Chapter 108: But You Proved Most Worthy

Chapter 108: Chapter 108: But You Proved Most Worthy

’So according to the description of the F-level Skill, does this mean I can now craft E-level Talismans and a small number of D-level Talismans?’

Seraphina Sinclair instantly perked up. She shook her head, suppressing the urge to immediately try drawing a new talisman, and turned her gaze to the other two items.

First was the special item named [Mist Beacon].

It looked like an ancient bronze compass, only palm-sized.

[Mist Beacon]

[Description: An un-graded special item. A special beacon on the path that seems to point to a hidden coordinate. After use, you may choose the direction of your next path movement, whether forward or backward. It will also greatly increase the probability of reaching a special area!

Uses: 1/1.]

Seraphina Sinclair weighed the cold Compass in her hand, lost in thought.

’I don’t really have a need to retreat right now,’ she thought. ’And... I can’t think of any situation where I would need to. The most useful part is the greatly increased probability of reaching a special area.’

’But if this function exists, it must mean there’ll be a time when retreating is necessary. Better to save it for now.’

And finally, the Blessing of Fertility.

This was a small bag sewn from some unknown, soft leather. It felt smooth and delicate to the touch, and its opening was tied shut with a leather cord.

It looked rather ordinary, but its description was amazing.

[Blessing of Fertility (Resource Bag)]

[Description: Open it to randomly receive a basic resource in a decent quantity. A small reward from the Mist for your diligent exploration.]

Seraphina Sinclair untied the leather cord without hesitation.

The bag vanished from her hand, replaced by a large pile of resources that materialized out of thin air and stacked themselves neatly at her feet.

System notifications immediately started chiming non-stop.

[Obtained wood x5!]

[Obtained Stone x5!]

[Obtained Earth x5!]

...

’Seriously?’

Seraphina Sinclair fell silent once more. The description may not have mentioned it, but the instructions the Little Light Ball had shown her were crystal clear: a guaranteed minimum of 100 units of resources, with a chance of up to 500!

’Is it really going to give me a pop-up notification for every single unit?’

’One. By. One?’

Seraphina Sinclair really wanted to file a complaint, if only that were possible.

Seraphina Sinclair stared at the endless stream of pop-ups for a moment before resignedly closing them one by one. They were blocking her view, and there was no other way around it...

As she closed the pop-ups, Seraphina Sinclair took the opportunity to tally the resources she had received.

In total, there were 128 Metal Fragments, 128 wood, 108 cloth, 68 Earth, and 68 Stone—a grand total of five hundred units!

’Looks like my luck is pretty good today.’

Seraphina Sinclair moved the resources to the bathroom. The moving cabin kept expanding, but the bathroom hadn’t. Combined with her ever-increasing stockpile of resources, it was only natural that the space was no longer enough.

’No matter. The rest of the moving cabin is still quite large. I’ll just store them there.’

After taking care of everything, she stretched, sat on the floor, and spaced out for a bit. Then, she roused herself and took the remaining materials for the Purifying Flame Rune out of her Silver Moon Earrings.

’Now that my Skill has leveled up... crafting a few E-level small runes should be a piece of cake, right?’

Seraphina Sinclair spread out the rune paper, picked up the rune pen with her fingertips, and took a deep breath.

The process of drawing the Purifying Flame Rune felt clearer in her mind than ever before.

She dipped the tip of the pen into the gasoline mixed with Moonlight Powder. The moment it touched the paper, she felt a power, far smoother than before, flow from the tip, precisely and steadily tracing the rune’s trajectory.

The resonance between her spiritual power and the materials grew stronger, but the strained, obstructed feeling—as if everything could shatter at any moment—was gone. The increase in control from the E-level Skill was palpable.

Her pen moved with the grace of a dragon, completing the rune in one fluid motion.

As the final stroke was laid down, the rune paper faintly shimmered. A gentle, pure warmth emanated from it before quickly receding.

[Successfully crafted: Purifying Flame Rune (E-level) x1]

’Success.’

And the process was far easier than before.

Without pausing, Seraphina Sinclair picked up her pen again.

One, two, three...

The remaining materials were only enough to draw five E-level Purifying Flame Runes.

Seraphina Sinclair took a deep breath and then used up the remaining materials for the Moon Healing Talisman.

Seraphina Sinclair sometimes had to admire her own skill at managing materials. The remaining components for the Moon Healing Talisman were just enough to make exactly five of them.

’And now...’

Seraphina Sinclair took out the monster blood she had mixed but not yet used. ’It’s time for the E-level Talisman version of the Corpse Suppression Rune to make its debut!’

She raised the rune pen, saturating its tip with the monster blood mixed with Moonlight Powder.

The moment the pen’s tip touched the rune paper, Seraphina Sinclair felt a cold resistance, as if she were trying to draw on a block of frigid ice.

It was a frigid, deathly stillness, yet it was cleverly constrained and guided by the faint glimmer of the Moonlight Powder, forming a dangerous yet stable structure on the rune paper.

Her movements were slower and more cautious than when she had drawn any previous rune. Her spiritual power was highly concentrated, guiding the icy energy from the pen’s tip as it slowly traced the trajectory of the Corpse Suppression Rune from memory.

The rune lines extended from her pen, taking on a dull, blood-red color, their edges outlined with an almost imperceptible, moon-white glimmer.

The drain from this entire process was significantly greater than drawing the Purifying Flame Rune. However, compared to the complete exhaustion she felt when she’d first forced the creation of an E-level Talisman, the current drain was still manageable, albeit exceptionally heavy.

The final stroke fell.

The dark red runes on the talisman suddenly shrank inward. All the faint light was instantly extinguished, and even the surrounding light seemed to dim for a moment.

And then, all strange phenomena vanished. The talisman lay quietly on the yellow rune paper, its runes a matte, dark-red color. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ

The system’s notification followed.

[Successfully crafted Unknown Rune (Requires Naming)]

[Effect: Drawn with malevolent blood mixed with Moonlight essence, it can create a powerful Silent Destruction Force Field! Monsters like The Undead and zombies within the force field’s range will be greatly suppressed, their movements becoming extremely Slow! It is significantly effective against low-level Malevolence and has varying degrees of impact on high-level Malevolence. The force field itself will continuously cause Erosion to the bodies and energy cores of Malevolence, with a chance to make low-level Malevolence disintegrate directly. Duration: 15 minutes.]

’A force field?’

The last time Seraphina Sinclair had heard that term was in her high school physics textbook.

But this place had neither physics nor reason.

Seraphina Sinclair picked up the rune and continued reading the system’s Evaluation.

[Evaluation: Fight fire with fire; suppress calamity with Moonlight. This is not appeasement, but cold Imprisonment and annihilation. You have created a highly aggressive suppression rune!]

’Highly aggressive! Now that’s what I’m talking about.’

’The Corpse Suppression Rune will never be useless again!’

Seraphina Sinclair raised an eyebrow and named the rune [Corpse Annihilation Talisman]. The grade finally appeared!

E+!

Seraphina Sinclair’s pupils dilated slightly. The Fire Drawing Rune and Blood Stopping Talisman were both F+ runes, but they could only produce E-level Talismans. And yet this F-level Corpse Suppression Rune had produced an E+ rune!

’Is this what it’s like to be the underdog that everyone writes off, only to come out on top?’