Hope You Can Be Saved

A Pure Star Radiant Armament that let its user see the future!

No further explanation was needed. Just hearing that was enough to know how powerful and unfair this Pure Star Radiant Armament was!

It was precisely because she possessed such a Pure Star Radiant Armament that Claudia had ranked second at Seidoukan Academy and earned the title of Thousand Sight Alliance Master. She was recognized by all the students at Seidoukan Academy as the person they least wanted to face.

How could anyone possibly win against someone who could see the future?

Even Toudou Kirin, Ranked First, probably did not want to face Claudia, right?

However, this power came at a price.

"Pure Star Radiant Armaments all have a price for their use."

Holding Pandora's Activation Device, Azer spoke to himself as though he were conversing with the Pure Star Radiant Armament in his hand.

"Some prices are lighter, while others are heavier. Some can be accepted, while others are utterly unbearable. My Black Furnace belongs to the former."

The price of using the Black Furnace Magic Sword was the need for a massive amount of Star Power.

Anyone lacking sufficient Star Power could not use her at all. Azer was the sole exception.

"But you belong to the latter."

Azer's gaze upon Pandora gradually turned cold.

"The price of using you is having to endlessly taste your own death, isn't it?"

Unlike the temperamental and unpredictable Black Furnace Magic Sword, Pandora's nature was downright vile.

It loved seeing its users suffer. It loved seeing the taste of death they experienced when facing it.

Whoever its user was, every time they fell asleep, they had to experience their own death in their dreams.

Moreover, it would not let them repeatedly encounter the same method of death. Instead, it made its users endlessly taste all kinds of deaths.

Death by illness, accidental death, starvation, freezing, suicide, or being killed by someone else—every night, Pandora created its user's death in their dreams like this.

What was frightening was that once the user woke up, the contents of the dream would melt away and disappear. Yet the terror and pain of facing death would remain alongside fragments of broken memories, constantly tormenting the user until their mind collapsed.

Therefore, before Claudia, no one had ever been able to use Pandora for long.

It was said that the person who had obtained Pandora before Claudia could not endure it after only three days.

One could imagine how terrifying a price that was.

Yet Claudia had endured such a price for several years already.

Yes.

Claudia had been using Pandora for several years.

In other words, she had also borne Pandora's price for several years. By now, she had probably tasted over a thousand kinds of death in her dreams.

Unless something unexpected happened, Claudia would continue enduring it in the future.

But—

"Unfortunately, this person has shown me kindness. I must repay it."

Using a voice colder than ever before, Azer gave Pandora the order.

"From now on, you are not allowed to make this girl taste any more pain."

"Not only that, you must repay everything you have done so far."

"From now on, however happy her dreams are, you must make them just as happy."

"You, did you hear me?"

As he spoke, Gilded Markings emerged across the hand gripping Pandora, radiating mysterious and strange waves of power.

"----"

Pandora, held in Azer's hand, finally could no longer remain silent and began to tremble slightly.

It was afraid.

It was terrified.

Like a lowly minister who had enraged a monarch, Pandora began to emanate a feeling of panic and unease.

Seeing this, Azer knew that this Pure Star Radiant Armament had submitted to him and no longer dared to act recklessly.

Even though Azer had not used his Authority to make Pandora acknowledge him as its master, the instant he touched Pandora, he had completely grasped everything about this Pure Star Radiant Armament.

If he wished, he could reduce Pandora to dust in an instant and cast its consciousness into hell, where it would never be freed.

This was the true tyranny of the Ultimate Authority over armaments!

Faced with this absolute power that could even surpass the Authority of gods, no matter how vile Pandora's nature was, as long as it remained an armament, it would not dare defy Azer!

Only after confirming this did Azer tuck Pandora's Activation Device back beneath the blanket and return it to Claudia.

When his gaze shifted to Claudia's delicate face, Azer clearly saw that the pain on her face and the tight furrow between her brows had vanished. In their place was a smile.

It was a smile completely different from before.

Although Claudia often smiled, her smiles were less an expression of joy than a form of politeness, even a disguise.

Perhaps only Azer, who knew the original story well, understood just how many worries this girl carried in her heart, along with what a sorrowful and foolish wish she held?

"Hope you can be saved from this."

Azer softly offered his blessing to the sleeping Claudia.

Then, Azer silently withdrew from Claudia's bedroom and left her room by the way he had come.

Time moved forward once more.

Before he knew it, more than a week had passed since Azer obtained the Black Furnace Magic Sword and gained a reliable means of steadily increasing his strength.

During that time, Azer successfully applied for a new dormitory and moved into a fairly spacious Single Room, settling into a very regular routine.

Every morning, Azer got up at the first light of dawn and went outside to train, either jogging or practicing sword forms, adapting himself to his strengthened body.

Ever since obtaining extraordinary power, Azer felt as though he was brimming with energy. He truly did not have the slightest urge to slack off. Every day, he wanted to move his body and let it adapt as quickly as possible so he could proceed with the next absorption.

His training continued until class began, at which point Azer obediently returned to the classroom to listen to the teachers' lectures.

If they had been ordinary classes, Azer would not have been so diligent. He had only just finished his education with great difficulty, and making him return to school to study was undoubtedly a painful matter.

But this world was no longer his previous world. After Starfall Rain arrived, systems all over the world had changed. There was also Stellar Engineering, which had risen due to the appearance of the Omni-Response Element. Azer was quite interested in the history and knowledge related to these matters, which was why he persisted in attending lectures.

More importantly, he did not have to worry about wasting time. He hardly needed to concern himself with the growth of his strength.

As for physical ability and Star Power, as long as his body could adapt, he could rapidly improve them by absorbing the power of Omni-Response Ore. There was no need for especially grueling training.

As for combat skills and combat awareness, with his Authority over armaments, Azer did not need to train at all. As long as he touched a weapon, he could naturally bring them out.

Even the Black Furnace Magic Sword, a Pure Star Radiant Armament, had already been completely mastered by Azer. He had no need to familiarize himself with her, develop her, or learn to work with her.

Because of this, Azer was actually quite relaxed, yet his strength continued to rise steadily. It really made one want to shout that he was cheating.

Thus, aside from spending a little time every day adapting to his body, Azer could freely arrange the rest of his time. Naturally, he had the leisure to pay attention to the more unusual things in class. The only thing that troubled him was probably tests.

Fortunately, Azer was now ranked thirteenth. As a genuine high-ranking student, even if his academic performance was terrible, the academy would tolerate it.

This was also the privilege of being highly ranked. Azer, who did not want to put effort into studying anymore, naturally accepted it without hesitation.

After another week passed, Azer was finally able to absorb Omni-Response Ore again. After class, he immediately rushed toward the Underground Vault and dove straight inside.

When he emerged again, his face was filled with satisfaction, and the aura around him had become considerably stronger than before.

"Making progress in strength really does feel wonderful."

As he walked lightly along the road back to the dormitory, Azer thought this in an excellent mood, feeling that the future was becoming more and more worth looking forward to.

But as he walked, Azer suddenly heard a roar.

"An explosion?"

Azer looked in surprise toward the source of the sound.

When he did, he froze.

"That's... the direction of the Girls' Dormitory?"

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