Chapter 14: Drawing the Artifact [Trick or Treat Grim Reaper’s Finger]

Chapter 14: Drawing the Artifact [Trick or Treat Grim Reaper's Finger]

Upon completing Novice Task Two, Leon earned a lucky draw for equipment.

Now that he had some free time, he decided to put it to use.

"System, what grade of equipment can be obtained from the lucky draw?"

[The lucky draw outcome is dependent on the host's personal luck. Items range from the lowest-grade city-returning scrolls, magic potions, and healing potions, to unique and potent artifacts. However, the higher the equipment level, the lower the probability of obtaining it.]

"Can artifacts be drawn as well?"

Leon expressed his surprise.

Even after the Nature elves' thousands of years on the Holy Continent, the Elf King himself possessed only the [Elf Crown] as an artifact, and it remained sealed.

"Are the drawn artifacts sealed as well?"

[If the system generates it, there won't be any seal! Since this is the host's first time initiating the lucky draw mode, the lucky value for special rewards has increased tenfold. The host is advised to make the most of this opportunity.]

Leon suddenly felt an unusual force enveloping him.

Soon after, a turntable materialized before him, visible only to him.

The turntable displayed hundreds of distinct items, primarily weapons and equipment, with a few special items like potions and scrolls.

Leon observed the city-returning scrolls mentioned by the system on the turntable.

"System, what's the purpose of the City Return Scroll?"

Is it similar to games where he can return to the "main city" upon using the city-returning scrolls?

[The City Return Scroll is a single-use consumable. After use, the host can instantly return to the territory via the Tree of Life, regardless of their location on the sacred continent.]

Leon inhaled sharply, "Such an extraordinary item, and it's only the lowest-tier option?"

These city-returning scrolls were tantamount to an additional lease on life. Even in dire circumstances, he could escape instantly.

[A product from the system is always a high-quality item!]

Leon felt excited and remarked, "Then let's commence the lucky draw!"

As his voice faded, the turntable before him gradually began to spin, its speed increasing until the items on the turntable blurred into phantoms, nearly indiscernible.

A stationary pointer was visible on the turntable.

The implication was clear: when the turntable halted, the object indicated by the pointer would be his draw.

[When you call for a stop, the turntable will come to a halt!]

"Got it!"

Leon pressed his hands together, rubbed them a few times, and then took a deep breath.

"With ten times the lucky value, don't disappoint me!"

"Stop!!"

Leon yelled suddenly.

The lucky draw turntable came to an instant stop, and Leon felt a tinge of disappointment as he looked at the item it had landed on.

"Not the City Return Scroll!"

Although the system claimed that the City Return Scroll was the lowest-tier item, to him, it was akin to a lifesaving talisman. What's most crucial when traversing another world? It's having a means to save your life! Even if the price of the City Return Scroll were a million gold coins, he didn't feel it would be a loss.

However, it was a pity that he hadn't drawn it.

Instead, he had drawn a dagger.

The entire dagger was crafted from gold, adorned with innumerable mysterious runes densely covering its hilt and body.

Staring at it for a prolonged moment, Leon felt as though his soul was about to be drawn into it.

"System, what kind of equipment is this?"

...

As the drawing wheel faded, the golden dagger that had been drawn materialized out of thin air and landed in his grasp.

Gripping the dagger's hilt, Leon suddenly sensed his strength skyrocketing by hundreds of times. At that instant, he felt that even if a legendary true god stood before him, he would possess the confidence to slay them.

"It must be an illusion!"

Leon refused to believe that a mere dagger could grant him the power to defeat gods.

Nevertheless, it was evident that this golden dagger was anything but ordinary.

[Congratulations to the host for drawing the artifact—the Finger of the Mourning God of Death!]

"Artifact?!"

Leon was incredibly taken aback.

The tenfold increase in lucky value had actually granted him an artifact. And, as the system had mentioned earlier, all artifacts drawn by the system were unsealed—meaning their full power was accessible.

"I'm incredibly lucky to have won an artifact!"

Leon was so exhilarated that he nearly burst into wild laughter.

The only downside was the name of the artifact, which left him a bit displeased. It was dubbed [Trickling Grim Reaper's Finger]. Clearly, it was a dagger, but what kind of name was that?

"System, what abilities does this artifact possess?"

[The Tricky Grim Reaper's Finger doesn't possess offensive lethality, but it can instantly transform creatures below the True God level into feeble sheep. Even a true god with their own divine kingdom will be compelled to transform if they're caught off-guard.]

[The duration of the transformation depends on the strength of the target. The weaker the target, the longer they'll remain a sheep, and vice versa. Beings below the king level will experience permanent sheep transformation.]

[While in the sheep-transformed state, no magical spell apart from the host's can revert the target to their original form.]

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