The Marvelous Robe of Beauty

"Hmm, I don't think you're looking closely enough, Seele."

"Besides, even if I truly could do it, it would require wasting a massive amount of my Path power. So, Seele, how do you intend to repay me?"

As soon as Jing Yan said this, Seele froze. She hadn't even considered such a question before.

Her expression grew somewhat flustered.

As a member of Underworld Fire, her long-held belief was to mediate all injustices, help the people survive, and oppose the unfairness of the upper-level district above.

She had never thought about rewards or anything of the sort.

However, she immediately reminded herself that Jing Yan was not yet a member of their Underworld Fire organization.

"You... what do you want? If it's not extremely rare supplies, we might be able to figure something out."

Seele pondered for a moment, then added solemnly. In her view, Jing Yan was a rare talent, and if he could truly purify a Fragmentum incursion, he might just bring about a turning point.

At that time, Jing Yan would be a great hero.

In a sense, this could also be considered a form of flattery.

Jing Yan chuckled upon hearing this, neither confirming nor denying it.

He was thinking about other matters.

The vast majority of people in Belobog still did not know that the Fragmentum was brought about by a "Stellaron."

The term "Stellaron" was a forbidden word throughout Belobog. Under the control of successive Supreme Guardians, it had never reached the ears of the people in the upper or lower districts.

Even Miss Bronya, who was now the esteemed successor to the Supreme Guardian, had only heard the term recently.

Most people still believed that the Frost Wave was just a blizzard and that the Fragmentum was something else entirely, with no connection between the two.

They could never imagine that Cocolia, seeing that the Geomarrow Ore was insufficient to withstand the Frost Wave, would actively choose to release the suppression on the Stellaron, intending to let the Fragmentum swallow all of Belobog.

When that time came, the people would suffer.

Everything would be beyond saving.

"Don't be nervous about what I want. I need some Curios and Relics. Besides, if you discover creatures like Warp Trotters, you can let me know," Jing Yan said casually.

"Curios, Relics, Warp Trotters?" Seele breathed a sigh of relief, though her face flushed slightly.

She let out a long breath.

She had originally thought Jing Yan was going to ask her to sacrifice something of herself.

It turned out that wasn't the case at all?

Seele felt a bit conflicted at that moment.

She felt foolish for having been so hesitant just a moment ago.

Under normal circumstances, she would never have such a reaction.

And to think, this Jing Yan didn't take the opportunity to propose any conditions?

Still, being pragmatic wasn't a mistake.

"Alright," Seele agreed immediately.

Purifying the Fragmentum.

Jing Yan pondered, falling into deep thought.

He might not necessarily have that ability.

Rather than calling it purifying the Fragmentum, it was more like replacing and erasing the nearby power of Destruction.

Even so, some Fragmentums would still not close.

They might continue to exist in the form of Stagnant Shadows, but because the power within them had been replaced by Jing Yan's power of Eros, they would no longer be single-mindedly focused on destroying or slaughtering outsiders as they were before.

In a sense, they had become more controllable. From that perspective, he could be considered to have indirectly solved some of the Fragmentum's problems.

However, this could only be considered treating the symptoms rather than the root cause. The true source was the "Stellaron." Only by removing the Stellaron could the people here truly escape the crisis.

Furthermore, a secondary solution would be to seal the Stellaron here.

But even that might not be a secure way to handle it.

Because if a Stellaron could be sealed, it could also be unsealed by another group of people.

Just like what happened at the Herta Space Station.

It was precisely the arrival of Kafka and Silver Wolf of the Stellaron Hunters that unsealed the Stellaron in the Herta Space Station and placed it into the body of an Artificial Body, which led to the creation of Stelle.

If the Stellaron Hunters organization could do such a thing, was there no one in other organizations who could do the same?

That was clearly unreasonable.

At this moment, Jing Yan accepted Seele's request.

The other party's favorability increased once again.

[Seele's favorability increased by 1%, from 66% to 70%]

At the same time, the favorability of others had also increased.

[Star favorability increased by 3%, raising favorability from 63% to 66%]

[March 7th favorability increased by 3%, raising favorability from 66% to 71%]

Not bad.

[Because the host has triggered favorability over 70% with a total of one hundred people, the special achievement "Emerging Edge" has been triggered, granting the reward "Robe of Beauty"]

Jing Yan was stunned when he saw this Curio.

Although this reward was still a Curio, this item was different from the [Galactic Lottery] obtained through check-ins previously.

The [Galactic Lottery] was a one-time item.

It had a certain probability of yielding good rewards, and a certain probability of yielding bad ones; naturally, the result back then had been good.

Jing Yan had successfully increased his divine power compatibility and gained the ability [Verbal Domination].

Afterward, the Curio [Galactic Lottery] had vanished.

However, this time it was different.

The [Robe of Beauty], as the name implied, was an item originating from an Aeon.

Or rather, an object imbued with their power.

This Aeon was known as "Beauty" Idrila, though this Aeon had since disappeared.

Furthermore, her origins were equally mysterious.

Naturally, the robe now appearing in Jing Yan's hands also possessed a special power.

After all, this was a Curio containing the power of an Aeon.

In the eyes of the people in this world, Curios were mostly undifferentiated by rank, but in Jing Yan's eyes, that was not the case.

[Robe of Beauty]

[Description: The higher a person's charm, the stronger the power they can unleash.]

Jing Yan discovered that this robe did not have a fixed form but could be integrated into other clothing.

Thus, he immediately integrated the [Robe of Beauty] into his own attire.

At this moment, Jing Yan felt his power was a notch stronger than before.

Moreover, it seemed that the power of "Beauty" and his power of Eros did not conflict.

In this universe, there were Aeons whose paths conflicted, such as "The Hunt" and The Abundance, and there were also Aeons whose philosophies seemed somewhat similar yet coexisted peacefully.

For instance, "Preservation" and The Abundance, though the specific reasons remained unknown.

However, at this moment, having obtained the [Robe of Beauty] and sensing the power upon it, Jing Yan felt that if two Aeons with similar Paths did not fight, the reason might be that the powers of these two Paths were not mutually exclusive, and could even be complementary.

And with the power of "Beauty" bolstering him, Jing Yan felt his "Charm Value" seemed to have been enhanced.

However, he immediately thought that by relying on his power of Eros, he could seemingly achieve something similar.