Bang—!
The monster that had collapsed on the ground dissolved into a cloud of black smoke and vanished from the Dungeon.
Only a single magic stone left on the ground proved that a monster had once existed there.
"Finally… today's daily quest is done."
Picking up the magic stone, a trace of joy flashed across Cao Ye's face.
[Daily Quest: Kill 10 Goblins!]
[Progress: 10/10]
[Reward: Diamonds ×10]
After claiming the reward and seeing the 10 diamonds added to his account, Cao Ye let out a long breath.
After struggling continuously for ten full days, he had finally gathered 100 diamonds today.
Daily quests, as the name suggests, were tasks that refreshed every day. The content wasn't fixed—there were [Kill Quests], [Gathering Quests], [Exploration Quests], and so on.
However, they all had one thing in common:
They were all tasks that Cao Ye could complete with his current strength.
Drip—
Blood continued to flow from Cao Ye's arm, dripping onto the ground and staining it red.
He only glanced at it briefly before ignoring it.
The next second, the wound that had been bleeding rapidly healed at a visible speed. The injury disappeared, and his skin returned to its original pale smoothness, leaving no trace that it had ever been hurt.
Despite such a powerful regenerative ability, Cao Ye felt no joy. Instead, his mood was heavy.
Half a month ago, Cao Ye had transmigrated into this world—the anime world of "DanMachi" (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?).
The core theme of this world was the classic isekai formula:
another world, killing monsters to level up, and heroes slaying dragons.
The Labyrinth City of Orario, known as the center of the world, was a prosperous metropolis.
It was a massive city built above an underground labyrinth, a place where gods gathered.
Under the blessings of various gods, people joined different Familias, made companions, and lived lives filled with adventure, trade, entertainment, and conflict.
It was a vibrant fantasy world where gods, elves, beastmen, dwarves, prums, Amazon warriors, and countless other races intertwined.
Of course, as a transmigrator, Cao Ye naturally had his own cheat ability.
[Gacha System]
As the name suggested, it was a system for drawing cards.
A system that had absolutely no functions other than gacha—a very "pure" system.
[Name: Cao Ye]
[Current Card Pool: Fate]
[Diamonds: 100]
When he first arrived in this world, the system gave him a beginner gift: a 10-draw summon.
And Cao Ye's luck… was hard to describe as good or bad.
Out of the ten draws, only one produced something.
"All the Evil of This World."
This title originated from Zoroastrian dualistic philosophy, referring to the Demon King representing humanity's evil.
In the Fate universe, however, its true identity was a normal young man from a Zoroastrian village who had been falsely labeled as "All the Evil of This World."
He was imprisoned on a mountain.
His right eye was gouged out, his hands and feet severed, and he was subjected to endless torture as the embodiment of absolute evil.
After experiencing every pain a human could possibly feel, the young man eventually died.
But the hatred born from that absurd fate became deeply engraved within that rocky prison.
In the end, it formed a nameless wraith—a being bearing the title of "All the Evil in the World", a demonic anti-hero burdened with humanity's sins.
It was an absurd story, yet a tragedy that truly happened.
In Fate, during the Third Holy Grail War, he was summoned by the Einzbern family.
However, because he was too weak, he was quickly defeated.
After his defeat, Angra Mainyu, who bore "All the Evil of This World," was absorbed by the Greater Holy Grail.
And that's where everything went wrong.
Originally, the Grail had been colorless, but after absorbing Angra Mainyu, it became corrupted. All the magical energy within the Grail transformed into "All the Evil of This World."
Because of that, both the Fourth and Fifth Holy Grail Wars were deeply affected.
Now, Cao Ye was basically like that unlucky guy.
The difference was that he hadn't been tortured or killed.
But he had truly inherited the burden of "All the Evil of This World."
After fusing with it, Cao Ye was no longer an ordinary human.
He was somewhat similar to Gilgamesh from Fate, though not exactly the same.
His body had been strengthened and reconstructed by the power of "All the Evil of This World." It wasn't like the black mud incarnation in Fate—perhaps because he wasn't a Servant.
Still, this transformation gave Cao Ye immense physical enhancement. His body's toughness was comparable to the monsters of the Dungeon.
Additionally, the cleansing of "All the Evil of This World" granted him an ability similar to rapid regeneration.
As long as he didn't die, even severed limbs could regenerate.
But everything came with a price:
Magic power.
Cao Ye had become somewhat like the monsters in the Dungeon.
For ordinary people, magic stones could only be used as fuel—they couldn't absorb the magic inside.
But for Cao Ye, magic stones were basically batteries.
He could directly absorb the magic within them.
Because of this, Cao Ye often wondered:
Could he even still be considered human anymore?
That was why, even though he was in the Labyrinth City of Orario, where gods gathered, he dared not approach any god.
What if those gods mistook him for the reincarnation of an evil god, or a demon chosen by one?
What if they killed him—or dragged him away for judgment?
As for seeking out evil gods, that was even more unrealistic.
Although Orario had many gods, you couldn't just casually meet one—let alone the infamous evil gods.
And most Familias serving those evil gods were part of the Dark Faction.
Among them were nothing but ruthless criminals—you could die there without even knowing how.
In the end, Cao Ye chose what he believed to be the safest option.
He wouldn't look for any god, nor would he join any Familia.
Instead, he would rely on his cheat ability and grow stronger little by little.
Although the card pool only contained Fate, it still held countless powerful things.
After all, Cao Ye had worked hard for half a month.
After experiencing several failed single pulls in the first few days, he decided to rely on the ten-pull guarantee philosophy.
Even though the gacha pool didn't actually have a guarantee system, for someone like Cao Ye—who had played countless card and gacha games—
A single pull was about faith.
But a ten-pull was basically a guarantee.
The rules of the Gacha System were simple:
10 diamonds = 1 pull
100 diamonds = 10 pulls
No pity system.
No probabilities.
Everything depended purely on luck.
No—on fate.
Looking at the Fate gacha interface, Cao Ye felt extremely nervous.
After all…
Whether he was a lucky emperor or an unlucky peasant—
would be decided right here, right now.
If luck was on his side, he would take off immediately.
If not…
he'd have to grind for another ten days.