Chapter 325

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[Quinx: Owl]

Type: Equippable Item

Description: A weapon crafted through special processing of SSS-grade ghoul Kakuhou.

Effect: Multiple form transformations, both offensive and defensive.

PS: The strongest weapon in the beginner's village.

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[Golden Badge: Dove]

Type: Equippable Item

Description: Symbolic of a legend.

Effect: When equipped, it forcibly increases the current skill level by +1. (Can exceed the level cap)

Current Bound Skill: None

PS: Choose wisely!

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In addition to these, there was a gain of 4,000 transaction points.

Even Abel was surprised; this time, he actually received a five-star rating.

Even though, in this prayer order world, he had started to let loose.

He went on a rampage whenever he saw a ghoul!

Perhaps others would try to advocate for a coexistence between humans and ghouls, but Abel scoffed at the idea.

He believed it was impossible.

If it were about mutants and regular humans, he might have made an effort.

Come on, ghouls eat people, the kind that would die if they didn't eat!

As a human, Abel naturally took the human perspective into account, so it was better to just wipe out the ghouls.

Given enough time, he certainly would do just that.

Then there would be no more troubles, how great.

As for the [Quinx: Owl], he took it out for inspection and found it was similar to the weapon owned by Kishou Arima.

It would be a great help for normal people.

But that was about it; it was far inferior to Baby-5's transforming Devil Fruit weapons.

So for him, it was just an expendable backup weapon.

He could use it to fulfill orders, or just sell it directly to the system's shop.

A joke, indeed, the system offers a mere 800 points for its buyback!

Damn, a weapon of orange quality fetching such a pittance was just a scam.

But the real prize from this order was the [Golden Badge: Dove] acquired later.

Just bind it with any skill, and its level would be forcibly increased by +1!

And it was the kind that could break through the original level cap!

What did that mean?

Suppose his [Asura Aurora Slash] had already reached LV9, the maximum level.

By binding it with this badge, the level would become LV10!

For some reason, Abel felt an intuition that breaking the skill level limit would bring him a tremendous surprise.

However, which skill to bind required careful consideration because once bound, it couldn't be undone.

Abel carefully reviewed his existing skills, immediately ruling out [Magic Card Alteration] and [Clothing Burst].

The former, being the creation of brand-imprinted magic cards, had always been kept as a last resort. Currently, remaining with the Donquixote family, he rarely encountered any danger, so there was no need to utilize those magic cards—thus, upgrading this skill was not a priority.

The latter had too narrow a scope of application, only shining against enemies with very high defense.

Otherwise, simple hacking was enough.

The remaining [Asura Aurora Slash] and [Infinite One-Slash] were frequently used by him, and both were quite powerful.

Considering potential, binding [Infinite One-Slash] seemed more appropriate.

While pondering, Abel's gaze suddenly fell on a unique skill of his own, and an idea struck him.

"Is it possible to bind the exclusive skill 'Dark Breath'?" 

As soon as this thought appeared, it spread like wildfire.

With the mindset of nothing to lose by trying, Abel decided to bind the "Breath of Darkness" with the "Golden Badge: White Dove."

Did it actually succeed?!

As he watched the "Breath of Darkness" level up to LV8 in an instant, he was somewhat in disbelief.

What an unexpected surprise!

Furthermore, the higher the level of "Breath of Darkness," the more enhancement and improvement all the skills derived from it received.

It would also allow him to better understand the power of darkness and the subsequent techniques.

When it comes to potential, "Breath of Darkness" is indeed the most suitable exclusive skill for him.

He couldn't wait to see what the "Breath of Darkness" would look like at LV10.

Then he opened the newly-refreshed system store to start shopping.

Item: "Advanced Skill Upgrade Card" (Orange)

One-time consumable

Description: System product, assured quality!

Effect: When used, it can upgrade a skill below LV9 by one level. (Does not work on exclusive skills)

Price: 3000 trade points

Quantity:

PS: Do you really get it?

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Only 3000 trade points? Buy!

He initially thought to use it on "Infinite Slash," but that was only at LV5, and using the "Advanced Skill Upgrade Card" seemed too extravagant.

Of course, he could wait until it reached LV6 to use it.

But Abel didn't want to wait when he could just buy more later.

So he directly used it on "Asura Aurora Slash," upgrading it to LV8!

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Item: "Ancient Zombie Tree" (Orange)

Special item

Description: An incredibly mystical tree.

Effect: When planted and watered day and night with fresh blood, there's a chance for it to gain sentience, turning from dead to alive. Items crafted from it possess regenerative memory, and can rapidly self-repair by absorbing blood.

Price: 5000 trade points

Quantity: 1 (tree)

PS: Life and death, the cycle goes on.

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Ignoring the last blue-quality item as useless, Abel pondered whether to buy this tree or not.

Mainly because 5000 trade points felt somewhat expensive, he didn't find it worth the price.

Raising a zombie tree was off the list.

However, after giving it some thought, he decided to contact Tom to see if he needed such wood.

Upon hearing about it, Tom was somewhat excited, asking many questions about the material's properties, such as its softness and toughness.

He even mentioned that he had never heard of such a mystical tree.

As for the blood absorption regeneration, Tom wasn't concerned at all.

It doesn't necessarily have to be human blood; animal blood could also do the job, right?

Besides, if it truly had this characteristic, many complex tasks would become simple, and perhaps it could lead to the creation of an unprecedented magical battleship.

No way around it!

Abel, left with no choice, bought the item, hoping it would be worth more than its cost.

Before heading to the South Seas, he had to quickly deliver the item to Tom.

Time was running short.

After these transactions, he had only 14640 trade points left.

He noticed that though the system upgrade increased the chances of good items appearing, the prices also became higher.

It's not easy trying to save for the future.

Especially considering the financial and material resources he had invested in crafting a fine ship,

If the final product didn't satisfy him, he'd make Tom turn into Jerry for sure.