Fishing Always Requires Some Equipment

The false night sky, which was originally stained with blood, was instantly ignited by fire.

But the sky did not return to its midday brightness; instead, it became as blinding as an apocalyptic battlefield.

The Night Demon stood alone high in the sky, looking down at the earth, but its outstretched shadowy wings appeared dim under the blazing sky.

Those enormous meteorites, engulfed in molten flames, spun as they fell toward the ground.

The smallest of them are three or four meters in diameter, while the slightly larger ones are twenty or thirty meters in diameter. Falling from the sky to the ground, they have no chance of hitting the Night Demon, which is as light and ethereal as a moth.

When those meteorites struck the earth, they caused the ground to tremble violently.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The earth trembled violently, roaring incessantly. The surrounding trees were destroyed, crushed, and torn apart by the meteorite.

The meteorites shattered upon impact, while the surrounding earth burned quietly and persistently, like molten fuel.

When Utgarda-Loki fought Oligan, the uncontrollable wildfire on his body had already ignited the grassland. Now, the fire has spread rapidly from the small plain where the battle took place to the surrounding forest.

After Utgarda-Loki finished modifying the arena, the flames on his body resonated with the flames brought by the surrounding Meteor Fire Rain.

The leaping golden-red flames gradually transformed into the deep red color of his body, a color resembling both red wine and blood. As Utgarda-Loki moved through it, his speed and strength were noticeably enhanced.

Suddenly, Utgarda-Loki launched a lightning-fast attack.

His charging body stirred up a wild storm, knocking down surrounding trees and sending flames soaring high into the air—

Faced with that piercing downward slash, as sharp as a crescent moon, Night Demon instinctively realized that this attack was absolutely impossible to avoid!

So she raised her wings to fight back.

—But that technique, which was formed from the essence of the Night Demon's power and was originally able to block almost all attacks, was ineffective for the first time.

Utgarda-Loki's Charge Slash struck Night Demon's wing heavily. After a very brief struggle, Night Demon's wing was visibly deformed and sent flying backward, like a badminton shuttlecock hit by a racket! For the first time, her wing showed a slight bend that was visible to the naked eye.

However, at the very moment of the exchange, Utgarda-Loki's expression suddenly turned serious.

He felt a strong sense of decay coming from inside his body—as if he had drunk strong acid, and his chest and abdomen made crackling sounds of corrosion.

It's a curse.

And it was a curse he didn't even recognize!

Utgarda-Loki's extensive combat experience told him that this demon was likely exceptionally skilled in weakening, cursing, and defensive counterattacks.

We can't let this drag on any longer!

Having made up his mind, Utgarda-Loki casually stuck the giant axe into the ground.

"Great, Supreme Heaven! Hear the cry of your people!"

He crossed his arms and raised them high above his head, and in a powerful voice prayed, "Give me the power to tear the sky apart and shatter the earth!"

In an instant, a beam of bright red lightning shot out from the "Eye of the Rift" in the sky and struck Utgarda-Loki directly!

Meanwhile, Iver had already flown to the distant mountains.

Oligan's landing point is easy to find.

The scorching lava sprayed all along the way, setting the trees and grass ablaze. Even when away from the battlefield, the blood rain continued to fall, creating a pungent white smoke as it landed on the flames.

Iver followed the plume of white smoke and saw a dying Lizardman warrior hissing and emitting white smoke.

His body was almost completely shattered—his right arm was the most severely injured. It had been torn into three pieces and lay bent on the ground like a rag doll. Even so, his incredibly strong body still managed to hold his right arm tightly to itself, with only nearly broken muscles holding it together.

His body was covered in dried blood, mixed with semi-solidified lava embedded in his skin, which wasn't even completely dry yet, and a faint flame still burned on his leather armor. He only had one eye left, the other melted by lava that had splashed onto his face. His leather armor was almost completely worn away, and the weapon he gripped was reduced to half a handle.

Even if you're lucky enough to avoid a head fracture, changing careers would only mean certain death.

But when Iver over, he still retained a clear mind.

Oligan's last remaining eye moved slightly, and he saw Hellerchein riding a winged horse flying towards him.

"Hellerchein ... Your Excellency..."

He spoke in a hoarse, rough voice, haltingly, "Run..."

"—Don't speak yet."

Iver said seriously.

At that moment, he seemed to overlap with the Hellerchein he was playing.

He reached out and pressed his hand against the largest tree closest to the Lizardman warrior Oligan, while a bright yellow card appeared in his left hand.

As the card appeared and then shattered, the tree began to grow wildly, branching out and transforming in the blink of an eye into a thick, tall giant tree.

Soon, a giant tree with leaves as bright as gold appeared out of thin air in Iver's hands.

It swayed its leaves, making a crisp, wind-chime-like sound.

To Oligan, this scene was nothing short of Divine Miracle.

He could clearly feel his wounds beginning to heal slowly—at least they were no longer worsening and were even improving. The approaching Grim Reaper, whose outline was gradually becoming clearer, vanished like a bubble in an instant.

Just then, the boxes that had scattered around him when he was knocked away suddenly unlocked themselves as if they had sensed something.

The armor fragments and cloak inside flew towards Iver as if they were alive, piecing themselves together on Iver body. In the blink of an eye, he was completely armed.

Iver immediately saw a dense array of attributes and terms appear before his eyes—

It wasn't an individual piece of equipment, but rather an entire set of gear that suddenly flew out:

[Set - Three Phases of Light: Dawn, Noon and Dusk (3/3)]

[Exceptional Equipment (Purple)] *3 [Trait: Dawn Guard (Limited to Equilibrium Path Trigger) (Not Triggered)]

[Trait: Twilight Will (Triggered only on the Path of Twilight) (Not triggered)]

[Feature: When entering combat, automatically searches for weapons and replenishes shields and status effects]

[Special Ability: Giant Tree Skin (Limited to Pokémon to trigger)]

[Giant Tree Skin: If the damage received by the holder is not fatal, the damage is halved.]

[Exceptional Trait: Pope's Protection (Triggered only by the Theocracy)]

[Pope's Protection: The holder gains resistance to charm, poison, and petrification, and immunity to fear, curse, and instant death.]

[Special Trait: The Candle Holder's Name (Triggered by Candlekeeper Faith Only)]

[The Candle Holder's Name: The holder gains the spell: Holy Healing, three times per day, no mana cost]

[Set Traits: When the wearer is riding a Pegasus or Unicorn, they gain "Life Bond" with the Pegasus; when the wearer receives any buff, the duration of the buff is extended by 50% and its effect is increased by 30%; the mount gains 120% flight speed.]

"Wow! The equipment worn by the Pope Guard is so awesome! "Iver was immediately surprised.

Previously, Iver had seen the Queen Guard who had been transferred there wearing this armor in the Silver and Tin Palace.

When they took turns showering, eating, and resting, they would simply take off their gear and leave it in the servants' room next to Isabel's bedroom. They weren't worried about losing it at all; in fact, it was scattered all over the floor, and it didn't seem like they valued it much.

Iver saw that these items were mass-produced equipment, and since they dared to wear them to carry out missions overseas without fear of losing them... they probably weren't that valuable.

Considering that these were Children ' clothes, even intimate apparel, Iver never touched them.

Now Iver finally understands why they are so unafraid of losing things—

As a purple-tier set, this item is roughly on par with Lily's Eagle Eye set in terms of value. It can be considered the ultimate set for paladins.

Moreover, all three pieces are purple, making them slightly rarer than the Eagle Eye set.

The reason they aren't afraid of losing them isn't just because these Queen Guard are strong in combat. It's because their attributes are mostly locked, making them unusable by outsiders.

Only Pure-Blood Elf, those born into Theocracy, and those who are Candlekeepers, and who follow either the Balanced or Path of Twilight, can trigger all effects. Otherwise, the holder will only receive a support effect of "automatically replenishing buffs upon entering combat."

No wonder...

I knew it! The boss would give me some equipment if he let me go fishing!