Taking the Prize and an Unexpected Windfall

After removing "Dove Carrying an Olive Branch" to prevent it from falling, Higashino Makoto entered the dungeon. Everywhere he looked, believers were kneeling in prayer.

Sensing an intruder, the previously quiet worshippers bared their fangs in vicious grins—

As the enemies cast Third-Tier Angel Summon and Fourth-Tier Angel Summon, seven Lv. 18 Flame Archangels, along with one Lv. 25 Angel of Authority: Serenity and one Angel of Authority: Surveillance, emerged from the void.

That was not all. Holy Light, Silver Knight Spear, Slow, and other attacks rained down on the spot where Higashino Makoto had just been standing.

Wait, these monsters did not need casting time for summoning spells?!

Although Power Armor allowed low-level players to unleash attacks far beyond their level, their HP still remained that of the player themselves!

In other words, Higashino Makoto was currently a glass cannon with high attack and paper-thin defense.

Higashino Makoto had originally prepared magic wands containing Perfect Unknowable and Arrow Deflection, believing that with Lv. 80 attack power, he could simply steamroll this dungeon without any difficulty.

Instead, he had nearly been killed the instant he entered!

Fortunately, the Power Armor's flight speed was astonishing, allowing Higashino Makoto to narrowly evade the attacks. Otherwise, he would have given up his first death here.

He stretched out his right hand, and the firearm mounted on the Power Armor's right arm rattled away. The monsters before him vanished like dominoes, their densely packed ranks shattering into fragments and disappearing, leaving only spherical drops floating in the air—

This was the confidence brought by a level advantage.

Level eighty—well, the Power Armor—against level thirty. The advantage was mine!

He controlled his character to collect the drops. Aside from three Sin Silver Coins, almost everything was useless junk material. At this late stage of the version, they were the kind of things that took up space even in storage.

Checking the interface, he found that while these monsters gave less experience than monsters of the same level, the thirty-level gap still made them a substantial source of experience for Higashino Makoto, who was currently only level one.

As a result, he rose to Lv. 7. Without hesitation, he put all his levels into Taoist, causing both his HP and MP bars to increase significantly.

In YGGDRASIL, every level granted three skill points, and each skill point could be used to learn one skill. At level 7, he had twenty-one points, and with the one hundred points gained through cash purchases, he could learn a total of one hundred and twenty-one skills.

However, Higashino Makoto did not rush to learn anything. First-tier magic was simply too useless, and since he was mainly relying on the Power Armor now, there was no need to waste skill points and use cash shop Items to reset them later.

There was not much else to say after that. Aside from the initial ambush at the entrance, none of the later floors posed any difficulty. With the Power Armor's level advantage and the rapid long-range attacks of its firearms, the result was unquestionably a complete slaughter.

Only half an hour later, Higashino Makoto arrived at the first-floor NPC with thirty Sin Silver Coins and the Rope of Regret. After handing them over, the dungeon known as Field of Final Blood, which had existed for nearly twelve years, truly appeared in the world of YGGDRASIL for the first time—

"You shall surpass the other disciples, for you shall sacrifice the one who wears My clothes."

Then, within thirty seconds, he emptied the boss's health bar. After delivering its final words, the boss turned into three drops.

"I have to say, Power Armor really is pretty useful." Seeing that he had reached Lv. 17, Higashino Makoto could not help praising it.

Without the Power Armor, if he had slowly leveled up from level one, then even if he paid someone to carry him, he would not have been able to level so quickly without kill experience. He might still have been hovering around level two or three.

The instant he touched the Item, a voice that only Higashino Makoto could hear appeared in his mind—

"Detected player 'Amon Nikola' successfully completing the special dungeon 'Field of Final Blood' for the first time. Obtained the World Item 'Bag of Sin.'"

"Ah—there was something this good?"

Higashino Makoto was utterly bewildered. Kobayashi had never told him that clearing this dungeon for the first time also rewarded a World Item.

He opened the Bag of Sin to check its details;

Thirty Sin Silver Coins could be obtained every day. After replenishment, any previously unused Sin Silver Coins would turn into ordinary silver coins.

Each silver coin could be used to choose one of the following effects: restore 1% HP, restore 1% MP, increase the damage of the next attack by 1%, or increase experience at the current level by 1%. The effects could stack.

Reading the description, Higashino Makoto nearly cried out;

"Holy shit—an MP recovery Item! And it can directly increase experience too!"

After all, there were no MP recovery Items in YGGDRASIL. An extra thirty percent of MP in battle could practically be considered a thirty percent increase in damage output!

The experience increase was also an attribute Higashino Makoto needed. There was too little time, and after being transported, there was a high chance he would still not be max level.

If that happened, he would most likely choose to level up by killing heteromorphic races and demihumans after being transported. Although he would reach max level sooner or later, killing too many could easily draw the attention of the True Dragon Lords, creating a risk of failure.

With Sin Silver Coins, Higashino Makoto could choose to lie low until he reached max level before making his appearance.

Increasing a skill's damage by thirty percent was also an extremely straightforward and brutal effect!

As for restoring HP, well~ that could only be considered a bonus.

"I just wonder whether this Item's experience gain can be used on NPCs. If it can, then I'll be rich..."

Higashino Makoto greedily mused, though he already knew the answer.

NPC levels were tied to NPC creation points, and their caps had long been fixed. Summoned demons also had level restrictions, just as he could not continue breaking through his level with experience once he reached max level.

The greatest use of free experience was that it allowed him to use experience-consuming skills such as Wish Upon a Star without worrying about being unable to replenish that experience.

The second Item, Venomous Dagger, was a sacred relic-tier assassin weapon in the form of a short blade. It came with the Backstab and Venomous Poison traits. It was considered a fine early-game Item, but it was no longer impressive now.

The final Item was undoubtedly Higashino Makoto's goal for this trip: Gospel of Judas, the primary job-change Item for the hidden class Inverted God!

To avoid any unforeseen complications, he used a cash shop Item to teleport back to the inn.

Previously, Higashino Makoto had only known that this class was an extremely versatile spellcasting class, but he did not know the details. Only after reaching the safety of the inn did he have the leisure to carefully examine the information within Gospel of Judas and see exactly what kind of class Inverted God was.