Chapter 407: That Is Very Powerful
Iwanaga Kotoko picked up her scepter to take a look.
Its appearance, which originally resembled wood, had now transformed into a beautiful glowing light purple, just like her eyes. Fine, gorgeous patterns emerged across its surface.
The whole thing could only be described with one word.
Elegant.
"Hmm, not bad~"
Iwanaga Kotoko waved her scepter, a look of satisfaction appearing on her cute face.
Compared to pure attributes, she actually valued overall coordination more, meaning whether the equipment had a gorgeous and elegant appearance.
Simply put, she was a true beauty obsessed Player.
She was the one truly playing Miracle Nikki.
"Then next..."
Iwanaga Kotoko stared intently at the phone screen, her eyes filled with anticipation.
"What kind of move will I get?"
On the phone screen, dark red characters gradually condensed.
[Because you participated in killing one of the Death Mother Planet Nyx Incarnations, Blackwatch Commander Mickey Quick, you have obtained the exclusive extra special reward: God Chasing.]
[God Chasing: Consumes a large amount of mental strength to unleash a large area omnipotent attribute attack. The power of the omnipotent attribute will ignore the target's defense and resistance. Damage will not be reduced by any type of defense resistance, and when it hits, it will significantly reduce the target's mental resistance.]
[Because you participated in and completed the first core main storyline of this game, you have obtained the exclusive extra special reward: Self recovery ability is astonishingly increased, and you are immune to all types of instant death erasure attacks.]
"God Chasing? A pretty good ability."
Iwanaga Kotoko looked at the introduction of the God Chasing skill and nodded noncommittally.
A large area clear map skill could be considered one of the few shortcomings her squad still had.
Furthermore, even if it failed to kill the enemy, God Chasing also came with the effect of reducing mental resistance, and the ghost hands summoned by Pale Domination happened to focus on mental resistance.
It could be said to be a perfect match for her as a warlock type class.
"Next up is Yamauchi Sakura."
"Ah? Me?"
Yamauchi Sakura came back to her senses, looked at Asagiri sitting there, and asked curiously,
"Why isn't Utsunomiya-san going first?"
"You haven't cleared enough Dungeons with him yet."
Yuuki Asuna sighed, reached out to gently pat Yamauchi Sakura on the shoulder, and said earnestly,
"Emotions have a threshold. When each of us confirms our completion rewards, we all feel surprised and happy."
"But if you let this guy confirm his rewards first, after we see the rewards he gets, no matter what rewards we get later, we'll only feel bored."
"Oh, I see."
Yamauchi Sakura nodded as if she understood, then smiled.
"Then I'll go first. But I only became a High Level Player after clearing the last Dungeon, and I don't know what kind of rewards to customize. Can you give me some advice?"
"You should consume that Condensation of the Undying Heart first."
"Oh, right."
Yamauchi Sakura smiled embarrassedly, then took out the Condensation of the Undying Heart from her inventory.
Although it was said to be eaten, it was not actually eaten.
When the thought of consuming the heart appeared in her mind, the Undying Heart turned into a crimson light and slowly merged into her body.
[Condensation of the Undying Heart consumed.]
"Thump... Thump... Thump..."
At this moment, Yamauchi Sakura seemed to hear the heartbeat inside her chest.
The world in front of her first became blurry, then instantly became clearer.
Hearing, vision, smell.
All of her senses were greatly enhanced.
She even felt as if she could touch the air.
"This is..."
Yamauchi Sakura looked down at her palms.
Her slender, fair fingers slowly clenched, and her eyes filled with joy.
"Such powerful strength... The current me can do anything..."
"Don't talk nonsense."
Asagiri chuckled and shook his head.
"Open the Eye Icon APP on your phone first and check your physical fitness level before saying that."
"Eh?"
Yamauchi Sakura did not quite understand what Asagiri meant, but she still took out her phone and looked at it.
On the personal Player panel, the physical fitness column clearly read,
[Human Limit.]
"My physical fitness went straight from Weak to Human Limit!"
Yamauchi Sakura shouted excitedly.
Then she noticed the calm expressions on the faces of Asagiri, Yuuki Asuna, Iwanaga Kotoko, and Kato Megumi, and could not help asking curiously,
"What level is your physical fitness now?"
"Transcendent."
"Transcendent."
"Yeah, Transcendent."
"Also Transcendent."
"Uh..."
Yamauchi Sakura had a complicated expression and did not know what to say.
After a few seconds, she hesitated.
"How come you're all Transcendent?"
"Transcendent is the highest level."
Asagiri shrugged and explained indifferently,
"Actually, the meaning of Transcendent level is that it no longer makes sense to compare with ordinary people."
"After the last Dungeon clear, Kotoko had already reached this level. Although her physical fitness is considered a weakness, that's only because the objects of comparison are Asuna, Kato Megumi, and me."
"Then..."
Yamauchi Sakura could not help asking out of curiosity,
"What is the gap in physical fitness between me and you?"
"Hmm... It's hard to describe. Let me demonstrate."
As Asagiri's voice fell, Yamauchi Sakura suddenly felt a dangerous aura.
Although she saw Iwanaga Kotoko raise her scepter toward her, she could not react in time before Iwanaga Kotoko gently placed the scepter on her shoulder.
"The eyes can see it, but the body can't react in time. That's one kind."
"And the other kind..."
"Ding!"
Yamauchi Sakura did not see anything at all.
She only felt a cool touch on her cheek, and only then did she belatedly realize that Yuuki Asuna had gently pressed the blade of her shining star crystal sword against her face.
"It doesn't make sense to talk about the gap like this."
Asagiri spoke calmly.
"Your dynamic vision and reflexes can't keep up with the speed, so any attack Asuna makes looks like teleportation to you."
"Even if you died, you wouldn't know how you died."
"I see."
Yamauchi Sakura did not feel discouraged by Asagiri's words.
After all, she had originally been at a Weak level where she could not even run, and now jumping to the Human Limit level of physical fitness was already satisfying.
If she could catch up to the other four, who had been in the top tier since the beginning of the game, after just two Dungeons, that would be completely illogical.
"Just having Human Limit physical fitness is not enough. You still need to strengthen your mental strength and physical fitness."
"As for other things..."
Asagiri thought for a moment before speaking.
"Just choose armor."
"As a priest, survival is the first priority. And if your survival ability becomes stronger, it can also reduce our burden in battle."
Although they all had S+ ratings, Yamauchi Sakura's S+ could not be compared with Asagiri's S+.
In the Dungeon that had just ended, she did make a great contribution, ensuring that the other four did not lose too much mental strength and physical energy when they arrived at the Pure White Palace.
But that was all.
She did not provide any indispensable help in battle.
Because of this, if she wanted to obtain Red Epic quality equipment, she could not choose too many types. She should only customize the need for one piece of equipment, with quality as the priority.
"Mm-hmm, then I'll input it like this."
Yamauchi Sakura did not doubt Asagiri's decision at all and followed his advice without hesitation, inputting the content of the custom reward.
[Reward obtained: Significant increase in physical fitness, significant increase in mental strength, armor type equipment Holy Link Dress.]
[Holy Link Dress (Red Epic Quality): An artifact formed from pure holy power. When wearing this equipment, mental strength recovery speed is greatly increased, and the effects of buff spells cast on targets other than oneself are greatly increased. By consuming the wearer's mental strength, the wearer can perform a Holy Link with the target, requiring the target's consent. In the linked state, all attacks received by the wearer will be transferred to the linked target.]
Seeing the effect of this Holy Link Dress, Yamauchi Sakura only had one thought in her mind.
Simple.
Crude.
There were no fancy effects like increasing defense or resistance.
It was a direct transfer of attacks.
And unlike Sakurakawa Rikka's Link, what was transferred was not damage, but the attack itself.
The difference between these two points was that when Sakurakawa Rikka took on damage instead, if the target's defense and resistance were stronger than hers, it was a positive buff.
Conversely, it was a negative buff.
But the effect of this artifact was exactly the opposite.
Except...
Among the five members of the squad, even including the four from Kaguya's squad, no one had defense and resistance as weak as Yamauchi Sakura's.
Even Fujiwara Chika, who was also considered a glass cannon, had stronger physical fitness than her.
And for attacks that could cause serious damage or even be fatal to Yamauchi Sakura, if transferred to Asagiri, it could only be said to be harmless.
Perhaps it would not even break his defense.
The only problem was...
"Letting you guys help me take attacks... I feel a bit embarrassed..."
Seeing Yamauchi Sakura's embarrassed look, Yuuki Asuna was about to say something with a smile, but Asagiri spoke first.
"It's okay. In battle, I help you take attacks, and then at certain times, you have to take my powerful attacks."
"We help each other. That's what family is."
Hearing this, Yamauchi Sakura was confused and puzzled.
But then she noticed that Kato Megumi and Yuuki Asuna were blushing.
Iwanaga Kotoko, while also blushing, nodded and said softly,
"That is indeed very powerful."
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