Three Scenarios, Reach D-rank Within a Year

There was a long silence in the rental apartment.

Fang Ran looked left and right, but in the end, he didn't dare to speak first. He also looked at the system interface, secretly wondering. Didn't the system prompt him earlier that his name was something like Z something something A Night Crow?

Why did it suddenly become this troublesome Night's Pilgrimage of Thought and Memory? Where did the crow go?

However, deeply understanding that he was a mischievous child who had caused trouble, Fang Ran swallowed his saliva and honestly waited for the 'parent' to speak first.

Meanwhile, Ling looked at Fang Ran, who was putting on a careful, 'good child' act, and then at the system interface floating before her eyes, which read Night Artifact ZXC9-A - Night's Pilgrimage of Thought and Memory.

Ling felt that either this world was too crazy, or she was hallucinating.

Good heavens, how on earth did this scoundrel manage to get a Night Artifact at mere E-Rank?!

It was like a primary school student, how did he manage to buy a handgun!

In the data space, Ling wasn't floating anymore. She stood directly on a flat surface, looking at the interface displaying the outside world, her large eyes sparkling with disbelief!

ZXC9-A

An A-rank Night Artifact!?

This wasn't even a question of whether it was a handgun or not anymore!

Ling felt like laughing, finding it somewhat absurd. She, a seasoned Night Battles participant who had lived for a century, only had one Night Artifact. He, a guy who had only been a Night Battles participant for three days, got an A-rank Night Artifact!?

Ling felt like the world was unreal!

"What exactly did you do in that scene just now!?"

The moment Ling came back to her senses, she immediately asked this question again, but this time without the previous anger, but with astonishment!

"Uh..."

Fang Ran's face instantly stiffened. He pursed his lips tightly, looking like he wouldn't say anything even if he were beaten to death.

Ling looked at him for a while, then let out a 'hmph', letting the matter go. The anger she felt earlier upon learning that Fang Ran had caused trouble was diluted by the shock of this Night Artifact.

The 'mischievous child' Fang Ran instinctively glanced at the 'parent'. Feeling that he was safe, he immediately put on a goofy smile and, like a 'curious baby', asked Ling:

"Uh, is this equipment of mine... pretty good?"

Pretty good? If an A-rank Night Artifact was just 'pretty good', what would be considered powerful?

But Ling didn't want to say that to Fang Ran right now. She inwardly scoffed and said lightly, "Not bad."

Hearing this answer, Fang Ran rubbed his hands and let out a sigh of relief, feeling that his desperate efforts weren't in vain. Then, he quickly asked about the things he didn't understand:

"Hey, right, the system prompted me earlier that this equipment was called Night Crow. Why did the name change? Did it give me a different one?"

[Ding, the selection of the Night Artifact is based on the participant's behavior observed by the system within the scene, there is no change]

[Ding, the participant's English level was detected within the scene, therefore a detailed Chinese translation is used]

Fang Ran: "..."

Damn it! Sooner or later, I'll pass Level 4 English and show you!

"Did you hear that?" Ling glanced at Fang Ran, then added, "Thought and Memory come from Norse mythology, the two ravens on the shoulders of the chief god Odin. Read more about foreign cultures when you have time, don't look like an illiterate!"

Seeing Fang Ran turn his head away, pretending not to hear, Ling felt a pang in her heart. Night Artifacts generally originate from well-known things, both modern and mythical.

Fang Ran's [Night's Pilgrimage of Thought and Memory, Belonging to the God King's Shoulder] clearly belongs to mythology. Moreover, at a time when no one knows which Night Artifact of the same rank is stronger or weaker, being associated with a mythical main god would certainly not be too weak.

The prototype source says that two ravens perch on Odin's shoulders, representing "thought" (Hugin) and "memory" (Munin) respectively. They are Odin's spies, flying throughout the world at night and reporting what they see and hear to their master every morning.

"Uh, right, is that the only description?"

Fang Ran pointed at the interface which only displayed the Night Artifact's name. Ling glanced at it and explained calmly, "Night Artifact descriptions are all like this. The system will only tell you this much. The specific power of a Night Artifact still depends on the user to develop."

If this guy is going to develop it, I can consider using it according to its function in mythology, Ling thought.

"Oh," Fang Ran nodded. Ling glanced at his expression, which showed he didn't quite understand, and sighed.

"Is there anything else you don't understand?"

"Uh, actually, not much. Also, I want to know what the values on Silver Severing Dragon Tooth and my own ability values specifically mean?" Fang Ran scratched his head and asked sheepishly.

Ling looked at him in surprise, thinking, What exactly happened in that scenario? It made this unmotivated guy improve?

"What specifically are you referring to?"

"Like the Magic Value, the Magic Value on Silver Severing Dragon Tooth is 19, so what about my own? What does it specifically do?" Fang Ran thought for a moment and asked the question that puzzled him the most.

In the previous scenario, the values had brought about significant changes for him, but some things hadn't changed, which left Fang Ran very confused.

In the scenario, he had used The Shadow to freeze the shadows of those C-rank powerhouses, making them unable to move. But Fang Ran didn't think his Magic Value was higher than theirs.

Could it be that I have an extraordinary talent and my own Magic Abilities are super high!?

Thinking of this, Fang Ran's heart suddenly burned with excitement!

"Heh, although I don't know what you're fantasizing about, it's probably not what you think," Ling said coldly, pouring cold water on Fang Ran's drooling, delusional expression.

"Magic Value only determines Magic Energy Value. The magnitude of an ability's power completely depends on the Magic Energy Value invested in that attack. Physical Value is naturally the same."

"Uh, so you mean spell power doesn't determine damage, but instead determines mana?"

"Can't you use anything but such ridiculous terms?"

Ling gave this silver rookie a harsh look of contempt, then sneered and struck him down, "As for your own attributes? Heh, they are truly too pathetic to behold, so I didn't even bother to display them on the simplified interface I gave you."

"Heavens, so that's how it is?"

Fang Ran covered his face and knelt on the bed. Before this, he had thought he had an extraordinary talent and a special physique to be able to take down those big shots. It turned out the fundamental reason was that those guys didn't have enough Magic Energy Value and Physical Value!

"So!"

Ling controlled the power bank to float high above Fang Ran's head.

"Starting tomorrow, every night, you will properly hone your abilities for me."

"I won't ask what happened in this scenario, nor will I ask how you got another card."

"But!"

Ling's voice was incredibly serious and earnest:

"You have to work hard for me!"

Fang Ran shivered upon hearing that and asked tremblingly, "How hard do I have to work??"

Ling's voice was firm and cold, less than an inch from Fang Ran's face.

"You now possess a top-tier Night Artifact."

"Therefore, I want you to reach D-rank within three scenarios, within one year."

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