"Hehehe, this is a high-ranking skill that would even make Ai-chan see stars!"
"Damn it!"
Ignoring Sakura, who was still holding her head and crouching in defense, Jean Stardust nodded toward Medea.
Consequently, Medea was the second to step up. Having learned from Sakura's experience, she performed an elegant little hop and leapt into the hole.
'Thump'
Only then did Jean Stardust realize that this 'thump' sound was actually a sound effect playing in the room. At the same time, she gained a brand-new understanding of just how bored someone must be.
The choices facing Medea were vast amounts of magical knowledge. Although there were also things like bloodlines of creatures skilled in spellcasting, for a spellcaster like her, knowledge was power, and nothing was more fascinating to her than knowledge.
Although she wanted to absorb all of this knowledge, she knew the principle that biting off more than one can chew is unwise, so she ultimately chose only one system with good depth and applicability.
When she finished her selection and descended from mid-air, she casually cast a Slow Fall spell, and her entire body drifted down to the ground like a light feather.
Then, accompanying a brief incantation, a piece of bread appeared in her hand. She broke off a piece to taste it, then calmly distributed it to the others.
The profession Medea chose was none other than the Mage class from Azeroth.
She hadn't expected to be able to eat bread conjured by a real mage in reality, so Jean Stardust took a piece, and the others followed suit.
"Ugh... is this really bread?!"
Rin, who had taken a bite the fastest, complained. Seeing this, Jean Stardust first pretended to be calm as she put the bread into her mouth, then, before the unique smell of rotten straw mats—similar to White Flower Snake Grass Water—could spread, she mobilized the Stardust Wind to directly eliminate the small piece of bread.
Looking at the pained expressions on the faces of the others, Jean Stardust gave Medea a critique: "Needs improvement."
"So it really wasn't that something was wrong with my sense of taste. Thank you all for your cooperation."
Medea's words were sincere and earnest, leaving the others with no way to complain, but only Jean Stardust noticed the slight tremor at the corner of her mouth, as if she was barely holding back laughter.
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Next was Rin. Because Rin was choosing the second option, Jean Stardust had the right to interfere with her choice, though she only intended to offer advice.
Cautiously probing the location of the hole with her foot, Rin gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and 'thumped' into it.
Before Rin, unexpectedly, there were four directions: Magical Martial Arts, Gem Magecraft, Second Magic (currently unavailable), and Magical Girl.
Although Jean Stardust really wanted to see a Magical Girl Rin, upon opening the Magical Girl page, she found that it was the Madoka system.
This was quite awkward, after all, Rin's face wasn't round enough. One could say that this kind of external soul storage, similar to a lich's, wasn't even as good as finding a real phylactery, and it even lacked the wish-granting aspect of QB, which was a total loss.
The other two categories were numerous; both gem enchantment and magic-adapted martial arts were particularly common, which led to both items being full of pages, looking decent but feeling like they were missing something.
However, Jean Stardust quickly saw an option to merge and filter the two pages. After clicking it, only one item popped up:
Crystal Beast System
Compatibility: Highly Compatible
Initial Strength: Low
Combat Performance: High
Daily Performance: Medium
Growth Potential: High
Cost: 77,777 T Points
(Note: You can create seven kinds of crystals. Using the crystals can grant yourself the enhancements of the corresponding Crystal Beast, and you can also summon the Crystal Beasts as familiars to command. When all seven kinds of crystals are gathered, perhaps you can summon an even more powerful existence.)
This was also from the Yu-Gi-Oh! series: Crystal Beast. Although in the OCG environment back then, the boss monster for Crystal Beasts was Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder, Rainbow Dragon was just too cool, causing many people to still carry Rainbow Dragon.
Actually, the seven Crystal Beasts cost 10,000 points each, and the combined set was 7,777 points more expensive, but it included a manual on how to create brand-new Crystal Beasts using gems of equal rarity.
Seeing this, there was no need to hesitate; just buy, buy, buy.
After paying and exiting, Jean Stardust proactively went up to meet her and gave Rin, who was descending, a princess carry. Although her face was still a bit red, Rin was now able to calmly say thank you before disengaging from the embrace and standing on her own.
These Crystal Beasts looked really good. If the compatibility hadn't been insufficient, Jean Stardust would have wanted to get a set herself; after all, the summoned familiars included eagles, pegasi, and even cats to pet—it was simply too awesome.
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Finally, it was FrostNova's turn. Ice-type abilities were countless, so there would surely be a very good result.
But the very first one that appeared was extremely confusing.
Rabbit Dragon
Compatibility: Highly Compatible
Initial Strength: High
Combat Performance: High
Daily Performance: Low
Growth Potential: Low
Cost: 5,000 T Points
(Note: A sudden mutation of a dragon species inhabiting snowy plains. Its huge ears can distinguish sounds from thousands of meters away, and combined with amazing jumping power, the targeted prey has nowhere to escape.)
After racking her brain for a long time, Jean Stardust finally remembered what this thing was. It was from the Yu-Gi-Oh! SD25 deck, which was the first batch of Simplified Chinese starter decks, the vanilla monster numbered 002 from'Saga of Blue-Eyes White Dragon'.
Just a short time before Jean Stardust's transmigration, she had been disappointed because she hadn't been able to order the Simplified Chinese starter deck, but fortunately, she wouldn't need it in the end anyway.
Back to the Rabbit Dragon, its 2950 attack power was very strong; compared to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon—also a vanilla monster numbered 001 in the box—its attack power was only 50 lower, but its defense was actually 400 higher.
It's just that its appearance was a bit eccentric, and it didn't have much of a future for development, so it really wasn't suitable for her partner.
Looking further down, there were quite a few good things, such as Zanpakutō Hyōrinmaru, Kyurem, Velkhana, and so on.
After looking through it, Jean Stardust discovered a problem: compared to ice, almost all the options were related to dragons. After flipping through the interface, she finally found a note:
'The target's body is almost entirely modified and composed of dragon-attribute life force. Estimated compatibility: 1. Dragon, 2. Ice, 3. Rabbit. Note: The target was previously a spellcaster, but spellcasting resources have been completely lost, making it impossible to adapt to spellcasting-related professions and abilities.'
Since it was her own fault, Jean Stardust stopped worrying about it. She was a dragon, and her partner was also a dragon; it was very reasonable.
However, this meant she needed to find an Ice Dragon that was both cool and powerful.
Kyurem, as a legendary pokémon from the pokémon world, looked okay, but the Black and White dragons would also need to be obtained. At the same time, what if it could be captured in a poké ball? Wouldn't that just add a weakness?
Finally, she sorted the prices from most expensive to cheapest and finally found the most expensive yet most suitable item at the very top.
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