Swift Feather Boots

"Bang, bang, bang." A burst of knocking sounded at the door.

Who was it?!

Jiang Rui climbed up groggily and asked blankly, "What time is it?"

"Eleven in the morning."

Ah...

Only eleven. Jiang Rui lowered his eyes and yawned.

He slowly got up as black mist crawled over his body. Before long, a black Demon King trench coat covered him from head to toe.

Whoever was outside grew more urgent, clearly starting to lose patience.

Damn Tony Stark!

Besides the scheduled cleaners, the only person who could enter the villa and knock on his bedroom door was that narcissist.

"What do you want?" Jiang Rui opened the bedroom door and glared at the man before him. "Why aren't you keeping your precious baby company in the lab? What are you doing here?"

Tony leaned against the doorframe, lowered his sunglasses slightly, and struck a flashy pose.

"My Mark II is about to undergo testing. Want to come along? You can help test its performance while you're at it."

Showing off!

That word suddenly popped into Jiang Rui's mind.

But Jiang Rui had misunderstood Tony. If Tony really wanted to show off, he would have preferred using the finished product to beat Jiang Rui up.

The Mark II was only a test model. Unfortunately, Tony currently could not find any other superhumans to help him test it.

Speaking of which, three days earlier, Seal Throat's entire team had left this world after completing their mission. Before leaving, Seal Throat had passed on a message to Rimuru.

"The captain asked me to give you his regards. If you ever visit Xia Country, he will personally visit to thank you."

When Jiang Rui heard the first half, he had not reacted at all. He thought it referred to Captain America, but only afterward did he realize it meant Xia Country in the real world.

That was interesting. Jiang Rui wondered whether the real world was his former world.

Or perhaps quantum mechanics? Parallel universes?

But clearly, they had mistaken him for some big shot from overseas. They had decent judgment, at least. Jiang Rui found that quite admirable.

Back to the point. Seeing the faint disdain in Jiang Rui's eyes, Tony coughed awkwardly twice.

"I added a flight system! You know, I'm practically a genius. I used—"

"Used the arc pulse device to create ultrasonic waves?"

"Uh..." Tony took off his sunglasses in surprise and said speechlessly, "How did you know?"

"Did you think I went to your lab for nothing these past few days?" Jiang Rui yawned and turned the back of his head toward Tony. "Or do you think I can't understand it? Please, I'm just not interested in the technological side. That doesn't mean I'm technologically illiterate."

"Oh, fine. Kid, I admit you're almost as much of a genius as I am." Seeing that he had failed to surprise Jiang Rui, Tony sounded a little dejected, but he quickly brightened again.

"Come to think of it, kid, even if you know a lot, you still can't fly. In that regard, your magic seems inferior to mine."

Thump! Jiang Rui fell back onto the bed and answered lazily, "Strictly speaking, I can fly."

"I only need to use lightning to generate magnetic force and match a certain frequency and direction with Earth's magnetic field."

"But that consumes a lot of stamina and magic power."

"So I can't be bothered to fly."

"Alright, if there's nothing else, you can leave. Remember to close the door."

"Hey, by your logic, what you're using is obviously science! Not magic!" Tony protested.

Jiang Rui waved a hand, thinking, In the future, plenty of people will tell you that you're unscientific too.

He ignored him. He had no interest in debating the definition of magic and science. Good heavens, what if Tony Stark realized that the two shared the same origin? Jiang Rui did not even dare imagine that scene.

A laser cannon in his left hand and a fireball spell in his right??

Or wearing armor while casting spells?

Watching the girl, who had already curled herself into a little ball and was ignoring him completely,

Tony returned to the car speechlessly, took out breakfast, and placed it in the living room.

"Let's go, Happy."

It was not that he insisted on competing with a kid. Rather, after experiencing that war, he had completely lost his sense of security. That was why he had worked day and night and built the Mark II in only three days.

Meanwhile, Jiang Rui was on the other side, drooling over the four loot cards in his backpack.

The temptation of opening treasure chests really did grow stronger by the day.

Should he open them or not?

Open them!

Of course, before opening treasure chests, one needed a sense of ceremony.

He got up, washed his face, and stared into the mirror for a while.

He really woke up every day because he was too adorable!

He poked his cheek with a finger.

Rimuru—this was his True Name Liberation form.

It could also be called his "main body."

He really did look like a girl...

But after becoming a Demon King, he seemed to be growing up.

Would he become a little more masculine then?

Or perhaps more androgynous?

In any case, Slimes had no gender.

He shook his head, throwing the strange thoughts from his mind, then eagerly ran back to the bedroom!

Draw cards!

You opened the loot from killing I Love Wuwuwu.

You obtained Fountain.

You obtained Magic Jerky.

Fountain: Standard equipment from T5235 Civilization. Effectively accelerates your magic recovery speed. The enhancement scales with Spirit, increasing recovery speed by up to 100%.

Magic Jerky: Emergency rations carefully made by a mage. Restores 30% magic power upon consumption.

Tch, what a poor bastard.

Then, without stopping, he directly opened the other three cards as well.

You obtained Valentin Model.

You obtained...

Jiang Rui looked over the results: several miscellaneous items, two pieces of equipment—Fountain and the grand prize he had won—

Swift Feather Boots: Legendary equipment from an elven plane. Agility +25. Comes with the skill "Swift Feather": Increases personal speed by 100% and reduces personal weight by 80%. Requirement: 80 Agility, Elf Heart.

Three items: the consumables Magic Jerky and Life Elixir.

And a Merman Orb that could permanently increase attributes or grant extraordinary traits: Edible. Has a chance to increase Spirit or Charm, and a chance to grant a Sequence. Extraordinary traits can be extracted and used as advancement materials.

Jiang Rui stared at the Swift Feather Boots with sparkling eyes, inwardly sighing over why they were not attack-type equipment. His biggest problem right now was that he could not break the defenses of high Sequences.

A classic case of getting a bargain and still complaining.

The boots were a pair of women's knee-high boots, predominantly cyan, with faint gilded patterns gleaming brilliantly.

The only thing missing was three words written across them: "Golden Legend."

Great Sage, why don't equipment grades exist?

No relevant information was found in Supernatural Paradise.

No grading system?

He suddenly realized that, from the beginning until now, Great Sage had always received information from Supernatural Paradise and then "translated" it for him. In other words, the game-like presentation he saw was actually Great Sage's unique method!

It presented things according to what he liked and found easy to understand!

It was not because Supernatural Paradise resembled a game. Rather, because his Great Sage possessed appraisal, analysis, and information-gathering abilities, it could present things this way!

If that was the case, then what about everyone else?

That did not seem quite right either.

He clearly remembered that the person who had tried to assassinate him at the beginning had wanted to spend something to locate him.

And there were cards too...

He should have asked Seal Throat and the others earlier. No, that would have exposed the fact that he was a newcomer...

Forget it. He would take things one step at a time.

With that thought, he swallowed the boots in one bite.

Equipment requirements? They did not exist!

Even if analyzing them might cost him part of their attribute bonuses, he would still choose this method.

80 Agility? Elf Heart?

How long would that take?!