Celeste closed the door, leaned her back against the cold door panel, and exhaled a long breath.
The image of that boy fleeing with his arms and legs moving in sync lingered in her mind.
"Sin, such a sin."
She muttered to herself, but there wasn't a hint of guilt on her face. Instead, like Columbus discovering a new continent, her eyes shone with startling brightness.
She shoved the pink love letter into the drawer and immersed her consciousness into the system space.
100 joy value twinkled with a faint light, like the cheapest neon in a nightclub.
Celeste ignored it for the moment and locked her gaze directly on the three additional rewards.
[black tassel spear]
[Type: Polearm]
[Description: Standard training spear of the Millelith. The shaft is made of ancient wood from Liyue, exceptionally tough, and the spearhead is forged a hundred times from cold iron, featuring a blood groove. It feels heavy in the hand; those without extraordinary arm strength will find it difficult to wield freely. It has a special effect against large clustered organisms like Slime.]
[Note: The nightmare of novice warriors, the partner of seasoned spearmen. For a priestess who has suddenly acquired the arm strength of a five-year veteran, perhaps it's just right?]
Celeste: "..."
This note is just too sarcastic.
[Transformation Rune - Elysia's Staff]
[Type: Consumable / Appearance Item]
[Description: A shimmering rune that can designate a weapon to transform its appearance into "Elysia's Staff", permanent duration. The effect is aesthetic: pink and white color scheme, crystal embellishments, full of Damselette dreaminess. Please note: This transformation only changes the appearance and does not affect the weapon's original attributes or handling.]
[Note: ♪ ~ It's time for the magical girl! Of course, you can also shout "Magical time is over, now it's physical attack time!" when the enemy is confused by the pretty staff, and then give them a hard hit ~ ♪]
The corners of Celeste's mouth twitched subtly.
Pink and white color scheme, crystal embellishments, full of Damselette dreaminess... paired with that murderous black tassel spear?
Aha's twisted sense of humor, as expected, arrived late but arrived nonetheless!
[Millelith Soldier Experience Book (Five Years)"]
[Type: Consumable / Knowledge Infusion]
[Description: Records all muscle memory and combat experience regarding fighting, training, and survival from a regular Millelith soldier's five-year military career. Upon use, you will directly obtain physical attribute enhancement and related combat skills equivalent to five years of strict training.]
[Note: Knowledge is power, especially the kind that can be directly converted into muscle memory. System fast-track, quality guaranteed!]
Celeste's heart skipped a beat.
The first two were easy to deal with, but this experience book...
This is the real grand prize!
Without a moment's hesitation, she focused her mind and chose "Use".
"Boom!"
An unimaginably massive torrent of information, mixed with countless images and bodily memories, instantly washed over her soul!
The will to hold the line in a formation amidst a rain of arrows.
The bravery of fighting back-to-back with comrades against monsters.
Five years like one day, sweating profusely, repeating the thrust, lift, sweep, and smash thousands of times!
The soreness of muscles tearing and healing, the toughness of bones groaning under heavy pressure!
Celeste groaned, her body arching uncontrollably, and fine cold sweat instantly seeped from her forehead.
She could clearly feel her bones emitting faint groans, and her muscle fibers being forcibly stretched, reorganized, and compacted in a way that defied common sense!
Her body, which had appeared somewhat thin due to her focus on spiritual cultivation, was now being injected with steel-like toughness and strength.
This process lasted only a few seconds, but it felt like a century.
When everything calmed down, Celeste leaned against the wall, panting heavily.
She felt like she had been run over by a dragon and then healed by a Healing Spell.
She subconsciously raised her hand and rolled up the wide sleeve of her priest robe.
Her originally fair and slender arms now clearly outlined smooth and firm muscle lines.
Although not as knotted and exaggerated as a warrior's, that sense of power made her, a frail priestess, feel extremely unfamiliar.
Her entire body's lines became sharper, full of a powerful aesthetic.
"Immediate effect... This system is truly honest when it comes to 'fast-track'!"
She clenched her fist in surprise, her knuckles making a crisp sound, and surging power flowed smoothly through her limbs.
Five years of hard work, possessed in an instant! This feeling was even more wonderful than she had imagined!
"Fortunately, it's not one of those 'pit' systems that claims to reward 5 years of experience but actually makes the Host train in an illusion for 5 years!"
She couldn't help but pull up the updated attribute panel, her gaze lingering on the Strength and Agility columns for a long time:
[Celeste - Priest Lv.20]
[Strength: 60 (+50)]
[Agility: 60 (+50)]
[Constitution: 120 (+50)]
[Intelligence: 70]
[Faith: 80]
[freedom Attribute Points: 0]
Constitution soared directly to 120, and her durability almost doubled!
And the moment she saw Strength and Agility both exceed 60, Celeste's heartbeat skipped a beat.
She remembered when she went to watch at the Martial Arts Hall last week and caught a glimpse of the attributes of a Level 20 melee class: the strength of ordinary warriors was mostly between 75-80, and agility was between 55-60; even for assassins and rangers who specialized in speed, agility was only around 80.
In the past, her combined Strength and Agility hadn't even reached half of others' single stats; let alone fighting head-on, even running away was a struggle.
But now, the gap in attributes had been reduced to a controllable range, and with the five years of actual combat experience from the Millelith, combined with the operational awareness from playing games in her previous life...
She was no longer a pure support who could only hide behind teammates to add buffs!
She truly had the operational space to deal with things head-on, or even take the initiative to counterattack!
She couldn't wait to cast her gaze on that black tassel spear and the [Transformation Rune].
"Let's disguise it first to avoid scaring people."
She smiled cunningly and immediately used the [Transformation Rune] on the [black tassel spear] in the system space.
A soft, dreamy pink light flashed, and the system notified her that the transformation was successful. She moved her mind—
Swish!
An extremely gorgeous, pink and white colored, exquisite staff embedded with dreamy crystals appeared in her hand out of thin air.
The staff emitted a faint halo, full of a sweet, girly atmosphere. Anyone who saw it would think it was a standard priest staff.
However, when she held the staff, what came to her hand was the heavy weight and solid grip of the black tassel spear!
When swung, the sound of breaking through the air was still sharp, but visually... it was full of deception!
"Perfect!"
Celeste twirled the staff contentedly, "In the future, before melee combat, I can shout 'Magical time is over' first, maximizing the sense of ritual!"
A flash of excitement crossed her eyes, and she immediately stood in a spacious part of the living room, practicing the basic Thousand Rock Army Spear Technique as it appeared in her mind, step by step.
Only, what she held in her hand was a pink staff with a completely different style.
The thrust was like a viper coming out of its hole, powerful and heavy!
Lift, parry, block, hold, twist, pick...