Gloves

Apartment, bedroom.

"Call..."

Lying flat on his back, Sulu looked as if he had fallen from a great height. The whites of his eyes quickly faded, and he gasped for breath, "That was close..."

That terrifying being, if the angle had been just a little off, would have been within its attack range.

If that happens, he can't think of any other way to survive except by directly using his Spirit World Travel ability.

"Is that the Dream Spirit World? It's too dangerous..."

Sulu stood up, sighed softly, and looked down at his right hand.

On the palm of his hand was a piece of snakeskin!

It has a fleshy yellow color, with wisps of light flowing across it, transforming into mysterious symbols filled with an eerie aura.

Without a doubt, this is a special material with great spirituality, and it is continuously Expansion 'information' outwards.

"Gluttonous Snake... is that its name?"

Thinking of the other person's performance, Sulu's eyes burned with fervor. "It's you!"

He planned to use the Gluttonous Snake skin he had picked up from the corpse as the main material for his storage equipment!

Occult Lore told him that it would definitely work!

After all, judging from the fact that the creature opened its snake-like mouth and turned into a black hole, it was clear that this magical creature possessed spatial properties!

"Unfortunately, there's only this one tattered piece of snakeskin... We need to add some extraordinary materials... and we also need the aid of a ritual."

Sulu stored the Gluttonous Snake's skin in an iron box engraved with mysterious runes that could effectively prevent the loss of its spiritual essence, then returned to his bed and lay down to sleep.

He needed to rediscover his Inspiration and be at his peak to create this Curio, which was perhaps the most challenging he had ever encountered.

"Fortunately, I've already upgraded my Wonder Item Crafting skill to LV4, and there are Attribute Panel... It's just a pity that my potion skill isn't good enough; it's not a skill under my main class, so there's bound to be a bottleneck in its improvement!"

Sulu fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, after breakfast, he told Mary not to disturb him, then returned to his bedroom, locked the door, and drew the curtains.

"Yes, I've already prepared most of the auxiliary materials... Originally, I planned to purchase the main spatial attribute materials through the Shadow Council or hunt them myself, but now I've saved a lot of money."

Sulu opened the briefcase and took out various materials. "But first... let's refine the ' Cat's Grace ' potion and the Thaumaturgy Card to get a feel for it..."

He moved swiftly, crafting blank Thaumaturgy Card one after another.

Furthermore, by fusing various extraordinary materials with Spirit Fire, two bottles of ' Cat's Grace ' potion were created.

"Increasing the Wonder Item Crafting also provides a slight boost to potion-making... just a tiny bit..."

After finishing all this, Sulu rested for a while before turning his attention to the Gluttonous Snake's skin.

It was only the size of a palm, with broken edges, and wisps of spiritual light shimmered around it.

"The method for creating storage-type Curio... even ordinary extraordinary families might not possess it... but Sivinardo knows it..."

Sulu performed a spiritual ritual, placing the snakeskin in the center. "First... we need to use the power of the ritual to fully activate the spatial properties of the snakeskin..."

"Then, by adding other extraordinary materials and using runes and Words of Arrogance, the ability is Solidification..."

"Finally, it's shaped and molded into a suitable form."

After reviewing the process, Sulu no longer hesitated, lit the candle, and recited the incantation with Words of Arrogance:

"In my name!"

A gentle breeze stirred within the sealed room.

Although he could have prayed to the Mad God and other deities for better results, he cautiously chose to do it himself.

After all, even though Sivinardo is said to have perished, the wonders of the gods still exceed the imagination of ordinary people.

If the other party were to 'come back to life' and actually respond, while also spreading some indescribable pollution, then Sulu would be completely at a loss.

"I command you... to accept spiritual transformation!"

He gazed at the snakeskin at the center of the ceremony, where the shimmering light surged even more intensely, suddenly hovering in mid-air, revealing translucent, mysterious symbols whose radiance flickered.

"Hmm... it's time to test your Occult Lore."

Sulu recognized that among these symbols, some represented 'space,' some represented 'expansion,' some represented 'tenacity,' and some represented 'skin'!

For one's own purpose, elements such as space and expansion are the most important; resilience can be secondary, but elements such as skin must be eliminated.

He stretched out his right hand and pointed to several symbols. "You've been dissolved!"

The symbols he pointed to instantly dimmed, while the symbols representing space shone even brighter...

December 22, 279th year of the Federation Calendar.

Lori Festival.

A light snow fell from the sky, and the outdoor temperature dropped sharply.

Inside the apartment.

Sulu looked at the glove in front of him, a look of joy on his face. "Finally... it's finished."

This consumed many days of his time, causing him to devote most of his accumulated Inspiration, aside from eating and sleeping, to creating Curio.

As it turned out, it was well worth the money, and he succeeded!

The newly crafted Curio resembled a light brown glove with five fingers that could be seen, which Sulu immediately put on his right hand.

"Hmm... it fits quite well."

He drew many lines on his hand, and suddenly a pitch-black dagger appeared. He made a few assassination gestures, and then suddenly disappeared, creating a very unexpected effect.

Sulu's Inspiration spread to the glove, and he sensed a small space in the void containing only a Demon Hunting Dagger.

"Its storage space is only about one cubic meter... not big, but enough. It can be used to ambush someone in a pinch..."

Concealing weapons with this glove, combined with the [Rogue's ] assassination abilities, is enough to make his close combat a nightmare for some enemies.

"Unfortunately... this glove has a limited lifespan. After about two years, its internal space will begin to shrink, eventually causing it to disappear..."

This is the limit of his ability.

With Sulu's current skill level and the materials available, he is not yet able to create Curio with permanent effects.

Even so... this glove is worth at least 5,000 Gold Dragon, or even more... If I sell it, I'll instantly become a millionaire and can retire comfortably in any city in the Federation...

Sulu glanced at his right hand. "However... that's not my ambition."

He went down the stairs and found that Mary had prepared a sumptuous breakfast, and Margaret was playing with Harlock. Upon seeing him, they both shouted, "Happy Lori Festival!"

"Yes! Happy Lori Festival!"

Sulu smiled back, sat down in his seat, picked up his knife and fork, and began to devour the sumptuous breakfast.

'Wait... today is also Owen's birthday, the day that curse was supposed to strike? How will he fight it?'