Chapter 160: Silly People Have Silly Fortune
"Driven to self-detonation..."
Noah wasn't actually surprised that his simulated self would resort to self-destruction, because the ability to immediately think of self-detonation at that moment clearly couldn't have been a spur-of-the-moment decision.
Due to his lack of skill in schemes and strategies, Noah had always made thorough preparations before taking action.
Long before learning that the Titan could ignore and absorb all power originating from civilization, he had already made his final plan—self-detonation.
Normally, the Titan would sweep away all civilizations on the surface, become fully charged, then rely on self-detonation to destroy all land, ensuring no roots of civilization remained on the seas—just like the situation in FGO 2.6.
So even though Noah was the embodiment of the Mediterranean Pantheon, relying on this method to fully charge the Titan was still quite impossible.
However, Noah possessed the World Tree.
So when he thought of this move, he prepared some Alchemy formulas for himself during this period.
During his self-detonation, he would massively draw upon the World Tree's vitality, continuously multiplying the magnitude of his explosion!
After all, while alive you have limits, but once you self-destruct, as long as there's sufficient energy, naturally you can pursue greater destructive power.
According to Noah's calculations, as long as the increase exceeded tenfold, it should be enough to fully charge the Titan.
So he prepared a twentyfold amplification!
Now it seemed the self-detonation under twentyfold amplification indeed matched his imagination—after the explosion, it could directly fully charge the Titan and trigger its detonation on the spot.
After some thought, Noah slightly shook his head.
"Still fell for the trap of being baited into using my ultimate move, or perhaps the simulated me sensed something when facing Attila enveloped by the Black Air Current... Otherwise, no matter what, I wouldn't have directly unleashed the power of Excalibur here."
Thinking this, Noah pondered further.
Moreover, Attila seemed to be in an abnormal state after being taken away by that beam of light. Next simulation, I'll just capture her directly to check her condition.
Having settled on this idea, Noah directly chose to inherit a tag when selecting rewards this time.
Namely, [Singer (Epic)].
After all, this tag seemed convenient in many ways. Strengthening his power as the Star Performer would clearly allow him to hear more things.
And such an ability would facilitate his understanding of various situations.
For someone like him who could use the system for simulations, the effect was exceptionally good.
As Noah made his selection, this talent directly merged with him. In an instant, he felt everything around him become clearer, while his mind gained considerable knowledge about music. Some of this was already contained within the concept of the God of Music that Noah possessed after acquiring vast amounts of Divinity, while other parts weren't even present in the Mediterranean Pantheon's concept of the God of Music—this must be the mastery of singing ability mentioned in the tag.
Noah briefly confirmed these things, then began today's second simulation.
[Please select a tag (choose one of four)]
[Powerful Form (Rare): Will receive improvements in strength (exclusive to those with innate divine strength)]
[Fool's Luck (Mythical): Greatly reduces intelligence, but perhaps something good will happen]
[Alchemy Apprentice (Rare): Brings your Alchemy to an introductory level, and even if you originally couldn't learn Alchemy, it allows you to learn it]
[Longevity (Rare): Extends your lifespan to two hundred years]
Seeing these four tags, Noah blinked.
He first looked at the third one, this Alchemy Apprentice—though he wouldn't choose it, its very existence raised some questions.
He had previously drawn the tag [Genius of Alchemy (Epic)], and the talent it brought, which was enough to be recorded in history, could elevate his Alchemy to the level of the God of Forging if fully utilized.
This [Alchemy Apprentice (Rare)] was clearly the lower-tier version of [Genius of Alchemy (Epic)].
And since a lower-tier exists, could there also be a higher-tier?
What [Genius of Alchemy (Epic)] could achieve was the limit of Earth's known Alchemy.
But what if there were Legendary, Mythical, or even Root-level higher-tier versions—would the upper limit then be raised to a cosmic level, or perhaps even become limitless?
Thinking about this, Noah felt a bit excited.
...
Then there were the remaining tags. The fourth one had to be discarded from the start—for ordinary people, a two-hundred-year lifespan might be very desirable, something many emperors would likely want.
But for him...
Extending his lifespan to two hundred years was practically a malicious curse!
These two were ruled out first, leaving the remaining two... The second one reminded Noah of Buggy the Clown from One Piece, with his Conqueror's Haki-level luck.
If he were playing a game, he would definitely choose this one for fun.
But now...
He could actually give it a try!
Although this tag couldn't be kept in the end, it was rated as Mythical, and it traded intelligence for luck... So maybe he could gain something from this simulation!
After all, in this second volume of simulations, although he could only take one item from the entire volume, he could indeed take one item from the simulation.
Even if he didn't gain any useful memories or enhancements, getting some items would still be good—this tag was like adding another layer of randomness to an already highly random simulation, which was quite thrilling!
Moreover, this tag itself had nothing to do with physical enhancements, so any enhancements or memories gained through luck could be taken, as they weren't special cases tied to the tag itself.
So compared to the first one, Noah was more inclined toward this one.
After all, the first one... If it were Epic or higher, Noah might have chosen it for stability, but Rare... Actually, the Alchemy Apprentice tag gave some insight into this.
Rare-level tags were either flawed enhancements or introductory-level ones—some even seemed purely negative.
Therefore, this wouldn't significantly enhance oneself, and since I can still simulate once more today, it's quite beneficial to gather more information about these matters in the first two attempts.
And this time...
Let's see what pleasant surprises this "fools have fortune" can bring me!
Perhaps relying on high luck, the gains this time might far exceed my imagination.
Thinking this, Noah rubbed his hands together, made a decision, and directly chose this talent!
Simulation, begin!