NOVEL WEB B4 | Chapter 53
Alexia
Well that kraken was annoying. Mostly because of its regeneration, but also because of its enormous size.
Not to mention the fact that most of its body was hiding underground.
Then again, anything that regenerates almost as fast as I can damage it is plain annoying to fight.
Putting that aside though, I'd say I gave a pretty good show to those watching. And that was all without showing them the greatness of my True Form.
A form that I have to admit looks rather intimidating all by itself.
It's too bad I can't use it as I please.
Anyways, I go ahead and touch the chest in front of me, making it open up to reveal an item floating above it.
Hmm… that's not bad I guess. For my upgraded item at least. Enjoy new tales from My Virtual Library Empire
The item itself is incredibly good after all.
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Kraken's Lifeblood
Description: A potion infused with the very lifeblood of the krakens and further advanced by the System into an Ascended item. This potion will fully restore any damage done to the user by anything that is not Ascended, and it will do it in a single instant. Additionally, the MAG, MEN, VIT, and STR of the user will be drastically increased for a period of ten minutes.
Stats Bonus: +1000 MAG, +1000 MEN, +1000 VIT, +1000 STR for 10 minutes after drinking
Requirements: N/A
Item Tier: Ascended (Item Tier increased by one due to the Legendary Feat, The First Clear)
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Now that is a good item. A really good one.
Although I do feel a little bit disappointed that it's a potion and not a weapon or piece of equipment. Because having an Ascended piece of equipment would be really nice.
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I've never even so much as seen an Ascended piece of equipment before after all. Not even on TV.
Any ascendants from before the Reset who had them would always keep them out of sight unless they were fighting. Mostly because they are always at risk of being stolen.
There were only a couple Ascended Dungeons in the entire universe before the Reset after all. So they were precious items.
And an Ascended item far surpasses a Tier 5 item in strength and pretty much everything else. Hence the massive stat boost from this potion on top of the instant regeneration it grants.
Overall, this potion is precious and one of a kind. So I immediately stash it into my storage ring.
I blink as a thought comes to mind.
The realization that I'm being livestreamed to everyone in the Dimensional Grid right now. Meaning they all saw me get this potion.
I purse my lips before shrugging and beginning to head towards the exit of the hidden area.
Yeah, maybe it's actually for the best that I didn't get a piece of Ascended equipment. Otherwise it would probably make people want to target me again despite the display I just put on. Just for the off chance they could obtain it.
But a potion without a permanent boost like this one wouldn't likely be worth it for them to risk trying to steal it from me.
It wouldn't exactly be easy to steal either. Since it's not like I'll be bringing it out unless I'm using it. And if I use it then it'll be gone.
Potions are one-time use after all.
Still… the fact that it boosts four of my five stats by a thousand points for ten minutes is incredible…
Come to think of it, there was a Tier 5 monster in the Tier 4 dungeon. So I really hope there won't be an Ascended monster in this one.
If there is I may really need that potion at some point in this place.
Well, anyways, after a couple seconds I finally leave the hidden area and return to the main portion of the dungeon. Then I go ahead and teleport around the ocean for a while until I find another hidden area thanks to my lovely and very handy map.
This hidden area isn't a boss though. Instead it's some sort of puzzle.
In the form of a massive underwater temple.
Or rather, it's inside of the massive underwater temple in a hidden portion of the temple that I had to navigate through numerous cracks in the stone of the temple. Not to mention traverse underground tunnels, fight quite a few eel monsters, and even grab a couple keys to unlock doors.
All just for a single puzzle after entering the hidden area labeled as some sort of Underwater Temple Treasure Vault.
And it's a puzzle I'm struggling to figure out.
The puzzle itself is in the form of a quiz and riddle mixed together about water magic.
A type of magic I have little to no knowledge of.
I grit my teeth as I read the thing over and over again, but I don't make head nor tails of it. Not even the first part of the thing.
Maybe I should start studying up on other types of magic… just in case I run into things like this.
That thought gives me pause for a few seconds before I eventually shrug.
Meh. Might as well try.
I'm not attacking anything living after all.
So without hesitation, I quickly enter my True Form before swinging my scythe at the large vault door.
And cutting it in two.
Then I return to my normal form and give myself a firm nod of my head, feeling rather proud of my actions as I watch the vault door fall apart.
Right. The best form of logic.
Whenever you can't open a door the way it was meant to be opened, break it.
It's as simple as that.
Easy peasy.
And since I didn't feel any force back from the universe while I was readying up my attack, it means it was fine to do that. Even before launching the attack itself.
Which also means I can, indeed, attack inanimate objects in my True Form.
Although I guess attacking a door isn't much different from attacking the rift between the Quantum Realm and the mortal universe. It's kind of the same after all.
Anyways, time to get some more treasure.