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After her rebirth, Rita vows not to repeat her past mistakes. This time, her first priority is to stop her brother, who is about to marry into the Lopez family, from participating in the initial game beta test. In her previous life, she was deceived by this scheming brother until her dying breath. It was only at the end that she realized she was merely a villain in a male-oriented novel about a live-in son-in-law, with all the malice and manipulation orchestrated by him behind the scenes.

In this life, Rita decides to change the rules of the game. She will stay in the shadows and seize all the opportunities meant for the male and female leads. By participating in the beta test and re-selecting her abilities, she systematically dismantles the protagonists’ advantages, all while making them believe she’s on their side.

Rita has no intention of harming innocent people, nor is she a selfless saint. In this game, she works with the authorities for mutual benefit, all to achieve her ultimate goal—becoming the true master of her fate.

This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist

Rita was also feeling a headache. She hadn't expected Eclipse Vanguard to be unable to provide any S-level skills...

Her baseline was at least 7 bottles for one S-level skill. That was already a huge discount for Eclipse Vanguard, which equated to a potion worth 1,400 gold in exchange for an S-level skill.

Even if Eclipse Vanguard spent a little time at Lania Kaia's auction house, sniping the S-level skills priced at 10,000 gold each, they'd make a net profit. Though S-level skills weren't always available, it was hard to believe that Eclipse Vanguard couldn't gather the resources for it. Wasn't this bullying?

Shadow.Q seriously conveyed Eclipse Vanguard's message:

"We really can't offer more S-level skills. Gold is also running short. Although Eclipse Vanguard gets a lot of gold daily, we also need it for buying materials, skills, and equipment to arm our players."

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