Chapter 121: Noble Phantasm: Aestus Domus Aurea!
[Name]: Ethan Starfall
[Level]: Lv.2 → Lv.3
[Ability Values]:
[Strength: S·925 → I·0]
[Endurance: S·933 → I·0]
[Dexterity: S·911 → I·0]
[Agility: S·939 → I·0]
[Magic: SS·1028 → I·0]
[Development Abilities]: Mystery·H, Magecraft·I
[Magic]: Imaginary Number Magic, Twin Blossoms on One Stem
[Skills]:
[Miracle of Absolute Evil]
[Imaginary Number Space]
[Jujutsu Sorcerer]
[Last Master]
Lv.3.
It had only been a few days since he had upgraded to Lv.2, yet in the blink of an eye, he had already reached Lv.3.
Ethan was certain that his rapid growth was definitely related to the effect of the "Flower of Evil."
After absorbing "evil," it strengthened Ethan himself in every aspect.
As for the feat required for the level-up, he guessed it was probably because of Ryomen Sukuna.
No matter what, that man had once been the King of Curses.
And with his upgrade to Lv.3, a new achievement was completed as well.
[Achievement: Small Success — Become a Lv.3 adventurer!]
[Reward: 300 diamonds!]
Ethan's diamond count immediately increased by 300.
He had money again.
[Name: Ethan Starfall]
[Current Gacha Pool: Fate]
[Diamonds: 420]
He had gathered enough for four ten-pulls again.
The happy moment of a gambling dog was about to arrive once more.
On the other side, Freya looked at him, and for a moment, she no longer knew how to describe what she felt.
In less than two months—no, to be more precise, barely over one month—he had grown from a complete newcomer into a Lv.3 adventurer.
If someone had told her this before, Freya would never have believed it.
But now, she had personally witnessed the birth of a "hero."
"How does it feel?"
"The improvement is huge. I'll need a little time to get used to it."
This was his second level-up.
Compared to when he had reached Lv.2, the leap in strength was clearly even greater this time.
He had to admit that although the Falna had plenty of drawbacks, its growth speed was absolutely the fastest.
The powers of other worlds all required slow training and gradual accumulation.
But in Orario, the power of the Falna only required constant "improvement."
To put it a little extremely, one only needed to stay in the Dungeon and fight every day, and their growth speed would not be slow.
Ethan clenched his fist slightly.
He needed some time to adapt to his current strength after the level-up.
"By the way, how many black stockings do you still have?"
"Black stockings?"
Ethan looked at Freya in confusion.
After all, he had already provided her with a large number of black stockings.
They were pleasing to look at, and compared to black stockings, Haruhime suited white stockings more.
Because of that, Ethan would occasionally give some to Freya to please the goddess, making it easier for her to clean up the trouble he caused later.
The reason his journey had been so smooth was definitely inseparable from Freya's support.
This thigh had to be held firmly.
After experiencing temptation and teasing again and again, Ethan had already given up hope of getting a kiss from the goddess.
As a little wolfdog being kept by her, he simply had no chance.
That was why he had gradually started to give up.
"Freya-sama, did you use them all again? I remember giving you quite a lot last time."
"There are still quite a few left. Hephaestus asked me for some."
"Because of you, the Freya Familia and the Hephaestus Familia can be considered partner Familias now. Naturally, I can't refuse a small request like this."
"But Freya-sama, didn't you just say you still have…"
Halfway through his sentence, Ethan closed his mouth under Freya's "threatening" gaze.
Taking something from his own goddess's hands?
Wasn't that just a dream?
She had agreed, yes, but the one paying the bill still had to be him.
Ethan understood everything.
"All right, I still have some here."
He then took out five pairs of black stockings, each of a different type.
Freya smiled and accepted them.
She was very satisfied with how sensible he was.
Before long, Ethan turned and returned to his room.
Unable to wait any longer, he opened the system, entered the gacha interface, and prepared to draw.
"~~~"
Just as he was about to start, he first observed his surroundings.
He especially checked the doorway to make sure a certain goddess was not there.
The lesson from last time was something Ethan would never forget.
Drawing cards required a sacrifice, but the sacrifice target absolutely could not be present.
Otherwise, he would be the unlucky one.
"I sacrifice Goddess Freya's one hundred thousand years of lifespan! Please give me something good!"
For the first ten-pull, Ethan settled new grudges and old grudges together, directly going for something "big."
It was fortunate that Freya did not know.
Otherwise, she would definitely have made him understand what "a goddess's wrath" meant.
Sacrificing one hundred thousand years of her lifespan?
Who gave him the nerve?
Swish—
The card pack opened.
One card after another flew out, then flipped over under Ethan's gaze.
[Black Stockings] [Black Stockings] [Black Stockings]…
The first ten-pull went straight down the drain.
He obtained ten pairs of black stockings.
Ethan looked at the ten cards showing black-stockinged legs.
He had just lost five pairs, and now he had gained ten more.
His stock had been refilled, and he even had five extra.
"Again!"
The second ten-pull began.
Ethan stared fixedly at the cards one after another.
[White Stockings] [White Stockings] [White Stockings]…
Ten pairs of white stockings obtained.
Ethan almost ground his teeth to pieces.
What was going on?
Two ten-pulls in a row, and both were losses.
Had he used up all his luck earlier?
He had four ten-pulls in total, and now half of them were already gone.
That made him a little worried.
Was he going to crash and burn?
With an anxious heart, he began the third ten-pull.
[Black Stockings] [White Stockings] [Nude Stockings]…
[Noble Phantasm: Aestus Domus Aurea]
He got something.
And it was even a Noble Phantasm.
Aestus Domus Aurea was naturally not an unfamiliar name to Ethan.
It was the Noble Phantasm of the tyrant Nero from Fate, a theater she built in Rome during her lifetime, formed and recreated through magical energy.
It temporarily imposed her inner landscape onto the world, creating a different realm.
It was a great magecraft similar to, yet different from, a Reality Marble.
The theater and buildings she had designed in life were reproduced through magical energy, creating a battlefield that was advantageous to her.
Unlike a Reality Marble, which rewrote the world, this was constructed on top of the world from the very beginning.
Because of that, it could be deployed and maintained for a long time.
When activated, it weakened the enemies trapped within it.
If the structure was customized, even its shape and abilities could be changed.
Simply put, it ignored the construction process and directly projected buildings.
Once inside, he would be able to activate rules he had personally set.
It was an extremely powerful Noble Phantasm, and Ethan was very satisfied.
The first two ten-pulls must have been gathering luck.
Now was the moment for that luck to burst out.
…