Chapter 1478 - 1: Choice

Chapter 1478: Chapter 1: Choice

[A new Derivative World will open in 1 hour, please prepare, Hunter.]

Inside the exclusive room, Su Xiao put down the tablet computer, letting go of the lazy demeanor from the real world as the new Derivative World is approaching.

This time it’s neither a War World nor a Trial World, but a normal Derivative World.

With only one hour left, Su Xiao checked his stock of healing items. He previously had Bubu Wang sell some odds and ends, selling them for a total of 80,000 Paradise coins, which he used to create seven bottles of [Ancient Secret Medicine].

The healing items stock include:

Ancient Secret Medicine (gold) ×7

Crystal Bottle (special equipment, drinkable three times)

Honor Vitality Potion (Third tier) ×1

...

These healing items should be sufficient for handling the Derivative World; there is still one Apollo left, and a piece of Hades’ Flame of the Underworld.

After checking the inventory, Su Xiao left the exclusive room and headed to a secluded street.

Twenty minutes later, inside Xiya Smithy.

The smithy has a unique name; Su Xiao once experienced a world called Xiya Continent, and the person who opened this smithy is Reed, the former strongest on Xiya Continent.

Reed does not look like someone who was the strongest in a world, understandably so, after being hit into depression by a Mechanical Puppet from the Shadow of Annihilation Law, he couldn’t continue to call himself the strongest; it was a humiliation. Now he is simply a blacksmith, passionate about forging.

Or perhaps Reed has discovered what he truly loves; compared to battling others, sweating it out at the furnace feels more liberating.

Su Xiao stood before Xiya Smithy; he wasn’t surprised by the name. Even if Reed comes from an Original World, as Su Xiao had met characters from Derivative Worlds.

That was a minor side character, whose only purpose in the original work was to showcase the protagonist’s strength, not even having a screen time, defeated and lost in the crowd.

A Contractor rescued him; being a minor character, it didn’t cost much to bring him to Reincarnation Paradise, after which he became unstoppable, stronger than the protagonist when Su Xiao encountered him. Perhaps he became too arrogant, challenging Su Xiao to a 1V1, ending badly for him, and subsequently leading to the death of the Contractor group that saved him.

Ding, ding, ding...

The sound of hammering was heard from within the smithy; three female Contractors waited at the door, representing various adventure groups skilled in Charm Class. Reed’s forging skills could certainly make him a welcome addition to a large adventure team.

Su Xiaogang stepped into the smithy, Reed spoke without raising his head.

"Forging will take at least 10 days; business is packed recently."

Reed, with head lowered, wiped the sweat from his forehead and exhaled white hot breath. His body’s temperature was terrifyingly high; Su Xiao took a step and sat on a wooden chair inside the room.

"About what I said just now..."

Seeing Su Xiao, Reed nodded his head.

"It’s done."

Reed placed down the iron hammer, opened a small fridge nearby, took out a can of ice-cold beer and tossed it to Su Xiao.

"Brewed it yesterday, the taste is quite good."

Reed turned to the back of the smithy, seeming to retrieve something.

With a hiss, Su Xiao pulled open the beer’s tab, white foam overflowed; he took a sip, unexpectedly finding it rich with a hint of wheat fermentation’s fragrant aroma.

"Sir... may I ask, how did you manage to negotiate with this Forging Master?"

Asked one of the female Contractors outside the door, known for their charm, the allure was imaginable.

"..."

Su Xiao looked at the female Contractor for a few seconds before she fell silent, realizing he was someone not to be trifled with.

Shortly after, Reed returned with a string of pendants from the back.

"They’re ready; there’s still 20,000 Paradise coins you left with me."

Reed tossed the pendants to Su Xiao, who caught them without addressing the 20,000 Paradise coins Reed mentioned. Reed, of course, knew why. Collaborators allowed Su Xiao to sit in the smithy for a day without asking him to leave, even providing food, though Su Xiao didn’t indulge in such leisures.

[You acquired ’Master of Space and Time’]

[Master of Space and Time]

Origin: Reincarnation Paradise·Xiya Blacksmith Shop

Quality: Legendary Tier

Category: Pendant (jewelry type equipment is a rare item)

Durability: 83～83

Equipment Requirements: True Intelligence Attribute of 85 points or more, Basic Blade Skill Level Lv.40 or higher

Equipment Effect: Space Slash (Active), consumes 10% Mana Value, next cleave can penetrate Anomalous Space, Space Cracks, Eleventh Dimension, etc., dealing 500 points plus additional damage from this cleave, forcibly expelling the enemy from the Anomalous Space they are in.

Note: The skill has a cooldown time of 10 minutes.

Rating: 511 points (Legendary Gear score ranges from 400 to 530 points.)

Description: No place is truly safe, even inside a Space Crack.

Price: 220,000 Paradise coins

...

After checking the attributes of [Master of Space and Time], Su Xiao was satisfied. Though slightly different from what he envisioned, overall it was impressive.

[Master of Space and Time] is special as a piece of Legendary Level gear, containing only one ability, intentionally so by Reed. As Reed stated, each equipment has its "total value", and the more abilities branching off, the greater the limitations on those abilities.

Reed concentrated the "total value" of [Master of Space and Time] into one attribute—space.

Su Xiao had faced space-type assassins multiple times, hiding in Anomalous Spaces. Even when fully activating the Core of Devour to locate their positions, he couldn’t deal with them.

[Master of Space and Time] offered him a way to handle such enemies; one slash would catch those hiding in Anomalous Space, potentially forcing them out of it, allowing Su Xiao to deal with them more easily.

"Satisfied?"

Reed stopped his hammering.

"Very satisfied."

"Good."

Bam!

Sparks flew as Su Xiao headed outside the smithy, wandered briefly through the trading market, and went back to the exclusive room. Preparing to enter the Derivative World, although Reincarnation Paradise was absolutely safe, entering the Derivative World from within the exclusive room was more secure.

[Notice: Hunter will enter the Derivative World in 3 minutes.]

The Dawn Adventurer Group’s Team Skill ’Elite Team (Passive Lv.30)’ has been activated, with an additional selectable Derivative World ×1.

Hunter can choose any one of the following two Derivative Worlds to enter.

[Fate/stay night (Fifth Holy Grail War).]

[Bleach,]

...

Faced with two choices, Su Xiao had participated in a Holy Grail War once, but at that time, it was only Second Tier.

Holy Grail World is one of the most unique Derivative Worlds due to its Power System being suppressed by tiers.

For example, a Second Tier Holy Grail World’s golden flash, no matter how strong, cannot exceed the Second Tier limit. As for Fourth Tier’s golden flash, it would be incredibly terrifying. Not to mention the full display of King’s Power, the Deviation Sword serving as the main weapon instead of being the castrated version seen in Second Tier World where facing a group of Fourth-tier Contractors, golden flash could only use Deviation Sword as the main weapon.

However, Su Xiao was more interested in Bleach World than Holy Grail World due to the abundance of knife type weapons.

If he had obtained the Elegy Gemstone earlier, Su Xiao would have hesitated whether to preserve Dragon Slash’s Enhancement Level. But now, with Elegy as insurance, he could afford to take risks during enhancement.

This meant Dragon Slash could be pushed to higher levels; as the main weapon, its quality should be as high as possible.

Moreover, the +13 level had its advantages, even if the Enhancement Level drops during Promotion Tier, +13 might drop to +10, or perhaps not even below +10.

Having decided, Su Xiao chose Bleach World.