Comprehensive Improvements

Seeing this, Kura Ha shouted excitedly, "Warrior, your strength has truly surprised me!"

This level-75 dragon boss had never expected a level-30 player to possess such an ability. Moreover, Kura Ha felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity with this almost divine technique.

"Kura Ha, don't give up hope. We still have a chance to win!"

Kurumi gripped her antique rifle and, without wasting a second, attacked Edgar.

At that moment, Edgar called back the Fallen Ones who had been battling the Ice Sprites outside. Visible to the naked eye, a group of jet-black figures charged toward Kurumi.

Kurumi asked, "Kura Ha, can you still stun these monsters?"

"Of course. For the great dragon race, suppressing such weak creatures is effortless!"

"Roar!" Kura Ha let out a tremendous roar. The pressure of a higher lifeform instantly suppressed every living being except Edgar and Kurumi, stunning them for a full ten seconds.

Taking advantage of that time, Kurumi's three clones arrived as well and opened fire on Edgar, who floated in the air!

-120!-!

-60!-3830!

-65!-3830!

Without the bonuses from First Bullet and Third Bullet, both she and her clones dealt less damage, but that was fine. As long as they could trigger the Ice Dragon's Blessing!

In just five seconds, Edgar's HP dropped by another 5%.

He could only take the hits and couldn't fight back.

It made his teeth itch with rage.

Ten seconds later.

The Fallen Ones surged forward, and the three clones immediately turned their guns around, joining the Ice Sprites and Ice Giants in holding them back.

One minute...

Two minutes...

Five minutes...

The Fallen Ones still couldn't break through the defensive line formed by Kurumi's clones and the Ice Sprites.

Finally, when Edgar's HP had fallen to 10%, Ice Dragon Kura Ha's HP had been hovering between 2% and 3%.

Edgar could no longer endure it. He released the chain in his hand and glared viciously at Kurumi.

"Damn it! It could have worked! I spent months researching how to deal with this worm, only for you to ruin everything! I'll remember you, Adventurer Su."

His voice was filled with gritted hatred as an enormous black fireball formed in his hand before hurtling toward Kurumi.

However, it only dealt 400,000 damage to the Ice Dragon Shield around Kurumi. Kurumi herself remained completely unharmed. Edgar was so furious that his nose nearly twisted out of shape.

The next moment, Edgar vanished from where he stood.

Without the chains suppressing him, Kura Ha's HP began to slowly recover. Before long, it had returned to around 10%.

A notification sounded. "Ding! You have successfully helped Ice Dragon Kura Ha repel the enemy. In battle against a higher lifeform, you have gained 5,000,000 EXP."

"Damn, five million EXP. That would take at least two days of grinding."

Kurumi checked her experience bar. Sure enough, she had gone from Level 30 (10% EXP) to Level 30 (65% EXP).

It required EXP to advance from Level 30 to Level 31. The assistance mission reward had added 50%, while killing the Fallen Ones outside had added around 5%.

The greatest enemy had disappeared, and Kura Ha's HP was steadily recovering as well.

Working together, the two of them soon cleared out all the Fallen Ones inside the cave, leaving behind a floor full of common equipment and silver coins.

"Warrior, Kura Ha is deeply grateful for saving my life." The Ice Dragon boss looked at Kurumi, lowering his head with utmost sincerity.

"It was simply a matter of drawing my sword when I saw injustice." Kurumi chuckled.

You drew your sword all the way into someone else's home, Kura Ha couldn't help complaining inwardly.

Of course, it was normal for adventurers to casually enter and explore. In fact, it was fortunate that this adventurer had come in—otherwise, he would not have been saved.

Kura Ha said sincerely, "I will not forget your life-saving grace, Warrior. You may choose three treasures from my treasury."

"Ding! You saved Ice Dragon Kura Ha's life. Its favorability toward you has greatly increased. Affected by the Charm talent, the favorability increase has doubled. Current favorability: 42 (Admiration)."

Holy crap, 42 favorability?! At this level, I can already get it to do things for me. As long as I don't go too far, it's practically a powerful enforcer I can summon whenever I want! When the game descends into reality, I might even be able to summon it in the real world.

Kurumi was stunned for a while upon hearing the system notification, then smiled and said, "Thank you, Lord Kura Ha."

"Benefactor, there is no need to call me lord," Kura Ha corrected her.

"Alright, alright, Kura Ha. Let's pick the treasures." Kurumi laughed helplessly.

Kura Ha tore open space, revealing an interdimensional space containing the Dragon's Treasure.

Immediately afterward, a light screen appeared.

The Dragon's Treasure was displayed before her in the form of a scrollable catalog.

Kurumi carefully searched through it and filtered the items and props by Epic quality.

The dazzling trove of treasures was instantly reduced by more than half, but plenty still remained.

Wow, it's all gold as far as the eye can see. It'd be great if I could have all of it. Kurumi practically drooled at the sight.

Kura Ha seemed to sense what Kurumi was thinking and hurriedly said, "Benefactor, there are rules governing a dragon's gift. Three items without quality restrictions are already the highest standard of gift."

"Alright, I understand."

Embarrassed that her thoughts had been seen through, Kurumi quickly selected three items from the treasury and said, "I'll take these three."

A bag of epic-quality ore (Quality: Epic): It contained 15 pieces of ore that had reached epic quality.

Ore could be used to upgrade the Time Gun, rapidly increasing her strength.

Equipment Awakening Gold Stone (Quality: Epic): This was a stone enough to drive every craftsman on the continent mad!

This item could be used to awaken Spirit Garbs.

Her current defense was too low.

The last item, while not epic-quality, was an absolutely crucial item.

Forest Heart Fragment (2/4): One of the Elf Saintess Set pieces. Unfortunately, there were only two fragments here.

"Are you sure? Just these three? You can't regret it later," Kura Ha said nervously.

Did I overlook something?

Kurumi frowned, then relaxed.

These three items could be converted into combat power the fastest. No matter what other valuable items might be in the treasury, if they could not be turned into combat power, they were useless to her.

"I'm sure. These three are enough."

At that, Kura Ha immediately sighed in relief and closed the treasury entrance.

"Benefactor, this is a blessing I bestow upon you. I hope it will aid you in your future adventures."

Ice Dragon Kura Ha breathed a gust of cold air toward Kurumi, and a permanent buff immediately appeared in her status window, just like Kurupai's Blessing.

Kura Ha's Blessing: ① Ice Dragon Power: When attacking enemies, deals an additional 10% ice-element damage while reducing the enemy's movement speed and attack speed by 10%. ② Ice Dragon Summon: Once per day, you may summon Kura Ha's phantom to cast one large-scale elemental spell.

Kurumi was stunned. It was this powerful?

The additional damage was far more impressive than Kurupai's, and it even came with a slow effect. It suited Kurumi's skills perfectly.

Furthermore, she could summon Kura Ha once every day... a large-scale attack from a level 75 boss. If she gathered a huge group of monsters together and then summoned Kura Ha to attack...

Just imagining it made Kurumi feel a rush of exhilarating joy.

"Thank you very much. Your blessing will be very useful to me."

Kurumi's praise delighted Kura Ha.

After bidding Kura Ha farewell, Kurumi left the Ice Dragon Palace and teleported back to Forest City.

Kurumi eagerly took out the Time Gun and placed ten epic-quality ores onto it.

The Time Gun's attributes surged dramatically.

Time Gun (Epic)

Required Level: Lv.10

Type: Weapon

Class: Exclusive to Tokisaki Kurumi

Attributes: ① +1000 Attack Power. ② +1000 maximum Time Value.

Active Skills: ① Charge: Instantly restores 50% Time Value. Cooldown: 9 minutes.

② Flash: Can teleport within the range of the City of Eating Time. Cooldown: 9 seconds.

Passive Effects: ① Teammates within the City of Eating Time can also enjoy the speed bonus.

② For every boss-level creature killed, the cooldown of Zafkiel's second passive is reduced by one hour.

③ Shadow Skill—Clone +1. While the shadow clone remains alive, the main body and shadow may switch back and forth.

Her base attributes had increased tenfold, the cooldowns of her active skills had decreased slightly, and the passives remained unchanged.

Kurumi's attack power had now reached a staggering 2267 points!

There were still five epic ores left. From levels 11 to 20, each level required two epic ores. She might as well use the remaining five on her Spirit Garb.

Kurumi took out the Equipment Awakening Gold Stone.

The next moment, the system notification sounded.

"Ding! The Equipment Awakening Gold Stone is extremely valuable. Are you sure you wish to use it to unlock the Spirit Garb of Dimensional Avatar: Tokisaki Kurumi?"

There was no question.

"Confirm!"

The gold stone melted away, and the system voice sounded once again the next second. "Ding! Dimensional Avatar: Tokisaki Kurumi's Spirit Garb awakening successful."

Divine Spirit Garb - Third (Epic)

Required Level: Lv.1

Type: Armor

Class: Exclusive to Tokisaki Kurumi

Attributes: ① Defense +50, ② Elemental Resistance +10%

Active Skills: ① Cooldown: All skill cooldown speeds +10% for ten minutes. Cooldown: two hours.

② Clear Mind: Immune to all negative statuses for 3 seconds. Cooldown: ten minutes.

Passive Skills: ① When attacked, all enemy speeds are reduced by 10%.

② Shadow Teleportation: Leaves temporal traces in every place you have visited. Summon a time clone from that moment and instantly appear at that location. (Requirement: The Eighth Bullet skill must be unlocked.)

She used the remaining five Epic Ore on the Spirit Dress.

Its level rose from Lv.1 to Lv.5.

Attribute ①'s Defense increased to 250, while Attribute ②'s Elemental Resistance increased to 15%. The skills remained unchanged.

With that, this trip had perfectly enhanced all of Kurumi Incarnation's abilities.

Kurumi remembered this equipment's attributes, so she was not particularly surprised. She merely took out the other two Heart of the Forest fragments and placed them onto the original item.

Immediately afterward, the four fragments fused into one complete item.

Heart of the Forest

Item Quality: Legendary

Effect 1 (Forest's Recognition): Monsters living in the forest will be less hostile toward you. When attacked by forest-type monsters, damage taken is reduced to 80% of its original amount.

Effect 2 (Forest's Aid): While in a forest, your base attributes increase by 20%.

Effect 3 (Forest's Favor): Forest-type creatures are naturally +10 more favorable toward you.

Effect 4: Active Skill—Forest Secret.

Item Description: Only those acknowledged by the forest can obtain this item!

Forest Secret

Active Skill Description: The forest knows many secrets. Prepare your question, then ask the forest. The forest will give you an answer. Once per day.

"This came at just the right time. I was wondering how to get to Elf King City and complete the Saintess Candidate quest!"

Kurumi's eyes lit up. She could hardly wait to ask the forest how to get to Bannory.

But the most important thing now was to log off and rest!