After Meng Lang and Fang Ran tearfully bid each other reluctant farewell, both were teleported out of the scenario. Incidentally, the two "Magical Girls" had already formed a team, so Fang Ran could now be considered someone with teammates.
A wave of disorientation hit him, and Fang Ran found himself back in his own living room.
He blinked and stared at the blazing morning sun outside, still unable to fully process it for a moment.
After a long while, he finally sighed. "That was truly a thrilling and dangerous experience. I feel like I've grown so much."
Then he heard a sharp whoosh of wind!
"Thrilling my ass! Dangerous my ass! Grown my ass!"
Thrilling? Dangerous!? Tell me, during those few hours, other than stuffing your face with snacks and hiding like a damn dog until the end, what the hell did you do!?
Even crushing that E-Rank trash to death had been a method I set up!
Yet, seeing the Summoned Beast flying toward him with the obvious intention of smacking him in the face, Fang Ran nimbly hopped aside to dodge Ling's attack and righteously retorted:
"I know what you're thinking! But! The reward proves everything!"
Then, smack!
Ling used telekinesis to slap a slipper right into his face.
"Bastard! You damned Summoned Beast, I'll show you what a master's dignity looks like!!"
With a slipper plastered across his face, Fang Ran immediately flew into a rage, intending to teach this Power Bank that didn't know its place a proper lesson.
"Cultural Relics Bureau~"
Ling calmly uttered a few words.
Fang Ran, who had been charging forward like a boar, instantly slid into a kneeling grovel, smiling ingratiatingly at Ling.
"Oh, come on, what are you saying? I was only joking with you~"
Ling's mouth twitched as she watched him bend and yield without hesitation.
Over the past century or so, Ling truly had not known there were people like this in Night Battles.
"Sigh, coward. I can't be bothered talking about you. What was the reward? Which aspect of your ability did it improve?"
"Uh..." Fang Ran froze for a moment, then clumsily found the system interface and looked at the words displayed there.
You have been granted the ability to raise your ability level.
That was it? Just one line?
Seriously? I went through so much hardship (.), faced mortal danger () and ultimately relied on my own strength () to land the final blow, and all I got was this one sentence?
"It says I can raise my ability level?" Fang Ran read aloud in confusion.
"Oh." Ling was not surprised in the slightest. Seeing Fang Ran's utterly bewildered look, she sighed. "Open your ability interface."
Fang Ran hurriedly opened it. The interface had a pale pink Magical Girl style, with Sakura's portrait in the upper-right corner.
Damn! Every time I see this, my liver hurts so much!
Fang Ran thought mournfully, but there was nothing he could do. After all, the evidence of him being wanted was in someone else's hands.
New content had appeared beneath the simple three entries on the pale pink girl-themed interface.
Acquisition Attempts: 2/2 Unlock Progress: 1/52 Would you like to draw an ability?
Ling flew over as well and looked at the interface. Then she said in a leisurely tone, "Not bad. As expected, the rewards from special scenarios are always what the participants need most."
"Uh, so I can draw now? Twice?" Fang Ran rubbed his hands excitedly, looking just like someone about to scratch a lottery ticket.
This idiot who never thought about anything.
"Wait a moment." Ling sighed, feeling exhausted.
"Use magic once and let me see. Don't you have a card now?"
"Uh, all right."
Fang Ran scratched his head, then took a deep breath. He tried his hardest to overcome his embarrassment, constantly reassuring himself.
Stay calm! Stay calm! The Magic Wand is different now!
I don't have to shout that line about the 'waistband containing the power of darkness' anymore!
And there definitely wasn't any power of darkness hidden inside a fucking waistband!
Thinking all sorts of nonsense, Fang Ran drew Silver Severing Dragon Tooth from his waist. Its cool appearance comforted him quite a bit, and then he recalled the words he had chanted before.
"Uh, Sword! Appear in my hand! I command you in the name of your master."
"Clow Cards!"
He stumbled through the incantation weakly and without any force, making Ling want to slap him hard in the face. Then the Sword Card—
As expected, it showed him no respect at all and fell onto the floor.
"Ahem! Mistake, mistake. Let me prepare first."
Fang Ran gave an awkward laugh, then rummaged through the kitchen until he found a half-eaten chocolate bar. He pulled out the chocolate, stuffed the Sword Card inside, and tried again!
"Sword! Appear in my hand! I command you in the name of your master!"
"Clow Cards!"
Ling watched coldly as Fang Ran recited lines like he had seen on television, not telling him a certain cruel fact.
A faint glow flickered. Since the Magic Wand had already mutated into Silver Severing Dragon Tooth, it did not transform into a slender sword as before, but Silver Severing Dragon Tooth itself underwent quite a few changes.
The segmented dragon spine snapped directly together, its seams vanishing as it completely became a silver-bladed sword.
The silver dragon hilt also changed slightly. The dragon spread its wings, forming a guard similar to that of a western sword.
"Ooh, ooh, ooh!!!" Fang Ran stared at the even cooler Silver Severing Dragon Tooth sword, his face full of delight.
"Hmm, we can't test its power here anyway. Forget it. How much does it consume?" Ling muttered to herself before asking again.
"Huh? Consume? Consume what?"
Fang Ran asked blankly.
"You don't even know the consumption, and you still had the nerve to tell me you grew so much in that scenario!!"
You coward! I had intended for that scenario to train your abilities and teach you some basic common sense!!
"Instead, you hid like a dog until the very end!!"
You didn't even learn the basic Magic Energy Value consumption rate!
This was truly gaining nothing but rewards!
Ling finally could not endure it any longer and roared!
Then Ling reconsidered. Even so, this bastard had still gotten the final reward. Thinking of his Silver Severing Dragon Tooth and his achievement—
Ling suddenly felt her liver hurt terribly.
"Uh, heh heh..." Fang Ran rubbed his head. Even he knew not to argue at a time like this.
"Look to the right of your interface," Ling finally told him weakly.
Fang Ran immediately noticed an explanation icon on the right side of his interface, much like Si Snake's. He lightly tapped it, and a string of data appeared before his eyes.
"How much does it consume?" Ling asked again.
"Uh, it seems to be 2 points per second?" Fang Ran looked through the information and finally found a line that kept displaying -2, -2.
"That high? An ability that maintains a transformation like this actually consumes 2 points per second?" Ling said doubtfully.
"Is that consumption really high?" Fang Ran asked in confusion. It did not seem high to him. It was only 2 points.
"Heh. Two points per second means 120 points per minute. How much Magic Energy Value can a beginner like you even have? And you say that isn't high?" Ling sneered.
Fang Ran scratched his head and looked at Silver Severing Dragon Tooth in his hand, its dragon wings spread wide. He said innocently:
"1,080. One minute is only 120. You didn't see how powerful the sword light from my first swing was back then, let me tell you."
"Wait, what did you just say?"
"Let me tell you."
"Not that."
"You didn't see how powerful the sword light from my first swing was back then."
"The sentence before that!" Ling demanded furiously. "How much Magic Energy Value do you have!?"
"1,080. What about it? Is that a lot?" Fang Ran scratched his head in confusion.
Ling: "..."
Damn it, she had forgotten. This guy was a rookie who knew absolutely nothing.
"Oh, nothing. Magic Energy Value over a thousand is decent enough," Ling said calmly, while inwardly roaring in fury!
Damn it!
This bastard Magical Girl!
His starting Magic Energy Value was actually over a thousand?
And 1,080? Do you think you're Ultra HD or something!?
Were those Mystic Side bastards naturally born with high Magic Energy Values?!
Wait, did Magical Girls count as Mystic Side too!?
Ling roared internally by herself, while outwardly maintaining an air of effortless calm. She tried hard to make Fang Ran believe that having over a thousand Magic Energy Value only made him an ordinary loser, continuing to fool him after the matter of Silver Severing Dragon Tooth's ability value.
What she did not know was that this was Fang Ran's stat value because this noob still did not know how to use special effects.
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