Nothing Gained But the Reward

After Meng Lang and Fang Ran tearfully bid farewell with great reluctance, both were teleported out of the scene. Incidentally, the two 'magical girls' had already formed a team, so Fang Ran could now be considered someone with a teammate.

A sense of disorientation washed over him, and Fang Ran found himself back in his living room.

He blinked, looking at the bright sun outside, and for a moment, Fang Ran couldn't fully snap back to reality.

After a long while, he sighed with emotion, "That was truly a thrilling and exciting experience. I feel like I've grown so much."

Then he heard a whooshing sound!

"Thrilling my ass! Exciting my ass! Grown my ass!"

Thrilling? Exciting?! You tell me, in those few hours, besides stuffing your face with food and snacks, doing absolutely nothing like a lazy dog, what the hell else did you do?!

Even the method to crush that E-rank scum was set up by me!

However, seeing the Summoned Beast flying towards him, its intention to smack him in the face clearly evident, Fang Ran agilely dodged Ling's attack with a small jump and retorted righteously:

"I know what you're thinking! But! The reward explains everything!"

Then smack!

Ling used her telekinesis to slap a slipper onto his face.

"Bastard! You damn Summoned Beast, I'll show you what a master's authority is right now!!"

Fang Ran, with a slipper slapped on his face, immediately jumped up, intending to teach this arrogant power bank a good lesson.

"Cultural Relics Bureau~"

Ling slowly uttered a few words.

The charging Fang Ran instantly transformed into a sliding kneel-and-lick, smiling ingratiatingly at Ling:

"Oh dear! What are you saying? I was just joking with you~"

Ling watched his ability to bend and stretch, her mouth twitching.

In the past century, Ling truly didn't know there were people like this in Night Battles.

"Sigh, you coward, I'm too lazy to talk about you. What's the reward? What aspect of your ability is being enhanced?"

"Uh..." Fang Ran was stunned for a moment, then clumsily found the system interface and saw the words written on it.

You have been granted an increase in ability level.

Just this one line?

No way? I went through so much hardship (.), narrowly escaped death () and finally relied on my own strength () to complete the final kill, and you just give me this one sentence as a reward?

"It says I can increase my ability level?" Fang Ran read the sentence aloud, puzzled.

"Oh," Ling wasn't surprised at all, then seeing Fang Ran's bewildered expression, she sighed and said, "Open your ability interface."

Fang Ran quickly opened it, the light pink, girlish interface, with Sakura's portrait in the upper right corner.

Damn! Every time I see this, my liver hurts so much!

But Fang Ran thought mournfully, yet he couldn't do anything about it. After all, his handle as a wanted criminal was in her hands.

On the light pink girl's interface, new content appeared below the simple three lines.

[Acquisition Count: 2/2]

[Unlock Progress: 1/52]

[Proceed with ability extraction?]

Ling also flew over at this moment, looking at the interface, and then said leisurely:

"Not bad, as expected, the rewards in special scenarios are what the participants need most."

"Uh, so I can draw now? Draw twice?" Fang Ran rubbed his hands excitedly, looking exactly like someone before scratching a lottery ticket.

This blockhead who doesn't think about anything.

"Wait a moment," Ling sighed, feeling utterly exhausted.

"First, use magic for me to see. Don't you have a card now?"

"Uh, okay."

Fang Ran scratched his head, then took a deep breath, trying hard to overcome his sense of shame, constantly comforting himself.

Calm down! Calm down! The magic wand is different now!

I don't have to shout that line 'the belt hiding dark power' anymore!

And damn it, there's no dark power hidden in a belt at all!

Thinking about these random things, Fang Ran drew the Silver Severing Dragon Tooth from his waist. Its cool appearance gave him a lot of comfort. Then he recalled the words he had chanted before.

"Uh, Sword! Appear in my hand, I command you as your master!"

"Clow Card!"

He chanted the incantation haltingly and weakly, making Ling want to slap him hard in the face. Then the Sword Card,

As expected, unceremoniously fell to the ground.

"Ahem! My mistake, my mistake, let me prepare."

Fang Ran chuckled awkwardly, then rummaged through the kitchen and found a half-eaten chocolate bar. He took out the chocolate, stuffed the Sword Card inside, and tried again!

"Sword! Appear in my hand, I command you as your master!"

"Clow Card!"

Ling watched with cold eyes, looking at Fang Ran who was reciting lines like in a TV show, without telling him a certain cruel truth.

A faint light shone. Because the magic wand had transformed into the Silver Severing Dragon Tooth, it didn't turn into a rapier like before. However, the Silver Severing Dragon Tooth itself underwent many changes.

The segments of the dragon's spine directly interlocked, the seams disappeared, completely forming a silver sword blade.

The grip of the Silver Dragon also slightly changed. The dragon spread its wings, forming a guard similar to a Western sword.

"Oh oh oh!!!" Fang Ran looked at the even cooler Silver Severing Dragon Tooth sword with a look of surprise.

"Hmm, I can't test its power here, never mind. How much did it consume?" Ling muttered to herself, then asked again.

"Huh? Consumption? What consumption?"

Fang Ran asked, not knowing what she meant.

"You don't even know about consumption, and you still have the nerve to tell this old lady that you grew a lot in that scenario just now!!"

You coward! That scenario was originally meant for you to train your abilities and then tell you some basic common sense!!

"In the end, you just turtled your way through to the end!!"

You don't even know the basic magic energy consumption value!

This is his damn fault for getting nothing but the reward!

Ling finally couldn't bear it anymore and roared directly!

Then Ling had a change of thought, but even so, this cowardly guy still got the final reward. She also thought of this guy's Silver Severing Dragon Tooth and achievements.

Ling suddenly felt a sharp pain in her liver.

"Uh, hehe," Fang Ran rubbed his head. Even he knew not to argue at a time like this.

"Look at the right side of your interface," Ling finally told him weakly.

Fang Ran immediately noticed a symbol similar to the Si Snake's explanation on the right side of his interface. He tapped it lightly, and some data immediately appeared before his eyes.

"How much is the consumption?" Ling asked again.

"Uh, it seems to be 2 points per second?" Fang Ran looked at the information and finally found a line that kept showing -2, -2.

"That high? This illusion-maintaining ability actually costs 2 points per second?" Ling said doubtfully.

"Is this consumption high?" Fang Ran also asked, puzzled. He didn't feel it was high, only 2 points.

"Heh, 2 points per second, 120 points per minute. How much magic energy can a beginner like you have? And you say it's not high?" Ling sneered.

Fang Ran scratched his head, looked at the Silver Severing Dragon Tooth in his hand with its dragon wings spread, and said innocently:

"1080, ah. It's only 120 a minute. You didn't see the power of that sword light I unleashed the first time, let me tell you..."

"Wait, what did you just say?"

"Let me tell you..."

"Not that sentence."

"You didn't see the power of that sword light I unleashed the first time."

"The sentence before that!" Ling said exasperatedly, "How much is your magic energy!?"

"1080, ah. What's wrong? Is that very high?" Fang Ran scratched his head in confusion.

Ling: "..."

Damn it, she forgot. This guy is a rookie who doesn't understand anything.

"Oh, nothing. Over a thousand magic energy, it's decent." Ling said calmly, then roared furiously in her heart!

Damn it!

This bastard magical girl!

Initial magic energy value is actually over a thousand?

And 1080? Do you think you're high definition?!

Could it be that these bastard guys from the mysterious side are born with high magic energy values?!

Speaking of which, do magical girls count as part of the mysterious side!!

Ling roared inwardly, while outwardly maintaining a calm and collected demeanor, trying hard to make it seem like a thousand magic energy value was just average trash, continuing to fool Fang Ran after the Silver Severing Dragon Tooth ability value.

However, she really didn't know that this was because Fang Ran, this noob, didn't know how to use special effects for the values.

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