper body swaying left and right, "Hey Yu Sheng, I'm telling you, this way of walking is quite convenient! Eight legs are steadier than two, it's hard to even trip... but you mustn't overthink it when stepping, once you start pondering which leg to move first, you're done for, you won't even be able to walk straight..."

Hu Li drooped his ears and yawned, mumbling sleepily, "So which leg do you step out with first?"

Erin: "…You silly fox, you did that on purpose!"

Seeing the situation, Yu Sheng quickly intervened to mediate, "Alright, alright, you both have more legs than I do—Erin, stop focusing just on those eight legs and start studying the other states of that body, or else you'll revert back and won't be able to examine it later." 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Erin then mumbled an "oh," moving her humanoid half back and forth a little, "Other states... I seem to have more strength? And this body feels really sturdy, but it's so big that it's inconvenient to move around..."

As she spoke, she suddenly stopped again, looking at Yu Sheng with a thoughtful expression before bursting into a grin two seconds later, bending down to reach out for Yu Sheng.

Yu Sheng didn't react in time, "Hey, what are you doing..."

The next second, Erin directly picked him up, and she was overjoyed, "Finally, it's my turn to lift you up! Hahaha, Yu Sheng, you're really tiny now~"

Yu Sheng was not feeling well, vigorously wrenching the arms of this silly puppet, gritting his teeth, "Stop! Stop! Put me down—you've got this body that's all pokey!"

Erin finally giggled and put Yu Sheng back on the ground, even glancing at her body, "Hey, hey, I have to say this shell's magic resistance seems high too. Those spells cast by ordinary priests were like tickles... and this form can directly control 'Spider Silk,' the black kind..."

Saying this, she waved her hand in the air, and strands of black silk appeared around her, exuding a chilling aura as the "Omen Silk" wove into webs in the air and was skillfully unraveled by her, making it dazzling to behold.

Yu Sheng, standing aside and stroking his chin, asked, "What about your other body? Can the golden silk summoned by your other form and these black spider silks appear together?"

Erin thought for a moment, her body wavering as the enormous "Spider Goddess" form collapsed, and the blonde Alice Puppet appeared in the clearing. At the same time, the black spider silk in the air suddenly took on a golden hue, and that unsettling cold aura was replaced by a warm, resilient one.

"Doesn't seem possible," Erin said, casually retracting the golden silk, "I can only maintain one form at a time, and the powers of the two silks seem to oppose each other—black spider silk leans more towards offense, great for capturing or weakening enemies, while the golden silk is more suited for self-repair and defense."

Yu Sheng nodded thoughtfully, "That makes sense... after all, the origins of these two forms clearly come from different systems."

Erin then opened her mouth wide, letting out a big yawn.

The fatigue on her face deepened, and she even seemed a bit listless.

"I think..." mumbled the blonde puppet, but before she could finish, her body suddenly wobbled, visibly shrinking a bit.

Erin was taken aback, blinking as she instinctively walked towards Yu Sheng.

After just one step, she was just over a meter tall, and after two more strides, she had shrunk into a tiny puppet.

The 66.6 cm tall puppet trotted on her short little legs to Yu Sheng, looking up and blinking.

Familiar perspective, familiar height.

"...So I shrank back again!!" the little puppet exclaimed, "This time, it lasted longer than when at Marin's place, and I even unlocked a new form, I thought I could finally stabilize it!"

Despite all the noise, Erin wasn't as flustered as she had been the last time she shrank.

Yu Sheng looked as though he had expected this, and couldn't help but chuckle when he heard the puppet's rant: "From the start, I didn't think your form would be stable. It clearly needs a charge to maintain this 'Combat Stance.' Lasting for a few hours is already very overpowered."

Just as he finished speaking, he saw Erin taking a few steps closer, the puppet tilted her head up with a mischievous grin, baring two small sharp fangs, smiling like Hu Li who found snacks in the cupboard.

Yu Sheng raised an eyebrow: "What do you want to do?"

"Just a recharge, just a recharge," the puppet rubbed her hands together, "Even a sip... a sip will do, hehe..."

Yu Sheng hadn't said anything yet, when he saw Hu Li, who was dazed and yawning nonstop, suddenly lifted her head, her large furry ears perked up, looking eager to take a taste.

Yu Sheng: "What kind of people do I have around me..."

Though he sighed, he didn't reject the puppet's request—after all, it was indeed an essential step in this "test."

He had to verify if Erin's "Combat Stance" was genuinely reproducible.

Recalling the process of the puppet accepting the "sacrifice" during their previous battle, Yu Sheng cleared his throat and raised a hand: "Lu..."

Just as he was about to say a word, he heard a swoosh, and a dark shadow jumped out from the air. The Holy Lady swiftly struck his arm with a blade...

Erin hadn't even noticed Luna was around, and nearly jumped out of her skin, staring with wide eyes like she had seen a ghost: "Hey, when did you come out, C-type buckle?! You're like a ghost!"

Luna landed lightly, gracefully hiding the Fingertip Blade back into the thigh slot, and with one hand on her chest, slightly bowed towards Yu Sheng, looking suave and elegant: "Anytime, ready at hand."

Her stance looked like she had just saved the day, no one would realize she merely gave her master a stab without a little reminder...

Yu Sheng raised his arm, red like Blood Stabbing: "Alright, alright, let's not delay, it'll heal soon enough—Erin, how do you plan to test? Directly sip or go through the process?"

The puppet was stunned: "Process? What process?"

"Going through the process means completely recreating the 'sacrifice' scene—first, take your head off and I'll smear your face."

Erin stepped back half a step straight away—her simple little mind hadn't considered all that, she only now somewhat recalled the situation from back then, and quickly shook her head: "No, no, no, based on how I felt at the time, just 'absorbing' should suffice."

"Alright then," Yu Sheng bent down, offering his arm to the puppet, "while it's still warm."

Erin blinked, stepped forward, and took a bite on Yu Sheng's arm.

The crimson blood smeared over half her face.

It wasn't intentional—the body of 66.6 centimeters was so small, that biting naturally smeared half her face.

Then, the three present (including Luna, who had just appeared but had actually been observing in secret for who knows how long) all nervously watched the puppet standing on the ground, Hu Li even forgot about taking a bite herself for a while.

The blood quickly permeated the puppet's body, and a glimmer seemed to appear in Erin's eyes. This time, Yu Sheng could clearly feel the change in her aura.

Some dormant power was awakening within her, and the connection established by the blood was interacting with that force.

The next moment, Erin's aura suddenly became powerful, she stepped back two steps, looking down at her hands: "Oh, oh, right, right, that's the feeling! It was just like this, and then I..."

Her figure became blurred, then began to grow, from 66.6 centimeters to one meter, one meter five, one meter, 66.6 centimeters...

The excitement on Erin's face hadn't faded, yet the special effects disappeared first, and the puppet was back to the familiar ground level, raising her head in confusion a few seconds later: "...Why the heck did I change back again?!"

However, everyone present was as bewildered as she was, even Yu Sheng hadn't figured out what had just happened. He looked at his arm, which was almost healed, and then at the puppet standing there, hesitated for a moment before speaking: "...Should we go through the process after all, first take your head apart."

Luna beside heard this, and took out the blade again...