Yukikaze looked around in all directions, observing her surroundings to find the person who wanted to set her up. Who was it?! To dare set up the great Lady Yukikaze—they were simply courting death.
Seeing Yukikaze looking around, Shokaku realized that the dark aura she emitted had been detected. Without hesitation, she immediately withdrew her plotting thoughts.
Once Shokaku's dark aura was retracted, Yukikaze no longer felt that sensation of someone trying to set her up. She immediately became puzzled. Was it just her imagination? Forget it, eating was more important. Ah! This chicken was truly delicious and good! Yukikaze began to eat heartily again.
"This girl is quite sharp; she's not easy to deal with! But looking at the way she's stuffing her face, she's just a foodie. It seems I was overthinking it. In the end, she's no match for me," Shokaku thought confidently.
Seeing Yukikaze eating so happily, Unicorn also started using her chopsticks. Truly delicious; Sister Azuma's culinary skills were getting more refined by the day!
In this way, Yukikaze successfully got to know the Ship Girls of this Naval Base, taking a small step toward joining them... Meanwhile, on the other side, Illustrious, who was conquering Azure Island, had slain the Anchorage Princess of the first Abyssal Habitat. Afterward, Illustrious and Souryuu immediately flew to Dido's side.
"Truly amazing! I didn't expect the power of your Abyssal Dragon Black Star Cannon to be so great, taking out that Anchorage Princess in a single hit," Illustrious praised Dido's devastating strike.
"Yeah! When I saw that Anchorage Princess use two Moon Ice Absolute Divine Mirrors, I was a bit worried if your Abyssal Dragon Black Star Cannon would work. It turns out I was overthinking it!" Souryuu nodded in agreement with Illustrious's praise of Dido's powerful Abyssal Dragon Black Star Cannon.
"Of course! Look who used the ultimate move!" Dido said with a face full of pride.
At the place where the Anchorage Princess was defeated, four golden treasure chests appeared: two for Dido, one for Illustrious, and one for Souryuu. Because the other Ship Girls had participated in the raid on the first Abyssal Habitat, each of them received a purple treasure chest, which appeared directly in front of them.
"Oh! The treasure chests have appeared! It's time to test our luck! Just watch! My Ship Girl will definitely open something precious."
"Your Ship Girl has been infected by your bad luck! Let me show you what good things a Ship Girl who inherited the same 'European' bloodline as me can open!"
"Ugh! What are you all arguing about? This is a purple pity chest; it has a guaranteed drop. No matter how bad it is, it's better than the chests dropped by those Abyssal Warships!"
The Admirals all nodded. That's right! It was a purple pity chest! Unlike the chests dropped by Abyssal Warships, it couldn't be that bad!
Illustrious, Dido, and Souryuu immediately flew to their treasure chests and impatiently opened them, wanting to see what good things they had obtained.
Souryuu opened her golden treasure chest, and a golden light radiated from it. After a while, as the golden light slowly vanished, a black collar appeared before her.
When Souryuu held it in her hand, information about the black collar surfaced in her mind, telling her that it was a ship device.
ship device: Slave Collar
Grade: Heavy-Phase Grade
Effect: Become a Slave
Function: The wearer can sever the soul network connection between a Ship Girl and her Admiral. It can make the wearer obey unconditionally; if told to go east, she will not go west. There is no time limit.
Note: 1. It has no effect on Legendary Ship Girls and Rulers. 2. The wearer will develop a desire to be whipped, and whipping will produce pleasure.
Did she just get a pity drop? But this ship device isn't bad! If she gave it to a Five-Star Epic Ship Girl to wear, wouldn't her Admiral then have a Five-Star Epic Ship Girl!
Looking at Illustrious and Dido, Souryuu thought about who to give it to. Should she try it on Illustrious? After all, she was the Silver King! Her future potential was limitless!
No! It's too risky. After all, the notes mentioned it's ineffective against Rulers. If it had no effect after she wore it, wouldn't that just offend her?
Then Dido it is! She'd find an opportunity to make her wear it. That way, the Admiral would surely praise her for bringing him a Five-Star Epic Ship Girl.
Dido also opened her first treasure chest and found it was a Blue-grade azure crystal core. This item could increase the Ship Qi of Three-Star and Four-Star Epic Ship Girls.
How unlucky! It was just a pity drop. Although it could increase Ship Qi, this item could only be used by Three-Star and Four-Star Epic Ship Girls; it was useless to her! She would just give it to Swan in the Naval Base, who happened to be a Three-Star Epic Ship Girl.
After putting the Blue-grade azure crystal core into her rigging space, Dido opened her second golden treasure chest and found it was a Ship Skill Manual. Once she held it, information about the Ship Skill Manual appeared in her mind.
Ship Skill Manual: Moon Ice Absolute Divine Mirror
Grade: King Grade
Type: Defense
Function: Can condense a white circular ice mirror with power equivalent to twice one's own defense. Up to two can be opened simultaneously. Cooldown time is ten minutes.
Note: For those with natural-type ice abilities, they can condense a white circular ice mirror equivalent to three times their own defense.
Isn't this Ship Skill exactly that ice mirror defense skill used by the Anchorage Princess? If it weren't for that ice mirror defense skill, the three Ship Girls wouldn't have had to fight so hard!
natural-type ice ability users get a triple defense effect! Looking at the hundreds of ice swords the Anchorage Princess used, it seems she was a natural-type ice ability user. No wonder her defense was so strong; it turned out she had an ability bonus!
But even a doubled version of that amazing ice-mirror defense Ship Skill is still incredible! Hehehe! Not bad at all! Still another pity-break, though—golden chests really hate giving up their rare loot! The odds are just too low; as an unlucky player, getting something precious feels harder than reaching heaven!
The lucky Illustrious, however, opens rare items as easily as breathing. She cracked a golden chest, and when the glow faded a golden azure crystal core lay before her.
The golden light blazing from the core dazzled both Dido and Souryuu; they inwardly cursed—damn seal! Someone ought to spear her!
A golden azure crystal core is immensely valuable; it can boost the Ship Qi of a Four-Star Legendary Ship Girl. Once you reach that tier, gaining Ship Qi through battle is painfully slow.
You only earn Qi in life-or-death fights against other Four-Star Legendaries or stronger, and with fewer than ten Legendary Ship Girls on the planet, how many such battles can you possibly find?
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