Chapter 348: Take Only What You Need

Chapter 348: Take Only What You Need

“Hmm, this plan should be about right.” Zheng Yichen looked at the finally perfected formula, rubbed his eyes, and prepared to conduct the final test when the Magic Weapon Summoning Book showed some unusual activity. He was @-ed by someone. Very few people knew Zheng Yichen’s real ID; even the Creator’s ID was just an alias.

There were genuinely not many people who could @ him and make him feel it. Currently, it was only a few Witches… and Carlin?

The other party only had an extra permission granted by Zheng Yichen, which allowed him to feel it when Carlin contacted a certain ID of his. “Huh? What the heck is going on!? Wasn’t it supposed to be as steady as a rock?”

The message was from Carlin, but it wasn’t good news. Something happened to Lily; she was gone. She ran off with a bunch of Demon Sword Cultists, and of all things, she went willingly? Did the Loli he raised just fly away? For a moment, Zheng Yichen had that illusion. He’d better figure out what exactly happened first.

In Kaja City, Carlin was also having a headache. After all that guarding and preventing, who would have thought the person would just run off on her own? While he was watching that group of Demon Sword Cultists, who could have imagined the target he was guarding would be the one to cause trouble? This kind of thing was just too darn crazy, making him feel for a moment… an impulse to seize the chance and run away himself.

This thought had just appeared when his older sister smacked him on the back of his head. What else could he do? Report to his Boss first. He hoped the Boss wouldn’t be so angry he’d start smashing things. Thinking about the items placed in his Workshop, each one seemed particularly valuable, right? Smashing them would be such a waste. What was he thinking!

Carlin looked anxiously at Lily, who was following that team. She went over on her own. What should he do now? Rush up and snatch her away? What if she resisted? What if she picked up a knife and started hacking at him?

You see, when keeping an eye on Lily, Carlin and his older sister took turns. He did it during the day; at night, even though she was a little girl, she was still female . It was more convenient for his older sister to guard her. It was basically an uninterrupted, round-the-clock watch. Boring? It wasn’t boring at all.

When there was nothing to do, browsing the Forum wasn’t boring. When hungry, just buy something from the Trading Zone. Eat whatever you want, the Boss reimburses it, so what was there to worry about?

Thus, they discovered some issues. This little girl… was a bit amazing. She could actually summon a High-Level Magic Soldier!? After the Magic Weapon Summoning Book’s revamp, those who could summon High-Level Magic Soldiers now were all truly major figures. It wasn’t like before where even the leader of any large Mercenary Corps could become an Advanced Magic Weapon User. Even he was Advanced-level back then.

But now? He had just broken through to Low-level and was still lingering at the Mid-level. It would take a long time to advance further. The difficulty in raising proficiency now was more than a hundred times harder than before, practically suffocating. But as long as it worked, that was fine.

Yet this little girl casually summoned a High-Level Magic Soldier. Currently, there were only a few types of High-Level Magic Soldiers. The Xihe Sword and Wangshu Sword, which once drew attention, weren’t used by many people anymore. It wasn’t that they didn’t want to use them, but they couldn’t. In short, this revamp completely freed Magic Weapon Summoners from impatience, making them truly see it as a new professional system. After all, only power obtained through sufficient tempering would be valued.

Power obtained easily? Precisely because it was gained too easily, without experiencing the difficulty of the process, it was overly neglected. One would only feel this power was handy but wouldn’t truly understand it. It was with such a revamp that the impetuous trend among Magic Weapon Summoners was broken. Otherwise, many Magic Weapon Summoners wouldn’t have discovered that the Low-level Magic Weapons they once ignored were actually quite useful too. It was because they couldn’t advance quickly that they needed to focus on the present and slowly develop, right?

But to hell with slow development! She could directly pull out a Magic Arms that was clearly not the 1% proficiency trial version, but one that could autonomously conceal its aura, a Magic Arms of an unknown stage! And among the High-Level Magic Soldiers, it was the Magic Sword deemed the most dangerous!

That’s right. After the Magic Weapon Summoning Book revamp, all Magic Weapon Summoners realized the strength of these Magic Arms had increased by more than just one level. It was precisely because of this that the original proficiency was lowered, not because the ‘official’ maliciously rolled back progress to trick people. So, it wasn’t a loss for Magic Weapon Summoners.

Based on this analysis and speculation, one could judge just how powerful High-Level Magic Soldiers were now. As a Magic Sword among the High-Level Magic Soldiers, its danger level definitely soared straight up. Yet, such a dangerous weapon was held like a toy in a little girl’s hand?

When Karin noticed this point back then, she even felt a sense of horror. Lily’s strength wasn’t sufficient to notice her, but that Magic Sword seemed to have noticed her.

“I suspect our Boss… must also be a non-human existence.” Carlin communicated with his older sister while tailing. It stood to reason: merely a somewhat special Magic Pharmacist, yet able to be noticed by four Witches? That was ridiculous. Four Witches! Who could handle that?

Yet when mentioning Witches in contact with Zheng Yichen, Zheng Yichen discussed them without changing his expression. Clearly, he was no simple existence. No need to doubt it; the existence of Witches was enough to make many people turn pale at the mere mention. But what about Zheng Yichen? It felt more like… oh, today I had tea and a meal with this or that Witch; she’s quite nice, we had common topics to discuss, we’ll get together again if there’s a chance. Was this something a normal person did?

“A Witch?”

“Ahem, would any Witch have nothing better to do than turn themselves into a man? The Boss replied.” Carlin lowered his head to look at the content in the Magic Weapon Summoning Book. The message inside was simple: he was to keep a good eye on Lily, stay put for now, not move, and not allow any more mistakes.

He was even temporarily granted permission to use the ‘Armory.’ During this period, he could freely choose equipment from the Armory to use.

“The Armory… it’s been a long time.” Carlin touched the Ring on his finger. After selecting things from the Armory last time, he couldn’t forget about it. Unfortunately, with a guarding Quest like this, it was hard to achieve any major merits unless there were people looking for trouble with the target every day.

Unfortunately, Lily kept a very low profile at the Academy. Besides being an honors student, she usually had little contact with others and never showed off. Every day, besides doing her own things, she studied diligently and honed her skills. Carlin even noticed that when others weren’t paying attention, she was trying to develop some new fighting style. This made him feel a bit embarrassed.

Thinking back to when he was her age, when taught by teachers, he was still a bit impatient, not to mention more often thinking about how to outwit his older sister and shake off his younger brother status—clearly, he was the older brother… Unfortunately, by now, that kind of thing had long since gone cold.

Re-opening the Armory, Carlin’s eyes lit up. Whether it was because the Quest was special or for other reasons, the Armory he entered again had expanded quite a bit, and there were many more things inside. Not equipment, but consumables! All of them were improved versions not seen on the market!

The enhanced Mana Enhancement Potion went without saying; it had three times the effect of the market’s Mana Enhancement Potion. The enhanced Fixation Potion had twice the original effect. The enhanced Paralysis Potion—the pain-blocking effect hadn’t changed, but the extent to which it unlocked the body’s power limit was higher!

Unlocking the body’s power limit… Hmm, in the past, no one paid much attention to this point, not really understanding it. But after someone used this kind of Magic Potion, they understood its true power. After using this Magic Potion, physical strength could be exerted with an additional twenty percent beyond the original maximum base!

But the consequences… once the Magic Potion effect wore off and pain sensation returned, the body would suffer various severe internal injuries. Muscle strains were minor; serious cases could even develop necrosis. If used without restraint, fighters often found their bodies starting to uncontrollably bleed externally during battle. This was also why, when using the Paralysis Potion, it must be paired with the Fixation Potion.

The Magic Potion didn’t affect other bodily sensations, only blocking pain. But pain sensation was very sensitive. Without this sensation, other sensations, even if they didn’t disappear, would also be affected.

These Magic Potions weren’t numerous. There were more enhanced Mana Enhancement Potions: thirty bottles. The Paralysis Potions and Fixation Potions only had ten bottles each. “I say, Sis, wouldn’t it be okay if we took an extra two bottles?”

“Take only what you need.” Karin’s tone was completely flat. Having selfish thoughts was fine, but using them in the wrong place—as an older sister, she definitely had to correct that!

“I was just saying… Phew… I hope afterward the Boss won’t make us return what we took… Probably not, right? After all, there’s so much…” Carlin muttered, starting to dig out the equipment he truly needed from the Armory. Many were things he eyed with great enthusiasm.

“With this set of equipment, if we had to accumulate it ourselves, it would take years to get. What luck.” After sorting out the new equipment, Carlin quickly caught up with the team ahead. As an Infiltrator, of course he had the skill to adjust equipment while tracking to handle various situations. After all, for their profession, when stirring up trouble, most of the time they were in a state of being unsupported. If they didn’t master a few more useful skills, dying really wasn’t something to complain about.

If you have grievances, don’t choose this here-today-gone-tomorrow profession!

The style of equipment in the Armory was different from the mainstream equipment of this world, but one thing couldn’t be denied: the equipment inside was more concise and practical. Besides the different artistic style, the intrinsic effects weren’t much different from this world’s. For example, the clothes he wore had a built-in aura-concealing effect and could change color according to the environment. The Magic fluctuation was so faint even the wearer could hardly detect it, very suitable for an Infiltrator.