The next morning, Negut woke up very early, his heart brimming with anticipation.
"Heh?!" He frowned, sensing something was off.
Negut reached out, clenched his hand, then threw a punch.
Whoosh!
The whistling wind startled him.
"This... my strength..." Negut stared at his fist in confusion.
Right after that, he opened his personal status panel, his eyes carrying a hint of disbelief.
[Physique: 25 | Spirit: 50]
Negut rubbed his eyes, then looked again. He confirmed it, these were his attribute stats.
"What the hell? Sleep one night and I become invincible? Even novels don't 'timeskip' this fast." he muttered.
"That's thanks to Lilith's blood!"
At this moment, Naomi's voice rang out.
Negut turned to look at her. He was about to say something, but the moment he saw her eyes, he froze.
"Holy shit! You... you got beaten by someone?"
At this moment, even though Naomi's face was covered by a mask, Negut could still clearly see both her eyes were bruised, even swollen up like two tennis balls.
Naomi looked at Negut, sighed, then said, "This side was Lilith, and this side was Welhime."
"What?!" Negut jolted, frowning. "What did you do?"
Naomi looked at him, forcing a smile. "Wasn't it because of you? I just teased you a little about Nedaric, who knew they'd react that strongly and punch me right away."
"Hahahaha... Holy shit!" Negut burst out laughing. "Hahahaha... I'll give you a sentence."
Hearing Negut laugh, Naomi was irritated to the extreme, but she still tried to stay calm and asked, "What do you mean..."
"Because you deserve it! Hahahaha..."
Naomi: "…"
She wanted to curse, but in the end, every word could only get stuck in her throat, unable to come out. After all, she'd just been slapped by Lilith and punched by Welhime, and she didn't want to experience that feeling a second time.
At this moment, Negut tried to hold back his smile and said softly, "Alright. I don't care whether you work for Nedaric or Lilith, as long as you don't bother me."
"Heh?!" Naomi was startled and hurriedly asked, "How do you know?"
Negut curled his lip, saying with disdain, "Please, I'm not an idiot. Just looking at what you've been doing is enough to tell you work for that gay bastard Nedaric."
He waved his hand, adding, "Like I said, who you work for has nothing to do with me. As long as you don't bother me, don't get in the way of me getting rich, then I don't care about you."
Naomi tilted her head, frowning at him, then said, "You... you're really strange. I thought you'd be angry or hit me like they did."
Negut frowned and let out a sigh. "Why would I hit you? On the contrary, if you get fired by Nedaric later, you can contact me."
"What?!" Naomi was completely baffled now. She couldn't understand Negut's train of thought at all. "Do you even know what you're saying? I used to work for Nedaric and Lilith, I'm a spy... or... something like that."
Negut said with disdain, "That's because they don't pay you enough, so you're loyal to them. Wait until I'm rich, I'll pay you a lot, then you can work for me, alright?"
Naomi tilted her head at him. "You don't look down on me for being the kind of woman who loves money?"
"Please..." Negut snorted. "I love money too. Because you have a flaw, I can dare to hire you. If you were only loyal to Nedaric for no reason, that would be what's scary."
Naomi shook her head. "You really are very strange. Fine, let's get ready. I'll check your health condition, then..."
As she spoke, she lifted the blanket, saw that there was a small tent on Negut's pants, and frowned. "This..."
Negut hurriedly used the blanket to cover his lower body, forcing an awkward laugh. "Hahaha... this... it's just a normal physiological phenomenon."
Naomi: "…"
....
"That's terrifying. I didn't expect Lilith's blood to have such an enormous effect." After checking Negut's condition, Naomi said with a sigh of amazement. "Aside from your eyes and lungs, almost your entire body no longer has anything to worry about."
"Even the prosthetic leg has synchronized with your nerves to 68%. Moving is basically not a problem, it's just... you shouldn't exert yourself too much."
Negut nodded, feeling incredibly excited. Being able to walk was enough, he didn't need to run or move too intensely.
After all, his class was Summoner, he didn't need to move around much.
"Ah! Lilith has something she wants to give you, but this morning she has to deal with something important, so she didn't come." As Naomi spoke, she took out a red box, about the size of a tennis ball.
Negut took the box and opened it. Inside was a ring. The design was very ordinary, as if it had been carved from a piece of red crystal, shining with a blood-colored glow.
Right at this moment, an information panel appeared in front of him.
[Blood Dragon Ring - Blood Dragon Equipment Set]
[Required Level: 0]
[Type: Equipment]
[Rank: S – 10i]
[Special Effects:
Increase 20 attribute points [Physique] and 50 attribute points [Spirit] If life energy is below 10%, immediately restore 30% of maximum life energy (Only effective 1 time / 24 hours). Increase rare item drop rate by 1%.
Note: Special effects do not work in the safe zone.]
'Another man-made item.' When Negut saw the (i) at the end, he immediately realized this was a man-made item. No, to be precise, this thing was an Arcane Artifact.
Of course he wouldn't refuse. Whatever Lilith gave him, he would take it. After all, right now he was poor. What he needed to do now wasn't just to get stronger as quickly as possible, he also needed to accumulate wealth.
When Lilith got tired of him and tossed him aside, he would still have enough money to live a good life.
After he put on that ring, the two Blessings of God immediately took effect, and the ring's information changed at once. More importantly, he could see the line [Upgrade Condition: 300,000 energy points], and he was instantly delighted.
"Wait a moment." Naomi said. "I'll prepare clothes and a vehicle for you."
After she finished speaking, she left. Negut sat on the bed, thought for a moment, and decided to upgrade the ring.
[Ding! You consumed 300,000 energy points. Blood Dragon Ring upgrade successful.]
"Continue upgrading."
[Ding! You consumed 400,000 energy points. Blood Dragon Ring upgrade successful, reached level 2.]
At this moment, Negut only had a little over 200,000 energy points left. He decided to stop and check the ring's information.
[Blood Dragon Ring - Blood Dragon Equipment Set]
[Required Level to Equip: 0]
[Level: 02]
[Type: Equipment]
[Rank: S – 10i]
[Special Effects:
Increase 40 attribute points [Physique] and 80 attribute points [Spirit] If life energy is below 10%, immediately restore 50% of maximum life energy (No limitation). Increase rare item drop rate by 3%.]
Negut immediately felt the power in his body surge in a terrifying way.
"The special effects don't have restrictions anymore. Even in the safe zone, the special effects still work." Negut muttered. At this moment, he truly had full confidence to participate in the 'Newbie Trial'.
Although he didn't know how difficult that trial was, he could confidently say... he could pass it.
After getting ready, Negut was brought by Naomi to the gathering area.
In the car, Naomi also explained to him that each person could only bring one item into the 'Newbie Trial'.
Moreover, the level would be capped at level 5, and couldn't be higher. If one wanted to reach a higher level, they needed to pass the 'Newbie Trial' and obtain the Awakened certification card.
Negut naturally understood those things. After all, when he came to this world, he had received a lot of memories and information related to this.
After getting out of the car, Negut finally got a broad view of this world.
Newbie Training Center No. 7.
A massive domed structure, with blue glowing patterns running across it, looking like something out of a sci-fi movie.
Above it were floating screens displaying notes and precautions for newbies and Awakened.
There weren't many people here, but judging by how they were dressed, he truly felt this was the world he wanted to come to.
Negut didn't like ancient Fantasy because he didn't want to go to a world without the internet or lacking entertainment tied to the internet.
He also didn't like going to a world that was nothing but fighting like the Apocalypse, because how was that any different from ancient Fantasy?
But a world that combined high technology and magic, and had many races living together, was truly the perfect world for him.
Negut wore a set of black clothes that had been prepared in advance. From the outside, it looked no different from ordinary clothing, but it had been treated, able to resist impacts and heat, and it even had a warming function.
He looked around and discovered the clothes other people wore were similar to his, but they seemed not as good as the outfit he was wearing.
Naomi spoke up at this moment, "Don't think too much. Your outfit is already the best. In this area, there won't be any combat clothing better than what you're wearing."
Negut nodded at that and began following Naomi's instructions, heading to the registration area.
"Ah! Look who I found."
Suddenly, a voice rang out, making Negut sigh. Even if he didn't turn around, he knew who had spoken.
That's right, it was Erik.
Erik came over with Selina. Erik's face was full of disdain as he looked at Negut and said with a laugh, "Big brother, long time no see. I didn't think you..."
Before Erik could finish, Negut immediately cut him off, "Naomi, hit him!"
Naomi: "…"
"You... holy shit! I'm not your subordinate." Naomi shouted angrily.
"Slap him once and I'll give you 1,000 energy points."
SLAP!!!