Lava Body

On the way back!

Ul allowed himself a rare luxury, spending money to take a carriage back to the guild.

The main reason was that the "gift" Granny Is had given him couldn't be preserved for long in this weather. Only by taking a carriage and returning to the guild quickly could he ensure the "gift" wouldn't spoil.

"System, come out!"

Taking advantage of the time on the carriage, Ul hurriedly began to summon that mercenary system. He had to admit, now that he had money, Ul's tone carried a lot more confidence when calling out to the system!

"Ding-dong!"

[Penguin: Use money to create happiness...]

[Host, want to top up?]

As soon as the system panel appeared, these lines automatically surfaced on it.

Ul: "..."

"Top up!"

Ul was truly speechless at this mercenary system. In his entire life, he had never seen a system so greedy for money.

"System, why do you like money so much? There are so many other good things in this world..." This doubt had lingered in Ul's heart for a long time. After all, other systems liked things like various "magical treasures," but his system actually liked such a vulgar thing as "money." If word of this got out, it would be a disgrace to all systems out there!

Suddenly hearing Ul's words, the system seemed to pause for a moment. After about two seconds of hesitation, a line of text slowly appeared on the system panel.

[???]

[Is there anything better than money in this world?]

Ul: "..."

I have no words to counter that.

"Ding-dong!"

[Host has topped up 15000J, successfully upgraded to Level 2 member. Reward: one chance to draw a lottery.]

[Start the lottery immediately?]

Taking advantage of the moment Ul was stunned, the system directly completed the top-up.

And when Ul saw the two lines of text appearing on the system panel, his expression instantly changed...

"Bastard, who told you to top up all the money? What am I supposed to do for the next few days?" Seeing the entire reward for this mission vanish from his pocket in one go, Ul couldn't help but roar.

Ul had already asked the system before. Upgrading from Level 1 to Level 2 member only required 10000J.

Ul's original plan was just to upgrade to Level 2 member and then do a second lottery draw. He never expected this damned system to directly "embezzle" all his reward. He had been counting on using the remaining money to solve his food and lodging problems for the next few days!

[The system's default top-up amount is all the property on the host's person. If the host wishes to set a limited top-up amount, please confirm in advance.]

It seemed that because the top-up was already complete, even though the system had no voice function, Ul could still feel a faint coldness from the line of text appearing on the system panel...

Heh!

As expected, systems are all big pigs' trotters.

"System, start the lottery for me right now!"

No choice!

For Ul at this moment, the system was still a daddy. After all, if he lost the system now, Ul would truly be nothing!

On this point.

Ul still had a clear sense of self...

And that mercenary system, though a scam, was a dutiful scam. So when the system heard Ul's words, it immediately began the second lottery draw.

As the system panel's image transformed into a black hole, soon, a familiar beam of light fell onto Ul's body...

Then!

Several lines of text slowly appeared on the system panel...

[Congratulations, host, for obtaining the passive skill "Lava Body" of the hero Magma Beast!]

[Lava Body: Greatly enhances the host's affinity for earth and rock dual-attribute Magic Power, and grants a certain degree of armor growth...]

Compared to the passive introduction of "Void Stomach," the passive introduction of "Lava Body" was much simpler.

But although the introduction became simpler, the content it contained was far from simple.

Ul looked at the lines of text on the system panel, pondering quietly in his heart.

The first half of the Lava Body passive introduction was easy to understand. The so-called "enhances affinity for earth and rock dual-attribute Magic Power" should mean it improved Ul's talent for both earth and rock attribute Magic Power...

But the "armor growth" mentioned in the second half of the sentence was quite intriguing!

After a moment of thought!

Ul summoned his own status panel, and as expected, it had indeed changed once again...

--

Invincible Passive System

Host: Wei Yi

Passive Abilities: Void Stomach, Lava Body

Health: 13

Magic Power: 13

Mental Power: 17

Magic Resistance: 0%

Armor: 1%

--

Every time he gained a passive ability, Ul's body received a certain degree of enhancement, though the improvement was very small. If not for the data on the status panel, Ul wouldn't even have been able to perceive such a subtle progress.

So he wasn't surprised by the increase in the first three basic stats!

But the change in the last stat, "Armor," made Ul's heart stir slightly.

The power of the two attributes "Armor" and "Magic Resistance" was beyond doubt. After all, the reason dragons in this world were so formidable was precisely because their dragon bodies possessed "Magic Immunity," which was essentially Magic Resistance. This gave them an unparalleled advantage when facing ordinary Mages.

However, neither "Armor" nor "Magic Resistance" were attributes that a human body could possess. Even if a normal human trained their body to its absolute limit, they could at most achieve 1% to 2% Magic Resistance and Armor. This was determined by innate factors, and changing it was extremely difficult, unless one transformed into another species.

But now, the "Armor Growth Potential" brought by "Lava Body" offered Ul some other possibilities.

The carriage was much faster than Ul traveling on foot!

Earlier, walking from the guild to Granny Is's house had taken Ul a full three hours. But now, returning from Granny Is's house to the guild, Ul took less than half an hour...

And then!

An awkward situation arose.

Because that damn system had just used all the money on Ul to top up, when the carriage stopped, Ul patted his pockets and suddenly "discovered" to his surprise that he had no money to pay the fare!

Fortunately, though, the carriage had stopped right in front of the "Fairy Tail" guild.

Bang!

Ul urgently pushed open the guild's doors, and under the gaze of countless people inside, he rushed straight up to Makarov...

When Makarov saw Ul, he was momentarily stunned, then a cheerful smile spread across his face. "Yo, Ul, welcome back. How did the job go..."

"No time to explain, Master, just lend me some money first..."