This time, the haul was plentiful too!
"The moonlight is beautiful!"
After tidying up the battlefield, Miss Moonlit did not hurry to leave. Instead, she walked over to a scenic spot and sat down.
Looking up at the moonlit sky, she realized that compared to daytime, she still preferred the night. Even though the night was incredibly quiet, she could even hear her own heartbeat.
Everything had already fallen asleep, leaving only the sound of the evening breeze.
The girl simply sat there quietly, watching everything beneath the moonlight, and still found countless beautiful sights she had never seen before.
She lay quietly on the ground, completely unconcerned about dirtying her clothes or skin, and gazed at the moon in the sky.
Come to think of it, she had never seen an aurora before!
It would be even more beautiful to visit the Arctic and see one someday.
Then, as if remembering something, Miss Moonlit took out a cup of juice and some snacks, placing them beside her. She held the juice in both hands and drank quietly, enjoying this peaceful moment.
Compared to her rushed life in her previous world—studying, working...
After coming to this world and becoming Moonlit Wife, her life had actually become much easier. She liked her current life even more.
As long as she wanted to, she could stop and admire the beautiful sights before her that were so easily overlooked.
And there would be many more days like this in the future. Vampires were long-lived creatures, not to mention that she still had a chance to become other Valkyries and characters.
After quietly admiring the moonlight for a while, Miss Moonlit took out her two trophies. Looking at the two Sacred Gears, she did not plan to use them herself.
There were too many Sacred Gears in this world. It was impossible for her to fuse all of them into her body. That would only become a burden, and having abilities that were too varied was not a good thing either.
At the very least, anything Miss Moonlit fused with had to be a Sacred Gear.
These two Sacred Gears were not bad, but Sacred Gears had similar abilities with greater power and more functions.
Compared to the Sacred Gear "Beast Creation," which created imaginary demonic beasts, and the Evil Eye King of Time-Space Domination, which created unknown creatures, this Sacred Gear that created shadow creatures was far inferior.
"Beast Creation" could create all kinds of demonic beasts that its wielder could imagine, even ones tailored to targets such as dragons, gods, and demons.
With sufficient ability, it was not impossible to create demonic beasts capable of targeting Transcenders.
As for the unknown creatures created by the Evil Eye King, they could inflict wounds that even the Holy Grail could not heal.
In comparison, she might as well sell this Sacred Gear. She had no use for it! The same went for Artificial Artifacts. They were merely imitations of Sacred Gears, with less than a tenth or even a twentieth of the original's power.
"Recycle them all!"
Picking up the two Sacred Gears, Miss Moonlit sold them to the system.
Recycling successful. Obtained: 1018 Crystals
Recycling successful. Obtained: 251 Crystals
The first was the Sacred Gear that created shadows, while the second was an Artificial Artifact...
An Artificial Artifact alone was worth 251 Crystals. It really was quite valuable.
Why did she still feel like she had taken a loss?
Although these two Sacred Gears could not compare to Sacred Gears of the highest class, they were not bad. They could grant someone upper-class strength, and with enough effort, even reaching the highest class was possible. Yet they had only brought in a little over a thousand Crystals.
Not even five Supply Cards...
But she had no choice. The main quest required Moonlit Oath: For Love with Heart to reach SS rank or above, unless she intended to stay in this world forever.
"It looks like I have enough Crystals for a hundred pulls, with quite a few left over too. It's time to improve myself."
Over the past two years, Miss Moonlit had not stopped doing Bounty Missions. Although they were mostly bounties below S-rank, the small gains had added up into an extremely considerable amount.
She had barely used these Crystals, and with the Crystals gained from recycling the Sacred Gears, Miss Moonlit's Crystal balance had now reached a very impressive number.
Crystals: 30600.
Just over thirty thousand...
Back when she played games, the girl had been used to saving around thirty thousand Crystals, then waiting for a banner she liked before pulling.
"Should I pull Expansion first, or Focused Supply? The character rate-up banner still needs ninety pulls before the S-rank Moonlit Oath is guaranteed."
Uh, looking at it this way, these Crystals did not seem to be enough!
If she really hit pity, she could only reach +1. In comparison, getting her signature Stigmata first would undoubtedly be a greater improvement.
But the Expansion banner was also a must-pull, otherwise she could not complete the main quest.
"Forget it, Expansion it is!"
She could not be bothered to agonize over it any longer. She would at least get to +1 first.
Entering the Supply screen, she immediately spent 2800 Crystals on her first ten-pull.
The supply crate dropped down, and she quickly tapped skip.
A blinding flash of light passed by. The guaranteed drop was an A-rank Divine Prayer Witch, along with some materials and A-rank Valkyrie fragments.
Again...
On the second ten-pull, she got three A-rank Valkyries: Kallen, Rita, and Lilia...
She continued. The thirty thousand Crystals she had worked so hard to save rapidly dwindled away. Each tap meant -2800, as if she did not care at all.
It was not until the sixth ten-pull that the first S-rank Moonlit Oath finally appeared, then turned into thirty fragments.
"Finally got one."
It took seventy pulls. So damn reliable.
After looking at her remaining Crystals, she figured a second S-rank Moonlit Oath was impossible. She might as well gamble on Stigmata instead.
Moonlit Oath: For Love with Heart needed twenty-five fragments to rise from S to S1. The girl tapped once, and thirty fragments became five.
"It feels like my strength has increased quite a bit..."
As her rank reached S1, Miss Moonlit felt a warm current suddenly emerge within her body, and her body became stronger.
She slowly clenched her fist. This feeling of growing stronger was amazing!
Unfortunately, she could not continue upgrading...
Looking at her remaining Crystals, Miss Moonlit stopped stubbornly pulling the Expansion banner and switched to the Focused Supply banner.
Himeko: Sweet Dream
Another ten-pull cost her 2800 Crystals. Compared to the character banner, this one produced more weapons and Stigmata.
The guaranteed drop was a purple five-star greatsword, along with quite a few four-star Stigmata and weapons...
She spent almost all of her remaining 13,800 Crystals. In forty-nine pulls, she got five weapons and three Stigmata in total. Everything else was weapons, Stigmata, and materials below four stars.
Unfortunately, she only got one Stigmata that Miss Moonlit needed: Himeko: Sweet Dream (Top). Everything else had gone off-banner.
Tsk...
Why was she not surprised at all?
"Anyway, this will do!"
Her Crystals were nearly gone again.
Looking at the Crystals she had left, not even enough for another pull, the savings she had accumulated over two years had been completely wiped out. Still, she had gained a large number of weapons, Stigmata, and materials...
Seeing that she had a sufficient amount of Gold Coins, high-grade skill materials, and Experience Chips for the time being, Miss Moonlit used them all.
Already level 57, Miss Moonlit instantly rose to level 73.
"Why does it feel like the experience required in reality is more than in the game...?"
Logically, those learning chips should have been enough to max her level, yet she had barely reached level 73?
But it did not matter. It was only experience. She was not short by much. She would reach max level eventually anyway. It was all just incidental.
Only Valkyrie rank was the key.
Then came the skill materials. Miss Moonlit made a major discovery: skill materials could not only be used to upgrade a character's innate skills; they could also rapidly improve skills she had learned herself.
Even skills such as languages, music, and art...
Using skill materials, Miss Moonlit had currently mastered over a dozen languages, as well as all kinds of common everyday skills.
Somewhere in southern Europe.
Miss Moonlit had returned home. It was a large three-story villa that she had bought here a year ago. She had liked it the moment she first saw it.
Not only was the environment beautiful, but the design of the house suited her tastes perfectly.
Before transmigrating, the girl had always dreamed of having an ideal home. Now, that dream had been fulfilled.
Although it had cost quite a bit of money, the immeasurable Gold Coins she had obtained from supply crates, along with the spoils she picked up while completing bounties, were enough to grant her complete financial freedom.
"Miss Moonlit, are you done with everything you needed to do?"
As she entered the house, a girl's voice rang out. It was the vampire girl, Valerie.
"Mm, I'm done."
The girl answered casually, then lazily lay down in a chair on the villa's balcony. She looked out at the garden in the courtyard, which had been trimmed beautifully.
It was pleasing to the eye at a glance...
There was also a small outdoor swimming pool on the other side. She could jump into it directly from the second floor, and it was great fun in summer.
"Then Miss Moonlit should rest properly for a few days, right?"
Valerie poured a cup of hot milk, walked over to Miss Moonlit, and handed it to her before asking eagerly.
After two years together, their relationship had become very good. They could be considered close friends. It was just that Miss Moonlit would occasionally go out for many days at a time without taking Valerie or Gasper with her.
"Probably..."
Miss Moonlit accepted the milk. Her beautiful crimson eyes blinked as if she had thought of something.
She examined the vampire before her. There had not been much change over the past two years. Originally, she had only intended to let Valerie and Gasper follow her temporarily, but in the blink of an eye, two years had passed.
They had never mentioned leaving, so Miss Moonlit had not brought it up either.
There was also the matter of compensating them for taking their Sacred Gears. Since the three of them had been together these past two years, she had planned to compensate them when they said they wanted to leave, so she had never done so.
Thinking about the things she had obtained from the supply, it was time to compensate them.
The Embrace alone was not enough. If she gave them those things as compensation... she would not be letting them down, right?
"Valerie, I took away your and Gasper's Sacred Gears. Do you resent me for it?"
"No!"
Valerie froze upon hearing that, not understanding why Miss Moonlit suddenly brought it up, but she hurriedly shook her head.
How could she possibly resent Miss Moonlit?
In her view, that Sacred Gear had originally been the reward for Miss Moonlit risking her life to save her and Gasper. If Miss Moonlit had not reminded her, she would never have known there was a Sacred Gear inside her.
There was even less to say about Gasper. He had always rejected his Sacred Gear, and had been more than happy for Miss Moonlit to take it. He had practically begged her to do so.
They really were good children.
She should compensate them even more. Without the power of her Sacred Gear, Valerie's own strength was not particularly outstanding.
Even if she was a vampire...
"Go call Gasper over."
"Okay."
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